New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ‘Mmm ESTABLISHED 1870 FIRE DEPARTMENT SHAKE-UP, GREATEST IN ITS HISTORY, DUE TO OCCUR NEXT MONDAY i | — Offiicers and Men to Be} Weaker Sex? Read What Shifted Around to! This Hushand Charges || That Wife Did to Hi Different Companies| = % Under New Program Cambridge, Mass,, Feb. 9 (UP) —Ralph E. Parker, former Huntington school student, has asked a divorce here, claiming that his wite: Hit him with a frying pan containing hot grease and eggs. Struck him with a, T-squa wood Objet of Change Is Said to| Be Efficiency — Formal‘ Notices to Be Issued on Friday. Hurled a chunk of him. Made him a target of shoes. Scratched, kicked, bit and mauled him. Parker asked custody vear-old twins. REMINGTON BOARD at of three- Effective Monday, February 14 the biggest shake-up in the the fire department is ranged, according to information gleaned today from a reliable source. | Practically every officer and a l.'\r;:fl number of privates will be affected | by changed assigpments and cap- | tain-lleutenant combinations of many years' standing will be split. The men who will be affected by the shake-up will be formally noti- fied on Friday this week, according to the information. Until then there will be no inkling of the changes made public. As in past instances of shifts affec i vates, the reason increase the efficiency of the depart- ment. Officials of the fire were silent on the T Chief William J. Noble, in whose charge the assignments are placed, would make no comment on the re- port this afternoon. Beyond saying | that he is preparing the assignments for the new No. 7 house in Stanley Quarter, which will open Monday, he had nothing to say. Up to this after- noon he had not decided on the wr.‘ sonnel of the new company. The new house is in readiness for | the opening. The apparatus, which has been at No. 3 station since it was delivered several months ago, is ready for use, and the equipment is also in place. It is expected that rome of the tiremen appointed last night will be assigned to the new house, but in all probability the ma- jority of the company members will t be veterans. { Typewriter Co. Becomes Part of $65,000,000 Holding Company SEVERAL FIRMS INCLUDED Rand Kardex Bureau, Dalton Add- department ter today. | ing Machine Company, Baker Vawter Looscleat Ledger Co. and S One or Two Others in Big Deal. ow York, Feb. 9 (R—Creation of mington Rand, Inc, a holding mpany to consolidate pewriter company, Rand K au, Inc, Dalton Adding Ma- chine company of Cincinnati, Baker | Vawter Looseleat Ledger company of Benton Harbor, Michigan, and one or more other companies, Was ap- | proved unanimously by directors ot the Remington Typewriter company | today. Exchange of Stock. preferred stock of Rand | Kardex will' be exchanged share for share for first preferred stock in the new company. All classes of Rand Kardex common stock will ho ex- anged in the ratio of two shares of common in the new company for | old common. s of Remingten first pre ferred 7 per cent stock will receive $115 in first preferred stock.in the | new company and holders of second forred $115 in second S < of the new company. Common stock of the Remington company will be excha d at the rate of 4 1-2 ares common in the new company for cach IR ington common. Dalton preferred stock will be ex- changed on the same basis as »n preferred, and Dalton com- stockholders will reccive one- are of firs ed and one of common cach share LEGAL GUNS TURNED UPON MILLER TODAY His Part in Alleged Con- spiracy With Daugh- erty Outlined to Court Federal Court, New York, Feb. 9 (P—The government turned its le- gal guns on Thomas W. Miller, for mier alien property custodian, todaj at the trial of Miller and Harry M. Daugherty, former attorney- general. | Most of the morning was epent in an attempt to show how some of the Liberty bonds Richard M ton, German metal magnate, John T. King, one-fime national re- publican committeeman from Con- necticut, had turned up later in the | Midland National bank at Washing- | ton Courthouse, Ohio, of which Daugherty’s brother, Mal §. Daugh- | erty, is president, ) Then the broa gan. After calling a witness who identified government transportation vouchers, showing Miiler lling to Philadelphia, Ieb. the government called Miss Virginia Mullen, a clerk in the Philadelphia federal reserve bank. She identified an application for exchange of bonds made by Vincent A. Carroll, former alien property custodian bu- | reau attorney, on that day. The application showed that two $10,000 bonds— se rial numbers A00043201 and B00043202—were ex- changed for Carroll, he taking twenty bonds of $1,000 denomina- tion in their stead. A witness was then called to show that transportation vouchers |y trom Philadelphia to Wilmingtow, | turers of writing machines in the Del, were issued to Miller for the world, with sales offices in about same day. 200 cities and 500 foreign centers. It Then Dether Gallagher, incorporated in 1893 and short- for Laird, Dis ind e erward acquired the properties mington broke and )f five other typewriter companies. Louse, was called. He t Plants are located at Ilion and Syra- fourtcen of the $1,000 cuse, N. Y. and Middletown, Conn. roll exchanged at the delphia and Kardex Bureau, Inc., is a federal reserve bank were deposited |jarge manufacturer and distributor | the same day to the account of Mil- | o¢ ofrice filing, momm» and vis lor. He did not know who depos- {ingex equipment. Plants are ope ited them. |ed at Tonawanda and [hon. p disappearance of | Now York city, New Haven, Conn,, of the exchange of ' oymyridge, Mass., Chicago and Dan e $1,000 Lib-{ e, 111, and Atlanta, G told of by Charles | o0t 0 0 Herman, e Philadel- | B 002 e phia fode s gala | Lt noe ARt GRrmany a woman representing herself as an tor for the department of “’idow of War 0[ 1812 cod for a copy of the ap- | < o by oot acer| Veteran Dies, Aged 108 her departure, the original could | Vashington, Feb. 9 (UP)—>M not be found, he said. Mahala Huff, 108 years old, oldes e sensioner on the government roll;, ind one of the 17 surviving widows of veterans of the war of 1812, is dead at her Kentucky home, Mrs. Huft had lived with her son | on his farm near Louisa, Ky, for Her monthly pension was for scutive comm Inc., and Jame: ? sident of Rand-Kardex ident $65,000,000 Merger. ies of the combined com- we a present market value 5,000,000 e of $50,000,000 a year, it was ced. Combined earnings ex- ceed §$8,500,000. When the exchar becn completed, the new company , I will be e of shares h 7 per cent cumulative first preferred stock; $5,740,000 of § per cent cumu- luiive sccond preforred stock and $ shares of common stock, 10 par value, The management of Remington- nd, Inc, it was announced, ex- t dividends on the com- mon stock at the annual rato of $1.60 a share with the first quagter- dividend ot 40 cents about April 1. Big Typewriter Firm. Tthe Remington Typewriter com- ny is one of the largest manufac- ier Wil- hanking 1 that nds Car- W 1 P original records two §10,000 for erty bonds was gland, Missouri Preacher Wounds Burglar He Finds in Store | Grain Valley, Mo,, Feb, 9 (l'[")—-v The Rev. I. M. Stamps, who occu- pies a pulpit on Sundays and is a storekeeper during the week, foiled a robbery of his store today and ahot the man who “was loot the | eash register. The man, giving his name as George Kane, 47, was not seriously wounded. RADIO BILL RE Washington, Feb. 9 () — For a third time the senate today refused ‘.m send the radio bill pack to con- ference. D e b e e e - ey i1wvad NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, APPROVES MERGER, and combined sales| | will have outstanding $14,999,608 of payable | | v oreign | OBJECT TO POLICE SHARING INREWARD Gommissioners Decline to Sanc- tion Gilts From Banker \BELIEVE PRECEDENT BAD | Board Favors 70 As Retirement Age —Approves Creation of New Licu- | tenancy—Night Protection For| North Part of Farmington Ave. |cussed the Aaronson reward at some length following reading of a letter from President John C. Loo- mis of the Commercial Trust enclosing check for $100 for the | pension fund. Chairman Chamber. |lain reported that Mr. Loomis is de- sirous of sharing the reward with SERGT. MATTHIAS RIVAL Lieutenant | Chief Hart, Detective Sergeant Mec- The police board last night dis-| Co.,} Probable Choice For New Police | WORLD COURT FIGHTI§ | OVER AND U. . I§ 00T Three Foreign Powers Reply o U. 8. Reservation Request As Senate Takes Up Matter Washington, Feb. 9 (/—The long fight over American membership in the world court apparently has come to an end, with the United States standing definitely outside the tri- bunal, Three foreign governments who agreed at Geneva to ask for modi- fication of the senate reservations to {the court protocol have advised the state department officially of their decision. President Coolidge has an- nounced that if the reservations were not accepted without change he would not reopen the subject. One of the formal notifications American overture remains undis closed. State department officials would not even indicate today what lines were followed in the communi- cations, nor confirm that they con stituted rejections, Receipt of the notes from abroad was made known today at a time when the senate was refusing, on the ground that it wae unnecessary, to take up a resolution proposing came from Great Britain, but what| other nations have replied to the that the senate’s ratification of the W BRITAIN HERALD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1927. —.TWENTY PAGES. WELD ENDS TIE FOR FIRE DEPT. CAPTAIN Mayor Breaks Deadlock in Board After 15 Ballots Conlin and | tngin Just Under Age Limit, Deadlocked for 15 ballots over the choice of a new captain in the fire , the first board at its ng was forced to or Weld to bre which existed bet Rozanski meeting call upon | two-to-two ti | Lieutenant | Lieutenant William J. Hartnett. The | mayor for Lieutenant | Rozanskl on the 16th ballot and | was appo: position by a |3 to 2 vote Despite the fact that the board | dis J I U the neeting was tively short time, being adjourned at about 10 o'clock after appointing a court protocol be rescinded. LAGUARDIA CALLS JUDGE A5 WITNESS Recuses Federal Court Official i m Tmpeachment Action SECRET SESSIONS ORDERED Congressman Charges Cooper Conmspired to Break Dry that Convicted Themselves. rgeant O'Mara and Officer IFeeney, and as sincerely as the| chairman wishes the men to recelve | the mioney, he felt it would be a bad | precedent to establish. | Chief Hart reported that Mr. | Loomis called him to his office ana howed him four envelopes contain- |ing $75 each, which he wished to! | give as a present to the chief and the other officers. The chief told {'man Chamberlain consulted and it there was no objection on the part of the board members, the money | {would be gratefully received. Thci reward received by Mr. Loomis was | $500. He gawe $100 to two private | citizens who assisted -in bringing about the ar of Aaronson, ex-! | convict, and had $300 left after the | $100 donation to the pension fund. Commissioner Parker said it | would be well to bear in mind that |if the four officers mentioned were !not on duty when Mr. Loomis re-| quested Aaronson’s arrest, = others would have responded. He meant this not as a reflection on the men in question, but merely to point out the call was in line with their . Chairman Chamberlain said » policc are called on frequently to give service to persons who are ot in position to give rewards, and is accepted, the impres- gain circulation that special service is given where c- are forthcoming. Chief Hart said he explained lh:- cituation to the officers mentloned | |and their feeling was that i Mr. | Loomis’ gift could be accepted with- | (Continued on Page 16) 'EEPS PLEDGE, WEDS HER SIXTH HUSBAND. Wealthy Kentucky Woman | 83, Promised Fifth She’d Marry Again | Pikeville, Ky., Feb. 9 (P—East- | ern Kentucky's wealthiest woman has kept her promise to her fifth husband by taking her sixth on January 25th. Announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Kentucky Musick on that date to the Rev. Allen J. Maynard of Zebulon, Ky. has just been mad-, | the bridegroom gave the chilly con- dition of the Big Sandy valley as | the reason for delaying the an-| nouncement. Mrs. Maynard, now §3, has out- lived all the previous husbands, and | lived with each until death, excep. | her third. Her first marriage was in Septem- ber, 1860, to William M. Scott. Af- ter Mr. Scott's death, was mar- . M. Ferrell, Confederate v He died in | The then Mrs. | Ferrell accepted Samuel J. Salyer as her third husband, but sought legal separation when the marriage proved uncongenial. Salyer died | last year. 1In June, 1902, she again rkened to the call of Cupid and s married to James Press Pow- ers, a traveling salesman, who came here to live, After Powers' death, his widow muk her fifth husband, U. S. Mu- k, & West Virginia realtor, prom- ising him at their wedding on | March 12, 1919 that if she outlived | him she would marry again. Musick died last year and after an interval, the hand of the widow Musick was sought by several beaux, but the Rev. Mr. Maynard, despite his being 30 years the widow's junior, found a receptive hima he would prefer to have Chair-! | i ! Ship | | him Washington, Feb. 8 (P—Beginning hearings today on a resolution by Representative LaGuardia, repub [lican, of New York, calling for the impeachment of Federal Judge ank Cooper, of that state, ouse judiciary committee was forc- ed into a closed session by the in- sistence of Mr. LaGuardia that the jurist take the stand as a witness. At the outset of the u.caring, | Chairman G.tham ruled that inas- | much as the resolution under consid- eration did not stipulate that wit- nesses could be cross-examined, the only questions which Judge Cooper would be required to answer would be those of committee members. The decision blocked the desire of LaGuardia and Celler to question the jurist at length concerning state- ments that he conspired with R, Q Merrick, former New York prohibi- tion adn trator, to entrap rum runners. La Guardia Testifies Called as the first witness, La Guardia recited the allegations on which he based his demand for im- peachment. His action was prompt- (Con!.nuvd on P1go Seventeen). STOWAWAY IN DANGER OF BEING DEPORTED Paid Sailor $300 to Allow | Him to, Hide on Taken into custody for entering this country three years ago as a stowaway, Humbert Miano of 3 Main street was given a hearing terday afternoon in the office of | \ttorney Harry Ginsburg. Inspector William H. Clark of the depart- ment of immigration conducted the {hearing and he will report back (o Washington. The decision as | Whether Miano may remain in this country or whether he will be de- ported rests with the secretary of labor. It was brought out in the course | |of the hearing that Miano paid a lor the equivalent of nearly $300 American to stow away on a vesse which left an Italian port. The| identity of the sailor has not been | ascertained. Miano landed at the port of New York and soon after came to this city, where he has | lived peaceably and where he has worked industriously, according to the testimony of several character witnesses who appeared for him, It was testiffied by these wit- nesses that in their belief Miano would make a good citizen, All testimony was in his favor, as far s his character was concerned. Attorney Ginsburg was his counsel Miano was taken into custody about six wecks ago and it is be lieved that someone communicated with the federal authorities re- in |garding the man, The case of Frank Millo, also charged with being an illegal resi- dent of this country, was continued until further notice by Inspector Clark, when Albert -A. Greenberg, attorney for Millo, reported the man s ill with an attack acute appendicitis,. He is out bonds of $500. Millo has been a resident of this country for about four years. He shipped from Italy as a seaman and it is alleged that he deserted ship at New York, later finding his way to this city where he has been liv- ing since. He was taken into cus- of in ear for his woolng. This is his sec- ond matrimonial venture, ’ tody about a month ago by federal authorities. Judge | Law So that Bootleggers Could Be | the | money for allowing | that | captain, two lieutenants and six | | permanent firemen from the substi- {tute force. Two o vacancies | brought about by the promotion of he two lieutenants will be open or substitutes who will alternate at the positios the board that this method would act s a training school for the firemen who are candidates for the regular force. “Star Chamber” Meeting Earlier The meeting was the second get- mm‘ll\er of the board, the other be ing an executive session held in the | afternoon which, according to Chair- | man Cornelious J. Dehm, was held to “select the best timber for the { positions.” The chairman added that | the afternoon meeting was not held to select any particu candidate but to limit the choice to a group of candidates for each position Conlin and Mycroft Licutenants Following are the successful can- her now nt station Edward J. Con treet, now at company George Mycroft of East street, ‘.'\l company privat | Washington st now dward J. § 1,«,\\ wrd ; Joseph e , of Henry of 626 East right, 34, of ndrew Ma- Cronin, 84, Tyman, ue; Victor Do 128 South Mai 34, Through a technicality in U zoverning the age of candidates ap- pointed to the regular force, two sub- | stitutes, Victor Dav and John T. Fay who are within a faw months assing age limit were ap- They arc 35 years old but tion y will age ltmit until He explained that they are still 35 years old until reach their 36th birthday. s will be 36 on April 7 and 1l reach that age on April 3rd. " The board appointed these men to | the force in appreciation of their long service in the department. They "It that ur ppointed s time they \\O\Xlll be lost to acted upon [ we neies left by | James Flood, who resigned about a | year ago, and James Carroll, who | left the force last June. | Commissioner Timothy smm!mn | nominated Stanley Gadzik to fill the first vacancy. Commissioner Mikal- | auskas voiced the opinion that the | nominee a young man and that | an older man might be considered |1've known him a long time and I | am confident of his ability,” Shana- [ han answered. “I'll back up man I put up,” he added. The candi date ri M\ml follr votes. < as nominated Edward J. at candidate also | ceived four votes. | Six New Positions | Chalrman C. J. Dehm nominat | 12dward J. Cronine for the first o | the six positions allowed by t oard of finance and | Thomas Ega of 401 Myrtle | street was Commissioner Shanaha | cholce. The former had three ar | the latter had only Mr. Shanahan’s vote. 1 Joseph Tynan was put Commissioner King. He three and Charles Ronalter, 3 West street received one. Mc. Shanahan named Victor Day [Jr. On the first ballot Davis re- ‘“ sceived two, James O'Brien | and Edward Lipki one. Mr. Davis received the appointment on the se ond ballot when he received thr votes. Chairman Dehm nominated John | Fay. On the first ballot v got two and William Kelley, 28, of 156 East | | Main street received two. On the ccond John Cranzit, of 137 Lawlor street recelved one which was cast by Commissioner Mikalauskas. Alvin B. Wright nominated by Commissioner Mikalauskas received two votes on the first ballot, Andre Mahaley received one and J. F. Moore received one vote, On the sec- ond ballot Wright received three votes and Moore one. Andrew Mahaley, nomi | received the vote of Commission | King and Charles Ronalter was the choice of Mr. Dehm. King and Shan- (Continued on Page 16) recef: 28, of THE WEATHER / New Britain and vicinit Cloudy tonight and Thursda possibly rain or snow Thu: day. *® | | | — % { | | i | | {LIEUT. ROZANSKY GHOSEN% Mycroft Promoted w: Lieutenancy—Eight New Perma- | nent Privates Elected, Two Get- It was the opinion of | Tules | up by | allot Fay received two and | President Is Minor Figure, Financially, At Banquet of Rich 2 Washington, Feb. 9 (UP)— President Coolidge last night ate dinner with a large portion of the world’s wealth. He was one of the poorest persons at Secre- tary of the Interior Hubert Work’s dinner in his honor, the guests including Henry Ford, Secretary of Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, Harvey S. Firestone, George Eastman, Simon Guggen- heim, Mrs. Marshall Field, Adolph Ochs, Ogden Mills Reid, ur Brisbane, and Secretary Commerce Hoover. At least $5,000,000,000 would have been represented if all in- vited had come. Those unable to come included John D. Rocke- .’r ler, Elbert H. Gary, Schwab, Cyrus H. K Murray Butler of and \\ IH Hays. MACDONALD LAUDED BY FARMERS’ ASSOCIATION | iSay He Keeps Roads Best of Any State During Winter “Hartford, Feb. 9 (P s' association today commended State Highway Commis- sioner MacDonald for the “best set of roads ate in the Union during the winter months.” The sioner, however, gave r quick snow remov- al to his anization. He said highway workers were on duty at 1l times during storms, sometimes working all nig! The motion commendin was made by 2 @ gerford of Water- town, at a meeting of the associa- tion in the capitol today, the com- missioner being the speaker. Commissioner MacDonald expl ! ed a classification of state roads on he has been working for some time. Under the classification the road would be designated as A, B, C, or ys. The A or termin- h can be built at approximately $65,000 a mile would 0 pound vehicle. Tha other classes would cost as follows: B roads or intermediate roads ap $35,000 a mile to su pounds; C, or medium, 3,000 to sustain 16,000 pounds nd D, or light traffic, stain 12,000 pounds. ked about some of the bills be- ore the legislature which concern hways the commissioner he was ‘“neither opposed or in favor of any of these bills,” but would give his honest opinion on all such bills and also all- infor- mation and facts which he had in State House, the com- nis possession that the association | or any committee desired. As fq the dling of them by the le the legislature could do as ased, he said. islature, it ple $20,000 to Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg Feb. 5th . 14,554 PRICE THREE CENTS MILLION DOLLAR RUM PLOT " DISCLOSURES -~ RESULT OF | | ‘ Tenders Resignation ! V. DR. J. E. KLINGBERG REV. J. E. KLINGBERG LEAVES CHARITY GOM. Files 3 Resignation ervice Extending Over Seven Years Rev. John : past year, and a member of the resigned to- board for seven years, day. In his letter to Mayor Weld the retiring chairman explains he ecan | no longet devote the time he feels the position reuires and he prefers to give up the task rather than have | cient attention, Mr. Klingberg was made a mem- ber of the charity hoard in 1920 when Orson F. Curtis became ma; He was retained through the two ad- ministrations of A. M. Paonessa and when the present mayor took office he succeeded Frank E. Riley as chairman. Mr. Klingberg is a re- publican, but he has never been ac- | tive politically. He is the only clergyman connect- ed with a city department and the first minister to head a commission. His resignation mayor's convenfence. on Curtin WOMAN OF 73 GIVES COURT BIG SURPRISE! She Lives Mother-in-Law, Who Is 108 Years Old | Says Fall River, Mass, Feb, 9 (P— After Mrs, Maria Cabral had testi- fled in the superior court today that she was 73 years old she surprised the court by adding: “I live with my mother-in-law, . Francisca Cabral.” “How old is your mother-in-law?" d Judge Walsh, “She is 108.” Later it was learned that the elder Mrs, Cabral was still active, doing re in the household tasks | MMrs. Marla Cabral's testimony came in the course of the hearing her suit against Timothy E. Regan, fire commissioner, for $8,000 dam- ages for injuries received in a fall on an ley sidewalk in front of his | property. | | Peaches and Her Mother Off on Trip to Bermuda New York, Feb. 9 (P—Booked as Frances Heenan, Mrs. Edward | West Browning, principal fn the re- | cent White Plains separation suit hearing, today sailed with her moth- er, Mrs. Carolyn M. Heenan, for | Bermuda. | The trip, they explained, was for [a rest and to get away from the crowds. There was no crowd toda: They expect to return to New York February 2 | Turner Murder Trial Is Interrupted by Illness Portland, Me,, Feb. 9 (® — The trial of Benjamin H. Turner, for | the was interrupted in superior court today by the illness of Miss Gladys | Jordan of Raymond, the jury. Miss Jordan was stricken with a rushed to the Maine General hos. pital, With | foreman of | Sablotsky to Quiz Leavitt Salary Increase | Electrical Inspector. When Chairman A. P. Leavitt of the building commission appears be- fore the salary committee common council to have the wages of plumbing and electrical inspectors adjusted he will ba confronted with a charge by Councilman Samuel Sah- y that he misled the sala ommittee last month. Sablotsky h vitt's action during the Curtin case. €. J. Curtin, electrical inspector, was retired from office Monday night when Leavitt broke a tle vote, there- by ousting the inspector. Last month Chairman Leavitt ap- | red before the council committee | o urged that the salary of Curtin bo fncreased. According to the sixth ward councilman, L at stress upon the abi qualifications of Curtin nounced him an efficient inspector i an excellent man for the job. ablotsky is certain, he declared, to- m Leavitt's appeal moved the com- tee to vote favorable action. The | e T s e commiission meeting when Cur- tin's requested resignation was offer- ed, and he inquired of Leavitt as to whether his viewpoint on Curtin's cfficlency had been changed. Lea vitt's answer was: “I won't go back on what I sald before the commit- Mr. Curtin {s an efficient in- or and a fine man for the job.” Discussing the case today, Coun- man Sablotsky sald: T talked matter over with Mr. Leavitt, | asking him if he didn't think a man was entitled to a hearing before be- ing dropped from a city job. He told me he had received complaints con tinually during the past six months and that Curtin had been called into his office and warned from time to time. I intend to ask Mr. and murder of James D. Hallen | Leavitt why he did not bring this i1 condition before the salary commit- | tee, if it is the truth. If such w: the condition, Mr. Leavitt deliber-| ately misled the committee by pre- senting a different face and repre- nervous trouble this morning and |senting Curtin as an ideal man for number of (Continued on Page 17) After| Klingberg, chairman | o? the board of public charities for | the office suifer from lack of suffi- is effective at the! Councilman Says Building | | Board Chairman Misled | Committee in Lauding | of the| s his claim on Lea- | SAID T0 BE REVENGE MOVE Several, Reported to Have Been “Double- crossed” and “Re- double-crossed” Said to Have Filed Com- plaints. Men, Including New Haven and Danbury Residents, and Two Com- panies Are Indicted by Grand Jury. .HREE DECLARE ACTION ILLEGAL Feb, 9 P—Li n in many ways t indictments found a federal grand jury yesterday | asainst @ number of well known 1en who have been engaged in the Landling of ul cohol. It was stated here that the rami- ations of the case are very intri- and date back a cousiderabl: | period, even to various prosecutions | which have been in the courts from time to til It is said that a very large number of persons may b |linked up with the case, as wit- nesses at least, and many of them have been active in politics, state- de and regionally. It is understood the investigation which was carried through by gov- ernment agents, was the result of a | complaint filed insNew Haven with the United States attorney’s office and that it was based on the ‘re- ivolt” of those who claimed that | they had been “double crossed” and “redouble crossed,” arrested as law violators, and after they had “serv- cd as stool pigeons," The government has not revealed by whem the complaint was made | but Antonio Torello of this city call- ed as a witness before the grand jury said today that he had been arrested a number of times for vio- lation of liquor laws and that this was done in spite of the fact that he served as a “stool pigeon” and has also “pald for immunity.’ The evidence offered before the grand jury it was said was fur- ished by Anthony Perrotti, who igured in many raids and was sent { to prison for liquor law violations. Haven by Claim Action Nlegal Hartford, Feb. 9 (®) — Three of the parties indicated by the fed- eral grand jury here yesterday for alleged conspiracy against the gov- ernment in a $1,000,000 rum plot today launched their defense by | challenging the legality of the in- |dictment. They entered a plea of |abatement on the grounds that the gra jury contained more mem- bers than is required by law, and d that its indictment be ashed. Eleven persons, among them Jo- eph Adler, New Haven banker. fand John A. Morse, a suspended | New Haven prohibition officer, and {two corporations, were named in the indictment. The plea of abate. ment was presented to Judge Ed- | win 8. Thomas in the U. 8. district |court here today by Attorney ‘Thum;\s J. Spellacy, representing | the Solvents Recovery company of | Panbury; Charles W. Stevens of | Danbury, former president of the | npany, and J. Edward Pike, of Danbury, present head of the com- {pany. The judge took the plea un- | der advisement. | Bonds Put at $5,000 Bonds of $5,000 each were fixed jin the case of Stevens, Pike, Har- ry Comen, of New Haven, presi- dent of the Connecticut | Distributors company, In and Anthony Florio, of the Florio Brothers Trucking company of New Haven and Richard Steven Monroe of New Haven. The indictment returned yester- day alleges a conspiracy against the government to violate the pro- hibition law by diverting about $1,- | 600,000 worth of specially de- natured alcohol from legitimate uses to persons who changed it |into liguor suitable for beverage | purposes. | Pleas in Abatement | The pleas In abatement and mo- tion to quash in the case of the government against Herman I. | Goldman, et al, is as follows: “Charles W. Stevens, J. Edgar ‘P|ke, the Solvents Recovery com- | pany who are named as alleged de- |fendants in the above entitled cause, hereby pleas in abatement and move to quash said alleged indictment and for grounds of abatement on sald motion assign ll\e fullowlne —On various dates between U-‘(‘n‘mhl‘r 7, 1926, and February &, inclusive, said alleged grand consisted of more than 23 to wit: On December 7, pel rwons. on January 11, on January 12, on January 13, on January 25, persons; on February 3. persons and all of said persons, as such al- ! jury | persons, 29 { 19_ | l |192 | 1927, (Continued on Page 17)