New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1929, Page 16

. The proof of prohibition’s value to the country was demonstrated to the Kiwanis club today when the affirmative side, in a debate on the subject not only won by the super- fority of its arguments, but accord- ing to the judges, also because the fact was conceded by their op- ponents. The question was: “Resolved, that the Volstead act is a benefit to the country and should be retained.” Judges were Judge B. F. Gaffney, George A. Quigley and Harry G. Hancock, The affirmative side was represented by J. M. Ward and Dwight 8kinner, while the negative side was represented by Attorney Edward A. Mag and Dr. J. F. Keav- eney, In opening for the affirmative side Mr. Ward argued that deaths in Connecticut for alcoholism in 1920 were only 3¢ per cent of the num- Dber in the years from 1910 to 1916. He said that of 189 arrests for drunkenness per 10,000 population in 349 cities in 1914 there were only i41 In 192¢. He quoted Professor Farnum of Yale who said after & survey, he claimed, that drunkards in Connecticut cities and towns had decreased from 6,754 in 1916 to 3. 909 in 1925, He =aid cases of alcohol insanity in Middletown statc hospital for the insane were 72 in 1915 and 23 in 1927, He cfted the Literary Digest in a guestionnaire which he said revealed that drinking had decreased in ¢¢ states. Mr, Mag conceded that the abol- ishment of the saloon was a good thing for the country and admitted t the successful enforcement of prohibition also would be beneficial. Both statements were construed by the judges as conceding the argu- ment of the affirmative side. Mr. Ma so said certain states were| helped by state prohibition. | He continued by saying that pro-| hibition is a menace to the caunlrfii This statement was criticized by Judge Gaffney, speaking as chair-| man of the judges, who sald Mr. Mag failed to explain or substanti- ate his statement. The attorney of- farcd as a remedy for the evils of drinking under the present system the legalizing of wine and beer up to a 12 per cent alcohol content. Mr. Skinner said the records of | the finger print bureau of New Yorik showed that there were 24 first of- tenders due to liquor per 10,000 population in 1914 and only 6 per 10,000 in 1925, He quoted Professor C. G. Clark of Yale, who he 'said is not a pro- hibitionist but who has been on the iniversity discipline committee for vears. Professor Clark said the de- srease in drunkenness among col- ege students has been revolutionary, iccording to the debater. He said “prohibition has replaced a para- sitic industry by substituting for brewerles and saloons constructive ‘mdustries.” Dr. Keaveney claimed that liquor is more extensively used in more levels of soclety since prohibition than ever before. He said proles- sional men today use liquor as & business asset and workingmen &8 an exhilarator at the close of & day's work. He charged that statis. tics favoring prohibition were dis- tributed by the 'manufacturers of cgrbonated -beverages. He claimed the quality of liquor sold today, ! which he said was of the poorest type, I8 one of the evils of prohibi- tion. 3 Mr. Mag and Mr. Ward spoke in rebuttal, In announcing ' the unan- imous verdict of the judges in favor of the affirmitive side, Judge Gaff- ney sald: ‘“Unfortunately for the defense they conceded the benefits of pro- hibition in their arguments. They also failed to show how the Vol- stead act was a menace.” New Financial Scandal | Uncovered in France 'Paris, Jan. 23 (M—A new financial scandal, following closely on the heels of the Gazette du Franc case, i3 been uncovered with the discov- of a huge fraud by which the ! French treasury is alleged to have, been swindled out of $3,500,000 through the disappearance of 40,000 tons of sugar. | The sugar was part of a consign- ment of reparations in kind turned | aver to France by Germany. From time to time irregularities in the | handling of thcse reparations in kind have been discovered involving large amounts. Belgian, French and British com- | panies are stated to have been in- volved, but thus far only one arrest has been made, that of the French fnancler, Leon Polier. No warrants have been issued for any members ot the Belgian and British com- panies. | Says That Diplomatic Liquor Freely Sold | | way system in § southeastern states Te Declare Martial Law. Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 23 UP— Latest advices from northern Nica- ragus State that three United States marines of & patrol of seven which clashed with outlaws northeast of Yali in the department of Jinotega on Monday were killed. Those killed were Privates Everett A. Rector, of Des Moines, Iowa, whose death had previously been reported, Rastus Collins, of Lyons, Ga., and George T. Oswill, of Miami, Fla. First word of Rector's death was | brought te marine headquarters by | & messenger yesterday while addi- | tienal advices received today told of | the deaths of the other two. Only the most meagre details have been received of the clash. Steps toward declaring martial law in the nothern departments are being taken by the Nicaraguan au- thorities and the training of volun- teers for service in the region is go- ing on rapidly. Death Toll in Wreck ; Now Reaches Nineteen Bellevue, Ohio, Jan. 23 (A—'fac death toll of yesterday's crash be- tween a bus and a Lake Shore elec- tric interurban car mounted to 19 today with the death of Richard Freeman, 30, of Cleveland. George Gould of Chicago, attor- ney for the Greyhound Company, who came here to make an investi- gation for the company, sent a state- ment to his headquarters at Chica- g0, holding Butler, the bus driver, blameless. Gould sald it had been established that the driver could not see more than 150 or 200 feet and that the interurban was running between 40 | or 50 miles an hour on a late sched- | ule. He said there was no warning signal on the Lake Shore crossing | and that the driver had stopped about 12 feet from the crossing and got out of the machine to look up and down the tracks. John P. Riley Dies In Bellows Falls | Bellows Falls, Vt., Jan. 23 (®— John P. Riley, retired paper manu- facturer of Bellows Falls, died today at the Deaconess hospital in Boston, where he underwent an operation Sunday. | He was born in Pottersville, N. Y., | 70 years ago, and came to Bellows Falls in 1900 as superintendent of the plant of the International Paper Company. In 1908 he went to New- foundland as head of the Anglo- Newfoundland Development Com- pany, organized by the late Lord Northcliffe. In 1915 he was made assistant to the president of the In- ternational Paper Company and was an executive of that company until 1927, when he became connected with the Central Paper Company of Muskegon, Mich. He retired last October on account of ill health. Mr. Riley is survived by a widow | and three sons. Proposes Revision In Institute Charter (Bpecial to the Herald) Hartford, Jan. 23—8enator Ernest W. Christ introduced a bill in the senate today to amend the charter of the New Britain Institute to per- mit the library to take advantage of an opportunity to erect an addition, the funds to come through the terms of Benjamin A. Hawley's will. The charter was granted in 1858. Mr. Hawley, a manufacturer, placed $100,000 at the gisposal of the in- stitute for a bullding to be called “The Mary Richardson Hawley Me- morial Building.” RATE CHANGE ORDERED Washington, Jan. 23, (UP)— Establishment of through joint barge-and-rail rates on traffic be- tween New Orleans and Mobile and points on the Southern Rail-| was ordered today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Deputy Sheriff Honored Dr. William Lloyd Evans of Ohio State University has been awarded the Nichols medal in chemistry for 1929 by the American Chemical so- ciety for most stimulating research work published during past year. SHIPS OUTGROWING NEW YORK'S DOCKS Giant Transocoanic Liners: liners longer than the piers and too big for handling in any drydock available in the harbor are giving New York port interests something to worry about. Heretofo.e the Leviathan, Olym- pic and ome or two other giants of handling their bulk in the crowded harbor, but now, with the two new German lines due in the spring, & British thousand-footer under con- struction and bullding of other large hips planned, the situation has reached the point where added and | greater facilities must be supplied. The port of New York Authority several times has appealed to the | legislature of New York and New Jersey for construction of a dry- dock large enough to accommodate any vessel entering the port and for more docking facilities, especially on the New Jersey shore. The Leviathan and other vessels now must be sent to Boston for dry- docking, causing an extra expense of more than $32,000 yearly and di- than $1,000,0¢),- which would have been spent here had facilities been available. American shipping interests have expressed willingness to use such fa- cilitics, pointing out that under the federal customs law their vessels | must pay 50 per cent duty on repai made in foreign ports, Although foreign ships generally desire to overhaul in their ports, it is believed the work upon occasion would be done here. Longer plers have becn needed for some time, but difficulty is encoun- tered in mecting this need because of opposition to narrowing the river ‘waterways on which they are located. Several shipping companies have been investigating the possibility of building a new port on Long Island. LAMB ENDS 35 YEARS INEMPLOY OF L. . & C. Vice President and General Mana- ger Comipletes Quarter Century With Factory, Joseph F. Lamb of 29 Park place today completed 25 years of service with Landers, Frary & Clark, of which he is now vice president and general superintendent. Mr. Lamb came to the local firm in 1904, when he regided in Plainville. He had previously been connected with B. Lamb & Co., of that town and was known as a experienced mechanic. When he came to the cutlery concern he became manufacturing superin- | tendent of the hardware works. Besides his dot"le position at Lan- ders, Frary & Clark, Mr. Lamb holds the office of vice president of the City National bank. 3-Horsepower Elephants Dragging Plows in Congo Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, Jan. 22 (P —Domesticated elephants for use on farms have been developed here after 20 years of patient re- search and practical experience. Special training schools have been established in the Uelle province of Belgian Congo and the animals are hired out to ranchers and lumber mercha . The work of a trained t is equal to that of § to 12 | Washington, Jan. 23 P The | ‘harge that diplomatic liquor “spills | sver all legal barriers and is freely | Sought and sold in Washington,” | was made in a statement today by | Representative Cellar, democrat, of | New York, who gave out a letter | ‘rom Prohibition Commissioner Dor- | m declining to disclose the amount »f liquor imported by diplomats. | Dran took the position that such a | disclosure would constitute a breach »f diplomatic immunity. i Asserting that “the sccrecy makes e suspicious,” Cellar satd: “It al- | most confirms my information that 1t bootleg prices the value of diplo- matic liquor runs into the millions.” 16 CASES OF INFLUENZA | Concord, N. H. Jan. 23 —The ttate board of health was informed loday that sixteen cases of influenza | dave developed in Wentworth ani /at there is no physician available. Pwo nurses from the headquarters ftaff have been sent to the town.|rest,” they stand up and take notice | violation of the liquor laws Fhe health authorities, howeyer. Vave been unable to obtain doctors, tnd they indicated that unless the|Altus Tithes-Democrat and a 1925 |pleaded guilty to manufacturing the | | | When a black-haired, brown-eved | girl walks up to people in Altu Okla., and says “You are under ar- | —for she is not joking. Wilson, ybung city editor Miss Mattye | of the | | elub , the best Kupropean farm hor Rode 100,000 Miles, All in Home County Granit alle, Minn., Jan. 22. (4 —Hail the well traveled ma has traversed a distance cqual to four times around the carth end yet hasn't left his home county. Ole Hartwick, 71-year-old probate judge of Yellow Medicine county, his ridden a bicyele 100,000 mil As proof he exhibits a clome! distance Forty years ago he Lorrowed bicyele. He liked cycling he's ridden ever sine Scholarships Offered s that have clicked off that a so well In the Arts at Rome' (®-—Annual | w York, Jan. petitions for chiteett llowships in ar. landscape architecture, music composilion, painting, sculptore and classical studies are announced by the American Acad- emy in Rome The stipend for is $1.7 cach fellowshin N a year with 3500 for trans- D FOR VIOLATION idge, Mas Jan. Gustave Sauer. chef of the Pi at Harvard university, was fined $100 in district court today for Police seized 25 gallons of wine in a raid on the club on Jan. 17. Sauer Cami P tisease spread they would leave the |graduate (of the University of Okla-| Wine and kecping it for sale. wvork ' the medical rellef in the hands homa, has just been appointed by | Sam G. Banks, Jackson county sher- i1, a8 the only woman deputy sherlff Babastis is the cat-headed goddess of ancient Egypt. Crowd Gity's Harbor Facllities | New York, Jan. 23 P — Ocennl the sea alone provided problems to | verting to that city since 1924 more | home | v who ! ATTO HITS WAGON, HORSES BOLT, DRIVER BREAKS LB6 wmvfl, 19, of 30 Har- vard Strect Injured Whea Wagon Overturas Adolph Markavich, 17, of 39 Harvard street, was thrown out of a bakery wagon owned by Michacl Daunis of 76 East Main straet about 9 o'clock this morning when it was struck by an automobile truck owned by the Natioual Laundry Co. of 969 Htanley street and driven hy Alex Story of 48 Booth sireet. The truck was proceeding south on Washington street and ‘he whe:ls slid along the trelley tracks and struck the rear right wheel of the wagon, causing tha horse to bolt. In front of 233 Washington street the wagon struck ths surbstone and snapped off the rear right wheel. Markavich tried to jump but (id not have time before the wagon overturned, He suatained a poasible tracture of the right leg snd a lac- eration of the right nand. He was taken to New Britain General hos- pital. Ofticer J. M. Liebler investigated the accident and reported no caure for police action, Faustino Sarra of 27 Lowlor street was in & nearby store and witnessed the rccident. He said the truck was going slowly and Story tried to avoid striking the wi JOHNONS LEADING INNEW DRECTORY 408 Members of Clan Far Abead of Andersons The Johnsons are undisputedly the leading family in New Britain, no less than 403 of them being listed separately in the 1929 New Britain city directory, which arrived in this city today. The Johnsons have shaken off all opposition and are far ahead of all others, the nearest group being the Andersons, who can muster 283. There are 193 Carisons listed in the directory. The Smiths have fallen back and only 164 of their number are listed, while the adition of 32 8chmidts, one SBchmidtt and eight Schmitts barely carry the generic group over the 200 mark. and the Joneses are no longer among the prominent families, hav- ing only 52 entries in the new di- rectory. New Britain has 30 Carl Johnsons, and even middle initials here, for their are eight Carl E. three simple Carl Johnsons. The Charles Andersons can muster 17 of themselves, including five with “J" for a middle Initial, while there are 14 Carl Andersons. Daniel A'Apic is the first person listed in the directory, which then {runs through 683 pages before it finally comes to a hat with Stanley Zyskowski. This directory, published annually by the Price & Lee Co. of New Ha- ven, i8 a real hive of Information. It lists all persons 20 or over in alphabetical order, giving informa- tion as to occupation, residence and whether or not the person is mar- ried. This list also contalns, with proper notations, the names of all persons who have died within the year and gives the date of their de- mige, and lists those who have re- moved elsewhere. A second section has the streets arranged alphabetically and numeri- cally, with the householders at each address, while a third is classified as to occupation and contains also a list of all societies in this city. Another division lists aH mempers of the city government, with the principal state and national officers included, along with information regarding the revenue department, malils, and other kindred facts, City Statistics The population of the city is esti- ‘nated at 81,856 for the year 1928, {this number being figured as com- prising 42,685 males and 39,271 females. All but about 400 of these ! people are whites. of whom 46,462 |are sald to be of age. The directory lists 17 parks, two daily and three weekly newspapers, 33 churches, housing 10 denominations, 87 indus- trial establishments, ten hotels, nine theaters and nuditoriums, 24 schools, jand 7,508 dwellings. The city, ac- |cording to the directory, has 128 {highways), €8 miles of these being | paved. Gas mains extend 90 miles, sewers 138.64 miles, street raflway lines 20 miles, and water mains [125.74 miles. The bonded debt of the city is given as $6,702,781.72, | while total bank deposits are placed at $49,269.018.41, The city map has been improved by an alphabetical and keyed street list alongside, giving instant access to any out-of-the-way street. The map has been brought up to date in the matter of new streets, but It con- tinues to show the Arch street and | Berlin troliey lines as in operation. |Cong. Begg to Speak - | At McKinley Dinner set of cy- | Congressmah James T. Begg of Ohio, who was the speaker at & Third Ward Republican club becue several years ago, will addtess the McKinley Association of Connec- ticut, at the annual dinner at the Hartford club, February 7. It is expected that New Britain, as usual, will be well represented. In past years, an entire section of the spacious dining hall has been re- crved for the Hardware City dele- gation. Attorney General B. W. Alling s a former president of the assoclation. Judgment by stipulation was en- tered in favor of the plaintiff in su- perior court today in the case of Irving Supernaut of Berlin against Peter Salavatore of Meriden. The action resuited from a collision in Berlin on April, 1927, between a by- cycle in which Supernaut was riding and an automobile driven by the de- fendant. Judge W. F. Mangan represented the plaintiff, and the defendant was represented by Attorney Erward Carroil and Day, Berry & Reynolds of Hartford. mean littled Johnsons, five Carl F. Johnsons and | miles of streets (exclusive of state | BOY THIEF CAUGHT AFTER LONG CHASE Lad of 19 Admits Rilling Purses in Cathotic Charches Caught by Dennis Mahoney, sex- ton at Bt. Mary's church, after a hard chase through Winter and |Bummer strests, a 15 year old buy (admitted to Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue this afternoon that he has been making a practice of stealing money and valuables out of purses ’;n‘ handbags in 8t. Mary's church and the Church of 8t. John the Evangelist on Newington avenue. Bergeant McCue turned him over to Sergeant P. A. McAvay and a further investigation was being made at press time. Shortly after 1 o'clock this after- noon, Mahoney saw the boy in the wain church and took him into cus- tody, feeling certain he was in the culprit as he was seen in the church a few weeks ago a short time before two reports of thefts were made. On the way to the rectory next to the church, the boy broke away and {made & dash out of the yard, across Main street to Winter and S8ummer, with Mahoney in pursuit. Through buck yards and over a fence the trail led and finally Mahoney cap- tured him in the rear of a builsing at Summer and East Main stro Calling to & passing motorist, Ma- honey brought the boy to the police station, 1l didn't do anything,” he in- sisted, but within a few minutes ne had admitted to BSergeant McCue that he had taken sums of money out of purses, his scheme being to kneel in pews behind those in which women were kneeling and when their attention was centered on their prayers he opened the purses and extracted the money and other val- uables, sometimes leaving the empty purses in the seats and sometimes taking them with him, Bergeant McCue said the police have had numerous complaints for some time. Nahoney said he re- called having seen the boy in the chusch a short time ago and he spoke to him about his failure to jattend school that particular day. A few minutes later he was gone out of the church and two women re- | ported thefts. The boy appears to be slow witted, according to the po- lice. He attends a local school. HATSING BRINGS SUIT FOR $15,000 Claims Hartford Driver Was Guilty of Negligence - Setting up a claim that he was permancntly injured through reck- | lessness on the part of Arthur Bush- | ell of Hartford, Henry J. Hatsing to- day brought suit for $15,000. The papers were drawn in the law offices of Nair & Nair, and were served by Deputy Sheriff Charles Lord of Hartford. The accident which is the basis of the action, happened on Plainville road, at a point near the private driveway leading to the Hart & Cooley plant, November 8. The de- fendant drove out from the factory yard and his car crashed into a ma- chine driven by Hatsing, overturning it and causing damage to a third car, driven by Andrew McKnight of Bristol. Hatsing demands . payment of damages for his personal injury and {for his automobile, as well as reim- bursement for wages lost. He is a foreman for the New Britain Gas Light Co. Moses Weld Terrill Dies in Rock Fall| Rock Fall, Jan, 23 UP—Moses| Weld Terrill, 53, treasurer and gen eral manager of the Rogers Manu- facturing company died at his home foday from a heart attack while he was taking a bath. He had been i1l since Baturday with influenza, Mr Terrill had been with the company since his achool days and was elect- ed to both offices in 1919. He was also a «director and trustce of the Farmers and Mechanics bank of Middletown. He.leaves a widow an4 two brothers, one in Newton, Maas.. and the other in Collinsville, and three sisters, CAMP CLARA OFFICERS Officers of Camp Clara, R. N. of A., were installed into office Mon day evening. The installation offi cer was Mrs. Furnace. Mrs. Colby | of the Hartford camp was the cere- monial marshal. The list of officers Is as follows Oracle, Irene Suprenant vice oracle, Rosalie Pampius; past oracle, Geor giana Dabe: chancellor. Minnie Le- | may; recorder, Marion Dowsett; re- ceiver, Rose Desmalisis; marshal, An- |gelina Becard; outer sentinel, Mary Dionne; inner sentinei, Florence Belleveau and managers, Ora Miller, Minnie Iemay and Peter Dionne. K. C. CONVENTION New Haven, Jan. 23 —With the close of the quarterly scssion of the | supreme bhoard of directors of the | ! Knights of Columbus in New York, it was announced thze the supreme | convention will be in Milwaukee, | Wis,, in August, and the next quar- terly meeting of the board of direc- tors in Montreal, Canada. Bonaventure Cardinal Cerrattl, | papal legate to the recent eucharis- | ltic congress at Svdney, Australia, | was the guest of the supreme board | at a dinner. Cardinal Cerrattl expressed the | appreciation of Pope Pius XI for | the lay actlvities of the order in | _Rome. He declared that the play- grounds established by the knights | _were growing very beneficial to the children of Rome, and added that nothing would give the Pope great- ler pleasure than to have. this work of the knights extended. i $25 FOR FIRMEN'S FUND Chief W. J. Noble of the fire de- partment received check for $25 today from the owncrs of the Hanna estate building on Main street, for the pension fund. The building was PUPLS T0 SHOV PAYSIGA. KL Demonstration Arranged Washington School Tomorrow A demonstration of physical edu- cation will he given by the pupils of the Washington school in the school auditoriuin on Thursday eve- ning at § o'clock. The affair will be in charge of the Misses Bernice Levenduske, Sally Waskowits and Majorie Anderson. The program will be as followa: Belections by the school orchestra. Health play. Stunts—boys of Vi-2 B and VI-1 "Duteh dance—girls of IV-2 B and V-1 B. Tactics—boys of \'I-3 A and VI-3 lewsbey clog Cand Vo1 A, 2 Game—giris of V-3 A and VI-1 Tumbling—boys & V-3 B aad V}-3 Russian dance—giria. mixed greup. “ wa—muv-mmlv-t Old mole dance—giris of V and V1. Relay race—boys of IV-3 B and IV-1 B. Hit and mies dance—giris of VI-1 B and V-3 B, Corner relay—boys of V-1 C and V-1 B, Newcastle dance—girls of V and VI Belections by the school orchestra. Pyramids—boys of VI-1 A -and 3 A In a recent study of the income and expenses of nearly 100 families of the membera of the faculty of the University of California,. it is shown that the average savings pbr family, including life insurance, are $360. —ETHEL — regular seasion and initiation cere- mony will be followed by a program of entertainment. Refreshments will be served. The initistion of candidates will be in charge of the following: Com- mander, O. G. Curtis; firat vice com- mander, Frank Doherty: second vice commander, Fred Hoffman; past comamnder, L. 8. Munger; chaplain, Jullus Anderson and sergeant-at- arma, Fred Tyler. ‘The moeting is open to all Legion- naires and it is anticipated that & large number will be present. READ WERALD CLASSIFIED ADS ALL LICKING'S ARENT ALKE/ Over damaged by fire and water last Saturday morning. Circulation 15,000 ~Bind e Fosls be et S BT New Britain Herald The Herald is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, a national organization of trained circulation auditors who check and recheck the claims of news- papers as to how many copies sold. Auditors check up on the claims of the Herald which gives the merchant advertiser an idea as to just how many people will see hisad. Circulation, of course, is the most important point to consider when placing an ad, and as advertising is becoming more common, circulation becomes more talked about. The Herald gives the printed word of Over 15,000 Distributed Daily