New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 STAR WITNESS DOLLAR RUM CASE HIMSELF 15 HELD AS Federal Agents Arrest Antonio Torello With 21 Gallons of Alcohol In New Haven Today -His Sixth Offense. Expose in Recent Scandal Said to Have Resulted| From Theft of 100 Bar-: rels of Alcohol and Sub-| stitution of Water. New Haven, Feb. 10 (/) — After watching Antonio Torello, state wit- ness against the 11 men indicted on Tuesday in Hartford by a federal grand jury, leave his home today, federal agents arrested him as he was driving an automobile containing 21 gallons of alleged alcohol in the direction of North Haven. His Sixth Arrest This was the sixth time that Tor- cllo has been arrested for alleged violations of the liquor laws. Yes- terday in a statement to a local newspaper he accused a man said to have been in the employ of fed- eral prohibition enforcement agents here of receiving bribes offered for immunity in illegal liquor traffic, and then pocketing the bribes and permitting the arrests to be made. Torello was placed under bond of $2,500 by U. 8. Commissioner Robert Aleorn. The arrest of Torello and absolute Aenials by Anthony Florio and Harry Comen, two of those indicted, of any knowledge of illicit traffic in alco- | hol, were the outstanding develop- | ments today In the alleged $1,000,- | 600 liquor scandal fn which 11 men | and two corporations have been in- dicted. Comen said he “did not, know and had never seen” Anthony | Periottl, convicted bootlegger and | sfate's witness before the grand jury. | A truck of the Florio Trucking | company could not get up Snake hill | in Newtown because of an overload and the driver was arrested and | fined $10 there for exceeding the load limit allowable under state laws, Then came announcement that the aleohol carried by the truck, sald to | have been consigned to the Connecti- | cut Aleohol Distributors compan There, would he held in default of a| ate permit for its transportation. | case, being heard in Bridgeport, | not yet over. | men said today that he had a| federal permit and knew of no office | in Connecticut where state permits | were fssued. “Tt there was one, we would be | glad to apply and get them,” he| said. | Florfo said that his company had | proper permits for aill that it car- rigd for the Solvents Recovery com- | pany of Danbury and the distributors | company here. Confidence in John A. Morse, | pended federal agent under indict- | ment was expressed by Frank 'r’ Put federal prohibition adminis- trator for the state. “He was my most trusted man,” | 1d Mr. Putney. “His guilt will wve to be proved before I am con- he was mixed up in |th| Water Was Substituted 1 F The substitution of 100 barrels of | water for an equivalent amount of | aleohol in custody of U. S. Marshal | Jacob P. Walter, occasioned the | complaint which led to federal grand | v investigations, it has been made alcohol, seized in the Bridge- | nort railroad yards was stored in a New Haven warehouse in custody of | he marshal during litigation which | ended in the acquittal of the owner, | Edward Derigibus of Bridgeport, and | an order from the court that the al- | cohol be sold to persons entitled to purchase it and the proceeds turned over to Derigibus. | When compliance with the sale | order wa: attempted, the liquor x\'nsi found to have vanished and water | to have been substituted. The ori- | ginal contents of the barrels have | not been located. As a result, a formal complaint was made to U. S. Attorney Buckley. The present indictments followed « five day inquiry fn which Anthony | Perfottl, now serving a prison sen- | tence for various violations of the liquor law, testified that 11 N Iaven man, including a former New | Haven banker and a prohibition | agent, who was suspended February 1, were involved in the diversion of specially denatured alcohol from le- zitimate purposes to bevernge uses. Periotti's testimony was corrobor ated by other “vitnes Dry Agent Mis John A. Morse, then in charge nl“ prohibition agents here, wceused of having recefved te | protect the conspirators in their op- fons. Morse has not yet been t into custody. He is under- | stood to be outside the state. Jose Adler, former local Manker is in | custody of his attorney pending his release from a local hospital where | he is on the danger list from mon. | oxide gas poisoning said to sulted from being in a closed his car while the e re- | with motor was run T state n nrominent i invelved in the case, have not been corroborated. | | managers, arreste i last night. Mae West, start of *S | working on twenty or more different ATHN ‘uwo) ‘pIoJIINE) A 149 "JApy AL TE PRIN © mue) BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1927.—EIGHTEEN PAGES IN MILLION BOOZE RUNNER THREE N. Y, PLAYS RAIDED BY POLICE| 40 Held—The Captive, Sex and the Virgin Man ARRESTS WILL CONTINUE! Performers to Be Re-Arrested Every | Time They Appear in Objection- i able Show—“The Drag” Forbid- den to Open in Gotham. NIGHT CLUBS TO BE INCLUDED IN RAIDS SCHEDULED TONIGHT New York, Feb, 10—Broad- way will be the scene tonight of a second big censorship raild by the police and civic officials, it was announced today by acting Mayor Jos. V. McKee who said musical comedies, revues and night clubs will be the next ob- jects of attack in the drive to “clean up” alleged immoral public performances. New York, Feb. 10 (A—Forty gained entrance into the United | | States is in progress in this city, four | men already having taken into cus- actresses, actors, producers and d in three Broad- way theaters last night for partici- pation in alleged immoral produc- tions, were under bond today pend- ing further hearings. | Repeated arrests will be made ' cach night the plays are produccd, acting Mayor Joseph McKe2 nas an- nounced. i More Arrests Threatened. “Police will be on hand with a-| structions to make arrests if there | is any repetition of these alle crimes,” Mr. McKee said. “We are | determined to clean up this situa- ! tion in the New York stage and 1 hope that other productions will take notice. I include musical comedies and cabarets, against which we will take similar action it investigation shows they are vio- | lating the penal code.” Three Plays Radlded. ex,”. “The Captive,” and “The Virgin Man" were the plays raided Basil Rathbone and Helen Menken of “The Captiv and Don Dillaway and Dorothy Hall of “The Virgin Man" were held in $1,000 bail when | they were arraigned in night rmm; | last night. Bail in the other cases (Continued on Page Nine) | THOMAS EDISON WILL | BE 80 THIS FRIDAY| Visit From Ford and Meet- ing of “Edison Pioneers” to Feature Day New York, Feb. 10 (P—Thomas a Edison, today stands on th threshold of the realm of the octo- | genarians. Tomorrow is his eight- eth birthday. A reception in his home, Llewelyn | Park, East Orange, N. J., at which fenry Ford, a close fricnd, is ex ted, and the annual meeting in Yewark of the Edison pioneers, a group of men associated with the wizard of Menlo Park for many vears, will be special features of the The tiny red brick laboratory in West Orange, where Edison as been blazing scientific trails for forty years, has been prepared to receive cable and wireless greetings from all parts of the world which already have started to pour in, From Edward Branly noted pk icist, in Paris comes a messag “I thought Edison was an old man. He is a mere youngster.” Prof. | Branly is $2. lison §till thinks about life as he did when he was a newsboy on the Grand Trunk railroad. At that | time he rigged up a laboratory in a baggage car to save his spare time Killing time Is said to be a crime | h him, for it is “the only real | apital a man has” to his way of | thinking. The daily routine of the noted in- ventor was deseribed by William H. | Meadoweroft, a laboratory assistant. | “He gets up about 6:30 in the | morning,” said Mr. Meadoweroft and comes down to the lahoratory | about 9 or 10. Then he's at his e periments all day, quitting about 6 6F 7 p. m. He goes home and has | dinner and the rest of the evening, say until 11 or 12_o'clo spent in reading. He reads prodigiously. Callers at the West Orange labor- atory will not be told what new in- ventions Edison is working on. “First catch your fis is his motto, then talk about it. It was explained he is gene Iy | lines of ¢xperimentation It is pointed out his predictions have a way of coming true. Long hefore Count Zeppelin launched his | dirigibles, ¥ on in an interview, ad expressed the opinion that men | would the air In “cigar- ~ ot p has kgpt him about *which ieality, it is said, | of spiritnalisms, | will not talk, ! he Irequ of investigation police on { Normal school laid stress upon the isuch as West Point and failing to ! not only by the city of New Britain Angry Golfers Fight Duel with Golf Balls at Range of 50 Yards| One Lamed With Shot On Shin While Other is Damaged: When Ball Batters Ribs—Constable Stops Fight Orlando, Fla., Feb. 10 (P—The story of a duel at fifty yards with golf clubs and balls came out ol‘l Howey-in-the-Hills, near here today. | E. W. Wilson, of St. Louis and T. V. McQuian of Syracuse, N. Y., dis- | agreed as to the number of strokes | each took in negotiating the Dubs | Dread course. They had words, then | an argument and finally a fight. It | was agreed that each was to have one driver, one iron and two dozen balls. At fifty paces tees were care- fully prepared. At the drop of a hat firing started. Several shots were high and wide and then one duelist knocked his antagonist down with a line shot to the shin. He couldn't keep his eye on the ball SMUGGLED ALIENS IN FALL DOWN STEPS IS BRIDGEPORT ROUNDUP FATAL T0 MRS. MINER Four Men Already Taken | Woman Taking Protestant‘} Into Custody by Federal Census Is Instantly Agents Killed however, and before he could get the range his opponent was up and | at him with an iron. He evened| honors in three shots by sending a | fast one to the other’s ribs. | Passersby, attracted by what at| first appeared to be a spirited prac tice session, hecame alarmed, Con- | stable E. C. Scott was called. He ar- rived just as soon as the iron shots began to whistle. “Fore,' 'shouted the constable. The ‘duelists paused, one with a limping stance, and the other bowed as it for a putt. Scott approached the couple, pistol at the ready, and seized their weapons. An amicable settlement was effect- ed. Bridseport, Feb. 10—A round up | Falling down & flght of steps| v 1 ¢y | from the secon oor at odes | otiatteanstailonet L BB ok ent ~aatsraay arfernon anoubddic o'clock, Mrs. Julla A. Miner, aged 62 of Wainscott, L. I, who with her husband, Fred J. Miner, was engaged in taking a religlous census of Pro- tody. | testant families in the city, was in- James Metcalte, 33, an English | dantly Killed, mill worker, was arrested today and | Mrs, Miner was connected with by 50 _ | the Connecticut Bible Society for the 18 elnE eI I ond 0 30 1 DeRE | past 17 years. Recently she and her | : ; husband were engaged by the Pro- (30 RN ) ]”'Zga”y entering the | testant churches of the city to take country at New York on August & |, roligious census, going from door 1923. Tt s charged that he gained | (o Goc While in the clty they stay- | ing his arraignment at Ellis Island LEAVITT REJECTS ' Declares Andrews, Candidate for ELECTRICAL EXAM Tnspector, Gave No Notice INSISTS TEST IS VOD “hairman of Building Commission Points Out that Subject Was Clearly Explained at Meeting of | Board on Monday Night. | Chairman A. P. Leavitt of the building commission today declared void the examination given Mason P. Andrews, outstanding candidate for appointment as electrical inspector to succeed Cyril J. Curtin, who leaves the office this week. Andrews, Leavitt learned today, took the examination without giving | 10 days written notice of his intent | to appear before committee. Such a notice is required by law. i Subject Discussed by Board | A feature of the incident that oc- casioned some comment in city hall today was the fact that the commis- sloners at their meeting Monday night went into the question of lfl-‘ lowing Andrews to take the test and | found definitely that he could not. Commissioner . Thomas W. Hinch. liffe was present at Monday's meet- | ing during the discussion. He is & member of the examining commit- tee and was present last night when Andrews came before the board nnd; submitted to an examination. Other members of the committee are A. J. MacFarlane and Joseph P. Barry, FURTHER LIM SPECIAL N {Tells of Daugherty’s Talk With Jon T. King NO DIRECT TESTIMONY Charges, 1s Relying On Inference Jury Wil Draw From Reported Conversations. Federal Court, New York, Feb. 10 (P--Two new witnesses were called in the Daugherty-Miller trial todz Elizabeth Miller, telephone opera. tor in the department of justice buflding when Harry M. Daugher(y was attorney-general, took the stand and told of frequent telephone calls between Daugherty and Joha T. King, one-time natfonal republican committeeman from Connecticut. neither of whom is on the building | none of the discussion of Monday night. as inspector | | electriclan, has acted absence of Curtin in the past four years. The board planned to make | him acting inspector when Curtin re- tires this week and he has conslder- able backing for a permanent ap- Meredith, White and Rack- liffe Explain Need of Building entrance by deserting from the crew |, ot 35 Walnut street. of the White Star line steamship | rhig week Mr. and Mrs. Miner | Celtic. were working in the east side of the | Murray Leslie Boyd, 26 a Cana- |city. Mrs. Miner went to the home | dian was arrested last night by bu- | of Mrs. George Levulis at 7 Rhodes | a | street, while her husband went next | warrant charging him with illegal | door, yesterday afternoon. | entrance to the United States. Carl J. Hielm and family reside on | Two brothers from Greece, whose | the second floor of the Levulis house. | names could not be learned, who R [ Mrs. Miner stopped at the Hielm is alleged entered the United States |apartment, then went to the third by leaving the ship on which they | floor, returning a few minutes later | were employed were sent to Ellis |to the second floor. | Island vesterday from this city to| As she reached the second floor, ' await deportation. | she fell, landing at the bottom of the Immigration authoritles have | Stairs and striking on her head. Mrs. | traced a number of alleged aliens | Hiclm and Mrs. Levulis heard. the | working in Bridgeportby-means of [{#ll and rushed out. Mrs. Levulls was income tax returns made by the | confined to her bed with illness, but | factories in which they are em- |5°t Up and ran to Fire House No. 6| ployes here. for aid. The firemen brought first | ATE . AT aid equipment and notified the po- | lice department. UHHE 5 The police ambulance, with D )y David Aaronson and Medical |aminer John Purney was summoned. Dr. Purney found death had oe- NflRMAL nflRMlT"RY | curred instantly, due to a fractured skull. He turned the body over to | {B. C. Porter Sons to prepare for | burial. Mr. Miner was so prostrated by the acident that he was given treat- ment by Dr. Purney and Aaronson. Besides her husband, Mrs. Miner leaves a brother living in Long | Island. Funeral services will be held at (Speclal to the Herald) |the Emmanuel Gospel church tomor- Hartford, Feb. 10.—A. B. Mere- 'row morntng at 10 o'clock. Rev dith, state commissioner on edu George B. Fletcher will officiate. The tion, appeared before the legislative remains will be taken to Wainscot!, committee on education this after- Long Island, where burial will take noon and urged favorable action on place, a rccommend:4on that the sum of | e $500,000 be sought for a dormitory | for the State Normal school in Now &POLIGE GET MAN HIDING Britain. | issioner Meredith told the | lN FI FDE l T | Pl committee the state board of educa- | tion is very much in favor of the building, which was a part of the original plan for the Normal school plan, eliminated because of the amount of money involved. Principal Marcus White Estinguishes Lights at Their Ap- proach—Ignores Knock on Door, of the| Held as Burglar. | | importance of dormitory accommo. | Found in the dental office of Dr. dations to bring the school to its | Sldney Rothfeder at 369 Maln street | highest point of efficiency. He asked | °arly this morning, Joseph Williams. | the committcemen 1if fthey could |aged 33, extinguished the lights and conceive of the United States gov- |refused to respond to a knock at the | ernment establishing an institution |d0or when Officérs A. C. Walinczus | and T. C. Dolan attermpted to enter. The officers obtained a key from | | Mrs. Edward Bolles, who looks after | the offite, and on entering found | | Williams crouched in a corner, ap-| | parently attempting to hide. His ex-| | planation of his presence in the office Inot impressing the officers, they ar- {rested him and in police court he |\was charged with attempted bur-| |glary. His case was continued until| | Saturday morning in $1,000 bonds. | Attorney Harry M. Ginsburg repre- cause of another meeting, but he had |sents him, and entered a plea of not asked Representative Rackliffe to | gyilty. express his sentiment as being heart- | Assistant Prosecuting Attorney ily in favor, M. Greenstein informed Judge W.| e | Mungerford that the arrest was| ‘mnvh\ about 6 o'clock and the police | wished more time to Investigate. | | hence the request for a continuance. | Relative to the bond, Attorney Gins- | burg sald the amount is immaterial | as Williams cannot raise it, however small. According to the police, MVilllams | {rooms in the building where the| office is located. He used a key to | open the door, but had not taken |anything. He revealed presence | by the noise he was making and Ed- |ward Bolles went to the police sta- tion and notified Sergeant Matthias | Rival, at 5:45 o'clock. The ser- geant detailed the two officers. They said Willlams was sober, although he claimed to have been drinking last night. afford housing accommodations for the students. Mr. White told the committee the dormitory is wanted but by residents of other Connecti- cut cities from which students come to the school Representative Fred O. Rackliffe of New Britain was present and went on record as very much in favor of the idea. His colleague, William H. Judd was unable to be present be- w.! Names of Dead Men On Prescriptions For Liquor Sales || S | (Spe, to the Herald) | Bristol, eb. 10—In connec- tion with the activities of Prose- cuting Atiorney James i+ Mather and the police depart- ment officials in cleaning up the illicit sale of liquor at drug stores in the ci the rumor was heard today that at one drug store, the names of one or more dead men app ‘ed on the pre- scriptions which were illegaily made out. It w 1so heard that the names of several well known local prohibitionists served to quench the thirst some thirsty resi- dents, but neither story could be substantiated because of all names being kept secret. Possibly names of some de- ceased were used in the belief that *“dead men tell no tales.” THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and | slightly colder to- | | | { eriticized {er in Worthington school in Berlin Jip polntment to the post. Monday night the objection that he is not licensed was raised. Chairman Leavitt in- quired whether Andrews could prop- erly be heard by the examiners at | the monthly meeting this week and after some discussion of dinances 1t was definitely that a 10 days written notice was required. Passes Test With High Mark Andrews, according (o Mr. Barry, declared last night that he had glven notice and he was allowed to take the test with the understanding that it a contrary condition was found to be trie otieense woull tasue. - He passed the test with a high mark. Discussing the case today, Mr. Leavitt declared emplatically that Andrews would be required to give the same notlce as anyone else. He | could not account for the fact that | the ‘electriclan was allowed to take | last night's tests, excepting that it | | might have been an oversight on the examiners' part. Curtin will leave office Saturday. The commission will meet Monda¥ | |and select an acting inspector. An electriclan who carried a grievance to Mayor Weld last month to the effect that he had given notice of intent to take the examin- atlon and was not notified when the [ day for the tests arrived, was pres- ent last night. He had previously the system and the ex- minations and declared: “If I do ot pass with 100 per cent. I don't want the license.” A check-up of | his paper {oday showed he had an- wered two of the 20 questions cor- | after villagers with snow had ex- | | rectly, | | points. | giving him a mark of 10 commission and who therefore heard | cciving during vacation periods and in [hel the or- | settled | Daugherty is charged with re- $140,000 of a $441,000 | “bribe” paid King for obtaining pas- | |sage of a claim for $7.000,000 of Andrews, although not a lcensed | y,0" aqgatg of the American Metal | Company. Pressed for a definition of “fre- quent,” Miss Miller said the calls | were almost dally. Sometimes, she | sald, Daugherty would call King in New York or Bridgeport, Conn., and sometimes King would call Daugh- erty. The witness did not know purport of conversatlons over phone. Corroborated Testimony | Gladys Weeks, another telephone operator, corroborated testimony given by Miss Miller. Neither testi- {fled at the first trial. Their testi- [mony was adduced to show the friendliness of King ani Daugherty The government, for proof of al- |leged conspiracy, depends upon in- the the | testimony showing that Daugherty, Miller, 8mith and King were friend- ly, that they met and conversed fre- quently during the spring and sum- mer of 1921 and that some of the Merton bonds were traced to Daugherty’s and Miller's banking and brokerage accounts, Akl sl Five of Six Children Are Burned to Death Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich., Feb. 10 (A—Five children of Mr. and Mrs, Harry Trimble were burned to death in their home at Rudyard, southwest of here, early this morn- (ing. Trimble a8 badly burned | while his wife, who jumped from an upper window, with their sixth ‘chlld, is suffering from exposure. | The fire, starting from an over- heated stove downstairs, was un- |noticed by the sleeping family up- istalrs untll it virtually had con- sumed the stairway. The charred bodies of five chil- dren, two in their beds, were found tinguished the embers of the de- stroyed home. 'Aaronson Trip Via Advice of Local Police Ignored MRS, P, M, REWETT DEAD Teacher tn Berlin School and For- i I | mer New Britain Instructor, Dies at General Hospital Today. Mrs. Edith (Deming) Hewett, 49 years old, a daughter of one of New Britain's oldest families and a teach- until a recent {llness, New Britain General hospital morning. She was born in homestead on Camp daughter of the late Julius Deming, who was a prominent citizen, and | Mrs. Deming. She was a teacher in | the public schools of this city until her marriage to Frederick M. Hewett, connected with the office of I". Corbin for the past 32 years. She was a member of the Trinity Methodist church and was affiliated with the Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving her are her husband, three sons, James B. Deming and Alden C. Hewitt, and a daughter, Elizabeth Hewett. Funeral ar- rangements are incomplete. Suspect Admits He Has Been Attacking Women Lynn, Mass., Feb. 10 (UP)—Mys- tery surrounding attacks cn nearly a score of women in this city and vi- cinity was cleared today, police be- lieved, when a confession was ob- tained from James Mahoney, 38, of Boston. Authorities announced that the suspect, arrested two days ago, had admitted responsibility for some of the attacks and they believed he might be involved in all of them. After a court hearing, Mahoney was committed to the Danvers state died at the this Deming the the street, | to detain him by eivil proc New York City, Newport News Officers Take Prisoner Through Territory Where Civil Seizure Was Anticipated Contrary to the plans of Chiet W C. Hart and Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue of the local police depart- ment to have Arthur Aaronson, bank swindler, returned to Newport News, Va., by way of Binghamton, N. Y., and Philadelphia, Pa., in or- der to preclude a suspected atter mp in New York city, Detectives Collins and Willlams of the Newport News police made the return trip with Aaronson via New York city and did not even take the precaution of handcuffing him, according to a letter received from Aaronson by Attorney Thos F. McDonough, who represented him in this city and Hartford during the fight against extradition Attorney McDonough resented the intimation by the police that Aaron son's wife or others might take him out of the custody of the Newport News police. Had Aaronson wished to remain at Hartford county jail, he could haye done so, the attorney said, but he resolved to return to Newport News, where he swindled the First National bank out of § 000, according to the authorities. Aaronson’s letter proves that there was nd nece y for attempting to keep him away from New York city, Attorney McDonough pointed out to- day. The letter, in Aaronson’s writing, is as follows: “Monday, 7 a. m., Feb. 7, 1927. Newport News, Va. fy Dear Mr. McDonough: “I arrived here last Friday morn- hand- hospital. (Continued on Page Nine.) Government In Proving Conspiracy ferences the jury may draw from | Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 14,554 Feb. 5th .... PRICE THREE CENTS ITING OF NAVAL ARMS SUGGESTED T0 FOREIGN POWERS IN OTE FROM U. S. PRESIDENT ‘PHflNE GIRL TAKES England, France, Italy and Japan Receive STINDAS WITAES | Recommendations as Coolidge’s Message is - Delivered to Congress Proposing Additions ' to Washington Naval Treaty Covering | Smaller Vessels Not Included in That | Agreement. By th aclated Press. Washington, Feb. 10.—Once more the United States has undertaken to lead the world toward a scaling down of naval armaments. | In a note to Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, Presi- 'dent Coolidge has suggested that treaties to that end be nego- ! tiated without delay at the Geneva conference, | Includes Smaller Ships The proposal would exend downward to smaller warships the limitations imposed at the Washington conference on first class naval craft. The same proposal was made by the United States at the Washington conference, but failed of acceptance. Fears Renewal of Competition In a special message to congress, announcing what he had done, Mr. Coolidge declared that, despite ‘the principles laid down at the conference here in 1921 “certain powers” have laid down far-reaching naval building programs suggesting the i shadow of another world-wide race among nations to outbuild one another. Deadlock Threatens He suggested also that the Geneva | discussions, initiated by the Leagus of Nations, are threatened with deadlock it the powers proceed |along their present lines of nego= | tiation, 'FIRE DEPT. SHAKE-UP ' CONFIRMED BY DEHM :is, = »roe e of 2o 1 re concerned, the president evid- . {enced a willingness to let foreign Board Chairman Says powers work out an agreement of Chief Noble Will Make | their own. The land and air forces of the United States, he said, are Assignments at a minimum and “constitute a threat to no one.” The message fell upon congress | without warning, in the midst of a controversy over the construction of three new cruisers. Overriding tha president's recommendations, the senate has voted to authorize this ! construction and the house, although it once has refected the proposal, appears somewhat disposed to ac- cept the senate viewpoint in con< ference. Some of the most Influ. | ential leaders of the president's own party, including Speaker Longworth, Verification of the story in the {erald yesterday, of the shake-up | in the fire department, effective | | Monday, February 14, was made to- day by Chairman Cornelius J. Dehm of the board of fire commissioners. | The extent to which Chief Noble will | 8o in reassigning officers and men is entirely in the hands of the chief, Chairman Dehm said. | “The chief is in close touch With|jave’ thrown their support behind | conditions in the department and we the building plan. ]ao not interfere with him in the| ghoula Mr. Coolidge's suggestion slightest degree,” Chairman Dehm p, aecepted by the powers and treat said. “He will make the new assign- . joq negotiated to-carry it into et ments as he sces fit. They will 80 fect, cruisers would be one of the into effect Monday, when the new | classes of ships directly affected by No. 7 station will open.” | any limitation agreed upon. Meanwhile the fire department| Sent to the capitol by messenger, members are anxiously awaiting ré- | the special message was read in sene ceipt of formal notification of the|ate and house early in today's ses- | new assignments. It is reported that sion but the possible effect on the i'some of the men will welcome the ! three cruiser plan was not immedi< change, while others, being well sat- | ately apparent. isfied with the companies to which | Text of Message they are attached, are apprehensive | The full text of President Cool- {of the list to be made known to- idge's special disarmament message { morrow. to congress follows: | The officers’ detail at present 18| To the congress as follows: Central station, Captains States: | George Hoffman and Victor T. Davis, | Pursuant to my instructions Lieutenants Hugh Clark and Stanley Rozanski (captain elect); No. 2| | house, Captains Fred Smith and Wil- | |llam H. Porter, Lieutenants Fred' |Linn and John Stanton; Co. No. 3, | Captain Michael W. Butler and Lieu. | tenant John Souney; Co. No. 4, Cap- tain James Crowe and Lieutenant| Thomas Hinchey; Co. No. 5, Captain Edward J. Woods and Lieutenant | Willlam J. Hartnett; Co. No. 6, Captain John C. Connolly and Lieu- tenant Frank Gilligan. Effective next Monday, the roll of officers will | be increased by the addition of Cap- | tain Roza and Lieutenants | George M and Edward J.| Conlin. | A man's physical condition and his | ability to carry on his duties as a | member of the fire department will | be the test of whether he will be | continued in the service, rather than | the establishment of an arbitrary | rule of maximum age, the commis- | Following are representative come sioners have decided. | ments given the United Press by This policy has been reached In|leaders of the various groups : connection with the new pension| Chairman Borah of the foreign plan which is to be submitted to the | relations committee: “I am thor- general assembly for enactment into | oughly in sympathy with what the law. Men who have reached the age | president 'would achieve.” Senator Curtis, republican floor | leader: "It is a valuable suggestion which should encourage all the nae tions to join in effective limitations.” Senator Caraway, democrat, Ark.: “l am in favor of any conferenca for arms limitation. Armaments inevitably lead to war.” Senator La Folle republican, Wi dent's program will approval of a large people who I be ly d s of arms limitation President Coolidge's proposal will have no effect upon the proposed cruiser construction horized in the senate’s naval appropriation bill, Chairman Hale of the naval appro= priation committee, said toda Hale, who ponsored the me for new cruisers, which was 0ppos- ed by Coolidge, made the followilg ement: “The president's proposal has lothing to do with the present suilding program of the navy, which it carried out. would not raise our strength to any limitation level which by any possibility could be adopted by such a conference. On of the United the (Continued on Page 14) BOTH PARTIES SEEM T0 APPROVE MESSAGE Democrats and Republi- cans Join in Applauding - Coolidge’s Views ki Washington, Feb. 10 (UP)— President Coolidge's proposal for further discussion of limitation of naval armaments drew hearty ap< plause in the senate today from both democrats and republicans. (Continu ge Nine) CHINESE WAR BETWEEN " NORTH AND SOUTH ON independent presis with L] of sincere- effective Northern Leader Announces That i His Drive Against Rivals Is Under Way | Feb. 10 (#) Marsha! so-Lin, ad of the alliance war lords announced to- | day that its great campaign had be-| gun in the war of the north against the south, London, Feb. 10 (A—The re- umed negotiations between Charge Q'Affaires O'Malley and the Can- | tonese foreign minister at Hankow have resulted in an agreement re- garding the British concession there, Sir Austen Chamberlain told the! | house of commons today. Shanghai, China, Feb. 10 (P—A ! {telegram from a Japanese source in | Hankow states that Marshal Chang|the contrary, the building of new Tso-Lin's allied forces are advancing cruisers contemplated would im- to the south along four routes, prove the position of the United against the Cantonese. States at such a conference.” 4