New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1929, Page 1

. SLASHING AFFRAY ENDS WINE PARTY Koom Coble’s Kalle Usel 1o lyominshe stove Samtacroce Bound Over to Su- perfor Conrt for Asssnii With in Leo Bireet Ghos Repairing Shop 2 B et Parker-Swith Realty Oo. of New Haven Applies For Permit For Rislo. Plans are belng executed for re- opening the Rialto theater at Broad| and Washington streets and applica- tion has been made by the Parker- Smith Realty Co. of New Haven, for a lcense. The New Haven comcern took over the controlled by George Ratner-and the Ratner Construction Co., after they had gone into ve- ceivership, and for more than a year the playhouse has stood idle. o If the necessary permits are ob- tained from the city and state, the " Larty in & cobbling shop at 31 Lee [Plcture . A brawl growing out of a wine [theater will be opened as a moving house. Councilman John E. Holmbers, strent saded By '8 Garor: Asht and ehlr‘::n of the licenss committee of stabbing affray shortly before 13ithe common councll has called a a'clock last nmight, three principals fpesting for next Tuesday night. being arrested. Steve Santacroce, 34, of ‘188 Beaver street, whea ar- raigned before Judge M. D. Saxe in police court today on the charge of assult with a dangerous and deadly weapon, declined to elabor- ate on the statement he made té the police soon after his arrest. “What I said is true,” he said, and Judge Saxe bound him over to the March term of superior court in $1,- 000 bonds. Pasquale (Patsy) Doma- rona, 47, of 337 Allen street, whe was slashed across the face with a a cobbler's knife wielded by Santa- crose, was given a suspended jail sentence of 30 days on the charge of assault, and Rocco DeVelsa, {5, of 65 Lorraine street, similarly charged, was discharged. Sergeant T. J. Feeney was notl- fied shortly before midnight that burglars were breaking in to Bira. baum's store at Main and Lee The committes on licenses will give a hearing on the application of Peter Agostini and Alfred L. Ander- Iun for permission to have roller skating ' Sunday evenings at 131 Arch street. SHOPS HERE WAKE PART FOR PLANES New Britin Mamlactmers Aert to Possibiities C. OF C. FINISHES SURVEY WL BE HONORED Fried to B Welcomed in New - Yot Tomorrow PARADE UP BROADWAY Desphte His Distaste for Notortety, Gotham WHl Fete Msa Who Commanded Reacue of 33 foamon New York, Jan. 36 M — Plans were: forming today for a welcome to Captain George Fried and his crew of the liner America in keep- ing with their heroic rescue of 33 men from the ainking Itallan freighter Florida. aboard is due to reach her berth at Pier ¢, Hoboken, sometime tomor- row afternoon, public parent today that admiring fellow townsmen will not permit Captain Fried to shun the limelight but will accord him & civic welcome similar to that given three years ago when he reacued the crew of the British freighter Antinoe, Tentative plans announced by Po- lice Commissioner Whalen, who is also chairman of the mayor's wel- coming commlittee, call for a parade up Broadway from the Battery and & reception at city hall. Mr. Whalen said he would board the city tug Macom tomorrow and &0 down the bay to meet the Amer- ica to escort her to her pler. Cap- AMERICA'S CAPTAIN |Civic Safety Leagu EW BRITAIN, OONN‘T!'UT FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1929, —TWENTY. Confident Police Department Is Effective In Keeping City Dry Attorney Arthur W. Upson Sees No Reason Why Reformers Should Swing Into Action Because “Matter of Volstead Act and 18th Amend- ment Is Being Taken Care Of.” The bootlegger may still ply his te Mr, Upson, trade in New Britain but he ian't Asked it the league was prepared doing it with impunity, according|to hold its annual meeting soon, Mr. to the president of the Civic Safety | Upson called attention to the fact league, who intimated today that|that two years ago it was voted to any violation of the Volstead law is | change the date of the annual meet- in spite of vigilance of the police o |ing from February to April. Last far as New Britain is concerned. year there was no meeting, accord- According to Attorney A. W. Up-|ing to Mr. Upson. son, the president, Chief Hart and Queried as to the proposed activi. his minions on the police force are!ties of the organization this year, 80 thoroughly efficient that there in: Mr. Upson said that Secretary Buell nething the league can do except | B. Bassette is official spokesman for | hold itself in readiness In case un|the league, but added, “The matter merclal street barracks. 8o satis-|amendment is being so well taken factory are the law enforcing blue- |care of in New Britain that I see coats that the league does not even no reason for any other action. without ever convening, according any time we are needed.” ARNY INJUNCTION WILLARD E. STEVENS AGAIN POSTPONED| DIES AT AGE OF 78 General Booth’s Plea for{Was an Employe of the! Time to Gather Evi- Stanley Works for dence Is Granted 58 Years streets, and he. detailed Sergeant J. | gecretary Benson Finds Compre- C. Btadler to investigate. Driving up hensive Variety of Eseential Metal * Main street the sergeant picked up Officers Thomas Lee, Thomas Tier- Ot 30 ney and William O'Day, and as they |taln Fried, Chief Officer Harry Manning, who commanded the life[ London. Jau. 25 UM—Hearing oL boat and the boat's crew of eight |the temporary injunction restraining are to be taken aboard the tug to |the high council of the Salvation were passing Winter street, Officer Tierney saw Santacroce walking south on Main street near St. Mary's church, Sergeant Stadier ordered Officer O'Day to detain him, as it was thought he might have some connection with the supposed burg- lary. He was hatless at the time and appeared to be in & hurry to get along the street. Three Slashes on Face Arriving at Birnbaum's store, Ser- geant Stadler took up his station at the front door and sent Officers Lee and Tierney to the back door, but they found nothing amim. Officer O'Day arfivid in & fow minutes wite:| Santacroce in-custody ‘and the latter said he had been in & fight. Bergeant Stadler noticed blood on the sid walk and tollowing the trail, he and’ the other officers went to the cob- bling shop where they found Do- marona in a rear yoom bleeding from cuts in the face Bergeant Stadler, in his testimony, said thers was 4 gash from the left cheek bohe to the upper lip and another on the right side of the face and one un- der the lip, besides one in the left car. Dr. Moses Kupelian took three stitches to close the cut in the ear and five stitches in the gash on the Jett side of ‘the face. He wanted to (Continued on Page 24) NEW TOLL ROAD T0 FACILITATE TRAFFIC Automobiles Would Be Able to Cross State Without Stopping Hartford, Jan. 25 (UP)—Automo- biles and long distance buses soon will be able to flash across Connec- ticut between Boston and New York at 60 to 60 miles an hour, Wwith never a stop for traffic, if the gen- eral assembly approves a petition for charter of incorporation filed here yesterday. The Hartford law firm of Ship- man and Goodman, understood to represent a group of Wall street capitalists, has applied for a char- ter for the New England Expreas Highway company, with intent to construct a private toll road diago- nally across the state. The express highway is one of the most radical traffic solutions, both in theory and proposed construc- tion, that has been offered in this state, its backers concede. According to tentative plans the road would stretch in almost & straight line from a point on the New York state line north of Stam- ford to a point on the Mamsachu- setts line near Putnam, Conn, avoiding all large centers of popu- lation and crossing an estimated 200 roads and railroads on huge bridges. The estimated cost is $85,000,000. For perhaps $§ a motorist would be gdmitted to the road at one end ind travel to the other extremity without once crossing another road or rounding a sharp curve. The highway would be 100 feet wide. Two outside panels would be sep arated off by fences and restricted to use of heavy trucks and other slow vehicles. The company has requested that it be granted the right of eminent domain, J¢ order to acquire prop- erty necessary for the highway. “This featy,p is an integral part of the plan” C. H. Walker of the law firm explained today. *“Without it we could not build the road.” Walker said he believed the fea- ture of the express highway that would most appeal to legislators was the fact that not only would -it solve the pressing across-state traf- fic problem but would sa e the state an estimated $50,000,000 on a similar artery which would have to be built soon. In addition, he said. it would reduce the maintenance costs of present through roads, such as the Boston Pest road. Factories in This City. | That New Britain factories are keeping abreast of the times and realise that in order to maintain their business they must be prepared to meet changes in the demands for prdtucts is shown by & survey made by Becretary Ralph L. Benson of the Chamber of Commerce of local fac- tories which make products directly .connected with the airplane indus- try. ¢ Mr. Benson. sent & questionnaire all local factories. The repliey how that 18 . New Britalh plants are making some article which goss into airplane manutacture. The "Corbin Screw corporation makes screws used in bullding plancs; the Corbin Cabinet Lock Co, is making locks also used on planes and in hangars; the Berlin Construc- tion Co. makes structural steel for hangars; the Buol Machine Co. I8 making special machinery for pro- duction of airplane parts; the Faf- nir Bearing Co, makes ball bearings for planes; the P, J. Flannery Co. makes brass, bronse, aluminum and alloy castings; Goss & DeLeeuw Co. makes machines for producing air- plane motors and parts; Hart & Hutchison Co. make steel locks, shelving and cabinets for hangars; J. C. McAdams makes metal stamp- ings; the New Britain 8pring Co. makes hair springs for oil and gasoline gauges and electrical ap- paratus; North & Judd makes up- holstery nails, aviatora’ safety belt hardware, snaps for flares, whizzer fasteners, handles, locks, parachute harness hardware and aviators’ and mechanics’ clothing hardware; the G. E. Prentice Mfg. Co. makes au- tomatic fasteners for airplane body curtains; the Stanley Works makes alrcraft hardware, hinges, latches, strap plates, cowl fasteners and grip handles; the Stanley Rule and Level Co. turns out a special line of aircraft tools and the Vulcan Iron Works makes a complete line of castings for airplane parts. The survey is made as part of & state-wide survey for the complila- tion of aviation statistics. FOUR CHILDREN FOUND WITH THROATS CUT English Police Search for Man Who Has Mental Trouble Romford, Esscx, Eng., Jan. 25 U —The bodies of four children, cous- ins, between the ages of 2% and 6% years, were discovered with their !throats cut in a shed on undevel- oped land in this neighborhood to- day. The eldest boy and girl were children of Sidney Percy Gray, aged 32, a former member of the metro- politan police of London, and the other boy and girl were children of Gray's sister. The police are now searching for Gray, who was last secn yesterday afternoon walking on the strect with the four children, Gray was a policeman for cight years, but in trying to.save an old woman who had heedlessly stepped into the roadway in front of a fire ! engine, he was knocked down by the cngine’ and suffcred serious head in- juries. He spent a long time in the hospital and a period in a mental home, having since been pensioned off. Question Mark’s Flight Delayed by Weather Maxwell ¥ield, Montgomery, Ala., Jan, 25 M—At 7 o'clock this morn- ing, the hour sct for the takeoff of the army tri-motored monoplane Question Mark, on a non-stop flight to Langley field, Hampton Roads, Va., Major Carl Spatz announced the Battery, where a_eet of auto- mobiles will bear them in a pro- ceasion of triumph up Broadway. Full Recognition “Captain Fried’s exploit should recelve full recognition from the city of New York,” Mr. Whalen said, “and the tribute should be even more enthusiastic than on the previous occasion three years ago." Captain Fried was master of the liner President Roosevelt when he rescued 26 men from the Antinoe, That time the madest little ship’s Broadway in & sterm of ticker tape and torn telophohs” bopks between massed thoumands who roared thelr cheers in the characteristic welcome (Continued on Page 19) FLORIDA'S CAPTAIN ‘TELLS GRAPHIC STORY Describes Battle With Death on Sinking Tramp Steamer By Giuseppe Favaloro (Captain 88 Florida) Aboard 88 America (By Wireless to The Associated Press) January 25— We left Pensacola, Fla., January 10, 1929 for Naples with general cargo and deck lumber. On January 11 while securing lumber lost & man overboard in the Gulf of Mexico. F'rom January 12 to January 19 had boisterous weather. On January 20 at noon the wind changed to north- west with force fresh with heavy waves and heavy rainfail. Procecding in an easterly dircetion cn my course at 6 p. m. it seeined the wind and sea was increasing in foree and green wa‘er was breaxing fore and aft over all. In order not to losc my deckload I decided to head into the sea which was com- ing from the southcast. At 8 p. m. & whole gale set in from the northwest. 1 decided to turn south to avoid the heavy sea and storm. At 11:30 p. m. I noticed that I had lost codtrol of my ship which' did not answer the wheel, and at the same time the chief en- gineer advised me that the chain of the rudder was broken. The chain broke near the steer- ing engine of the ship. I ordered to stecer by hand by the emergency steering gear aft. I steered this way all night at the same time with the chiet engineer trying to repair the steering chain with an extra link. On January 21, 1929, at 3.a. 1., we steered again with our steering lengine until 9:30 a. m., when the chain of our rudder broke again. 1 ordered again to stcer with the emergency steering geay aft on the poop deck. One green sea boarded us aft and washed me and 15 men violently off the poop deck with danger of going overboard. We found ourselves clinging to stanchions, railings and whatever could be found. Many in- juries were suffered by this board- ing sea. With the chief engineer and all hands available we started again to regair the steering chain. All hands turned to aft to put the chain back in place. It was impos- sible to replace the chain of the rud- der because the rudder was swinging free. - The emergency steering wheel was totally lost overboard by the boarding sea. The ship lay in the trough of the sea. This happened in latitude 37.38 north longitude 59-10 west. On Jan- uary 22, 1929, 1 saw everything was in vain that 1 was doing and heard what all my officers were saying 80 I sent an 8 O 8. for help and it was answered by the American steamer Dannedaike who stated he was com- ing to assist me. During the night the Dannedaike sent out an 8 O 8. that he was in thai the flight would be delayed tem- porarily because of unfavorable weather. peril and advised me that he could (Continued on Page 81) m™aster was esgorted proudly upl Army from electing a successor to General Bramwell Booth was ad- journed today until Tuesday. In tne meantime the temporary injunction will continue in effect. This was the second adjournment of the case, - the first having beem granted last Monday on the reques: of attorneys for the high council. ‘The alijourhment ‘left' the question Arny and administrative reforms hanging in the balance. "' """ ° Todax's adjoyrpment was granted on request of the g nel because: he had nat been able yet to tile his evi e In reply to evidence submittéd by the defendants. Although submitting that the case was &n urgent one, attorneys ‘fot the high council .agreed tq the post- ponement. Justice Eve of Chancery court expressed:the hepe that every eftort would be made to arrive at a settlement. HURT LEAVING TRA, BRINGS $15000 SUT Town Home Matron Files Action Against New Haven Road Buit for $15,000 damages for per- sonal injuries, has been entercd by Mrs. Adeline Palmer, matron of the town farm, against the N. Y, N. H. & H. rallroad, allegation being made that negligence on the part of the company's employes caused her permanent injury. The sult was brought by Attorney Joseph Q. Woods. Mry. Palmer boarded a train Ir Bpringfield, October 16, and at about €:30 o'clock alighted at the Berltn passenger station. The gate on the right side of the train being barred, she forced to leave by the left side, she alleged, and in so doing stepped into the gravel and was thrown headlong. A platform has been provided on the right side but there is none on the left. P It is claimed that negligence rnae carelessness was shown in closing the proper gate and in making pos- sible an exit where danger cxisted. that the company failed to keep a proper lookout for the safety of pa- trons; that proper lights were not provided; that the danger should have been apparent to the railroad employes, and that no notice or warning of the impendng danger was given. The injuries complained of are: both lower limbs badly injured, many wounds and brulses about the body and shoulders, a severe con- itusion to the right knee with added complications of bursitis and syno- vitis; a violent shock to her nervous system restlting in an almost com- plete breaking down of her nervous system; a permanent injury to her right knee which will cripple, pain and annoy her as long as she lives. It is also alleged that she is no ionger phyrically able to perform her arduous duties as phe did before the accident. The writ is returnable in superfor court, February 1. * THE WEATHER New Heitain and vicinity: Snow, changzing to slcct or rain this afternoon and to- night; clearing Saturnday, ris- ing tcmperatur: tonight and colder Saturday. SKATING SCHEDULE No Skating Today, ot the. leadership . of .the Salvation | l — Willard E. Stevens, whose term of service as an employe of the Stan- ley Works was surpassed by only one other employe, died Jate yes- terday afternoon at his home, 67 Cedar street. He was 78 years old and had been employed by the com- pany for 53 years. He was born In Kensington, April 11, 1850, and during. his younger days he lived in that place. He was educated at the Berlin academy and when about 20 years of age he came to New Britain and entere) the employ of the Stanley Works. He was ass'gned to the shi and packing departments. Beoaund of loyal and conacientious efforts by was promoted to foreman.. Laterhd Was sent or: to “cover the England and' Néw York districts as & traveling salesman. He was one of the company's veteran salesmen and held this position until & few years ago, > During the World War he was tranaferreq to the sales department of Stanley Works office “where he worked regularly until three years 2go. Tl health caused him to re. main away from his dutles to a PRICES SURGE UP ON STOCK MARKET Nash Motors and U. S, Steel Make Big Gains Over Night New York, Jan. 25 (P—Stock prices surged upward on the New York stock exchange today as trad- ers placed huge buying orders in enthusiasm inspired by last night's federal reserve brokerage loan fig- ures. A block of 32,000 shares of Nash motors was taken at $115 a share, a new high record for the present stock, and an overnight gain of $6. U. 8. 8teel opened with a block of 110,000 shares at $189, an overnight Jjump of $5.25. While the brokerage loan figures disclosed that the t had mounted $293,000,000 thus far this month. reaching the unpreceden‘ed volume of $5,443,000,000, nevertheless the statement of the Federal Reserve bank of New York showed a sweep- ing increase in its reserve ratio. which mounted more than 9 per cent to &0 per cent, less than one per cent from the ratio of a year ago, when brokerage loans were in the neighborhood of $3,800,000,000. The month’s increase in loans has come largely from corporations, individ- uals and foreign banks, while the New York banks have sharply re- iduced their loans and repaid much |of their indebtedness at the reserve bank. In addition to the improved credit outlook, the resumption of dividends on Bethlehem steel common and Bethlehem's excellent earnings state- ment for the last quarter of 1928, announced last night, were buying |incentives in the steel group. Ameri- {can Steel foundries opened with a i block of 15,000 shares and mount- ed $4 to a record price at $76.50. Bethlchem jumped $2.25 to $86. Wright Aero, Lambert, General Electric, General Motors, old stock, Unfon Carbide, U. 8. Industrial Al- cohol, Stewart Warner and Interna- tional Harvester were among issues rising from $2 to nearly §6 in the opening transactions. Montgomery- | Ward, however, was a weak spot. osing $2. SOUGHT BY POLICE Boston, Jan. 26 (UP)—Robert D. Landers, 23, of Brookline, who jump- ed bail while being held for the igrand jury on larceny charges, was | | sought by police today on new alle- gations based on the disposition of out |- E MAN SLAYS CHILD; KILLS SELF Dies After Shooting Self and Drinking Polson—Baby May Suc- oumb, Akron, O, Jan. 36 (UP) — Be- Meved temporarily insane, George Thomas, 30, shot and killed his four year old son, Robert, shot his two year old daughter as she lay in her crib, gouged his wife's eyea 30 bad- ly she may be blind for life, then The America with the survivors(8 O 8, ever comes from the Com-|of the Volstead mct and the 1sth |Killed himselt here last night. The tragedy was the climax of a bitter quarrel—a dispute which has raged intermittently since the Despite his expressed distaste of |see the necessity of a meeting, and | However, we have our ears to the |Thomases were married in Lorain, demonstrations, it was ap- |[mAYy pass over ita annual meeting ground and we stand ready to help |O. November 16, 1922, according to polica. The baby, Rose, is not expected to live. Robert died in his mother's arms. Thomas shot himself twice, then drank poison. He died six| hours later, begging his wite's for- giveness. Blind for Life Thomas's wife, Helen, 22, was ex- |. amined by physicians who said she probably would be blind for life. 8he told a story of constant marital turmoil caused by distrust. Thomas was employed by the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company and Mrs. Thomas worked for the Fire. atone Tire and Rubber company. “He wanted me to quit working,”" Mrs. Thomas said, “Countless times nce we were married he has threatened to gouge out my eyes or disfigure me for life. Last night he seemed more jealous than ever, Loved Him “I loved him anpd the children. T would lay down my life for any of them but he would not trust me. “I was playing the phonograph when I saw him come at me.” The record the stricken young wife was playing was “You Can't Find Love Where There Ain't Any Love.” “He struck me several times, thén pPiflg | srabbed me around the walst with one hand and with the other start- ‘46 gouge my eyes,” Mra. Thomas ntinved, *He threw me on the floor and (Continued on Page 24) WHITING BELIEVES 1928 BANNER YEAR Commerce Secretary Says Trade Production Great- est Ever Recorded Washington, Jan. 26 UPM—S8ecre. tary of Commerce Whiting in re- viewing the business history of 1923 belleves that the year had been a period of the greatest production and trade ever recorded. Though some branches of indus- try falled to participate in the gen- eral prosperity, he said that the condition of these industries had shown steady improvement with the passage of time, and that “the year marked a continuance of the long- est period of general business stabil- ity ever witnessed in the United States.” To sustain his opinion he declared manufacturing production had ex- ceeded the previous high record of 1927; that construction activity of all types had been at the peak, and that the volume of business transac- tions in the retail trade, as disclosed by records of malil order houses, de- partment stores and chain business, had been larger than in any previ- ous year. i The check payments In business transactions, -eliminating New York City, where speculative #tock trans- actions reached new high totals, he added, were 9 per cent greater in 1928 than in 1927, In regard to agriculture the sec- retary cited prices which, except for grain, he said, were higher than previous years. He added that the production of steel reached almost 50,000,000 tons, and that the con- sumption of electric power likewise was above all precedent. Among the industries cited as fail- ing to attain a higher production. Becretary Whiting included the tex- tile group, but said that some bet- terments now was in prospect. He declared that the large exports 8f 1928 with a gain especially marked in shipments abroad of manufactur- ed products, as well as the new max- imum of savings deposits, all pointed to the same conclusion. “In all, American business,” he concluded, “closed its books at the end of 1928 with greater volume, broader stabllity and wicer markets than ever before in history.” Poe’s First Edition Found in Book Pile New York, Jan. 25 (®—The New York Times says today that one of the greatest rarities in American lit- erature, a first edition of Edgar Allen Poc’s “The Murders of the Rue Morgus,” has been found in a pile of old books which a second hand book denler bought for a trifle. Before news of the discovery be- came pyblic, however, the volume was bought for $25.000 by a New York book collector, said to be Owen D. Young. Only two other copies of $25,000 worth of stolen furs to New Enzland dealers, Most of the furs, stolen from & Boston store, have been recovered. Police belleve Landers may have been the selling agent for & group of fur thisves. the book are known to exist, one in the Morgan librery and the other in the Huntington library. The volume is in the wrappers in which it was publizhed in 1848 iIn Philadelphia. The original sale price was 13% OSCAR UNDERWOOD, NOTED PRICE THREE DEMOCRATIC LEADER FOR 20 YEARS, SUCCUMBS NotedLr Mead oy ) oy % URGE INGREASE OF STOCK EXCHANGE Want 25 Per Cent More bers for N, Y. Board ROSTER WOULD BE 137 Governing Committee Submits Rocommendation to Members With Expectation That Vote Will Be Recorded” Withia Two Weeks, New York, Jan, 25 (M—Increase of the membership of the New York Stock Exchange by 25 per cent, mak- Ing the roster 1,375, and with each member given the right to dispose of his proportionate part of the increase within three years, has been recom- mended to members by the govern- ing committee. It is expected that a vote of the membership, necessary to approval of the increase, will be taken within two weeks, Seats Worth More The recommendation of the gov- erning committee, which was in the form of a resolution in effect ap- proving the rcport of a committes appointed to investigate and report vpon the advisability of increasing the number of members and the methods for accomplishing that end, will represent, if approved, declara- tion of a “seat dividend” which at prevailing prices adds about $156,- 250 to the value of each seat held. While members are privileged to dispose of their additional holdings, the resolution provides that no new applicant for membership shall be considered until he has contracted (Continued on Page 24) KING'S CHEST NOW COMPLETELY CLEARED Affected Region of Lung Conquered—Suffering Only Weakness London, Jan 25 M—King George's physicians announced in their medi- cal bulletin today that the affected region in the king's chest has been completely cleared. This assurance has caused a feel- ing of great satisfaction as it is in- terpreted to mean that his majesty is now sufferir only from weakness resulting from his prolonged illness and that there is no longer any trouble from infection. With this infection removed, the hope was ex- pressed that his progress would con- tinue steadily, For the first time since the kirg's fllness, Sir Stanley Hewett did not sign the medical bulletin. He is suf- fering from a cold and is keeping to his own home. In his stead, Sir Hugh Whitby, the pacteriologist, signed. CONSIDER PRO1OTIONS FOR BLAIR AND H'CUE Ordinance Commitice to Study New Positions in Fire and Police Departments Creation of the position of assist- ant master mechanic in the fire de- partment and of a lieutenancy in the detective bureau of the police department will be considered by the ordinance committes of the common council at 7:30 o'c'lock to- night. A committee of mast® builders will also be present to out- line a plan for bonding bullding contractors, in lieu of licenses. If the fire and police department proposals are accepted, it is under- stood that Hoseman Joan Blair will be transferred to the mechanical’ de- partment and that Sergeant Willlam P. McCue will be elovated to the position ef Heutenant, Lig TOSTROKE Cerebral Hemorrhage «nd Paralysis, Follow- 7 7y Relapse Takes . bama’s ex-Sema- we and Ends Long Career 19y Assumed Leadership of Democratic Party in 1911 When in House— Tariff Bill Passed Unden Wilson Bears His Name, ‘Washington, Jan. 25 (P—Oscap W. Underwood, former senator from Alabama, and a powerful figure ia American political life for twenty years, died at his home in Wood- lawn, Va., today after a long iliness: A cerebral hemorrhage early ia December, a stroke of paralysis twe weeks later from which he rallled, and a fatal relapse a few days age brought his distinguished career ta an end. The death was announced br his son, Oscar W. Underwood, Jr., & Washington attorney, who, with other memebrs of his family had guarded the Alabama statesman from the annoyances of the curious since his fllness became serious. A Lrief statement that the formee senator had succumbed was the only word coming from the home of the Underwoods when death came: Leader of Party Seriator Underwood, noted for his' leadership of the democratic party in the house and senate, took up his residence at Woodlawn, near ths Mount Vernon home of George ‘Washington after he had decided to retire from the senate. His health had heen bad for many months, al- though he had himself made light of it. Mr. Underwood assumed leader- ship of his party in the house of representatives in 1911. The tarift bill passed during the Wilson ad- ministration bore his name, and he was nlaced in nomination for the dem wrratic presidential nomination at several of the party's national conventions. Goes to Senate Alabama finally placed him in the scnate, and during his service there he 'became party leader and was orne of the American delegates to the Washington arms conference ané bore a large part of the burden in the senate fight to have the trea~ tles drawn up at that conferenes ratified. He retired voluntarily from the senate, declining to let his name g0 before the voters in 1926, One of the towering figures in congress during his day, Oscar W, Underwood attained national prome inence through unusual qualities of statesmanship and a marked capae city as a leader. Concededly one of the ablest mest of his party, his name was brough$ fo,#ard repeatedly for the democrae tic, presidential nomination, but geos graphical boundaries were regardedf as baring the way despite the facd that he received much of his suppert from the north and east. Although' born in Kentucky and reared in the northwest, he was wholly associated with the south since all his publis service had been as a representativq and senator from Alabama. Unlike those of some of his cone temporaries, his career was marked by little of sensationalism but his long public life nevertheless was not wholly without its dramatic moe ments. He was the first of e young democrats to break lanceg with William Jennings Bryan whea the Commoner still was a commande ing force in the councils of the pare ty. Their differences arose over the Underwood tariff, and the stand taks (Continued on Page 28) |Coast Guard Case to Go to Jury Shortly Elmira, N. Y., Jan. 25 (UP)—The case of Boatswain Frank L. Beck and Surfman Gienn Jennings, of the coast guard, accused of manslaughs ter for the Killing of Jacob D. Hane son, prominent Niagara Falls Elk, may go to the jury in federal court here today. The state rested its case yesterday and United States istrict Attorney Richard H. Templeton, who is de- fending the coast guardsmen on the theory that they were acting in line of duty, is expected to complete its Cefense today. After that will come the summation of Templeton and District Attorney Knowles of Niagara county, wl.o is prosecuting. Polich Republican Club To Have Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Palishe American Republican club of ‘this city will take place Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the meeting rooms in Falcon hall on Broad street. Election of officers will take place and the financial report will be read by the treasurer. The present officers are m,_ Kloskowsk:i, president; B. A. béwski, vice president; Stanley Kass pinaki, financial secretary; Jessph Miynarski, treasurer; Johm fi 2 secretary, and 8. Roman and © 3 s