New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1928, Page 14

- Points Out Needs of - "Northwestern Section 4. Alerman Frank Zapatka attend- «d a_meeting of the board of public works last night to urge favorable action on petitions now before the commissioners for the repair of streets in the northwestern section of the city. After the alderman had | pointed out the needs, the matter was referred to the superintendent ! of streets for action. Thee application of Jacob Winkle for a gasoline filling station permit | on Commercial street was granted | ‘and the transfer South Main and Trinity streets from | he Go s company to John Sersfon was also approved, Among the recommendations to | the common council voted are: Ex- | t:nsion of sewers in Qverhill avenue, | repairs to Osgood and Slater roads | and Mill strect, repairs on Stanley | street, between Ellis and South Main streets. The board voted that & hearing be given on the petition for widening South High strect between West | Main and Walnut streets. The pe- tifion for the opening of Wildwood street was withdrawn by the pe- titloner because of the lack of in- terest by the property owners in| that district. A pctition from the | building commissioner that | hoard take over the work of esta lishing site lines on all new build- ing propositions was referred to the chairman and will be discussed at the next meeting. The proposed rate ror this job being $2, the question lieing whether the work can be done tor this price. BERLIN NEWS (Continued from Page Seven) are to be vaccinated. Cromwell bor- ders on East Berlin and there is| much visiting between residents of both towns. Rev. A. L. Burgreen has resumed his studies at the Yale Divinity . school after a 10-day vacation spent at his home here. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS | TSR 103 T ON ZONE LAW INTENTION Judge Jeanings Wants Testimony of Authorities Before Making De- cision in Kilbourne Suft. Before decision is given in super- for court as to what constitutes “construction” under the terms of the New Britain szoning act, ' wit- nesses will be heard with reference to operations performed on which Edward O. Kilbourne hopes to col- lect damages of $18,000 from the city. After Kilbourne had brought suit against the city to obtain re- imbursement for money laid out on filjing land and building a culvert at a gasoline station site in Belvidere the city demurred citing ordinances which require that construction be- gin within three months and be of a permit at|completed within a year. Kilbourne | had a permit for the building and An- | he had placed the culvert and filled | the land prior to issuance of orders which haited operations. In city court Judge Henry P. Roche ruled the work does not con- stitute construction under the gzon- ing law, and appeal was taken to superior court. Judge Jeunings heard argument by counsel last week, but has decreed that wit- nesses must be heard before de- cision is made. City Items Suit or Overcoat—=$22.90. Tel. 454.— Nash McCabe, 49 Walnut St. advt. Arthur Frenetti of 443 West Main street fell on the post office steps about 7:10 last evening and was tak- | en to his home by Officers Maurice Flynn and Peter Cabelus. Mrs. Frenetti told the officers he is troubled with a leg weaknees. Stories and Essays by Miss Isa- belle Stanley with {illustrations by Oliver Wiard for sale at Helen Phil- lips.—advt. Mrs. Hoar of 905 Corbin avenue reported to Officer Fred Wagner terday the theft of a tricycle and a small express wagon about Jan- uary 1. A Nash suit or overcoat, $22.90. Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Emmett and daughter, Grace, of Monroe street, have returned from New Ha- ven, where they spent the New Year holidays. Johnston's clean coal is good coal. City Coal & Wood Co. Tel. 217.— Second Mor $300.00 to (5-Year Repa Call at our bank and make application for the amount you. tgage Loans $5,000.00 yment Plan) 6 West Main Street Before FIRST— 1 w 1 LOAN purpose will You Borrow Be sure you have a real need for he money you borrow, one that will prove to be a source of profit o you. A MUTUAL SYSTEM when used for a worthy he a real benefit to you. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 1028 (Continued from Page Seven) tee and will be continued on the board. Playground Commission The following were appointed members of the playground com- mission by Mayor Crumb: Mrs. |George Tong, Miss-Clara O'Connell, Joseph L. MacDonald, Arthur N. Manross, Arthur C. Hitcheock, Frank Merrill and Calixte Allaire, Expensive Grading Plan City Engineer Carleton W. Buell, at the council meeting last evening, presented a tentative plan for reduc- ing the grade and widening the |curyes on South street between Downs and Middle streets. Accord- ing to his estimate, it would be nec- |essary to remove approximately {8,000 cubic yards of dirt and stone |at-a cost of about $¢ a yard, making |the total expenditure in the ncigh- borhood of $32,000. After a short discussion, it was de- cided that the road in question was not used sufficiently to warrant such a large expenditure and the matter was turned back to the street com- mittee for further investigation. Legion and Auxiliary Installation Joint installation exercises were held last evening by Seicheprey Post No. 2, American Legion, and the auxiliary. The following officers of the post were installed by State Vice Commander Frank Anderson of Wethersfield: Commander, Arthur Griffin; Coleman and Ellsworth Hawkes; adjutant. C. M. Pfennig; finance of- ficer, Hilary 8. Driscoll financial secretary, John Miller; chaplain, |Harold A. Hayden; historian, Arthur Johnson. Mrs. Ruth E. Pfennig, state presi- dent of the auxiliary and wife of the ladjutant of the local rost, assisted by members of her staff installed the following officers of the auxiliary: Fresident, Mrs. Katherine Griffin; vice-presidents, Mrs. Helen Wasley and Miss Nancy Johnson; secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Woisard: treasurer, Mrs. {Nora Beaucar; financial secretary, Miss Dorothy Miller; chaplain, Mrs. Frank Dutton: historian, Mrs. Sam- {vel Dutcher. Mrs. Griffin, the pres- ident, is the wife of the post com- | mander. State officers attending. besides 12 ’;y"‘“- 184 North St. Phone 2805 | g Prennig and Mr. Anderson, were —advt. | County Vice-Commander Karl Pan- 'zer, State Welfare Chairman Samuel | Felles, State Secretary Mrs. Ethel L. Panzer and State Vice-President Mrs. | Agnes Welles. | Following the instaliation work, a | luncheon was served by members of the auxiliary. Three More Breaks Reported Three more breaks were reported to the police this morning, bringing the tota nights. The quartermaster’s room |of Company L, C. N. G, in Red Men'’s building on Erospect was entered during the night, | the store of Howard Sanford at 17 | Prospect street. The third place en- |tered was the Boulevard Pharmac | conducted by Mastrobount Brother: |No money wag procured in any of | the places visited and no stock was | missing so far as could'be ascer- tained this morning. Case Continucd The case of Frank Redman, charged with driving while under the influence of liquor and reckless driv- ing, was again continued by Prose- cuting Attorncy James T. Mather this morning until Saturday. Janu- 7. Redman was arrested on the night of February 24 after the auto- mobile which he was operating had crashed into a parked car on Jacobs street. 1. 0. 0. F. Mecting The regular meeting of Pequabuck lodge, T. O. O. F., will be held at § | rific bombing attack by airplanes, | o'clock this in Arcanum hall, | evening MISS DU PONT TO WED Wilmington, Del., Jan. 4.—(UP) —Forsaking her career as a nurse in Johns Hopkins hospital, at Balt |more which she had followed per | sistently for two vears, Miss Mar: Belin Du Pont, daughter of Lam- {mot Du Pont. will become the wife of Dr. James Morrison Faulkner of | Boston. HI. MARGY' vice-commanders, Raymond | LA GUARDIA NOW "~ ANAYY BOGSTER {Gongressman Tears Up Spesch Mter Submarine Trip Washington, Jan. ¢ UP—Hard- ships encountered in seeking to save | the forty officers and men who sank {in the submarine 8-4 were recounted to the house today by Representa- tive LaGuardia, republican, New York, who defended the navy's res- cue work. Hardly had LaGuardia been seated before representative Gifford, repub- lican, Massachusetts, took the floor and questioned whether the rescue operations had been carefully con- ducted. He reiterated his charge that naval vessels left the scene during | stormy weather and that news had | been suppressed wien the 8-4 loca- tion had temporarily been lost. “The 8-¢ weighed 800 tons and s [ filled with water 100 feet below the | surface,” Laguardia said, “and it was impossible to lift the submarine {by derricks or any other method | progressed so far.” 1 “It is the last thing that we ean | do to admit publicly that these men |are doing everything that is possi- | ble, and to give them every bit of nd encouragement that is he added. He urged that the house send a | message of confidence to the rescue | workers at Provincetown. He previ- | ously had torn up a speech ot critl- cism he had intended to deliver to- day. Mr. Gifford sald he did not want | to criticise the navy, but he wanted |to know from the Provincetown people their opinion of how the res- | cue work had heen carried on. He expressed a hope that subma- | rines in the future would be equipped with safety devices to prevent such ! tragedies in times of peace “even if {these have to be stripped away in {time of war." BLUEACKETS WILL 1150 BE USED IN - PURSUIT OF REBELS (Continued From First Page) jand 10 offi The submarine tender Argonne supplies for the detachment will be | sent from the same port on the am- | munition ship Nitrol. While the navy was getting its | ships and men in order today, the first action in congress growing out of the recent fighting Rgpresentative Bloom, democrat, New York, introduced a resolution calling upon Secretaries Kellogg and Wilbur to furnish full information to the house foreign relations com- | Wants Marines Withdrawn Immediate withdrawal of American forces from Nicaragua wus proposed in a resolution by Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama. | S, Bombers Active Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 4 (UP) —United States marine§, after a ter- mitte massed today for an attempt 1o storm the position of the strongly | entrenched rebel general, Augustino { Sandino. | The attack probably will be made tomorrow. Sandino. with a well-trained forec strong position at EI Chipote, in the cstimated at 1.000 men, held & | mountains of the Ocotal region. | The marines, under Lieut. Moses ! J. Gould, were operating out | Quilal, 15 miles away, which they | 2uy more quickly than the work has | The planes flew low . eover the Sandine lines, picking their targets and dropping 20.pound fragmenta- tion bombs with deadly accuracy. They reported the executien of their direet hits was tremendous. The aviators disregarded the antl- alroraft guns with which Sandino’s men were reported to be equipped, but they were greeted with a heavy barrage of rifle and machine gun fire. g » Reports Heavy Casualties Mexi¢o City, Jan. ¢ UPM—Pedro | Zepeda, Nicaraguan liberal, today gave out a statement regarding casualties of American marines in Nicaragua. Zepeda formerly repre- sented Dr. Juan Sacass, Nicaraguan liberal leader, in Mexico. Zépeda sald several hundred United States marines had been killed in the past six months in fighting between them and follow- ers of the rebel general Augustino | thorities were withrholding the exact figures on casualties although Ni. caraguan papers frequently printed | stories of the clashes and listed the marine dead and wounded. Zepeda said Sandino intended to draw the world's attention to the fact that'“patriots are still fighting American invaders” in order that the question would be taken up at the forth-coming pan-American con- ference in Havana, Cuba. Commenting on the sending of ad- | ditional marines and destroyers to Nicaragua, Zepeda declared the United States would not “drown the protest of Nicaraguan patriots” un- ’Ie- the majority of Nicaraguans were first exterminated. Failure of the announced offensive |against Sandino was forecast by | Zepeda. He said that when the roads were dried out the marines would be able to capture only some of the rebel positions and this with heavy | 1osnes. The Sandino followers, he ex- plained, would withdraw to the mountains and, uncrushed, would awalt an opportunity to deliver a blow to the straggling marines as | they were constantly doing. Zepeda sald he received a report from fandino of a battle at Telpan- eca where 250 of Sandino’s men {commanded by Colonel Francisco | Mendoza exterminated a garrison of | 80 marines and native constabulary. | | This was done, Zepeda asserted in a | bloody encounter which lasted seven | hours and during which several | houses were blown up. The marines, | he added, fought bravely until the last one was killed. | Randine’s booty in this battle was sald by Zepeda to have consisted of to seven for the past two|Charleston, 8 C., carrying 250 men|four machine guns. 150 Springfield | { rifles, large quantities of ammun tion, 47 pack mules laden with street | will sail from San Diego With a bat- | cgthes and foodstuffs. Thus, Zepeda | s Was | talion of marines. Ammunition and | oypiained, the Sandino followers ob- | tained the equipment and uniforms used at Quilalf. Dynantite Buried Zopeda quoted Sandino as declar- {ing that he knew he was waging a ! Josing fight but that he had buried | ! nts in the country to blow himselt up when everything was lgst—in or- ! der that all traces of what Sandino | was should be lost to the marines. Zepeda said Sandino started fight- ling for Sacasa at Puerto Cabezas with 150 badly armed men and at | pot the ! the present time his forces consist | | of 1500 men with the cream of the {intellectnal youth of Nicaragua en- rolled among them. | The anti-aireraft guns used by | §andino are Sandino's own invention, | Zepeda asserted. The results of the presidential clections next August will be mean- ingless as far ns Sandino is con- cerned, Zepeda said. The rebel lead- |er will continue to fight until the marines abandon Nicaragua, he de- ciared. Zepeda believes that the elections ' themselves will be fair. He forecasts {a conservative victory heause, he isaid, the majority of liberals “will | have been slain or driven to the of | mountains” by marines in order to | insure free clections, Merely Margy, An Awfully Sweet Girl DID YOU HEAR THE ONE ABOUT “ IF SEVEN GIRLS WERE DOWN TOWN Sandino. He asserted American au- DECLARE PAPERS ABSOLUTELY FAE (Continued from First Page) “I don't recall that.” “Where did you get that letter’ Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkan- sas, pursued. "hy beat recollection s that it was a Mexican newspaperman.” “Do you mean to tell the com. mittee you got that letter from a man whose ( name you cannot re. call 2 “Yes, sir."” “Do you remember how he look- ed “No sir.” “S80 you cannot assist us in certaining who the man was?” “No sir. Page explained that what he got was a Spanish translation of the original in English. Smiley, resuming his teatimony, said it was preposterous to believe the letter was tyue. “In effect,” he sald, “it was a personal letter from Senator La Follette to President Calles, recall- ing the friendship of the elder 8en- ator La Follette for President Calles and saying he should not be disturbed about the talk of inter- vention; that Senator La Follette |and certain other senators were not favorable to such a step.” “Who were the othera?” Senator Johnson, fornia. “I recall, sir, that your name was mentioned."” “And Senator Swanson?"” “Yes, sir, and Senators Borah and Wheeler of Montana.” Senator Robinson said his infor- | ,mation was that Secretary Kellogg had written LaFollette that he did | not regard the matter as of sufficient {importance to take any action on it. | Senator Johnson then read into {the record an affidavit from Arthur | Constandine at Mexico City denying i statements of Robert H. Murray, for- merly of the New York World, that | Constandine had said the American jembassy had bought Mexican docu- ments from Avila, | Joseph T. De Courcy, former Mex- ico City correspondent of the New York Times, next flatly denied previ- asked republican, Cali- {ous testimony in the hearing that he ever “manufactured” any documents of any kind for sale to the American | embassy. Murray had testified had told him manufactured” {“on demand.” | De Courcy said he had employed Avila to obtain a document showing that money had been paid to !\lur»k ray by the Mexican government. | | “I knew Murray had been paid | |and I determined to get the prool,"‘ | De Courcy said. | i He said the New York Times had | 'supplied him $300 to obtain evidence | that Avila | that De Courcy had | various documents | came when ' (00U ong of dynamite at various |that Murray had been employed by | Mexico. | | “I got the document from a de- | tective employed by the govern-| ment,” he explained. *Avila intro- | | duced me to the detective.” | “Was there any question of the 1 genuineness of this document?” i “No, because 1 knew Murray had been paid $35,000 Dby the Obregon | government for representing the gov- 'ernment in Washington and the document showed this. “Mr. Murray's testimony is ari ab- solute lie,” De Courcy added. Avila was recalled and denied that he offered any documents to Mur- ray except the document De Courcy | testified about. | Avila then in his half broken Eng- lish launched into a long recital about what he claimed was a trap Murray was “setting for the other fellow.” | "What other fellow?” Johnson de- manded. “I no know,” Avila returned with a shrug. ! The witness said he refused to sign 2 letter for Murray saying that Dej' @ TOLD ME THAT JOKE LAST WEEK ! about Murray. Hearst s Satisfied New York, Jan. ¢ (UP)—William Randolph Hearst is wil to abide by the declsion of the senats com- mittee which is now investigating the authentictty of alleged Moxican state documents published in the Hearst newspapers, he has informed his New York editors. ‘The publisher ordered his papers to make no further effort to convince the public of their authenticity. “We have given every possible aid to the committee with the utmost sincerity and fmpartiality. “It the hand writing experts should agree that the documents we have produced bear evidences of having been fabricated, I will not dispute that decision further than te maintain persistently, and I believe patriotically, that the logic of events gives every evidence that the essen- tial facts contained in the documents were not fabricated.” Hearst considered it *‘unfortunate” that the documents contained “un. Jjust refiections” upon United States sena “reflections which no one in the United States believed, and which I testified I did not belleve, and which I wrote in my papers that I did not believe. “These documents,” Hearst added, ‘““were published in our papers frank- ly because we believed without ques- tion that they supported the attitude of President Coolidge in regard to Nicaragua,” ‘Telephone 925. - Ask for ez time rate. oo S desott ey \s incorrec errors afier the firet' insertisn. CAR AFIRE AFTER COLLISION A touring car owned by John Hartinger of 295 Lasmlle street took fire when it struck a tree near the corner of Oak and West streets and an alarm was rung from Box 414 at 6:15.1ast evening. The firemen found that dirt had been used to ex- tinguish the blaze and there was, practically no damage to the ma- chine, Scientific literature does not give a single authentic instance of any- one living beyond 105 years: REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE COMMERCIAL TRUST CO., New Britain; Conn. At the close of business on the 31st day of December, 1927 RESOURCES " Loans and Discounts ................... $2,975,609.68 Overdrafts .........o00uee. Funds set aside for Savings Depositors .. U. S. Government Securities Other Securities . Banking House . . Sy Furniture and Equipment—( Due from Reserve Agents Cash on hand ... Checks, Cash items and Exchm'\zell Other Assets ... Total Assets .. See Rese! L1 tel 86381 660,570.84 . 808,248.81 184,288.77 223,378.59 89,787.85 50,011,10 110,195.70 .v..... $6,738,858.98 LIABILITIES Capital Stock ............ BUITING 5 oiie s oo esisnnss Undivided Profits, (less ex- penses and taxes paid) Reserved for Interest, Taxes, ete; ...5oadounses Reserve for Depreciation Furniture and Fixtures Savings Deposits ......... General Deposits ......... Certificates of Deposit .... Treasurer’s Checks Certified Checks .. Dividends Unpaid ........ Christmas Savings and Thrift Funds . Total Deposits ........... Bills Payable (including all borrowings) ... Other Liabilities ...... Total Liabilities ....... State of Connecticut 3 $ 500,000.00 125,000.00 85,212.87 57,876.15 184,282.77 $2,183,895.61 2,043,656.38 1,265,513.85 18,245.18 683.00 18,750.00 217,507.21 5,558,251.23 220,000.00 68,730.96 cevenienan.. . $6,738,853.98 ¢ s New Britaln, Conn., Jan. 4th, 1978 | County of Hartford 3 ki 1. Walter M. Bassford, Treasurer of the aforesaid Commercial Trust Co., do solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowledge and bel lef. WALTER M. BASSFORD, Treas. 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