New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1928, Page 1

| ~w . ed a fractured skull, OF HABEAS CORPUS UNDER ADVISENENT Indge 1o Deckdo Whether Sonal| Has Power to Force Answers | i ot Domo Inquiry MATTER FOUGHT 00T IN DISTRICY SIPREXE COURT Congressional Body's Committee Asks Dismissal of Writ While Standard Ol Chairman Requests It be Upheld—Wickersham De- scribes Contincatal Ofl Deal to Conrt as “Slimy.” ‘Washington, Feb, 7 (UP)—Jus- tice Jennings Balley took under ad- visement in District of Columbia preme court today the question of the United States senate's right to compel Colonel Robert W. Stewart to answer questions put to him by its Teapot Dome committee, Challenges Power Stewart, chalrman of the board of the Btandard Oil company, formally challenged the senate’s power to re- quire him to testify concerning dis. posal of $3,000,000 in Liberty bond | profits ‘of the Continental Trading company. The senate counsel maintained it had such power and asked dia- missal of a habeas corpus writ on which Stewart was freed last Batur- | day. It was on this motion that Jus- | tice Balley reserved decision. George | Wickershaw, for the senate, de- scribed the Continental oil deal as “slimy.” Flle Brief | Justice Balley gave Btewart's at- torneys until next Monday to file a | brief on the point of law involved, ! and the senate through Wickersham ‘was given until the following Fri- day to file a reply. The decision thus will not be made probably for at lcast two weeks and perhups longer, during which time Stewart will re- tain his freedom on $1,000 bond. Potition Filed Senate Sorgeant at Arms David Barry, Deputy John J. McGrain and Ui Attorney Peyton Gordon filed a petition with Justice .Y!.malucu1 Balley for dismissal of the writ of habeas corpus on which - Btewart obtained his freedom last Baturday.| Stewart had been arrested Friday under a senate warrant, and held a “prisoner” in his Hotel Willard suite because of his refusal to an- swer questions about the Continentat | deal put by the senate Teapot | Dome {nvestigators. | The petition was filed just before | court opened for hearing on Stew- | art’s attempt to have the habeas| corpus writ made permanent, free-| ing him from senate custody. It re- cited that Stewart had obtained a writ, that Barry and McGrain were duly authorized senate officlals, that, Stewart was arrested by them and that the warrant was imued in con-. nection with the new senate Teapot | Dome investigation. | Copies of the resolutions empow- | ering a senate ecommittee to make this and the previous Dome invest!- mations were cited to show the sen- ate's authority. “Wherefore the respondents pray,” sald the petition, “that the writ of habeas corpus be discharged, the petition dismissed and the peti- tioner be remanded to the custody of the respondents or either of them under warrant above men- tioned.” b Postpones Cases ! Justice Balley postponed several cases set for today, and excused a jury before U. 8. Attorney Peyton Gordon presented former Attorney General George W. Wickersham, representing the senate, Stewart, with his graying hair sleekly combed, came into court and smiled at & few friends. About 100 tried to get into the little ecourt room but only about 30 or 40 were admitted after reporters had been | neated, | Three Counts | Jesse C. Adkins, head of the Dis- trict of Columbia Bar association, (Continued on Page 17) JUDGE PECK IS NANED IN SUIT FOR $20,00 Charged With Injuring New Haven Man in Auto Crash Now Haven, Feb. 7 UP—Epaphro- ditus Peck, former judge of the common pleas court for Hartford county, Bristol lawyer and repre- sentative in the general assembly yrom that city, is defendant in a $20,000 negligence action returned to the February term of civil super- for eourt againet him here today by Barnett Friedler of this city. Friedler, according to the writ, re- ceived injuries of .a serious naturc as & result of an automobile acci- | dent on July 7, 1927, invelving his machine and the car of the defend- . ant. Friedler claims to have suffer- two fingers crushed so oadly as to require am- putation and other injuries. The plaintf? alleges that his injuries - have pesulted in a chronie thyreidi- tis, or infection of the thyroid gland. |an early hour today. [Police Unable to Find |been killed and they did not ylacei imuch credence in the story. | because of the action of welfare au- | Lays Aside Whistle That Called Wife Camden, N. J., Feb. 7 UP—Cap- tain John D. Bargent, an aged paralytic, has laid aside the whistle he used to call his wife, the Mrs. Emma Sargent. During the years since he suf- fered a paralytic stroke in 1924, Captain Sargent, for 50 years an | | employe of the American Dredg- ing company, learned little messages to his wife. She would come instantly when he blew a whistle on the second floor. William Wrifford, a Camden contractor, who with his wife had come to visit the Bargenta opened a window and climbed into the bouse. In the kitchen he found Mrs. Sargent's body on the floor. 1, ROCKVILLE GIRL WARRIES MULATTD Ceremony Performed by Justice ol P G FIERY CROSS IS BURNED Beatrice Fuller and Clarence Kel-l lem Wed Despite Much Opposition ~—Go to Philadeiphia for Honey- moon Secretly. Rockville, Conn.,-Feb. 7 (UP)— i Justice of the Peace Carl Goehring | of Ellington announced today that he had married Miss Beatrice Ful- | ler, white, and her mulatto sweet- | heart, Clarence Kellem. ! Married at Home Goehring said the ceremony was performed at Kellem's home here at | ‘The couple | left secretly for Philadelphia im- | mediately afterward, according to the justice of the peace. | Undismayed by the refusal of the | Rev. George 8. Brookes, Congrega- tional pastor, to perform the cere- | money late last night, the 19 year| | 5 old girl who claims descent from |Miss Ruth Bristoll, woman proba- |f Mayflower . stock and her dusky |tlon officer. Miss Bristoll took the SIUGGHNG IS G KED] flance were reported to have ap- |girl to her home where additional | % 2 pealed later to Goehring, who | questioning failed to show any light agreed to marry them. ‘While Rockville citizens, many of whom had vigorously opposed the mixed marriage, slept, the jus- tice of the peace hurried to the mu- latto’s home, where the wedding was held in the pressnce of only Mr. | and ‘Mra, Amos Taylor, stepfather | and mother of the bride, and rela- tives of the bridegrpom. In taking the “blue blooded” American girl as his ‘bride, defled not only the conventions but also the Ku Klux Klansmen who, he claimed, had threatened to flog him if he insisted on the wedding. The negro told Rev., Brookes last night that he had received threats | from the Ku Klux Klan. As con- firmation of his report, a fiery cross flared from atop Pillsbury hill, near (Continued on Page 17) REPORTS KILLING, THEN DISAPPEARS Trace of New Britain Men Torrington, Feb. 3 U — The po- lice this afternoon were searching for a mysterious stranger who in- terrupted a girls’ class session at Bethel Baptist rectory at noon to- day with & request to use the tele- phone to .ask an undertaker to call for a body which had been horribly mangled in an accident near the rectory. The victim of the accident was Harry Smith of 219 South street, New Britain, the father of seven children, he said. He gave his own name as Fred Wheeler, 215 | Main street, New Britain. | te investigation failed to re- veal dny evidence that an accident had occurred. The stranger disappeared after calling the undertaker. The Torrington police told the hat they were unable to find the body of the man reported to have ROMAINE LEAYES HOME, of 16 Star street, who, with his wife and children, was before the public for several weeks ! thorities in taking three of the children out of the home and plac- ing them in the county institution, has been away from New Britain for two weeks and his wite is alarmed at his absence and failure to com- municate with her. 8he feared he might be the unidentified man who was foumd murdered in Somerville, N. J.. but Detective Sergeant McCue telephoned to the authorities there this afternoon and learned that the victim is not Romain. Mrs. Romain said today her hus- band had been working until two weeks ago, when he was laid off. He went to Newark, hoping to find employment but whether or not he ‘was successful has not been learned. He cannot write, but he has always taken pains to keep his family in- VICTIM RECOVERING to send || {from Monday jand did not know what to do. fihh‘ | was taken to a nearby drug store for some time and has been addicted jon her identity. Kellem |wold in Hartford, she had 25 cents | Protected Mother From (Specizl to the Ierald) Southington, Feb. this morning that his son, Matthew, whom, it is alleged, he shot last night at his home on Buckland : 4= street had died in the Bristol hos- Miss Gladys L. Kayser, in Pitiful ,00) Jonn Gaynor collapsed in the Plight, Asks Gas Station Attendant ! arms of his brother who was visiting Wanders to This Gity | 'GOULDN'T TELL OWN NAME to Ideutify Her — Improvement |iike a child, Gaynor, the police & charge, following sn altercation at Noted Toduy. his home in which Matthew defend- ed his mother, shot his son through chest from a distance of about feet with the charge from a | single-barrel shot gun. attack of | Recovering from an ‘lhe {amnesia during which she traveled | from Hartford to New Britain, Mi | Gladys E. Kayser of 176 North W ney street, Hartford, is a patient at New Britain General hospital where of Drs. posure, Gaynor was presented in town court before Judge Lambert J. | George H. Dalton and Raoul Ben-!Degnan and was charged by Prose- noit. . { cutor Harry C. Camp with first de- Miss Kayser's adventures lasted | gree murder. Constables had to sup- morning until she | port him on either side while the found herself in the hospital last|Warrant was belng read and the night, during which period she has | father, accused of snuffing the life ne knowledge of her wanderings.|out of his own offspring, stared She first came to the attention of | Uazedly at .the floor. He pleaded the New Britain authorities when |10t Builty and waived examination. {she Is under observation | she walked into the Singer oil sta- { Judge .Degnan bound him over to {tion on West Main street, and ap- | the superior court in Hartford with- proaching a man there, asked “Do |Out bonds. His case will be tried you know who I am?” She explained | in the March term. that she had forgotten her identity | Son Defends His Mother, or residence and how she got u..,,ml The police version of the affair is that Gaynor has been out of wora |and the police department notified. |to heavy drinking. Although not Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth sent | !him in the local lockup and cried | After he had recovered his com- | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1928 —TWENTY PAGES H, S, GIRL AMNESIA Southington Man Slays Own Son and Is Held on Murder Charge \Hartford Stndent, Mind Blauk, John Gaynor Fires Load of Buckshot Into Youth Who Abuse of Angry Father. |drunk last night, he had imbibed T—Informed | cnough to make him ugly, they say, | !and upon reaching his home, he | picked a quarrel with his wife, Mrs. | Marcella Gaynor. During the heat- ed argument, Matthew, the son, in- terfered in defense of his mother and upbraided his father for his drinking. Gaynor left the house and hid Bimself in a woodshed not far from the house. He clutched a single- barreled shotgun and waited. | tor's office in the evening and Mat- |thew, her first born son, was to ac- company her. Quicting his mother's rerves after the interview with the father, both prepared to leave the house, They chose to emerge from the rear door. Matthew came first and right after him came his moth- er. Father Fires Without Warning Without warning from the door of the woodshed not more than 25 feet away, there was a blast of fire. Matthew stumbled to the ground and staggered through the yard. He | was mortally wounded but he was able to make his way through the | yard about 60 feet to the home of | {his uncle, Matthew Gaynor. He- pushed the door open and gasping, | “Well, he has done it,” collapsed. | His mother was injured in the | (Continued on Page 16.) Detective Sergeant George Ellinger | to the drug store, where he attempt- | ed to question the girl. | I Illl T AY She impressed the police official | ANN“YS I]RY F"REE Girl Impresses Police with the fact that she was obviously | well bred and well educated. In; Duran, in Report, Says Ilicit Stills Are Worst Problem addition she was well dressed and seemed anxious to cooperate fn at- tempts to ascertain her identity. She | ‘was taken to police headquarters where Lieutenant Bamforth also tried to question her. Here she be- came slightly hysterical and cried. Lieutenant Bamforth called fin! Statement Declares That Customs and Cosst Guard Men Have Ef- fectually Blocked Shipments of Liquor into This Country. Washington, Feb. 7 UM — The It was considered advisable to send the girl to the hos- pital where she would have expert | attention. S8he was taken to the hos- | pital by Probation Officer E. C. Con- | nolly. i She gave no indication of having | been in an accident and the condi-| tion of her clothing ehowed scrupu- |latest chrenicle of Uncle Sam's |lous care and attention. She was ,multifarious efforts to enforee pro- wearing a pair of shoes of a brand |hibition, as given to the house ap- propriations committee by Com- missioner Doran, was revealed to- day with presentation to the house of a bill to provide funds for the treasury department. Tale of Activities and a trolley token inhe possession, and was wearing a ring with the initials G. E. K., and the inscription “Holcomb school—1825" engraved on it. | She told Lieutenant Bamforth that | The tralling of rum runners she remembered three names: (through fog 200 miles at sea, the | “Gladys,” “Betty” and “Kay.” This | widespread dragnets sct around bor- and the ring were the clues throuch der cities for liquor smugglers, the |which her identity was discovercd. |wiping out of as high as $70,000 | Through the cooperation of the head iinvestments in a single raid—these {tary school in Hartford, it Was activity on behalf of the 18th |learned she was Gladys E. Kayser amendment were unfolded as an | of the above address, a daughter of cxplanation of how appropriations {of the Holcomb school, an elem®i- ‘and many more pictures of federal | |George P. Kayser. The latter was {notified and called at the hospital |this morning about 3 oclock. | Greets Father, Then Has Relapse | In the meantime her mind became blank again from which condition {were expended in the past fiscal |vear. Problems besetting adminis- |trators of the dry law, such asthat recently presented by the wholesale flunking of civil service tests by en- Herald at 3 o'clock this mfternoon | |she recovered for a moment when | her father entered. Seeing her ;!nher;. she cried: *“Hello, l)addy,"' and then her mind deserted her. || This morning under the care of |non "lorkine 1 mor ey Rorities the hospital physicians she gradual- Vot ‘Maricns' Montans. Nevadn 1y regained her memory until short- :’!md New Mexico, because “there is ly before noon she seemed to D¢ 50 state code under which the ‘su:lu officers may work."” The greatest single problem facing enforcement officers now, he said, is that of fllicit distilling. ‘“‘Coast guard and customs checked off large smuggling opera- tailed. Cooperation Is lacking Mr. Doran charged that coopera- | ‘(nrcement agents, also were @e- (Continuzd on Page 16.) 26 1-2 MILL TAX RATE |trol of industrial alcohol has ac- |centuated the fllicit distilling prob. {Increase of One Mill Pro-|"™ Next Bost source . “It is merely a case of the illegal gram-of Finance trafic golng to the next 'most available material for liquor,” said 1 the commissioner. “They prefer to i have straight whiskey or pure alco- hol, then specially denatured alco- {hol, then completely denatured cohol, and failing to secure an ade- |one mill raise in tax rate for next v year, the pruning committee of the ‘qluate AN Increased achool costs are almost | wholly responsible for a proposed officials have | je |tions such as old rum row,” he! said, adding that satisfactory con- board of finance and taxzation having cut the estimates of other depart- ments to about the same figure as {last year. The committee will recom- | {mend a tax rate of 26 1-2 mills to | LaFollette Accuses Republicans $1,236,684, an increase of $96,433, which represents about three-quar- ters of one mill. Improvements to be carried out by other departments ac- | count for the balance. Among the more costly proposi- tions rejected are: Incinerator, police clothing allowance. vault for the town clerk's $30,000; vault $3,900; office, in rear of city hall, city hall, $3,600; for firemen, $1,000. It was voted to make no appro- priation for three new police motor- cycles, but an inexpensive car will be provided for the detective bu- reau. Numerous improvements in all parks were cut out to make the budget for that department one of $60,000, in lieu of a $124,000 re- group insurance iquest. The sum of §5,000 was set aside to begin work on a new park for the Washington school -grounds. As was expected, the department of public works budget was freely hacked. From the item of new macadam $5§0,000 was taken, leaving fqrmed as to his whereabouts when away from them, Mrs. Romain said. (Continued on Page 16) meet estimated expenses of $3,023,- ' IS NOT NURDER “mf"fi:' schbod “omaiiins da saiiowsil] S $125,000; isolation hospital, $26,000; | $5,000; paving of passway beside | (Continued on Page 16) ‘BOSSY’ GILLIS HAS OPPOSITION Newburyport Mapor Finds City Councl Against Him 'MOB STORMS MEETING “Bad [Boy” Finds Nomination Turned Down—“Rides” Police and Fire Department As Well As City Fathers, Newburyport, Mass., Feb, 7 (UP), —A stormy session of the city coun- cil last night ended in Woth victory and defeat of Mayor “Bossy” Gillls, champlon of “eivic righta.” A crowd, which filled the council chamber and left 200 persons in the corridors, clamoring for admission, came to hear the dynamic mayor tell the ceuncil “where to get off.” “Bossy” suggested that the meet- ing could be held upstairs in the assembly hall, where all could be accommodated. But the council thought otherwise, and defeated the suggestion for & different meeting place. | “You want to remember that as | (a body you are a body of public | servants and should stand ready to | help the citizens and grant their demands,” “Bossy" shouted to his adamant councilmen. Loud cheers from the crowd in- terrupted him. “You guys will be up for reelec- ‘(101'\ some of you, this coming fall, jand if you get it in the neck, re- | member it's your own fault,” | “Bossy” offered as a parting shot, before the council meeting got down |to regular business. | “Bossy's” nomination of Dr. Frank | | Snow to the board of health was de- feated by a small margin. It was |the second time that the appoint- | ment had been tabled. The crowds |in the chamber gave the mayor a supporting hiss at the decision. |Newburyport's police department |came in for a ringing attack by the mayor. | “The coppers go out from the sta- | tien and nobody knows where they |are,” “Bossy" declared, in advocat- | ing the installation of a box system. | “Let’s wake 'em up and shake 'em | | The fire department didn't escape | either, ; “Some night this fire alarm sys- tem won't work, and then plenty will happen,” said “Bossy.” “Another | thing, this engine we got in the fire | department now is all shot. We |reed this new pumper. We don't do the city a lot of good and wake it up.” | of Trying to Force Third Term Washington, Feb, 7 P—A genat declaration against more than two | day by Senator La Follette, repub- lican, Wisconsin, with the statement that “powerful factors in the re- publican party” were preparing to “draft” President Coolidge for an- other term. The move was countered with an |attempt by Senator Bingham, re- publican, Connecticut, one of the ad- ministration group, to refer the La Follettc proposal to a committee. La Follette replied that to send his resolution commending Presi- anti-third term precedent and de- claring the senate to be opposed to more than two terms was “like send- ing it to the chloroform room.” Scnator La Follette took up speci- fically the statement made by Presi- dent Coolidge to the republican na- tional committes as to his own avail- |Asks Senate to Make Definite Senator Bingham Seeks to Avert Action. | terms for a president was asked to- | Declaration Against It— !ahf.llly for nomination this year, By not using conclusive language, | he has opened the door to those who | | would draft him for another term,” Ihc said. “Powerful factors of the ircpublian party are members of its | movement to smash the third term | precedent.” | “I believe that the senate will {recognize the gravity of the situa- | tion and place itself on record by a :rybnax|llnl majority for this resolu- | tion.” | e — i s e dent Coolidge for observance of the | | THE WEATHER | New Britain and vicinity: || Unecttied and warmet; prob- | | ably followed by rain tonight |1 and Wednesday. = Mrs. Gaynor was to visit the doc- | BAITISH SOVEREIH PENS PARLIANENT (King Goorge Rides Klone in His Carringe of Gold \UEEN MARY HAS COLD' Ruler Delivers Spoech in Which He | | Says England Meditating on New Arbitration Treaty With United | States. London, Feb. 7 ( -— England's | finest spectacle of royal pomp amid | {ancient pageantry, the royal opening | of parliament, was enacted at noon today. It lacked just a little of its lusual brilliance, however, because |for the first time in his reign King George was not accompanied by ! Queen Mary. | Quoen 1 | The queen was ill with a cold at | Buckingham palace and the king irode alone in state in the coach of |glass and gold to Westminster. { At Westminster he read his speech | from the throne in which he said the British government was sympathet- | jcally studying the new draft of the treaty of arbitration with the United States to replace the treaty of 1908, l The king touched on the improved ituation in China. The royal forecast of new legisla- tion contained little beyond propos- als for amending parllamentary and Albany, N. Y., Feb. 1 (UP)— Governor Alfred E. Smith has not yet decided whether he will attend the National Democratic convention at Houston, Tex., next June, he said today. “Tll have to talk it ever and see what's the best thing to be done,” 8mith explained. The governor, therefore, has declined the invitation of Mayor W. A. Gunter, Jr., of Montgo! ery, Ala., to apend seversl days in that city on his way south. “I told the mayor I was sorry but that my plans were so in- definite I did not feel that I could accept the invitation,” the gov- ernor said, WARRANT WILL BE SENT T0 HOSPIT Homicide Charge to Be Placed Against Shalnitz STILL BADLY BURNED With Waterbury Fire in Which Three Lives Were Lost Early Sunday Moming. and | {local government franchises consideration of measures to relieve the burden of local taxation. London's Best Show The state procession from Buck- lln[ham palace to Westminster and back again, together with the vivid scenes within the vaulted chamber of the House of Lords, where the Kking read his speech from the throne continued to be London's best show. ‘| The lord mayor's parade, when that august first citisen of London town rides through his mile-square do- main, is not a patch on the stately progress of the king to parliament. It was a great day for English country folk and American tourists. King George in his apeech from the throne opening parilament de- clared that his government was sym- pathetically studying the new draft of the treaty of arbitration between Great Britain and the United Btates. This treaty will replace the one con- cluded with Washington on April 4, 1908, Friendly Relations *“My relations with the foreign pewete-continue to be triendip.” he sald. “It is the constant gffort of wy government in cooperation with the League of Nations to mecure the |settlement of international differ- ences and promote the cause of pence.” . The king said it would be a pleas- ure to receive the king of Afghani- stan, whom he has invited for a visit in March. Chinese Situation The improvement of the positior in China, he continued, enabled a re- duction in the naval and military forces in the Far East, but the situ- ation through internal disturbances New Haven, Feb. T UP—A war- rant charging homicide issued in ‘Waterbury will be served today on Maurice Shalnitz, who lies in New Haven hospital in critical condition from third degree burns received in the fire early Sunday at Waterbury which caused the deaths of two boys and Sam Wise, alfas Weiss, allas Jacob Sllver. To Be Guarded Detective Johnson was expected to bring the document here and after service of it an officer will guard Bhalnits until he leaves the hospital In event of survival of his injuries. Shalnits, who was questioned yesterday and finally confessed, ac- cording to the police, that he had been hired by Wise to set a fire in the business-tenement block at 343- 348 Baldwin street, has made statements which have led to hold- ing of Louls N. Leopold, owner of the bullding and president of the ‘Waterbury Furniture company, without bonds until Coroner John T. Monsan! has made his finding. Mrs. Bhalnits, who has maintain- ed that her husband is innocent of the charges against him, will be unm- der police watch until the case is more definitely outlined by the po- lice and coronmer. for Work Looking Yesterday she seid in an inter- (Continued on Page 18.) FAVORS $100,000 FUND want no Fall River fire, but it might | | | FOR POST OFFICE HERE stfll caused anxiety. “In spite of these discouraging eir- cumstances,” the king declared, “my government will adhere to the dec- laration of policy published by them a year ago as a basis upon which they are prepared to meet Chinese Teasury Department In- creases Allowance From $80,000 aspirations, when the Chinese ecan assure satisfactory protection for British lives and property.” Aflatrs Regarding local aftairs the speech pointed out that the condition of some of the principal {ndustries caused serious anxiety but that there ‘were encouraging signs of progres- (Continued on Page 16.) WILLIAM F. HENNEY DIES IN 76TH YEAR Former Mayor of Hartford | and Prominent Board Di- | rector Long in Ill Health | Harttord, Feb. 1 (P—William . | Henney, prominent lawyer and| mayor of Hartford from 1904 to | New Britain post office construction | BY GEO NNIN( (Weshingion Bareat of R E Greraiar Washington, D. C., Feb. 7—Appro- priations of $190,000 for purchase of additional land and commence- ment of extension and remodeling of the New Britain post office building, under an estimated cost of $250,000, is carried in the annual treasury de- partment appropriations bill intro- duced in the house of representa- tives today by the house appropria- tions committee. 1 The urgant deficlegey bill which | falled of passage in tif® last congress | placed tha limit of cost for the | work at $300,000 but would have IR 12,947 ON HIS DISHISSAL periniendent Asks Chairman Towens for “All the Facts” CONTINUES AT HIS WORK AND WILL EXPECT SALARY Expresses Desire For Opportunity to Learn Basis For “Implications Made in Siatements Given o Press By Yourself and the Em- | Sinecr"—Foreman Quits His Job l in Protest. | Thomas F. Kearney. deposed su- perintendent of streets, this afters roon addressed a letter to Chairman | Regniald J. Towers of the bourd of public works, requesting a publie | Accusstions Made in Connection | N€aring for the purpose of substane | tiating or disproving implications als ileged to have been made in publie statements by the chairman and by |City Engineer J. D. Williams connection with his discharge. Meanwhile Kearney continued to direct the placement of cinders ‘on |outlying streets until notice wus given truckmen to place no more | cinders. Not having been formally | notified that his services with the |city were at an end, the former su. perintendent announced his inten- {tion of calling upon the board of public works to compensate him for in services yesterday and up to noom °'* today. Foreman Resigus in Protest work under Kearney came aua- signed as a protest against the oust- ing of Kearney. Perez came to New Britain after completing a paving Job from Flanders to Baybrook um- der the supervision of Kearney, whe federal government on federal ald highway construction. The letter sent by Kearney to Towers for action at tonight's meet- ing of the board, follows: “Mr, R. J. Towers, Chm., “Board of Public Works, “City Hall, City. “Dear Sir: “In view of statements that bave appeared in the press and which are attributed to yourself and %o |City Engineer Williams, I feel, my- sel?, and the public to whom all ef |us were responsible, is entitled to all the facts. \ “With that idea in mind, ¥ re- {spectfully ask that I be given the courtesy of a public hearing for the purpose of substantiating or dis- proving the implications made in statements given to the press by yourself and the engineer. “Since I am willing to face any- thing your board may wish to eon- {front me with, with reference to my work, T do not anticipate there will be any objection on your part to such a courtesy. “Respecttully, “THOMARB F. KEARNEY." SMUDGE OF GOAL DUST ROUTS SCHOOL PUPILS Covers Desks and Books and Forces Them to Get Out A thick dust which wus carried through heat fans from the base- ment spread itself about the interior of the Bartlett school yesterday aft- | Coincident with the order to stop at that time was employed by the made available for the first year | ernoon and last night with the re. only $80,000, isult that pupils were dismissed this During hearings on the bfil before | MOTRIng immediately after the ate the appropriations committee, James | tendance was taken. When the A. Wetmore, acting supervising ar | PUPils reported for study they found chitect of the treasury, explained the | their desks, chairs and books cov- reduction of the Hmit of coat for the cred With a black dust from the coal New Britain project. ibins in the basement. “It is belleved that the limit of | 1eason for this discomforting cir- cost submitted last year,” he saia, | CUMStance according to school .:. the 908 died here today. Judge Henney was in his 76th | year. He had been in fafling health | | for the past two years. He was a | native of Enfleld. He was made a member of the | Hartford common council in 1877 |and in that same year was chosen | | clerk of the clty police court. Me | | served 6 years in that capacity and | was then appointed judge of that | court, remaining in the bench until 1389 when he was appointed city attorney. He held that position two years and was arpointed again, by the common counéll, in 1895. He | conducted an wnusual amount of im- portant eity litigation in the two | years he served as city attorney. | Judge Henney was elected mayor by the republicans in 1904 and was re-elected in 1906, serving until 1908. ‘He ‘was admirably equipped for the !wfllce with his experfence in city government and law, and he was a man of independent turn of mind. Shortly after his relinquishment of the mayor's chair he served ene term as republican national com- mitteman from Connecticut. New Haven, feb. 7 M—The board | of dircctors of the Southern New England Telephone Company which ‘will be re-elected at the stockholders | meeting of the Seuthern New Eng- land Telephone Company this after- | noon is expected to include Judge William F. Henney of Hartford who died today. The prepared baliot bears his name. “for additional land and an exten. |tNOTities was to the fact that sion at New Britain, namely $300,- 000, can be reduced to $250,000 by decreasing the ground area of the proposed extension. The new esti- mate includes approximately $55,. 000 for additional land, $50,000 for remodeling and mechanical equip- ment and $145,000 for new construe- tion.” Under the general law appropria- tions for public bulldings become avallable as soon as the bill is pase- ed by congress. This would mean that the New Britain profect may get under way before the beginning ‘1’::"‘. next fiscal year on July 1, 8. The increase from $%0,000 to $100,000 in the amount which may be expended during the first year on the New Britain project, coupled with an anticipated saving by re. ducing the land area for the pro- posed extension, should greatly speed up the work. According to the supervising architect’s estimate of $55.000 for acquisition of additional land, $45,000 could be used for be- | sinning work on the extension. Working conditions at the New Britain post office are congested, ac- cording to the post office department there being but 41 aquare feet per each employe at the present time. The government believes that 100 square feet should be previded for cach employe in every pest office. When the extension s completed, pace mow rented at New Britain will be gtven wp. |coal which was delivered by Berson | Bros. yesterday afternoon was mot iproverly sprinkied. Questioned to- day, George Berson maid the coal wan sprinkled, but that the cold weather caused the water to freese ‘nnd the good that would come from it was not realized. He sent men to the school to straighten out the dif- ficulty at once. The first trouble was noted yester- day afternoon when the dust from ers and pupils “pitched In” and cleaned the furniture. Conditions were worse this morning. Claims $18,000 H Says Name Was Defamed Claiming defamation of charmeter, John Sudel of Newingten, |the coal filled the air, but the teseh- - o Deposed Siret Dpurtment ¢ nouncement that Stephen Peres, & [0 foreman for several years, has re- -