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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERAR Boston Store MURDEROF CZAR'S | t Our Annual Sale of Roses and | Rambiers Begins Wednesday Morning, March 26th 2,00‘0_fiardy Bushes 15 Different Roses Ramblers PULLAR NIVEN SERGEANT POUZZNER IS OUT OF ARMY Winter Street Boy Was Overseas With Aviation Unit Over 13 Months. J. Pouzzner, Pursuit Squadron, 260, returned to this city today, after having been overseas for over 13 months.. He sailed February, 1918. The boat which broughi the soldier k to this country took sixteen davs far the return trip, and he states that the joy the “‘boys’ seeing the dtatue of Idberty again was not ex- pressed in but in tear The band was patriotic airs, and “God's own was the name the soldiers dubbed America. Sergeant Pouzzner has been in a couple of air raids and has seen much of the action. He declares that econo- mic conditions in Europe are appalling Sergeant Major Daniel of ‘the Monoplane No. ba of at words playing country’ dnd tthere is a general demoralization | throughout the entire war swept coun- try which will take years to upbuild The tradesman of Europe, he had exaggerated ideas of the ready money of Americans, and had one price for the English, another for the Belgians, etc., and the most exorbi- tant of all prices for he ‘‘Yanks.” ALL TITLES ABOLISHED. Hungarian Government Decides That Ranks Are No Longer Desirable, Amsterdam, March The arian government at its meeting Saturday, a dispatch from Budapest vs, decided to abolish all titles of rank, to separate the church and state and to dismiss all commis sioners of the rolyi government while inviting workmen's councils to select directorates four members each to replace them. The formation revolutionary cour was decided upon and the council ordered the peo- ple's commissioners to take over al homes, businesses and art treasures in private hands 2 new i first of Already More Than 206 Have Been Disqualified For Service in Man- chester Murder Trial. Hartford, March electors More than 100 additional were called to the today as liable of the superior court to jury duty in the case state against for alleged of guard the five gunmen on trial the murder William Captain Madden the Mills Two seats in the jury box were unfiill- at {heney Silk in Manchester on January Prior to ioday's session re men had bsen exar .n 550 had been called. The had used only 20 of its 125 challeges The defense had twenty-three left ed. OPPOSES ACTION IN FIXING Washington, March agalnst immediate action by the gov ernment towards fixing a definite pol icy for the new merchant marine wa expressed today by Senator Kietche of Flori retirin of senate comme declared that any pre the next congress for turning over th ships to private interests should con chairman ce committee, 30. 286 ined. More sate MARINE POLICY Opposition the He also ram adopted by FAMILY CONFIRMED French Generai Erows More Light on 0ld Question San 2 matior empero R.ussia daughters under ing conditions by was given here Robert (. Paris. one of IFrench officers to be Czecho-Slovak army General Paris is on I home | make an official report of the rence to the French government | arrived here vesterday from vostok Nicholas his {in the basement of Ekaterinburg, Siber the once royal family were subjected to indignities and mistreatment in the ! presence of the former czar the executions took place, Paris s: £ The hous Francisco. March of and his wife particular 1y Bolsheviki today Dy revolt- troons the gned in first the Russ a way to oceur Viadi- family their and were house General e the of General Galda, a Czecho-Slovak commander. Describing the scene at- tending the execution of the Roman- off family General Paris sald: zarly one morning the Czar taken from an upstairs room stood against the wall in the base- ment of the house. There he was shot, after which the Czarina was shot and then her daughters and other members of the household. “A few days following the murder the bodies were taken under cover of night by automobiles into nearby villages where they were into small pieces and burned The charred remains were found by officers of the for opposed to the Bolshevik. Pieces of the burned clothing also were found. Proof that the garments were those of the Ro- manoffs was given by the fact that the diamonds which the Czarina and her daughters wore in their waists were picked up. “The room in which the murder was committeed is now sealed. The plaster on the walls shows where the rifle bullets penetrated. The bullets were removed with bayonet = points. Blood stains have been washed from the floor. Under the flooring, how- ever, little pools of blood were found. In several places in the death room the blood seeped.through the cracks in the floor. “Every one in Russia is now thor- oughly convinced.the entire Romanoff household was wiped out by the Bol- shevists. The official reports sent to France were conclusive “The Czar and h dead. That is positive.” is now was and cut i | | family are MAIL SERVICE Walsh Commends = Work Bordeaux American Office. Washington,. March 26.—Praise ‘for “the efficient anhd capable ndling” of mail at-the Bordeaux American civilian postoffice is given by Brig.- Gen. Walsh, commanding the base, in a communication forwarded to the postoffice department. The letter of transmittal says Gen. Pershing inspected the office recently and went away satisfied that the civil postoffice service was in no way re- sponsible for complaints against the mail service for the soldiers. PRAISED. - Gen. of ASSISTANT TREASURER OF U. S, DIES SUDDENLY. March 25.—George Fort, assistant treasurer of the United States died at his home here today of heart failure. He had recovered recently from an attack of influenza. He was 59 vears old and a native of Georgi Washington, TRGE WITHDRAWAL OF FRENCH FROM RUSSIA, Paris, March 24.—Marcel Cachin and Paul Laffon, socialist members of the chamber of deputies, today vigor- ously attacked the government's policy toward Russia and urged the with- drawal of French troops from' that country. CITY RULES ITS BILLBOARDS Washington, March City or- dinances in St. Louls regulating the construction and maintenance of bill- boards were declared constitutional by the supreme court today in disposing of appeals from Missouri court de- crees dismissing injunction proceed- ings brought by the St. Louis Postre Advertising company to enjoin their enforcement. ) POLES STILL IN LEMBERG. Paris, March 25.—The city of Lem- berg, former capital of Galicia and recently reporied to have been cap- tured by Ukrainians from the Poles, is still in Polish hands, according to Vaida Voevod, minig.er for Tran; in the Rumanian eabinet in interview given to the Matin. DANTELS REACHES PARIS. March 25.—Josephus Dan- American secreta of navy with his party rveached Paris from Brest th morning. He will remain about five days, during which Par! iel: ris ar with French, British authorities. of Haliz the v WARKANTEE DEEDS FILED The Bodwell Land Co. has land on Foxon Place to Franci fiak. George Quigley has -l to Mary Butler. Pasquale Carro has sold lkund on Spring street to atino Derigim. The Salvation has sold land and building Church 10 the ML churcli. Sara B. Pe on Lenox Place 1o A, W. drew Johnson has hought street A Zion o0ld lan Peck the tain a guarantee agains government. ~Confir- | of the execution of the former and ! General | He ! shot | at | The women of | before | headquarters | separately. | in | time he will discuss the naval lessons and sold Jose- sold land and buildings at 140 Maple street Army ¢ on An- Colling losses by thel property on Ellis Villa, located at the Miss Hazel Clark of Fairview street, | is spending the week in Oxford, N. H., " with Mrs. H. M. Clark, formerly of ' New Rritain | The Ladies club of this | will hold its regular rehearsal in Methodist this evening at Glee city the church 8 o'clock The hold New Britain Cholal society will W in 3ooth's hall t s o'clock. itz and Mrs. heen appointed admin- the estate of the late TG & nley Horvitz. Sight influenza, one case diphtheria, and one case of pne veported to the board of rehear to- morrow night | Hyman Hor Horvitz have { istrators on a Jennie St cAse. o { of monia wcre health today The hospital officials today a nounced that the condition of Mr Fred Herinzmann of Greenwood I sireet who ill at the institution with leeping sickness rmnflivw unchanged reserved by in city court 1.. Goodwin ainst &, Golon. Cooper were counsel for the plaintiff Klett & Alling for the defendant The case of M. Irving Jester against Tony ples has been assigned for trial at o’clock Thursday in city court. Ilawyer M. H. Camp is counsel for the plaintiff and Ju > ¥. B. Hungerford for the defendant. The case of Julian Nadolny against Konstanty Kurpiews tried in city court this afternoon. Decision was reservod by Judge James T. Mes- kill. Tawyer W. M. Greenstein rep- resented the plaintiff and Judge F. B. Hungerford the defendant. Judge today & Decision mes the was Meskill in of C. Co. Mink and was Richard Brophy reported to police today that a bakery wagon | owned by the Kolb Baking company, wa struck by an automobile driven by 1. Fozzuo of 17 Sanford street, on the Kelsey street hill this afternoon. have received a com- plaint from the post office officials, that the mail hox near the North & Judd Manufacturing company was struck by an automobile and smashed. No report of the affair has been made to the police. The police Mrs. street, Edward Rachlin of 96 West is recovering from an illness. The Stanley Woman’s Relief Corps will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in the Kenilworth club rooms in Sovereigns' block. Routine business will be transacted. NO POISON IS FOUND Bodies of Two Jersey City Women humed and Analysis Made = of Contents of Stomach. 9 Jersey City, March 25.—An analy- sis of the contents of the stomachs of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkins and her daughter-in-law Mrs. Vary Wilkins, whose bodies were exhumed on the suspicion that they had been pois- oned, showed ne.trace-of volson . ac- cording to a report submitted to the district attorney today by a chemist who made the examination Mrs. Bessie Wilkins Skeels, the daughter of Mrs. Elizabetli. Wilkins is being held at Andover, Mass for the mur- der by arsenic poisoning of Miss Florence Gay, a school teacher. BRAZIL REJBECTS GOODS. Washington, March 25.—Great con- Zestion in the port and custom house of Rio de Janeiro of merchandise re- jected by consignees was reported in an official cablegram. from Commer- cial Attache J. E. Philippi. The r jections were ‘said to be due largely to fear of falling prices and impo bility of paying immediately * value and duties on :accumulated ship- ments far in excess of ordinary re- quirements. The 'message said ns cancellations ard rejections could be avoided if American exporters would arrange an extension of time on drafts. DEWEY'S VALET A CITIZEN. Boston, March 25.—Citizenship was granted yesterday to Sadahuka Toku- naga, a Japanese steward stationed at the Portsmouth, N. H., navy vard, and to several soldiers and sailors of Chinese birth because of their service with the army or navy during the war. Tokunaga, who was formerly personal valet to Admiral Dewey, was vouched for by Rear Admiral Boush, commanding the Portsmouth yard, who came here for that purpose. SENATOR PHELAN PROTESTS. Washington, March = 25-—Senator Phelan of California, democrat, has cabled the American peace commis- sioners in Parls, protesting against any provision in the proposed con- stitution for the league of naktions giving racial equality to orientals. The California senator sent a copy of his cablegram to Senator Borah of Tdaho h a request that the Jatter support his protest. TO BUILD GARAG Excavation work has been Philip Bardeck for a new ich he will erect on Arch next to the building where he for merly conducted a cafe. Mr. Bardeck said today, that he had not had| plans drawn for the structure, but he plans a one-story building 50x100 | feet. | started the | { burial was in F | ents, | Ludwig ternoon | = | for a period GOLDBERG SUED. Abraham Napthalian, through his lawyer, M. D. Saxe, has brought suit against Harry Goldberg for $50. Prop- crty on Arch street has been altached by Constable Fred Winkle. The writ| is returnable in the city court on the first Monday in April. | CONROY BACK FROM FRANCE. | Hugh Conroy who has been inj France for the past year has arrived | in Newport News, Va, He has s~‘n|‘ brother-in-law of a ' to mis ! hich went en- | 1 [ bulldog w a pieture through the tire war the mascot of the 102nd Regiment. The dog was once wounded and wears on a blanket a wound stripe DEATHS AND | Anastasia C. Funeral services for M (', Seltzer were conducteds John T. Winters at-9. ol morning in St. Mary's chu to the fact that today is in the chur: ed. at The comm in the new: read by Rev. s AMary's chured the services. o Jeonic Karbonick. Karbonick, the ones of William Karbos ot, died last nigl held this afterno iew cemetel be sung morning. zrave niorrow vice at the cemetery U Krause St thronged at Jennie old daughter 5 North str fuheral was Alfred Olson. Alfred Olson of 43 Black Rogl nue. died this merning at his AMr. Olson passed his 43d birthday month and had spent a consid portion of his life in this city, enjo a wide aintance here. He is vived by wife. one daughter, Ingeborg Al Tvan, his one and five. sistel Sweden leaves a brotil of Reading, B8 and employ © company W o h one br He also Hermann, of this city A. And son, ther formerl the Jot living here 3 Mr. Olson was a member of Swedish Lutheran congregation, dre lodge, I. O. O. F., Tegner- lpdy O. of V.. Vega, the 100 Men’s. soché aand the Stanley Works Mutual B association. He mployed! a foreman at the Stanley Works. The funeral will be held from i late home Thursday afternoon.at 2:30 Rev. Dr.'S. G. Ohman offic interment will be in Fairview tery. 1 w was cemes = George W. Ward. Rev. Warren F. Cook was charge of the Masonic funeral corded the late George W. Ward afternoon. Services were held at from his late home =at 2 Andrews street. and at 3 o'clock from the Er- win Mortuary chavel In ment wa in the Fairview cemetery. Mr. Ward had been member of the local branch of the Masons for.a pumber of years, und representatives of Har- mony lodge attended. The lodge heid a special meeting at 0 and went from their rooms to the home in a body. in ac- Nelson A. Crane. The remains of the late Nélson A. Crane were interred in thie Hloom- field cemetery this afternoon foltow- ing services at his home on Kelsey street. Rev. Warren F. Cook was in charge of the funeral servic Mr Crane died at his home on Kelsey street Sunday following a brief ill- ness. He was-in his 7ith year. Stuart Thompson. uart Thompson of Schen- ectady, N. Y., oldest son of Dr. Elihu Thompson of Swampscott, Mass., died in Brooklyn Sunday after a brief ill- ness from pneuménia. " Captain Thompson was in his thir- ty-third vear. a graduate of Harvard college, in_the class of 1908, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, 1909, and had recently returned from Washington where he had been of a vear and a half in charge of the engineering and produc- tion of aircraft armament. He leaves a wife, Dorothy TLaura Thompson, . and a son a vear and a half old. Captain Thompson's moth- er, who died two vears ago, was for- merly Miss Minnle Peck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peck of this Capt. Captain § 1ting. and | city. VICTORY CARNIVAL: TONIGHT. A victory carnival will be given to- night in Judd’s hall on Main street under the auspices of.the Red Men and Daughters of Pocahontas. The entertainment will be furnished by the Foresters’ Lady minstrels. Danc- ing will follow. ROYAL WEDDING SOON TO BE HELD IN JAPAN Imperial House Law Had to Be Changed to Allow Wedding. Tokio, Fed. 1, (Correspondence of The Associated Press.)—The wedding of Princess Masako, eldest daughter of Prince Nashimoto, with Prince Yi, Jr., the younger brother and heir of the former king. of Korea, is to be celebrated within a few months, The marriage between the princess and the former Korean crown prince, which is the first instance of matri- monial union between a member of the Japanese Imperial family and the | former royaity of Korea in the his- | tory of hoth peoples now amalgam- ated into one .nation by Japan’'s an- nexation of that country, has neces- sitated a partial on or addition to the provisions the Imperial House law. In observance of changes in the law before the sanctuary ancestors in the imperial appropriate Shinto ceremonie: At the same time similar reports were submitted to the grand shrines at Tse, dedicated to the grand ancestor of the imperial house and the mausolea of the first Emperor Jimmu and the late Emperor Meiji The wedding ceremony to celebrated at the Kasumigaseki tached palace in Tokio in pure Jap- anese vle, according to theé time- honored code of ceremonies observed in the Japanese fmperial court. After the wedding the bride and bridegroom will proceed to the imperial” palace and have audience With the emperor and empre The honeymoon will be spent in Korea revis of tradition the were annhounced of the imperial palace with is be de- BURNQUIST SIGN® SUFF BILL. St Paul. Minn., A Burnguist has ned women the right to reh the vote Gov. giving presi- bill for corner of Schultz and Wolcott streets, | and the insignia of the 26th Division. ' dential electors in Minnesota, raent cente ber ‘of ¥ there W employnien turned thé! disabled’ e to ‘reliable fij had mastered’ too glad to retal as they ould” could dgf, and co; accordingly, 3 These men would Nave sions which Major Cohen hoped would be enough them to live comfortably, But every man wanted something else. Millions of men. had been wounded, now .they were back in civil life they thetr e siid The to enable wanted war and its effec They wanted something to do, something to. look forward to. The totally disabled men, he concluded, were worthy something other than being observed as ables. During out that tery from from his plication incur- the debate an officer, the line, had heen horse and. killed. The ap- of his widow for a pension had been refused the ground that he had:not been-killed in action. Total pensions and allowances anted to January 1 last was given 1,780,000, and to these figures fresh awards numbering 15,000 to 20,000. were added weekly. The cur- rent financial vear will show a total pension expenditure approximating $250,000,000, it was stated, with some 42,000 soldiers still under treatment by the medical corp: {.OF 77TH FAVE WORK ORGANIZATION it was leading brought his bat- thrown on as Association Plans to Provide Jobs for All Who Fought in France. Chateau-Villain, Haute-Marne, Feb. 20, (Correspondence of The Asso- ciated Press.)—To save soldiers who have battled in France with the 77th division from having to fight for work on their return to the United States, there has been organized in this little village by the Marne, the 77th divi- sion association. Major Spencer T Weaver has been elected chairman and Captain George G. McMurtry, ecretary and treasurer. The 77th di- vision was organized at Camp Up- ton, and is composed largely of men from New York and vicinity Major Weaver informed The As- sociated Press that one of the pri- mary objects of the 77.h division as- sociation was to secure positions for all men in the division requiring them. All company officers have been requested to confer with each man in their organization and have filled out a questionnaire as to the sition which he may be competent All officers and soldiers who have served overseas h the division automatically become members of the association. The association is arranging for the suitable marking of ull graves of the officers and soldiers of the divi- sions who t fallen in France. Steps will taken provide for the dependents of of the 77th’ division died or have been disahied In order that a permanent ization may be established the spirit of lovalty and democracy among the members of the may be maintained, a club founded in New York where and soldiers may meet. The association is to he without any political shade, and one of the laws says: o member of the sociation, in his official capacity, shall glve public expression to an opinion on any political question, nor take | any action to influence legislature. The executive committee is com- posed . as follows: ajor Spencer, chairman; Major Loawis 1562d field artillery brigade Julius O. Adler, 1531 infantry gade; Major James A. Roosevelt, dependent units; and Captain Murtry ve to stance s the soldiers who organ- | and that | division will be officers by as- in- Mc- RS JOIN UNTON. wnapolis, March Miners of Scotin were admitted today to membership in the united mine work- ers of America. The decision affects 12,000 MIN something other than thinking of the | pairing and jobbing. Street. bilizatiol nese troops fo announced hy | He declared thaf to fight the Bolsheviki o who may attempt to disturb of the Far East and who empl for this purpose. The minister of war diselose | the first time publicly here that'Jap | had despatched a force to Siberig | double in number that previously an- | nounced. He said 150,000 troops haq | been sent there hy Japan, but (hn‘i later one-third of them were with- drawh, thus leaving 100,000 Japanese troops in Siberia at the p: sent time. The agreement entered into be. AND AGENOCY, s (1 Storage and Accessories Repair Work Phone 2327 a ' Specialt 139 Arch § tween the Allies and Japan called for 7,000 Japanese troops for the rian campaign. The minister of war today disclosed that instead of sending 7,000 and men Japan actually divisions of infantry and cers and men of the special contingents. It was announced Sibe- officers three ofti and sent 74,000 artillery here today that | enemy force, 2,000 strong attacked | small unit of Japanese troops on March 15 and severe fighting ensued Enemy casualties to 200 Japanese 10s pra an a amounted es were siight AMERICA’S CAPTORS TRACED. Washington,” March The Mexi- | can bandits who captured Oscar Wal lace, an who American citizen, taken from his ranch near Progreso, | Coahuila, Jast week, have been traced ! two miles toward their mountain hid- | ing place in the north, according to | advices to the State Departmenit today | from Eagle Pass. No trace of Wal- lace has been found, although search- ing parties have gone out in all direc- tions. was HINES ASKS RAILROAD MEN i TO HELP THE VICTORY LO.\\'} | Washington, March General Hines has issued all railroad employes liberally to the Victory seriptions will he sent federal treasurers of the roads, who will deduct the monthly pay the notes after ten Director appeal xo" subscribe } loan. Sub- through the various rail- | payment from checks and deliver | months. n NATOR JONES CABLES HIS VIEWS ON LEAGUE. shington, March es of Washington, sent a cablegram can peace delegation in Paris urging that the proposed league of nations constitution bhe amended so as speci- fically to exclude the league from control over immigration, naturaliza- tion and other domestic questions Gerarde Machine Works | Machine work, l | | = Senator republican, t to the Ameri. i | | ] | | weldin, anto re- Fast Main Tel. 539 FICIENCY RANKS AUTO PARTS MADE AND MACHINE PHONE 1196 12,000 workers. MANNING’S GARAGE 3 ctical and AUTOMOBILE Repai SE Acey experienc MOTOR CO. ing systems. Expe; Spec VICE STATH 2 yes with BUI s on Ignition 2 alty on repa generators and magnetos. R DON'T FORG AR 168 ARCH STREET BT DIONNES local and trucking. 32 and long distance moving a Pianos and parties at r sonable prices, $87- New Britain. VIM delivery and heavy trucks, from 1% to 5 ton| AMERICAN Pleasure Cars. 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