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NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1921. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
INVESTIGA TION OF AMERICAN ARMY
EXPEDITION IN SIBERIA DEMANDED
IN SENATOR JOHNSON'S RESOLUTION
lMAnciir I Referred To
Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee No
ecision Of Reappor-'
-tionment Today
DEMOCRATS FAIL TO
j GET APPOINTMENTS
nators Decline to Consider
Pending Nominations
'IlOUSe WayS 'and McanS
.
Gets Into Row Over Sugar
Prices.
Washington. Jan. 1. Investigation
f thm United States military expeU-
loh to Liberia wai proposed by Scna-
r Johnson, republican. California, In
rrJUUon wiroaucea toaay ana re-
tL1o the foreign relations com-
Voto I Delayed.
Th reapportionment Mil providing J
r an Increase in the membership or
bouse of representatives from 435
4 S3 wu taken up today under Ren
al .agreement for five hours debate.
hlch was expected to delay a voto
itU tomorrow.
Nomination! Held Vp.
democratic senators failed today. 35
2&, to get consideration of pending:
mlntlon by the senate.' Seator
jblrvon, democrat, Arkansas, de
xi) i led the roll call and warned the
Wbllcnn- membership It would bo
Veji a frequent opportunity to vote
I 'the same question. In, future.
.Previously "the senator sent to tho
rtofflee- committee a resolution hy
tflr, Fletcher. democrat,.. Florid.
jtlnig the postmaster ' general to
o the senate names of all ex-ervice ?
n and their widows wno naa oeen
ilhated br.the president for post-
At. .
TU$w Over frrtigar.
f.row over Louisiana augar prices
if baok to the sugar shortage and
eminent efforts to curb prices,
'bed up acjaln today before the
ijo Vftyti and means committee In
ff hearings. .
'ormer . Representative Fitzgerald of
XVork, for the refiners, declared
-pvernment'a policy- had penal
ihe whole nation In .order to keep
rr Louisiana growers alive.
tS. Milling of New Orleai.s, for
"grower, eald the reflnera sought
H a grip on tho ivugar Industry
6
i make the people, pay for it."
W . - I a. 1 . 1. M 1
IV Milling asked a three cent a
t M rfttttw An an r A i ft m AvnAA4t (a Mm
)m' request that the present duty
llmlnated.
'delegation of Porto Tltcans asked
committee to provide a duty of
(cents a pound. I'reslilent Antonio
relo, of the Porto ulcan senate,
I Porto Itlco was passing through
Undal crisis due to the low price
Xtgar and that his people only
led enough protection to offset
ae compared with tho Cu
Jict. r Will Kb..I. T mim
...... ......... "
tenelon of the statute of llmlta
fpm threo to seven years was
I "before the house judiciary com
e today , by Hepresentatlve Ma-
Vepubllcan. Illinois, who said the
was to enaM the rovern-
l to proceed against persons
v-d" with profiteering and graft
fthe war.
MJon declared that by amend
to the criminal code tho incom
Uomey:'generl would bi able
-4ce.ed In Cases where thero had
mttch talk and no prosecution
Vhleh'mlght not come to trial
.' ,.r i
.v1"", " """"tfive children were forced
4 e ww
RAID OF BEING SHOT.
N Why Rmithcmer nioplnjr With
-Mcr
Man's Wife, IU1 Not Ite-
'(hci
4 Ask Forgiveness.
, La. an." Jan. 18 Charles
tobacco planter and stock
! Harrodsburg. Ky., and Mrs.
' wife of another liar-
TWO KILLED AMI 10
HURT IN EXPLOSION
Bellows Film Co., at Bayonne,
N. J., Gutted by Flames
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH
One Woman Victim Hud Kvideiitly
lumped lYom lire KNCfipc When
I lame ICiivrlopcxl Her There
llivmoii Have Desperate Battle.
I llni'nnnn NT T fun IB HTw
ns werekllled and more than ten
were injured in an exposiort and flro
n tho i,,ant of th Deiiows rum co.
uric iuua.
Two Charred Bodies
Two charred bodies, apparently
blown throw a window of the plant
were found beside tho tracks of tho
Central railroad near the factory.
One was apparently . that of a wom
an. r iremcn worked desneratelv to
rneck the flumes and rescue others
.who might he Inside tho bulldlntr.
(Continued on Fourth Page)-
JOHN PINTO FINDS NEW METHOD TO
FRUSTRATE HIGHWAYMEN; EASY: JUST
DECLINE TO THROW UP YOUR HANDS
VATERBURY JITNEURS
GET COURT DECISION
Win Test Case Have Right
to Operate on "Pro
hibited" Streets.
Waterbury, Jan. IS. Jitney men
may operate on "prohibited" streets If
they do not solicit or receive passen
gers therein. Hurh, In effect. Is the
decision of Judge William J. Iarkln.
Jr.. in a test case brought to the local
court. Jitney men started running
cars on Hunt Main street yesterday,
taking passengers at private parking
spaces which they had leased. One
driver, John Duffy, was placed under
. . 1 . & . -
urresi, 10 maae a icsi ease. juukb
ltrkln today ordered that the case be
nolled. lie ruled that there was no
violation of the ordinance as long as
the driver had taken on his passengers
on private ground. He also ruled that
once a Jitneyman had secured his pas
sengers at a private parking space he
could discharge them anywhere. Tho
only violation of the ordinance, he
ild, was In soliciting or receiving pas
sengers. or both, on one of the pro
hlblted highways. He further rules
that in the case of a car taking on pas
engers on prlvnte property public
service markers would not be required.
Jitney drivers are Jubilant over the
outcome of the test case.
FLEE IN NIGHT CLOTHES
Tmo I'njiilliCM In Torrington Lrred
ly Fire to Ixave Home With
Thermometer at 13 Itclww Zero.
Torrlnrton, Conn., Jan. IS. A 2
tenement and storo building on Oak
avenue, Ilarwlnton, were completely
destroyed by fire this morning. Mem-
urrjt or i
the two families. Including
to flee In
their night clothes to the homes of
neighbors while the mercury regis
tered 12 degrees below zero. The
furniture and other contents of the
building, including $700 In bills, the
savings of a life time of one of the
occupants, were destroyed. The Tor-
! rlngton fire appnrtus was called but
could do nothing to sav tho build
ing as there are no hydrants in that
section. The building was owned by
Alfred Pom I. The total loss Is esti
mated at $,000.
D'ANNUNZIO TO LEAVE
AMERICA HAS HALF
OF ALL SOFT COAL
Director of Geological Survey So
Testifies, Hut Rays Hard Coal
Is More Umited
The United States lias half of the
soft coal supply of the world. Pr.
George Otis Smith, director of the
geological survey, said today before
the sennte manufacturers' committee
at hearings- on the Cnlder bill propos
ing federal regulation of the coal In
dustry. He said he did not want to be too
certain as to how long the supply
would last, but that some estimates
were as high as "Thousands of years."
Anthracite, he added, was much more
limited.
"TED" WALLEN FOR CLERK
Iocal Young Man, Prominent in
Newspaper Work, likely to Get Sen
ate Committee Job.
Theodore C. Wallen of this city, po
litical reporter on the Hartford
Oourant. i a candidate fcr clerk of
the senate appropriations committee.
Chairman Kdward F. Hall nnid today
that thus far Mr. Wallen is the only
candidate who has been mentioned.
The committee will act on the selec
tion of a clerk tomorrow.
Clayton Road Man and
Friend, With $600 Between
Them, Say They Saved
Roll By This' Procedure.
The refusal of John Pinto to raise
his hands even after a gun had been
thrust under his nose put an end to
an Incident which might be linked
J with the so-called "crime wave" now
sweeping over the country. The hold
up occurred last evening about 9
o'clock on Allen street near St. Mary's
playgrounds when Pinto and a friend
wero returning to their homes on
Clayton road.
Pinto and the friend had been In
the center of the city in the evening
on business and had more than $600
between them. It is believed that
someone having knowledge of the
presence of the money devised a
means of securing it. At any rato, tho
men had just approached a dark sec
tion of the road when the brush on
tho side crackled and the forms of
two men were seen to emerge. The
gun was flashed and a demand made,
that th! victims hold up their hands.
Pinto looked closely to see. who tho
culprits were but they had wisely
hidden their features from view by
pulling their cap peaks close to their
eyes and turning their coat collars
, UP- '
According to Pinto's story, ho
reached a decision In his own mind
that ho would not concede to the
wishes of the would-be highwaymen.
The order was repeated, this timo
with the gun at close range and ap
parently In a position for firing. Pinto
refused again. After waiting for
what was to the victims a seeming
eternity, the hold-up men backed
j slowly away, taking to tho vacant lots
reached the roadside- The matter was
reported to the police for an Inves
tigation. Pinto Is employed on the premises
of II. F. Wells on Clayton road, and
lives nearby.
REMINGTON ARMS WILL
REOPEN IN PARK CITY
Effort Under Way to Give
Jobs to All Former Em
ployes Monday.
TREASURER OF BANK
IN SI IIII UN BLAMED
FOR ITS CONDITION
Commissioner Says Facts Show
He Alone Made Poor Loans,'
Causing $150,000 Deficit
EVIDENCE TO BE GIVEN
PROSECUTOR FOR STATE
Ilcport Sent to Cuiumings "Hears on
the Face of It tlfe Implication that
a Violation of the Law is Involved"
Former Governor Holcomb, as
Receiver, Files $100,000 Bond To
day. Hartford. Jan. 18. That action
would be brought against Edward W.
Kncen, secretary and treasurer of the
Shelton Bank and Trust Co., was es
timated fn a statement by Bank Com
missioner Everett J. fUurges today
that he will submit a report to
Homer S. Cummings, state's attor
ney for Fairfield county on the situa
tion of the Sheltan bank, which, re
port "bears on the face of it the Im
plication that a violation of Law is in
volved." In referring to his report the bank
commissioner said that "so far the
facts show that the treasurer of tho
bank was solely responsible for tho
$150,000 deficit, caused by making
poor loans which he negotiated with--out
the advice of the directors and
trustees of the institution."
Will Bring Out Facts
The commissioner said he would
work in conjunction with ex-Governor
Holcomb, receiver for the Shelton
bank, in preparing the report. Tho
report would not contain any recom
mendations for criminal procedure,
he said, as the facts would speak for.
themselves and the decision to brlnff
action would rest entirely with the
state's attorney of Fairfield county.
Ex-governor Holcomb look , charge
of the Shelton bank as receiver to
day., having filed a $100,000 bond
with the. bank commissioner Monday.
A , hearing . by .heenators and
representatives of Fairfield, county
on the Shelton bank and. Trust com
pany was slated immediately after
adjournment of the legislature today.
It was expected that Commissioner
Sturges would be asked to report such
facts as he thought wise. No intima
tion was given of whaT line of action
wa planned by the legislators.
SENTENCE MURDERERS
TO PRISON FOR LIFE
Judge Webb Imposes Penalty
On Two Who Killed
Anson ia Man.
New Haven, Jan. 18. James Mc
Dowell, 28. of Providence and Roland
O. Pvevine, 21, of Boston pleaded
guilty in superior court here today
to charges of second degree murder.
Judge James H. Webb sentenced
them to state prison for life.
The pleas of guilty in the second
degree brought to an end the trial f
the pair for first degree murder on 'a
charge of having shot and killed Val.
tentlne Ivinda. a saloon-keeper in
Ansonia on September 20 last. Tho
two men held up the saloon while
several persons were in the place
and in a chase that followed. Mc
IoweIl was captured on the street..
Devlno was arrested in Derby late
that night.
14 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
This Is erl.stcrod at Cshen 10
Below at Winstcd Ice There Is
Xow 11 Inches ThJck.
Torrington. Conn.. Jan. is. LasI
night was the coldest night of the
season in this section. The minimum
temperature in Torrington was one
degree below zero. Goshen reported
a minimum of 14 below early this
morning.
Winsted, Conn., Jan. 18. Tempera
tures of ten degrees below lero were
recorded this morning at some points
in this section- The Berkshire Ice Co.
showed signs of activity, and prepara--tlons
were. under way to employ .a
QVhTA TSD UA
tJUl VS 1 Wl USlLjLi 1 UliJ 1 Mill
PERMITTING BOARD OF t
ISSUE FUNDS TO PAY
HOW COMFORT STATION WILL APPEAR
IF CITY ACClTS RECOMMENDATIONS
$27,500 Would Be Initial Cost and Upkeep Would Be
$9,295 Annually, With Possibility of $3,000 Revenue.
Front View (above) and
If the plana: lot' tlu iiieclaVioduncj i:
mmittee appolned to lloOk into ;th'6
committee
matter of , constructing a comfort sta
tion at the center are carried buf
New Brltaln '-wlll have, during the
next' yeartia' most satisfactory estab
lishment of this kind, combined with
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J Pay Pay Pay Pa fun rrr BaJ I?
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KIRKHAM AND KLETT
MAY GET PROMOTIONS
Former is Probable Choice
For Corporation Counsel
Latter May Be Judge.
Judgo John H. Kirkham of the po
lice and. city court will, in all prob
ability, be selected as the successor to
Judge James E. Cooper as corpora
tlon counsel by the republican mem
berH of the common council this eve-
I nlng. There has been no other name
put forth for the position. The se
lection of Judge Kirkham to be cor
poration counsel will give the city an
official who is considered as eminent
ly capable of fulfilling the task.
Having been law partner of Judgo
Cooper for many years, Judge Kirk
ham has in the absence of the cor
poration counsel, tilled the duties in
the pat, until he was elevated to the
judgeship succeeding the late James
T. Meskill.
As successor to Judgo Kirkham on
the police and city court bench, it is
likely that Judge George W. Klett will
get the berth. Judge Klett said to
day that he is not seeking the place,
but should it be tendered him, he will
consider the acceptance. His long
connection with police court matters
as prosecutor, a position he holds at
present, qualifies him as the sirong
est candidate that could .jbe P"',te4.
With the stepping yn't
shlp'b$ Judge
erable speci"
DTTC TUfr
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Floor Plan (below).
pace"Trom and iiwBsibij ' a . shot J jat! b't rt .
; r,or ,a"d cls 'and iappolnted k
tory for this subterranean . station; jujy i, T19
one between West Main street and j tne sixlye2
the Soldiers' monument, and" the J confirmed;-)
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common ri
10 Contain Registered Mail
and Loss Will Probably
Total At Least $100,000,
Postal Authorities Claim.
Chicago, Jan. 18. Five youthful
bandits held up a U. S. mail truck at
the Union station here early today.
I escaping In an automobile with l-
sacks of mall, ten of . which contained
registered mail. Police say that the
best information obtainable this morn
ing indicates the pouches contained
part of a federal reserve bank money
shipment which was to have been
placed on a train leaving for St. Paul,
Minn.
Held Up With Guns.
Tho bandits surprised three postal
employes guarding the pouches, forc
ing them at-the point of guns back
into the truck while the bandit oar
drew alongside and the 12 mall bags
were transferred to It.
One of the ..postal .employes said
that only a few minutes after they
had arrived at the station with their
truck the bandit car dashed up. The
police say the bandits seemed to have
knowledge of the bank shipment as
well as the time.- the truck would ar-
? rive and the number of men guard
ing It-
? All Appeared Young.
' Thomas Carter, Richard J. Sliney
and Philip , Cahill, , postal employes
said the five men, none of whom ap
peared.to me more than 20 years old,
all wore black masks and carried out
the robbery in such-a short time that
the attention of a watchman and a
' railway foreman working nearby was
not attracted .until the- robbers wero
speeding awt wvtir.'nQor ' CR
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Several A1
Men,G,
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Openin:
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Hartford, j
IF. Hall of I
the senate t
today made I
the senate (
tloh providt"
control func
sits and pet
(financial ait
and departr
are faoed w
priations. , ; '
Senator Hlr
of control
these deficit
to exceed oi
a auspensioj
taken at or
was also pa
GoW
Governor,
the general
executive a
these went
the last, see
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London fo
; ruary 2.- la
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district offt
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I in the cot
! free speeel
: in behalf
; Bills bH
' provide or
absent fro I
tions; to
Chester S
' the Fairfi
'of Norwal
' exits for !
and to re
i service vet
.'bility bond
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ways in S
trunk nig
erson of Cl
roads in'
eluded in
j Senate
j favoring ..
'11am J. LJ
'and appol
Charles H
j the Boys'
j The jut
Milton C.
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! bills cho
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