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New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
ON JOB EARLY, KILLED,
 COMPENSATION DENIED
Widow of William Osak0wicx, Fatal ly Injured h Factory, Cannot
 Collect Damages,

Because William Osak0wicz, who went to work at the North & Judd Mfg. Co. three-Quarters of an hour earlier than he was required to and was killed. did not sustain his fatal injuries in the course of and out of his employment. his widow. Bertha. of 59 Broad street. this city, has been denied compensation by Judge Newell Jennings of the superior court sustaining the verdict of Con- pensation Commissioner Albert J. Bailey. from whose decision the wo- man appealed to the high court. Osakowicz was required to begin work at o'clock in the morning. It was his duty to start the fires in the crucibles at the North & Judd plant. On December 16. 1924, he left his home at about 4:40 .. m.. and arriv- ed at the factory at about 5:15 o'clock. His body was found at the bottom of an elevator shaft in one of the buildings by the next man to follow him in to work. Carmelo Car ino. That was about 6:45 o'clock.
 It was found by the compensation commissioner that the man had no need for using the elevators. since his first work of the morning had to do with starting the fires. He should have had no occasion to go to the other factory building unless it were necessary to get some ce- ment with which to repair the cru cibles. It was found that no repairs were necessary at that time.
 Commissioner Bailey said, "Osa- kowicz entered the building where he was employed more than one hour before he was required te re- port and his first duty was to light the fires in the crucibles. but from the evidence it does not appear that he had done or performed any act that was for the benefit of his em- ployer."
 The appeal of Mrs. Osakowicz was presented by Augustine Lonergan. s. Polk Waskowitz represented the defendant. The North & Judd firm was insured by the American Mutual Liability Insurance Co.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
Dancing Scholarship
 Awarded to Miss Damon

Miss Dorothy Damon daughter Of Mir. and Mrs. Benjamin Damon of Jackson Heights, \. Y.. and formerly of Maple Hill, has been selected to receive @ dancing scholarship offered by the Hillhouse Studios of that city. Miss Damon recently appeared in Q musical comedy given by the Jack son Heights players and, because of the unusual ability she showed, was selected to receive the scholarship.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER LOST

Lone Pine, Cal. Jan. 4.-lP-The wind swirled snows from the peak of Mount Whitney, highest in the country today smothered out the tracks Of Robert A. Evans of Los Angeles. mountain climber missing since last Thursday when he set out to scale the noblcst of the Sierras.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
START N. Y.-MIANfI FLIGHT

R0ckawaY, N. Y., Jan. UP)- Tn an attempt to make the first non- stop airplane flight between New York and Miami, Miss Ruth F. Nichols. a qualified pilot of Rye. N. Y.: Harry Rogers. president of the Rogers Air Lines of Miami and Maj. NJ. K. Lee of Rye. left here in a sea- plane today. The plane rose from the water and headed south shortly after s a. m.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
Five Little Children
 Die in Arkansas Fire

Little Rock. Ark. Jan. Rt- Five children were burned to death early today in a fire that destroyed the farm house of w. q. Denby four miles north of here. The child ren were sleeping in one room. The father, the only other occupant of the house. was in another room. He escaped but was unable to rescue the children.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
Kip Rhinelander's Wife
 Wants to Get Separation

White Plains, N. Y.. Jan. | UP) Mrs. Alice Jones. Rhtnelander will apply on January IT for permission to serve her husband. Leonard Kip Rhinelander. by publication. with a in her separation suit 1t was an- nounced here today by her attorney. Samuel Swinburne.
 The formal application would be made before Supreme Court Justice George II. Taylor, Jr.. Swinburne said.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
C. D. OF A. CHRISTMAS PARTY

Court Columbia. No. 27. Catholic Daughters of America, will hold it's regular meeting in Red Mems hall on Main street. Thursday evening at s o'clock. The postponed Christmas party will be held after the meet ing and every member is requested to bring a small gift for the grah bag. After an entertainment. the members will adjourn to Fallon's restaurant where a luncheon will be served. Those planning to attend will notify Mrs. Mary Mcguire of Black Rock avenue or Mrs. Teresa Welch of Glen street.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
BLANCHARD NOT COMING

F. Payson Blanchard of the Bull lard Machine Tool Co. of Bridgeport, who was scheduled to speak here tomorrow on Business Forecast For 1928" on behalf of the New England Council, has notified officials of the Rotary club under whose auspices he was slated to speak. that he will be unable to be present.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
MERCHANT Is BANKRCPT

Setting forth liabilities of $14,s35 and assets of SG,S00, Victor Daniel czyk, proprietor of a dry goods and general merchandise store at 6S Broad street, has filed a. petition in Bankruptcy. M. A. Sexton is coun- sel for the bankrupt and Attorney David l.. Nair has been appointed re- ceiver.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
TANKS BUY PLANTERS

New York, Jan. Pl-The long rumored purchase of infielders Lyn Lary and Jimmy Reese by the Yam Pacific Coast league was officially announced today. They will report to the Yankees in the spring of 1929. The purchase price was not an- nounced.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
FORECLOSURE ACTION

Seeking foreclosure. possession and appraisal of property on Wake field court and deficiency judgment Louis Rabinowitz, through Hunger ford X Saxe, has brought suit against Fred Litke. Augusta Litke. Julius Eisenberg and others. Constable Fred Wrinkle served the papers and attached property on West Main street.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
TWO NEGROES ACCUSED

Bridgeport, Dec. { R)-Daniel and Nat Darden. both negroes are held criminally responsible by Coroner J. ]. Phelan today for tho death on December IS of Lawrence Russell, negro, aged 35. Russell died from shock and hemorrhage caused by q stab wound inflicted by one of the Darden brothers in fight on Water street, Norwalk.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
HoRWIrz NAMED RECEIVER

Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz has been appointed receiver in the matter of the Adrian Shop, Inc. maintaining stores in this city and Hartford. The establishment is Jo- cated at BPS Main street. An in voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against the firm hy Monroe $. Gordon, attorney for creditors, re- gently. Nair & Nair represents the bankrupt.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
BANK CLEARING RECORDS

New York, Jan. [ Rl-For the second time in week. banking clearings today established d higl, record of $2..o6, 100000. The pre- vious high mark was $2,13S,ooo, 900 on the last day of 1927 and the low for that year was s44S,00o,oo0 on August 20.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
NOTED ARTIST DIES

Norwalk. Jan. { N1Hamilton Hamilton. 80. dean of the silvermine Art colony, nationally known land scape painter and protege of John Ruskin. died at hts home here early today. He was born in Oxford. England. MT. Hamilton was aided by Ruskin in his early studies in landscape painting and etching.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
KdN Street Briefs

Stock of the Acme Steel company
 has been placed on an increased an-
 nual dividend basis of s a share. formerly $4. Directors declared two quarterly dividends of $1.25 a share each. payable Jan. , and April ].
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
DIR. WI APPOINTED

Shanghai, China. Jan. 1 R1Ap- pointment of Dr. c. c. Wu, as special envoy to Washington to negotiate new treaties between the Ranking nationalist government and the United States was announced today. Dr. Wu until recently was foreign minister of the Ranking government.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
WAGE REDUCTION

Dover. N. H., Jan. 4.-tUP-A 10 per cent wage reduction will be- come effective in the Dover plant of the Pacific Mills Corporation. cotton goods manufacturers. next Monday.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
FLAME DUCK" AMENDMENT

Washington. Jan. 1 @-F'or the fourth time the senate today ap- proved and sent to the house the constitutional amendment of Sena- tor Norris, republican. Nebraska, to prevent flame duck" sessions of congress after general elections.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
TEAPOT DOME RESOLUTION.

Washington. Jan. 4 R(-Reopen- ing of the Teapot oil investigation so as to inquire into the operations of the Continental Trading company was proposed in a resolution intro- duced today by Senotor Norris, re- publican, Nebraska.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
Bernard NirirO


 Bernard Nimro, 50 years old. of 42 Belden street. died last night at his home following a long illness. Born in Prussia Poland. he came to this city and had lived here for the past 2s years. For years he conducted . meat market on LAfay- cite street until a recent retirement. He was . member of several Lith. uanian societies.
 Surviving him are his wife. two daughters, Mrs. Louise Bradshaw. of New York city. and Miss Theresa Nimro of this city: six sons, Attor- ney Bernard Nimro of Washington. D. C.. Henry Nimro of Kensington. Philip. Leo, John and Richard Nim- TO of this city.
 The funeral will be held tomor- row morning at s:s0 o'clock at the home and at g o'clock at St. Peters church. Burial will be In St. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
Mrs. Luis Barboxa

Mrs. Maria BarboEa. aged <3. died at her home, 2s2 Washington street this morning after . short illness. She is survived by her husband. Luis Barboza; a son. Manuel Barboza. and four daughters. Misses Esther. Mary, Gloria and Francelina Bar boza-
 The funeral will be held at S:30 o'clock Saturday morning at the home, with services at St. Mary's church at S' o'clock. Burial will be in St. Mary's new cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
Funerals
Mrs. Charles H. CIarkson

MFS. CbArBcs H. C0fks00
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary H. Clarkson, wife of Charles Henry Ciarkson of 37 Bradley street. will be held Thursday afternoon at , o'clock at Erwin chapel with serv- ices conducted by Rev. Theodore A. Greene, pastor of the First Congre- rational church. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
Mrs. Aptouio DiGioyanni

Mrs. Rose DiGiovanni. g years
 old. wife of Antonio DiGiovanni of iS1 Oak street, died suddenly of
 heart trouble at the New Britain General hospital early this morning.
 She was admitted to the institution
 yesterday.
 She had lived in New Britain for
 the past 20 years and was . member of St. Mary's parish. Her only sur viving relative is her husband. Funeral arrangements. in charge of Laraia & Sagarino Co.,, are in- complete.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
Deaths
J0eeph Suetia

S1sSNS|8
 Joseph Suetia, 70 years old. of 265iS Clark street, died in Middle town last night. He had been a resident of this city for the past 16 years.
 Surviving him are his wife, Mary; a son. John, and two daughters, Miss Helen and Mary Suetia. all of this city. He was a member of sev- eral Lithuanian societies.
 Funeral arrangements. In charge of John J. Tarrant, undertaken. are incomplete.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
Weddings
MURPHY-suNDERLEIN

Miss Irene Minderisin of 29 Highland street became the bride Of Francis Murphy of ITO East street in Plyainville, Monday morning. Mrs. Murphy is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry Minderlein.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
GAS FI,NES FATAI,

Norwalk. Jan. { LT-James First. 65. was found dead in his room in
 the Eotel Bristol here today from i gas asphy xiation
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04

Intertype corporation declared an extra dividend of 25 cents on the common stock and the regular quar- terly of 25- cents. both payable Feb. IS.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
TREASvRf BALANCE Treasury Balance. $372.1l1, eVi :.

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
 Mir. and Mrs. Albin Johnson q S7 Pleasant street announcc the enOAgr- ment of their daaghteT. Almo. to John Bowman.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
pOsTMAsTERS NOMINATED

Washington, Jan 4 R-Postmas- ters nominated today included Barre, Vermont. Frank l.. Robinson.
 Burlington. Vermont. Stanley E. Erownell.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04
WANTS PROPERTY PARTITION

Seeking a partition of property on Market street. Mike Sokol. through Bernard l.. Alpert. has brought suit against Mary Urban. The plaintiff sets forth that he and the defendant are in possession of the property. each owning a half interest. He asks either q partition or. If said parti- ton cannot be made without damag- ing the rights of either of the own CTS. sale of the premises and a di- vision of the proceeds. Constable John s. Recor served the papers.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-04

With the ambition of becom- ing the first Democratic com mitteewoman from the state of Nebraska, Mrs. c. E. Byers (above) of Hastings already has won the support of many leaders in her fight for cleo ton. Mrs. Byers, an active Y. w. c. A. worker, favors Al Smith for president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08

TNHAT season of speeding wheels
and singing engines which intro
duces anew the care-free life of
i the broad highways to millions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08

TOR several days recently a crowd
L has gathered around the area
being excavated between Tenth
Il and Twelfth and b and Little B
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08

MOST every license tag authorized
AsA in the United States is represented
at the Potomac tent city during the
peak touring months of July and Au-
gust. Every once in so often you Will
find foreign cars. Canadian motorists
delight in the scenic run down to
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northwest To the Eastern Branch. How
ever, from this time on something was
always being done to the canal III MS
ANNALS" for the year 1884 John Sess-
ford makes the following notes.
1.-THE canal through the city has been
prosecuted throughout the year. and
now requires but little more work To
make 1t navigahle throughout, The
bars at the east and west ends and at
Fourteenth street have proved very in-
furious to the interests of the city and
ought to be forthwith removed, TO ad-
NIT vessels + draft equal to the
capacity of ; e canal"
Writing OF the canal In 1887, William
Elliott says.
THE work is now completed and is
connected with the Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal by lock at Seventeenth street
west, where a spacious basin has been
formed to receive the boats descending
with the various products OF the West
and which Is connected by Goose Egg
Island in the center The canal and
the basin are walled with stone through
out the whole course. Its width varies.
but from the Potomac to the Center
Market House 1t Ii $50 feet. In other
sections its width varies from A. to 40
feet"
Again, for the year 1880, MIR, Sess-
ford tells us
THE excavation and walling Of the
canal to the Anaeostia Branch OF the
Potomac Is nearly completed. and the
dredging uf the western section be-
tween Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets commenced. When this por-
ton is done, vessels bringing coal
through the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal can pass up as far as the bridges
viii admit, also lumber vessels OF a
draft OF feet, can pass up and unload
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on the line OF wharveS, superseding the
necessity of Sowing from the vessels
at the mouth of the Tioer. as Is now
done"
In his chronicles two years later We
find this reference:
The deepening and walling OF the
canal from Fifteenth street to the
Anacostia has been completed and sew
eral cesspools made along its margin
for the reception of the sediment from
the drains. The excavations west OF
Fifteenth street by dredging are still
unfinished. and vessels which can set
To Seventeenth street cannot set from
thence TO the deep water at Fifteenth
street, thus continuing the necessity of
unloading at Seventeenth street or OF
Sowing up to the business portion OF
the city"
TWO big factors operated to kin the
canal. finally arehed over and con-
verted into a sewer during the period
of the territorial form of government
from 1871 to 1874. One of these
factors was the continual fllling up Of
the Rock Greek Basin of the CheSa-
peake and Ohio Canal with sediment
most every time freshet occurred. The
other one, and by far the most forml-
dahle. was the entrance Of the Baltimore
a. Ohio Railroad into the city in 1888.
and really from this time on the doom
of the canal was sealed However. at
such times as 1t was available for ad~
hitting boats of light draft. 1t rendered
much service In bringing into the city
most everything II needed
During the existence Of the canal
much of the material used In construct
Ing the public buildings was delivered
AT one of It's wharyes, The Seneca stone
with which the Smithsonian u con-
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structed was brought here over the
canal and conveyed from II to the
building over the Mall by way OF .
small temporary railroad
The basin between Tenth and
Twelfth streets was filled up In 1850,
and the old piles which supported the
wharf at this place. and which were
recently brought 10 view, have unQues~
tionahly been hidden since then,
Speaking of the bridges over the
canal. Mr. Sessford. in 1884. says: THE
bridge at Twelfth street (heing two IN
clined planes with n very steep ascentl
Is almost impossible with q full load
and the bridge itself appears rs If on
stills instead of resting ON stone piers"
Two years later this bridge vas reduced
In height. permitting 1t to % crossed
with considerably less effort. AZ this
time the Twelfth street bridge was
without draw In 1t. and there was
an appeal for one SO constructed IS Co
permit vessels 10 pass up 10 the Center
Market. the argument being that this
would make the wharyes and property
adjoining just that much more valu-
able, In 1880 the Seventh street bridge
and the Twelfth street bridge were re-
placed with iron structures. the work
being done oy Mr.. Rider OF this city.
and the 7 wing year the bridge ut
Four-and nj street was similarly
changed b, n same contractor.
Following The Civil War. from Tenth
10 Fifteenth streets and from Ohio ave-
nue. TO n street northwest became
Washington'S most disreputahle section.
which was only wiped out decade or
two ago by an act of Congress. Prior
TO this. however, many Of the most re-
tlned citizens dwelt In this nel9hhor~
hood and only moved elsewhere when
forced to do so 10 escape revolving
conditions.
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about the middle of the block as indi-
Gated here by the appearance of the
piles.
A S evidence Of the probable early pres
ence OF Wharves In the immediate
vicinity. Christian Hines, one of Wash
ington's earliest chroniclers. speaking Of
a number of trips he made as a youth.
I'm 1907. from Georgetown to Greenleaf
Point. makes this statement;
After passing the Presidents house
our road lay along r street until We ar
rived at Eleventh street west We
then continued along this stream, III
the same direction, until 1t crossed
Pennsylvania avenue where the Center
Market house now stands, and then we
crossed the bridge AT that time there
was not single house on the Avenue
from the Presidents house to the Capt.
toll. On the east side OF the road there
were, ! suppose, several acres Of elegant
forest trees. On the west side there
were not so many. there being only a
narrow strip. ! think part or perhaps
all, of them were on the public Mall.
The bridge. as well as / can remember
was constructed in this manner: There
was causeWay, or rather two small
wharves, constructed Of logs and filled
In with earth, on each side of the
creek. They were built so close to one
another that large scow could scarcely
pass between them, On these wharves
or causeWays, the bridge was erected"
The bridge was very low and not wide
enough for two carriages to pass over
side by side"
Further on he says:
when buildings commenced 10 60 up
along and near the Avenue. the build
ing materials, such as stone and sand,
were mostly landed think, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. The
boatmen would wait for high tide and
then bring their seows as near the shore
as possible, and then fasten them 10
some projecting root Of tree and pro-
coed TO unload BY the time the tide
fell the carts could be backed up to
the stone and sand for the purpose OF
hauling II away. -
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countered by the Government when 1t
took over for completion the Washing
ton Monument. 1t was Immediately as
certained that the foundation would
not be able to carry the enormous
weight to be placed upon 1t, and the
old foundation was reinforced by a sub
foundation which today rests right on
rock formation.
When the Lincoln Memorial was be-
gun, secure foundation awaited the
building, but the engineers handling
the matter thought they could save
something by attempting 10 throw the
weight OF the approaches upon the
memorial building proper. but before
the JOB was yet finished cracks began
to tell the awful tale that at least a
mistake Of Judgment had been made.
and an additional appropriation 81
something like $300,0 900 was immediate
ly made available by Congress for put
ting the approaches right down on a
rock bottom. It's hard 10 cheat nature.
No doubt the same conditions exist
with the Arlington Memorial Bridge,
where they have gone down some 9O
feet below the surface of the water to
rock formation. and even this, when
exposed, was scrubbed clean before the
cement piers were begun.
just at what depth rock Is reached
where the new building is TO be erected
can easily be determined by borings.
though II Is probably some distance
down, since the nearest outcropptng OF
rock TO this point is at the Braddock
Rock, little 10 the west Of the NUM-
tons Building, Anaiostan, or Masons
Island gfiH farther Ira the NHHf
liz Of rock formation, and, OF course,
when the Rock Greek region lis reached
II Is sometimes case Of blasting out
for your cellar
Just when this wharf was built along
the old Iibef II not altogether clear.
There Is possibility II even preceded
the canal, and that IL did not follow b
street In a Decline. but like the average
stream was irregular In Its course, and
that between Tenth and Twelfth streets
IL toek northward bend. reaching TO
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BY JOHN CLAGETT PROCTOR.

TOR several days recently a crowd
L has gathered around the area
being egcavate6 between Tenth
i and Twelfth and b and Little B
streets northwest where is 10 be
erected the Internal Revenue Building.
gazing intentiy on the huge steam
snoVeis as they bit their way through
the earth with their great steel iaws
3Ust as easily as circus elephant you'd
chew q handful Of peanuts. Several
rows % piles. IS or more feet below
tie surface IF the ground, seemed 10 at
tract the oniookers n1st.
10 the olInger generations II was
4usy curiosity. All they wanted 10
kfow WIS how they got there. The
*entinaent of bygone days meant Moth
.ng TO them Their lives had covered
2 different span their existence dif~
ferent period What they would call
did times" tbs oId-timer would look
upon as only few days ago~~just yes
t@Tday
To the venerable members of the
crowd there vas an entirely different
meaning Memories, as it were. Of
barefoot days days Of youth, school
days days Ct the happy past-ti1e good
old days u yore. 4 different Washing
tor vas being revealed. Washington
thai existed many years ago. just
how aany years it would be hard q
say but al least some time before the
Civii War. and probably even Iona
time before that,
It took the exeayating machine but
a day or Two 10 wipe out all traces d
the remains Of an old submerged wharf
which must have taken months 70 build
some time in the distant past A lal10rei
would wrap around the exposed part o
the pile an iron chain, and 10 this on
Of the teeth of the machine was al
sustGd q jerk 81 the lever by the opera
for ard up came the PLEAS easy a
pulling q tooth, and without the nsua
Occidental pain.
Over in fsF corner Of the excaya
ton another machine Nas paffnR away
aendang down With It's terrific Sledge