New Britain herald., 1926-02-09
Factory Directors Ask Red Cross To Stop Soliciting Funds For Aid of Stricken.
Will Contribute Fund Equal to That Collected and Will Care for Widows and Children.

Judd sAotoFy dSkstef has not vel reached q po!n, Al which ns car say wt.h aehni'eness that .hsrs vi, De arrsats, m sAse-se this s::er- nooa.
 A tuAss of ie.sil a"H makes up ths svidsnce n ih" hands Of the prosecutor, s,i 4c wbirh must be siftsd 70 trIrs 'c :!ght the facts necessary :or prosecution Of Q charge ot building without a per init. which h expected to he fol- owed by a more serious charge should the drst be supported in court.
 The building department and en- sineerias staff are working in CO., . operation with the prosecutors of ilce and 10 assist him in reaching @u early finding, Mayor A. Nj. Pao- nassa today had Prosecutor Woods in conference and suggested that me assistant prosecutor be asked to handle detail work allowing Woods practically his entire time for in- lostigation into the factory mishap,
 Probe Not Near Completion
 Prosecutor Woods said this after uoon the work of collecting evidence i; proceeding smoothly, but it is not ny any means near completion, Several days more are expected to le required to knit together the threads of evidence, including oral, statistical and photographic evil dcnces of law violation.
 City officials today are investigat' ins a report that the original build ing which has been standing for g years was constructed in violation of the building law at its outset. The violation has to do with the thick ness of walls required for building span. A % foot span requires 1t inch wall and greater spans require greater thicrness. A building author ity assisting in the investigation has declared the North < Judd wall which was 1G inches in thickness ,ras less than half as strong as the Inv requires. The addition of q heavier roofing material would az 1ra,ate the offensc and greater strength should havo been added to ;lo wall, he dtclarcd.
 Young RabiS Gets Work
 Reading in last nights paper ot inc desire ot George Rabis, son ot lnc first victim, to find work so he might assist in the support of 'he family consisting of the widowed mother and seven brothers and Sis t"rs, officials Of the North X Judd Co.,. visited him at his home last night and proft"red him employ meMt.. George eagerly accepted and today reported for his job al n bench in the factory. Since the boy is only 15 years ol age it was n"ces- sory for him to call at the office oi tho state board Of education in city hall and obtain q working certificate.
 George is the son Of Joe Rahis, foreman of the aunealinG depart ment and the first victim 10 be founl When he was located in the ruins he was on the verge of death and upon being released from un- der beam that had pinned him G~ljnSt the wall, he died.
 Gorstacckcr Lodge, I. o. Q. r., met last night and considered the needs of families of the victims, alter which it was voted to send q check for s10 to the relief commit t",. This is the first donation from fraternal body.
 City Employcs Want Compensation
 Claims for compensation will he filed against the City of New Brit ain by three injured employees name ly, Building Inspector Arthur N Rutherford. Bremen Howard Jones Tutncrford, Fireman Howard Jones and John Heislcr. all of whom were taken to the hospital on the day Of thl accident, and the lest two named who arc still patients there.
 Jones and IIcisler suffered slight ClncuSSions of the brain and Jones also sustained a bad scalp wound Rutherford is undergoing treatment 4t. Nttfl DlA llit hlt'- A'At i'7 i'SS H th hospital. Deputy Fire Chief Nj r. Souney was sligtly injured but N.r able to report for work.
 Tha case of Rutherford is slightly L,1ercnt from that Of the other two since he is a part-timc employe However, he was on duty at the tin!r Of the accident and being 1aerc in an official capacity. he has been advised he comes under the compensation law. His case is simi- lar 10 that of two supernumars po- liccmen injured in a factory riot a number Of years ago. both of whom drew compensation payments from tEc city.
 Each Of the eight families will re- cnivc weekly payments for a total of "i2 weeks and each will also receive th" s1O0 burial fee allowed by law.
 The totals of the payments 10 be made to each family are as follows; Joseph Robis. S5,154.25; Tony Cher Gfslii, $4.2276N: Donate Grannarizzi S4,7Il.2o; Peter syskoski, s4.7o7.96; Bruncllo Alfo, $4.059.12: Omer Bas- tillr. S9.154.S2; Paul Bolalox. s. 1i6.64 and Giuseppe Calanzaio, scc.a64.
 Frank Morallo, who lost his right Gi-. and who suffered an injury 10 a i7rcr on his left hand, will receive @nS weeks compensation for the loss af the arm and will be given a hear