New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1929, Page 14

" DEFICIENGY B Washington, Jan. 31 UM — Al- though republican leaders in the house were prepared to send the first deficlency bill to conference, that procedure was delayed at the outset of today’s session by debat: on the plan. It was agreed to limit debate to three hours. This provided a chance for members to express themselves on the $24.000,000 prohibition en- forcement amendment added to the bill by the senate. The program called for reconciliation of differ- ences between the measure as first passed by the house and as changed by the senate through a committee of members from both branches. Cruiser construction remained the subject of senate debate. Conflicting views as usual were bringing some of the best speakers to their feet. The report of the special prisons Investigating committee reached the house. It recommended construction of new penal institutions and vari- ous changes in present situations at some federal penitentiaries, as & means of relieving congestion. Scan Radio Grant The house merchant marine com- mittee began a close scrutiny of the federal radio commission’s grant to the Universal Wireless company of Buffalo, N. Y., of all the 40 avail- able short wave frequencies for do- mestic radio communication. The ways and means committee, mean- while, continued consideration of tariff revision. Cotton manufactured products was the section discussed | by witnesses representing manufac- turers. | Decision to vote on Saturday on how it would report to the senate about the Sinclair contract for Salt Creek royalty oil, once renewed ani then cancelled, was reached by the| senate public lands committee. Few other committees were active on that side. The house irrigation committee heard further approval of the Smith bill to establish a $180,000,000 loan | fund for drainage and levee dis- | tricts, the need of sections in Flor.; ida and Tennessee being asserted in | that connection. INJUNCTION HALTS TRANSFER IN STOCK (Continued from First Page) tey of 605 Lincoln street, who al- leged that the Nash company, through an agent, B. G. Clark, made fraudule-* representations to her to the effect that a dividend was to be paild February 1st on shares of stock of Monroe Etores, Inc., and also that the preferred stock of the concern was to be retir- w1 shortly, thereby making the shares of common stock more val- uable, On the strength of these repre- sentations, Mrs. Battey turned over to Clark 101 shares of Colt's stock. Clark, it is alleged, told her the Monroe shares were worth $8.50 each and he gave her 500 shares for her Colt's holdings. When Mrs. Battey's husband, Harry P. Battey, learned of the transaction yesterday noon, he sus- pected that it was not an equitable one, and Attorney Gaffney was con- sulted. Action was taken at once to obtain the injunctions and the Hartford-Connecticut Trust com- pany was enjoined on account of being transfer agent for Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. In ad- dition to the injunction, damages of $5.000 are sought. BELL'S CONDITION WORSE Secretary of Hitchcock Printing Co. Injured in Berlin Accident, Not Expected to Live, The eondition of Lewis H. Bell of 87 Commonwealth avenue, secretary of the Hitchcock Printing Co., who was seriously injured in the auto- moblle accident in Berlin Sunday evening that took the lives of Jacob and Philip Zwick, took a change for the worse today and little hope is vxpressed for his recovery. Mr. Bell has developed pneumonia. WIFE CAUSES UPROAR Mrs. Benjamin Outler Sends Police to Home of “Other Woman” Where Husband Is Found Asleep. Sergeant J. C. Stadler and Officer John Smigel went street early this morning on com- vlaint of Mrs. Benjamin Cutler of Hartford that her husband, from whom she is estranged, was living with another woman. The officers found Cutler asleep and there was nothing to substantiate his wife's ac- cusations, nevertheless she accused alleged “other woman” of vrongdoing and the house was soon in an uproar, according to the police reports, It was finally necessary for the po- tice to eject Mrs. Cutler, and she re- urned to Hartford Believes Amanullah Will Reign Once More Moscow, n. 31 (UP)—Guliam Naba Khan, Afghan ambassador to Russia, prophesied today that Am- anullah, who recently andicated the Afghan throne, would “speedily re- turn to Kabul. Quite a wave of in- dignation is sweeping throughout the country against Bacha Sakao.” Naba Khan added that he had of- ficial Information that Amanullah was assuming supreme military com- mand for his drive to Kabul. Bacha Sakao, who proclaimed himself king of Afghanistan, was re- ported to have lost favor rapidly whea it became known that he was a Tajik and not a Pathan. Pathans consider Tajiks inferior. to 191 Belden | IN LOST GIRL HUNT (Continued from First Page) papers, and was marked by a blood clot, matted with hair. Police adopted the theory that the bag had been uscd to smother the girl's screams and that she had been struck on the head. Busseron Creek bridge on the Dixie highway is about 3 miles south of 8Sullivan and 28 miles from hera. Captain Harvey Jones said police had conducted a search under the bridge without finding any trac: of the girl, and that dragging of the water hol: also was fruitiess. Wenzel was questioned by Captain Harvey Jones and sald Edith May had mentioned to him last week that fhe had a “new customer” but did not tell him the name. All highways were blocked by au- tomobiles bearing the searching citi- zens. The searchers attended a mass meeting called by Mayors 8amucl Tindall, West Terre Haute, and Ora D. Davis, Terre Haute, and promised to search the countryside until the girl was found. Harry Music and Paul Cox, Terrz Haute, carried on the search from the air and directed the ground parties to scveral abandoned shacks and mine shafts where it was be- licved the girl's body might be found. A funi was started by a Terre Haute newspaper last night and with additional donations from priv- ate citizens the reward was expected to total several thousand dollars. BOARD WILL BEGIN QUIZ OF FIREMEN Investigation of ‘Whispering Campaign” Starts Tonight The board of fire commissioners at a special meeting at 7:30 o'clock to- night will make an effort to trace “whispering campaigns” in the de- partment by which persons other than the superior officers and com- sioners have been furnished with in- formation, at least a portion of which is regarded to be false. The investigation is based on claims advanced an insinuations made by Councilman Willlam D. | Boyle at a meeting of the ordinance | committee last night. The board | has been given notes used by Coun- cilman Boyle in a lengthy cross- | examination of Master Mechanic | Edward G. Burke, and Burke wiil | be given an opportunity to defend | himself tonight in the presence of | those belleved to be his accusers, | and those who figured in the inci- dents brought out by the council- man. BIGGER NEW BRITAIN PROJECT POSTPONED (Continued from First Page) proposal, and that he believes in it in a broad sense. With reference to the annexation which would concern the city of New Britain, the senator expressed a view that the question {s one for the municipality to settle but that he belleves it would be favorable to all concerned. Proposed amendments to the charter of the city of New Britain, recommended by a special committec and approved by majority vote of the common council, were intro- duced today and were tabled for printin Hearing on the suggest- ed changes is expected to take place | in about two weeks. Representative Robert White of Plainville, today introduced a bill to establish a town court in his home town. Mr. White proposed to have this system supplant the justice ! court plan long in use. The meas- ure will come before the judiciary committee for hearing. ! HURT IN AUTO COLLISION, GIRL GETS $4,630 AWARD | Jonnle Aleksiewicz, 16, Wins Sait Agatnst George Gunch and Paul Messner. Sixteen-year-old Jennie Aleksie- | wicz was given a judgment of $4,650 | in the superior court today in a| negligence action against George Gunch and Paul Messner, for injur- les sustained in an automobile accl- dent October 25, 1927 at the inter- section of Lafayette and Washington | streets. | Miss Aleksiewicz came out of the accident with Injuries to the chest and lung, claim, were of permanent charac- ter. Wiadyslaw Alekslewicz, and was represented by Attorneys B. J. Mon- Kiewicz and M. F. Stempien. The decision was handed down by Judge Newell C. Jennings. Wood- hall & Schoffield represented the defendants. Government Rests In Beer Bribe Case Columbus, O., Jan. 31 ® — Th | the tnial of State Treasurer Bert Buckley on charges of attempted | prohibition laws growing out of an |alleged plot to protect Cincinnati | breweries. SNOW REMOVAL PACT { An agreement has been entcred into between the department of | public works and the Connccticut Co. through which the city depart- on certain rights of way of the trolley company at the rate of 35 |cents a yard, provided the city lower rate if °t is cheaply. handled more Many people read the Herald Clas- sified Ads every night. She sued through her father. | | government rested its case today in finds that to be the cost, or at a| RNGAGE N PITICURS Broken Window and Small Amount of Ricod Ouly Evidences of Eacounter. Two out early this morning to settle w miscellany of grievances and after the first encounter had been brought arated, the window of the building department door had been shattered and one of the fighting janitors had a bleeding nose. Supt. William E. Smith “laid down the law" to the men and adjusted the matter of re- pairs. Dairymen Demand Protective Laws Boston, Jan. 31 (M—A bill in- tended to protect Massachusetts milk producers from irresponsible dealers wag favored before the leg- islative committee on agriculture today by Representative Roland D. Sawyer of Ware, who introduced it. The bill, which he said was ap- proved by Arthur W. Gilbert, state commissioner of agriculture, would require that reports be made to the commissioner of all persons licensed by inspectors of milk and would authorize the commissioner to in- of such licensees. Mr. Sawyer said that with the coming of the motor truck many irresponsible persons had started milk routes into the country from the large cities. He asserted that frequently such persons operated for one summer, paid nothing to the farmers and then falled. This, he told the committee, had happened in Ware and vicinity, where ¢0 milk farmers lost their entire summer's earnings estimated around $14,000, and there was a similar case in Am- herst. DESIRE CHANGES. IN LABOR'LAWS (Continued from First Page) tion would be increased from “two hundred and eight weeks” to “two | hundred and fifty weeks” and the weekly indemnity for ‘otal incapaci- vestigate the financial responsibility | Daughter of Deceased Woman Al- leges Metropolitan Falled to Pay $500 to Estate. Mrs. S8arah Blanchette, adminis. tratrix of the estate of her mother, Life Insurance Co., alleging that s ipolicy for $500 on Mra, Shechar! {life was not paid. Attorney Cyril F. |served by Constable F. E. Clynes. | Mrs. Sheehan and Mrs. Matilda '8mith had $600 policies with the company, each naming the other |beneficiary. The company, it is sald, ipaid $500 to Henry Smith, son of Mrs. Smith, because Mrs. Sheeh was not named beneficiary in the policy itselt although she was %o named in the application for the | policy. DRY FUND STARTS | HOT HOUSE DEBATE! Snell Says Prohibition Foes Favor Appropriation Washington, Jan. 31 P — The house plunged today into a debate over the $24,000,000 prohibition en- {forcement item inserted by the sen- {ate into the deficiency appropriation | Ibill against the wishes of Secretary Mellon. A move by the rules committee to send the bill to a conference between house and senate members to iron out differences furnished the oppor- tunity for renewal of the wet and dry argument. There was a heavy attendance in the galleries as the \ ! debate was opened. | When debate on the merits of the measure got under way, Chairman Snell of the rules committee, dec! ed the prohibition amendment had been sponsored by ‘“‘some of the bit- terest opponents prohibition has! ever had.” “There are four groups supporting {this amendment,” he said. | “First are the hysterical drys, who are willing to do everything they are told by the dry ornnin-‘ tiol V' “Then there are the bitter weta, | who are anxious to see the downfall of prohibition enforcement. Hits Politiclans ty would be increased from twenty- one to twenty-five dollars. There would be a change in the section re- |lating to notice given before com- missioner also in the provision re- garding hearings. Another change would be to require the employer to post the name of the insurance car- ried. In section 5388 the words “other than through weakened re- sistance or lowered vitality, "would | be stricken out. The federation's of the twenty-fiftth district (Fair- field) at request of Secretary J. J. Egap, who as in recent sessions is in charge of the legislation program of the body. The child labor bill pro- viding that no woman or girl of six- teen shall be employed, or required. or suffered to work in any manufac- turing or mechanical establishment more than nine hours a day or in any case shall hours of labor exceed forty-eight in any calendar week, ex- cept that the labor commissioner may determine application of this in establishments which are affected by | seasonal requirements. Benator Lawtor, democrat of Wa- which would change the tenement | house law so0 that tenement houses | over four stories in height should ! have a passenger elevator. The than five stories in height. Fraud B The Connecticut Chamber of Com- merce had introduced i1 the house its “fraud bill” which would pro- hibit the use of deception, misrep- resentation, concealment, suppresion of fraud, or false pretense, false promise or fictitious or pretended purchase or sale in connection with the sale of stocks, bonds, notes or other securities. Private Detectives Fight License Bill Boston, Jan. 31 UP — The legis- lative committee on public safety conducted a hearing today on a blll to regulate the licensing of private detectives and provide for the regis- tration of their agents and oper- | atives. Alexander Whiteside, questioned the constitutional- ity of the bill. He said that his | clients believed tha. they would be | put out of business if the bill were passed. Daniel Bloomfield, repre- senting the retail trade board of Boston, said that the merchants of this city “do not see the necessity for the bill.” Herbert A. Baker, representing a group of Hampden | €rs, also opposed the measure. | ¥Former Senator Hugh A. Cregg of which according to her|iawrence, Senator George Noyes of Night. | Waltham and Captain Thomas E. | Bligh of the state police appeared {in favor of the bill. {Woman and Doctor To Hang Tomorrow New Orleans, Jan. 31 United st peals today refused to stay | hanging tomorrow of Mrs. Ada Bon- ner Lebouef and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher. Th: governor announced at Baton Rouge today that he had reviewed the case ully and did not In- tend 1o take any further action. The bribery and conspiracy to violate the ' exccution s set for tomorrow be- agent accidentally dropped a bomb. tween noon and 3 p. m. Is Sent Away to Die Berlin, Jan. 21 (UP)—The Mos- cow correspondent of the Boersen Courier said today persistent re- |ports were circulating in the soviet ment agrees to handle now removal |capital that Leon Trotzky is serious- | fall |1y ill and may die suddenly. The cor- | respondent claimed this was one of {the chief r why the soviet government was induced to sponsor Trotzky's reported departure from Russia. It was said the soviet gov- |ernment feared sensational rumors might follow Trotzky's death fn Russian exile. bill was offered by Senator Lavery | terbury, also offered a second bill | present law applies to houses more | counsel for | !a group of private detective agen- [ cies, county merchants and manufactur- | (#)—The | es circuit court of ap- | the | “Next there is a group of men who wish to rehabilitate themselves in the minds of their own constituen- cies for their activities in the last campaign. They supported one of the wettest men who ever ran for ,office at that time and now they want to show how dry they are. | “Another group desires to em- barrass the administration in any way possible.” Representative Green, democrat, Florida, interrupted to inquire whether the secretary of the treas- jury was in favor of prohibition en- ' forcement. ! “The secretary has not told me his views,” Bnell replied. ! Representative La Guardia, of New York, a wet republican, asked if “the gentleman is aware that prohibition is a farce?’ “Enforcement is not entirely satis- factory,” sald Snell, “but I would not call it a farc Suit for $500 Results From Auto Collision Suit for $500 was brought today by Frank and Anna Neubauer against the Jersol company on grounds of reckless and negligent manner of operating a machine own- ed by the defendant and operated by its agent, Edward A. Bonato, as a result of which the plaintiffs’ tomoblle was damaged in a collision | at the intersection of Main and Win- | ter street in July, 1928. According to the complaint, iasu- ed by Attorney Charles W. Tamu- lonis, the plaintiffs’ automobile was at a standstill on Main street, near | Winter, waiting for the traffic com- |ing up from Winter street to clear |50 that they might proceed. The de- fendant's agent was proceeding southward on Main street at a rapid rate and without any regard for the (traffic conditions existing at the itime. It is claimed that there were |two lines of cars at that point, ald |the defendant in trying to pass the line of cars procceding south, swerved to the left side of the road and ran into the Neubauer car. Pa-| pers were served by Constable John | 8. Recor. {Chicago Is Braced For New Cold Wave' Chicago, Jan. 31 M — On the !wings of a biting north wind, a new 'cold wave was sweeping toward 'Chicago today. | The government forecast said the | mercury would drop to four or five |below zero by nightfall and hover around zero for the next 24 hours. |Several inches of snow fell last | A half dozen separate cold waves | descended upon the Chicago area | |during January, the mercury drop-. {ping to as low as nine below zero, | an recorded at the weather bureau, although unofficial readings were as low as 14 and 15 below zero. i When Cop Collapses Salesman Gets Order Swampscott, Mass, Jan. $1.— (UP)—When a tear gas agent called on Police Chief Walter F. Reeves, | the latter listened to the sales talk with polite indifference. During the demonstration, the | | Patrolman Fred Howe, standing {nearby. collapsed. | |, After he had heen revived, Chier Reeves gave the salecsman an order. President to Start | South at | Washington, Jan. ightfall 31 (P—Night- | will find President Coolidge speeding southward upon what | probably will be his last journey away from the capital as chief exec- utive. His destination will be Moun- {tain Lake, Florida, where tomorrow he 18 to deliver an address dedi- cating the bird sanctuary and sing- ing tower established by Edward W. | Bok. | 0N CABINET MAKEUP (Continued from First Page) clothes, a fioppy bat and the eternal members of the janitorial | Mrs. Kate Sheehan, has brought suit | high stif white collar, was fishing force of the municipal bullding set |ror 1,000 against the Metropolitan |in the waters off here: again today, the landing of & sallfish the imme- diate object of his life, But anyone who thinks the presi- to a close and the participants sep- |Gaffney issued the writ, which was | dent-elect merely fishes on these ex- peditions is far from the truth, Sailfish or no sailfish, Mr. Hoover will reel in his line before sundown on these southern waters and return to his temporary sea home on the luxurious yacht Saunterer, and there turn his attention to drafting his in- augural address, completing detalls of his cabinet, threshing out policy matters and otherwise casting his mind forward to March 4. He merely has transferred his of- fice to a yacht which rides nicely in this balmy, tropical sea, away from politicians anxious Jr favors or bursting with advice. Many of those he leaves to the even-temper- ed Chairman Work of the republi- jcan national committes, who re- celves dally at his hotel suite bere. “At Sea” Established in his temporary headquarters “at sea,” Mr. Hoover, in seclusion, leaves the country lit- erally “at sea" as to plans for his adminlatration, He has made no public statement as to his intentions since his elec- tion, The few speeches he made in South America were general in na- ture and in no way pointed to spe- cific future policy, even as regards Latin-American affairs. But action will be required when he comes face to face with the ticklish problems of prohibition and farm relief, confronting him as president. He will appoint a commission to investigate prohibition and its en- forcement, soon after he takes of- fice. It is assumed the scope of the inquiry will be broad, though wheth- er it will include such related mat- ters as racketeering and gang war- fare, as rumored, Mr, Hoover de- clines to indicate at this time. He is expected to speak out in his in- augural address. There is also the immediate prob- lem of enforcement. Mr. Hoover will advance measures to tighten enforcement, and prohibition is likely to become, in his administra- tion, the dominant domestic issue. It will not be settled over night, he realizes. He will proceed cautiously. ity Farm rellef, with its related issue of tarift revision, will come up in the extra session to begin about April 16th, Mr, Hoover outlined his farm rellef program in a general way during the campaign, by urging a federal farm board to aid in mar- keting of surplus crops, further de- velopment of cooperative marketing, and tariff protection for agriculture. Farm leaders, on the whole, ac- lcept his views, but these must be worked out in legislation. Opening the tariff question may prove troublesome. Democrats may seek to carry the revision far beyond the few “adjustments” Mr. Hoover desfres. The minority party also has taken a stand for other legislation than farm rellef and tariff at the extra seasion. Republican leaders in the house will seek to prevent that, Otherwise, the new administra- tion is expected to slip for a time along the Coolidge groove. Mr. Hoover will do nothing radically dif- ferent or extraordinary for the first tew months, though after he be- comes acclimated to his new office he is expected to embark on a pro- gram distinctly his own, including some gradual changes In foreign policy. . Accompanying the president-elect on his second fishing expedition are Mrs. Hoover, Aasociate Justice Har- lan Fiske Stone of the supreme court, former Governor James Good- rich of Indiana, Mr. and Mrs. Jere- miah Milbank and Willlam Hamilton of New York: Verne Marshall, prominently identified with Cedar Rapids, lowa, newspupers, and Mr. and Mrs, Mark Sullivan, The Hoovers are guests on the Milbank yacht, the Saunterer while other members of the party are guests on the Amitie belonging to Joseph H. Adams. The party will return Saturday night. Leaders in Spain' Revolt Face Death Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Fron- tier, Jan, 31 (UP)—It was reported here today that a courtmartial met at Cuidad Real, Spain, last night and centenced to death three leaders of the revolt which occurred there. Col. Paz, Lieut. Col. Britz and Com- mandante Cejador recelved death sentences. The court’s decision will be submitted to the Spanish cabinet tomorrow. - CHILD AWARDED $8% Hida Petanovich of Newingion Awsrded Damages for Brokon Leg Caused by Amto Accident. The /action of Petanovich against Roseen has been settied in superior court by payment of $300 to Hilda Petanovich of Newington, § year old gir! whoss leg was fractured by being run over by an automobile owned by Mrs. A. Roscen of West Hartford, in Newington. The case was to have been tried yesterday before Judge Woife. Attorney Cyril F. Gaffney repre- sented the plaintif and Broder & Shew of Hartford represented the defendant. SHOKE OVERCOMES MOTHER AND GHILD IN BURNING HOME (Continued from First Page) fumes. Both were taken to the home of Maurice Johnson, next door, and Mr. Straker, & New Britain Herald employe, was called. Mrs. Straker ‘was completely revived within a few minutes. Chop Hole in Roof Three lines of hose were laid while the ladder company hoisted & 55-foot extension ladder by which the roof was reached, and the stream of water turned through a hole chopped in the shingles. Chief Noble went at once to the attic where he burrowed himself into the heart of the burning portion and directed the stream of water for three-quarters of an hour before emerging for a breath of fresh air. Companies fighting the flame from other points were directed by Captain Stanley Rozanski and Lieu- tenants Frank Gilligan and Hugh Clark, under the supervision of Deputy Chief Michael T. Jouney. The work of fighting the fire was made particularly hard by reason of the fact that the men were required to pull hose and ladders over fc laden and snow covered roofs, and scurry up and down ladders, the rungs of which carried a heavy coating of ice. Happening a few minutes after the noon whistle blew the fire attracted a crowd of several hundred spectators, Source of Blase in Doubt An investigation of the cause of the fire was made by Chief Noble this afternoon and the source of the blaze still remains somewhat in question. The fire broke out on the steps leading from the third floor to the attic. The chiet is of the beliof that someone may have placed an electrical appliance there while it was still at red heat and that the framework took fire, smouldering for some time before it broke into a live flame. The chief reached the fire soon after the first plece of ap- paratus arrived and at that time flames were shooting flve feet into the air. The building is owned by Nathan 8chooler. It has been standing but a few years, Chief ‘Noble places the fire loss at $4,500. Lindley, Absconding Manager, Captured 8t. Louis, Jan, 31 UM—Richard H Lindley, office manager of the cred- itors' adjustment company, who dis- appeared last June when an estimat. ed shortage of $500,000 was report- ed in the accounts of the company. was arrested in the home of a friend here today. Lindley was arrested on a federal indictment charging him with usisng the malls to defraud. He had been sought since the company failed and an investigation into its affalrs was begun by Recelvér James H. Chil- ton. The Creditors’ Adjustment com- pany. which dealt ehiefly in the col- lection of delinquent accounts, oper- ated principally in Texas, Missouri, Mississippi, Loulrana and Okla- homa. Chilton estimated that It held more than 4,000 contracts for collection of accounts. Lindley Is accused of having defrauded con- tract customers of collections. Insurgent Mexican General Surrenders. Mexico City, Jan. 31 (UP)—S8imon Cortes Vieyra, rebel chic operating in the state of Michigan, has sur- rendered with 203 followers, it was announced today. The surrender marked another step in the government's successful campaign to end banditry by per- suading rebels to surrender, on promise of immunity and a grant of land. ROTARY SPEAKER FAILS T0 APPEAR Health Demopstration Next Woek—Artists Entertain Instead The much heralded General Bol- ling failed to appear at the meeting of the Rotary club today, and the health demonstration for men with sluggish livers and expanding waist lines, has been postponed until next Thursday. General Bolling is ad- vertised as a conditioner and re- Juvenator of men and women and was expected to be the feature of today's Rotary meeting. Because of a misunderstanding on arrangements h was unable to appear today and the demonstration was postponed one week. Mrs. Jane Sartori Tuttle rendered a group of solos, accompanied by Theron W. Hart. Mr. Hart played two piano selections, one of them a march written for a symphony or- chestra. Dr. T. Eben Reeks was appointed chairman of the program commit. tee succeeding George K. Macauley, who resigned because of his expected absence from the city for several months. C. OF C. ACTIVITIES The executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet with the finance committee tomor- row afternoon at ¢:30 o'clock. The traffic bureau of the Cham- ber of Commerce will meet Monday jevening.| The Connectcut Association of Commercial Secretaries is meeting in ,Hartford today. Ralph H. Benson. secretary of the local Chamber of i ing. FITCH-JONES CO. HATS % PRICE Broken Lines of Fall and Winter Hats Commerce is president of the asso-; ciation and is presiding at the meet- | POLIGEMAN SUED IN AUTO COLLISION . Horwitz Brings Action Against Ofticer J. A. Sullivan Charges of driving an automobile while in no physical condition to operate a vehicle, are made In & complaint against Officer James A. Sullivan, who today was named de- fendant in a $1,000 negligence ac- tion brought by I. Horwits, Stanley street groceryman, through Attorney Charles W. Tamulonis, for dsmage ;mued to his store on October 28, ast. The charge is that on that day at about § o'clock in the morning the officer was driving a touring cur cn Stanley street at a reckless and dan- Kerous rate of speed, without regard for other automobiles on the high- way, and in turning the corner.at the Intersection of Stanley ¥nd Park streets, he ran off the high- way, over the curb and landed head-on against the building in which the plaintif conducts his business. The plaintift claims that through the defendant's negligence, the building was shaken off its founda- tion, breaking the wnidows in 'he store and causing bodily damage to the front of the building. Tt is fur- ther charged that the defendant did not use proper control of his ma- chine in trying to avoid a collision with another car, as & result of which he drove against the building, and that at the time of the collision he was in no condition to operate a motor vehicle. Papers were served by Constable John 8. Recor. The skill of the operator is an important factor in determining the amount of energy used for cooking with electricity. Dobbs $10.00 Borsalino $10.00 Sunfast $7.00 Now $5.00 A Fow Good Bargains Left In 0'Coats NOwW $5.00 NOwW $3.50