New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1919, Page 7

TREASURER OF WELCOME HOME COMMITTEE PRESENTS REPORT Auditer of Accounts Cannot Pass Upon Report of Car- nival Committee—Loomis Explain: Lack of Vouchers, AL @ mecting of the general com- my committec at the time of the col- mittee in charge of the recent Wel- lection to be counted in the presence come 3 Sebra 5 y . .| of the special comittees and a repre- «’hmn“‘fm-k ‘\“‘b“fl"v"“i “‘]‘? el j sentative from the finance committee >er of Commerce yesterday aft-| “I am not asking this with the idex crnoon, Treasurcr Joim . Loomis, of intruding upon the privileges of submitted bis report which was in | 40 of the special commitlees but . fonlro T e e | TS BT Bov TNl bus GileslTic vty MOl fi:ip":_“?s:“ If” the December mecl-1 y,naling the matter. Haes 0 ommon Council, which | “Will yvou kindly take thix matter body has demanded w vepor! of the! up at the meeting of (he general affair. The figures wore audited by | Committee Mcnday next Georgs P. Spear, who, in an attached | T PUFS very truly, tatement, makes the remark that he | [Signed] “J. €, LOOMIS, . | irman Finance Committee is unable fo audit the statement of the | “Sept. | | | | earnival committec as the {rcasurer T has failed to supply him with von ey RN BRI, (R Welcome Home Committee, ers. In Mr. Loomis’ leuer preceding «XNew Britain, Conn. the rcport Iie calls attention to the; “Dear Mr. Humphr fact that no vouchers were fortheom- | “l regret to inform you that the nE Dre . cerms or {10 agreement arrived at ve- bl i G %t and slesRasls yyieen {he ghairman of the earniyal Ene 7"”',\ M””‘U‘Jl““("“ commitice and myself, a confor- hiese arc demands fov o rentesente, Chce held at the Elks' club at which thvotaranis Lehad D representas nrp grpagune, Mr. Hanna, you and my- e odieas e iamit- iy present. are not in the iewst ithe money. This we e :1”." ¢ : wis understood and azrecd that oA ered s 2 S money would be brought to m dolanlacesri L Ll wt night and deposited in ihc el (i | wlt: cotinted. chiecked and distribut- : 2 uilan o here in ihe wornin This is nol “Doc. i | Being onc “Mr, B. N. Hunphrey, Cl | “Turthermore, T wished to receiv LS Welcome Home Committ copy of wll contracts and con New Dritam, Con: sions which the carnival committec | UDent MENEIU DT, had lof, and up to the present writ- “I herewith submit my siatement 118 Uhese papers have not been turned over o me As trewsurer of tho Welcome Home ©¥¢ : el AT e e Ay Again, none of the money which W Wil observe (hat s aceount 1S collected is heing turned over to Bhs been andited by Mr. George M6 and I am absolutely without any Speur y check, whatsoever, on the receipts of | “In referon=o io hls statement not- | the.carnivall commitiee: i e i { “Yours very truly | ing the absence of vouchers of the | & e . carnival committee would say that| [Signed] *J. C, LOOMIS, iiie reason why these and other data | Ireasurer. 'f":"“””‘“'l‘,‘,‘l S explained e gtatement of the carnival com- ! Arth Yo e of September bth and mittee together with its expense sheet Sl f“f"“‘}“‘: "]’"‘““““‘* COPIES as submitted by Chairman Hanna »f which are attached. i Respectfully submitted, | Candy— [Signed] *J. C, LOOMIS, | Receipts . ! “Treasurer.” | Expense .. | Profit— -$1,409.5: Ry the report of the treasurer ther2 goqa—. is cash on hand to the amount of Receipts 56,365.47 and bills receivable to the | Jixpenge i amount of §534. Approximately $800 : oo Ia due in outstanding Dills to be paid (utside Concesslons .. ..... by the committee before its finances (wyp Gluss are wound up. ! | Cider . g 3l ) The report of the treasurer is VGt o nonnan i Receipts. | Gross “Tobacco fund war bureau.. $87.351 $ILOTSIL o Athletic fund war bureau.. 1,999.77 Lo EpsyycentroLe 0,000 ) Manufacturers ... T0000M IRl RES e CRO IR IR L City appropriation 15.000.00 “"'1 {d"“‘)_ Rebate on Net profit - carnival i OLEADED) A $363.16 { T.oose Pennies Sept, 19. Net profit heauty Loose Pennies Sept. 26. . SEes e b 47 Total Lteccipts ATiecollonedualiacarts 27 Tolal Iixpense as per At- Campaign committee net it iched Statement $32.368.17 Net Receipis Dishurscmonts Al b Atchison Printing 5 Athletic commitlee ... ... s:gn,:n et Receints R 00 ghort . ¢ Ajniusement ... .69 S Badge S e Net Proceeds $2,850.41 1gecoration o T OMARTIN, eworks .o [Signed] Hlte ; W. W. HANNA, o] ; ? J. W. LYNCH, Tavitation .50 N MARDRG Memorial g 14 Military S ot 00 Carnival Expense Sheet, Music P - 066.57 Babcock— et S OO o tra oL s 5.00 o ICtey . 34823 Carting (Walker) 00 IBrostamns S el _686.73 Labor taking down 12.00 Eete : o 0,988 Lebor sctting np. . 2 ———— $524.00 0270 Hellkvists— Cash on hand 6,365.47 i 0 Ldbor .60 7.40 Bills vayulle awditing ap- | e ol Misceilaneous Cxbense 366,01 Bills receivable L0 e ' It should be borne in mind that in ervices in Contest ...... 100.00 the above capitulation the item ‘“‘ath- United Klec. Light (bulbs) 60 lotic fund” 1s the amouni of money Checkers paid by Dr. Martin 00 {urned over to the Welcome Home Doemer Bill Posting ...... .00 commitice that was collected on pre-; Spring & Buekley (Wiring vious henefit performances, such asi _for Divers) ......... 30.00 {he local amateur production af thej United Klec. Light (Bulbs) 8.80 Lyceum, “Girls Will Be Girls. 2. C. Dennison (Auto Hire) 18.00 Vi | N. . Police Dept. ......... 204.38 Letter of George Spear, ! James 1", Farrell (Cartage) 00 | N Bl & Coal (Hellkvists) 22,60 “Mr. J. . Loomis, S “New Britain, Conu. Tolal Kxpense §1,696.79 Dear Sir “In accordance with your request T The Lreasurer’s report on the carni- save carefully verified, using can- | val committee, which includes ex- celed checks wilh proper endorse- penses that should be charged ap mient, cach item of disbursements ap- against the carnival, excepting one ov pearing on {he attached treasurer's two small items for cleaning the pavk yepori, und [ heir by certify said re- | which are not yet in, is as follows: port to be correct. [ have andite A 211 vouches, and yvour apportionmeni: To Beauly Contest Reccipts 3619.2 to the yarious commitiees zve cosrect To Carnival Receipts ... as ymitted in the attached H‘[vml."r“ Sale of Lumber to Dr. “f am unable to audit the stals | Potts .....nien ent of the carnival committee as — ~ ?’:m fail to supply me with the vouci } $2,885.41 S5 ; | Spring & Buckle g el | Wiring Y. M. T AL booth 1o.00 L= ¢ i | Wiring W. Hanna Booth.. 18.00 The loiiers v which Treasucer | Wiring Church Soc. Booth 32,00 Toomis refers to the fail o thel Wiring {Motjats - &0 00 15.60 commiilea in charge of the carnival C, J. Leroux, Plumbing .... 10214 o allow him to obtain proper vouch- Conn. Lt. & Power Co., Cu i ceipts ure submitied wi rent B e e s e ot e follow:: | Jos. Scheidel, Labor, Clean- - ing Walnut Hill Park 20.00 & iU, | W. M. Allen Co., Labor and “Welcome Home Committee, i “Nev B3, Conn 1 Deay Humuin { o Net R < 1o mie proper thui thel contracts, concesslong, wnd | tvijogos with list of terms be s Y " o my committee ol on A glauce at thése ligures will show repres ive of my com- | thai, exclusive of the procceds from | sfalttee act conjunction with tic | the Tabs' candy hooth, the dance representatives of the special commit- piatform and the ring contes!, the tees the collecting of all moncys carnival proper actually lost money \at this moncy pe turned over to | for the cit Providing that §1,500 is and * NEW BRITAIN DAILY 2 J ALIMONY FOR MEN . L - HERR Denver. Alimoity for men, if the divorced woman has the bigger in come, and pensions for fathers le by death or divorce with little chil- dren to care for. are advocated by Mrs: I i il Kerr, vice chairman of the Colorado state branch of the national woman's party. given toward fixing the park for next summer the loss will be much greater. Want Park Repaired, Chairman Ernest N. Humphrey pro- | duced aletter from the park commi sion which was read to the meeting 1 Keeretary L.eon A, Sprague. The con munication callefi for $1600 to | placed in the hands of the city com troller the repair of the park, suc as filling in post holes, seeding I n the park trodden down 1 ons of the carnival and re-soddir in some sections. The commission ¢ plained that it was not very like that such a sum would be spent fc this work and agrecd to keep an a counting of all the expense: part of the fund that remained to b turned back to the carnival committe: Members of the committee who h Leen in the park since the carniv left the city expressed their belief the the work wauld not cost more $500. It the sense of the mec ing that the chairman of the commi tee should write the park commissic and ask for specifications upon th work needed. With these tions the committee plans to have centractor handle the job and in tl way save money. 1t was felt that tl for seet ot was even though a part of it was to be r turned later, would take from the re port. Superintendent of Paris Wainwright came in for icism for hiv aftitude during t} celebration. Had it not been for il fact that he refused to lend w helpit hand in keeping the park in shap Chairman Humphrey said, the penses of rpair would have nearly as large. id that Wainwright adopted the att tude of “You put the thing there, no take it away yourself.” $806 After a brief discussion, Loomnis was ordered to pay the bill ¢ a round ¢ not bee s 5 for Sign Board. The chairman furthe e - ‘h he iy hg K 1y v o whatever be e. a 1l 1t than = t- m he specifica- 4 he payment of $1,500 for that work now R i e e oxe en i W Treasurer >t $806.95 for the sign hoard oppositc city hall. "The bill-has been outstand- ing for mare than five months hut because of the fact that the commit- tee had been instructed to have it erected at a cost not to exceed $500 and the board had really cost over $300 more, their report was held up. It was explained that the design on to af the Loard, the carved eagle, he been mainly respousible for the pric Dbelieved to be excrbitant. Woman Witnts Dam: A letter was received from Quigley with reference to injuries su: tained by Mrs. Walter Wilfred whe she alighted from the merry-go-roun Mayc oD v ve T n d. She asked for $50 to pay the expenses caused by injuries. The claim was referred to the corporation counsel. lecretary Nprague inguired as o what could be done with the some 2,000 programs left over. The coni- mittee author >d him to consult Su- perintendent of Schools Holmes for the purpose of determining a method of distribution among school children, sratis. A vote of appreciation tor the police was authorized and Secretary Spraguc ordered to communicate the thanks of the committee to the police commi sioners and the chief of policc CURED BY PRAYER Miss lda York.- fell 28 years avo and became a cripple had been ihought went to In the mythe aba she w whose cure doned. When dying, her and prayed for her. the prayers, Miss perfectly cured. hope they friends midst walked Belle Smythe as church of in i | studies and HERALD, THURSDAY, U. 5. IS INTHIS STATE Lusee Yeahsun, Agéd T, is at Wallingford Home : Comiug from his native home 16,- 000 miles with an experience that few | an claim is the life of Lusec Yeahsun. | ipanese, who on November 17 cole brated his 7ist birthday anniversavy. | Jle is spending the remainder of his 1 at the Mascnic home He is the only Japanese Mason in ihe United States as far as known He was born in pan on November 18, 1848, and although taken into captivity soveral times and four tines sentenced to the gallows, he relates his trials and ex- periences as i matter of fact and said that it secms a dream to him when he brings back (o his mind hic past life Ses veath, Tis parents were blessed with tive children, two daughter W three on. They worshiped Buddha and be- in comfortabic circumsinnces could enjoy dife better than most of the people there. AL the age of ten year: | | 1 Yewhsun and another brother wert seized by the surgeon army and sen tenced to the gallows., After pleading for merey, they were finally spared, and although he begged them to allow his brother to remain with him, this wits not allowed and frem that day he has not seen or' communicated with any of his foiks. The people there had | no feeling for human life, stated M. | Yeahsun, and many times while witi | this army 1 would witness n massacre | of an innocent soul. The trouble at | the time was a rebellion and one set | of people known as the imperial army was fighting the surgeon army. The former were composed of i morc en- | lightened race while the latter were half natives and beastly in their na- | ture. It Yeahsun's misfortune to | be s the surgeon army and while with them made his oscape three times but the last attewipt he was ordered beheadod at once by the colonel of the company. Having gain- ed the admiration of the staff officers they pleaded in his behalf and at last the colonel gave orders that he should be stripped and wh'pped 15 times with a bamboo stick. After receiving th's sentence, the blood flowed through his flesh and the informant remarked that he almost died from this brutal treat- ment Escapes to America. Finally, Yeahsun made his escape and hid in a large rye ficld then to be recaptured by the imperial army, who were marching on. They suspected that he was a rebel and finally decid- ed that he should again be killed. But again his pleadings were heoded and he remained with them for s time. Yeahsun at once noticod th change in manner of thes people 2id was kept busy attending to their weapons, cleaning the officers’ | clothes, having life a little better than | formerly. Gut while the march w, on, Yeahsun couldn’t keep up with | them and upon arriving at @ scaport | town, he met a native woman to whom he related his experience. Her husband was the owner of » jewelr store and she gladly offered to i him to her house n i ana g mised whea th toihip eam that she would © captaia to take him At 1 the ship did coric in and eahsun was warmly reesived as he was to do the crrands for the sailors. The captain of this boat Charle H. Barrett of Camden, Yale man, his wife being second daughter of John W. of New Haven, who was known Connecti- cut’s being a writer wide Yeahsun spent vears captain travel timost scaport My world. n ot one trip, the captain curious about Yeahsun's life, With a missionary and informed. The capiain's wife was @ well educated woman and contrib- uted many stories to a New Huven paper known as the Palladium. De- “irous to see China, she accompanied the captain on one of his voyases together with her 18 months’ daughicr and while af Iong od Asiatic choler, ease, seiL. tor ust was Maine, the sarber a as historian, experience. with the every While a five LS neisco to le: communicated there was well Kong she contract fatal and passed away, being burvied at On the return voyage, 1ssed away before A vory dis- the daugh of water on the brain captain’s wife ng Yeahsun the died he told her husband to by to America and see that erly educated, At the age acting as his £1,000 for his educ school and he was prop- of 18 years the « gave in a Line hiny hoardin nardian wion therc Delaware college in tinish his studies. Upon enteri American talls fluently, of captain’s om ¢ went to th Ne ) Franklin could quite cfforts the wife, taught him the alphabet and the lish Jan e. While in hi at college his ave the advice Mr. Bax Haven, discontin lef Ne entertained il 1 trade >s Portland schools | due to th who ua Junio year rund ont an: upon New of ger, of he ed 1laven, Tt in prominent to familics and ast decided learn the printers Mar When he Meriden, Nt with working Girl! vears oid where he songht the Meriden with concer we he wen cmplo. tepublican to u thai or four formed Isthoer who time of Miss descent e During this the cquaintan e Moizan, of English in millinery business wme was in Por leaving Mey Miss Morzan took up their residence that city wite's clforts wnd comfort 1 wis e Just was ma then (hey New Haven the ihere. land, Conn len he and in betore ried to remaining in hiss churci Through 1 M. L en, e joine IR th the since then has ved great istian relizion, he stated. Joins Masons in 18 Yeahsun joined the lodge in 1378 known as the Wooster lodge of New Haven. DBy his riage two children were born to them -—-one, dving i Sl eud, My, Masonic mue s0n, DECEMBER 4, 1919. { | | | A wonen's P IRome-~—\ soldier in the famous Russian battation of deatl Donna IPlavia nski, has ceturned home aly after flecing her in from ihe hevils buried in Birmingham, known now s N w. where he moved to from dicd Haven, and a daughter who 1897 at {he age of 1b huried in Middletown. mingham Mr. years. E Leaving *'I! Yeahsun went (o Middletown, his wife passing awny there in 1910. He was employed o his trade connected with Pelton and King for 24 years and 10 months and during his stay there was treasurer o the Salvation Army. He his houschold effects in the s 1915 and has since been at the home. Mr. Yeahsun man of refined culture and interesting versdy His days now readinz literatt ing effect and he is deeply in the affairs of the country or ments tending to better the natior He took the opportunity to William Jennings Bryan speak prohibition at the High school torium recently. disposed of ing is a very con- nalist. are spent | broader interested in Paris.—"Daddy, please take me fo pthe opportunity of meeting Amerte court champion never dadd v Uly refusc 000 mov.. America. witho! he nywhere father—and 1 ailing acro s for any te But “daddy™ won't and so Mlle | hex & zanne Lenglen, of Picardy, girl { to upon miles \m of seasickne awdi- nis wonder, will not have | nis probably LI RN ing delicate things is the wey the Eden washes everything. OLTOIOIOLTOTOLOTOTOLOLTO £0; Help wanted! 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