New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1919, Page 1

News of the World By Assceiated Press. Herald “Ads” Me Better Business ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT MONDAY, DECEMBER 1519105 ) ~—SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE “THREE CENTS. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PROHIBITIO LID WiLL NOT COME OFF FOR HOLIDAY » MAYOR QUIGLEY I3 PEEVED AT DELAYS Says Procrastmatmn in Land Deal Means Money Loss DENIES CURTIS’ CHARGES City Executive Says He Would Give - Commission to Char and is In- i terested Only in Obtaining erty. Procrastination finance board may several huhdred doljars fo the way of in rates for purchase of’la , Mayor Quigley this morning. The board has a ommendation for the purchase ¥iand owned by George Greatorex, abutting on the West canal and in the immediate watershed at this peint, and with it an option for $1,600 in case the purchase is made The owner now threatened to with- draw the option unle the purchase immediately and has an- nounced if the option is once with- drawn the land cannot be purchased for less than several hundred more than the original price History of the Case. The forecasted rejection by ' the finance committee of the common council carries with it a brief history, explained by the mayor this morning. According to his story, Alderman Or- on the result of the loss of part in a the ased the said rec- dollars | | FUNERAL SERVICES 1 of Prop- ! ate ! meant of . at once. the city makes | | | i chureh: son F. Curtis, the representative trom i the third ward, is bitterly opposed to the purchase of the property and is ihe chief opponent on the contmittee. Curtis, is quoted ing charged that the muyor w ious to the deal put throf he ws to act as land agent through the sale of the property would receive the customary comm sion. Tn answer to this charge Ms W Quigley said he would willingly his commission to the Home or to any other stitution, but that ious to see the city before the option A a have and Children's charitable ir he was ve acquire that tract | is taken away. Delay Explained. Officers of the water hoard explained that the holdup in the finance com- mittee is for the purpose of deter- mining whether the West;canal is to be abandoned or to be continued in use. If the former is the case, land acquired in the vicinity of' the atorex tract will be useless while if the latter is so, that land will be found very necessary. It has been proposed, and the matter is being con- sidered serioufly, to raise the dam at _Shuttle Meadow to Ificres ply in that reservoir. If the wafer from the Wi not flow in as therc is grade. However, the ma ed, there is opposition to ment and it is not likely will be raised, Enginecr Hazen Engineer Allen Haz of New York,: who has been in, consultation with the members of {hé water com- i board of public city that this is done t not sufficient ror explain- that move- that the dam peaks. > it cannot shed property. to fear from he city has nothi contamination, at leas one of the members of the the sup- | water finance | FOR W. H. HART TODAY Dean of Local Manufacturers Buried in Fairview Cemetery: Stanley Works Closes as Tribate. William H. Hart, former the Stanley Works for many y was buried this afternoon in Fair The manufacturer president ew cemetery. funeral of the held at o'clock from the South church, Iie had worshipped for 62 Dr, W. €. Hill, pastor officiated at aged 2:30 where was vears. Rev. George of the church, the services. At there was a Hart residence, for the immedi- body was removed church immediately o'clock this morning i service at the xington street, family. The to the South afterward. As ory mark the a of of respect to the mem- man whose efforts had much to the success of the concern, the power at the Stanley Works was shut down from 2:30 to 5 o'clock this afternoon. The honoravy bearers were: evick G. Platt, Edward N. Stanley, Andrew J. Sloper, Elford B. Eddy, 1 W. Stanley, Herbert H. Pease, . H. Davison, Charles F. Smith, Frederick §. Chamberlain and Clar- ence I. Bennett. The active bearers were: Mervin S. Hart, Donald R. Hart, William H. Hart 2d, Stanley Hart, Theodore Hart, Valentine Hart, llen Moore and Roswell Moor: grandsons of the deceased. At thé close of the services at the those intimately acquainted with the. deceased, manutacturer weve given the opportunity of viewing the remains. ‘There were floral tributes from the family, the directors, offic employes and foremen of the Stanle Works. VILLA BANDITS FREE AMERICAN PRISONER Fred- ‘In Meantlme State Dept. Has | any | | listas | canal will | works | 2 at. | consul ford to lose a single inch of water- i Ordered Thorough In- vestigation of Case. Eagle Pass, Huzo, of El Paso, manager M. Dobie nch Musau Mexico, has been released by the Vil- who Texas, Dec. 15.—Fred | G J. near had held him for ransom, here paid. according to advices received today. No ransom money w: Washington, can emba, Dec. 15.—The at Mexico City was di- rected tod ; the State department to make representations to the Me: can government regarding the Kid- napping of Fred G. Hugo, the Ame ican manager of the Dobie ranch, near Musquiz, by Villistas last week. The embassy and the American at Eagle Pass, Texas, have instructed to make an indepen- dent investigation of the incident and 1so to investigate reports that the Villistas carried off another American 1 heen i of the ., §10,000 | FUEL RESTRICTIONS ARE FURTHER LIFTED! Railroad Admmlstratmn Permits Foreign Ships to Coal Here NO-WAGE BOARD NAMED YET . ‘White Wo House Indicates That Must Mine ers Car Out Their Agreement and Return to Work 1. shington, Dec. 75.—Restrictions t supplying fuel coal to foreign ships were relaxed today by the rail- inistration to permit de- parture of hundreds of forei ssels which have been held in Atlantic and other ports since the shortage of coal became acute. Order of Preference. Director General Hines ordered that vessels should be supplied in the fol- lowing order: 1—Inland and coastwise vessels. 2—American overseas vesse 3—TForeign overseas. Heretofore the only foreign ships which have been allowed to obtain coal were fast mail and passenger lin- ers. Coal production was expected by railroad administration officials to be 80 per cent. of normal today, reports showing that miners were returning to work rapidly in all fields except in Ohio @nd Kansas. Mut Keep Agreement. Tt was indieated at the White Houe today that tho commission that is to jnvestigate tie.coal industry with a view to adjupsting wages and prices ' would not be named until the mine workers had carried out their agree- ment to return to work. MILLER PURC HASE MAY | i Besse-Leland Plant May Soon Be Dis- placed—May Be Reason Fol Company’s Purchase. The Besse-Leland company has ac- { auired the Darius Miller property on Main street through a deal with the executors of the Miller will. The pur- chase price of the block, which is one of the most valuable pieces of Main street real estate, is said to be more than $150,000. The block is a three story building, built in 1855 by Dari- | us Miller. The Miller store adjoins, | having ‘been built on an additional | strip of land secured from the First | Congregational church society in | 1880, i The purpose of Besse-Leland’s pur- at this time may be seen in the jon by Mr. Leland several weeks ago that there.was a possibil- ity of his firm being forced to scelk new quarters because the Riker Hegeman Drug company has ‘been bargaining for the present buildin In the event of their purchase it was the intention of the drug compafiy to remove their store into the Besse-Le- land premises. i | 1 | | | | 25 JEWS WILL GIVE 1,060 EACH TO FUND Congregation of Sons of Isracl Certain of New $100,000 Edifice Soon. To build the proposed $100,000 syn- 1gogue the congrezation of Sons Israel will make a canvass for funds. rom recent indication: the syna- gogue fund will be raised, and the structure erected, in record time. It was stated today on good authority, by a member of the congregation and a leading resident of the city, that 25 members of the congregation already make a donation of $1,000 each, thus blishing an initial fund of $25,000. the ale of seat in the church and donations by other members of the congregation, it s believed the fund will be complete when the church read iD'l L.F.& C. WANTS TO BUY is coandn B. & K. FACTORY PLANT Officials Hold Meeting Th Afternoon to Take Action on Proposed Tra_nsfer. to the statement by one of the and the 'entire B. and K. ceording this afternoon of the Barnes turing company, plant on Ellis street may hands in the near future. rAction will be taken within the next few davs o to whether the plant is to be sold the Landers, Frary and Clark cern, the hoard of directors of the B. K. plant for the past two weeks. Information received from an offi- cial source states that the Landers, Frary and Clark concern, has and pliance work in the B. and K. tory and will continue ture of goods similar are being turned out time, to those at the present if the deal is concluded. Should the deal be put through, much of the which is be moved. machinery plant will 7 NEW CARDINALS, BUT NO AMERICANS installed at the Not Ome ‘athollc Clergyman in United States is Scheduled to Receive Red Hat, Rome, Dec. 15.—Seven new éardi- nals were nominated during the secret | cons E story held today, enedict delivered an The advices from Rome di with the plans for the o 1y have indicated ti were likely to Dbe als on the at which Pope allocution. 8 t no Amer appointed occasion. The cardinals ted by the pope wer nuncio at Vienna. Monsigor Camas ei, former patriarch of Jerusalem. Monsignor s, vice_chhamber- E of the church. Mon- of | made officials {obert Manufac- change > | con- which has been negotiating with made |MEAN STORE TRANSFER | rlans to take over the electrical ap- i fac- the manufac- that nsistory held | 'NEW BRITAIN GLAD | News Recelved Wllh Sorrow by Few—Joy hy Many “COPPERS” NOW ARE HAPPY City Has Escaped What Promised to Be Period of Wild “Rejoicing” if “Wet” Christinas Was Ruled Legal —Holiday to Be Safe and Sane. News of the action court in declaring the war hibition lawful and thereby for all time any hopes ever wet” and really ‘“‘merry” was received in New Britain by the announcement which appeared in the afternoon bulletin of The Herald. It was welcomed with shouts of joy and thanksgiving by some, and with deep wailings and gnashing of teeth by othe: The news did not cast such a gloom of despair over the crowds of business men gzathered in the cafes as might have been expected. There were audible groans of mock SOrrow, but the attitude of the majority was shown in the man who called silence in a ‘“near beer” saloon, holding high above his head | of the beverage, shouted: is deud, gentlemen—Long live king ! of the supreme time pro- blighting held for Christ- and a glass Ministers Glad. Ministers, asked for comments upon the ruling of the Supreme Court, responded, without an exception, that told suffering, sorrow and the well- known effects of “wetness” had been for all time averted by the ruling of the highest court. Members of the ew Britain Women's Christian Tem- berance union, making plans now for meeting tomorrow, received the news with joy and the gathering of that organization probably will re- solve itself into a jubilee of thanks- giving over what it terms a “wonder- ful victory.” Policemen Glad. City officials, as a whole, were un- willing to make comments for pub- lication upon the effect of the per- petual drouth in New Britain, but conversation showed they were, gen- erally, glad of the ruling. Members of the city’s executive staff who, reason of their position, have come in direct contact with the problem of enforcing the laws, displayed backwardness in showing their relief over the fact that New Britain will ! escape what was openly would be a very probable period of disorder, had the prohibition amend- ment been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Oh, Day of Sorrow! In only a few cases were the effects of the Supreme Court n what nearl genuine sorrow. of a number of ex were ready to ahcad had a approached te: of “open up' the ruling at full speed been different and John Barleycorn allowed to re- sume for a time his highest throne. | “It's not the whiskey we will miss, | of them today, “but it's the | said onc BARLEYCORN'S DEAD fur; “The Klnb | the | “jt was the right thing” and that un-' no ! predicted | 1 1eible | He thought it unlikely that the ruling visible | { national This was in the case loon keepers who | DETECTIVE SUED IN AUTO THEFT CASE AL Richardson, One of Parties Action for Recovery of Car and | $1.000 Damages Detective Sergeant Andrew J. Rich- in a , | ardson has been named a party brought by the Firemen's Fund Insurance company to replevin a car suit ago in Ma and $1,000 damages to the Charles Geideraiti in whose session the and ‘ a year Brocton, | recover car. pos- found faith car wa it owner, purchased from supposed in good is the other defend- w. C. local agent of Attorney Morris ant in the litigation. | ford pany, | has been retained by present their case. turnable before the city court on the first Monday in January. The car was originally the prop- | erty of the Hendley-Kimball company | of Boston, dealers in automobiles. | While the car was in their possession insurance papers were issued by the Firemen's Fund company. The Hend- ley-Kimball Co. sold the car con- | aitionally to John Novat in June, 1918, and while it was in his posses- sion it was stolen. Subsequently the local man purchased the automobile | for $1,500. For more than a year he { has had it in his possession, little sus- pecting it to be stolen property. The | insurance company investigators . traced the automobile with the result- ing suit. Attorney Saxe was unable to explain how the local policeman was involved in the suit, but it is believed that his connections with the recovery of the car may have resulted in his implica- tion as a technicality. COLLEGTOR WALSH T0 ENFORCE ‘DRY’ EDICT Hartford Liquor Dealers Ex- press Surprise at Court’s Hunger- the DY the defendants to The case is is the com- and Saxe Decision, Hartford, Dec. { phoribition is cor 5—“If war-time stitutional I shall con- { tinue to enforce it without fear or { favor as I have b doing.” This as the statement today of James J. J. S. internal revenue col- lector for the Connecticut district when informed of the decision as in- | dicating that congress has the power to define the meaning of “intoxicating beverages” as containing one-half of one per cent of alcohol. Liquor in hond cannot be with- drawn, save for medlcinal or sacra- ment purposes, he said. Then per- mits must be granted by the collector. wet respite before the goes into effect “wet would have a brief mendment vy 16, If th he added, lguor from bond before January ken out of the country into a Janu terval, drawn and t territory the United States. Jobp C. Long, presdent of the Hart- alleged to have been stolen more than to who the more than | not within the jurisdiction of | KING BOOZE KILLE BY SUPREME GOU Unanimous Opinion Favp War-Time Prohibition AMENDMENT BINDS STA Aside From This Statement, Tribunal Makes No Referend) Prohibition Enforcoment Ad Wets Now Give Up All Hope. Washington. prohibition w today by the supremc unanimous decision the hopes of many day time. Is Binding On No decision cases involvi of the Vosltead Dec held 15, —War constitut] court in Thus v for a “wetd Al States. rendered on the constitutior law, the prohib| enforcement act, framed to carr the intent of the prohibition a men to the constitution In passing, howev Asso Judge Brandeis did hold that the hibition amendment was binding the,states as well as the federal ernment. “Wet. Lose The court entirely tention of the “wet that the time prohibition was outside the time powers of congress and poi out that war-time control of food railroads still were in effect. ,The decision added or ’)‘hile\‘onew to the long, the country dry. More Decisions Coming, The court will render cpinions al next Monday at which time the cases are expected to be decided, r which the court will recess 5. The prohibition cons amendment will become i tive January 16. pon the court's decision prohibition enforcement law, will pend whether the federal oV ment has at hand any legal means making the amendment effective The constitutionality of war-§ prohibition, however, the drys confident, will keep the country until the amendment is carried effect by law of its ow WATER COMMISSIONE |ASK SALARY INCREA| was Al Hope. reversed the on Petitions Also rom Many Officials Requesting More Pay. The board at its meeting take up the r quest for s has been each member salary and it taken tomorrow request to the salary creased expenses of living upon which the officers pay. They claim present not in keeping with ne amount of work required of mission. Coincident of water tomorrow atter of the incre for a serving ommissiol evening b s¢ Ty ses. T asked increz now unde probable a vote night send committee to are sk for o salaries ds and of the ed with request from ford retail liquor dea said, wh “That means clos: keeping open at a 1 cision to the cont Brewers expressed particular est in the decision this morning. Connecticut Brewers' ation meot within a few to decide upon a futnre cou ALLIES ~ RECEIVE German Delegation signor Solddevilla Romero, arch- | bishop of Saragossa. Monsignor Kakowski, archbishop of Warsaw gnor Dalber, archbishop of noney we have t will mean And custom glass of butter | HUSBAND AND WIFE HELD AS MURDERERS inves o total lo hing, he turned to serve the who had ordered——-a buttermilk, with bread and commission believes, as state anstlmmwl Phillips p-compel the owners of property, the | a0t B eeine o ipas el gyt cpitor LWAGE CONCESSIONS GIVEN RAILWAY MEN ed in liquor that { water commissior from the board of board of health afternoon and | for - the arity depar soeveral every employe § building must be in ;fi‘“ ommon council GROCERS GIVEN WARNIN( S. District ers comes pElit iblic worles, 1] reet tomon for inepes mem bokg nd severipn gt 1 requestadn ing praeticy cify the Al rggud meellng HOURS OF CLOSING New Schedule of Hours We've been ecting a de- . i 5 petition e ied commizsion h certain purpo: Allowing contam- Announced inating influences to gather on (hr\ property will result in the owner’ Joss provided the clty is willing to give a fair remuneration for the land. Has Check Now. The raising, or failure to raise, dam at Shuttle Meadbw is the 1 ter upon which the whole proposition will turn. The finance committee has the signed check of May- | inter. The will cardinate on of con- conferring of the Monsignor Bertram, archbishop . reserved in petto in the sistory "of 1916, also was announced In addition the Pope announced the appointments of the bishops and archbishops nominated by brief since the last consistory. Judge Holds Auto Thief For Trial in $5,000 Bom‘lsi Dec. By Mercantile Burcau of Chamber ments have n of the petitioner of Commer week in Workers On Slow Beginning New Freights Will Get ’Th ¥ evening the Britain retail stores will conform Ilo the Christmas schedule as recom- ! mended by the Mercantile Bureau of | the' Chamber of Commerce. Thurs- day and Friday December 18th and 19th stores will remain open until 9 o'clock p. m. Saturday, Monday- Tuesday and Wednesday, December 20, 22, 23, and 24, the stores will keep open until 10 o’clock. The New Britain merchants have a | full stock this year and a varlety that | equaly any city in the state, It is stated. The usual hollday rush will come the last few days before Xmas and the shopping public is urged by the Chamber of Commerce to make their plans early; to shop during the day as much as possible in order that the stores may bhe able to glve the usual courtesy and attention to the trade. the Time and a Half For All REPLY An- Worcester Couple Accused of Slaying | :| I Overtime Work. Aged Recluse in Westboro 0. Peace Hands on June Ma to Secrvetary—Not Believed to | Assistant U, Worcester, Dec. 15—Mrs Swer Sleanor Baker, 2 year old, and her { husband, Harry, faced trial today for the murder of Dwight P. Chapman, an “aged reclue, at Westboro, on June 9. One hundred talesmen were calded. It was expected the jury will be se- Attorney Are Hold Meriden, Conn. 15.—Alphige Be General Agreement. d’Avignen, a garage owner of Spring- | field, Mass., brought here and charged with stealing an automobile belonging to James Kilgore of Hartford on AUg- i1ected today and a vil made to the ust 13, was held Inf $2,000 for the su- ! scene of the murder. Mrs. Baker is perlor court taday. The car was re- |sald to be the younget woman ever covered In Vermont. Bernard Loor-!charged with murdcr isn the first de- en, Involved In the theft, was brought gree in this state. A statement by from tho Cheshire reformatory to tes- 'her husband made public In part by tify, which he did and against d’Avig- the district attorney, declared her in- non, nocent of Chapman' death, and is aid to have alleged that Buker killed \apran avenge an insult upon Prosecute Those Who Paris, Dec. 15.--The German peace delegation this morning handed Ger- many's reply to the Entente note to Paul Dustasta, secretary of the peace conference. The German ncte is regarded in Franch official circles as acceding to all points raised in the Allied note, | excepting that concerning the sinking of th> German warships in Scapa Flow which point is resetved with a view to keeping the regctlations open, EATS CANDY, ORDER sugar, Expecting Higher Prices. Hartford, warning was given to by the U. S. district today. It was to tI eering will be prosecuted Lever food control act. torney George H. Cohen ment :aid in rart “Any dealer who is withholding gar i the ectation of getting highe- price it after The first January, makes himsslf Hable to mary pr cution for proutes as his profits will be figured on s of the price which he poid the sugar and he will be required) ¢ show his invoices and prove (o tistaction of this office that the ar was in fact purchased from 4 wholesaler at the v higher prigws Dec. 15.—An additio 10 Walls Hartford Laborer Succumbs juries Recelved When Pitch Cave in on Him, Hartford, Dec. 15.-—Jack Labruno, an Italian laborer, was buried alive when the earth caved in on him in a diteh in which he was digging in the alley of 1212 Main street today, and died despire the efforts of other worlk- men to dig him out in time to save his life and the peristent work of physicians who tried for more than an hoyf to resuscitate him with a pulm in 14 Lluldren Knlled Wheu Movie Theater Roof Crashes Dec. 15 (Havas) dlspatch to the Echo de Parls from Tunls says that 14 children were killed and 20 injured by the collapse of the roof of a moving plcture theater here, DIES; CORONER for AUTOPSY ON BODY Stamrord, Dee. 1 An autopsy was ordered by Coroner Phelan today to defermir. the exact eause of death of Ruth Paulssn, aged 4, who is supposed had been | to have been poisoned by candy bought begun at | at a neighborhood store. Two sisters, Ban-] 6 and 8§ years old, were very 11l but a recovering. Chapman > a hammer nt, battered by blunt instru- s back of his June 10 or some wits Tound In a1 n the Tuesda = o the the Dec, itain and and Hariford, Now tonight Parls, | morning Baker nomse, yere ary te, on Juue 18, who was ed | Washington, Dec. 15.—Under an e 1&! I“H‘( m‘_ endorsed | agreement between the railroad ad- Comptroller .. Curtis. on i fho Gty gives its decision; if it be one | MINistration and the four brother- unfavorable for Greatorex. he plans hoods of train and enginemen, an- {o denude the woods, as it is valuable nounced today, time ana a half for timber land. This would be harmful overtime in slow freight service will | to the water supply, it is believed. become effeciive as of December 1. e All arbitrarios and special allow- BU WD ALIVE MAN DIES ances formerly applicable between V] | terminals were eliminated, but spe- clal allowances for switching and sim- + llar work at initlal terminals were pre- In- | servod, Thess, however, will be at tho of old rate, “Allowances for switching and de- {1 t the final terminals are pre- served payable at the former rafes where the work §s performad prior to the overilme period,” the anncunce raent sajd. . “These allowonces have bean agreed to {n the past for reliev- ing men of work which has not been considered n part of thotr reguler du- {les and correspondingly it is felt that the sama conditions existed In con- nection with payment of time and lhnll for overtimo.” lodger | o at a nd they at