New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 9, 1930, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HEP - ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 193( 52 > Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg Sept. 6th . 15,077 . —TWENTY- WS GES PRICE THREE CENTS NERVOUS ARGENTINE GUARDS START BLOODY FIGHT WITH ~ OWN COMRADES BY ERROR ue Soldiers on Post Office Roof, Afraid Rebels Are Approaching, [ Shoot Out. Electric - Lights — Troops Re Fhlrn Fire. Wounded— tle Prompts Among Excitable Ci\;il- ! |year, according to figures released | gi31i0n on Lake Pontehartrain while ians in Streets. By the Associated Press. Buenos Aires, Sept. 9 (A—Buenos Alres presented a tranquil appear- ance on the surface this morning after a wilds night of bloodshed, rioting and shooting, but an ominous air attended the heavy concentra- tion of troops in the capital. Some observers predicted further fighting traordinary preparations pro- gress by the government of provi sional President Jose Evaristo Ur buru. in Heavy Guard Maintained Soldiers and sailors were picket- ed at strategic points on the streets, and Hipolito Irigoyen, sick and overthrown president of Argentina, who has hitherto been accorded virtual liberty within the country, | was ordered arrested and held in- | communicado. His principal followers also were ordered arrested. An imposing display of military strength, horse, foot, guns and air- planes, was made by the provisional government in the city. All military airplanes available flew in formation over the princi- pal points of the city, the Avenida De Mayo, the Plaza De Mayo and the government house. Cavalry units in full war equip- ment, with rations as if for a heavy camapaign, were concentrated at city's principal railroad station. 'It was rumored they might be en- trained for the provinces. News from the country Bcanty. On orders of the provisional gov- ernment. detachments of sailors were landed from the fleet of 13 ships in the harbor at dawn. With soldiers and police, proceeded to clear the streets of pedestrians. All transportation and communication systems were seized by government authorities and olaced under strict control. Many Partisan Elements The ministry of war in a state- ment declared that “in the city there are certainly many elements still partisans of the former govern- ment.” Municipal force at their regular About 15 persons were being held was they police were posted in for summary execution this morn- | Ing, charged with looting. (Continued on Page Two) FIVE WORKERS KILLED IN LOCOMOTIVE BLAST Engine in Philadelphia| Round House Yard Blows ' Up Philadelphia, least five men 9 (A — At killed and a Sept. were dozen injured today in the explosion | of a pusher locomotive in the Read- ing railroad round house yard at Third streety and Erie avenue. The dead: \ John Biemiller, round house fore- man. John Kelly, inspector. Frederick Spangler, engineman. Crawford Dunseath, car man. James P. Smith, car shopman. The cause of the c).plosmn has not yet been determined. Edgar L. Robertson, one of the injured, said the explosion came without warning. He said he and several other men ‘were working on a pair of wheels which they were taking down from a rack. “We had seen the engine placed where it exploded five minutes be- fore about 100 feet from the car shop, he added. 'Suddenly there was a deafening explosion and sheet metal, steam, chunks of metal and scald ing water fell all hail. the locomotive tore the building."” The blast was heard throughout the entire*neighborhood. For a few seconds after the ex- plosion chunks of metal fell rain about the yards and all other employes scurried to shelter. Some of the bodies were blown 15 to 20 feet in the air, Nei Result in Wild Excite- | ' ment Is 7 Dead and 56; oise of Bat-| Riotingi | The greatest enrollment increass!today after being trapped in-22 feet and pointed out the ex-| positions. | shop- | ‘Mrs. McCormick Attacks Critics Who Flay Prohibition Amendment coal, | around us like | Nearly everybody in the shop was knocked down and pieces of | right through | like | 13,385 ENROLLMENT INPUBLIC SCHOOLS, |Gain of 269 Over Last Year Re- Tected in Reglstratlon }GREATEST ON RECORD, Mtration” at Two Junior High Schools—Decline in Elementary Classes Reported. |since 1928 was reported by the New Britain public school system this today by Supt. Stanley H. Holmes. | Last year's enrollment was 13,177, and -this year the enrollment mark. one of which is not considered as a | regular school, the Rockwell Voca- tional school. Of the 18 remaining, cight show a decrease. The increase in the two junior high schools alone is exactly the same as the total in- |crease in school population, 265. The Central Junior high increased 112 pupils and the Nathan Hale Junibr High school rise amounted to 153. | As was predicted in the Herald yesterday the Senior High school been in years, due , Principal Slade believes, to tions. The increase in this school is | is | 145 pupils and the enrollment now 1,557. The elementary schools as a whole have shown a decrease in en- rollment. In some schools there are slight increases and in others there are slight decreases. The loss totals 145 pupils. The following schools had en- (Continued on Page Three) GOSTE AND BELLONTE French Fliers Leave Wash- ington for Valley Stream Valley Stream, N. Y., Sept. 9 (P— The French transatlantic fiiers, Dieu- conne Coste and ‘M. Bellonte, land- ed at Curtiss field at 12:45 p. m. (E. S. T.) today from Washington where they were reéceived by Presi- dent Hoover. On their return flight, they fiew over Newark airport and dropped flowers in memory of Major John A. Donaldson, war ace, who was killed in Philadelphia Sun- day in an air crash. Washington, Sept. 9 (P—Dieu- | donne Coste and Maurice Bellonte |carried a tribute to a fallen ally- airman on going aloft in their ocean- | spanning Question Mark at 10:17 a. m. E. S. T, today en route to | Curtiss Field, L. I. It was a wreath of dahlias, to be | ¢ropped over the Philadelphia muni- cipal alrport, as a mark of respect |ace killed in a crash there last Sun- day. A note by Coste was attached. Major George Thenault, air at- tache of the French embassy, sent the flowers. Donaldson, a Newark, N. J., pilot, | attained a captaincy in the American air forces and was credited with | bringing down eight German planes. The French aviators planned to | | fiy over Baltimore on the way to | Philadelphia and expected to arrive |at Curtiss fleld in about two hours. | They paid a courtesy call with the | “Question Mark® at the naval air station, across from Bolling field, }on arriving to meet President | Hoover. The plane was surrounded while | Coste made minor adjustments on the motor preparatory to the take- off. He and Bellonte cheerfully as- sented to numerous requests for | autographs, while talking animatedly |in French with embassy officials. Increase Is Equal to Jump in Reg- | 10 have increases in enrollment and | increase was far greater than it has| unemployment condi- | REACH LONG ISLAND |for Major John O. Donaldson, war | the army post at which they landed | 4 | in- | {creased by 265 pupils to the 13,385 | gred men labored frantically today DIVER TRAPPED IN SWIRL OF WATERS - BROUGHT UP ALIVE Work Frantically o Free 62 Year Old Man and Succeed in Attempt RESCUE CREW BUILDS UP PEN T0 DIVERT CURRENT Victim Loses Rope When Pressure Suddenly Sweeps Him Against Plles—Without Diving Suit, Only Helmet Saves Him From Death— Experts Belleve Strong Current Relieved Pressure During Time. New Orleans, Sept. 9 (P—Captain Nick Danese, a marine diver, was rescued alive shortly before 1 p. m. of water since 11 a. m., yesterday. He was caught under a city pumping epairing a leak. New Orleans, Sept. § (P—A hun- |to tree Captain Nick Danese, 62 year There are 19 public schools listed, [old marine diver, | who - has been trapped under. a city pumping:sta- tion on Lake Pontchartrain since 11 a m. yesterday from a sudden break in a lock. He still was alive today and gave signals by jerking his air hose, A large barge was sunk near him and | the men were driving down sheet | piling today in the hope of forming | a pen and then pumping the water out. It was estimated at 9 a. m. that three or four more hours would be required for the work. Loses Hold on Rope Capt. Danese went down yester- day to repair a leak locks. While he was working un- der the water with a diver’s helmet on but without a customary diving suit #he lock collapsed and the pres- sure of the water swept him under a bulkhead against the piling. He had a rope, normally fastened around a diver's body, in his hand and when he was swept aside by the current the rope slipped out of his grasp. He was hurgd against the piling with only his air hose line con- necting with the surface. Working in relays throughout the night, men | pumped a steady supply of air through the hose, but each time the trapped diver moved away from the bulkhead the current swept him back. Believe He Will Be Saved Other divers believe the bulkhead is protecting Danese from pressure and they expressed the hope that he would be' resdued if his strength holds out. They pointed out that| another diver was under the water | near that place for 34 hours a few | years ago and came out alive. The pumping station is in an isolated section with no telephone or road connection, communication being by boat. A force of 200 Negroes worked through last night. aided by powerful | | searchlights, to build a dam to di- vert water from the lake and re- (Continued on Page Three) MRS, ALFRED A. LARSON SUDDEN DEATH VICTIM Lyons Street Woman Had ILived Here For 27 Years—Active in First, Lutheran Church Mrs. Hulda H. Larson, AMifred A. Larson of 34 Lyons street, died suddenly this morning at 11 o'clock at her home. She was 55 years of age. Born in Sweden, Mrs. Larson had been a resident of this city for the past 27 years. She was a member of the First Lutheran church, the Ladies’ Aid society and the Frid- hem Sick Benefit society of the church. Besides her husband, vived by a daughter, she is sur- Miss Alfhild Larson of this city; three sons, Eric | ‘Walter W. and Harry F. Larson |of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Z. E. Elquist and Mrs. Charles Anderson of this city; a brother, Walfrid Brooth of Chicago and a brother and sister in Sweden. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the home and af 3 o'clock at the First Lutheran church. Rev. Julius Hul- teen of Hartford will officiate. Bur- ial will be in Fairview cemetery. Bloomington, Iil, Sept. 9 (A — While disclaiming any part in the movement to place the prohibition referendum before Illinois voters next November, Mrs. Ruth Hannah McCormick, republican _ senatorial candidate, in a.campaign address today declared that no citizen “has any right to oppose this poll.” She said even the liquor problem was less important than ‘“‘another issue which has been raised in Illi- nois the last few days,” people to petition the ‘government. “Several thousand citizens have signed this petition for a referen- dum,” she continued, proceeding under ‘“their constitutional rights and under their rights specifically provided by the laws of this state,” and as a result ‘“certain leaders of the Anti-Saloon league of Illinois the right of | }m/e taken the field and their first attack.is upon this legal and con- stitutional proposal. The league,” she said, “would have me oppose this legal petition now and ignore it later, but I will listen to no coun- sel whichjoutrages every conviction I have ever held on the subject of majority rule, of popular government andl of the sactity of the constitu- tion.” Mrs. statement. McCormick re-affirmed her in a speech before the republican state convention that “if| a majority in Illinois expressed a de- sire on November 4 for a repeal of the 18th amendment” she would ac- cept the result. At the same time, she reiterated that she was per- sonally dry and said “no intoxicat- ing liquor is kept or served in my home.” PSS IO B by water pressure | in the pump | wife of | recs Reier ) | JGAL DELEGATES ENDORSE QUIGLEY FOR CONGRESSMAN Fenn Believed Choice of New| Britain Group At (onvention CHANCE SEEN T0 EFFECT SEYMOUR'S ELIMINATION Incumbent May Throw His Strength ! it He | Dn ects Relief o | x‘w to New Britain Mayor Realizes He Cannot Win—Quigley | - —=t Declines to Discuss 18th Amend- Assoctated Press Photo Capt. Antonio Silva, manager of the Porto Rican Red Cross, was desig- nated active leader of Red Cross co- | operation in ment—Covert and Mrs. Stone Re- | clected to State Committee. ] Unrest in Panama THIS YEAR, EIGHT STATES T0 HOLD PRIMARIES Maine Votes Republican ONE 1S RUN-OFF GONTEST New Hampshire and Vermont Choose 4ssociated Press Photo the Panama has brought from four of | Arosemena’s | A storm brewing in cabinet for some time threats of resignations | President Florencio H ministers. Santo Domingo relief | FPledged to support Mayor GcorgL ok | A. Quigley, the New Britain delega- | mon to the republican -congressional | can\emmn met last night, endorsed | hxm and organized with George V. Han\lm as chairman and Mrs. N. M. | Dow secretary. Other members of | |the delegation are OliversI. Davis, | B. A. Grzybowski, Mrs. E. A. Hol- 4l ‘slcm and E. W. Irving. | The delegation members believe y . 2. ‘Lhat Mayor Quigley has a chance of Cotton Mill Fire First Reported |vivnine ehe momination in spite of | [ | & ]me fact that the talk concerning | [ Great Disaster candldates benters about Congress | man E. Hart Fenn and Clarence W Seymour of West Hartford. {MAN LEAPS TO GROUND FEenn Reported second choice | Congressman Fenn is said to be| | - preferred after Quigley by the New Lamond Robertson Building Raging Inferio in Half Hour—Hysterical Crowd Difficult cently in this city by Congressman |Fenn and Mayor Quigley, the con- Restrain— | gressman, if he senses that he can- not defeat Seymour at the conven- |tion will throw his strength to | Paterson, N. J., Sept. 8 (P—Eight | Quigley with the hope of starting a | persons were fnjured, two of them |71ANK attack on the Sevmour forces Periously. in @ fire which todayede. |¥nich Will result in the nomination |stroyed the two story carpet factory |oHaisley; [and warehouse of the Lamond and | Mavor Quigley spoke to the dele- Robertson company. ‘ Three persons, at first unaccount- | led for and reported trapped in the |burning building. later were found | to have made their way to safety. :l;‘h;re were 85 workers in the build- )“M T e 8 e fire burned for an hour and a |Me€ant: he declined to discuss. | The delegation adjourned at the half before it was brought under | e SeleERtion control, destroying the carpet mill | and a residence. In addition a build- | “:)‘::EQES?‘“?; (e’l“i‘l'::;':hair e e aged " Y man of the state delegation at tts AN organization meeting, also held last | Jshors: Seqbees DAL night, and Richard Covert and M | First revorts said several hundred | 5 ° &' ‘Stone were reelected to the employes were trapped in the oio central committee. It was Vot- bullding but offictals said that was|ug o attend the convention unin- | erroneous. to Casualty Check Incomplete. last everiing and “outlined the pos- | sibilities of the campaign.” accord- |ing to one of the delegates present | | who refused today to enlarge upon |his statement. Just what “outlining | structed. The fire, believed to have started | The organization was completed by spontaneous combustion, was | with the following: Attorney Angela | discovered at 11:30. Tn half an hour | M. Lacava, secretary; Mrs. Willlam [the two story brick structure was H. Van Oppen, vice chairman; At- torney Monroe S. Gordon, rules com- One man, his clothing afirg, leap- [mittee; Fred Beloin| permanent or- ed from a second story window to | ganization committce: Alderman the street. He was rushed in an am- | Walter R. Falk, credentials com- |an irfferno of flames. (Continued on, Page Three) (Continued on Page Two) ‘Movie Operator Kidnaped During Montclair, N. J., Sept. 9 (UP)— | The kidnaping of the moving picture operator wasn't a part of the per- formance. Therefore police today | sought five men who they say ab- | |sconded with William Lockwood, | operator at the Bellevue theater last | night. | Chris Hinck, theater manager told | police this story. | the performance went on without the | “There were 300 people in the |audience suspecting what had hap- house. The show was going fine. | pened. Suddenly the sound apparatus stop- ped functioning, yet the picture went on.” Hinck called the operating hooth to inquire if there was trouble. “Not at all! Got it fixed,” came a voice. “Then 20 minutes later sound and pictures stopped. I hurried to the booth and found Lockwood gone,” said Hinck. The theater doorman then related that five men had earlier asked for the projection booth. Hinck got the machines going and wood's automobile had been stolen from in front of the theater. Police think he may have been ordered or | frightened from the theater because | he does not belong to an operators’ union. HAWKINS CONSIDERS ENTERING POLITICS May Ask Ber]in G. 0. P. to Name Him for Gen- eral Assembly | N0 SPECIAL PASTERS FOR CITY OFFICIALS Police Board Considers Them Just Plain Folks As Motorists | | | | | The request of the common coun- cil that the police commissioners | | provide a distinguishing mark in the | form of a sticker or other suitable | sign for city officials’ automobiles | did not meet with fa\or and will | not be granted, Chief W. C. Hart of the police department saxd today. The commissioners = discussed it, | the chief said, and referred it to the traffic committee, but it was evident from the attitude expressed at the meeting that no stickers will be pro- vided, which means that council members and other city officials who park their automobiles while on city business must take their | chances with the patrolmen on the Charles W. Hawkins, treasurer of Rackliffe Bros. Co., Inc., may enter Berlin politics this year as a candi- date to succeed R. O. Clark in the house of representatives. Representative Clark has an- nounced his intention to retire at the conclusion of his present term, making it necessary for the republi- cans to bring forth a new candidate and it is understood that Hggvkins has been promised considerable sup- port in the event he decides to make the rurn@p He is considering candidacy but is not prepared to make a definite statement at pres- ent, he said today. Before becoming associated with Rackliffe Brothers, Mr. Hawkins was an executive of the Commercial Trust Co. He is a member of tha Berlin board of relief. (Continued on Page Two) —— il HIGH TIDE—SEPT. 10 | | & (Standard Time) il New London— | 10:35a, m.; 10:32p. m. | | New Haven— (B 10:42a. m; 1139 p. m. | | 14 Sl % THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair and continued cool te- night and Wednesday. Britain group. It is reported that as | a result of the conference held re- | gates at their organization meeting | Show While Picture Still Goes On Lockwood and had béen admitted to | Police also discovered that Lock- | Him—Pal Lynched by Mob Storm- ing Jail. Darien, Ga., Sept. 9 (#—"Rubber” | Bryan, 24, sought as the second | negro who participated in a gun investigation | his senate seat and James F. Byrnes, |former representative, is his second try to-oust him. Jbra C. Blackwood and Olin D. Johnson, |both of Spartanburg, {the governorship. Louisiana's primary marks |Governor Huey P. Long sought the senate seat held for many years by Joseph E. Ransdell., Long spent last night under heavy guard after hav- | ing been struck in the face by a| New Orleans reporter yesterday. Five Seck Nomination In Colorado five men are seeking | senatorial nominations. William V. Hodges, former treasurer of the re- | (Continued on Page Two) John A. Webb Alleges New Britain Trust Co. Paid Out His Money Claiming refusal on the part the New Britain Trust Co.. to re- fund money alleged to have been paid a person who forged his name street for $80 has brought suit of Dunn & Googel. prior to November, 1 he deposit- ed money with the bank. He alleges the defendant company misapplied $40 of his funds by paying to the Federal Casualty Co. upon a check “purporting to be made by the | plaintiff but was a forgery and was not made by him or his authority. The plaintifftclaims the defendant ! continues to refuse the refund des- | pite his requests. Louisiana, Arizona, | |who will represent Louisiana and South Carolina in the senate. Their |Arizona and Vermont selectipns for Officers Originally Say They Found |gOvernor hold the principal interest, | |sachusetts, New York and Wisconsin will stage the last pre-election con- | "unded in a woods near here to- [lace H. Whitel jr. elected senator | day. land William T. Gardiner reelected morning and announced they found |in years. Bryan lying dead, with a shotgun | South Carolina’s contest is a run- | few minutes after Crumley's ar | rival, the negro regained consciou Coroner Crumley that he and his two companion officers early this | that the negro dropped. They said they searched his cloth- rear the house. authorities said, in the opposite direction of the swamps tachment of national guardsmen sent here upon orders of the governor of the body reached here militiamen | prepared to thrash through the Al- | Negroes who wounded him when he | found them approaching a Darien ]n Flgh! stn!9< \coast to coast, voters today choose ‘par!y candidates for national i ] s {local office. | “Rubber Bryau B SH0L B 155t omsacientace: o ascias Posse, Badly Wounded democratic nominations are tanta- mount to election. Senate candidates LEFT FOR DEAD AT FIRST are to be chosen also in Colorado, | Michigan and New Hampshire. In | | while in the state of Washington Man Shot, Later Admit Shooting contests for house seats head the list. . Tomorrow Georgia democrats will hold a primary and next week Mas tests. Republicans Win in Maine fight yesterday in which a police | Maine's balloting yesterday re- officer was slain and three others turned republican victories all down | Wounded, was shot and serious!y |the line with Representative Wal-| Deputy Sheriffs H. B. Thompson, governor. | Edgar L. Malone and Frank Silvey | Absence of contests within | of McIntosh county, who had been parties in Maryland made searching throughout the night for |day's primary there largely the negro, returned to Darien this mality, marked by the lightest vote | charge in his back off primary to decide between the | Negro Regains Cousclousness |leading candidates in the August 26 Coroner W. the wood and his showed the negro still was alive. A ness and asked for -a drink of water. He was brought to Darien and | given medical attention. | Deputy Sheriff Malone then told morning approached a negro house, and that Bryan ran out, fired two pistol shots at them and fled. Malone said he fired once at the fleeing negro with his shotgun, and ing and found a pistol said to have | been missed by the Darien bank | several weeks ago after a robbery | . near his side. 1 Bryans body was tving n « woots | BANK CASHES BAD CHECK, where George Grant, 40-year-old Negro believed to have been Bryan's companion in yesterday's gun battle was captured. Grant later was lynched in the county jail and a de- Georgia. | Bryan apparently had been fatally wounded in the back with a shoteun. | | Prepared to Use Bombs » | Just before word of the finding of ‘Mmaha river swamps with tear gas | bombs. Grant was sald to have been | identified by R. J. Anderson, Darien | night marshal, as one of the two | bank early yesterday. Robert L. Freeman, acting chief | ot Glynn county police, was fatally | shot and Deputy Sherift J. H. Col- lings and John Fisher wounded in (Continued on Page Two) Steele Promises to Tell Police ; Name of Person Who Shot Him l Discharged from the hospital to-|that she returned to her home at day after undergoing treatment for|10:30 a bullet wound in his chest, Myron | shooting and to prove his claim that | Steele, 32, of 3 Armistice street, |she was not at home until 1 o'clock | promised to assist the police in lo-|in the morning. | cating his alleged assailant whose | afrs. Steele was quoted as name and residence he said he Will | that her husband, in his peculiarity, make known to County Detectlve | refused to eat Thanksgiving dinner Edward J. Hekey within a few days. |a¢ the family table last vear. Steele Steele was picked up in front of [declared today that both had the the Oswego Inn, Farmington, last | holiday dinner away from home. As Wednesday night. A bullet wound |to the report that he had applied to | with powdar marks indicating lhai‘Lapt G. J. Kelly for a place in the |it had been inflicfed from close range | police department but did not fol- | was discovered. He declined to tell |low out the captain’s suggestion and | investigating policemen whether he ‘xo to headquarters, Steele offered to |had shot himself or had been the|prove the contrary to be true by |victim of a gunman. Taken to St.|calling upon Sergeant T. J. Feeney | Francis hospital, Hartford, he re-|who, he said. was at the desk when | covered rapidly, being discharged |he came to the police station to | from the institution at noon today. |consult Chief W. C. Hart. Contradicts Wife Did Not Carry Blank Pistol Published statements attributed | to his wife, Bernice Iimmons Steele, | be carrying on the day of the shoot- were denied by him today. He em- |ing was not a blank pistol but a reg- phatically denied that he had ever lular revolver which was his own | feigned illness in the home or that |property and which, he said, was |he and his wife had depended on his parents-in-law dor support, in- | |sisting that his sickness is actual |by his mother-in-law. and the result of the war, and that | Regarding the police statements |he has been self-supporting. He |that he told at one time of being |asked that Detective Hickey be con- | |sulted to retute the wite's statement | | | mons, his brother-in-law, and not (Continued on Page Two) Prohibition Issue in Several—‘ Candidates Today — Washington, | Colorado, | scattered from | and | | the | yester- | a for-| S. Crumley went to \'pollmg Cole L. Blease seeks to huld‘ making | are seeking | the |sence of adaptability end of a heated campaign in which | DEPOSITOR BRINGS SUIT to a check, John A. Webb of Belden | against the bank through the office | o'clock on the night of the | The gun which he was known to | \given over to him by Adelbert Em- | $100,000 MORE REQUIRED T0 HELP NEEDY FAMILIES MAYOR'S VIEW Makes Prediction at Meetmg of Finance Boar hich Ap-. proves of Bond Issue of $105,000 - Reviews Situation. 400 Men Now Employed On Street and City Jobs —Welfare Department Caring for 298 Families —Former Factory Men Not Adapted to Pick. | ’ Prior to the passage of a vote au- thorizing a street bond $105,000 as a part of issue of Mayor Quig- ley's program for unemployment re- lief, members of the board of finance and taxation were informed by the mayor this noon that an additional amount of $100,000 wil probably be necessary before the end of the cur- |rent fikcal year for the same pur- pose. Chairman William H Judd re- ported that he has had assurance that the entire issue can be placed | at four per cent. | When the receipts of the bond sale or of notes issued against the { bonds are in the hands of the treas- | urer, a deposit will be made, bearing | interest at 2 1-2 per cent, and th» present balance of the department of public works, which is $75,000, will be held intact for transfer later |in the year to the welfare depart- | ment. Further operations of the street department will be financed inut of the new fund, it was ex- plained. 400 Employed on City Jobs Mayor Quigley discussed the need |for a large fund sayving 400 men are ‘non at work on street and sewer |jobs while 298 families are being | cared for by the welfare depart- | ment. * He commented on the ab- to sewew work on the part of men formerly em- ployed in factories, one result ot which, he said, was the payment of [pensation for injurics this year. | Within a few months, the only | jobs available will be sewer work, |a fact which will eliminate many street employes who cannot work |in trenches, the mayor continued, {and this, he said, will shift-a heavy burden to the welfare board. Add- |ed costs of fuel and clothing will | necessitate the additional $100,000, | he reckoned. e vote to issue bonds on motion of Commissioner Joseph C. Stome. was unanimous. NEW BRITAIN DRIVER INJURES MAN AGED 80 Miss Zoe LaHar Involved in Serious Accident At | Waterbury | | | | i | | It is claimed by the plaintiff that | | (Special to the Herald) Waterbury, Sept. 9.—Frank De- Lucia, 80, is in a critical condition |at St. Mary’s hospital here from in- |juries reccived today when he was | struck by an automobile driven by | Miss Zoe LaHar of 23 Cedar atreet, New Britain. The aged man was run down by the car as he was attempt- ing to cross the street Miss LaHar who is employed in Waterbury was accompanied at the time of the accident by Thomas T. Dalton, a salesman, of New Britain, owner of the car. Miss LaHar was not held by the police but was released on her own | recognizance. The case is being in- vestigated by Coroner John Mon- zani. Miss LaHar had no driver's license when the accident occurred. At the hospital it was found nec- |essary to amputate one of DeLucla's arms. Waterbury, Sept. 9 () — Frank DeLucia, 80, of this city had his arm almost severed from his body this morning in a peculiar accident af the center of the city. Before the eyes of hundreds of onlookers, De- Lucia stepped off the curb into the path of a machine opgrated by Miss Zoe LaHar of New Britain. His arm caught in the door handle wrench- ing the member from its socket. The man was thrown against the rear |mud guard. Crazed by the pain the |man tore his hair, ran a few steps {and fainted. He was rushed to the | Waterbury hospital where the arm was amputated. His condition was reported this afternoon as fair. | | JUDGE DENIES MOTION | Litchfield. Sept. 9 (UP)—Judge | Frank P. McEvoy today dezisd a motion for separate tria) of Demen- ick Chiarello and Tk~odore :damuo, | both of Torringtcn. indlctea for the |alleged murder of Antonte Russe e | Torrington, who was skot ‘o death Ilast May. The decision was fled with the clerk of superior court here,