New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1919, Page 1

h { News of the World. By Asscciated Press. < e “\NEW BRITAII HERAL e SRR, Herald “Ads” BSer Busing ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1919.—SIXTEEN PA GES. PRICE THREE "8 CONNECTICT INDUSTRY IS DEPENDENT UPON RAILROAD SERVICE, HUBBARD ASSERTS “qf Congress Does Notl Protect Roads, Man- ufacturing Concerns » Will Suffer, State i { President Says. - “OPEN SHOP” ISSUE \: ANOTHER QUESTION No Doubt Where Majority of Employers Stand, But Report Will Be Made On - New Haven, Dec. 18.—Growth a_ndv development have come to the Manu- | Old South Trust Co. in Fi- facturers’ Association of Connecticut, | President E. Kent Hubbard pointed out to:jts members at the annual | meeting today. Progress has not been so rapid as might be desired, he | ‘+said, but it has seemed wiser:to build slowly and surely than to risk hasty construction without strong founda- | tions. In the last year 154 new mem- bers were admitted, eight hayve. with- drawn, and the present number is’ 784, mepresenting 274,881 employes. The effort of officers and committees has been to keep members informed on indusirial: matters under con- | by congress. ‘Mc. Hubbard * rslgnbxntn the ‘arfitude of members favoring a return of railroads to cor- porate control, the ~qonsideration by congress of two bills, and added as comment on’these: | i EG WINSTED TAKE NOTICE, NEW BRITAIN AS WELL! 48 BELOW IS REPORTED Toronto Dec. 18.—With cities in the Korthern part of the Unit- ed States complalning of severe weather, White River today calmly reported that the official thermumeter there fell to 48 de- grees blow zero during the night and rose to 38 below at dawn. Winsted, Dec. 18.—With the temperature below zero an ice dealer here today began to cut icc on Highland Lake and make deliveries direct to customers. This ice is at leadt five inches thick. e BOSTON BANK CLOSED ”INVESTI]RS ARE SAFE nancial Straits and Com- missioner Interferes. Boston, Dec. 18.—The Old South Trust Co., one of the smaller bank- | ing institutions here closed its doors today under orders from State Bank | L. Thorn- | Commissioner ' Augustus dike. The closing followled a run on the bank. Failure of the bank to “make clear- ing house connections” .was said by the bank commissioner to have preci- pitated the 1un. The company's trou- bles, he said, were due to the fact { that it held a lot of ‘‘slow paper” and had made loans that were ‘“not read- i ily collectable.” prxato legis] 3 2090 in Keommon with railreads genex'n.llv will face seripus financial embarrassment. | How can industries of Connecticut ' and New Hngland, dependent upon raiiroads for raw materials from a distance, prosper and survive, and | even compete with those in ofher| _districts, if railroads -are broken | “Adown and lacking credit?’ President Hubbard said that even with pending legislation the railroad | and rpil service questions will be in- creasihgly pressing. The “Open Shop” Question, Mr. Hubbard took up the matter of “open shop” and said the committee yon industrial relations will make a report containing ‘“certain declara- tions of principle on matters of the most immediate and vital concern to our industries.” He said he had no doubt as to where a great majority of manufacturers of Connecticut stand with reference to the “open shop.” “EDDIE” NIHILL IS DEAD Former sSouth Main Street Business ! Man Succumbs to Mastold Abscess —Was Well Known Young Man. Bdward B. Nihill, 39 years old, of 58 SBouth Main street, died this morning at 4 o’clock after a short illness. He was a native of this city, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nihill. He attended the local schoois and acquired quite a reputation as‘ an amateur baseball player. ¥or several years he had conducted a barbershop and grocery store on South Main street, across from the High school. [He leaves, besides his 4 Parents, his wife, and an uncle, Rev. James B. Nihill, pastor of St. Augus- tine’s urch, Bridgeport. The fun- eral will be held Saturday morning at rom St. Josepl\s church. s death will come as a many friends, but few of of his serious condition. Peath came as a result of a mastoid abscess and although an operation “4was performed, it failed to . save life. Tt is believed that an injury to the head, received when he was at- tending school caused his fatal mal- ady. Mr. Nihill was especially well known io young men who have at- tended the local High school during the past 10 or 12 years, as he conduct. 'ed the store across the t which was cver the mecea of @t recoss time and “after ELECTED DELEGATES, Horace W. Eddy, the newly el \illustrious potentate) of the ‘hrlne. and Judge George W. Klett, were last night elected to represent the organization at the national conven- tion of the order in Portland, Oregon, the latter part of next June. John W. Lockett, was honored last evening By the election as second ceremonial officer of the shrine. Whom knew * w“r SOHOOL CLOSES: TOO COLD. At 10:80 o’clock this morninz if ¥ was found necessary to suspend the session at St. Mary’s Parochial school his | | Globe Clothing House, ] golieve the bank will liquidate in full, and leave # substantial amount over’ for stockholders,” Bank Com- missioner Thorndike declared. Phe bank commissioner-tobk over the institutign under the state law by which he is authorized to act when he regards conditions as “‘unsafe.” He will remain in charge of its affairs until they -are.settled, .Deputy Com- | missioner ‘Charles W, levi acting as | his representutive at lhe offices of the trust company. ‘The bank isin the" Old South build- ing on Washington street. Many of its depositors arc stenographers and other employes of downtown office buildings. They are members, in Jarge numbers, of the company's | Xmas club, a plan by which weekly savings are accepted to be paid in one disbursement at Xmas time. DEMOCRATS T0 NAME LEADER Hitchcock and Underwood Contestants —Conference of Senators Called for Saturday. Washington, Dec. 18.—A call for a conference of democratic senators Saturday to select a leader ta succeed the late Senator Martin of Virginia was issued today by Senator Hitch- cock, Nebraska, who is contesting with Senator Underwood of Alabama for the place. Settlement of the contest between Senators Hitchcock, the acting demo- cratic leader and chief spokesman for the administration in the treaty fight and Senator Underwood, - formerly democratic leader in the house, is the only business te come before the con- ference. The outcome of the contest was said to be in doubt. Friends of Senator Underwood inti- mated today that they might endeavor to pastpone a vote until after the holi- days, when the full democratic mem- bership, including Carter Glass as the successor to fieualor Martin is expect- ed to be present. The Alabama sena- tor's supporters also were said to de- sire disposition of the treaty before the leadership electicn so that the ques- tion of endorsing Senator Hitchcock’s management of the treaty might not be an issue. “H. & H” PROPERTY LEASED Philo Kalish Secures Block at Corner of Main and West Main Streets— Long-Term Lease. Philo Kalish, proprietor of ths today con- firmed the report that he had secured | Hoffman block at the corner of Main and West Main streets from Fred Beloin. The lease covers the store: occupied by the Connors-Hallor: Clothing company, George Rapely hardware stur Crowell’'s drug store, the Postal Telezraph company, Hoff- mann’s bakery and the building occu- pled by William Schwab's cafe. Mr Kalish stated this afternoon it was I intention te change the location. of ~,jowing to the cold weather, his company, bt not in the imme- diate future. ’ a long-term lease on the Holmes and ! LEAGUE IS ASKED FOR BY 200 NEW BRITAIN CITIZENS Membeis of the Now Britain Commonwealth club, repre. senting 200 citizens, unan- imously indorsed a resolution introduced by Judge John H. Kirkham at a meeting of the organization in the Y. M. O. A. last night, asking that the. United States Senators from Connecticut vote for a speedy ratification of the League of Nations and the peace treaty, with such interpretations and changes they deem .necessary, and which will" not be cauase for re-submission of the treaty by President Wilson, PACKERS' ‘SIDE-LINES' | MUST BE DISPOSED OF Ruling of Attorney General Will Mean Changed Owner- ship of Many Industries. i Chicago, Dec, 18.—A dozen or more important side line industries of the Chicago meat packers involving in- vestments of many millions of dol- lars will-be disposeéd of under the stipulated decree soon to be entered in the United States court at Wash- | ington on the motion of Attorney Gen. Palmer. While representatives of the pack- ers today declined to discuss the de- tails of.the decree under which the packers in the future will be required to confine the business activities to ! the production of meat, poultry, but- | ter, eggs and cheese, it was learned from an authoritative source that the ! outline of the plan had been agreed upon. Among the lines of business from which it is said the packers will De | ordered to withdraw under the stip- | ulated court decree are the following: | * Leather, canned fruits and vege- tables, soap, cleansing powders, gro- ceries, fertilizers, cold storage fish, refrigerator car lines, cereals, glue, sporting ‘goccs and the control of stockyards. May Make Soap. Ropresentatives of the packers: ex- press the view that under the pro- posed plan they might continue to ilanufacture soap and fertilier as * they are natural prodicts of the meat | packing industry. Some doubt was expressed as to whether cleansing | powders is an animal product. One purpose of the proposed reorganiza- tion, it is said, is to prevent the pack- ers from engaging in the- wholesale grocery -business. Swift and Co. already has segregat- ed its- South American and Australian meat business, its fruit and vegetable canning industry and its manufacture | | of leather. Wilson and Co, recently disposed of its wholesale grocery lines ! to a New York firm. BUYS VALUABLE SITES Louis R. Raphael Acquires Judd and | | McDonough Propertics on West | Main Street for Business Purposes. Louis R."Raphael, proprietor of the | Big Department :Store in the Simons block on Main street, yesterday com- pleted negotiations for the purchase of two valuable. sites on West Main street. Through James J. Watson, | WOULD CUT ALL BUT the property owned by Patrick F. McDonough was purchased by M Raphael. This property was former- ly the Dr. Irving place. It has a| frontage of 82 feet and a depth of | 172 feet. Mr. Raphael also acquired the R. D. Judd property adjoining that of Mr. McDonough's through tha Parker! and Deming agency. The prices of the properties were not dis- closed. Mr. Raphael said today that it is his intention to erect a large Business | block on the site which would also contain quatters suitable for meet- ings, club and office purposes. He said he believes conditions are so shaping themselves that this particu- lar section of West Main street soon become one of the popular bus ness centers of the city. Fabens Takes Charge Andrew Fabens, formerly a tain in the ordnance corps and be- | fore the war connected with the | American Aluminum company, has been engaged by the Landers, Frary & Clark ecompany and has just as- sumed his new duties as .- divisional manager of the “trade shop,” the Stanley street branch ofithe factory, | employing more than 300 hands.” Os- car Moberg, former manager, is now engaged on special work at the main plant. - | Unionville Factory is Destroyed, Loss $20,000 ! Unionville, Dec. 18.-—Fire Mhi(‘ll started from friction in a picker, de- stroyed the branch factory of J. Broadbent Inc., here today. The plant’s preduct was shoddy and 25 persons were employed. It fs be- lieved a nail got into the picker. ident Broadbent of ‘the com- yvear, he said, are $6,035,850,000. Of Landers’ Branch | cap- | | | | | | i | Pr pany placed the loss at | partial insurance, $20,000 wnhl FOUR-STORY BUSINESS BLOCK TO BE ERECTED ON SITE BUILDING BY BESSE-LELAND COMPANY Preéent Plans Call For Razing of Old Main Street Land- mark—Clothing Company Will Probably Oc- cupy All Four Floors of New Structure, If the present the Besse-Leland tentative company in Ci}y materialize, New Britain will, year passes, have modern, four-story business block on the site of the old Darlus Miller building, which will house the Besse- Leland company which will by that time undoubtedly be the largest cloth- ing store in Connecticut. W. Le- land, partner with Mr. in the local business, today said that these re the tentative plans under con- deration. i L. W. Besse, partner i the chain of stores bearing his name, was in the city yesterday and completed the deal whereby the Besse-Leland compaiy has acquired the Miller property. This has a Main street frontage of about 50 feet, and runs back about 217 feet. In addition to facing on Main street, the property has an outlet on. Church street, between the Calumet building and the Center church chapel. The ! block itself contains the old Darlus | Miller drygoods store and the Eastern Milliner company on the ground floor, with tenements on the second and third floors. Asked concerning the future, Mr. Leland said that according. to tenta- | tive plans at present, the Miller block plans of this ere another a new, BILLION DOLLAR SLICING OF GOVT. ESTIMATES ASKED ' CONN GO. PRESIDENT House Leader Mondell Will: Insist On Strictest - Econ- omy to Lessen Burden On People. NAVY AND P. 0. DEPTS. ‘Washington, Dec. 18.—All appropriations for 1921 will be pared strictest economy,” except the Post Office and Navy departments, the estimates of which are less than for the present vear, Majority ‘Leader Mondell, of Wyoming, told the, house today when the first urgent deficlency bill of this, session was brought -up. Greatest reductions would - be made in the Army and fortifications estimates, he said, the former request totalling | $982,800,020 and the latter $117 330, an increase of more than $106,000,000 over the present appro- priation. Liabilities ‘Are Increased. The balance of estimated liabilities over receipts, Mr. Mondell said, it $3,050,608,574. Hstimates of expe ditures, he said, would suggest ex- cessiveness. This, he explained, was| true, adding: “At least we must make ! this excessiveness true when we write our appropriation bills, make it truc, Dby reductions of hundreds of millions of dollars.” Total estimated general | down ‘in accordance with receipts for the No Receipts on Interest. ‘“These official estimates of the receipts,” he added, ‘‘are notable in that they carry no estimate of re- Ceipts on account of interest on our | loans of nearly $10,000,000,000 to foreign government This intere if paid, would increase our receipts and lighten our burdens for the year by nearly $500,000,000.” Funding of interest on foreign ob- ligations for two or three years would | ine se foreign loans at least $2,000- 000,000 above the present figure, Mr, Mondell said. “The fact that such action has been taken by the secretary of the Treas-, " he explained, ‘“‘reduces our in- comes o1 increases our outlays half a billion dollars annually.” Wants Billion-Dollar Cut. Congress should cut the estin at least a billion dollars and refusc every request which not impera- tive, he added. No provisions for in- | creased pay for officers of the Army or Navy or the Nurses’ Corps, nor estimates for loans, bonuses or devel- | opment projects benefiting ex-service | men are made in any of the appro- priation bills. ‘““Proposals of appropriations on| behalf of men recently composil\gg our great armies run all the way from a plan which would involve the ex- | penditure of perhaps $100,000,000 an- | nually for some years, to plans which | would involve expenditure of several, billions, and one plan at least which (Continned on Fifteenth Page) 18.——Torecast tor New RBritain and vicin Probably snow flurries to and Friday; warmer. Hartford, | * { business block erected and used en- | tirely for its own business. | 1and store, and will be used to care for { the expanded business. : necticut. | given until | building started. | Before OF DARIUS MILLER will be razed and a new- up-to-date tirely by the Besse-Leland firm. He sald that it has always been custo- mary where the Besse interests have | purchased properties, to erect a three or four story building to be used en- it is like- ly that on the site of the old Miller block will rise a four story building, | containing about eight times as much | floor sp s the present Besse-Le- | 1f these plans materialize, and they undoubtedly will, New Britain will have the larg clothing store in the State of Con- The Besse-Leland company, which has been located here for the past 15 vears, has enlarged its busi- ness twice and at present has far out- grown its present quarters. 1t is probable that the present oc- cupants of the Miller block will be about the first of April to conclude their business affairs in the present locations, after which it likely that the old block, for a generation a landmark on Main street, will be razed and work on the new Present plans in- the new block will be for occupancy early | is dicate that built and ready next fall. I GETS $18,000 A YEAR, ! { Hearing on Zone System Brings . Forth Some In- teresting Facts. Hartford, Dee, 18.—President Lu- | water SPENT BY U.S. WINSTED CHURCH TO BE AUCTIONED OFF TO ONE WHO MAKES ;‘l‘lGl{Efll‘ BID 18.-—L'ndex' a today, the River, Winsted, Dec. court order issued church near Colébrook belonging to the Union of Colebrook River and vic will be sold under the hammer on January 2. Al members of the society are dead. LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE T0 FLEE FROM FIRE G. S. Talcott and Daughter - and Mrs. and Miss Chur- chill in Hotel Blaze. Boston, Dée, 18.—Fire in the Ab- botsford, an exclugive apartment ho- | tel in the Back Bay district, caused the death of two persans and drove nearly 50 others to the street in zero weath- er early today. William H® Whitney, construction engineer, was fatally injured when he jumped from a third story window and Mrs. Frances Cole was found burned to death on the fifth floor. on the fifth and sixth floors wherg the fire broke through the interior a&r shafts. The occupants of the Ahhotsfol'd society, including young women who are members of the exclusive Vincent Club and Sewing Circle. freezing as it fell, coating everything with ice and endangering the work of rescue. the hazard, two firemen went over an icy ladder to the second story to res- “had bherself been carried down by fire- men a few minutes hefore. Mr. Whitney, who ‘was econsulting engineer for the American' Woolen company, had started down the fire clus S, Storrs of the Connecticut Co. today stated his salary was $18,000 a vear, whea questioned during the ' hearing on the trolley zone system, befors the public utilities commission today. Mr. Storrs said he served both as president of the company and as a director. The hearing was resumed on the general subject of the zone system, and after it had closed the re- | gional protests were taken up, those | of Newington and Manchester being called, in order. Walter Flickinger, assistant to the president, was asked by Har M. | Burke, representing protestants, if he | actually was the man who established | the zone plan. The reply was:’ “T'd hate to say that.” “What was the general scheme of the company when the zone system was established?” asked Mr. Burke. Mr. Flickinger replied: “It was a scheme to place the property on a distance tariff basis at the rate of 2 cents a mile in thickly | settled areas and 2% cents in the rural districts.” Mr. Burke brought out the fact that the zone system was put into ef- fect without consideration by com- pany officials as to how many pas- sengers had used the various lines. Mr. Berry, for the company, objected ! to this line of questioning. | Mr. Flickinger denied that he had | put the zone system into effect and | said that all officers had a part in it. Comimissioner Elwell asked Mr. Flickinger why Manchester had not been considered a metropolitan area and the witness replied that only four « large cities had been so considered. | He said that W. P. Bristol, manager of the Hartford division, had fixed the zones in the Manchester area. Mr. Burke tried to get Mr. Flickinger {o say that the company wanted to get | increased revenues from country rid- | ers but the witness would not admit this. J. J. Mulvihill fiucceeds Ramsey As bupermtendent John J. Mulvihill, of 54 South High street, has been named superinter- dent. of the @lart and Hutchinson plant on Corbin avenue to succeed ! L. B. Marsey, resigned. Mr. Marse. to enter the employ of the Chase Rolling company, of Waterbury leaving the employ of the| local concern last night, Mr. Marsey was presented with a handsome Masonic emblem ring, set with a dia- mond, and a traveling bag. The new superintendent has been connected with the Hart and Cooley plant here for a number of year: 3,000 MORE JEWS REPORTED KILLED IN LATEST POGROMS | Berne, Dee. 18.—Reports of wave of pogroms in the distric Ukraine occupie forces are newspaper cording 1o Lemberg The newspaper declares 5,000 Jews were killed fresh s of the ; Gen. Denikine's Lemberg: crowkd, ac- | dvices today. | that about in Yekateri- | meslay alonc. i assisted ! laboratory of the state chemist have 1500,000 Gallons of Whiskey escape with his wife, the latter being by firemen. A ‘burst orf flames through a third floor window iznited his night clothing and he jumped to the: ground, receiving in- | juries from which he died in a hos-! pital. Mrs. Whitney suffered severe cuts and burns, but will recover. Mrs. Cole, who lost her life in the fire, was 80 years old. George S. Talcott and his daugh- ter, Miss Theodcra, formerly of this city, Mrs. Annie S. Churchill and Miss i Rose Churchill, whose local residence is at the corner of Franklin square and Pearl street, are occupants of the Abbotsford hotel and were compelled to flee for their lives. They have taken up temporary quarters in an- other apartment hotel in Boston. DYED SUGAR HARMLESS Pure Food Commissioner, Who Has Analyzed - Supply, Says There Ts No Arsenic In It. Hartford, Dec. 18.—Dairy and Pure Food Commissioner Thomas Holt is- sued the following statement today as the result of his investigation of “rainbow sugar’’: ‘“Numerous inquiries have come to this office regarding a sugar product known as ‘rainbow sugar.' ‘The pop- ular suspicion appears to be that the product is dangerous or unwholesome, due to poisonous dyes. Avsenic has also been suspected. ‘“‘Samples thus far examined in the been found to contain \41 known to be harmless. evidence that the sugar h ored to conceal inferior ples contained no arsenic “The explanation of the appear- ance of this product in the market is, cecording to, information which believe ID be reliable, that the sugar shortage as created an opportunity to divert to the general trade a co siderable quantity of tinted dinarily used only in confections.” only dyes | There is no | een col- vy and sam- we Sold For Export Trade New York, Dec. 18.—The United | Food Products company today de-| clared an extra dividend of 1% per | cent. in addition to the rezular quar- terly dividend of one-half per cent. Julius Kessler, president of the com- pany, announced today that it has 1,000,000 gallons of whiskey on hand. One-half of this amount has been «)]d for export, he’said. Julius Stremlau Ndmed Prehibition Dlrector \"ash'nsluu Dec. 18 ditidnal state. prohibi appeointed today is Julius C. Strem- lau of Meriden, for Connecticut, i The property damage was mainly ' included many persons prominent in | The cold handicapped the firemen, | Notwithstanding ! cue the canary birds of a womfpn who | | that G’OVERNMENT DEMANDS THA; GRAFTERS PAY BACK MONE} HOUSING COR If Voluntary Resti tion is Not Ma Immediately Ci Action Will Be stituted at Once. 100 MILLION FUND HAS BEEN EXCEED! More Than Millicn Spen] Make Bridgeport and P! adelphia More Beauti ! | | | is Charge. Washington, Dec. committee appointed fo Tavesti public buildings constructed d the war under supervision of th Housing Corp., recommended the senate today that steps be ta te recover money which it cha was improperly paid for work for the ~arporation. Should persons . and corpora receiving the alleged overcharges| fuse to make voluntary restitud] the committee mommeuaod that Il action be instituted by the sov ment. 18—The sl I Overcharges Clasim Overcharges by architects and cess profits by contractors thrd sub-letting were charged by the d mittee Which also de: loan of $500,000 to Water company of “regularized The committee promised that in the next few days “proper and p ed” leglslation to “meet the situatd would be introduced. The commi ‘also said that further existence of, housing corporation was “no lon the best interests of the governm and suggested that its activities ef be ecarried on better by the exi| federal departments. Philadelphi Most Spent in Bridgeport. Throughout the report methods ployed by the corporation both du: the war and after the signing of § armistice were criticized. The chd was made that the corporation’s sire ' to complete “town beauti prajects in certain cities, especiall; Bridgeport, Conn., and Philadelp| cost the government not less than 450,000 after hostilities ceaged. The attitude of officials of the { poration before the committee characterized as “nct helpful” the port stating that there appeared tqg a desire by the officials to give d such testimony as was absalutely essary. Records Badly Muddied. Fiscal records of were reported to be state.” The committee also char that the appropriation’ of $100,04 000 was exceeded and that had work outlined been completed, a m amount would have been | i the corporaf in a “seri NO TROLLEYS RUNNING Salem Street Car Tie-up Comy Thousands to Walk to Work in low-Zero Temperature. Salem, Mass.,, Dec. ( virtually all trolley service om lem, division of the Bastern Mg Street Railway Co. today forced thd sinds of residents of this city, B erly and Peabody to walk to work below-zero weather or to ride crowded, unheated motor buses. The tie-up was in accordanee the decision of the public trustess| ihe railway to remove the ¢arg unl| the citles reveked all jitney licen Special mnmng:. of the city gove iled to order { ue business in co| trolleys, and officials refused except on a has been no comy 18.—Suspens| petition with result the railwa start the cars tod lineg where there tition. WASHINGTON DISPLEASED Mexican Note Received—While Statement Is Made, Officials Not Favorably Impressed hy T Washington, - Dec. 15.—Mexic reply to the latést Americanp note the case of American Consylar Agd Jenkins was received today @t department The offielal id to diffen only slightly. frd contained Associgted P dispatches Mexico, Gity. . While officials said they would h no comment to make until they h had time to study the note thorougf ly, it was indicated that ing the communication a favorable impression, in from Lt first real 1 not ma)