New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1919, Page 11

s The report of the finding the in 1 | death of August B. Johnson. who was | \ | overcome by gas in his room at the | { Tdeal hotel in Middletown earl \ Medical Davis, pneu- | d morning, made | aminer Calef and | shows that Johnson died of | monia. The funeral will be held at {2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from { the home of his brother, Victor John- | son of 43 Lyon street. Rev. Dr. S. G. | Ohman will officiate. The burial will { be in Fairview cemetery Member: ractically com- | ¢ Andre lodge, I. 0. 0. F. will act as annual banquet of New | ha1) ang flower bearers B. P. O. E., which will ursday evening in the | hall For several | committee s Dbeen hard securing speakers of note, and for this occasion principal one will be Major William J. Malone, tol, well known and popular in Elkdom in th and other cities throughout New England. When the | smecond officers’ camp opened at Plattsburg, N. Y., Judge Malone, of the Bristol city court, was one of the mpplicants, and on the completion of | the course he was given the rank major in the infantry However, chose the aviation branch of the service and was commissioned a cap- tain in this branch. He had just com- pleted his trials for work when the armistice w. ned. Major Malone has flown to his home town | from Mineola, L. I., and .his handling of the aircraft was done in a clever manner. At time Major Malone attained some fame traveler and | has explored into lor land in the far Other guests and speakers will in- clude Governor M. H. Holcomb; Tieu- tenant-Governor Clifford B. Wilson, Bridgeport: Mayor George A. Quigley Past Exalted Ruler Roy A. Powers land Secretary Thomas A. Shannon, of Hartford lodge, B. P. 0. E.; H. F. Sanford, Bristol: P. A. Mulvihill, ©of Meriden: E.. C. Unba, of Middle- town: John D. Shea, of Boston, Mass., A former member of the Grand lodg Edward Leach, of New York, P. G. B. R.; James R. Nicholson, of Bos- _ton, P. R.: Thomas L. Reilly, of Meriden, who instituted New Britain Jodge, and District Deputy Joseph C Ivers, of Bridgeport. The committee in charge reports a big sale of tickets for the banquet, and, as the tables are limited, it will be necessary to have all applications in the hands of the committee before Monday night. by Cloroner Noted Bristol Judge-Aviator 0 Be Banquet Speaker Arrangements are pleted for the Britain lodge be held nex Elliott Sherman. Elliott Sherman the two and one- half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sherman of 21 Francis street. died last night. The funeral was held this afternoon and burial was in Beth Alom cemetery. L. Emil Lagerlof. funeral of L. Emil Lagerlof 2 o'clock from his home, The was held at 1 . 127 Jubilee street and at 3 o'clock in the Swedish Bethany church. Rev. G. 1. Pihl officiated at the service. The bearers were: Arvid Carlson, Fred- .rick Anderson, Gustave Ander Alfred Nillson and Andrew Carl of | he der and il Carlson The burial was in Fairview cemetery. overseas Mrs. Benjamin Marholin. vlvia Marholin, wife of Ben- 2 Marholin of 31 Dwight street, died this morning at her home. She was 64 years old. Besides her hus- band two sons and three daughters survive her. The funeral was held at 4 o'clock this afternoon and burial was in Beth Alom cemetery. on i Lab north CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank all kind friends and neighbors who assisted us in anv manner at the time of the death of our beloved husband, son and brother George E. Johnson. We are grateful for all floral tributes and in a special manner wish to thank all shopmates at Fafnir Bearing Co. MRS. GEORGE JOHNSON AND SON. AND MRS. HENNING JOHNSON AND FAMILY. FORTY SIXTH ANNUAL | CONFERENCE HERE of MR | Baptist Church Selected For Session Members of Screw Corp. Office Force Request Use of Club Room A number of the employes of the Corbin Screw corporation office have circulated a petition for the use of the building now used by the Foremen's elub in conjunction with that club. Lhe, office force is planning a social ulub. The office that now use of Missionary Workers Tomor- row Afternoon and Evening. The forty-sixth annual meeting of the Baptist Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary conference, of the Hartford association will be held at the Bap- | tist church, New Britain, tomorrow The program of evehts for the after- noon and evening sessions will be as force has also requested | ;o the officials purchase a piano. rented by the’ foremen for their at social functions held in the club. rooms. They are planning to hold a \ce soon to pay part of the expenses of organizing a club otional . Wright. service, led by 3 Greetings, by Ludvigson. Minutes of the meetin by the recording retary, Mrs. C. Ludvigson. Annual reports, submitted easurer, Miss E. L. Carey; by the sociation secretary, Mrs. A. W. Brown; by the junior secretary, Miss Bunice Purinton. 19718 by the SILVER DOLLARS SOLD. Connors-Halloran Company Sold Sil- ver Dollars for 95 Cents Yesterday. Wilkins, and an address by Moran, the principal of = the Training school, of Tinthovda, India. Following the offering, Publications,” will be given by F. W. Payne. A report of the nominating com- mittee will be given by Miss Sarah Hathaway. Following the election of officers an address will be given by the retiring present, Mrs. G. B. Ger- mond. Supper o'clock. The evening exercises will begin at 7:15 o’clock, with a talk by Mrs. G. B. Germond. A discussion will fol- low, upon ‘“Reconstruction by Church- es, and by Individuals.” 'Still Recruiting,” will be ject of an address by Mrs. A W. Brown. An address by Miss Moran, will be given. 'Closing devotionals by Miss Evnice Purinton Miss Bible South Our Mrs. One of the features of the Dollar ¥ in this city yesterday, was the sale of siiver dollars for 95 cents each at the Connors-Halloran clothing store. One peck measure full of the ssilyer dollars were sold—one to each 1stomer ~who wished to buy at the stated price. Of the peck sold, alll but three were spent in the store, the manager savs. The sale of dollars lesg than their value was a part of the advertising scheme of the com- pany and they were but a short time on before all were gone. D at five cents will be served at 6:30 NEW TRUCK DEMONSTRATED. The new aerial truck was given an official demonstration this. afternoon on Main street, when the big ladders were raised to the front of the Judd | block on the west side of Central Park and also on the Dickinson block | -on the st side of the park. View- | ing the demonstration were A. E Magnel, chairman of the fire commi sionexs Frank L. Conlon, F nk B Moran of the board, Chief Moran and Commissioner Charles J Dillon of the Hartford department. The dem- onstration worked out very satisfac- tory. and many words of pra were heard from the throng which gath- "ared to view the work of the new truck. the sub- SUES FOR $6,000 Rackliffe Bros. Ina Brings Action Against Frank Nair, Sophie Nair and Mary €hester. Rackliffe Bros. Inc., today through their counsel, J. E. Cooper and §. R. Mink, brought two actions againg Frank Nair, Sophie Nair and Mary Chester, involving $6,000. 1In the st writ the plaintiff claims fore- closure of a mortgage and a deficiency mortgage against Frank Nair. The second writ asks for transfer of pro- WARRANTE The DEEDS FILED. deeds city Peterson following warrantee were filed the office of the clerk today: lda Moberg to Tames and Catherine Skelly. land on South Main street: J. J Srwin | and W. T. Erwin to Patrick McCor-| poiy phecause of a fraudulent trans- ick. land on Erwid Dlace; Herman | go. {ransaction, with the defendants F. Wells to Adelalde W. Hine, land | ool ™m0’ writs are returnable on extrenie. eastern soction of elty: |y, 4pe guperior court on the first Tues- Srorgs and Hien it tc FMITAD | ey mAnril) Deputy: Sheritt N D F "’fw("p"_ fener.land 0N | giockwell attached property on Main 3 street today. Mrs. Chester was fined CONCERT. | $100 and cost in police court in ad- dition to a jail sentence of one month | Which was suspended, for impairing the value of a mortgage, which Rack- lifte 1 s trustees and the Berlin Savings Bank held property on Market street. in ZIONISTS ARRANGIN re for 1he in the | Cantor heing All arrangements made Y bizg concert Sunday afternoon synagogue; when the noted Chagy will sing. No efforts spared to make this concert a siccess | and all music lovers arc assured of | an enjoyable afternoon. The proceeds will help the $3,000,000 Pales- Restoration fund of which New quota. is §5,000. There will numbers on the program on SHORTAGE OF COAL DELAYS SURRENDER OF F1 Berlin, March 19 (By the Associat- ed Press.)—The surrender of part of the German merchant fleet will be ; del 2 on account of the shortage of | bunie al. The coal * shortage is { due to striles abmong the miners and transportation difficultie SENTENCED TO JATL FOR ABUSING INSANE PERSON Middletown, Taylor, Edward Sehnerly Ryan, attendants 20.—Harry — and Charles employed at the Qonnecticut Hospital for the Insane, *were sentenced in police court here teday to 60 days each in the Middle- gex county jail. They were charged with. assaulting an inmate of the hospital. March IC1; COMMITTEE NAMED. Quigley has named Alder- P. Richards and M. T. Ker- win and Councilmen Michael King, Willam Wall and A, F ichstaedt as the committee to investigate the ice supply available for the city dur- ing the coming summer s Mayor men H. The flower bearers were Frank Melan- | ! | i | | i MANY TRIAL CASES ONGITY GOURT LIST Legal Entanglements Await As- signments to Be Threshed Ont There are a number of cases on which They the trial list of the city court, have not as yet been assigned are as follows B. Solomon against T. Judge F. B. Hungerford for the plaintiff and Klett for the defendant. Eugene Avery Dexier against the Hotel Bronson. Lawyer M. D. Saxe represents the plaintiff and Judge W. F. Mangan the defendant. Joseph Landwehr against the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co. Judge Gaffney is counsel yer Gonterman Sebastiano L cio. Klett & and Judge B fendant. City of Ringrose. 1T, defer Abraham Levin Solomon. Klett & plaintiff and Lawyer M the defendant. 0 Emilie Andzulaitis aguir Scanlon. Klett tiff, Pierce & fendant. William Radune aganst Sam ington. Lawyer M. plaintiff, Klett & Alling for fendant. P. J. Murray & Cherniak is counsel & for the defendant. rq against A. Alling for the plaintift F. Gaffney for the de- New Britain against Patrick Cooper Mink for, the Judge W Mangan ant against Alling D, Benjamin for the S for John M c Alling for the plain Pierce for the de- Rob- the de- Co. against Harris Putterman. Lawyer W M. Green- stein for the plaintiff, Klett & Al- ling for the defendant. London & Lancashire Indemnity company against Jennic B. Ander- son. ILawyer A. W. Upson for the plaintiff, Judge B. F. Gaffney for the defendant. Constant Mikulska against thony Petrauskas. Lawyer Woods for the plaintiff, Klett ling for the defendant. The Studebaker Co against T.. Gold, et & Laywer M. Saxe for the plaintiff, Lawyer J Woods for the defendants. - C. W. Lines & Co. against Robert Lindsey, et al. Cooper & Mink for the plaintiff, Judge B. F. Gaffney for the defendant. Fortunato Cianflione 'E. McEnroe. Lawyer berg for the plaintiff, Judge Gaffney for the defendant. The Bureau of National Literature against John Burroughs. Cooper and Mink for the plaintiff, Lawyer J G. Woods for the defendant. Julian Nadolny against Konstanti Kuppicwski. Lawyer W. M. Gree stein for the pla Judge F Hungerford the defendant M. Irving ter. against-Tony ples. Lawyer M. H. for plaintiff, Judze F. B a the defendant RIOTING IN LAWRENCE An- G Al- J. & of America, G Chas. Green- B. T against A T for Na- Camp the Fungerf A solo will be given by Mrs. F. H. (Dunnp_- Night of Terror Raiding Partics Assault IHouses of the Mill Operatives Who Remain at Work. Lawrence, Mass., textile mills w orderly March re open conditions aft terror in some of the tenement districts. of men and women went from house to house stoning windows. tearing down blinds and rappinz at doors with clubs. They were not apprehended All of the houses operatives who have continued at work. None of the occupants was in- jured, but women and children frightened and spent the night sleep- lessly, dreading return of the randers, DOWN WITH BOLSHEVISM! = mill Raiding parties a night of ma- New York State Legislature Has Me: ure to Provide $50,000 to Investi- gate Activities in State. Albany, N. Y. March mediate investigation by a joint ex- ecutive committee of the “scope, ten- dencies and ramifications” of seditious activities in New York state would be authorized in a resolution adopted unanimously by the senate today. The resolution carried an appropriation of $50,000 for expenses. It was in- troduced by Republican Leader Wal- ters, “The propaganda o said Senator Walters in speaking on the resolution, “is running rampant in this state. Support financial and otherwise is being given from day to day in such amounts as to cause grave concern and great alarm. I am in- formed, and the evidence exists, tha any hundreds of thousands of lars have been intercepted they reached the sources for they were intended. There ew York central bodies anarchists, Bolshevists and I. may sit around a table and a common caus It is the duty of the legislature to use its office to er- terminate these seditious influences.” 0.~—An im- Bolshey befor which exist in whero W. W espouse is LEAD. ometric State Refuses to Flection Change Date. Augusta, Me March ¥ still be pointed to political campaigns the early date of ‘its tfons, a result of house today. A proposed constitutional amend- ment which would have changed the clection date from September to No- vember was killed by geceptance of an unfavorahle report of the co- mittee on legal affairs, Maine arometer by reason biennial action by of elec the | overnor of 1llino for the plaintiff and Law- | | re-election Tuc- for | | the | ful H. Camp for the | | would D | frost, | uncertainty { the League of N ; the movement for { to zather impetus for | | the 29.—The | 1 today under | workers’ | | ceiving were | dol- | | Rockland | a three-family house NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSH 'ILLINGIS GOV MAY BE CANE Said to Have Backing ‘f’o ; House in 1920 March 20, Frank O, Lg , has becomg than a tentative candidate for' publican nominati for pre His friends frankly admit the: Washington the past few days, | governor is an actual c:mdidat Alling | | by his candidacy is being given pu, friends wherever they can ication of an interview. In Washington it is learned,q xcellent authority that Gove Lo candidacy has more. local backing. John W. Weeks; Massachuset himself a cdndi for the presidency until defeatéd to the senate, is hacks Governor Lowden’s candidacy, and, he will not actually manage it, give his support ito it. - This is M sumed to mean the existence of well-formed movement in New Bng land to support Mr. Lowden. Tt also] gives the candidacy of Governor Lows den an added impetus, since amomgy favorite sons he is the only one haling from the West, has an P den’s who, | organized movement in his support in the The didacy st projection has of the resulted Lowden can- in a more care- canvass by republicans of their possibilities. In spite of effort have been made to head off a Tal “favorite son” movement, sfq\ a movement js on and will go clear through -to the convention Among the senatorial Warren G. ‘Harding, Ohio, con- tinues to hold the limelight as the most likely candidate, but movements already are on foot for other senators. Among these are Watson, of Tndiana: Johnson. of Califofnia; Kellogs, of Minnesota, and Capper, of Kansas The recent speech by General L.eonard Wood is generally regarded an intimation that General Wood not be averse to a considera- tion of his name examining the situation say stranger things than the nomination of General Wood could happen. The movement for William Howard Taft appears to have run into a hoar but this is the natural result of to the disposition of tions. Should the T.eague of Nations treaty be ratified, Mr. Taft is likely possibilities, of as GRIPPLED SOLDIER NAMED | - | Dewey Selander, Who Tost Arm in | France, Appointed Fnspector on | Distillers See Health Department Staff. Dewey Selander. Private Dewey has been until last ander of the appointed by the health to fill the position sanitary inspector. His vote recommendation for the place unanimous. He is well known to the people of the city. He served 6th di of Co. I. While of the arm we rmy, board of of third ber fantry. several his left ing 1 in battles which nece and was lost he is in was' in minus fight- discharged last week. in a hospital at treatment GOLLECTING FOR STRIKERS New York Union Workers He ha Camp Devens re- | i | | | Give Hour's Pay Each Week For Benefit of the ! Lawrence Strikers. 1 1 New sand York, shop March 20.—Two thou- chairmen of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers of America, Ass. Money will be da officials of kitch~ today began the collection of one| hour’s pay weekly from every member of the union in New York for the sup-| part of striking textile worker inj Lawrence, N [t ZAnnopn('(‘(l‘ that the strikers pplied for} membership in the mated n!~| nization and ommittee| would be sent to lawrence tonight tol confe on the subject and distribute| several thousand as the firs tian to the strike fund tele, Lphed to Boston said, for maintenance nap ens an food and milk tions. NEWLY WETS IN LICENSE RUSH. Bay State Towns Swamped Applications. March 20.—Towns t voted license i of prohibhi- wpplica- | selectmen | at | With | Liquor Brockton in this vie week after tion tion many received li es ic vears many the have for that hold a conference this week to con a he of particular ton is no a the on outcor of the 1 city towns conference re is Brock- some of adjoin it CITY ITEMS interest lice se 1 new license Yeaton J. Stearns is able to be out illness. of Maple ain after a George and L. M. Crum at ; t to Hyman and Racheline Wein- through the Camp Real Bstate company. | Fhe Army and Navy i which was to have been held in the Y. M. C. A. Friday eve Had bosn postponed, and will probably be held next weck. strec er that } and those who are | that | Am Am Am Am Anaconda. t b ¥ F « C @ « « C & Goodrich « Beth ‘Steel Butte Superior notably ssues of ions furnished B members of the Ne@ hange New -York 3 Am Am Am Am Am Am Beet, Sugar Agri’ Chem ..10 Car & Fdy Co 90% Tce 47 Can o hd Can pfd .102 Loco [ Smelt 6815 Sugar S124% Tel 1047% 613 921 8915 45% 233 Tel Cop Ry Co Loco AT S Fe Baldwin 3 & O B R T B “an fPac Cen Leath “hes & Ohio “hino Cop ... “hi Mil & St Paul ol F & 1 Jons Gas i cible Steel pfd Rub reat Nor pfd Interboro pfd M N N Y He has been back in this conn- | N Y try for several months but was only { Nor People's G | Prassed Steel Car | Ray Cons with | Kennec Copper ision in France as a mem- | Lehigh Valley 2d Tnited States in- | Ma x Motor com fex Petroleum Y Air Brake C & Hudson N H & HR hern Pac been | Norfolk & West enn R R teading Rep 1 & S o U v U U v 5 .com outhern Pac uthern R n Ry tudebaker exas Oil nion Pac nited Frait tah Copper S Rubber Co pfd S Steel ptd a Car Chem Westinghouse Western w contribu-| Suspeft shor union crews of three lighters engag in to {101 to of w ha shoremen’s in { nu and 1 of ca Union Ivs Overland LONGSHOREM That Being Employe York, March co-oper New ne ting loading a vessel at day upon order ngshoremen's ur of the the union’s hich would wrhor strik Paul ceare of offic union, d boat deadlock i, head district coun vestigation showed any imber of non-union ma in service a g >remen would with the ov mp: use, ! p s Pennsylvania Miner Short Checks and $510 In C: $500 Sewed In Clothes. Cleveland, March of March High Low 761 74 d. with the clals who wners th cil, Non-Union Men 20.—Forty Q | Steamship company's pier quit m. i IS Are iong: non d uebee work the ade a or to detect vialation order prohibiting wor n lang- die considerable na, eners be harb $ pd 1s called workers' | tug strike in| | MEETS STRANGER, ROLL GONE 000 In sh. But Saves 20.—Anton Kre- | sal, a miner in the Pennsvivania coal| 15540 | friends coming to Cleveland De ta T in Ids )00 in ash a with lice became dazed King several drinks after stranger overlooked Kresal's clothing. he 1o of an his 2500 checks and making ! a train | Kresal told the shortly after | ival oW L‘d; | whole st | week. but it is still true that the Steel | " The Iron Age says 3 Whatever price /changes 1 from the meeting now on at Wash | ington (Wednesday,) the week’s mar~ ket, scant as businmess has been, has further emphasized the downward tendency. Reports have been wide- spread of sales of basic iron at $26 at furnace, representing a reduction of $5 a ton. One of these, assigned to the Chicago district, has been de- | tNan 40 on nied by the reputed sellers. The | 2N&es ha amount involved was 15,000 tons. An | MINers are Ohio sale of 10,000 tons seems better | SUrface labo abl at Representing a semii-finished steel to an castern mill sheets there s of $6 a ton from the prevailing early in the year manganese, spiegeleisen and Iron’ o Burope set in b féated cteel busing saw the IGWest demand for vears, t] January"February total was abo 000 tons, imore than twice tH |~ Many Lake ave checked Superior iron mi up operations, not 14 he Mesaba and Cuyuj ng closed temporaril tting $5.28 per day af $4.84—the highest & hed, and one in the East, also } SVer Paid in the region. Freigh { ductions are considered nece in | the mining companies if they the ‘expectation of meet prices entertained vk a ry are lower furng similar is o sale of s at §40, while have been decline in | by con- price Ferro- | men Importe erate hop i fer. | €ver plans are out this con have all yielded, the first | {0 American promotions abroad two being still conspicuously over- | 2¢tual shipment of Drbataed Ixmsm not mature before 1920 The week's delay has added to the | IR the past has be problems of the steel manufacturers’ | S0Me sounding c trade for prie committee. Merchant pig iron mak- | O about 2,000 tons of billets 1d ers their separate meeting last { 08land. Occan wn, uncel week, formally declared against re. | (10 factor, this ite ducing ‘their prices unless the | American biilets could be opened by reductions in r: board, would b material and labor he cl I 1 steel works—those which must buy pig iron at the market price—st Iy protested that reductions in products, without a cut in pig would clgse down their plants Among leading producers of there has been no change in the feel- ing that price reductiors at this time | JOPOTts From Athens Say Greeks Ap ! will not produce the desired revival | Peing Murdercd. in buying. Reductions in copper, | | more drastic than have been prop: | in steel, have not stimulated it is argued; and the spelter with the price below the equipped producers has of life. Meanwhile the Department of I hor at Washmgton has rcinforced the | position of the chief objectors tc ductions in steel by widespread pro- | ; paganda urging that high level prices are temporary thing, 1 nent. Buyers are told that absence of special reasons de- nes in the case of particular pro- cts “it is safe to assume that price 10t going to drop.” Another Washington the statement from b bos i that a general expectation of | Washington, radical cuts in prices can thwart the ¥ 1bilizing prosram; that the L vin thing is not so much the extent the reduction convineing the public the will be of steel for 1919 | y ess. Wha worked yei ) v steel involvd eek there ns at reely costs aafseliiy pes and baif 3¢iy. Nef Pittsbire anss 000 tons ates throug t - 1 been their | has beer | York, ¢ put g juivalent to 2 iror TURKS ON RAMPAC steel 1 % Athe d | from demand, { worthy market, of W of the cost no semblance weil- [ as extrer sol unning ish o s state rming an Afte bodies cecapitatel no the e | lit s and partiy burned TS TO GRAND FLEET TO | DANIELS EXPE development | the industrial ! INVITE NEW YORH Ma. is h 20 id tod during his tely would invite th t to send the grand durin, an invits Na department Secretary Daniels, d, probably British governme fleet New Y the coming sur tion ‘was exten sistant S, ry was in England of the 0 of o 1€ a visit Such that stable. It must be not clarified to ed i Roosevelt said that the the situation its confusion he government has m and thus cannot give practi- anection to steel p that r y fixed serious drawback Mill operations have fallen week but rz The fact no buying | P& S just before the that pros cal be WILSON WORKS ALI; MORNING.| Paris, March 20.—President Wilson this forenoon in work at t} White Ho in preparation felntively | O other confe this afternood | with Premiers Clemenceau and Lioyd | George. conference will take [,J;u-n at Lloyd George's resis is a spent ari off this | output is 5 noe that of the due to tho carrying over \ble tonnages that were n 19 The blow- Corporation’s larger than companies of consid put on the book independent dence Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. : A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORATION organized and qualified through years of efficient, trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Guardian, Fxecutor or Administrator. Capital $750,000. Surplus and Profits $1,000,000 Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. HARTFORD, CONN. M. H. WHAPLES, Pres't.