New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 4, 1920, Page 1

o Newn of the World By Associated Press. 'NEW BRITAIN HERALD! Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business. ‘ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MARCH ‘i 1920. —TEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS IVEW JERSEY ASKS SUPREME KEEP THE OLD SNOW SHOVEL OUT, AS ' COURT TO DECLARE DRY LAW | "ESTERN BLLZ AND VOLSTEAD ACT ILLEGAL " 'Says Congress Has No- k Right to Regulate Hablts And Morals of American | People. STATES RIGHTS ARE BEING INFRINGED ON March 4—The Staie of New Jersey, through its attorney- general, Thomas F, McCran, today filed in the United States suprewe igdurt its suit seeking to have the con- “Suitutional prohibition amendment de- gx;d null and void, and, to prevent iforcement of the Volstead act, Joseph A. Lanigan, assistant state ‘ttorney-general, has asked for f#early hearing upon the petition, directed against A mited States attorney-general, jel C. Roper, commissioner rnal revenue. Not Ratified in 21 States. ‘¥Pie bill of complaint sets forth that amendment was improperly wn, that in 21 states the legisla- res have not ratified it, as provided v their state constitutions, and that ere is no power in congress 10 pro- 6se a constitutional amendment reg- 3 flating the habits and morais of the | " “meoples. It recites further i @mendment is a legislative and not = ‘Washington, and of ‘ constitutional matter and that as such ! 41 was improperly passed. Complaint also is made amendment establishes a centraliza- Won of power and authority withonut “the consent of the,people of the State of New Jersey and that it is a violu- jon of their sovereign rights. The Volstead act having been enacted inder authority of the 18th amend- ment, the petition says, is itself null that oys Tazable Property. “Uontinuing, the.petition states that e Voistead act is illezal because, by ting and in a large measure the taxable value of personal property within ! it is destructive of the state “and independent government, fige it deprives the state of revc & from licenses which, in 1918, ufited to §$2.442,899, and because {nterferes with the internal govern ent of the people and operates ro unish them by heavy lines and for eitures. thus preventing the applica- fion for licenses for the sale of mon- ihtoxicating beverages which is aut orized and legal under the laws of * the state. Restricts Doctors, ete. Complaint is made further . .act restricts the practice of physi- ns and surgeons of the state and operation of its penal, correctional #iana charitable institutions; that the ‘state has not concurred in the nation- ‘ti&l amendment, and that if the act is ‘énforced it nullifies the right of tt o Btate to regulate its internal affairs, /% gnd further that the act is not ap- “propriate to enforce the prohibition ned in the amendment which i3 ‘@kpressly confined and limited to in- toxicating liquors. In_ conclusion, the complaint “elares that if the amendment is valid the vight of the federal conzress .o Jegislate under it is restricted to mat- fers relating to “‘the external concerns of the United States and within the peculiar domain of the federal gov- | ‘ernment to regulate commerce amons _ the states, and that the te alone has the power to enforce the act with- 4in its own borders.” Hearings Monday. Upon the motion of Attorney-General Frierson, the court definitely fixed next Monday for hear- ling arsuments in the Rhode Island that tha de- Assistant . case as well as in appeals from Ken- | | NEW HAVEN MANUFACTURER OF MOTORS MAY MOVE INDUSTRY TO NEW BRITAIN Liberty Mfg. Company Looking For Satisfactory Site— Makes Gas Engines, Furnaces, Stoves, Etc., and May Massachusetts, the prohibition involving tucky and amend- validity of TIRED OF PROMISES Representatives of 100,000 Railway Workers Meet in Chicago—Want More Money and less Talk, Chicago, March 3.—Representatives “of mearly 400,000 railroad workmen, comprising members of the United Brotherhood of maintenance and way emploves and railway shop laborers, met here today to discuss formulation #% of a new wage scale. Twenty-four “fgeneral officers and 142 general chair- men representing union men working for 138 railroads were in conference. Officials of (he brothcrhoods de- clared the men nced some relief against the high cost of living. Wil- llam Corrvick of Missouri, general chairman aof the St. Louis and South- swe§jern railway branch of the union, said' the “men avc underpaid, and tired of getting promises.” Firemen—Fatally Hurt When Apparatus Crashes Haverhill, Mass., March 4. —George Taylor and Henr: Christensen, fire- mien, were fatally injured today when motor fire truck driven by Taylor eoltided in a fog with a street car. Three persons in the trolley car were slightly, hurt. < an | which | Mitchell Palmer, | that the | the i real | N Y. ASSEMBLYMEN ARE| | BITTERLY ARRAIENEI]' of the winter from th where yesterday proportions. Colorado, kota were and wire communication Oklahoma, Missour! North Texas and Minnesota W ously crippled. The disturbance will spread rapidly cast and south today and tonight, ac- cording to weather bureau forecasts, carryving tures with snow and rain. Most of the interference with road traffic reported early today in the mountain states and South Da- kota and Minnesota and telephone from sleet in the other sections hit by the storm. In to railrp:ll 5 toppling over on the tracks could not he estimated, ra&l(road men In some distr Prosecution Declares They Will Suffer For Social- istic Activities. Albany, 3 socialist assembivmen of New York state who have been under investiga- | tion by assembly judiciary com- mittee on charges of disloyalty *‘will suffer for the oflicial pronouncements, declarations and platforms of the so- | clalist party of America as declared in the official statements of that party and for fheir undoubted parti- cipation in disloyal and treasonable conduct,” Martin Conboy summing up for committee counsel declared toda In a bitter arraignment of the so- cialist par Mr. Conroy declared that the world V\i\! was a “rude blow to the aspirations of the second nationale but the socialist America put its allegiance to the principles of internationalism above inter- | party of In Mountain States Snow H as Drifted 12 to 20 Feet, Ty: | drifts were and repetition of the serious floods of ! nine years ago was feared. In most cities and towns ZARD IS HEADED EAST ing Up All Traffic—Storm Sweeping Rapidly This Way With Rain and Snow. G DROP IN TE‘VIPERATURE 20 TO 45 DEGREES snowbaund district street car traflic either was paralyzed or seriously han- dicapped. It would be several days before i lated towns in. Colorado again Wwo number of towns in | have railrond communication with the and South Da- | outside world. it was said. It became isolated and rail | known that snow and mud slid in | in Kansas, | same sections had blocked arilroads Towa, Arkansas, | for nearly two wee! Relief work s seri- | was nullified by the storm. Durango has been cut off ten days and Silver- ton 12 days. Relief parti on snowshoes were expected to carry provisions to pas- seng on a snowbound train in Combres Pa Mitchell, Heavy drifts the snow plow: §t. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., reported heavy snow and street traffic badly handicapped and. sim reports came from Duluth and Super- jor at the head of the lakes, Duluth adding that the entire iron range was snowed in. Springlike weather had settled over the plains stotes yesterday when the northwester unexpectedly swooped down with sudden temperature drops ! of 20 to 45 degrees. hicago, March 4—The worst storm today swept eastward mountain and plaing states, it reached blizzard A Nebraska reported sharply reduced tempera- was isolated. cuts defled S0 ailroad rail- was while telezraph lines suffered badly the from mountians damage slides and boulders said. s of Colorado snow reported 12 to 20 fect in the its alleziance to the United States of Americ Its members were true to | their faith and were not led away by the false doctrines of national pa- | triotism but steadily maintained and { upheld the ideals of international | | working class solidarity and calied | upon the workers of the United States | to refuse to support this government {in the war | Continuing, he declared that “we | are therefore confronted at this day and by virtue of these recent events ‘ ind facts with- the necessity for de- '(ernnmn:: how we shall treat this group of persons who are in the United States tut not of it: who, e THREATENED KING'S LIFE { At Today's Trial of Caillaux Story Js | Caused Trouble ! HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED INSTEAD OF NOW WHEN BIG STORM ARRIVES HERE Told of How He 4.—The the heavy New Haven, March big storm reported from middlewest will be a rain in this section, possibly tomorrow, in the opinion of Weather Forecast Observer Tarr. He believes that it will clear by Saturday. With Spain in 1911, Paris, March 4.—Today's session of the trial of former Premier Joseph “aillanx before the senate, sitting on the charge of having with the threat life of as ! a high court, had ftreasonable dealings enemy brought out an alleged by AL Caillanx against the | while accepting the benefits of our | % { laws and institutions and the sacri- time at ng Alfonzo of Spain at the | fices of Dblood and treasure given to { support them refuse their support to | them; who take ali they can get. but will not give a life or a dollar to pre- serve, defend and perpetiate the gov- i ernment that is their sole and only graranty of life, liberty. property and tiie pursuit of happiness. It is.” he said, “the first time sines 1361 that notice has been plain- Iy and expl Iy served upon the gov- ernment of the United States by a group of men residing within its bor- ders (hat they will not support or de- fend it but that on the contrary they will by all means in their power ob- struct and resist in its efforts to main- tain in time of stress its natlonal honor and existemce ny ARMED GUARD FOR BOOZE Seven Officers With Watch W Automatic Guns le 1,600 Cases of Liquor Are Transferred at Portland, Me. Portland, Me.,, March 4.—Seven police officers armed with automatic pistols stood guard today while 1,600 cases of liquor from Glasgow were removed from the steamer Saturnia } and placed aboard cars for shipment to Canada. Their presence was re- quested by officials of the Grand: Trunk railway because of thefts from previous shipmfents. More than 30 cases of whiskey were stolen I week when the steamship Cabotia was unloaded, | MINISTER TO CHINA. Washington, March 4.—The nomi- | nation of Charles R. Crane, of Chi- | cago, to be minister to China was seut to the scnate today by President! Wilson. i { AIRPLANES AS AMBULANCES llflour D. H. Vi Planes Will Be Equip- ped for Are Considered Efficient. Washington, V. converted bulances utical engineer Da for the model, announced today. be equipped with for patients and accommodations for pilot. the department stated has been dem- onstrated by the Mexican border trol - work. 2.75 Liquor In Hotel Albany, Leader James J. Walker today troduced in the senate a bill to pro- vide for restaurants and hotel dining rooms of beer and wine containing not than 2.7 weight. Candidate Dies Few New Wellington TFuller, ! Sandisfield, died | He had been renominaled by the dem- ocrats and republicans and the ballots bearing his name were in the hands of the town clerk for tion. | He was 43 y | the landing of German troops Agadir, Morocco, led to grave in national complications in 1911. William Martin, former chief of protocol at the foreign office, related r- | cither affirm or ! and special i finance, conversation he had with King] Ifonzo oun January 31, 1912 The king, according to M. Martin, de- clared that at the time of the Agadir incident, Caillaux sent an emissary to him threatening him with death. M. Martin testified that King d he was not afraid of M. ( threat, but had made a note of it and left a copy in a vault so that if any- thing happened the truth would known. M. Caillaux denied that there was truth in the story and asked the court to allow him to produce cout- ter-proofs at a private sittimg of the court. a Carrying Wounded Mco— Four D. H. airplanes have been ordered into airplane hospital am- and A. V. Verville, aero- at McCook field, has completed a desisn the war department Kach machine will two basket litters March 4.- army he ton, O., The need of this type of plane pa- HELD IN $15 000 BONDS L. J. Ferrone, Said to Be Desperate Dining Rooms Desired N. Y., March 4.—Minority in- Character, is Brought Into Superior Court With Handcuffs On Today. manufacture and sale in Hartford, March pair of handcuffs, L. J. Ferrone was | brought into the superior court to- day and State’s Atlormey Alcorn told Judge Maltbie he should arraign Fer- rone at the June term under the ! habitual criminal statute and he ! wanted the bond fixed at.$15.000. as he said if it was smaller Ferrone | would furnish it and abscond. Fe rone, a few months ago, fought extra dition and during habeas corpus pro- | cecdings he disappeared. Two weeks ago he was shot through the leg by a detective and was located by the | Hartford authorities in New York and | to this city vesterday. He 4.—Wearing a more per cent of alcohol by Days Before Election Boston, Mass., March 4.— a constable, of today of influenza. Monday’s elec- Mr. Fuller had served 10 yea ars old. bLound over. Go Into Tractor Business. BRIDGEPORT PLANT BEING USED TEMPORARILY hold capitaiized originally p in New Haven, but the admission u('. new including | Bridgeport, Witkin the facturing of may locate in this city ufacture of air-cooled four cylinder stoves, etc., and ity is planned later to manufacture a tractor similar to the type now in | the course of const ion at the New Rritain Machine company. Upon the completion of plans for the tractor, officers say, it is the plan of the co po n to compete with the best i that line in Yhe country and it will probably be le the chief output of the concern. No site for the new fac- tory has been cliosen, and until it feit advisable to egin operations here rewly acquire plant in Bridgeport will be utilized for the work. A. Nadolny of this city is an official and member of the board of directors of the concern, which was formed but ecently, Several oiner local DEORIS Manu- Haven the man- a vear Liberty New for company engines, furnaces, is change plans, pecialize on engines of a type rights are will be crude kitchen stoves The tirm cl taken government rine ders unusually by officers said E establish branch offices ropean -gountries, Mr. Alcorn told the court the man brought was 1n police court earlier today and was a desperate Census Reports Show Country to Be Growing Washington, March 4. third announcement of popu tis- ties of the 14th c issued today include: Peoria, 11 an in- : of 9,171, or per cent over Bloomington, L. 28,638, in- | 2,870 or 11.1 per cent. Cedar | Ta, 45,666, increase 12 or per cent. B S e 351, increa 3 per cent. | Bellevue, K increase 696 or | 10.4 per cent. 11830 1910, crease stock. The corporation 1s for $250,000, 1t was| nned to begin opemnom‘ F TAMPERED WITH NOTHING IS REMOV tempt 0 worth i SHOW-C. BUT During the night made to take nearly hats and caps from a show-case i front of Howard Wilson's store on West Main street. The lock was broken but before the hats could be removed the culprits were scared | away. The only resulting damage mnl the breakage of a lock. D. s of | in an 25 members and additional ass ¥ an cquipped factory made it advisable ot in | to For the present, al the company will | cooled four cylinder upon which sole ! Additional products | g equal parts of ! fuvrnaces and § machine tools. | ms to have already | order from the Swedish]] for 15,000 air-cooled vn~] and has been assured other or- | of eq tecause of the | | es offered | one of the planned to in the Eu- held. Lurners v oil and water and an Hartf for New Probably Friday: Friday vicinit ht and colder toni zh in west districts. fine ate foreign today. opportuni mark it the i Sl % { son who i believe a yvoung man, such | ing SHANTUNG RESERVATION SHORN OF ALL REFERENCE TO EITHER JAPA _ OR CHINA ON LODGE’S SUGGESTIO CURTIS FOR MAYOR? HE MAY |Thisls the First Chan RUN; IS QUIET WHEN ASKED Made In Origin Widespread Rumor Indlcates Third Warder May Toss His Chapeau Into G. O. P. Ring: EX-SERVICE MAN OUT FOR COUNCIL Indications are that Mayvor orge A. Quigley will be opposed in the re- publican primaries to be held in the latter part of the month by Alderman O. F. Curtis, and while the alderman from the third ward has refused to deny that he is to be a candidate it is a belief generally ex- pressed in political circles that he will be out for the candidacy. Alderman Curtis is conceded distinction of being one of the shrewdest and best posted on matters of municipal government in the com- mon council. He served consecutiv terms as alderman fram 1896 to 1906 at which time he left the council and returned again in 1915. Since that fime he has served in the council and his record for attendance at regular sessions is a creditable one. He is at present senior repub- lican alderman and president pro tem of the council. He is a member of the salaries and license commit- tees af the common council, and has served on numerous commissions and special committees in the past quar- ter of a century during which he has been prominent in political life.” He was a member of the estimate com- mittee which was succeeded by the present board of finance and taxation and his experience as a. bailding con- tractor served him in good stead in preparing estimates of expenses and pbssibilities with the city finances. In 1910 Alderman Curtis was a candidate at the defeated by City Clerk A. L. was later defeated at the polls by ex-Mayor Joseph M. Holler- an. He was a candidate in 1914 and lost to the present mayor. Brann Out in First. Herbert Brann, an ex-service man, has announced his candidacy for the nomination for the common council from the first ward. Mr. Brann was approached by property owners in the first ward and was prevailed upon to run. A. P. Marsh is Mr. Brann’s com- paign manager and the required num- Dber of names are now being signed on the nomination petition. The republican leaders in the first ward believe that they Thomp- { the strongest man possible for the po- | | sition. Mr. Brann attracted the at- tention of the residents of his ward because of his war record, and they as Mr. republican the coming Brann, would lead standard to victory election. Mr. Brann served overseas with the 101st Machine Gun battalion. ‘Wells Makes Statement. Councilman George Wells of the fourth ward, when interviewed by a reporter of The Herald today ex- pressed his willingness to sten aside as a candidate to su¢ceed himself if the voters of his ward wished an- other man to go to the council. Mr. the in { Wells wishes to give more time to his business but he realizes th many projects that he that need his attention, idea in view he refuses to state whether he will be candidate ar not. Mr. Wells was one of the leaders in securing the appropriation for No. 6 fire station, vet to be completed. The extension of Court street was fostered by Mr. Wells from the beginning. These two projects have yet to be completed. and Mr. Wells feels that he wants no unfinished business when he leaves the council. t there are fostering and with this Lawyer candi Nair to Run, of Attorney 1. Nair of the law office of ford and Nair, for the nomination as councilman from the first ward w announced this morning. Afr. Nair a member of the republican part and has lived in that ward for four vears. During that time he has watched with interest the ward ac- tivities and feeis that he could fill that office very satisfactorily. Lawyer Nair is the son of Mr. Mrs. Louis Nair, a prominent plumb- er. He attended the New Britain High school from which he was grad- uated and received his LL. B. de- gree from the N Law school. During his school career v. Nair was prominent in all debat- ing activities for which he holder of several priz He only voung local lawyer to throw his hat into th- politica! ring thus far. The oy David SANFORD HOM EEMPTY. Hartford, March 4.-—At the meet of (he state board of charities in the capitol today Secretary Kellogs reporred that all the town poor and the stute patients who were inmates of the Sanford Homic in Tarrfiffville . lad been reaoved. the | primaries and was | have selected Hunger- | and | w York University | the | is the | Republican Progr. HOUSE VOTES AGAINST | For Treaty REPEALING DRY LAWS poEs ot Make ax DIFFERENCE AT A Effort of New Jersey Repre- iS Sno“-ed ‘Washington, March f.-—Making 55 i first cha in the republican r Under By 254-86 !vations to the peace treaty !'were adopted last November, the ate voted today Lodge, of Ma sentative nge = on motion of achusetts, the r » to strike from the 3 ,tung reservation all direet to Japan and China. The change, worked ,cent bi-partisan conferenc !approval of tie le: {was accepted 69 to 2, Nenators ‘ democ Missouri, wnd Suther| republic Wes i 2. {against Ser Mz by Washington, refused to re 4.—The ove reh an house ! whelming ‘lican leade jority peal the prohibition en- b forcement act. in th had| ders The repeal me; by Representative Kagan, democrat, New Jersey, as an amendiment to the leg- islative. executive and judicial appro- priation measure and Speaker Gil- lett over-ruled a point of order againsy it. Mr. Eagan also proposed elimina- tion from the bill of an appropriation of $4,600,000 for enforcing the dry act. Both proposals were defeated ou one roll call. The vote on the Eagan motion was 254 to 86. The house then passed the legislative bill without a record | vote. asure was offered democr n, it. Lodge Makes S ment. Todge told i modification had democratic members of jence and did not change the m |ing of the reservation “one iota had béen thought “‘more civil, said, to omit mention of Japan China by name. As amended the reservation rd The United States withhold: . assent to Article 156, 157 and . (relating to Shantung), and res: full liberty of action with respe: any controversy which may lunder said’ articies.” . As adopted last November {words “betwcen the republi China and the empire of Japan” followed. the that uzzeste the col TW0 DEATHS FROM MILK Ther May Be Fatalities Greenwich and State Begin Prcliminary Hartford, March 4.—Following the death of two children in Greenwich iorfm diphtheria traceable to milk 2 sunpty, Deputs Dairy commissioner | DIRY AT LOS ANGELES | H. 0. Daniels, today askea Dr. A. i. Austin, health officer of Greenwich, | for a statement to show the relation | Frederick A. Lines, of the deaths to the milk supply particularly as to whether or not the | | state laws as to sanitatioh had been observed in the handling of the milk. | There may be more deaths. The second fatality from diphtheria, traceable to the milk supply occurred Wednesday in the death of Mary France Marston, two year daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Marston of Byram Shore. One of the three brothers of the girl is a sufferer. CONVICTS IN FIGHT Ringeaders in Battle of Last Summer Engage in New Fracas At Wethers- field Today. Hartford, March 4.-—Just before the closing of the work shops at the state prison at Wethersfield yesterday afternoon Edward Slattery and Chas. Dewey, prisoners, got into an alterca- tion in which two others, Marshall Thompson and Antonio Mungrillo joined and a melee followed. The four men fought and threw things about breaking 2. number of windows while other prisoners howled and jeered. The men engaged in the fight were leaders in the row last summer when a negro prisoner was killed by a guard. Guards overpowered the four men and they were Jooked in their cells in isolatlon. They have been reduced to the third grade. More in Authoviticw Investigation. Prominent sonia Man and 32d Degree M Succumbs to Stroke. Ansonia March 4.—Word wa ceived here today of the death terday in Los Angeles, Cal, of H erick A. Lines, president of the sonia Lumber Co. The imme| cause of death was a paralytic s Mr. Lines was 71 years old and born at New Milford, this state. was formerly president and a dire of the Savings Bank of Ansonia, ed at one time as president o board of trade and was a directd the Ansonia Grain Co. He had various city offices and was P nent in fraternal society circles was a 32d degree Mason. His wi and a son and daughter survive. HEARING IS CONTINUE Bridgeport Law Accused of Fraud, to Be He | Case Against March 25. Bridgeport, March 4.—To Judge John H. Light of Norwalk ther time in which to completel inquiry into the charges made agy Henry Greenstein, Francis J. Bi Solomon Badesch and Harry Me: attorneys of the Bridgeport ba a complaint alleging attempt to fraud Andrew P. Nichols, the h ing which was to have been hel day was again postponed until Mj 25. If Judge Light is ready to a report before that date the GUNN GOMPANY WINS | Will be called for a hearing at g 14 Year Old Schoolboy Shoots Teacher in A Cincinnati, O., March 4.—An; because his teacher, Beatrice C. i ner, had sent him to the princip: the Douglass school for punishng Lawrence Angel, 14 years old, t arose in his seat in his school-s and shot the teacher through arm. $10,000 When Judge Lawsuit for Damages Ends Keeler Orders Non- Suit Recorded in Bridgeport Case. Bridgeport, March 4.—David S Osborne, executor of the estate of Edgar Wilson, who sued the Connec- ticut Co. for damages of $10,000 be- cause of the killing of Wilson. was non-suited today by Judge Keeler. The company’s claim was that there had been no evidence offered of negli- | gence of the motorman of a trolley which, on the night of February 1919 struck Wilson. It appeared that Wilson had been visiting a friend’s house and while | there made his will. An hour later while walking homeward on the | tracks in Brooklawn avenue, a trol- ley car killed him. Allies to Permlt Blg Loan to Aid Germs; | London, March 4.—The Ew | Standard states today that {he Al supreme council has decided to Germany to launch an internati { loan because it is recognized that many ruined would mean a weak dangerous spot in Europe. The the newspaper says. would take edence over any indemnity paym Germany is called upon to make. Nine Jurymen Picked For El ity Trial = SO i gl o e New Haven. March 4.—Three more U. S. Army Avi | talesmen were placed in the jury box this morning in the case of William M. Jones charged with murder of Riverside, Cal. March 4.— Mrs. Esth Hoperoft. This makes | Raymond F. Pearson, a United St} nine men accepted as jurors. The jarmy aviator was killed today ‘process of examining talesmen is =o |Marsh field near here when his p spin too near Lieut. Pe siow that the prospects did not ap- | went into a tail pear to be good fer completion of | sround to recover. ithe ATy today. had been fiying-he