New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 BERSIG IDENTIFID BY POLIGE AS AN ESCAPED CONVICT Fingerprints Prove Man Shot in Hartford Came From Prison at Thomaston, Me. BROKE AWAY IN JUNE, - Arrived Victoria Point Arrived Singapore .... Arrived Bandoeng, Java Arrived Bima _..... Arrived Port Darwin . PENSYLVANIA L. Al a1y w8 TAIN, CON LONDOAUSTRALIA FLIGHT A SUGEESS Hinkler Establishes New Record of 15 Days 'BREARS POUR OTHER MARKS | Has Now Made Longest Solo Flight | Longest fa Light Airplane, and Fastest London-India Trip. Port Darwin, Australia, Feb. 32 (UP)—Another air record fell to- | | 1 |{PRESIDENT BURNS ITAIN HERALD P. 0. WORKERS MEET HERE FOUR CONVENTIONS OPEN | State Branch, N. A.L.C,,| and Members of Auxili-| ary Convene for Annual | Business Sessions, | In Session at Y. M. T. A. & B. Hall Discuss Legis- lation Affecting Service. {BANQUET TONIGHT WIELDING GAVEL! PROGRAM FEATURE Delegates to the Connecticut Connecticut Posttal Clerks | The seventh annual convention of | NECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1928 —SIXTEEN PAGES P. 0. WORKER HITS ECONOMY PROGRAM Fiaberty Questions Deficit in Postal Earnings SAYS LOW RATE POSSIBLE | National Representative, Attending | Convention Here Today, Declares | Proper Accounting System Would Improve Working Conditions, [] Boy Marble Player Hit By Cruel Auto Driver Manuel Andrews, colored, about 12 years of age, complained to Captain Kelly this afternoon that as he and a companion were playing marbles in the gutter near the Stanley Rule and Level factory on Church street, a | | motorist steered towards them in deliberate fashion and the ear struck the complainant and knocked him onto the sidewalk, injuring him slightly, He gave Captain Kelly the registration of the car. ; CORONER CANNOT | GHANGING CHARTER ON COURT POWERS Increass in Autbority of New Britain Tribupal Favored and Relerred o Committee —— MAY NOW PASS ON SUITS day when Captain Bert Hinkler, branch, National Assoctation of Lev- | 1. Gonnecticut State Federation of Australian fiyer, set his small Avro |ter Carriers, are in New Britaln t0- | pootot’ Clerks opened at the Y. M. airplane down here, thus cemplet- day for the 34th annual convention :T A. & B. hall at 2 o'clock this aft- ing a flight from London to Aus- of the organization which is being '~ " tralia in 15 days. |held in Odd Fellows hall on Arch . FOR $100 WITHOUT APPEAL | | {ment lacks a complete systcm of ac- I | counting with reference to its postal 1085, WITH THREE OTHERS Hoppe— Right Name is | ernoon with State President Alfred Attorneys Want to Remove Minte ‘Was Serving Eight Year Sentence. fuhnkh'md&nahe—ll-( Thought Responsiblo for Theater Breaks in Connecticut Stll in Serious Condition, Hartford, Feb. 22 M—George F. Bersig, 27, now in a critical condi- | tion at St. Francis' hospital where | he was taken Monday morning after | he was shot by Pc.iceman Danfel | Hurley when he attempted to escaje after being placed under arrest, was identified today by Thomas F. 8ulli- van, fingerprint expert of the local | police department as 8tephen Hoppe, an escaped convict from the Maine | state prison at Thomaston. Robbed Theaters, Bersig, who is believed by the police to be the man responsibld for | the Palace theater robbery in Nor- i wich on Bunday night, was arrested in a store on Front street, Monday morning. Policeman Hurley's atten- | tion was attracted to an automobile parked by the curb and upon inves- | tigation he found several rolls of money in the tonneau in bags bear- ing the mark of the Norwich thea- ter. He sought the owner of the car and placed him under arrest, Bersig broke away but was unable to make goed his escape for a bul- let from Hurley's pistol brought him down. The ahot lodged In his right lung. Under the direction of Captain I'rank 8antoro, head of the detec- tive bureau, efforts were started immediately to identify Bersig and this morning Mr. Sullivan reported that Bersig was Stephen Hoppe, who escaped, in the company of three othér convicts from the Maine peni- tentiary on June 18, 1925. He was sentenced from Somersct county on Iebruary 9, 1925 on charge of breaking and entering and larceny to a maximium of eight and a mimi- mum of four years and on another charge on the same date of breaking and entering and larceny to a maxi- mum of six and a minimum of four years, $300 Reward. There 18 a $300 reward in Maline ior the capture of Hoppe. Exam- ination at the hospital disclosed thas Bersig had been shot on some pre- vious occasion in the leg. Hoppe is also wanted in Vermont and in Quincy, Mass, A reward of $1,600 ia offered for his capture by that city. He is also wanted in Worcester, Mase,, for burglary. The Hartford police are working on the theory that Bersig may be the man who committed a serles of robberies in the automobile estab. lishments along the East Hartfora Boulevard during the winter. Detective 8ergeant Patrick J. Sheren with Detectives Thomas Hickey and Philip J. Dooley, yester- day arrested Frank T. Hickey, 19, of 721 Asylum avenue on a charge | of passing & fraudulent check and obtaining money under false pre- tenses. The youth was at one time managér of a storc on New Britain avenue owned by Bersig, but claim- ed to know nothing of his employ- er's affairs. In the police court today Hickey's case was continued to March 8 un- der bonds of $500. Montpeller, Vt, Feb. Stephen Hoppe, arrested as ““George F. Beraig” in Hartford, Conn., after he had been shot while running away from a policeman, is wanted in Vermont on a charge of breaking out of statc's prison about a year ago. He had been sentenced aftes conviction for a robbery in Proctors- ville, where a store was broken into. Hoppe was wounded when he was captured at that time. In escaping from the Vermont prison he scaled the walls of the in- stitution. He was traced for some distance before the trail was lost. OFFICIALS TO TESTIFY AT DEPARTENT PROBE Warner to Start Soon on Public Works Inquiry Councilman William 8. Warner who is to head the committee in- vestigating reported abuses in the department of public works will lose no time in getting his committee to its task, he said today, and is plan. 22 P Mellon, Fisher and Noyes Honor- od at Exercises ARE DOCTORS OF LAW Secretary of Troasury, Governor of Peansylvania and President of As- sociated Press Receive Warm Praise, Philadelphia, Feb. 23 (M—Secre- tary of the Treasury Mellon, Gover- nor Fisher of Pennsylvania and Frank B. Noyes, president of the As- sociated Press, today received the honorary degree of doctor of laws at the Washington birthday exercises of the University of Pennsylvania. These exercises have been held an- nually by the university, founded by Benjamin Franklin, since 1826. Pres- idents of the United States, foreign ambassadors, great lawyers, scholars and publicists have addressed the sathering held to commemorate the birth of Washington, Provost Presides Dr. Josiah H. Penniman, provost of the university, presided and the orator of the occasion was the gov- ernor of Pennsylvania. In conferring the honorary degree Dr. Penniman recited the ' many honors that have come to Mr. Mel- lon. “You have come to be regarded,” said the provost, “as one of the soundest thinkers and greatest gen- iuses of our country in the con- struction and administration of financial policies for the nation, In |foreign as well as in domestic af- afirs your advice has been sought and your counsel given.” On conferring the degree of doctor of laws upon Mr. Noyes, provost Penniman referred to his long ser- vice as president of the.Assoclated Pro which, he said, is recognised as “the greatest organization in the world for the dissemination of news.” Dr. Penniman's remarks in conferring the deg: upon Mr. Noyes were as follo Praise Noyes “Frank Brett Noyes, you received your early education in the schools of the city of Washington and in Columbia, now George Washington mation of the public through news- papers have occupied your attention ager and publisher you made for | yourself an important place in con- | nection with the Washington Star, The Chicage Record-Herald, and the in connection with world wide news service that your great work has been done. “The greatest organization in the world for the dissemination of news is recognized as beink the Associ- is without a representative of that | agency for making known the doings |of the world, Of this organization you have from the beginning been an important member. As director of its executive committee since 1894 iand as president since 1900 you have borne great responsibilities. “But greater than its far flung lines of communication, wonderful as they are as an example of the power of organization, is the fact !that the Associated Press has kept | faith with the world. With ideals of | the highest kind, the organization of | which you are president has simply reflected your own high ideals con- | cerning matters about which the | world needs through your power has received accurate information as ! promptly as the telegraph with or without wires has been able to trans- mit it."” “The history of the men who are | responsible for the service of the As- #ociated Press reads like a romance. Dangers encountered, difficulties overcome, heroic acts performed by the agents who keep the world in- formed of what is happening or has happened—these are adl found in the pages of that history.” “To accord recognition to one whose achievements are too, notable, (Continued on Page Four) Coolidge Asked to Spend Summer in New London London, through its chamber of commerce, telegraphed President Coolidge, inviting him to consides this city as a place to spend the {presidential summer vacation. The upon the secretary of the treasury, | university. The education and infor- | throughout your life. As editor, man- | Washington Evening Star, but it is | ated Press. No corner of the world | New London, Feb. 22 () — New | ‘The tiny machine and its single occupant had broken the record made by Bir Keith and Sir Ross 8Smith in 1919 when they flew to Australia from London in 28 days. The flight also established anoth- er record. It as the longest single ler already held this record as when he landed at Singapore Monday he had completed about a 7,000 mile flight, Over 11,000 Miles Today's landing brought the total of his flight to slightly more than 11,000 miles and this probably will enlarged as Hinkler intended to con- tinue on his way home in Queens- land. The flight today was from Bima, Sumbawa, approximately 1,000 miles. The aviation world was somewhat amazed when Hinkler started his flight from the Croydon Aerodrome, London, 15 days ago in the little Avro plane. The motor is 35 horse power which is capable of develop- ing 80 horse power when it gets in the air. His flight has been one of long hops over hazardous courses. The first leg was from London to Rome. Throughout the flight Hinkler re. ported very little difficulty. | Records Fall ‘While the principal record to fall | was the London.-Australia flight, time, it was pointed out that Hink- | ler had established four other re- cords in his dash from London. They include: ‘The longest solo flight. The longest flight in a light air- plane. The fastest flight between Great Britain and India. The first non-stop flight between | London and Rome. Hinkler left London February 7 on his record breaking flight. In the last flight from Bimba, ‘he {tiny Avro waa forced to go about | 600 miles over water, | Won Huge Sum | i Australia in fifteen days from Eng- iland, Ber Hinkler had won more ithan $6,000 on a Lloyd's insurance | policy. The policy called for an! arithmetically increasing premium for each day by which he beat the old record of twenty-eight days. Hinkler paid a premium of $750 | tor the policy, and in return he was to be paid $5 if he made the flight ' |in 27 days—one day under the re- | cord—$10 if he made it in 26 days. | $30 if he arrived in 25 days, and so | forth. On that calculation, however, the | sum due Hinkler would be $20,450 ' unless the policy carried a limited liability clause—as it might. Had ! he made the flight in ten days under such a policy he would have re- ceived $655,360 and if by any possi- bility he had made it in five da: he would have been entitled to $20 971,620, Hinkler when at Calcutta was questioned regarding the policy. He replied evasively, and hinted might have been taken out by peo- | ple unknown to him. 'BANKERS SUNMONED 10 TEAPOT DOME INQURY New York and Chicago Men Ordered to Appear Before Ol Committee, | Washington, Feb. 22 UP—A num- ‘her of New York, Chicago and Bos- ton bankers were summoned today to appear tomorrow before the sen- ate Teapot Dome committee which is | seeking to determine how much of ithe Liberty bond profits of the Con- ‘tinental Trading company was used 'to pay oft the republican national committee deficit in 1922 and 1923. | Those asked to come with books | and records were William H. Gilke, {assistant cashier of the Continental |National Bank and Trust company. | Chicago; John Prentice, assistant ! cashier of the Chase National bank | of New York, N. C. Lenfestey, cash- ! ier of the National City bank, New | York, and B. D. Blaisdell, cashier of the First National bank, Boston. In following the devious trail of {the Continental bonds, the commit- |tee now has established that at least 475,000 of the $3,080,000 total reached the republican national com- mittee and were used by Will H Hays, former chairman of the com- ittee, to pay off a committee note at the Empire Trust company, New | York. i | l | flight ever made by one pilot. Hink- | WETHERSFIELD T0 {lieved to be the first experiment of mother, B. Shippe of Bridgeport, in Tharge. Other local officers and commit- tees are as follows: President, Harry J. Phalon; vice president, John J. Heffernan; re- cording secretary, Morton Gibney; ial secretary, Thomas Botti- correspondence secretary and \street. The state guxiliary, N. A. L. | |C., is holding its annual convention {at the same place. Delegates to the letter carriers and | iauxiliary convention began arriving j8t 10 o'clock this morning. A pro- \gram of entertainment was arranged ,'e‘:l““ for their pleasure until the carriers’ | business meeting was called to order | treasurer, J. J. Shechan, The dele by President John F. Burns of this 8ates to the convention will be Ed- city, who was elected to the highest 'mund Hayes, John Phalon and John |executive office at the convention A Keevers. in Meriden last year. Mayor Gard-| John J. Sheehan is general chair- iner C. Weld, Rev, H. L. Bowlby of | man of the convention and is also INew York city and George W.|second vice president of the state Haines of Allentown, Pa., were body. The committecs are as fol- scheduled to make addresses. Mem- | lows: Hale and decorations, William ia theater party at the Strand this han; banquet, Morton Gibney, ?hflir- afternoon after their business meet- iman; Charles Corrigan and Michael ing. The banquet for the carriers ' Lynch; finance, John J. Heffernan, and the auxiliary will be held at 6 chairman; John J. Sheehan and Le o'clock. Louis Lehr, convention :lie Brotherton; refreshments, Mat- committee chairman, will deliver the |thew Egan, chairman; Morton Gib- address of welcome. Postmaster | ney, John Phalon and John Keevers; i (Continued on Page Four) ! (Continued on Page Four) HNIFE WIELDER 1S BOUND OVER New Haven Man Will Face Su perior Court SLASHED YOUNG GIRL Elmer Lawrence, 21, Attacked Bea- trice Korn, High School Senior, Giving As Excuse He Drunken Condition. New Haven. Feb. 22—Explaining his attack on 15 year old Beatrice GET LAWSON TODAY Former Publisher Will Start| Sentence of 17-25 Years CONYICTED OF - ASSAULT, State Charged Lawsom Tried To| Burm Home With Frank Alllllu5 Slecping There To Defraud Insur- ance Companics. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 22 (A— John D, Lawson former publisher of | London, Feb, 22 (UP)—Newspa- 'Westport today will start serving a | Korn, a high school senior residing night and under pers reported today that by reaching term of from 17 to 25 years in the {at 37 Spruce streét, last night as conditions, yet the government has .states prison at Woethersfield to | due to a drunken condition, Elmer ! which he was sentenced yesterday | Lawrence, 21, who police allege was on a charge of assault with intent | he wielder of the knife which in- to murder Frank Adams, a house |, \.q a four inch ash on the girl's valntee o New Yotk Dl let cheek, was bound over to su- Judge Newell Jennings reduced |'°f il the maximum sentence of 30 years PEFiOT COURL (ott: to 25 years after a conference with | b As attorneys for the defense and the | Lawrence was specifically charged state. with assault with intent to kill. Be- Pleaded Guilty | sides the gash across her left cheek Lawson pleaded guilty to the|the Korn girl was savagely and se- v/ Vi uy 'ollowin, ve e o oo o are 'oihiex. nose. Although her injurica arc of & destroyed his Westport home on De- i painful nature her condition was not cember 18, 1927 and in which Adams | considered serious by the attending almost lost his life. After the fire, | physician. Adams told police that he was hired | Upon being examined at headquar- in New York to do some painting at ters, the first thing found on Law- the Lawson home and that the first | rence was a knife, wet with blood night he was there, he and Lawson When examined Lawrence feigne had something to drink after which |intoxication but police surgeon Wil- they went to bed. Later he awoke | lam Ryder summoned to attend the cnd detected an odor of chloroform ! injured girl, declared that he was and also became aware that the not in an intoxicated condition. It is room was full of smoke. Breaking also said that on the way to head- it a window he jumped to the ground | quarters Lawrence feigned insanity | two stories below. Earlier in the repeating over and over again, “let (Continued on Fage Four) | (Continued on Page 13) CHIMES IN LONDON ' LINDBERGH OFF AGAIN HEARD "ROUND WORLD | DESTINATION SECRET Buffalo Broadcasts Pro- Has Four Passengers in gram From Australia Cabin Monoplane and Coming From England Gas for 600 Miles Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 22 (#—Chimes ' 8t. Louis, Mo., of Big Ben in London, re-broadcast Bound on an air trip to a secret by Station 2FC in Sydncy, Australia, destination, Col. Charles A. Lind- i | | | went on the air over Station WMAK ' bergh took off from lLambert field | here today. Under an arrangement made by the Buffalo Evening Newsy Welling- ton Muir, here at 10:12 a. m., today. Lindbergh left in a ‘cabin moné- plane accompanied by four pas- engineer, and the Harri- sengers. Although he headed west son Radiator Corporation of Amer- on taking off, there was a persistent ica, the Wednesday evening program report at the field that he planned of the Australia station was broad- ‘an eastward trip of about 500 miles. cast by the local station between 4:28 Lindbergh was scheduled to fly to and 8 o'clock this morning. After the usual musical program, dress a session of the state legisla- the Sydney stateion picked up the ture there on aviation matters, and London broadcast and in what is be- on the next day, was.to meet his Mrs. Evangeline L. Lind- its kind in the history of radlo, bergh, in Boston. chimes in London were heard in He arrived at the flying fleld Buffalo after travelling nearly shortly before nine o'clock in one of around the world. Some difficulty was had with him as gifts heavy asmospheric conditions and York-Paris flight. telegraphle interferenss, but after! The passengers were Major Wil- following his New Muir's sensitive The dele- | bers of the ladies’ auxiliary enjoyed | D. Roche, chairman; John J. Shee- | was in| |Albany, N. Y., on February 29 to ad- | |two sport automobiles presented to | department, its clerks are deprived iof deserved increases in pay and better working condition and the general public is denied a reduction in mailing costs, Thomas Flaherty, of | Washington, D. C., national secretary jof the Federation of Post Office |Clerks declared today when he ar- rived here to attend the annual state convention of clerks. “It's inconsistent with the presi- dent's economy program,” Is a ster- eotyped evasion of any program which would better working condi- tions among the clerks, but which {would entail an expenditure of money, the national representative to [the convention said by way of ex- | plaining the refusal of the depart- ‘ment of postal service and the budg- several reform bills being urged by the men. Sees Department Profit Possible The argument was advanced by ment {s required to pay the bureau the production of stamps and must pay all other governmental bureaus |for services rendered, yet other bu- |{reaus send their mail without cost {and no credit is given the postal de- partment in the annual accountings. It was demonstrated that proper . {credits to the post office department | {for free work done for the veterans' bureau, United States Shipping board, rural mail delivery and other institutions would show a profit of $20,000,000 last year instead of a de- | by the posimaster-general. { Mr. Flaherty called attention to the fact that the average productivi- ty in business of a mail clerk is at | four-to-one ratio to his salary. Call Night Work Schedule Unfair The national representative laid | special stress on the justice of a |movement to establish a 15-minute | differential on night work. He call- €d attention to the fact that 70 per cent of the mail is distributed at adverse working not recognized this fact in the way ;of increased salaries or better con- | aitions. ! morale, frequent turnover | serious blow to the phase of public service, he charged. Complimenting the clerks upon | their efforts to improve the efficiency !of their offices, Flaherty, who is na- {tional legislative representative of {the clerks, pointed out that 142 |clerks were required to produce $1 and a rely bitten on the right side of the {000,000 worth of business five years |Infatuation by Dr. Guilfoyle, if one |ago, but 126 now do that amount |at present. Mr. Flaherty will be one of the speakers at tonight's banquet of the {clerks which will take place at the | Elks' club at 6 o'clock. STATE ENGINEERS TOLD ABOUT HOLLAND TUBE Frank W. Skinnmer Describes Work 1 of Boring Tunnel to New Jersey, New Haven, Feb. 22—Civll engin- | cers of the state in their meeting | today which was a continuance of yesterday's annual session heard Jfrank W. Skinner, consulting en- gineer of the Holland Tunnels de- scribe some of the outstanding feats | embodied in the carrying through of that project. After seven years of continuous operations, he said the tunnel has been completed at a cost of $4S.- 000,000, The tubes are the longest for vehicular use in the world. Mr. Skinner explained something of the engineering achievements, the Feb. 22 (UP)— | ventilation and cicetrical equipment. | Orders Issued By Imperial Wisard | 0. H. Ammann, chief engineer of the bridges of the port of New York authority told the cngineers that the | financial success of cfforts | | nance four bridges costing $100.,00, | €0 leading out of New York was as- ! sured and that engincering problems | involved would be overcome. These four bridges will cross rivers between New York and New Jersey. The Hudson river bridge at Fort Lee will be opened probably in 1932, Clarence M. Knox, sloner of aviation speaking on afr travel in Connecticut pointed out that in six years of regulated flying there has not been one fatality in this state. He said that airplane ac- cidents are given undue publicity {and it s for this reason that air travel has been thought hazardous. 1et burea u to pass favorably on the | Flaherty that the post office depart- | of engraving $2,000,000 a year for| ficit of $28,000,000 as was reported | The result has been lowered | humanitarian | state commis- | Cathoun I Blocked Trying fo. Solve Gandet Murder NEEDS LIGHT ON CASE [ foyle Was Infatuated With Mrs. | Gaudet or Thelr Relations Were Other Than Friendly. | Hartford, Feb. 22 UP—Blocked by lack of evidence in his attempt to |discover & motive for _the alleged | |murder of Mrs. Maximin J. Gaudet| |of New Haven in the hallway of | the apartment house at 691 Maple |avenue on the evening of January 18, Coroner J. Gilbert Calhoun said | |today he cannot complete his in- {auest until more light is thrown on Ithe case. | After a thorough examination of | | witnesses, including members of the | |Hartford ~ detective bureau and| { County Detective Edward J. Hickey, the coroner declared he has come to |the conclusion that the case is * strange and mysterious.” | | He had said recently that “sever- | al complications” were delaying the | | completion of his inquest. Today he | | disclosed some of the mysterious as- | {pects of the tragedy which are pre- | {venting him from placing responsi- il-‘in(ls Nothing To Show Dr. Guil- | | ‘very | | bility for the crime. | However, the coroner sald, at this time he has been unable to find any | motive that would warrant his sub- stantiation of the charge of murde | which the state has brought against { Dr. Harold N. Guilfoyle, veterinar- ian, who is convalescing at the Hart- ford hospital from a bullet wound said by the police to have been self- inflicted, The coroner sald he was convine- ed that a crime had been committed, | but until the motive of “infatuation | | possibly heightened by liquor” as advanced by the state's attorney's office is more completely establish- jed. he cannet concur with the con- clusion of the police. “In my investigation I have not found any cause to belleve that Dr. Gullfoyle was infatuated with Mrs. |Gaudet or that their relationship ihad been anything but friendly. | Neither have T been able to discover |that Mrs. Gaudet was aware of any | | cxisted; nor that she ever had cause {to accept or reject overtures from him. Naturally, when a crime is committed, there must be a motive, {but in this case, none seems to be | established.” Lack of Motive Although the lack of a motive is the principal cause of the indefinite | delay of the coroner's finding, there | are other complications which Mr. Calhoun said he could not discuss. He considers it strange that the shooting cccurred in the hallway, | If Dr. Guilfoyle intended to kill| {Mrs. Gaudet, he said, and chose the | hallway for the crime, he might as well have done it upstairs in his| apartment for his wife and Mrs. A. | . Way were upstairs at the time and Mr. Way was in front of him just outside the entrance to the apartment house. The coroner said so far as he can learn Mrs. Guilfoyle had left the partment at the time of the shoot- ing and was either on her way down | the stairs or was on the upstairs| landing about to descend. | KLAN TO DISAPPEAR | to Unmask and to Change Name to Knights of Great Forest. | | | Birmingham, Ala. Feb. 22 (UP) | —Today was planned as the last day of life for the Ku Kiux Klan. Tonight in Klaverns over the en- tire country the membership of the | order will be asked to unmask for- ever and a new organization, *The Knights of the Great Forest.” will be organized in its place. The formal order for the unmask- | ing was made by Hiram W. Evans, | Imperial Wizard of the Ku Kiux Klan. His order read: | “After midnight, February 23, it mum Resiriction As At Present Established, Permitting Cours Wider Jurisdiction—subject Sime mering for Some Time Resches Action Stage. A move to enlarge the authority of the New Britain city court so that the tribunal would have greater jur- isdiction without the right of ap- peal, is being advocated by the New Britain Lawyers' club and, at a meeting last night, the executive committee was instructed to give the matter its consideration and to re. port back to the club at its next meeting. At present the city court exerciscs Jjurisdicition without right of appeal in cases involving not more than $100. For instance, judgments in- volving amounts not more than $100 cannot be appealed to . higher court. It is the desire of the Law- yers' club to make the amount, from which an appeal cannot be taken, more than $100. The matter has been in the minds of New Britain lawyers for some time and it ap- peared to be the consensus at last night’s meeting that the step would be for the better. The executive committee was in- structed to consider the matter of action on the part of the club to bring about, it possible, a change in the city charter, which would allow for larger jurisdiction without ap- peal. The executive committee con- sist of Willlam F. Mangan, Judge Morris D. Saxe, Frederick B. Hun- gerford, Donald Gaffney and Alfred Lewitt, The club had as jts guests last night several members of the Bris- tol bar, among them Noble E. Plerce and Judge Epaphroditis Peck. Mr, Plerce delivered a talk on *“What Lawyers Talk About While the Jury is Out,” in which the related several amusing experiences of his practice, especially during his early life as & lawyer. LIGHTS OUT OF ORDER, 16 MOTORISTS FINED Pay $2 Apiece as Police Fire Opening Gun in Drive Bixteen motorists who were arrest- ed last night for failing to have pro- per lights on their cars pleaded guilty and were fined $2 by Judge H. P. Roche in police court today, Another who was arrested was une able to be in court because of bus- iness but she will be arralgned to- morrow. Assistant Prosccuting Attorney W, M. Greenstein told the court the po- lice department some¢ months ago warned the driving public to be careful of the lights because of the danger resulting from the operation of vehicles having defective lamps and wiring. Now, he said, it has been decided to bring all offenders into court, not for the purpose of punishing them, but to impress on everyone the importance of obeving the law. The violations, he said, ranged from one headlight to tail lights and even two headlights not burning. ‘The majority of the 16 took the witness stand and said they were not aware that their lights were defect- ive. 8everal sald they were driving new cars and were surprised to learn that the lights were not in working order. Judge Roche told them the offense was not serious but the law regarding lights was intend- ed for the protection of all and it must be obeyed. He pointed out that if the offenders were required to pay the costs of court, they would be assessed almost $10. Because of the fact that they were the first group arrested in the drive, he was inclin- ed to be lenient and omit the costs. Propose to Eliminate 42 Officers in Navy ‘Washington, Feb, 22 UP—A pro- posal to eliminate 42 commanders will be unlawful for any Klansman | to wear any mask or visor as pare | of his regalia and any Klansman who and lieutenant commanders of the staff corps of the navy was made to congress today by Secretary Wilbur, | preliminary tests, liam B. Robertson, former president set rucceeded in picking up the sig- of the Robertson Aircraft corpora- nals from Sydney. Heavy at first. tion: Harold M. Bixby, president of statie diminished at 5 a. m. and the the 8t. Louls chamber of commerce: | volume reached its maximum at that Harry H. Knight, Lindbergh's host | time. "WMAK amplified the signals | — received by Muir's set. (Continued on Page 13) At 6:15 a. m. the signals failed and | —_— = Ire-transmission stopped. but at 7:52 | & ning to have a meeting in the latter part of this week or ecarly next week. At the first meeting, the procedure | shall be Bridvenort Confrertors | Sne Tawn of Westnort ‘Westport. Feb 1#—SKilliman & Godfrey, Bridgeport contractors |have instituted a $40.000 damage action against the town. clai 19 {non-nayment of a balance of §3y. {000 due on a bill for labor and ma terfals furnished in connection with | ithe construction of several roads The papers in the suit wer | |merved on the selcctmen sesterdav | |and the action ix retnrnable to the [ March term of the superior court —% 'in Bridgeport. unavoidably absens |and a bill embodying the suggestions from the meeting to be held Febru- | was introduced by Chairman But- ary 22, shall as soon thereafter a8 | ler, of the naval committee. possible attend a regular meeting| The measure would eliminate and there become a member of the statf commanders and lieutenant- Khights of the Great Forest.” commanders by providing that {f “The action taken is simply an of- |they are passed over by selection ficial recognition of a change that | boards more than once they shall has been sweeping over the Klan |be Incligible for promotion. Officers for the last few years,” Evans said | of the staff corps who have become in explaining his announcement. | ineligible for advancement to the “The original object of the Klan was rank of commander or captain after to stop immigration into the United |21 and 28 years of service, respect- States. With our unmasking tonight, |ively, would be retired under the we will make our object to aid in |bill. Officers of the medical corps the assimilation of these $mmi- znd the supply corps would be prin- grants," " cipally affected by the change. telegram, signed by Earle W. 8tamm, | Harry F. Sinclair has been shown president of the chamber of com- |{to have participated in the Contin- merce, read: {ental profits, he having been one of “The chamber of commerce ex- [the moving spirits in its organiza- to be followed out will be determin- itends a cordial invitation to you to |tion. Hays has testified that the ed and 4 list will be made of the consider enjoying the presidential |lessee of Teapot Dome gave the re- officlals and employes whose testi- lsumme? vacation at New London. 'publican organization $75,000. mony is desired. This is ¢ ed to | Conn., and assures you ita heartiest include Chairman R. E. Towers and | cooperation he full membership of the public | In addition to the teicgram, Wal- orks board, street foremen, former |do E. Clarke, of this city, who leaves THE W THER Chicago. Feb. 22 (M—William H. WMAK again put on the Australian Gilkes, Chicago bank official. left [rogran and meveral vocal and in. | | here today for Washington to ap- ‘gstrumental selections were heard. | | juperintendent Thomas F. Kearncy. (tonizht for Washington, will furnish |pear before the senate Teapot Dome | At one point in the broadcast. the | New Britain and vicinity: Foreman James Sposato of the city | United States Senator Hiram Bing- |committee. Sydney announcer called "Heun\ ! Rain tonight and tomorrow; toreyards and scveral parties who |ham with suggestions relative to! Gilkes is assistant cashier of the America” and sent greetings from | | warmer. ave lodged claims ag'nt the city {New London places suitable for a Continental National Bank and Trusl | Australia to the people of western or injury on public highways. ‘summer mansion for the president. |company, New York,