New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 8, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEY.Z RITAIN HERALD WASHINGTON COMMITTEE ASKS TAX COMMISSIONER BLODGETT WHD IS PAYING “l Am Representing! Respectable High Grade Citizens” He Replies to Questions Put to Him. Connecticut Official C Examined in Inquiry In- Made by 088 to Charges Democrats. Washington, Nov. § (UP)—Wil liam H. Blodgett, tax commissioner of Connectient, was cross-examined y members of the house wayvs and means committee today in its pre- liminary inquiry into the charge of Representative Rainey, democrat, 11- linois, that highly financed lobby is working here for repeal of the fed- oral estate tax. | Blodgett said his expenses here | were paid by the state of Connecti- | cut and denfed knowledge of any | contribution from millionaires or | athers iterested Sn repeal of the in-| itance levy I am represen nigh grade citizen the committee when him if a secret meetin; a hotel here h only those witnesses appear before the committee today who paid their own expenses. “I have no knowledge of that, 1 aliended no secret mee ing." Rainey called for J n0 one responded “Well even it he doesn't s name, I understand he and I want him put on the stand.' Rainey said without attempting Yo | identify Arnold. | Blodgett said he represented the | council of state legislatures which is financed by private solicitation of 310 subscriptions. An assessment of $100 was levied on cach of the states | d that amount was raised by in- dividuals. | Says Power is State’s | Blodgett contended states should be permitted to sct their own e tate tax, adding the present law places states "in a str: ! i Blodgett followed Senator Tram- mell, democrat, Florida, und Repre- sentative Yon, dcmocrat, Tlorid who presented briefs arguing th congress had no right to interfere with state taxation. Raincy Makes Charge The charge that a highly financed lobby is at work about the capitol for repeal of federal estate tax was made by Representative Rainey, democrat, 1llinois. Representative Raincy made the ! charge and announced he would in- troduce a resolution for a formal in- quiry if house republican leaders do not undertake that task. “It is the richest lobby T ever came in contact with,” Rainey told the United Press. I don't know where they get their money but the seem to have plenty of it. “Publicity is furnished the news. papers on a lavish scale, and lette and telegrams are belng sent to of- | lices of representatives. “I intend to ask v witness be- fore the committee on the estate tax (question who brought him here and whether he is paying his own ex- penses.”” ] Rainey's announcement prior to the scheduled app six witnesses on the estate question. Those listed include ator Trammell, democrat, Florida; | Representative Thomas Yon, demo- | crat, Florida; William H. Blodgctt, | Hartford, Conn.; Lee Satterwhite, Texas; John M. Murphy, New York city and John L. Darrouzet, Galves- | ton, Texas. | There was a similar fight during {he tax hearing 1wo years ago when big delegation again the estate tax appeared from many scctions of the country. Roth Republican Chairman Green and the democratic leader, Garner of Texas at that time manifested Jdeep interest ag to the source of funds of witnesses and an inquiry was threatened but nothing ever came of it. | President Favors Repeal ! Washington, Nov. 8 (P—President | ('oolidge favors rcpeal of the fed- cral inheritance tax, it was said to- | lay at hte White Hou: The president’s position was mndp| clear even while a heated controv- | crsy over the inheritance tax was going on before the house ways flmli means committee where lobbying accusations have flown thick and fast. The président belicves, as the treasury recommended that the United States should withdraw from this field of taxation to permit the | states to have this revenue which the president believes is needed to care for the tnereased cost of state government. With the provision allowing the states 80 per cent of this tax, the president believes that it becomes a | minor revenue measure and that the states should have the entire bene- fit of this form of taxation. The White House today denied that any person outside of govérn ment officials had s d the tax with the president. Reports had been circulated in Washingion that lobby- ists had called at the White Ho in an cffort to Influence the presi- dent, Kirby directed his assault on the (Continued on Page 17) ng respectable | Blodget! told | Rainey asked | last night at | A. Arnold it ! answer is here cam: nce of ax en- called FOR HIS TRIP Declares Supt. Pullen Has Misled the Public VE SCRAMBLE LIKELY FOR BRISTOL NOMINATION JOHNSON . . e, an expansive tract d one-half | decided to have, Belief in Bell City Is That |, oTimive tract one and one-ha Special Elections Will Have to Be Held ! to the Herald) Dristol, Nov. 8 fact that there is some question as to the proper method of sclecting successor to Mayor John . Wade, who died suddenly yester Cor- poration Counsel William N. De- Rosier has besn called upon for & ruling. This will he given out on next Thursday. It is also understood that a spe- cial meeting of the council will be for some evening the latter -In view of the | ey a1 08 v NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 1927. —-TWENTY PAGES. JOHNSON AROUSED BY PROPOSED PLAN FOR INGINERATOR Fourth Ward Alderman Criti | cizes Health Dept. Head on Ground Statistics Are False CALLS DATA MISLEADING ON GARBAGE COLLECTION Plants for Burning Refnse Aban- doned After Trials in Other Cities, | He Declares—Volces Opposition to | Spending Public Funds for Tnves- tigations and Experiments—Street Repairs More Desirable, Severe criticism of the health de- partment's campaign for a munici- pal incinerator and charges that Dr. Richard W. Pullen, superintendent, has incorrectly presented the )t the present and proposed sy vas made today by Alderman J. Gustay Johnson of the fourth ward. Johnson, senior alderman in the jcommon councll, claims incinerators {have been proven costly in other |cities, have been abandoned in {some, and in the case of this city |would almost treble the expense of |sarbage collection. He denies the |claim that land is not available for| | disposal of garbage here by point- {ing to the fact that the city owns cos tem | |, Wants Public To Have Facts | “I believe that the public of New| |Britain is entitled to the true facts| iregarding the incinerator propo |by superintendent of the board of health, Dr. |clared. “The figures which we have: {received are hoth false and mislead- ing. For vears he has carried on a| | propaganda. that there was no place | {to rid the city of the garbage and| that the board has been stopped | | from unloading garb {lowing towns: Kensington, Newing- | |ton and Plainville, |than natural that they should not| {want it unloaded in their towns, 1| .| Will give you a few facts which have | church in | oceurred. | Rev. Stephen Bartkowskl's Work in |played In gation was inspected y Pullen” Johnson de-iRev. Stephen Bartkowski, Rockville | 1 : in the fol-lc It i no mora|fast friends of long standing and the ! in Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Nov. 5th .... 14,349 PRICE THREE CENTS Appointed as Pastor Of New Polish Parish GHARGES CALDWELL, YALE'S GRID STAR, | - VIOLATING RULES Providence Bulletin Says Player; Porleits Right to Play by Eligibility Regulations AGREEMENTS DISBAR ATHLETES WHO TRANSFER FAMILIES RETURN TO HOMES AS FLOOD WATERS RECEDE; HORDES DRIVEN AWAY AGAIN BY FEAR OF INJURY AND DEATH FOUR BOYS LOST IN CONVENT FIRE Nun, Trapped by Flames, Over- | Yale Athletic Officers Astonished | at Charges and Immediate Inves- : tigation Has Been Started. No | Statement Will Be Issucd Unl All | REV. STEPH] Phases Been BARTKOWSKI NEW PRIEST GUEST | »oe . ... Have Thoroughly Investigated. | | and today rated as one of the lead- | ing candidates for honors as the Sacred Heart Church Pastor priecne roer on e vate cor | Promises Fullest Go-operation one of the eligibility regulations at Yale in playing on the varsity eleven | the Evening Bulletin says today. FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS| ©v oo s tered Brown in the fall of 1923 and two Brown freshman | games for which he was awarded {pumerals, the insignia. spects to that of Veteran Spiritual 7 Lo ! The Evening Bulletin files show that he started in the Dartmouth fresh- | man and Harvard seconds games, played respectively at Hano i in which the Dartmouth first year men defeated Brown 14 to 0, and at Cambridge on Nov, 15, 23, in which the Harvard seconds | re defeated, 19 to 0. He is ere n-i‘ ed with making a point in the lat- | ter game, when Zabriskie passed to L Caldwell for t Xtra point. “The Yale regulation on this point debars a man from varsity athletics who has ever been in either fresh- | n or v: ity athleties in the sport question at any other college, | new pastor was promised the fullest Caldwell in playing football at Yale, | cooperation of the Sacred Heart the same sport in which he partici- establishing his flock pated at Brown. The same rule is observed by Princeton. Next Satur- Rockville Similar in Many Re- freshman Teader in This City. enue plot | site of a| congre- rday h; The Farmington which is the proposed church for the Holy Trin priest who has been designated by Bishop Nilan to be ti leader of the new cong FFather spiritual tion, Bartkowski yesterday at the an Bojnow Heart church. was a gue home of Rev, Lu- , pastor of the Sucred The two priests arc here Tather lot the come by Smoke RUNS HALF MILE FOR AID Many of Eighty Children In Orphan- age Jump From Windows as Blaze Levels Wooden Dormitory—Sister and Nine Boys Carried Out. Bernardsville, N. J., s (— Four children were reported missing Nov. this forenoon after fire of undeter- | mined origin destroyed a wooden dormitory large occupied by 80 young boys of a Roman Catholic or- phanage conducted by the Baptistine Sisters of the Nazarcne, at Peapack. Telephone Cut O The firs had burned through the telephone connections before it was discoverrd and one of the boys In the dormitory was reported to have run a half mile to Gladstone, where he al was relayed to the pack fire department, another mile distant. When firemen arrived the building half was in flumes and the nuns in charge believed all the caped. Many of th od to jump frof low two story was injured. A later che four unaccounted for. Known as Villa O'Connor, the dor- iildren had es e boys were forc- building, but none k found mitory was part of a school conduct- from about three to 10 ed for hoy v s old. ‘he place is on the tate of George R. Mosley, and th boys and nuns were sheltered in the mansion after their escape, Fire Traps Nun One of the nuns, trapped with 12 boys, of whom four misscd, was overcome w an and nine of the carried out by rescuc were later by Pea- | the windows of the | ! numerous petitions death furnishes the | uation and promises to furnish more | dental, part of this week. At thal Umelur i jiove it was in 1023 when al tesolutions oo the death af thell o ool o B e T 0 mayor will he passed and a definite |, decision renched as to the proper | action to t tire city of New Britain. He did | not own his own land but was| It Is generally believed, however, rded the contract agains eral | that two elections will be held. The {10001 Liddors owl city charter provides for the noi- |jngids the city limits, ination of eandidates by a primary | (his fact Mr. Lawler reccived the lection and a second election be- iontract and only carried it through | tween the two candidates receiving | for two months. In the first place the largest number of votes. Tt is|p, not equipped to handle it also necessary to advertise such [and sccondly he was not taking car sual and political activity than has been scen | in the city for years. Diplomat Who Shocked Capital Many Times Suc- cumbs to Peritonitis primary - election for at least 20 iof the garbage properly and was days prior to the date on which it Istopped by the health authorities in | Although no one has announced | Rritain was left without a garbage | his ¢ y for the mayoralty of- | collector from one to fwo months, | | cvent it is decided to hold a prim nt condition and incurred an extra for candid cxpense on the city of $4,000. , This vacancy created hy the mayor's of the hoard by giving it to a man city with an un- |who was not equipped and not hay- the garbage collecting has been handled for several years, : lcinerator and committees have been rUATEMALAN ENV"Y appointed. Dr. Pullen’s report giv- ~l | figures: Cost of erecting incinerator, operating expenses of in- | l ASHINfiT N i . $14,000; collecting of gar- | | 000, which will averag ¥ et a $1.04 per capita, which perhaps i correct if the system which has |tlon. Where the false statement comes in is where he states that the | Per capita. This is not true, | Says Cost 18 Misstated Don Jrancisco Sanchez Latour, "1""*; {"";‘“"‘“,f;:’ 1".1"'"‘ 'f’k'\""")" Guatemalan minister to the United | i3 Eho PR b aices FRtIA known of the Central American dip- | Stead of $1.37 which Dr. Pullen has lomats, died here last night, quoted. To prove that T will refer - for appendici It | Dr. Pullen was able to persuade the believed by close friends and as- | finance hoard to grant the health ceptibly since he was found uncon- [ tial cost 13 $31.100. The only rea- scious in his study last July with a|son T can see for this Is that T his own pistol, was not sufficient to fan appropriation to build an incin withstand the strain of the opera-|erator rdther than getting contracts Ly members of the family as acci- | {jon, estimate and that amount was tour had been withheld from the [y 5o 80 T B S public and it was not until shortly {that these fizures were too high and | public that he had undergone an |y, CrCE AT SERITE, B operatian. 4 1 owning their matic life in Washington as charge Tattalse er, had been P @affaires and minister, had been | T o e which brought his name before the public of this country, as well as in | Just eight months before the APPLIED F")R JULY 19 shooting in July, which nearly i w Britain Girl | is to be held. lin Newington and the city of New | fice as . it 1s believed that in the fwhich resulted in a v unplea will be fllud with the city clerk. I believe displayed poor judgment interesting political ng his own land. This is the way “The cry now is to build an in- {en to the press gives the following in a city with 75,000 population, | Ibeen suggested be put into opera- {present cost of collection is 21 Washington, Nov. 8 (P — Senor | "' lotal cost for collection of zar- s, and one of the most widely |#VeTage per capita of 413 cents, in- The minister was operated upon | ¥Ou to the city budget of 1 ’wmm.% s that his strength, taxed per- |department $28,000. And the ne bullet wound near the heart tion. The shooting was described |from dependable people for collec News of the lliness of Senor La-| tionted ¢o him. After clght ye before his death that it became | piyroo oot o hE e to place Senor Latour's five years of diplo- | €0 TEOT T TEAE been marked by frequent incidents | s L TAKE, MARPIAAR T IARNQR his native land of Guatemala. L caused his death, the minister was named in a court action by his wite's divorced husband, James Armstrong of Washington, who sought to obtain possession of letters said to have heen exchanged between Senor La- tour and his wife years before she was divorced. Yonkers Man and ) Obtain Three Montlis Old A marriage license applied for Senora Tatour, the former Miss imore than three months ago Lillian Hall Davis of Richmond, Vi, [taken out today by John Pifko of divorced Armstrong in 1415 The | Yonkers, N. Y. and Anna Hyduke | latter's suit, which was dismissed, 'of 123 Whiting strect. They filed nst a lawyer in the divorce | marriage intentions at the office of| ction who kept the letters, and was |the town clerk July 19. A marriage instituted, Armstrong said, With a|ljcense was also applicd for by T.eo view to obtaining information to (Continued on Page 17) T. Dalkoski of 831 Washington g their own land |? In spite of|Once to build up his | tivit { Chairman said the from | Pullen s more interested In getting crence to oil | order -1 (50 altered as o mert the pulled been tossed overboard hy the pow- Dawidowlez of Rockville and Mary |erful pull of the hoisting engine. | strect. ‘loss of his arm and Bartkowski's in bekalt of the sue nl wor Poles of Rock- act to collect the garbage for the|Vile has frequently heen likened fo that of Father Bojnowskl _in this city. He went to that town from Suifield where he had eld a pastor- e for five yi and set about at congregation, bringing it to 1.200 souls within a few years. He also established and was principal of a parochial school which was rapidly expanding. Al- hough his primary intercst has heen n the ministration of religion among his parishioners, FFather Bartkowski has also been prominent in civie ac- s of Rockville. TRAFFIC T0 BE HALTED AT 11 A M, ARMISTICE DAY Automobiles to Come Two Minutes Next Friday Morning. Al traffic in the central district the city will stop for at 11 o'clock in t Friday, Armistice the observance of Day, as part of the annive signing of the ht about » that of the armis of the World : department will “stop” si of traffic e stream on other erbal order AL the meet police war assist Dy nals on th nd halt ing of commissions Teported d on the matter s Armistice Day ol bration committee, and Chief Mot department will cooperat: way possible, that he in every MUST REMOVE OIL BURNER. Building Inspretor A. N. Ruther ord and Deputy Chief Michael Souncy conferred today with cials of the state police with 1 burners, all of whic approved hy the olice department. It has been fou that one burner which does not con must now e He simply made $38,000 an|!0rm with regulations has been in- stalled here and it it taken ont ided to an b was ded unless it o "vin "N MACHINERY PULLS MAN'S ARM OFF AND TOSSES HIM INTO ICY WATER {Ralph Millmer, 40, Faint From Pain, Struggles Long Before He Is Noticed by Captain. Devon, Nov. § (Rh—Ralph Millmer, South street, New York { Permit More Than city, lost his right arm and narrow- ped within & Millner, a drowning all *conds here toda nd, was operating a hoisting machine on the stcamer Mohawk which was unloading Larrels of oil t a local dock, when his arm ght in the machinery. In a sccond, his arm had heen from its socket and he had Unable because of the faint from his to swim to Stop for | two min- | forenoon | reary /s Yale-Princeton game not only A the will dectde the championship of t and authorities helieved that i S e s x'hq; zml-r‘ becama ”rnn.'um d ;u:ln il . Lo |wandered into another room r termine whether Caldwell or) Witk |, 12 thelr/escane and werd lost 4n mer of Princeton will pull down pre- | {800 J0eF (B0 B0 eh for the Ziilioncin s RuEgic [boys was made impossible during the | S | forenoon because of the smouldering | Yale Starts Probe | ruins. New Haver, Nov. § (P—A bomb| The names of the missing children hell was drepped in the quict of-|were not learned. of the Yale Athletic association | In the confusion no one k |today in the form of an Associated |discovered the fire, although Press dispatch trom the Providence fone seemed to awaken at the same Evening Bulletin to the ot that [time to find almost the [Bruce calawell, the Hoping in flames, Bruce” of the varsity eleven who been running rough-shod over | the visiting teams this season and |appe | accounting for the greater number |quarters of of Yale's points, appears to be vio- |Baptistine 8 |lating an eligibility regulation, hav- |said t four of the 80 children played with a Brown freshman | made home the fire which team in 1 o destroyved a dormitory war Following receipts of the news, a |missing. The children hurried consultation was called with were not available. 1l the guiding spirits of Yale foot-| The Red Cross w ball pi ent Coach “Tad” Jones, | clothi 4_'” P John M. Cales, graduate dircctor of |boys' effects we hletics, Professor George H. Net- S tleton, chairman of athletics 1 ’ fiE l: Iarold M. Woodcock. general man ager of the Yale Athictic association fwere among those in ustendance, Want All Facts in Case | Word was sent forth for the con- rence that no statement would he ed until Caldwell’'s position had en fully e, Detective Unable to Iden- s wonld tify Man Accused in Sinclair Case ew who Morristown, J., Nov. 8 (P—an 1 telephoned to the local head- the Red Cross by the ters at Peapack today, S8 by larg names of the ed to rush ipack, as most of the destroyed. the Yale communic Rrown university 1 well's participation In foothall there. Don Gowr e For the Firs AR Bae Rridgeport, Nov, § (P — Judges with the Swmuel . Shaw, Frederick J. Hux- | 1850 today when a ord of the court of common pleas jctective was unable to ic \ 'nd B Karle Garlick of the crimin- fujeral officer mentioned as having 11 court of common pieas today for with a juror before the e first time douncd their R T T, of office. At a meeting of Ty S e udges held several weeks a0 (1 1 Tamb. of the attortey vas decided to wear gowns, in e ord with the judges of th Bt T L o Tae wrior courts, It iy the first time in At Seia ot thetmin) L number of years that gowns have e genomn by qu thotlowsr ¢ made by Lamb and Norman ourt, the plan having been aban- ) ; X foned after the appointment of the G1ascock, the juror Involved. late Judge John J. Walsh of Nor- _This elopton: (Hei giue do quict of a court house corridor alk to the hench the which thrown into excitement yesterday when William J. Burns produced affidavits from Long another agent which truned the ury-tampering invest tion into a new direction. The aflidavits told of the trailing of an automobile bear- ing Lamb's license number and the subscquent meeting of the occupant and the furor. Lamb was lined up with others (for the inspection of the detective and later Glascock and Lamb were xperience, Millmer struggled fn the brought together and it was unani icy water for several moments be- ly agreed between them th ore his plight was noticed by Cap- NOne of them had ever scen each tain ¥ rd and Steward Burns, Other before, who succeeded fn reseuing him. Glascock and Millmer is now in Milford hos- corridor some dis vital in a serions condition grand jury room. | “Do you know this gentleman?®" Assistant District Attorney Burukin- |shaw inquired of Glaseock, indicat- ing Lamb. “I never saw cock said. Lamb then said he seen Glascock. lington, Nov. 5 UPr—One props supporting the pent it Judg tampered jury in the Fall-Sincluir gave way conversed gowr and gon- 1ent Long add- pre- ctive s of wus mou TLamb in the ance met from THE WEATHER | New Britain and vicinity: him Rain or snow tonight and Wednesday; not quite so cold had never i 1 r | | (Continued on 17) every- | tire place | ' TAMPERING TOTTER s i the | | an hour. | during the day, and more and 2an the work of checking up buildings, their equipment and {| Waitress Foils Cruel '| Plan to Give Leprosy To Man’s 200 Enemies Portland, Ore, Nov. 9 (UP)— An claborate plan of Wm. Nash to import leprosy germs to avenge supposed cruel deeds of his ene- mies has drawn police attention and authorities are examining the man’s sanity. The scheme was uncovered by tho curiosity of a waltress in a local restaurant | Nash 1ot a letter tn the cate, || rolice say, which was dated Rio de Janeiro, Brazll, and gave de- {| tails of “a shipment of leprosy ;| serms, taken from & man who | just died of leprosy.” The !| missive, according to officials, || prescribea the best method ot || “planting” the germs. It was {| written on a typewriter and signed “Ant.” {| Authorities claim 200 || have been marked by scheme to get even for ! either real or tmaginary. RELATIVES CONTINUE FIGHT T0 BREAK WILL Court Hears More Strange Life of Eccen- tric Coffin Maker | persons 1 in his slights, | ! of Middletoy wit . Nov. ses had given te Wwill case toda both sides went into and afterwards, a two- conference was held with Allyn L. Brown, who pre- 8P — mony when 1, Con jin the Ray jcounsel on conference, hours' Judge he witnesses told of strange ac- tions of Frederlek L. Ray, FEast 'Haddam coflin ite of $630,000, of which $600, was for a trade school to be established in East Haddam, he other $50,000 was left to a brother, Bertrand E. Ray, now of 1t Haddam, formerly of Glou lter, Mass., ot it. The will is being contested, the brother claiming that Frederick was of unsound mind and had been ‘unduly influenced in the making of will, | The testimony of witnesses before the confercnce was to the effect ,that the testator did things which ywere singular, and also acted in a |strange manner from time to time. i week other witnesses told of the conditions under which Fred- {vrick Ray had lived, how he had a nidness for cats and when four dicd he buried them with ceremon upholstered caskets in his flowe rden The trial of the case is before a iry. In view of the long conference of counsel and court jt was thought noon that an announcement would he made shortly. OBJECT T0 GAS STATION | Property. Owners On Glen Protest Against Petition Fild By | Schultz & Costello, Inc. | Protest made to Mayor Weld to- day ag; st granting permit for instailation of a gasoline filling sta- tion on Glen street in the rear of old Turner hall will be repeated at a meeting of the board of works tonig Schultz & Costello, Inc., appear as the applicant for a license to sell gasoline and oils on the premiscs, but owners of neigh- Iboring properties insist a station lo- cated alnost directly opposite is adequate to serve the needs of the distric i ‘\Ieridc;l Pool Rc;n; Man Fined and Jailed Meriden, Nov. 8 (A —Moe Levine proprietor of a pool room on State {street, was fined £200 and sentenced to jail for 60 days when arraigned before Judge Thomas P. Dunne in | police court today, as a second offen- jder of the prohibition laws. Gam- bling counts with punch boards and |a slot machine as evidence, were uso included in the warrant, The state police obtained the evi- dence under which Levine was con- victed. An appeal was taken, Hartford. Nov. 8 (AP)—Falling with incr | the Connecticut river stood at 25.5 feet at 11 o'clock this morn.. ing and was dropping at the rate of a little more than an inch Families were able to reclaim their abandoned homes maker, who left an | Wwho was to have life use | Street | public | Danger Lurks in Dwellings Weakened by Swift Running Water, Damaged Gas and Electrical Service, and Damp Houses Which May Not Dry Out Until Spring—Casualty Lists Mount as More Fatalities Are Reported. sed momentum, more of the men who occupy | business sites on the river front section and of those who run small stores on the east side opened their doors again and be- on the damage done to their their stock by the flood. Great efforts were bent towards | eliminating all possible causes of | disease. With the city health, street ;lnd enginecring departments co- | operating with property owners and | residents of the flooded area, a gen- |eral clean-up was Inaugurated, There was no sewage overflow in | Hartford—thls danger was averted {by an extremely narrow margin— |and this fact greatly reduces the | health menace. The danger remains considerable however. The property damage caused in | this vicinity was augmented by the | swift current of the river during the |time it was at its crest of 29 feet. |1t is estimated that it ran at eight jor ten miles an hour in the matn | channel and as fast as five miles an | hour through the Kast Hartford meadows and under the bridge. Many Driven Away Many of those who returned to | their homes today, especially In the | Bast Hartford meadows, were un- {able to remain there, and it is not yet known how long it will be be- fore they can live once more in their lown houses. Following a spring | freshet the houses dry out compara- |tively quickly, but in the ecold | weather of November, and with so | few hours of sunshine every day, it may be wecks before some of the houses are dried ont suffictently for habitation. Moreover, until it be learned to what extent the hou: may have been weakened by the swift running water and in what condition gas and electrical service | has been left, there is considerahie danger. Road Conditions Better Road condifions in the state ex {eept in the immediate area of the “‘()nnl‘(‘llr‘\xl river were reported by {the state highw commissioner’s | department today as being “greatiy | improved.” | The survey given out was sum- | marized to show that traffic was be- ing passed without any great in- convenlence in all dircction over |state highways except in the Con- {necticut valley. It was stated that {mot a single complaint up till this noon had come from towns or se- lectmen on the condition of state roads, and as for the state trunk highways, these are now in such | condition for general traffic that de- {lays have been reduced to a mini- mum or eliminated altogether. The department reports this morn- |Ing showed that while yesterday the highway on the east side of the Con- necticut river from Hartford to | Springfield could not be traversed, the water had receded enough to Ipermit of reopening today. The |roads on both sides of the river [from Hartford to Middletown are still closed by overflow, but else- where there are few stretches under | water. Danger in Wash Outs The chief danger reported by eon- | struction men are washed out shoul- | ders on the trunk line highways, but {the department officials point out [that these are frequent after heavy !storms and are susceptible to quick |repair. The department also satd |that 1ts regular rond gangs are at work and additional or extra gangs [have not been necessary. Depart- ment officlals who have charge of Ivarious phases of road malntenance [sald this noon that reports from |every part of Connecticut indicated |tar better conditions than had been |anticipated or what “might have {been.” | Boston, Nov. 8 (®—New atories of distress from northern Vermont and Ithe addition of new names to the | ever growing list of fatalities in con- nection with last week's flood, which has alrc imed more than 140 {vletims, continued to pour in today From Newport, Vt., hard by the linternational line, came the latest tale of suffering, when a party o four men tramped miles over torn {roads and swaving bridges to Bur- lington to tell of a town that wis a to fac with starvation. They brought the intelligence that at least three men had perished I with the possibility ma [more may have been claimed In th {sudden rise of the Black river. Five Youths Disappear Almost simultaneously it heearnc Iknown that five youths who started a short canoe trip on Upper Shin !pond in a remote part of northern Maine just bhefore the storm broke have net been heard from sinee | Their battered canoe and two knap- cks were found on a beach. w Hampshire, taking calu stock of ifs losses than was pe sible in the first few days followit the storm, found them not as gre: as had heen thought. To the south Connecticut, which had been appre- (Continued on Page 17)