New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1918, Page 5

GIRL WINS $30,000 AFTER LONG FIGHT Heirs of Charles Barker Agres d Following Five Year Court Battle ' ment heard among New York, Feb. 8.—A settlement has been effected in the case of Miss Beatrice Arabella Barker, whose claim of a $50,000 share in the estate of her great-grandfather, Charles parker, a millionaire real estate dealer has been in legal dispute before court after court for five years. The girl, who was fourteen when the first legal proceedings were start- ed, is to receive, it is understood, nearly all she claimed. It was a complicated case. Miss Beatrice's mother, who w Istelle Whitney and only 16 years old, fér a joke went through a marriage ceremony with Alphonsus Murtha be- fore a Brooklyn minister. The couple never lived together and never, so they later testified, regarded the cere- mony as binding. Two months later, Miss Whitney, as she still called her- self, married Charles Barker, a grand- son of the wealthy real estate man. Beatrice Arabella Barker was the child of this union. The . vounger Mr. Barker died in 1801. Five years later his widow— Beatrice Arabella’s mother became the wife of Henry F. Dorgeloh, an of- ficial of the Hamburg-American Steamship company. Subsequently, the elder Charles Barker died, and Beatrice Arabella’s mather claimed the girl, as his great-granddaughter, was entitled to part of the estate. The other heirs denied the claim. They contended that because of the s0-called “mock marriage” to Murtha, the girl’s mother never legally was the wife of Charles Barker, and, therefore, the girl was not entitled to share in any estate as an heiress. The former Mrs. Barker—then, and still Mrs. Dorgeloh—brought suit to have her marriage to Murtha annulled, but Supreme Court Justice Kapper, in Brooklyn, decided it was binding, and therefore her marriage to Barker was not legal. This was in December, 1914 But, a year later as the result of a sccond suit, Justice Aspinall an- nulled the Murtha marriage and thus restored Miss Beatrice Arabella to the rights of bequest. Then, in a suit to distribute the Parker estate, Justice Blackmar sus- tained the decision that the girl was the legal daughter and heiress of the vounger Charles Barker. The Appel- agreed with Justice Tn 1897 s then > Barker heirs who opposed the claim to part of her great- indfather’s estate made prepara- tions recently to carry this last de- scision to the Court of .Appeals, but negotiations for a settlement were be- zun and the matter recently was con- cluded. Attorney Robert H. Haskell conducted all the proceedings for Mrs. Dorgeloh and her daughter. The Dorgeloh family, with Miss Barker, now are living at Brookline, ., though the mother recently has at the Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn. “I am glad it is settled,” she said vesterday, “for I felt, through the long legal proceedings, that Beatrice's honor and future were at stake.” PRESIDENT’S BILL CANNOT BE PASSED Overwhelming Opposition to Measure Introduced by Overman by All Parties. Washington, Feb. 8.—From com- leaders at the capitol, there appears to be ample sround for doubt if the bill offered by Senator Overman of North Caro- lina yesterday to bestow sweeping powers upon the president by au- thori g him to reorganize and co- ordinate the government bureaus and agencies for the period of the war will ever find its way out of the ju- diciary committee. ILeaders of both parties agreed that the measure, if It should get out of committee, would e overwhelmingly defeated on the floor of the senate. Most leaders professed serious doubt as to whether the president ac- tually expected the bill to pass. They thought the executive had caused the measure to be offered in congress so is to divert debate from the war cab- net and munitions director bills. Only a few senators could be found who were willing to say they regard- ed the measure seriously. These were administration democrats, d even they thought the measure was loomed to defeat. THIRTY U-BOATS WATCH FOR TROOPS Greatest Number Operating Dur- ing Past Summer Was Eighteen 1 : New York, Feb. §.—The number of German submarines working at any one time at commerce destroying in the prohibited zone has been surpris- ingly small until recently, according to reliable information received by a correspondent of the Associated Press recently returned to the United States from Kurope. | During the early part of the winter the number of submarine raiders at work in the zone varied from 12 to a maximum of 18 It was then ex- pected, -however, that the Germans would endeavor to increase this num- ber, largely as a threat to the Amer- ican troop transports, and that they might by this time be able to increase The general opinion expressed by democratic and republican senate leaders was that the Overman meas- ure pointed the way toward absolut- ism, and that congress could not af- ford to delegate any such power as s comprehended in the bill. LILLIAN RUSSELL SUES. New York, Feb. 8.—Lillian Ru: Moore, through her attorney, veste day filed in the county clerk’s office a summons and complaint in a suit for $5,000 against the firm known as the “Lillian Russell's Own Toilet Prepar- ations, Inc.” The plaintiff alleges that last June she consented to part with her controlling interest of stock in the defendant corporation upon payment of $10,000 and $5,000 per annum thereafter, for the exclusive use of her name, photograph and facsimile of her signature. A $5,000 payment was due December 1, she says, but was not made to her. NEWSTANDS RE-OPEN. New York, Feb. 8.—Official an- nouncement of the calling off of the newsboys strikes resulted today in the re-opening of most newstands. The strike was called two weel the put raised the price papers from 1 to 2 cents. hers this maximum perhaps to 30 boats. These estimates did not include the smaller “egg planters” or mine lay- | ing submarines. ' N Both the north and south entrances of the Irish sea have been favorite hunting grounds for German subma- rines of the big fighting type and mine layers. Both kinds of boats have been operating off the entrance to the Mersey, the gateway to Liver- pool, a German publication some time ago giving a description of mine lay- ing operations conducted only a short distance from that port. The Afri- can liner Apapa, sunk in December, was torpedoed only 40 miles from her destination, Liverpool. | B The most formidable German sub- | | marines of which there is any defi- nite record are armed with the new German fifteen centimeter (5.9 inches) gun brought out during the war, which is a more powerful, long- er ranged gun than the fifteen centi- meter gun mounted in the main bat- 8 teries of the German light cruisers at the outbreak of the war. The newest submarines carry two of these gun: forward and aft. A great deal has been heard in the press, neutral and belligerent, of 5,000 ton submersible i e of these had been definitely identified according to the latest information in possession of the correspondent nor has there been any trustworthy mews from Germany | that the admiralty is laying down any | boats of a tonnage representing such a jump from the size of the most | modern submarine operating during the late summer and autumn. The numerical production of sub- marines in Germany at that time had fallen off decidedly, due in part per- haps to difficulties with raw mater- ial, but chiefly to a decision to s pend the manufacture of small sub- marines of the “canal” type. These boats, small enough to proceed to the ! sea through the canals of Belgium, had been built in comparatively large numbers in series production all over Germany, and shipped to salt wate but were found to be too small for effective use under present cond tions in the war zone, where destroy- ers and armed patrol boats compel the representatives of ruthlessness to : . D! R0 Doisonous gases in warfare. of the appeal will be published short- —— operate chiefly submerged and to carry armament heavy enough to outrange the light guns on the armed merchantmen. German experts believed in fact that a serious mistake had been made in designing and constructing these boats, which were credited with little effective service in Constanti- nople, whither a squadron was ship- ped by railroad. or elsewhere. PROTEST USE OF GAS. committee of the Geneva Red Cross unanimously decided at a meeting | Notic held opinion that the appeal is too belated battles. sto office concerning aper violating Geneva, Feb. 8.—The International |1 keeps DAILY HERA ,NEW BRITAIN As Usual We Will Have the Big Sale Day Saturday At The Great Western Market Co-operate with us and help to Conserve and shorten this Brutal War. By trading with us you can save money in each purchase made here and buy Thrift Stamps from the Savings made from each purchase. These are prices that you can help to reserve and help the Boys that are fighting for us. We will have sugar tomorrow and we will sell to every purchaser at this store as much as the amount consigned to us will allow. Romnd Sleak . ... . .ccicoisoiinneisisvise: 29¢c b Pot Roast of Beef . e e I Fresh Cut Hamburg Steak .......... ... 24c Db Strip of Lean Fresh Pork 8 to 10 1b average . ... 29¢ Lean Fresh Shoulders .. . 28¢ 1b Genuine Lamb Legs and Fancy Cuts of Rib Roafit Large Jack Rabbits, 7 Ibs Average. Fancy Roasting Chickens and Milk Fed Veal. Strips of Sugar Cured Bacon ................39%1Ib Smoked Shoulder 25¢ 1b Salt Pork ..........-.. . 35elb Purte Lardl o e 30ci]D Consort Eggs Selected A Fancy Pure Creamery Print Butter . .. 49c 1b Regular price 58c. Oleomargarine : o Pure Raw Leaf Lard Tomatoes, large size 1¢ 9c can. Special 1 can Challenge Milk 14c and 1 lb Coffee 30c¢ Ib. Log Cabin Syrup—Regular price 30c— .. Macaroni-- Regular price 15¢— Asparagus —Regular price Corn 17c— Regular price 20c. Pears 15¢ can—Regular price 20c. 32¢ b 32¢ 1b all edium 517e 1 lc d 22¢ can 25¢ can Ohe GREAT WESTEGN 63 MAIN STREET. 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