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New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
DOUBTED INFANT
 WILL GET NAME
Smith to Have Baby Christened
 on Christmas

Cleveland. O.. Dec. g ttPp- Baby" Smith, whose disputed par sntage had 10 be settled in court last fall after maternity ward mixup of identification tags, will re- ceive a name as her first gift from santa Claus.
 On Christmas morning she will he taken 10 church by her parents, Mir. and Mrs, Sam Smith, for christening. Hr. and Mrs. Smith have not yet de c;ded upon the name. but are said 10 he inclined strongly towar, the old fashioned favorite, Mary"
 It certainly will not be "GeorEia, Mrs. Smith said. George was 10 gave been the name of the boy they thought was theirs for two weeks after the baby vas born.
 Mr. and Mrs. Smith resigned to the courts decision that Baby is their own child. But all doubt has 10, been erased from their minds.
 She is a nice baby says the mother. signing, but l cannot for set"
 Today Mrs. Smith sat quietly sew lns lace on d long dress of white linen-"Raby's Christmas dress -- vhil. Baby" herself was slightly peevish with a newly cut tooth. her first.
 Friend. have shovered the ln'rc with gifts for "Baby's" first Christ mas.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
6SO,0OO CUBIC FEET OF GAS
 TO COOK TURKEY DINERS
Amount Would Be Equal to 10 stor! Building On Lot SOxt00 Feet,
 Officials Say.

New Britain folk will probably use s5c,ooo. cubic feet of gas to cook -heir turkeys and "fxings.' this Christmas. the experience of prevl- ous years teaches, according to statistics compiled by the New Brit ain Gas Light Co. More than half q million cubic feet Of the product Will be fed through the stoves to produce the Christmas cheei that comes of we'll fed feeling.
 Nisualizing the cubic feet Of gas as cubes of some solid material, one foot on each side. they would, lad side by side, make a patch foot hish, a foot wide and 119 miles long, or about as far as from this city 10 Boston. Piled up on an ordinary city lot, 5oxloo feet, they would reach a height about equal to that of a 10 story building. This amount of gas contains heat units numbering s4s.5oo,o0o, or enough to bring to the boiling point S10,o00 gallons oi Shuttle Meadow reservoir water
 But no matter how much figuring i. done, how much the public may be interested in statistics on con- sumption of gas for heat, what everybody really thinks Of most IS the juicy. brown. cracking roast turkey that the gas can and prop ably will, produce for the iap'os Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
NATHAN E. YOUNG
 F0RFE|TS LICENSE
Derby Man Called Improper
 Person to Drive Auto

Hartford. Dec. ?3 Satisfied that Nathan F.. Young Of Derby is an improper person 10 hold mo- tor vehicle operators license. Motor Vehicle Commissioner Robbins E. S'oeckel has signed an order com handing Young 10 relinquish to the department his license certificate The case has caused widespread comment
 Young was discharged upon the payment of certain costs by rhe Derby town court after being ar raigned on charg. of operating q
 motor vehicle while under the in fluence Of intoxicating liquor. The commissioner in view of this fact suspended hs license and Ey-ron- gressman P. E. 'O'Sullvan. counsel for Young secured an injunction restraining the commissioner from putting the order into effect. and as well, made various contentious about the constitutionality of the law giv- in gthe commissioner such dscre- tionary powers.
 A hearing was held in New Haven 1 Monday. December F.
 At that time Attorney O'S,Ilivan contendcd that he had not had suf- ficient time to produce witnesses and testimony in. behalf of his client. He was granted week in which 10 do
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
MRS. ELLEN COFFEY DIES
 AT WEST STREET HOME
Widow of stephen Roper Was S2 and Lived Here Greater
 Part of life

Mrs. Ellen Coff"y) Roper, S- years old Of 1G West street. a resi- dent Of New Britain since childhood and one of the oldest members Of St. Mary's parish. died at her home last night following an illness of thr"" weeks She was the widow of stephen Roper.
 Mrs. Roper was born in Irrlaud bat at an carly age shc came 10 this country with her parents and S't- tied in this city. \ resident Of inc northern section Of this city. she is well known in that locality. She was a regular attendant at services nt St. Mary's church until the last few months.
 Surviving her arc three sons Thomas Roper, q fireman at No. fire station; stephen Roper, an un- der1akcr and former constable, and Hugh Roper an employc of the In- dcrWood Computing Co., of Hartford. and daughter Mrs Anna Hayes Of this city.
 The funeral will bc held tomor- TOW morning at S:3U o'clock at the home on West street and at o'clock at St Mary's church. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23

New York Dec. o3 tPl-Thrce de vices for the rescue and safety Of men imprisoned in a disabled sub merged submarine, such as the S-4 are suggested by simon Lake, who has invented more than 1"5 pieces Of apparatus for use on undcrlca craft.
 Escape compartments can be built fore and aft in the vessels, MT. Lake says. through which the crew. after donnng diving helmets, can rise 10 the surface of the water
 The inventor also asserts that two air hose connections might Dc jn- stalled in each submarine so that divers could attach tubes to the crippled boat. one of these tubes would conduct pure air 10 the mon: the other would permit the cgrcss Of foul air. Food could be sent down through either.
 Mr. Lakes third device is a sys- tenn of doors. opening both ways, that close tonatically as soon as water is introduced into sumbariue thus permitting other sections Of the vessel to be kept Watcr-tight.
 The escape compartment was in vented by Mir. Lake thiry years ago, before his perfection of the even keel submarine. and has been used by foreign governments in old type underwater vessels. II consists of
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
kidwell Shows Resentment
 In Answering Questions

Washington. Dec. o3 P)-Display- ing keen resentment toward his mcstioncr. Edward J. kidw"'l was placed under another sharp elimlna- ton today in the Teapot Dome jury tampering proceedings in which he has accused Assistant District At torncy James J. OLeary of forcing him to sign affidavits which were un- true.
 O'Leary examined Eidwoll. who was a juror in the Fall-Sinclair trial. and the witness glared at the prose- cutor as question after question was shot at him. Kidwell conceded that he had talked 10 his father about his rarents' affidavit after Justice Sid dons had warned him he must not speak to any person regarding any thing connected with the case.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
Importation of Steel
 From Germany Approved

Washington. Dec. 2S LPN-Secre- tary Mellon ruleG today present i'm portations of steel products from Germany were not in violation Of the anti-dumping provisions of the tariff aci as had been claimed by do- mcstic steel producers.
 American steel producers had complained that the German manu- lecturers were selling steel in this country at prices lower than asked in Germany in violation Of the dumping provisions.
 While the secretary held that present importations did not run counter to the law, he added that the "cntirc situation would continue to be carefully watched by the trea- sury department so that should conditions change. the necessary steps might he taken at once to prevent American industry from be- ing subjected to unfair competition, within the meaning Of the anti
 dumping section of the emergency tariff act"
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23

two small rooms into which com pressed air may he forced until the pressure is equal 10 that Of the water.
 When accurate gauges show that this point has been reached. a man steps into the second small room, puts on q diving helmet and then opens q door in the hull. The water is held back by the air pressure and the seaman walks down ladder in- 10 the ocean. Ills rise through the water is checked by special buoy that prevents rapid decrease oJ pressure.
 An air hos" on the helmet sup plies oxygen from the submarine during the mans drift surfaccward. When he has reached the top he can drop his helmet back into the sea and the next Wan in the com partmont. hauling it in, repeats the performance.
 Such an exit fore and aft would mean that most, if not all. members of an imprisoned crew could reach safety, the inventor says, for tnr automatic doors would save the un- damaged divisions Of the subm;rine.
 Mir. Lake used the device years ago in his carly experiments with submarines. IL has been applied 10 the recovery of cables and to other
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23

miral Andrews quoted Admiral Hughes as saying. "Thc weather might interfere for a short while but the work will be pursued"
 All Christmas leaves and holidays for officers and men at the navy yard and aboard tue shops have been called off. For same ot the of hcers this meant giving up long cherished hopes of seeing friends and families with whom they had not spent Christmas in years.
 Rear Admiral Andrews had made plans 10 go 10 Washington for tho holidays, but he cancelled them and remained almost steadily on duty at his office.
 Lieutenant Charles II. K Miller. whose home is in Pennsylvania. and who is now assigned 10 duty al the navy yard. was planning on his first Christmas home in five years. h. stead he will be aboard a ship ht lrOylnCCtOWn.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23

soon as it could be accomplished without cndangering the lives of the divers
 Bodies to Remain Together
 In any event. should the S-4 re- main at the Bottom until next year, no attempt will be made now to re- move the bodies of any of the men. Officers declared it would be fool hardy to risk the divers in the tangled and jagged mass of torn steel about the midships compart- mcnt where the destroyer paulding rammed tho craft off the Wood End Coast Guard station here last Sat urday afternoon.
 The survey of the condition of the submarine which was started yesterday after rescue operations were abandoned has established these facts:
 The vertical rud1er is al "a de grecs left, showing that the helms man had attempted to turn sharply out to sea to avoid collision with the Pailding as the und"rs"a boat was rising to in" surface.
 The horizontal rudd"r is i5 dc srees mp. indicating the boat was coming sharply to the surface when rammed.
 The upper torpedo shutters were closed. rh" lower shutters "'r" apparently closed but were covered by mud.
 The vessel had list Of throo dc grccs to starboard. Tn" mud at ih" bow is one foot deep under tn" turn of the forefoot. A inc ""nu'ns tower il is five feet above the k""' line. Al the tern skag it is about two feet deep.
 summed ID. tho divers reports showed that tho wreck was fairly free of mud for q distance oi lH t''' from its bow al midships the o"H" reached halfway up thn hull Nhu' inc stern was practically submerged. These conditions were said 10 haN" been far better than had been "H- uoc,,l in view Of the soft bottom at the position of in" collision.
 Noar tragedy marked the 'jrs' day or salvage op"r;.tions when Com mandor Edward Ellsh"rE. who is m charge of diving almost lost his If" when he became begged on th" cccan floor.
 He sank tu his head in soft mud and another diver was dispatched to his aid but rho officer was able to free himself without assistance" al- though he required attention when brought to the surface.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
City Items

Two fountain pens and a pencil were taken out Of a desk in the Polish Printing Co. office on North Burritt street during the night. En- trance was gained through a win dow. Detective Sergeant Ellingcr is investigating.
 Lowell and Coyel Masterpieces. plain and Xmas boxes. Packard Drug Co. GBoth stor"s) .--advt.
 Mrs. Margaret Garvey aged 60. Of lSG Hart street, is under treat ment for a fracture Of tho left hip. at New Britain General hospital. She r"ll in a store on Main street last Saturday. Her condition today was reported fairly comfortable.
 Big selection of books for the kid iios and grown-Gps, pavc's Cir cuIating Library, 131 Dwight street, --advt.
 Officer William O'Mara received a complaint yesterday that boys were stealing merchandise iu Birnhaum's storo at 55 Broad street
 Prescription service at The Fair. Prompt, reliable and economical.- advt.
 Thomas c. Conway student at Bentley School Of Accounting. Bos- ton, is spending the Christmas recess with his parents, Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Conway of Beaver street. The famous Lowell and Covel i'lnlIi,,11 ro Do Co. (Both stores) .-advt.
 Lawyer and Mrs. Stanley J. Ira coski left today for visit to Wilkes Barre. Penn.
 Johnston's clean coal Is good coal. City Coal & Wood Co, Tel "l7,- advt.
 X daughter. Shirley Ann. was born December 20 10 Mir. and Nrs.j Charles x. Rasney of Clinton street.
 Lowell and Covcl Chocolates. l. 2, 2 and , pound boxes. Packard Drug 70. (Both stores) .--advt George Bartus Of 4 Silver street and Joseph and Lester Slnulski Of 264 Rurritt street left this afternoon for Red Hook, x. Y, where they will spend the Christmas holidays.
 The famous Lowell and Covel Chocolates for Xmas. Packard Drug Co. (Both stores) .-advt.
 Mrs. Mary Eingrose of 1S7 Beaver street Is i'll at her home. Of pneu- i monia. She is the mother Of At | torncy Elias r. Eingrose. Co. No. of tho fire department ! was called 10 q grass fire at Willow Brook park at 12.13 this afternoon. Complaint was made 10 the police | this morning that boys were selling Christmas wreaths in the vicinity of West Main street. on the representa- 1 ton that tho proceeds were 10 he 1 turned over to the Salvation Army. Anna rartyk of lS2 Broad street complained to tho police today that shot was fired through a window ot her store about ' o'clock last ! evening. 4 piece Of glass. perfectly round and tapered almost 10 a point | on one side, was knocked out by the shot.
 Alfred Rcnstrcm o' c4o Main street reported 10 the police today | the theft of his bicycle from the Stanley Rule and Level factory yard.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
Supervisor Resigns
 Position at Hospital

Mrs. ElizabetH I.yng, ngNt suN'T- visor at the New Britain General hospital, has resigned her position there. Miss Margaret 'oV'lushN who |. q graduate Of the training school of the local hospital and V no was night supervisor thor" h"- fore. has returned 10 her former position. Miss Covolusky is apcud. ing the holidays a' her homc in rsckv''lc. Pr. Miss Nargarcf Gua- leston. who was associated with Mrs. Lyng as night supHrl iSor. will r"- main in that capacity with Mss Gov elusky.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
FACTORY SCHEDULES
Some Factorie. to Close for week. End Only-Othcrs Shut Down in Part Until After January l.

Beginning this evening, New Brit s&n factories will observe varlohs schedules from now until Ne" Years, The Stanley Works office closes this evening until Tuesday morning, while parts of the factory will remain idle all next week.
 The Stanley Rule and Level plant. inc P. & r. Corbin factory. Corhin Cabinet Lock. Fafnir Bearing Co.. Hart & Hutchinson, Hart & Cooley and the New Britain Machine Co., plants will resume work on Tuesday Others will operate In part next week and will be closed in some de partments for the next 10 days.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
Six O'Clock Border
 Closing Is Requested

Washington. Dec. 23.-'P>-A pe- iition of residents of Imperial and San Diego counties in California re- ouesting six o'clock night closing time along the California Mexican border was presented today by Representative Swing, Of California, to Assistant Secretary bowman or the treasury, in charge of prohibit ton enforcement.
 Residents of the two counties. NIT. Swing said, had complained that the existence of vice resorts at MeXlcan and Algodones across the Mexican border. were bad influence on their communities. The six o'clock closing time had been tried at Tia Juana and has proved successful, Swing as- serted.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
Walter Mai Is President
 Of Water Jahn Lodge

Wal, or Mai was oloCted NresId0ut of Water Jahu lodge. German Order o' Harugari at q meeting held in the society meeting rooms last night. Deputy George r. Nuss will officia,c at the installation 10 take place January '2,
 Other officers elected arc Emil Schefrcr. president: Charles Firnhabcr. recording secretary: Her man Arendt. financial secretary; A. fred Lahuer'. treasurer
 The society will hold its 'hr'N'- mas celebration Saturday, January :, in odd Fellows hall,
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
Bomb Wrecks Office
 Of Pittsburgh Doctor

Pittsburgh. Dec. 23 tUp)-The Of avis. at Curry. near here, was wrecked by a bomb early today. l. had been placed inside inc reception room of the tWo-Story frame house at the Curry crossroads
 Dr. Davis has been practicing among the llnion men and their fam flies without charge slice the soft coal strike began in April. IT" also Gas attended the sick n"n-union miners employed by the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation, for which service he has been paid
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
GIVE PARTY TOR CHILDREN.

children Of families who are De- inr assisted hy the New Britain Tu- bcrculosis Relief society and the 'u- nurse of the health de partInent were entertained at 1helr annual Christmas party in G. A. k. hall today. A Christmas tree was and gifts were distributed.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
SHARES IN S2oO,000 ESTATE
Cora Mitchell Bailey Inhcrits S215" From Aunt Who Died in London, Englaud, Last Month.
,sncclaN 70 thn Nern.N

New York, Dec. 2C.-Cora Bailey Mitchell, Of Ann street. New Britain. receive. approximately s@.l1o from .he estate of her late aunt Isabella Gray Taylor. according 10 a will Nled for probate in Surrogate Court here yesterday.
 The decedcnt, former resident O, New York. died in London. Eng land, on November 21 leaving about s20o.0oo, which she left 10 friends and relatives.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
TO RAISE SUB CONTINUE
(Continued from First page)

Of a sling under the vessel at this time would save time and effort when salvage operations are agaln undertaken. should weather and sea conditions force suspension of the work.
 The work of blowing tunnel un' der the bow of the S-4 was com pleted before noon, and two divers went down to pass four inch ma nila line under the hull. Later wire cable will be passed through the tunnel and attached to the sub- marine.
 Eventually. officers of the salvage fleet said. a battleship cable will be passed through the tunnel and when actual raising operations be- gin these will be connected at either end with pontOons.
 The sea continued 10 grow more rough as the day progressed.
 A rescue feet which reluctantly turned to salvage operations when attempts failed to rescue the las. six survivors of the crew of 40 m"n aboard the sunkcn submarine S-i, today was rushing efforts to raise the craft. but with seemingly little prospect Of success until next spring
 Little Hope Left
 Work will go on while weather remains favorable but as soon as conditions become unfavorahle all operations will be suspended. Rear Admiral Frank II. Brumby an nounccd
 His announcement sounded & death knell to the hopes of the most optimistic. but to naval off ccrs on the scene it had been T forcgoUr conclusion ever sine" tn" nero hour yesterday morning when roscuors sorrowully accepted th" fact that lif' no longer existed in the submarines forward compart- mcut.
 Whom thr four hour por,od bai elapsed after divers had succ"ed"l in connecting al air line 70 the torpedo room and there cam" no had lived for hours in that slinu5 armosphrro still hr,athcd. rrscuc operations wor" definitely at an end. Naval officers had declared tha' if hours presumption Of doatl became q certainty
 Today, in the face ol d predicted storm atcr two days of fuo wcath- '. fine feet rushed the work of N1Sb,ug a tunnel under the bow o' '!" rrln through which iron chains will hr passed
 Thrsa chains will bo usrd to at 'ach pontoons when actual raising is started.
 20 Divers at Work
 \ fore" of "u divers. in two watches, "iI operate from he mIn. sweeper Falcon Flagship of the crsI- while rescue tlr,l.
 The divers are to work in pairs with ou" using high pressure com- ir"ssion hos, while tho other holds a powerful submarins light and stands by.
 Should weather hold fine, tl"r" MAS a possibility that inc S-t might h" brought 'o tH. surfac" within q week. but i' was clear that this was considered an outside possibility
 Tn" navy departments order that the sallaEInc he done as soon as possible, vas interpreted to mean as
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
SaIyaojnn to 'Ontinur

Boston. Dee. @G P'- Salvage opcr- ations npon the S-f VIII h" cohNh- ned as long as it is possible to do g" unIpss tho work would inVolV" "a sacrifice Of human life to continue,
 Admiral Charles r, Hughes. com u,ar,lcr of thc |, s. 1""t told Rear Admiral philjp Andrews, com mandant Of inc first naval district, in telephone con, erSdtion today.
 "t do moi know where anyone So' the idea we were going to give up
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
DIVORCE CASE CONTINUED

The case Of Sophie Rorck Roman aeain.t John Roman for a divorce on tho charge Of intolorab'e cruelty was continued until the first Mon dav in January by Judge Jennings of the superior court today. Roman was ordered to pay inc defendant sS dollars q week alimony until tn" case is tried.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
S3.OO0 SUIT Is WITHDRiWN

The action Of Angelo Lepido. aged A. against Thomas Aparo, for 5000. has been settled and with drawn from superior court. The suit was brought as a result of a collision between bicycle and an automobile on Broad street. May IT.. 1927. Attorney $. Gerard Casa'c r'pr S"ut'd the plaintiff.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
NO MORE AIR MALL

Concord. N IT,, Dec. @S LF-Air mail service to Vermont. inaugural cd after the November flood. will be discontinued tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23

this. but failed 10 produce any kind Of evidence. according to the de ! partment
New Britain herald., 1927-12-23
Wanted to Go Home.

Anyway she wanted 10 go hom" as soon as possible. and l thought if the father was willing to hand over the money, and he had it, it vas perfectly all right, and as soon as l got it over with, the better tt would be for me anyway. So l called up her father and he said he had the, money and we planned meeting. We were 10 meet at a cer- tain street.
 Hickman then related how he had discovered that the police were on the trail and failed to keep tho first appointment with Parker, how he then had written again 10 Parker making dire threats because the officers had been allowed 10 take q hand and how he resolved to get ont Of his predican1ent as quickly as he could.
 That night he said. he had sur rendered the little girl again 10 the Andrew Cramar Of the confession,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-01-27
ESTRAY SALE

Notice is hereby given that w.
L. Kinney. on the 26th day of
December, 1926 took up and now
keeps at his ranch near Prosser,
Wash, the following estray:
One saddle horse, eight years
old, bay, no brand; weight 1850
lbs, 8 white feet; small white
spot in forehead.
Said estray will be sold to the
highest bidder for cash at the
place kept, as above specified, on
Thursday, the 3rd day of Febru-
airy, 1927 at the hour of 10 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day. unless
the owner thereof, or his legal
representative, shall appear prior
to that time, and make out his
title and pay all charges against
said estray.
Date of first publication of this
notice January 20, 1927.
-E. o. KEENE, Auditor Benton
County, Wash. 1:20-27