New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1919, Page 6

bw Britain Herald. [ HERALD [‘l;’l:fibfr} COMPANTY, ed dmily (Bunday excepted) at 4:18 m, st Hoerald Bullding, 67 Church St .00 & Year P00 Three Mouths 760 & Month Ted at the Post OmMes mt &8 Second Class Mall ‘aw Britan Macter. TELEPHON®E CALLS Iness OMce . orfal Rooms only profitable atvertising medinm in the city Cireulation books and FOOm alwave oven to mdvertisers Member ot the Assoclated Prens | Associated Press fa exclusively entitled 2o ibe ume for rcpublication of all new: eradited 1o it or not otherwise oredited In this veper and elso local mev. rabliahes " areta. NEW BRITAIN'S GROWT ccording to the annual issue of v 1 assume t uin's directory we ave able the city has o popu on which will reach the neighbor- hd of there is the 2] 18 by 57,000, L vsomething air which tells us that the manner of estimating popula multiplying the total number the wrong, names in the directory by iz two and a quarter is and | well It cit- t 8 our will reach the population result thus obtained ms that the figure set in other wheve it is casier to compiie a di fory may nol be used here, the slip re must have been more than of people the hlal number o, he publishers 60,000 ough fingers of o Post Office estimate of to who the the popu- ulation appeais, more to one § been 1o observe wih of lon figur or tho draft in a position the city, thongh 70,000 obtained s of over of 1917 may be a too large At the ry ro over twenty time of the Connecticut mil- censns, before the war, there thousand men of all by the local bureau of the :d its s registorad d it did bugh 1t accomplish not et all nimes purpose in pirable fashion. This figure would population of than the In addition rown fieate a larger men, men and.children by estimaie shows. [y has undeniably ca that time, [However, take the ken direc- the appreciably | we are preparing to un- national congns which is every fen years and should re- reliable data from this al hvo some hirce, when compilations arc mplate. 'his city jpulation Insus stat owth of pulation ,b19; 1900, he increase from 1900 to 1910 had increasc, aecording Lo ties of 17.918 souls, or @ 68.9 total 1890, 16 as cont. Our 11,800; 1910, 4 Per 880 was 9908 1900 t in the state, proportionate- all of the aflable census periods has been well the city to from W o Targe: Our growth, through b with increase of any There no particular reason to | hppose that the city has been vetard- | the every during §s has not. normal growth in fact there that it prospered in its st ten years, apon to expect Its amazingly, the num- ctories have ere i a great increase in b of hands employed at each one, "here has been no of fously affect tup Bbleh would ser firmly believe. in (ho business a factory the labor tuation, there has been no con \rn g0 oul of husiness, foroing mauny opla (o ok work elsewhere. ond donbt we have grown, Every- points to it, values of real state, deposits in banks, and growth f postai busine Admjtting, let then, that we have record 1890 rown, us look over our urlng the past thirty years. In 10 B cent. in popula- 1900 the inc o increased per over as per 910, as alveady stated we gained 68.9 at the ion 1880, In se 57 cent. over 1890, and in or cent. over our populution revious If we have grewn ith a 50 per cent. increase during ' ation the have ten vears, 86,874 our popt he past hould now be Providing correct [ omething firectory figures ¢ we hcreased hut about per cent There must he wrong the directory fgur we cannot of i with the thi that that be lteve, cvidenge progress has heen 1t bout 1<, our inet 8 low as percentage. may be we wrong, but it ve roved hains to seen will be some ime before the census reglstravs are ible to get their figures properly com they will. Meanwhile, The doubt but we iled, pe sure of New Britain, place M strong, there is no of | t. going PANRELLI CONFESSES. Abject his terror at the frightfulness of act as a go-between for the pois- noug toneoction of wood old alcohol, has it as whiskey cauged a com plote confession, so it Is sald, on the York, of them Naturally the [part of Adolph Panrelli, of New (wiho them Yorkers and & rosident of Hartford Bleeker Wil g chant, pleads that there was a mis- dake, that he did not know what in the stuff and that it would numerous deaths which sulted sincs lias Involved seven New men, six one of street wine wan cause h huve re- e Chrigtmis, Notwithstand- | v omne. ong b | to obtain | dollar ! that meets these conditions, of the imblb- individ- had that did realize what tho effect wood alcoho] would be upon have been an all profts ers, there must that he for that ual that stalkoed the ienored by enormous might be mixing wood alcohol with nd it The affair was too groat for Navoring extract selling for whiskey bar- fin n mistake, there were too many rels of the stuff sold. The grisly points of panrelli of peculiarly enough, the lightning at an undertaker as originator the “streaked gives it out that John Romanelli, of Brooklyn, was the party who shipped The of the Hartford leads (hrough Hartfo t and finally, the moods, trail order that came to Nauthan Sa of “hers grocer, i druzgis the undertaker, all he found out the According to Panvelli he did that he could, when the t had been sold He id, nature of stuff that through him, to stop its retailing repeatedly called horg, it is s to warn him. The Whereupon the middle of 50 on cach harrel sold, disappeared, forth tell and endeayored though it was loo late. wood alcohol was working. received commission who “ coming to his when the Phere that the stuff story list of- dead overwhelmed him. be little but seems to douht undertaker who handled the that he was story of confessor the reasonableness of The wonder of it is should Knew wood the prove using alcohol, the goes 1o this assumption. that any man prove fool enough to try and “get away" with such w crime, even though his pro- duct was to be scattered in remote plices, far from where it was mixed, and even though the trail back to h door seemed perfectly hidden. is also beyond the bounds of imagina- mixing up the stuff without a kpowledge of tion to conceive of a person what its results would be fo those who drank it, it does not take a chem- to realize the elfects of wood alco- and we that the contain- ist hol, asstme er: marked “‘poison.” The with were plainly must have bheen mixed ard for the value of whiskey a fine d a human life and a thought of noth- ing but money Mere exceuation too good for the fiends who deliberately sacriflc live in the manner of the last few days for and . we the money return. Law justice will probably take its cour that Iy upon hope willy and the individual direct- ponsible it ' may meet his death the scaffold or in the clect chair. We have no punishment to the crime, unfortunately. PROFESSOR FISHER'S DOLLAR. A yvard was chieft originally the girth in of a tribe. Supposc our yard of measuremont had not standardized-—that it was, instead, the girth of the president of the United States. How would buyer come out who con- tricted for yardage soods under President Taft’'s administration and reccived deliveries after Wil- son heeame president? Yet the depreciation of the yardstick De- tween the Taft and Wilson ad- ministrations would bo no more than the depreclation of the dol- lar between 1896 and today. The depreciation of the dollar is just as disasirous as a corresponding change in any unit used in com- merce. of heen the In these words Prcfessor Tisher, of Yale, cconomist, capitulates his ar- gument for a dollar of varying welght the varying prices of stable to meet commodities. He is working with au- in Washington to L& ge of a bill the weirht of gold in the dol- with down. thorities cndeavor which will change lar unit of currency to agree prices, whether they go up I that or his plan is accopted, and he means he it shall be, slaims that our troubles will solved through iastic currency, and flnancial af- rs will be no great cause for worry hercafier. rofessor Kisher’s dollar ble” will be known dollar, though, in reality it will vary in worth, as the weight of valuable metal in it is concerned. Yeckoned plans to estublis Its stability will be He a set of index num- bers for commodities which enter in- the living at any given Thereafter, at given dates, the in its buying power. to cost of date. worth of the dollar will be again ad- justed, to meet the index numbers of commodities The ) this way. We may take the price of eggs as an instance, though all prices will be fig. ured and averagd oblained. Fig- ure in 1913 thal eggs were fAfiy cen dozen, and that they dozen, The an would work in an a now are one a siable it worth he worth dollar, dollar two dollars one in 1913 would now, in other words the dollar today would have u power of two dozen, enough of worth n 1t, welgh enough, There are killing purchasing There would he or 1 this two would to make possible. more than ways of w cul, however, even though . the professor s right in his solution. Whether the prices of eggs remain constant or the purchasing power of the dollar the ltte moment. to us, The uncertainty, the quick rises in wages and costs of pro- ducts which we musi buy is what s causing the troubdle, Wages ary not is same iy of NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBEK 30, 1919, with n wages arc keeping pace lHving others costs, in some {nstances, 53 their relation to the purchasing powe they are ahead. considered In of the essontial geoda and a given, no more no less, we need not about changing The average workman, providing that 1t him live when ho is getfing tweonty-two in ir it ts him ho gets forty-four worry our currency co twenty dollars a week to wages, does not forty, care cos providing wages. The thing thut we have to avoid is the practice of striking for unreason- able amounts on the purt of workmen and the of part garnering unreasonablo upon Tho period profits vloyers. the of thelr setting unrest om- world down of when i after its thera is coming a time o falr adjust- ment will be of wiges be of living. reached. Some branches labor are getting too much, these must others will the come down, revised upwards to meet cost We ¢ tion period tion all demands by capital and la- bor, will make the ation living costs and wages weld balunced After it wo shall cease It we now in this transi- and intelligent co-opera- on sides, with a cessation of arbitrary between is balanced agan to bewail costs. malkes getting that Let the curren- no difference to us what are in our pay envelopes providing live upon it. and we may cy alone adjust conditions gen- Provide penalties for those who strile without due cause and sce that the erally. ay ‘man gots a This applies producer of nece e should be rewarded for work—but not r re- turn for h work. to the raiser or i- ties. his, too much FACTS AND FANCIES. | s0. deliberateness with administration got into of war reminds one of the calf whose owner said he had to pull his bDlamed cars off to get him to drinking the milk in the pail and his darned tail off to get him to quit.—National Re- publican which the and gets out Labor leader: tive, who have formerly conserva- hought it nece: ry or expedient (o yield to the more radical elements in or “boring into” the unions, and all labor leaders who have been making extreme demands and causing or sanctioning strikes for con- trol, will do well to note the strong and appavently unanimous resolve among Itepublicans against further concessions by the government and inst labor violence or autocracy. ew York Times e American to supplement America America practical anarchi; directed on the bers of is dis of th Legion its work abroad is preparing of protecting helping save at hon is organizing warfarc anarchi; nd n, Every post in this eity is to form teams to “keep tab” s, The work which mem- the Legion are undertaking in line with the purposes rganization. 1t is formed to preserve and promote Americanism, and in its activities against anarchism and anarchis's it will have the support of all patriotic Americans.—New York Herald 1t on The country the alien—its wrath' goe: the “Red,” and there i demnation of the nativ than of the foreign-born *“Red.” The new law provides as far as possible for an equality of punishment. It is feasible to proceed against the un- naturalized foreign-born *“‘Red” sum- marlly, but this is only an adminis- trative detail. The “Red.” no matter where his eyves opened, is condemned as an individual-—is in no wise in- tended to be discriminated against because of his nationality.~——New York Tribune. not inflamed ont against more con- born “Red” FOR THE GOOD OF THE NAVY, Two out and the ninth for the dash waliting off first, then he's off like a fash. A wonderful steal, yet a bit of a bull; He only forgot thal the bases werc full? play the sweet soft pedal; up Josephus medal and the game H ) music, put on the Cal) and gel him a A-dodging and (wisting all hither and yon, He runs through the field for a touch- down; we've won. A roar of applause echoes round the big bowl; Alas, ihe poor sim the wrong goal! play the sweet music, soft pedal, up Josepluw medal. p has picked out &) put on the Call and get him a One and a beauulful up, one stance, great golfer with a glance, “Just one lttle two or saye lte, “which?" God he has foozled diteh. O play the xweal woft pedal; up Josephis medal, to go, The cowers the crowd the three.' My 1t nto he music, put on the Call and gel him When Chrisunus impends funds very low; You'rs only half drossed nowhers te got When all your “in-laws’" Jects of ha smile a calm too late; Do not hesiiate To play some sweet music and stamp on the pedai; up Josephus and medai with your and vou've are faip oh- wfust smile It s never Cail give aeech ' a ~=MNow ¥ork Bup, falr rate ! n GITY HAS HISTORY OF FREEING SLAVE Document Dated Beidre Civil War Tells of Local Man’s Emancipation (Contributed James Shepard,) Loren 1. Penfeld kindly called my tontion v the fact that a record of certain papers relating to the emanci- patlon of a Nc . is in tho cus. tody of qur City Clerk. 1 am thus cnabled to supplement my paper on laves and Slaveholders, as pub- lished in the "Herald” of Nov. 2% 1918, by adding the followlt Vol. 7, pp. 543-4, of the Liorlin Records: “Know all men by thesc prosents that Tsanc l.ee of Berlin, [New Brit- ain Soclety, | in Hartford County hath represented to us the subscribing Civ- il Authority of Suid Berlin that he is the owner of Negro Servant By the name of Joseph and that he is desir ous to emancipate and make free hi said servant. Wo therefore the Subscribing thority having Carefully attended to the Circumstances of Said Negro do find that he is in good health and that he is under the age of forty five And that he is more than twenty flve years and having Taxamincd Said slave are convinced that he is [anxious] free. September from Land au- to bo 1807 Elijah Hooker, Jamens North record ye Sth Septem Received ber, 1807. Recorded pr. Roger Riley Regr. [Such an examination and a certi- te thercof prior to the emancipa- tion, released the owner from all lia- bility for tho support of tho slave.] “Know all men by these presents that T Isaac l.ce of Berlin, in Hart- tord County, Being the owner of a ne- %ro flave By the name of Joseph, and being Contented with his past Serv- ices do for Mysell my Hei Toxecu- tors and administrators freely and for- ever manumit said Slave so that from the day of the date hereof he shall be absolutely at liberty to dispose of himeselt other free persons have a right to do according to law— And furthermore I, the said Isaac Lee do for Mysellf my Heirs Ixecutors and administrators Covenant with the sald Joseph that from and after the Ensealing of these presents 1, the said Isanc Lee shall /e no right (laim or demand to the porson or Serviees of the said Joseph in Testi mony whereot I have hereunto set my hand and scal this 5th day of Septem- ber 1807 to lranc Lee Scal Simeon Linkton James North. Hartford County, ss. Berlin, Sep- tember 5, 1807, personally appeared Isaac Lec Signer and Sealer of the foregoing instrument and acknowl- cdged the same to Be his free act and deed, Before me James North, Justice of the Peace Received to Record § Septr 1807 Roger Riley Negister. who thus gave Joseph freedom. was a son of Col. Isu wson of Dr, Isanc, and widson of Capt, Stephen Lee, the name in this part of rrmington. Stephen Lee had a grant of land from the town in 1689 and seftled on Kast street. lle w one of the first slave holders to reside in that then “desolate corner of the wilderness” which we now call New Britain, We may thus presume that slavery existed here in the Lee fam- | rout one hundred years wrliest date of slave cmanci- pation given in Manwaring's Digest of larly Connecticut Probate IRecords is 1686, when the will of John Olm- sted of Norwich provided that all his servants should have their liberty at the death of his wife. By this pro- | Vision th we wade free in 1689, The first emancipation of a slay by an instrument in writing other than a will; so far as I know, is found in Vol. 1, page 569, Manwaring's Digest and dated April 13, 1698, of which the following Is” a copy: “To ail Christian people these presents shall come that 1, lzekiel Lewis of in consideration of the good =ervice, gather with those ! suma of money and reasonable satis- taction that I have Received from Sampson, Negro, heretofore Servant to my Father William Lewis deceased, and of late in my hands and belong ing unlo me, until this time, under the abovementioned consideration have relinquished, acquitted and dis charged the “d. Sampson, Negro, his | wife and Childven, from my service and all manner of right, Claim, Chal- | lenge and demand that I ever had or may hereafter have by virtue of any writing or Instrument made over un- to me or In me, I gay I do set at lib- erty and grant freedome to the afore- mentioned Negroes from my Telr and assigns forever. Given under m hand and seal this first day of Aug- ust, in the year of our Lord 1698, Tizekiel Lewis Ls Witneas, Tenac Mecham sen. Caleb Stanly Jr."” Willlam Lewis of Farminglon, fath- ar of Ezekis] uhove, was one of the Arst slave holders of record in that town and the Lewis family is to Le commended for being the fNrat in an- clent TFarmingion, to lberatr fis slaves. We may also Commend lsapc Laee, as the only resident of’ this town, so far as we know, 10 emancipate a | miave, Ther: were not more than twao xinves owned within our ‘foundaries In the vear 1700 nnd 1t is probabiy thni Negro slavery ended hern in 1287 wlien Teaac lee emuncipaied his sar vani Joseph, ordea ¢ Lee, Tis o it oof ancient I v ¥ to whom Know ye armington, fidelity and " 25 YEARS AGO Herald [ i | | (Krom The of That Date) December B0, (894, O, B, Cupds, (he well-kngwsn tractor and buiider, . in eonjunciion | 1 with | will The McMillan Store Inc. “Always Reliable” 109% Discount off any Coat, Suit, Dress or Skirt at Our Ready-to-Wear Dept. For One Week Beginning Wed. Morning Dec. 31st We will allow you a 109% reduction off the regular pricc of any of the above garments. This special discount not only affords you a genuine the opportunity of making vour own selec#ion =f reduction in price. 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Obstinate Deter win Pekin and will refuse terms, it reported in possession of parties of ing the bays has been eived the Andrew Lester made an pur- for polic ot real estate Lincoln street 20 ol police bk The on and ailed interests the brutal mother po as saturday. property purchased | de ook A the by probably be utilized for building in was the miscreants, the ure known captured IMlood Johnstown, purposes. The dircctors of the Central Raiis St bl and and cctric ha voted to purchase 10 run on the Hartford as soon as completed. There were bt Gt %) » [0, Threuteps-—The eity of is in dire peril du of the Conemaugn fall of snow in thue melting, swelliny the vising of th a few hours th:. under water. to Lie lines new and cars Berlin »un incd any until that city panese abont to Lhe rising walte River. The district is the rivers river stops entire cit WINTER SPORTS IN WASHINGTON ea rapidly Unless within will be peace can Landing liquor licenses | i granted New Britain during the year amounting to $18,800, Six beer licenses were lalso issued, bringing in MR in | are busy Shantung explor - DONYT WEAKE, ! SISTER!