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

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 GENERAL NOTORS NOW UP 10 $210 Reaches New High Mark in Sweeping Advance RADIO CLIMBS 10 §191) Out Few Weak Spots That Crop Tall to Halt Upward Movement Which Sends Issues to New Peak of Year. New York, May 7 (P—Refreshed by a two day holiday. speculators for the advance today brought about another sweeping advance in prices on the New York stock ex- change. Prices of active stocks We, quickly bid up £ to nearly 10 points | with several individual transactions ranging from 5,000 to 18,000 shares. | Radio opened $7.75 a share high- er at $191 and Motors showed a gain of 0, a high record. Early gains of $3 to $7 a share also were recorded by Curtiss Acro- | planc, Wright Aeronautical, Inter- national Telephone, Murray Cor- yoration, Southern Dairies A, Amer- fean Bank Note, Du Pont and Co- lumbia Gas, all at new high records Other issues to break into new high ground included American Can. American Telephone, Packard Mo- tors, Missouri Pacific common, American Power & Light, vice of New Jel Iruck, “Richficld Oil and Savage Arms. ¥ew Weak Spots A few weak spots cropped out but they failed to halt the general up-swing which gathered momentuny trading progressed. Freeport Texas broke necarly 10 points on the publication of a poor first quarter report and the New York tractions under selling pressure. - again failed to keep pace with the market. Although many brokerage houses succeeded in catching up with the tremendous accumulation of business as a re- sult of Saturday’s suspension of trading, a large number were still behind owing to the difficulty in straightening” out errors in which other houses were involved. The largest gains were recorded n the high priced shares, many of which are believed to be under pool #ponsorship. General Motors and Radio were tie early leaders, the former advanc- ing $5.25 a share to 8210, a new high record, and the latter soaring nearly $9 a share to $192. Heavy profit-taking forced these issues down 2 to $3 a share helow their top Drices but new leaders were quickly brought forward. Afrplane stocke, which have af tracted country-wide speculation be- cause of the interest aroused in re- cent long-distance flights, again moved upward in dramatic fashion. Curtiss Aeroplane climbed nearly $7 a share to & new high record at $113.25, or more than double the | year”: of California low price, and Wright Aero- | nautical moved up nearly $5 to a new top at $160, as against the r's low of $69. Electric Auto Light soared nearly $14 a share to $203.75, Jersey Cen- tral showed a net gain of $12 a xhare to $375, American Bank Note advanced sharply nearly $9 to $137, and National Tea, International Tel- ephone, Southern Dairies A, Midland Steel Products preferred and the American Tobacco issues sold $5 to $8 above last Friday's final quota- tions. JOSEPH E. SCHMIDT DEAD Popular Employe of Herald Mechan- ical Department Succumbs to Pneumonia at Hospital, Joseph E. Schmidt, 42 years old, of 1758 Corbin avenue, a member of several New Britain fraternities and a widely known resident of this city, died of pneumonia at the New Britain General hospital yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. He became ill a week ago Sunday and when he failed to improve he was taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon. He was employed in the mechan- fcal department of the Herald for the past two years and held a high place in the esteem of his fellow em- ployes. Previous to working for the Herald he was employed by the Con- necticut Light and Power Co. Mr. 8chmidt was born in this city and lived here all his life. Frater- nally he was assoclated with Daly Council;, Knights of Columbus, 8t. Peter’'s society, Court Beethoven, Foresters of America, Loyal Order of Moose and the Holy Name society of St. Mary's church. He was a reg- ular attendant at services at St. Pe- ter's church. Surviving him are two brothers, Ambrose Schmidt, an orderly in the New Britain General hospital, and John G. 8chmidt; and a sister, Mrs. Anna Streigle of 48 Albany avenue. The funeral will be held at the home of his sister on Albany avenue tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock and at St. Peter's church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in 8t. Mary's cemetery. No Immediate Action NEW BRITAIN HERAL Men Forced by Girls to Walk Back Home Lynn, Mass, May 7 (UP) According to tradition, it's the woman who pays and the giri who walks home from autcmo- bilé rides. But the tables were here for two young men, sore and wear turned foot- appeared at po- lice headquarters and reported that two girls whom they had taken to ride had forced them to walk home. The youths, whose fames were withheld by request, explained that they had entered a store to buy ginger ale for their new girl triends, and on emerging discov- ered that their automobile had disappeared. DEMANDS CLEAR ROAD FOR FIRE APPARATUS Board Chairman A Chief Hart to Make Arrests The arrest of persist in r automobilists who g city apparatus while on the way to fires and of those who fail to halt their vehicles as is re- quired by law is requested by Chief of Police William C. Hart in a let- ter sent today by James J. chairman of the fire board Attention is called to the Butler, several near accidents resulted from violations of thi while the trucks were to alarm yesterday. The letter to ¢ “Mr. W. C. Hart, Chicf, “Police Department, “Ci “Dear Sir: “It has come to my person: tention that the city ordinance giv- ing fire department ap the right of way on highways while en route to fircs is being ignored in a great many instances. “While 1 realize it is difficult for the police department to set up an immediate patrol of the streets tr versed by the trucks in every case, I am writing to ask your coopecra- tion in stopping the dangerous prac- tice of racing firc apparatus and of disregarding the warning siren. On May 6, I witnessed several near ac- cidents on West Main street, dirce ly trace to the refusal of some automobilists to give the trucks tfie right of y. It is apparent that some steps must be taken to impres upon drivers the seriousness of thi offense, and it appears that the ar- rest of the offenders is the only thing to accomplish this end. *“As you no doubt are fully aware, the ordinances are most clear on this point, Section 4 of Article 3, read- ing ordinance responding to an s at- vehicle, o the approach of apparatus, shall immediately fire | draw near to and parallel with the the contents closely. curb and stop.’ “Although the offending drive; parently fail to realize it, th ger in which they place themselves js far greater than the ard in which the heavier apparatus with sap- dan- | their great momentum is placed. “The fire department will greatly appreciate whatever your depart- ment may do to curb this practice. | and will be pleased to cooperate with you in the enforcement of the ordinance. “Respectfully, “Board of Fire Commissioners. “JAMES J. BUTLER, Com., MARRIED FOR 22 YEARS, WIFE SUES FOR DIVORC Mrs. Onorato Garuti Accues band of Extreme Cruclty Since 1917—Have Six Children Charging her husband Onorato Garuti with intolerable cruelty abuse, Mrs. Rose Lose Garuti has brought a divorce action against him through Attorney Thomas 1. Mc- Donough. The couple were married 22 years ago and have six children. In her complaint Mrs. Garuti charges that for eleven years since 1917, she was the targe constant abuse and cruel treatment on the part of her husband. In her petition she asks for a divorce, cus: tody of the children, who range in age from 4 to 20 years, alimony for herself and sufficient allowance for the support of the children. Property of the defendant and a store at the corner of Glen and Brook streets was attached to the value of $10,000. The case is sched- uled to be tried in superior court some time in June. New Britainites Attend U. S. C. of C. Gathering Eight New Britainites were pres- ent at the opening of the annual sessions of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce in Washington this morring. They included Major Frank H. Johnston, who is council- lor for the Connecticut state Cham- ber and the following from the local chamber: President W. E. Attwood; Secretary Ralph H. Benson, Joseph R. Anderws, Dugald McMillan, E. J/ Porter, Willlam L. Hatch, and W. Against Conn. A. A, U. New York, May 7 (UP)—No im- mediate action will be taken relative to the Connecticut A. A. U. situation, Murray Hulbert, president of the na- tional body, told the United Press today after a conference with “Bill” Kennedy of Connecticut. “I may have a statement later in the week but for the present I will have nothing. My main interest right now is in the Olympics and I'm not C. Hungerford. The convention will close with a banquet Thursday eve- ning. METHODIST CONFERENCE Kansar City, May 7 ®—The pres- ent immigration policy of the United Btates as regards exclusion was as- sailed and the admission of all na tionals on a quota basis was urged in a resolution adopted by the quad rennial general conference of the 't that Hus- ! nd | . | indge NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1928 —SIXTEEN PAGES 'Says It Was Big Job and Rela- | tives Did What She Ordered | e | JUDGE REBUKES WOMEN| ‘ : Laughter that Greeted Some of Wit- | | tirst ress’ Statement Scored—Former Secretary of State Submitted to Scarching Cross Examination. Mrs, ! woman cted to state- | wide public office in New York, took the witness stand today in her de- fense o t a charge of grand connection with misuse of a state census pay check. Sketches Early Life Mrs. Knapp under direction of Patrick C- Dugan of her counsel be- |zan a sketch of her education and | training. Justice Callaghan told Mrs. Knapp that he would permit the re- | ception of only a brief sketch of this kind and instructed her tc follow her attorney’s questions. \ | Questioned as to her financial condition while secretary of state, Mrs. Knapp declared she had a hopse in office and when she went out she | had “nothing more.” Mrs. Knapp | |«aid that before she assumed office, | also had about §4 ash. Mrs. Knapp ccnsus of 1925 as a “gigantic task" |and said she asked several of her | relatives to help her accomplish the ! “vast amount of work.” She detail- [ed various jobs she said her rela- tives had done on the census. Identifies Endorsement | Mrs. Knapp identified the en-, dorsement “C. B. Knapp” on the | which is the basis of the | present indictment as in her own | { handwriting and testified she had | | c#used a bank draft to be purchased with the check. With this, she swore, she paid for furniture at the Edwards Department Store in Syra- accordance with authority | | by B. Knapp,” her | step-daughter. The Furniture Deal This furniture, Mrs. Knapp testi- d, was to be used to furnish the any home for the family during the census period. Ap to its final disposition, she said it was sent to (‘our little home” in Bedford, Mass., with Miss Knapp's approval. | “Clara was apparently very hap- py over the plan for our home,” Mrs. Knapp sald. aking up the matter of the ‘missing records” which the prose- lcution charged included important census records, Mrs. Knapp testi- |fied these papers .came to her as the result of an order to her first deputy, Mark Stern, to send to her the contents of her “personal files.” She had no place to store them, she testified, so ordered all but one box destroyed without —examining | she | As Mrs. Knapp testified, the jurors kept their heads turned towards her most of the time. Most of the time !she 1oo! directly at them. Twice, as she came to especially important | parts of her story, her attorney di- | rected her to speak to the jury. | The direct examination of Mrs. | Knapp was concluded in an hour. Taking up the cross-examination, George Z. Medalie, chief prosecuting attorney, gave his attention to a let- |ter to the secretary of state from the civil service commission, dated April 23, 1926. She sald she had brought the letter here, adding it was probably a copy made for her by an employe of the civil service | commission. | “This letter, Mrs. Knapp said, she kept in her Syracuse office and it |was not in the material destroyed |after she left office. | Letter is Read The letter, as read by Mr. Me- |dalte, authorized a civil service com- |mission resolution exempting Mrs. |Knapp's sister, Julia A. Smith from [competitive examination for the job for which she had been paid in full some months before. Mrs. Knapp several times would Inot answer questions directly- The judge instructed her to do so. “I shall be very glad to,” s “Well let's see you do it," a. Asks About Payments Mr. Medalie questioned the wit- | ness closely as to payments to Mrs. <napp's sister, Julla A, Smith. | The prosecution asked Mrs. Knapp {what was the specific job referred to in an affidavit by Mrs. Knapp |agter the Moreland act inquiry into the (Continued on Page Four) CALDWELL AT LIONS CLUB Yale Club Thvited to Hear Famous Athlete at Burritt Hotel Tuesday Noon. Attorney Willlam F. Curtin re- celved a telegram today from Bruce Caldwell stating definitely that he would speak at the Lions club luncheon tomorrow at the Burritt hotel. Caldwell, the famous Yale ‘football star, is a personal friend of Attorney Curtin, and it was con- sidered a master stroke to get this famous storm center of an athletic !sensation to come to New Britain. | Caldwell also is a baseball player of the first magnitude and can uphold his end of any other sport he wishes to try, the coaches say. The officials of the Lions club said today that they wished to im- press on the local members of the Yale club that any member would be welcome to attend the meeting witich will be turned over to the star, omitting the business session going to let anything else interfere,” | Methodist Episcopal church here to- in order that Caldwell can get back day, (40 New Haven te practice baseball, vk Hulbert sald, MRS, KNAPP TELLS |Government Dredge Navesink OF CENSUS DUTIES| Goes to Bottom in 4 Minutes; 3 are Missing and 44 Saved| Swirls Around in Ebb Tide Off Staten Island and' Collides With Bow of Freight Liner Swinburne ew York, May 7 P—Spun about in the ocean steamship channel off Staten Island by the swirling ebb tide the government dredge Nave sink, with 47 men aboard, was sunk in four minutes this morning when it crashed into the Lamport and Holt line freighter Swinburne. Two ocean liners and a Standard Oil tanker lowered boats and the dredger’s crew was saved, with the possible exception of thrée men. The vesink was proceeding down steam at dawn when the Swin- burne, arriving from Para, Brazil, suddenly loomed directly ahead, and the two boats collided. % In four minutes the Navesink had filled and sunk and her crew was in the water clinging to hastily snatched, lifebelt, spars, and floating wreckuge. First report of the collision was cuse when she took |Mmade by wireless by the Cunarder | Caronia, and for a time it was be- lieved that it was that liner the dredge had struck. Four police launches were-hurried to the scene to aid lifeboats of nearby craft. A boat from the tanker Standard Ar- row picked up 25 of the swimming men and 19 who were saved in other | boats or who swam ashore were ac: counted for. bers of the crew unaccounted for, but it was thought probable that these men also had been saved and would turn up when the confusion incident to the accident had sub- sided. After the rescue of all the men found in the water the Swinburne, with a damaged bow, proceded to its Brooklyn pier. KILBOURNE HITS BACK AT INQUIRY GHARGES {Wants City To Pay For Storing Stones On Property Fdward O. Kilbourne, former member of the school board, whosc name was mentioned at one of the hearings conducted by the public works department investigating com- mittee as having recelved cobble- stones taken from Stanley street, and intended for use on Wells street, has znnounced he will be present at to- night's hearing to present his side | of the case. Mr. Kilbournc's name was men- tioned by Gustav Battaglia, son of a contractor. Battaglia testified be- fore the council committee that he iad received orders to take the cobbles to Kilbourne's property on Stanley street and he also told the committee he had witnessed their use in the construction of cellars. The witness said he was aware that the stones were supposed to be sent to Wells street, but that he was fol- lowing orders from his superiors when he took them to Kilbourne's lot. Kilbourne will testify that he per- mitted the storage of the stones on his property but did not use them for cellars. He also has declared he is interested to know whether Bat- taglia or the city of New Britain is going to pay for the storage and which stands ready to pay the cost of their removal. Tonight's meeting will be held in Room 201 unless the crowds which were present at the first two hear- ings are again on hand, in which | case it will be necessary to adjourn to the common council chamber. Councilman W. Spaulding Warner is chairman of the committee. Coun- cilman Samuel Sablotsky has been chief inquisitor of the probe, which started after he had presented a resolution calling for an investiga- tion. Others on the committee are: Alderman David L. Nair, Alderman John F. Maerz and Councilman John A. Larson. DRUNK ON A RAMPAGE Kicks Light Fixtures in Cell and Smashes Furniture—Handcuffed fith Hands Behind Him. Torrington, May 17 (®—Joseph Green, a 200-pound farmer, six feet and three inches in height, kicked the light fixtures from the wall of his cell in the Torrington lock-up and smashed the furniture to pieces last night after he had been locked up with his hands handcuffed behind him following his arrest by a state police officer on a charge of driving while under the influence of liquor. A truck driven by Green had run down a flagman on the state road at Castles’ Bridge. The automobile charge is to be held in Harwinton county court. In the court this morning Green was ar- raigned gn a charge of destroying city property. He asked for a con- tinuance until tomorrow, * THE WEATHER New Britata and vicinity: Generally fair and continued cold tonight; Tuesday prob- ably fair, slowly rising tem- perature. This left three mem- | Torrington | Pants Pocket Emptied, Ejects Wife From House William J. Savage of 26 Dewey does not tolerate the exer- of the doubtful right of his to “go through” his pockets while he is asleep, and that is the veason he ejected Mrs. Savage about 3 o'clock Sunday morning. She complained to Officer Otis Hopkins, who, with Sergeant Stadler, interrogated Savage and learned the details. His pocket- book was in his pocket when he went to sleep and before he awoke it had been taken out, he said, WARRANT ISSUED FOR BERT ACOSTA Fails to Appear in Waterbury 5 Court Today HIS BOND IS FORFEITED, Five Continuances Makes dJudge | Beardsley Lose Patlence—Flyer | Not Heard From in Several Weeks | —Police Hunt for Him. | Waterbury, May (UP)—A bench warrant for the arrest of Bert Acosta, transatlantic aviator, was s- |sued by Judge Harry J. Beardsley [here today following his sixth fail- ure to appear for hearing on his ap- Ipeal of a jail sentence for reckless flying. | Acosta gained five continuances | through his attorney, Edward Mas- “ | colo. The flier has not appeared here |since he was released from jail after | spending a night while friends raised | {8100 bonds. The bonds were for- | teited toda: | The aviator, who flew with Com- | mander Richard E. Byrd to France a year ago, thus becomes fugitive from Connecticut justice through his wild fiight over his home town, Nau- | | gatuck, | It is belleved the first time such | action has been taken upon an avia- | | tor, Clarence Chamberlain, who flew | | to Germany, was warned against fly- | iIng over this state after fiying low | |over the Yale Bowl during a foot- | ball game. The prohibition was sub- sequently withdrawn after Cham- berlin's ~ flight to Germany with | Charles A. Levine. Parnaitis to Arest Him Hartford, May 7 (UP)—State Av- iation Inspector George Parnaitis, | | who arrested Bert Acosta after his | | aleged reckless flight over Nauga- |tuck last year, sald today he would rearrest the flier upon his first ap- | | pearance in this state. “I understood Saturday Acost | | would not appear in court today,’ “ | Parnaitis said. “I should have ap: | peared against him if he had.” |" The inspector stressed the serio | ness of Acosta’s violation of the state tion regulations. There is no comparison between | | Acosta’s flying over Naugatuck and |Clarence Chamberlain's flight over | the Yale Bowl,” he eaid. “Acosta | broke every rule in the book.” | Aviation Commissioner Clarence | | Knox was in Maine today. 'MISS IVERSON IS BRIDE OFLAWRENGE M, STANLEY, Business Man and Former Nurse Married in New York Church On April 25. Announcement was made today of |the marriage on April 25 of Law- | rence M. Stanley of 11 Dwight street and Miss Harrlet Elvira Iverson, daughter of Mrs. Selma Iverson of {170 Arch street. The marriage took place at the Church of the Trans- | figuration (the Little Church Around | the Corner) in New York city. After | the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Stanley | went to Atlantic City, N. J.. and Wilmington, Del. They will be at home to fricnds after June 1 at 82 Brighton strect. Mr. Stanley is a member of the ! firm of Andres & Stanley, dealing in fnsurance and mortgages, at 99 Wést Main street. Mrs. Stanley was formerly a nurse in the Melrose hos- pital, Brattleboro, Vt. State C. of C. Meeting Delegates Appointed Twenty-two members of the New Britain Chamber of Cot erce have been appointed delegates to the an- nual convention of the Connecticut | state Chamber May 17. Those who (have been appointed are John C. Loomis, F. §. Chamberlain, Paul K. | Rogers, George T. Kimball, Arthur G. Kimball, C. F. Bennett, F. M. Holmes, A. G. Way, S. M. Davidson, Louis Raphael, O. 8. Bennett, George | H. Dyson, Douglas A. Johnston, A. A. Mills, H. J. Donnelly, A. H Scott, { DeWitt A. Riley, & R. Eddy. David R. Manning, J. B. Minor, B. H. Mc- | Elhone and Peter Crona. | | | DIVORCED COUPLE REWED Henry W. Marchandt of 81 Glen |street and Emma H. Trask of 125 |Camp street, were married this imorning at the office of David L. Nalr, justice of the peace. They had SENATE EXAMINES Inquires Into Money Spent in | hand as the mecting opened, | tor trom | his name in the Nebras | made on AL CANDIDATES, Present Campaign \MEN APPEAR ONE BY ONE' Says He Will Conduct Inquiry With- | out Hurting or Aiding Presidential Candidates—Curtis | ells of Cam- All Firemen On Duty in Spite of Epidemic Although factories, offices, schools, and in fact almost every large group of workers in the city have been affected by the epidemic of grippe, not & single fireman is off duty because of ill- ness, Chief William J. Noble re- ported today. This fact is remarkable, the chief pointed out, when it is con- sidered that the men in this de- partment are exposed to condi- tions inviting illness, buffeting the wind in speeding fire trucks, dashing up and down ladders and stairs and frequently drenched by water while fighting fires. There are 93 regulars in the de- partment. paign. Washington, May 7 (A —Presi- dential candidates rubbed shoulders with one another today as the new senate campaign funds committee set out at the senate office building to develop facts concerning financing of the 1828 political bat- tles. tes showed up in the room, being made the target of good na- tured remarks by the committee, especially when the candidate happened to be a mem- ber of the senate. Senator Curtis, of Ka , the re- publican leader, was the first of the candidates to reach the committee room. He was the first republican to announce his candidacy. Senator Goff, of West Virginia, who is op- posing Secretary Hoover in the re- publican primary in the state, was on as was Gilbert M. Hitchcock, former sena- Nebraska, who has the votes of that state in the democratic convention, or Norris, repub- lican, of Nebraska, came in as Chairman Stiewer callca the com- mittee together. Curtis and Goft at the table alongside committee members, The chairman said the committer proposed to make an impartial inves- tigation, “We shall conduct our inquiry in | such a way as to elicit the truth, but without injuring or aiding any can- didate,” he said, Norrls Heard First Senator Norris asked to be heard | first because of a committee meet- | ing. .He was .sworn and .Steiwes asked him to tell of expenditures of | his campaign and the scope of it. Norris was smoking a pipe. “I have not been a candidate,” the Nebraskan said. “I have not wanted to be and haven't been in any sense. Against my wish my name was put on the ballot fn Wis- consin and Nebraska althongh I could have stopped it. “I have not spent anything. After the primaries in these states I re- celved a letter from a Nebraska edi- tor asking me to pay $6 for an ad- vertisement. “He said he had not been author- ized to run it but I paid it this will not induce others to bill me, "I have secn other advertisements in papers for me. All showed on the face who paid for them.” Stiewer asked if Norris con- templated any expenditures before the national convention, and Norris said he did not. Norris added that When he decided not to withdraw ska primary, expenditures be his behalf. He said no fund had been raised for his can- didaey. Norris referred to mock conven- tions held by university students, He said a California school had nom. inated him for president over Her- bert Hoover and an Ohlo school had nomiuated him for vice-president, 8o T think I have a cinch on one ob he remarked, Senator Barkley sald the inquiry was to include “means and methods™ and he asked if Norris knew of any movement on his be. half by any organizations. 4id not. Senator Bratton, democrat, New Mexico, inquired if Norris knew whether any corporation spent money for his campaign. He did not. Neither did be know why Sec- retary Hoover withdrew from the Wisconsin primary. No Understanding “Hoover and T had no understand- ing.” Norris added “I am not in with either Hoover or Smith." Curtis, the second witness gafd that after it appeared that Presi- he asked that no Norris dent Coolidge would not be a can- | didate again, in Kansas urged him to declare, but he de- clined to do so until he had satis- fled himself that Coolidge would not agree to he drafted. Recounting the organization of his supporters in Kansas, Curtis testi- fied he had told them that he would not permit them to solicit funds in (Continued on Page 4) COMPROMISE REACHED Difficulty Between Coolidge and Congress on Flood Control Appar- ently Troned Out. Washington, May 7 (UFP) — A compromise on the chlef controver- sy between President Coolidge and congress on the Jones-Reid Missis- sippi river flood control bill—hing- ing on floodway rights—was reached at a White House conference today between the President and the sen- ate and house conferees, Chairman Reid of the house flood control committee announced. President Coolidge informed the conferees, Reid said, that he would sign the bill with the compromise and a few other minor revisions that were considered. The conferees will meet at 2 p. m. today to make the changes, he said. This revised measure later will be submitted to house and senate for previously been married and were {diverced. final approval, after which the bill will go to the White House. ach | the members of | I hope | 38 FAIL TO RESPOND " FOR MUNICIPAL JOBS :22 of 60 Summoned Given Work By Public Bureau the | Thirty-eight of the 60 men for whom jobs were waiting at city hall | this morning did not put in an ap- pearance and for the second time | James J. Desmond, director of the | municipal employment bureau, !found it necessary to recruit la- | borers from among the day's new comers. Desmond had selected 15 men cach for Street Foremen Joseph M. O'Brien and Michael J. Leonard and | for Sewer Foremen Frank C. Riley {and Thomas J. Devine but when the !time came to begin operations only | 22 of the 60 employes could be { found. Work was started with the | smaller forces and during the morn- ling hours the gangs were brought |to the required strength. The men who went on the job today will be kept at work, provided |they wish to remain, until Wednes- day night at which time new gangs | Will be recruited from among the unemployed to work for the re- maining three days of the week. | Their working day is one of nine hours and the pay is 50 cents an hour. In addition to sending men to municipal operations, Desmond has furnished private employers with iabor during the past few days. His office will receive and fill re- quests of this kind whenever pos- sible, he announced today. OH, JIMINY CRICKETS, KIDS, LISTEN T THIS Mayor Has Placed in North End Park Pond At the request of Mayor Paonessa, the state water commission has taken more than 6,000 fish from Shuttle Meadow lake and has placed them in Stanley Quarter park pond, where the mayor plans to have fish- {ing privileges extended to small boys. He will ask the park commission to prepare an amendment to the park regulations, which now prohibit fishing, and will seek to have the common council pass & concurring vote. It is expected that boys 14 vears of age and younger will be Kiven permits, gratis, at the office of the park board when the ordinance change is brought about. Before his retirement from office two years ago, the mayor had the lake stocked with fish and had planned to open it for boys to fish, but the park board subsequently went on record as opposed to such use. FAFNIR C0. TO ERECT 1 ! TWO NEW FACTORIES Buildings Will Adjoin Present De- partments of Ball Bearing Manufactory | tactory buildings to be erected by | the Aberthaw Construction Co. of | toston, for the Fafnir Bearing Co. | adjacent to present structures. One building will be one story in helght, will measure 60x120, at a cost of $20,000; the second will cost $36,- 000, will be six stories in height and will measure 60x70. WOULD RAISE BARRIER AGAINST RIVAL PEDDLERS | Vegetable Men, Refused Licenses tn | capital City, Want Local Police to Take Retaliatory Stepa, Vegetable peddlers, who claim they are discriminated against and refused licenses in the city of Hart- ford, today appealed to Mayor Pao- nessa to have similar regulations im- posed against Hartford peddlers in this city. The mayor referred the request to Chief of Police Willlam C. Hart to obtain a report on the system em- ployed in Hartford. FLOOD CONTROL BILL ‘Washington, May 7 —The house today sent the conference report on the Mississippi river flood control bill back to the conferees for revis- ing along lines agreed upon today at the White kouse ; 6,000 Fish' Permits were taken today for two | Average Daily Circulation keor Week Ending May 5th ... 14,912 PRICE THREE CENTS LEASE BESSE STORE “FOR 30 YEAR TERM ;Schnlte»l]niud, Inc, Takes Over | Main Street Property :omm«; DITE NOT Sir | I. W. Besse Thanks New Britain Public for Its Support During 35 Years—3$30,000 Annual Rental Re- ported in Terms. The Besse system building on Main street, owned und operated in this city by Lyman W. Besse of Springfield, Mass, &ince 1902, has been leased to Schulte-United Inc., tor a term of 30 years, Mr. Besse announced to the Herald today. The {new occupants will take posscssion of the building on or hefore August 1, he said. While Mr. B would not dis- cuss the rental price it is understood {that the Schulte-United company will pay him $20,000 a ycar for th. | use of the property. | Through the Herald Mr. Bess 100k the opportunity today of thank- ing the peopls of New Britain for their support during the quarter of century he has been in husiness he and regretted the fact that forced to retire. Leases Springticld Store Also Mr. Besse also announced that tin Besse-Carpenter store mn Springtield | has been leased to the same concern for the same period of years. said that he had Leen in business in Springfield for 40 years, The leasing of the Besse system store in New Brituin will not oc sion surprise in this city ax it has been known for some time that My, Besse contemplated retiving from the New Britain ficld. In disposing of the store here he has followed out a policy adopted when his store in Kansas City was sold recent The disposal of the Kansas City store was followed by the sale of 14 other stores. Most of them were dis- posed of to the men who had been in partnership with Mr. Besse for a number of years. Mr, Besse, who is well over 70 years old and one of the wealthiest men in New England, primarily through his real estate holdings in the various cities in | which he was in business, has long been anxious to retire. System Founded in 1876 He founded the Besse system with the late A. L. Foster of Hartford in 1876 when John R. Foster of Clin- ton, Mam., an#‘Bridgeport, Conn., advanced money for the opening A. L. Foster company in Westfield, M A. L. Foster sold his holdings to Mr. Besse in Westfleld fn 1884 'and moved to Hartford. His brother Charles F. Foster, also in the West- field store, moved to Taunton, Mass., {and Mr. Besse later went to Spring- | fleld. | These three he wi | stores were the nucleus of the present Besse system and from them the system grew and expanded to its present proportions. Schulte-United, Inc, with head- quarters In New York, is a new or- ganization which plans to operate stores throughout the United States dealing in merchandise which sells from five cents to $1. The company expects to open several stores in Connecticut cities. At the office of the company in New York today it was said that no date had been set for the re-opening of the atore un- der the lease but it will probably be lin the fall. DR, B. H. CHENEY 6. A, R. VETERAN, DIES AT 89 INew Haven Man Was Formerly State Commander of Civil War Vetcrans, | New Haven. Muy jamin H. Cheney, 89, formerly st (department commander and com- | mander of Admiiral Foot post, G. A. I R., died today following a brief ill- | ness. | Dr. Chenes was one of the best known among the veteran medical practitioners of the state. A haif century ago he ranked with the !leading physicians of this city. A | Civil War veteran, he was active in the Grand Army for a long period. He had two sons, one of whom, {Dr. Austin B. Cheney, survives, the | other having lost his life in an earthquake in Sicily some years ago, the son having been American con- | sul at Palermo. His condition became eriitcal last | Friday when he was stricken with ! pneumonia. The day before he had { officiated at the funeral of a mem- iber of his post. | Dr. Cheney was of FEnglish ances- try, born in New York, attended { Wesleyan university and the College of Physicians and Surgeons and was graduated in medicine from Univer. |sity of Louisiana, now Tulane, New |Orleans. His war service was as & | surgeon with the 41st Ohio Volun- teers, and later as a staff officer with the 21t army corps. He re. ceived honorable mention for his participation in the battle of Chick- amaugua. A daughter, who also survives, is Mrs. Walter L. Ferris of Cheshire, and another son is Harold C. Cheney of Chitago. There are eight grand- chfldren. TR —Dr. Biu- CANDIDATES FOR FORCE Three appiications for appoint- ,ment to the supernumerary police force have been received, as fol- lows; Edward Kozlowski of 148 Farmington avenue, born in Nore wich November 26, 1803; Frank Kruszewski of 69 O street, born in Plymouth, October 12, 1839; Thomas Zocco of 113 ‘Trement street, born in Italy, April 4, 1897, The board of police commissioners will inspect the force tomorrow eve- 1ning befdee the regular mesting.