New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1929, Page 1

4 . News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 BUCKLAND T0 RON NEW HAVEN ROAD Assames Daties of Presideat Until One Is Elected CHAIRMAN OF DIRECTORS Temporary Leader Was Right Hand Man to the Late Howard Elliot and Edward J, Poarson—30 Year Career, New Haven, Jan. 3 M—Vice Pres- fdent Edward Grant Buckland was elected today by the board of di- rectors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, chairman of the board with power to exercise the duties of president until a president 1§ elected. Long Carecr Naw Haven, Jan. 31 UM—Edward Grant Buckland, who was chosen chairman of the board of directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad company today, has had a railroading career of just 30 years which has been interwoven into the legal and financial structure of the corporation. He was the right hand man in these two aspects of ad- ministration of the late Howard El- liot, and the late Edward J. Pearson, presidents respectively, during the years of rehabilitation of the physi- eal property and the recreation of & new financial structure which has brought the New Haven road into the list of dividend payers. Mr. Buckland's part as an active force in the company began when Mr. Elliott took over the road from the late Charles Sanger Mellen. In the years since that time Mr. Buck- land has stood in stockholders’ meet- ings beside both President Elllott and President Pearson to give an- swer to criticisms of the financidl and legal problems which were being faced. Mr. Buckland was constantly appearing before the public when the New Haven road was asking for public support, or when it was under fire because of its efforts to solve problems which had arisen over ownership of other utilities, such as steamship lines, power plants and trolley lines. Heads Counsel Jt was he, also, heading counsel of the New Haven road in court ac- tions and before committees of con- gress. His activities made him one of the best known men in raiiroad- ing in New England. It has been said among associates in rallroads of Mr. Buckland, that his choice as president would be & popular one because he knew personally so many of the company's employes on the entire system. Forty years ago next June Mr. Buckland was graduated from Yale law school. Thirty years ago this month he became connected with the road as an euorney at Providence. He was born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1868, was graduated from Washburn college, Topeka, Kansas, in 1887, and then came to Yale law schiool. He has re- ceived honorary degrees from both. Mr. Buckland went into general law practice at first and also taught | ,yoq' that an fnvestigation be made {of prohibition enforcement. Repre- in the law school. As an attorney for the railroad at Providence he also (Continued on Page 16) S. PARKER GILBERT REACHES NEW YORK Says Germans Have Not Read Full Text of Rep- arations Report New York, Jan, 3 UP—8. Parker Gilbert, agent general for repara- tions, arriving today on the Beren- garia for his annual holiday visit, smilingly protested that German | criticlsm of his report on repara- tion payments “must be based on a hasty and incomplete reading of the text.” “A German text of the report is not yet available,” he sald. “If it had been, I belleve the comments in the German press would bave been different.” Replying to one German criticism as repeated to him by newspaper- men who met him at Quarantine, Mr. Gilbert declared he had men- tioned in his report the fact that the German government had been negotiating loans abroad. The Tage- blatt, in Berlin, has been quoted us saying that he had falled to men- tion the fact that Germany had pa!d her reparations up to the present, not out of a surplus on exports, but through loans. “I said in my report all that could be said on the subject.,” was his answer. “The trouble is that they have not yet had an opportun- ity to read the full text.” ‘When reporters asked him to tell them what he had said on the sub- | mittoe & measure calling for $435.- |0°0.000 to run the war department " |strument of policy. jthe menate. NEW BRITAIN TAX LOW, STATISTICIAN CLAIM | 17 of 97 Cities in Same Population Class Shown to Have Higher Adjusted Rate, A survey of 97 citles in the United States with populations ranging from 50,000 to 100,000, shows 77 to have a higher adjusted tax rate than | the city of New Britain, a report re- celved at the oftice of Chairman Thomas Linder of the board of as- scssors outlines. This city has the lowest adjusted rate of any city in the eastern group, Wwhich includes municipall- tles in Maine, New Hampshire, Ver- mont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey. The percentage of assessed value to market value, and the milirate are considered in arriving at the adjusted rate. The survey was made by the Detroit Bureau of Govern- ment Research. CONGRESS BADK AT WORK ONGE HORE Senate Faces Fight Over Kellogg Treaty WAR BILL IN HOUSE “My t0 Remounce War in One Branch While Other Section of Congress Has Stupendous Sum For War Preparation. ‘Washington, Jan. 3 (P—Congress ,went back to work today after a ten idays Christmas holiday—the senate to face the fight over the Kellogg antl-war treaty and the bill to build more crulsers and the house to re- celve from its appropriations com- next ye Unusnal Feature This unusual situation in which a treaty to renounce war was rub- bing elbows with measures for the improvement of the national de- fense meemed not to perturb mem- | bers of congress and it was agreed | that the naval measure would be 1aid aside by the senate while con- sideration was being given to the treaty to renounce ' war as an in- I was apparent also that both had administration backing. Likewise in the house thers was no doubt that the war department appropriation bill, which among other items carried $50,000,000 for rivers and harbors development, would be pushed throgh in the same orderly manner which the house employs in passing these sup- ply measures and sending them to Jones’ Resolution One of the first measures intro- duced when the senate got under way was a resolution by BSenator Jones, republican, Washington, who sentative La Guardia,’ republican, New York, started the house session by asking that the congression rec- ord in the future be published on paper made of corn stalks. Committees on both sides of the capitol were Inactive for the most part. DELTA TAU DELTA HOUSE AT DARTMOUTH BURNED Fratemity House Destroyed With Loss of $40,000—Students Away On Vaocation. Hanover, N. H,, Jan. § (UP)— The Delta Tau Delta fraternity house, located near the Dartmouth college campus, was destroyed by fire early today at loss estimated at more than $40,000. Bixteen students lived at the house but they, with the rest of the under- graduates, were away on vacation when the fire started. The fire, which started from un- determined cause, was discovered by Miss Ethel White, employed as & maid at the home of President Ernest Martin Hopkins of Dart- mouth, only two houses away. The president was not at home at the time. ‘When firemen arrived, flames were sweeping through the two-and-a- halt-story dwelling and they were unable to save any of the personal effects of resident students. | Lives of some of the firemen were imperilled when one of the floors collapsed. Despite the proximity of the fraternity house to the college buildings, these were not threatened, and the fire was confined to the| structure in which it started. Six New Cases of “Flu” in Waterbury NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 38, 1929, —EIGHTEEN PAGES CHESHIRE INWATES (Wil Become Bride of Clergyman |WAN AT TOWN HOE Istead of Missionary to Afria| SFATALLY BURNES Jobn MeArdle, 75, Lighting FAGE PRISON TERM Fugitives Canght in This City After Beating Teacher INTENT 70 KILL “CHARGES Quickly Overpowered At New Brit- aln Rallroad Station By Scarch- ing Guards—Batter Reformatory Employe and Steal His Money. Edward Gonch, 24, of South Nor- walk, and Ambrose Briggs, 18, of Warehouse Point, who battered Owen Runsey, a teacher at the Cheshire Reformatory into uncon- sciousness late yesterday afternoon with a monkey wrench and pleces of furniture, robbing him of all the i money on his person and a gold watch and fleeing, were arrested shortly before 6 o'clock last night by two guards from the reforma- tory at the local passenger station, and today were In detention cells at the institution preparatory to being turned over Lawrence L. Lewis of New Haven county for arraignment in superior court at Waterbury on charges of theft from person and assault with Intent to kill. Guard Found Bound On Floor According to officials at the re- formatory, Runsey was unlocking a door on the third floor to admit Gonch and Briggs, who were plac- ing furniture, when he was at- tacked. Taken by surprise he was unable to offer any kind of resi tance and within a few minutes he was on the floor completely at the merey of the youths, who bound him and robbed him, leaving his limp form on the floor of the printing shop, where it was found more than an hour later. Alded by a start which was not known until they failed to answer roll call, Gonch and Brirgs are sald to have boarded a trolley car near the reformatory and it was fully two and one-half hours later before pursuit by automobiles w: instituted. Police departments ahout the state were notifled by teletype to be on the lookout, Briggs being | described as 5 ft 3 inches in helght and weighing 150 pounds, while Gonch was said to be 6 ft. 7 inches in height and weighing about 124 pounds. Overpowered At R. R. Station About 5:30 o'clock the e walked into the local passenger sta. tion and bought tickets for Hart- ford. A short time later, two guards from the reformatory en- tered and goifie over to the bench where the youths wete sitting, one of them is »aid to have poked a re- volver against Briges’ head, at the same time punching him in the face. In a trice, the youths were overpowered and whisked to an au- tomobile for the return trip to Cheshire. A large crowd of com- (Continued on Page Nine) STATE WILL HAVE BALANCE HALL SAYS More Than Four Millions Will Be in Treasury, Commissioner States Hartford, Jan. 3 (P—Estimated state expenditures for the next| biennium of $69,940,000 and esti- mated receipts of $74,020,000, leav- Ing a balance of $4,080,000 are pre- sented in the first annual report of the state board of finance and con- trol as prepared by Commissioner Edward F. Hall for submission to the general assembly. In addition to providing funds for the existing state departments and institutions with their generally ex- panded programs for the next bien- nium, the board of finance and control estimates that there will be funds available for one of the most noteworthy building programs ever | undertaken by the state. This program includes $1,750,000 | for the site and a new state hospital for insane in Fairficld county, the | ultimate cost of which will be about $6,500,000. It also includes $2,250,- 000 for the erection of a new state office bullding in the block bounded by Capitol avenue, Washington and Buckingham streets. An appropria- | tion of $248.500 will also be neces- | sary to purchase some of the prop- | erty in this block now under op- tion. “We belicve,” says the report, | “that the recommended budget demonstrates that the pay-as-you-go policy has been more than justified. | Under that policy the budget pre- sented herewith provides for all the demonstrated needs for funds to finance activities which appear to have the approval of the people. ‘Waterbury, Jan. 3 P—8ix new | We confidently predict that through ject in his report, he intimated it might be well for them, too, to: read the full report. He was sorry. |, but he could not furnish them with coples. He had only one copy with him—the original manuscript. j “But there will be plenty of cop- | fes over here in a week or 80" he | told them. “The printing has been delayed a little on account of the holidays.” On all other subjects having to do ‘with his job as agent general for rep- aration payments, the smiling young man who is credited with hav- ing more authority over German governmental financial policies than the Kaiser ever had, was consistent- 1y and genially: uncommunicative. Was he about to retire, as sug- gested by some of the foreign critics (Continued on Page Twe) |Condition of. Herrick adherence to business-like methods ond the practice of economy which secures full value for every dollar expended, ;the state will be able to continue the pay-as-you-go policy | for many years to come but the need for economy and the careful review of all proposed expenditures cannot be over-emphasized if the cost of government to our citizens is to be kept within reasonable bounds.” | The balance in the budget pre- sented by the board for the ensuing tiennfum embodies liberal provi- sions for the ordinary recurring ex- penses and the government “and cne of the most important and prob- cases of influenza were reported at the office of the local health depart- | ent up to noon today. Fifteen | new cases and one death were re- ported yesterday. The 15 cases re- ported yesterday included those for New Year's Day when the health de- partment office did not make any report. rted as Better Cleveland, O., Jan. 3 UP—The con- dition of Myron T. Herrick, United Btates ambassador to France, who fs 1ll with asthmatic influenza, was re- ported as “much improved” early to- day by Dr. John Phillips, attending | ably the largest bullding program REV. R. N. GILMAN Giving up a career in the mission- iary fleld, after she had received her commission and was prepared to to State's Attorney sail for Africa where she had plan- the New Haven high school, at New ned to spend her life Gladys C. Shaler of Waterbury has announced her engagement to become the wife of Rev. Raymond N. Gilman, pas- tor of Stanley Memorial church on East street. Miss Shaler made the announce- ment at an informal gathering of friends In her home last evening. No date has been set for the wed- ding, which will take place probably in May or June. Raymond Newton Gilman came to {this city in June, 1922. He is & na- jtive of the west, having been born near Salem, South Dakofa. He fs a son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Gilman of Mission Hill, near Yank- ton, 8. D. He received his early education In the public schools of Served City in Council CHARLES MAY FORMER MEMBER OF COMMON GOUNCIL DIES Charles May, Aged 49, Loses Fight for Life at Hospital Charles May, 49 years old, of 79 Shuttle Meadow avenue, former member of the common council where he served as a counciiman and alderman from the first ward, died at 3:50 o'clock this morning at the New Britain General hospital from complications which developed during a short iliness. Mr. May represented the first ward as councilman in 1914-15-16. In 1917 he resigned to become alder- man, an office which he held .until 1918. During his term of office he served on several important commit- tees. city government even after leaving the common council. He member of the city meceting board which succeeded the city meeting form of government. Last April he was an unsuccessful candidate for the republican nomination for coun- cilman in the first ward. Mr. May was a native of New Britain, having been’ born in the same house where he lived previous to his last {liness. He was born on April 21, 1879, but in 1893 he moved to Lynn, Mass, where he lived un- til 25 years ago. At that time he moved back to his native home and he had lived here since that time. Next month he would have been a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M. for 25 years. He retained a member- ship in the South End Bowling club for approximately that period of time. He was last employed by the Buol Mfg. Co. where he was a ma- chinist. 8Burviving hin are his wife, Mrs. Cora Bell (Davis) May; a daughter. Miss Adaline Laura May: two rons. Walter L. May and Milton H. Mav; physician, that has ever bene recommended to Last night Mr. Herrick was able to | the legislature,” says the report. ~it up in bed to read and listen to the radio. Continued on Page 9.) . a stepaon, Charles C. Fuller: two sisters, Mrs. Louise Tchel of Saugus. (Continued on Page 2) Sells 1:aqror to “S*ool Pizeon’ On His Plea That Wife Is Dy'ng He continued his interest in the | was a' | MISS GLADYS C. SHALER Yankton and in 1910 was graduated from Yankton college academy. A !year later he was graduated from Haven. this state. In 1915 he gradu- lated from Yale college Wwith an A. B. degree and in 1918 from the Oberlin graduate school of theology. Oberlin, O., with a B. D. degree. Enlisted in Training School During the World War he enlist- ed in the officers’ training school for field artillery at Camp Zachary |Taylor, Loutsville, Ky., where he was located when the armistice was isigned. He Is a member of Eddy- | |Glover Post, Amerlcan Leglon, and |15 a former chaplain of that organi- zation, | He came to the Stanley Memorial church in June, 1922, which was his He was or- first and only charge. (Continued on Page 2) ‘Wife of Bridgeport Drug-| gist Did Not Know Bill Was Marked and Sleuths! Were Waiting. Bridgeport, Jan. 3 (M—A man's agonized plea that his wife was dy- ing and needed a little liquor imme- dio’cly if her life was to be saved until the doctor could reach the house, led Mrs. Ida Merzon, 24, wife of the proprictor of a drugstore at Broad strect and Railroad avenue to disregard her husband's instructions that she must not sell liquor to any- one without a doctor's prescription, it was revealed in city court today when the woman was arraigned on a charge of violating the liquor law The woman sold the stranger some whiskey to save his wife's life and accepted from him a marked bill that had becn given him by the po- lice with which to secure evidence of a liquor violation, it was admit- | ted by the defense. Her arrest fol- {lowed immediately as the officers were waiting in a car across the i street to recelve the man's report. Mrs, Merzon became hysterical, pleaded with the officers not to ar- | rest her, but was taken to headquar- ters and appeared in court today when Judge William J. Buckley fined her $100 and costs on a charge of selling liquor. | INSIST R. B, CROSSING | NOT AMPLY GUARDED Men Who Narrowly Es- caped Death Criticize Railroad (Special to the Herald) Plainville, Jan. 3—Charges that the accident at the East Main street railroad crossing Tuesday night, | when eight persons barely escaped from a sedan before it was hit by & train, was due to improper protec- | | tion of the crossing and not to any ! negligence on the part of the mo- ' torist were made today by Charles Hoffman of New Britain, the dri- ver, and J. B. Vos of Plainville, who was a passenger in ¢the car. Mr&i Hofiman and two children and Mrs. | Vos and two children were also pas- sengers. | i The crossing gates had been ren- dered useless by the ice storm, and the crossing was being protected by crossing tender and lantern. Accord- ing to the story told today by Mr. Vos, only one man—Dave Erbe— | was on duty at the time of the acci- | dent, and the stopping of traffic coming from both dircctions was too | much for one individual. | Erte, according to Mr. Vos, was {on the far side of the tracks, stop- | ping the stream of easbound ve- | hicles and backing up one car which |had gotten too far on the tracks. Meanwhile, Mr. Vos said, the Hoff- man car approached from the east |at the head of a line of autos, but (Continued on Page 9) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Cloudy tonight and Friday; possibly light snow, somewhat warmer tonight. Gigarette, Sets Robe Afire CHRISTMAS GIFT BLAMED Received “Smokes” to Cure His Asthma as Yuletide Present—For- bidden to Use Matches for Ignit- ing His Bed Recently, Burned when & match with which he was about to light a cigarette, dropped from his hand and ignited a woollen bathrobe which he was wearing, John McArdle, 75 years old inmate of the town home, died at the New Britain General hospital last evening. McArdle, an almost helpless in- valld, recelved & package of cigar- ettes from a relative at Christmas time, the smokes being blended with a drug compound which was intend- ted to give him relief trom asthma. | Tt was his attempt to light one of these that caused his death. After he had been removed ‘o the hospital the cigarette, the tip of it charra but apparently not lighted, was found on the floor. Having suffered a shock some time ago which left him without the use of his limbs and with little pow- . McArdle had appeared certain to precipitate the; er to lift his arms, required more than ordinary atten- tion and he was rarely left withont someone to minister to his needs Yesterday was no excention, and at ain legislative delegation in the next the time of the happening. William Pfelffer was in the room with him. Forbidden to Use Matches Because of the fact that his al- most total helplessness had nearly caused his death some time ago when he dropped a lighted match and ignited his bed, orders were is- “Ed Schultz is thoroughly hanelt,‘l sued that all matches be taken from and from that standpoint, the county ; him, and other inmates were ‘n- structed not to furnish him with more. How he came into possession of the match yesterday, town home attaches are unable to explain. The accident happened at 3 n o'clock. The material in the bath- robe, which was of {nexpensive make. was highly inflammable, and when his scream attracted other in-| mates they were shocked to find him a human torch. They were un- able to account for the fact that he arose from the chair and walked| several ateps before falling to the floor, While others attemnted to tear fragments of the burning rohe from MeArdle's body, a fire extin- gulsher was played on his body, and when the fire waa extinguished. hix face was burned beyond recognition. The New Britain hospital ambulance rushed him to the institution for treatment, where he died about four hours later. * Accident Called Unavoldable Supt. John L. Doyle of the public welfare department went to the town home immediately upon learn- ing of the accident and conducted an Inquiry. Today he conferrod |with Mayor Paonessa at the latter's'scnators At the close of the confer- Hartford county. If appointed this; request. ence, both officials declared the ac- cident to be unavoidable. McArdle had lived in this city most of his life and for many years was an attendant at St. Mark's Eplscopal church. For about 20 years he was a bookkeeper in the employ of the 8. P. Strople Co. He leaves a brother, Willlam Mc- Ardle of Washington, and a sister, Miss Mary McArdle, a school teach- er of Indianapolis. Ind. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Erwin Me- morial chapel. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, rector of St Mark's iscopal church, officiated. DBurial was in Fairview cemetery. WALCOTT WOULD BUY HOOVER § ST. HOME Senator-Elect Negotiating ‘ for Residence of Presi- dent-Elect By GEORGE H. M. (Washington Correspondent, N. 13, Herald) | Washington, D. C.. Jan. 3—Sena- tor-elect Frederic Walcott of Con- necticut 1s negotiating with Herbert Hoover with a view to taking over the Hoover residence at 2300 § street, when the moves into the White House on March 4 and has no further use for | a town house, it was learned tod The negotiations have only reach- ed the preliminary stage so far, it is sald, but it is expected the transfer will soon be completed. Senator- elect Walcott is expected to come to Washington early next week when Mr. Hoover will also be here, and it is expected the deal will be “losed then. Two contributions, one of $10,000 and the other of $5.000 from the Connecticut republican state central committee, were given after Novem- ber 1 to the republican national committce to help elect Herbert Hoover president of the United States. | These figures are revealed in the report just filed with congress by Treasurer J. R. Nutt of the national | committee showing contributions on and after that date. Total contribu. tions during the campaign amount- ed to $3529.178.25. Nutt states that there were 144.- | 124 contributors to the entire fund as compared with about 90,000 in 1924, SKATING IN NORTH END Superintandent of Parks Clvde ®ilingwood announced today that there will bs akating this evening at Stanley Quarter park. president-elect | |0, Dr. Osborn said, it would en- NEW BRITAIN HERALD 'JU(}) 'p OJ ' Sy jond by FUI LOUNT 3w ‘Commissioner Not Discouraged by Candidacy of Mrs. Dow IN CONTEST 10 FINISH Senator-Elect E. W. Christ Makes Statement Favorable to Incumbent —Candidate For Reelection Says He Wants Only One More Term. The announcement by Mrs. Nor- man N. Dow of 12 John street that she will seek the Hartford county commissionership held by Edwin Schultz for the past eight years, was followed today by a declaration by the incumbent that he will be a candidate for one more term and then retire. Although | these announcements first contest for the office in many years, Senator-Elect Ernest W. Christ, who will lead the New Brit- se-sion, was inclined to believe mat- |ters will be “ironed out,” although ihe would not say which of the two avowed candidates he expected to step aside. | The next senator made one signifi- ¢ remark, however, when he said: could do a whole lot worse than to keep him in office.” | Will Remain fn Fight The clection of county commis- sioners is in the hands of Hartford county senators and representatives. Mr. Schultz in a statement today declared he would remain in the fight if he emerged with but one vote from the entire county, but he asked for support from the legisla- lative members on a record which he outlined. Mrs. Dow is chairman of the wom- en's republ~an committee in the second ward ard has been active in ' G. O. P. politi~s ~~- several years. If elected, she will be th' first woman to be a commissioner in this sounty, and to draw the emoluments of the office, amounting to $2,500 & year. | Mr. Schultz has been a republican warhorse in this city for many years. 'He was at one time a candidate for ‘the republican nomination for mayor. He issued the following statement today: | "% wish to advise my friends that I am a candidate for reappointment as county commissioner. The county commissioner is nominated by fhe and representatives of time, T will not be a candidate again. 8 county commissioner we have 'handled during the past year over a million dollars of the taxpayers money and we have endeavored to spend it with the same care as if it were our own. Reviews Commission’s Work | “The commissioners have charge of all the county’s property and with four others have been a commission to build the new court house on Washington street, Hartford. We have recently put in a new heating system, elevator and service building at the county jail. We have been in- structed to sell the old court house which we are informed is worth about eight hundred thousand dol- Continued on Page 9.) NO ABATENENT OF LU IN CONNETICUT 129 New Cases Reported to | Department of Health Today Hartford, Jan. 3 (P—There is no ment in the influenza epidemic lent in Connecticut, 129 new s of the discase being reported to the state department of health today. This is exactly the same number reported for the first two s of January. making a total of 358 cases since January 1, as against 23 cases during the entire month car. Places reporting morn than nine cases in today's total were Hartford, Manchester, 10; Wi terbury, New Canaan, 14; Ridgeficld, 12, Dr. Stanley H. Osborn, state kealth commissioner, said there are many cases unreported where no physician was in attendance, al- thouzh the state sanitary code re- auires houscholders to report in- fluenza cases where a doctor has not been cngaged. It they would do prev ca able health authorities to have a ! tetter knowledge of the disease in their community. Origin"fiofher Machree Dies in Jong Island New York. Jan. 3 UP—Mrs. Nan- ! “Mother Machree” of her son's famous song | nle Ball, the original by that name, died last night at her home in Bcechurst, Long Island. She was 71 years old. The =on, Ernest R. Ball, died In FIRE HOUSE FOR WEST END, 16 NEW FIREMEN AND MORE _ APPARATUS IN 1929 BUDGET $92,571 in Tentative Estimate to Be Con- sidered By Board at Meeting Next Week— Station Cost $50,000. Service Ladder for No. 3 House With Truck to Cost $10,000 Proposed— Fire Fighting Force Is Shorthanded Through- out City. Bpecial items totaling $92,571.25, jincluding a station in the western sectlon of the city, two new pieces of apparatus, a touring car and 16 additional firemen, are included in the tentative budget to be submitted to the fire board at its meeting next Tuesday night. The budget will not be completed until after the January meeting of the common council, because of the fact that salary increase positions affecting every man in the depart- ment are now pending and will not be finally disposed of until the coun- cll acts, Cost of New Station $50,000 Under special items, the largest appropriation sought is for the new station. It is proposed to establish .8 hose, chemical and pumper com- pany, with a 750-galion capacity jmachine, and the budget committen estimates the cost of plot, building and apparatus at $50.000. The city does not own a site but the commia. sloners have Inspected availabte plots and believe one can be obtained at & reasonable cost and with little difficulty, A recommendation for :uuhlhhmem of this additional serv- ice was made ty the last re of the National Board of Fire mw. writers Would Create Service Tadder Co. It {8 also recommended that service ladder comnany be created. to be housed in No 3 house nat the north end of Main street. A 55-foot ladder truck is recommended, the cost of which will be approximately $10.000. To place five men on each {Of the two shifts will involve a pay- [ roll increase of $17.585, and equip. {ment for the men and dormitory | would cost $950. It the appropria- tion ia allowed, it will no longer be {necessary to despatch the ladder company from the Elm street sta- tlon, to fight fires in the north- j western section of the clty, a prac- tice which is considcred fmipractical (Continued on Page 2) BRING $3,500 SUITS | FOR INJURED FINGER {Boy Hurt in Bottling Works and Father Plaintiffs Clainting faflure to provide safe and adequate machinery and failure to instruct an employe of the dan- gers and hazards of operating a bot- tling and capping machinery, James Gilberto, aged 16 and his father, Paul Gilberto, today brought . two separate suits aggregating $3,500 against Salvatore Bellachino and Frank Agnello, proprietors of the Lafayette Bottling Works, for in- juries sustained by the boy, while in the employ of the firm The complaint, issucd by Attorney Harry Ginsburg alleges that the boy was engaged by the defendants un- der a contract of employment on May 15, 1928, for the purpose of working on a bottling and capping machine used in the business of bot- tling beverages. On or ahout June 1, the hoy, un- aware of the dangers of the ma- chine, was severely injured while | operating it, severing the tendom of | the middle finger of his left hand, | which injury, it is claimed. became permanent. As soon as the nature of the Injury became known. the boy was taken to the hospital, where he remained for some time, incurring hospital, medical and other expense, according to the complaint of the father, who fs secking $1.000 dam- ages, while the boy claims $2,500 for the injured finger. Papers were served by Deputy Sheriff Martin Horwits. 16 Enlict in Navy in One Day in New Haven New Haven, Jan. 3 (P—Smiles on the faces of naval recruiting force here today were due not only to the joy of the new year but to the buigs in recruiting with sixteen enlist- ments in one day, the highest fig- ure here since the war. Among the recruits were F. J. Cadotte, Waterbury; W. L. Smelgem May, 1927. He was the composer nf many nonular ballads of which “‘Mother Machree” was the mest fa- mous. and H. M. Treloar, Meriden; H. G. Peternon, Noank: Samuel Lorello ind G. 1. Mantere. Pawcatuek, and C. G. Themas, Milford.