New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1929, Page 1

[F==] NEW BRITAIN HERALD EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1929.—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MARSHAL FOCHTO [Fire Insurance Rate Reductions Made Effective In New Britain; National Loss Cut In Past Year DUAL INQUIRY INTO BILLS OWED T0 CITY Public Works Board and Cou- ¢l Committoe Sit Toaight DISPUTE OVER JOHNSON Ald. Judd Deciares Clork is Being Mado “Gost” tm Exposs Over Failure to Send Out Bills For lmprmfe-m Two groups of city officials to- night will attempt to fix the blame tor overdue assessments in the amount of more than $200,000, for which bills were not sent out until after Mayor Paonessa had caused Thomas P, McGrath to be installed as special clerk in the department of public works. Two Boards of Inquiry With Mayor Paonessa definitely on record as blaming Clerk Georse H. Johnson, City Comptroller Han- ford L. Curtis and former City En- gineer Joseph D. Williams, the board of public works will set up an in- deperdent investigation, as will also the common council's committee ap- pointed to handle disputes over bills. The council committee, com- prising the six aldermen and the corporation counsel, will meet with the mayor at 7 o'clock at his office. The board of public works will con- vene half an hour later. Judd Defends Johnsom Alderman Willlam H. Judd has expressed a viewpoint that Johnson, who is to lose his job, is being made the “goat” and he regards others as bing equally responsible for the condition. Alderman David L. Nair favors 1 complete inquiry to obtain all the racts before passing judg- ment. Alderman J. Gustave John- son regards his namesake, the de- | partment clerk, as being partly to lame but syd cmphatically he ! would disi#< to be “in the boots™ of any of the commissioners who served a period of seven years while these accounts were piling up. Williams Silent Former City Engineer Williams had no statement to make “at pres- sent,” he replied today when asked it he desired an opportunity to publicly refute the charges that he is partly responsible for conditions Irrespective of what measurcs are adopted to collect the.amounts due, Mayor Paoncass-ssid today he ‘il insist-4h#t there be no unnec- «#suTy pressure brought particularly in the cases of bills which have Leen standing for several years. All who must pay the city will be given the longest time possible and the most easy terms which can be worked out, the mayor assures. RAPP GIVEN LIBERTY UNDER BOND OF $1,000 Vill Be Tried in Connec- tion With Williams Death | | ticorge P. Rapp of §0 High street, Middletown, charged with criminal negligence as the result of he death of Hubert Williams of 1008 Corbin avenue, was released under bonds of $1,000 last evening by Prosecutor C. F. Lewis of Ber- lin, The case of Rapp will come up in the Berlin town court on Jan- 1ary 22, Williams died shortly after i o'clock yesterday morning at the New Britain General hospital from a crushed skull, caused when his car in which he was riding, and which was operated by Rapp, left the highway on the East Berlin road and crashed into a large tree after traveling for a distance on a steep embankment. Mr. Williams was the son of Ar- | thur W. Williams of 1018 Corbin avenue. He was born in this city on November 7, 1899. He attended New Britain High school and later Worcester academy preparing for Middlebury college where he was member of the Chi Psi fraternity. He was a member of the First Church of Christ, i Besides his wife and son, he lcaves his father, Arthur Willlams; two brothers, Clarence A. and Everett M. Williams, of this city,: nd two sisters, Mrs. Frances Wil- liams McKnight of New Haven and Doris Willlams Goldsmith of Mi‘tord. ‘The funeral will be held from the home of his father at 1018 Corbin ivenue on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock. Rev. Theodore A. Greene, tor of the First Church of Christ, will officiate. Burial will be in Fair. view cemetery. HUSBAND OF THREE MONTHS BRINGS SUIT FOR DIYORCE Edward Scmrau, 39, Declares 18- Year-Old Wife Has Been Cruel to Him Thrce months after marriage Ed- Semrau, who is 39 years old, brought action for divorce inst his youthful wife Bertha i Semrau, aged 18, claiming in. tolerable cruelty and conduct unbe- coming a young married woman, ex- posing him to public shame, humilia- tion and ridicule. The Semraus were married on October 13, 1925. Attorney Harry sburg appears as counsel for the tift and papers were served by Doputy Bheriff Martin Horwitz, who tlached property of the young de- fondant to the amount of $300, ADD RYATT T0 BOARD OF NEW BRITAIN TRUST | W Dr. Edward H. Kinder, Boston dentist, in whose home in Water- town, Mass, Mrs. Helen Woodford Ruth, estranged wife of Babe Ruth, wes burned to death. COUNGH. CONSIDERS GENERAL'S REPLY Believe Salvation Army Head Wil Refuse to Retire OUSTING MAY FOLLOW Answer of Leader to Members of Council Delivered by Mrs. Bram- well Rooth—Adjournment at § ©0’Clock; Announcement Tonight. Sunbury-on-Thames, Eng., Jan. 15 UP—The high council of the Sal- | vation Army late today was consid- ering the reply of General Bram- well Booth to its request that he re- tire and a vote on the council's reso- lution adjudicating the case was ex- pected during the evening session. Will Refuse Although Gen. Bramwell Booth's reply has not been made public, it was learned ir well-informed circles in London that his reply was a re- fusal to give up his post. The ‘council received the general's reply from the hands of Mrs. Bram- well Booth this morning and imme- | diately took it under advisement. Al brief adjournment was taken at b a'clock and an official statement was then given out. This said: “The high council has received General Booth's reply and is now considering it. At 5 o'clock there was a brief adjournment and the council | on resuming are proceeding with the | adjudicating resolution.” General Booth's reply to the high council of the Salvation Army was handed to that body by Mrs. Bram- well Booth. The nature of the an- swer was not revealed. Body Adjourns The council which had assembled this morning to learn of the gener- al's attitude then adourned until this | (Continued on Page Nine) | American Hosiery Co. President Elected as Trustee Today I R. Hyatt, president and treas- | RESIT ILINESS His Spirit Rises, Refusing o Admit His Defeat STILL SERIOUSLY SICK at Bedside of Aged Warrior Re- sults in Bulletin Saying He 15 Somewhat Improved. Parls, Jan. 15 UPM—Heart stimulants by injection were re- sorted to for the first time to- day by the physicians attending Marshal Ferdinand Foch and the condition of the stricken war leader was reported most critical. The heart action was weakening. Paris, Jan. 15 (UP)—Marshal Ferdinand Foch, his indominatible old spirit refusing to admit defeat, told his doctor today that he would resist death, From his bed where he lies gravely stricken with heart disease, the commander-in-chief of all the allied armies at the close of the ‘World War looked at Dr. Daveniere, one of the six physiclans in attend- ance, and growled weakly: “I am seriously hit, am I not? But I'll resist.”” Achieves Victory The aged warrior's fighting spirit seemed to have achieved at least a temporary victory over his illness, | for this afternoon, Drs. Daveniere and Heitzboyer held a bedside con- sultation and left Foch's home say- ing the marshal was slightly im- proved. They are preparing to issue an official bulletin tonight. Foch’s condition at 2 p. m. w announced as statlonary changed since the noon bulletin, {when a very slight amelioration was announced. Pasteur institute tests are being made to d=termine the extent of the uraemia which has poisoned tne marshal's system and complicated the situation caused by his weak heart. All France is deeply concerned over his condition and a continuous procession came to the gates of the house near the Hotel Des Invalides tday to inquire for news. They ranged from high government offi- clals and ambassadors to humble ex-Poilus. Premeir Calls Among those who came were Pre- mier Raymond Poincare, Andre Tardieu and General Lasson, from President Doumergue's officlal (Continued on Page 22.) ASK CHANGES IN TARIFF ON STEEL‘ Ways and Means Commit- tee Has 100 Representa- tives to Hear Washington, Jan. 15 (P—Calling | its sccond group of witnesses on the | metals schedule, the house ways and means committe today received further requests for changes in tar- iffs on steel products. tee had 100 representatives of the industry to hear in two days because it fell behind its program yesterda; Although the Wood schedule will urer of the American Hosiery Co., was added to the board of trustees | of the New Britain Trust Co. at the | annual meeting held at the bank at | 11:30 o'clock today. | The other members of the board | were reelected. Officers of the bank | will be elected at a meeting to be | held on Monday, January 2§. The members of the board, includ- ing Mr. Hyatt, ar eas follows: W. E. Attwood, A. W. Stanley, W. L. atch, George Talcott, F. Platt, George P. Hart, Frank J. | Porter, Isaac D. Russell, Charles F. | Smith, J. E. Cooper, W. H. Cadwell, C. J. Parkers, Norman P. Cooley, I'. | G. Vibberts, C. H. Baldwin, H. H. Pase, E. H. Cooper, P. B. Stanley, C. B. Parsons,, C. F. Bennett, F. A. 8. | 1013, not be taken up until next Thurs- day, a brief wag tiled with the com- mittee today by the tariff committee of the cedar industry of Washing- ton, Oregon and Idaho requesting a duty of 25 per cent ad valorem on shingles and cedar lumber, now on the free list. Since 1922 when the present tarlft law was written, the brief declared, more than half the cedar mills of | the northwest states had been fore- |ed into bankruptcy. while the re- tainder are nearly bankrupt. Since the removal of the shingle tariff in it said, has sustained an average yearly loss of 16 per cent, while British Colum- bia shingle production has gained 399 per cent. Searle, F. W. Macomber, Louls §. Reynal, Noah Lucas, Louis W.| Young, H. H. Howard, A. G. Way, | W. C. Hungerford, Willlam H. Hart, | Harold W. Hatch, Maxwell 8. Por- ter, Stanley R. Eddy and S. M.| Davidson. | The present officers of the banks | are: Chairman of the board, W. E Attwood; president and trust of-; ficer, F. G. Vibberts: treasurer, F. | Macomber; assistant treasurer, ‘ C. J. Law; new business manager, L. A. Sprague: sccretary and trust of- ficer, H. H. Howard; credit manager, | C. J. Hickey. Thomas A. Edison Off For Florida So;oum Newark, N. J., Jan. 15 Thomas A. Edison, aged but s(|ll sprightly wizard, left today for his annual winter sojourn at Fort Myers, Florlda, where he wil joined by his cronies, Harvey stone and Honry Ford. Mr. Edison was accompanied by his wife, and at the Fennsylvania station to bid them boodbye were his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mra. Charles Edison. ‘The inventor grinned and snapped & small pocket flashlizht at news- paper photographers who were lined up at the station to take his picture. He scemed in excellent health as well as spirits and was ample proof of recent reports that he had gained 20 pounds in welght in the last few iuonths. | United States tariff Calling attention to the duty of $1 a thousand feet on cedar logs, the brief said American manufacturers admitted the fairness of this duty ‘provided a fair tax is imposed on | shingles and cedar lumber.” As the tariff now stands, the brief added, the log tax affords “actual protection to tore! | petition. and gives cmployment | preference to foreign and Oriental labor over the American workman." Mrs. Elizabeth Lord Is 101 Years Old Today | Hebron, Jan. 15 (UP)—Mra. Eliza- beth Lord, known to nearly every inhabitant of this small Tolland county community “Aunt Libby,* celebrated her 101st birthday here | |today. Aunt Libby, a retired achool ? [teacher, reads a great deal and has never nceded spectacles. Her mind is alert an1 she vividly remembers | ecenes of her girlhood when she was |a pupil at Miss Bradford's school for select girls here, Among her close friends is George | M. Buck, 103, of Avon V HAVEN ROAD DIRECTOR ew York, Jan. 15 (®—Jay Cooke, of Philadelphia, was elected a direc- tor of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railrcad to 1o succeed the late 1. Horace Harding of New York. and un-!| The commit- | the cedar industry | ign production and foreign com- | Decrease of 50 Cents Per $100 In Some Cases Where Policies Are Written for Three Years On One and Two Family Dwellings and $1 for Non-Combustible Roof. Lower fire losses throughout the country last year, in which New Britain followed the downward trend are accountable for a reduction in insurance rating which has been promulgated for this city, effective yesterday. The reduction in some cases amounts to 50 cents per $100 of valuation on policies written for a! three year period, making the cost $4.50 on one and two family dwell- ings, and in construction where a non-combustible roof has been con- structed, a reduction is made from $4.50 to $4. 'WILD TALES RELATED BY GIRL MUNCHAUSEN Child of 13 Exercises Imagination on Police Again A 13 year old girl living at 360 North Burritt street is believed to! be without a peer in the matter of | an imagination. More than once; during the past few years she has| caused the police to chase about the | city running down stories woven out | of whole cloth, and last night about | 11:20 o'clock she was brought be- | fore Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth by | performers at the Strand theater, | who had found her near thy stage door. With a glibness that would do credit to the smoothest salesman of | |blue sky, she told the lieutenant| that her parents had deserted her | in the Hotel Stanley in Hartford, where they had been living for a month, and yesterday she came to New Britain, penniless and alone. One of the many phases of the tale that was entirely wrong was uncov- lered when inquiry at the Hartford police station elicited the informa- tion that there is no Hotel Stanley in Hartford, so Lieutenant Bamforth put her in the women's cell room for the night. This morning she admitted that she was not “Florence Wahl,” which was the name she gave last night, jand it d1d not take long to convince | her that the police did not propose | to give way to excitement over her | story, for the reason that she had | fooled them before, notably on the| occasion of her claim to residence | |at the Polish Orphanage when she | |was driven past her own home on | Ithe way to the institution, where| she tried to convince the nuns that | she was one of their flock. The girl has the most highly de-| {veloped propensities for fabricating | that the police have ever emcoun- tered in a girl of her years. She never has been found wanting for colorful details for her yarns, and names and addresses come to her with ease. 200 PLOWS CLEARING OFF STATE HIGHWAYS ' Connecticut Blanketed by | Heavy Fall of Snow During Night Hartford, Jan. 15 UP—Two hun- | dred trucks equipped with plows | started early this morning the work | ot kecping open all state highways |1t was stated today at the state | highway deparment that all state roads, including state aid roads, | were open. | There are approximately miles of such roads in Connecticut | |and with 26) plows it was estimated | Ly the highway department that all should be clear within two hours after the plows started work. Each | plow had about ten miles of road| to clear. The first plows began | sweeping away the snow at four o'clock this morning. The highway | department reports that the maxi- | mum snow fall is about five inches and that the storm has caused little trouble. Heavy Fall of Snow | Covers New England | Boston, Jan. 15. P—A heavy fall of snow covered much of New Eng- 'land today and threatened to slow |up traffic on railroads and in a | number of cities. Starting at midnight the snow fell |steadily throughout the morning. {The weather burcau here estimated that at 10 a. m. more than five | inches of snow had fallen in Boston and vicinity. The fall in northern | ew England was reported to be even heavier. | The temperature was somewhat Ihigher than yesterday. At 8 a m. the official reading was 16 degroes. | Yesterday the temperature at that time was 6 degrees, * * | | | THE WEATHER ! 1 New Rritam and vicinity: | | || Generally tair and coller to- | | || might. Wednesday increas- { | nz cloudiness, protably fol- | | lowed by smow Wednesday | { night. | | | *| ! sessed for $20,000, which Guderski | {fined to her home because of her | | and enjoyed good health for & wom- | ridge home Certain types of mercantile bulld- ings are to be reduced about 10 per cent but tnere are believed to be few in this city coming under the classi- fication made. Unprotected proper- ties, those located outside the zone cf complete fire protection, are given a more favorable rating, although the cut is not as marked as in pro- tected areas. The explauatory matter accom- panying the new schedules is sald to he somewhat complicated and while it is belleved that the reduction is rather general, underwriters say they are not certain on this point, NINE ASK REDUCTION IN TAX ASSESSMENTS Board of Relief Has First Meeting—Morey Is Chairman Nine property owners who came before the board of relief petition- ing for lower assessments last night, asked reductions aggregating $22.-| §75. It was the first meeting of the | board this year and it was opened | with the election of Burton C. Morey, | the only republican member, as chairman, and L, P. Mangan, demo- | | erat, ecretary. The board vated to hold hearings from 7:30 p. m., to 9 p. m., January 16, 18, 13, 21, 22, 23, 24.25 and 26, and from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m., January 19 and 26. Paul Carruba of 215 Elm street, whose property is asscssed for $12,- 000, asked & reduction of $4,000. He claims to have purchased the reailty in 1920 for the amount at which he is now arsessed. He sold the pro- perty since that time, but took it back when the purckaser failed to meet payments. A reduction of $1,500 in the as- | sessment on N, P. Alvord's house at 16 Sherwood road, was asked on the claim that it is too high. Horace Charland of 89 Hamilton street, assessed $6,550, including $600 on a garage, admitted he pur-| chased for $7,500 without the gar- age, but he asked a cut of $500. John Skonecui, owner of a six tenement house for which he paid | $22,500 in 1927, informed the board he derives an income of $1,°80 from rentals, and is assessed at $19,000. He sought a reduction of $4,000. D. Shimansky paid $18,500 for the | realty at $4 Talcott street, when he rurchased it five years ago. He is asked to pay on a valuation of §14,- 600, but feels, he said, this figure is $3,600 too high. | Patsy and Madeline Diasio argued for a reduction of §1,000 on their holdings at 60 Franklin street, which | they purchased for $5.000 and which is appraised ut 85,775, Antonio Ingerito whose house and lot at Atlantic street, are assessed for 34,800, $1,600 less than the pur- chase price, usked to be reduced $1,- ©00. The property at 24 Wilcox street | cwned by Ignucy Guderski and | bought by him for $22.5¢0, is as-) rogards to be $3,000 in excess of the proper figure, he told the board. Amclia Jarmolinski of 32 Wilcox $ 5 for the property nd is asked to pay taxes on §$19,- L75. She asked a reduction to £16,000. | BERLN WOMAN DIES IN HER 91ST YEAR Miss Sarah C. Clmrcllilli Came to Adjoining Town in 1876 | preparing a general warning against |nance committee | assoclation, and has | with equal vigor by a group of con- | | tractors whose advent to the city has LI INGREASING IN CONNECTICUT 458 New Cases Reported Today to Health Department SEYEN IN NEW BRITAIN But ¢34 Cases Reported for Sua- day and Mor CCanect Hartford Show: ivt, Dept,, Doubling Any Other Commubify, /' Hartford, Jan. 15 (®—Influenza is on the increase in Connecticut, &c- cording to the figures of the state department of health, which today reports ¢52 new cases as compared with 424 cases reported yesterday for Sunday and Monday combined, 223 for Saturday and 98 for last| Friday. | The figures show almost twice as many new cases reported in Hart. ford as in any other community in the state, but the Hartford health department attributes this to lhe‘ fac that Hartford figures for two or three days were only added to the | state total today. Figures of the state department of health for new cases in other communities follow: Bridgeport, 60; Glastonbury, 49;| New Canaan, 40; Newton, 26; West Haven, 23; New Haven, 22; Middle- | town, 22; Danbury, 20; Groton, 20; Ridgefield, 16; Ansonfa, 12; New Britain, 7. 63 In New Hampshire | Concord, N. H, Jan. 15 (P—/| Forty-four cases of influenza at the | University of New Hampshire at! Durham were among G3 new cases| reported to the state board of heaith today. Dr. Charles Duncan, secre- tary of the board, said that he was the spread of the disease. COUNCIL TO CONSIDER | Special Committee to Recommend Enactment of Ordinance | A recommendation that the ordi. | be instructed to bring to the February meeting of quiring all building contractors to | pass an examination and furnish a | bond before engaging in business, | will be made tomorrow night by the special committee which is to pro- pose appointment of an additional inspector. Although the committee—Council- men W. Spaulding Warner, Donald 1. Bartlett and Samuel Sablotsky— | was named for the specific purpose | of hearing and weighing the argu- | ments in favor of an addition to the staff of inspectors, the statements made by contractors and others con- vinced the councilmen that the other | measure sponsored 1s equally import- | ant and for that reason they included | it in their report filed with the town clerk today. A portion of the report reads: “Faulty construction in New Britain | | during the past several years has | not only caused property owners| heavy financial losses, but has | jeopardized public safety, some of | the conditions, at least. which have | been reported to the committee. be-‘ |ing of a nature that could have been | | precluded had there been the kind of | inspction an increased force can af- ford. There is also a need for bond- ing and licensing persons engaged | in the bullding business in ordgr to | further protect the owners and the contractors themselves, from incom- petent and unscrupulous builders.” | Bonding and licensing of contract- | ors has been agitated for many years by the New Britain Master Builders’ been opposed been more recent. | STEEL DESIGN FOR H. §. BUILDING DISAPPROYED Michigan Architect Advised Changes Must be Made and New Draw- | | Miss Sarah C. Churchlll, aged 90. | a resident of Berlin for the past 52 | years, died this morning at her residence on Worthington ridge after an fllness of a few days. | Pneumonia was the direct cause of | her death. She was born in New York city | on April 11, 1838, and came to Ber- lin in 1876, where she had resided | cver since. Miss Churchill was the ' oldest member of the Berlin Con. gregational church. She was always a loyal and active worker in the! affairs of the church especially in missions. Although Miss Churchill was con- frail condition, she was very active an of her age. She was a great | ader and Kept in constant touch | with affairs of the day. She had a very sharp memory and friends de- | lighted in asking her about even's that happened years ago. Friends | state that sne could give the exact date and place of every event of im- | portance that occurred in her time. She lived at her Worthington with Miss Ida Wilcox | and Mrs F. Towers. The former | was Miss Churchill’s closest friend | for & number of years. She is sur- | | vived by twe cousins, W. H. Squire of Meriden and a cousin in New ! York. Funeral arrangements are B, C, Porter Sons, ings Submitted for Permit. Further delay in the issuance of a ‘ permit for the Senior High school | addition has been caused by the building department’s insistence that | a new drawing, embodying many | | changes demanded by the city's con- | sulting engineer, be submitted before the certificate will be issued. Warren H, Holmes of Lansing, Mich., who drew the plans, the en- gineer for a steel company which is {o furnish the girders, Fnginecer C. | B. Baldwin, Building Inspector A. N. Rutherford, and John E. Downes, { bullding supervisor for the building | | department spent three hours in conference in the building depart- ment vesterday while Engincer Bald- win_outlined the necessary changm fected before Inspector l".n(hlrffird will accept it. Although Inspes | Rutherford declines to disclose the | Skrituls nature of the orders, it is known | building is in quesnon { | Brltisll Trawler Sinks With Crew of Sixteen Tromsoe, Norway, Jan. ‘Word was received here today that the British trawler Thomas Hardy { had foundered in the eastern part of | | the Arctic ocean and that her crew |H. Passerini; manager of the bond of 16 had drowned. Three German trawlers in reporting this said that | incomplete and are in the hands o(.lvt(’:\xue of violent weather it was/'ley Plocharcsyk; ' imposible to assist the sinking ship. 'WILL !that the treaty does | skl 15 #—| crt State. Ll Maf. Gen. Anton Stephan is chair- man of the parade committee for the inauguration of President-elect Herbert Hoover. RATIFIATION OF TREATY 15 NEAR Interpretationists Accept Report Dralted by Borah SUPPORT Long Drawn-Out Battle to Approve Kellogg Anti-War Agreement With Nations of World Appears to Be Nearing End. Washington, Jan. 15 UP—Early ratification of the Kellogg anti-war treaty was imminent today when |the group demanding an interpreta- BUILDERS' LIGENSES i neom ™ Chairman Borah of the foreign re- lations committee. A poll of the |committee developed a majority in favor of the report, which stipulates that it shall not be considered as & reservation to the pact. Chairman Borah polled the com- mittee after recelving assurance that | those secking an interpretation would accept a preface to his com- mittee report that it would not be | regarded as a reservation to the |the common council a regulation re- lrcmy. Poll Continued Pending completion of an address by Senator Walsh, demeocrat, of Montana, supporting the treaty, the poll of the committee was continued but Senator Borah was prepared to put the solution of the treaty dispute before the senate and the “interpre- «lionists” said they were ready to vote for ratification of the pact. The report embodies the views ex- pressed previously by Benator Borah not infringe upon America’s right of self defense |nor contain any sanction requiring (Continued on Page 21) LOOMIS RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF BANK {Commercial Trust Co. Stockholders Return All Officers All directors and officers were re- elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Commercial Trust Co., last evening. The following directors were re- |elected: Charles G. Anderson, John A. Andrews, Joseph R. Andrews, Walter M. Bassford, Antoni Cieszyn- JORN C. LOOMIS John E. Gafiney, Sta H Downes, Bernard F. I(‘) T. Gcsfl Joseph M. . Hawkine, P. F. C Loomis, Fred ffe, lardon C Rickey, Mor- . H. E epard, John v and Henry P Smith, Follow! |the following officers: John C. Loom ce presi | trust oflicer, Pardon C. Rickey; vice i president, E, E. Link; secretary and | treasurer, Walter M. Bassford: as- sistant treasurer, Louis 8. Thomas; assistant treasurer, Edwin P. Lam- phier, Jr.; assistant secretary, James J. Daley; assistant secretary, James Fresident, nt and | department, Henry Armington; man- | 28er of the foreign department, 8tan- attorney, B. F. | Gaftney. PACT| ng the stockholders’ meet- | | that the entire steel structure of the | ing the dircctors met and re-elected ON POISON ALCORO, Bristol Draggists Must Label Denatured Stull He Says WILL WATCH DRUG STORES Prosecutor Threatens to Arrest Pharmacy Owners Who Sell “Smoke” o Addicts For Beverage Purposes.. (Special to the Herald) Bristol, Jan. 15.—A campaign t@ stop the sale of denatured alcohol by drug stores unless properly labeled will be started at once by the police department, Prosecuting Attorneg, James T. Mather stated today. AR effort will also be made to preven§ the sale of the liquid to those whe use it for beverage purposes. ARy violations of this edict brought to hig attention will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, Mr. Matheg intimated. f Addicts Seat to Hospital For a long time members of thq “Bummers’ Club” have been pure chasing denatured alcohol in smalf quantities from certain drug store@ in containers not properly labeledy according to Mr. Mather and as & result the number of arrests for ime toxication has been gradually fime creasing. When presented in policd court, due to the physical conditios of the prisoners, it is often necessary, to commit them to the state hoss pital in Norwich or to the Hartford county jail for & sufficient period te enable the authorities to get the poison out of the men’s systems. AS a result, these institutions are belng overtaxed and the men, following their release, simply return to Brise tol to resume their old habits. “Smoke” Occasionally Proves Fatal During the past year there have been several deaths attributed to the excessive use of “smoke,” as the dew | natured alcohol is termed by the pes lice. In other instances it has served |as a contributing factor in the death of persons because of the inability o€ those who imbibe it to properly care |for themselves. Canned hea 1s also being used by some alcohol addicts, according to the police. Drastic Action Deemed Necessary Discussing the situation at some length, Prosecuting Attorney Mathe |er pointed out that the time had arrived when drastic action is found | necessary. Not only will drug stores, which continued to sell denatured alcohol without bottles properly la- (Continued on Page Nine) $9,000,000 DISPOSED OF UNDER HAZEN WILL Late State Senator From Haddam Leaves $2,000,- 000 to Charity Haddam, Jan. 15 (PM—Over $8m 000,000 is disposed of in the will ef the late Edward W. Hazen, & fove mer state senator, who died herd January 9, it was made known tes day, when the will was admitted ta probate before Judge Rollin Uk Tyler. Helen Ruth Hazen, the widow, res ceives an annuity of $25,000, in alje dition to their present home g Haddam and a winter home & Winter Park, Fla. Public bequesty are also made to a number of n‘ tives and institutions. The Middlesex hospital $10.000 to establish & free Brainerd Memorial library of |dam, $15,000: First Congregatiof church, Haddam, $15,000; and $| 000 to the Haddam Burial assocife tion. Approximately $2,000,000 is wef laside to carry out philanthropie {plans of Mr. Hazen and has beem {left with the Edward W. Hazes | Foundation, Inc. Two cousins have been left $1,008 each. They are the Misses Bessiq {and Mary Ball of Springfield, Masa | The balance of the estate is placed |In trust, from which the widow's |annuity will be paid. | Charles A. Russell of Haddam and the widow Helen Ruth Hazen have |been named as executors. Fokker Plane Leaves Havana for Panama | Havana, Jan. 15 (®—The United | States army Fokker transport plane which arrived here yesterday from McCook field, Dayton, with Major !Paul Bock, Licuts. orge Me- |Donald and Dwight Canfield, left Camp Columbia field this morning en route to France field, Panama. | With excellent weather prevaling |and with a slight tail wind he | fMiers expect to reach Managua, Nice aragua. by evening. If adverse flye ing conditions prevail they will stop at Tela, Honduras. The flight is to transfer the 10 passenger tri-motor plane to France fleld where it will be placed im service. eather Moderating In Californis San Francisco. Jan. 15 (M= Weather was moderating in Califors nia today, after twenty-four hours of chilling temperatures. All day yesterday, and until early hours this morning, the mercury fluctuated bee tween 37 and 44 degrees in the cem= tral part of the state. 8an Jose and Bacramento reporte ed the lowest temperatures, these areas feeling the weather to the tune of 30 degrees. Fresno had § minfs mum only two degrees higher. M8 damage to crops was repected, v