New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1920, Page 1

Spaper ".m-m of Pru " > News of the W;rrld By Associated Press. A 'Herald “Ads” Mean Better Busingss. — NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1920.—TWENTY PAGES PRICE THREE *CENT: ESTABLISHED 1870. AIRPLAN E READY TO ,GERMANS MAKENEW BRING WOMAN’S VOTE ATTACK ON FRENCH ... «.. oo Allied Officers Also Reported » Roughly Handled in Bremen OFFIGIALS EXPRESS REGRET When Hurries 4 Home, Scnator Montgomery Ma Break Tie Chicago, March 9.—A ‘“tuned up” airplane and a special train awaited the arrival here today of Jesse A. Bloch, state senator of West Virginia speeding to Charleston from Califor nia to cast the deciding vote for ! fication of the federal suffrage amendment before the legislature adjourns tomorrow. Republican party leaders here, anxious to claim credit for ratific tion by the 34th state made the traordinary arrangements when they ' found Mr. ‘ necessary connection usual facilities were relied West Virginia senate is 14 to 14 on the issue. Travel in the air will upon the senator because pron a four-hour trip nati which would assure {on the for | The special train was engaged, 1would Mr. Bloch rvative for the Frenchmen Enter Barracks Teuton Soldiers Begin to Sing ® “Deutschland Ther Alles”—Then the Fun Blzan. at Cincinnati Berlin, March 9.—Closcly following the incident of Saturday night at the Hotel Adlon deadlocked here in which Prince Joachim Aibrecht of Prussia chief figure 1 against a party the hote! dining Wllied incident be the to Cincin- departure was the ling a demonstration of French offi in room, another anti- is rcported from Bre- When barrac The victims in th case also were high French officer who ave members of the Entente mil- i commission. When the Frenchmen entered S barracks in Bremen to conduct nego- ; Sciator tiations with German oflicers. the ac. ; °N anti counts rcua, the soldic sang fion today X ¥ejjautachland Uber Alles” ihe s amendment announcec neing | thony attracting a large ¢rowd which rough. | Would break the deadlock in the s¢n- &Iy handled the French when they left | te this afternoon and allow that the ' barrncks. The police .1 | body hefore Senator dispersex to ac Tt i~ the crowd and escorted the oflicers to | Bloch, the suffragist, who 1s their guarte An inquiry here - into the from California could affair was opened immedis 2 to vote for ratification. Anothee Fracas Reported Still another incident of similar ture at Bremen is reported by Jossische Zeitung. It that Werdas two Brench offic and an Italian officer stcpped a man wearing u field grey uniform supposing him to DECLARES CONGRESS WOULD HILL BONUSES high words followed, culminating in ' Chairman Fordney of Com— Dlows. . A crowd assaulted the Allied = officers who were considerably in- | mittee Thinks Delay is Plot Stifle Measure. jured the newspaper adds, before they how too con. rush by air ! plane. W. Va. March Montgomery, listed arrived in Charle: on, B. azist e Charl tf {ing rive na- the we ed by the police. The llied comm left Bremen to inte states, evening. Regrets Are on, the Monday 9.—Charges and wshington, March that members of the house W means committee were 11 bonus legislation by delay were made today by Chairman Ford- ! ney when the committee resumed hearings on soldier relief legislation, I am ready to begin business now, the chairman d when members sugzested hearings be postponed until fter the legislative committee American Legicn has miet on 22 to give further consideration Exprossed. has expressed her regrets France for the anti-Allied demon- tion at the Hotel Adlen here € night when an official was subjected to assault at the of Prince Joachim Al- because its mem- | stand when the or- ‘Deutschland Uber Germany to sty nrday part instigation i ad failed to .r\esm played Alles.” An oificial of the for ja call to the French embassy this; 5.0 ®hiee plans BBorning and .exnressed thoe regrcts of “I don’t want to crowd this measure ster Mueller for the in- "o "ynow the attitude of former ater the foreign MISLEY © cirvice men,” the chairman contin- de Marcilly, the Fre ues, “Ivery officer who had g00d pay porsonally expre doesn’t want a bonus. The privat e B who suffered financial Josses are ove: o e { whelmingly in favor of some relief | plan.” ! Repr EIGHT BURNED TO DEATH | onvs | committe | comm ’ el March ign office paid % ted M ind smit France. 0V K'tchin, democr id treasury depar t to be heard by the any plan was work- out. Chairman Fordney replied that the attitude of treasury officials was well known. “But we want ments into the replied. The committee decided to call Sec retary Houston, A ant Secr Leflingwell and Governor Hardin the federal rve board Thursd BUYS WATERBURY TEAM entative roiina, Two Other Patients At Gallipolis, O., Epileptic Hospital. Are Not Expect- o moares Mr. Kitchin to get ed To Live. record, Gallipoli pected to fire which carly today roved onc cotta and the ! neing pavilion at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. The dead i jured were patients at the i The coftaze, operated : r tal for male patients, caught fire from the dance pavilion which first coueht fire. Twenty-five patients were ia the hospital at ihe time. The dead all] were suffocate The jurcd were | partly suffocated and burned. CGUPLE ARE SENTENCED 1t of a Senator Templeton Acquires Half In- terest in Baschall Club—Plans to Build New Ball Park. Waterbury, — March Senator Charles A. Templeton, candidate for ! gzovernor on the republican ticket, | purchased Michael E. Keeley’s half interestrin the local baseball club yes- | terday. Frank P. Becton retains his | half interest and Waterbury club at the Eastern league meeting in Springfield today. Se 2 . !ior Templeton has the backing of in- ley and Elizabeth Car- | guential citizens and states that a new o were bound over : cbull park will be built at the golf ce couirt in Februa r the center of the city. G Gl a4 that the Reidville grounds, for S Curtin iblockRon Ml gstrcel, the past 15 years the home of the for sentence in the =uDeriof | ywaierbury club, will be abandoned. court this morning before Judge Wil- | y/ (iS00S B0 Bh e e eity and Yiam M. Malthie. Dalley was sentonc- | ;i in,ceessibility has always been ed to jail for one vear and sentence | = i O IR 0 T b, Jud s _“”f"""‘f.‘ll il 160 i"{'"“f Daley. who was temporary manager qhropatiin il man o TN G the local team last season ed to the state farm for women e six months, the exccution of the L Rk tence being suspended and she es = easont placed on probation. Arrested For Theft of ‘ 800 Bushels of Potatses Hartford ~Arrested on a charge bushels of potatoes v time he is | alleged to from | 3 freight cuars Masa, | more than two wgo which would be wor boui $3,200 retail now, George Nilva a fruit and vegeiable peddier of this city, was taken back to Massachusetts today by State Detective Daley of Northamp- ton. Jeon C. Da Sent to Jail for One Year—>Miss Carmen Gets 6 Months —Are Placed on Probation. Leon C. Dz men Dailey, the local pol the abandonment was pla for sen- e was Medical Examiner Tells ITaven, March %.—Medical E Scarborough was the witness the trial of William M. Jone: charged with the murder of Mr: Esther Hoperoft was resumed the superior court. Dr. viewed the body but had of the autopsy Coroner Mix. His testimony w ctail as to the condition of the wom- body, the nature of arions upon it, which Jle indignities” New amin when March 9.— tealin 500 orth $800 at the have them in ment, taken Charl yeurs ir t only h 1l { i an's wounds “unspea ner. hibits offered by the coro- by the prosecution TWO TRAGEDIES IN STAMPORD. Stamford, March 9.—Peter W. Mason, 48, a gardener, was killed last | night while crossing the railroad tracké west of the city. Angelo Parisi, 30, was found' dead in his hall ,, bedroom from illuminating gas teday. NO BASEBALL LEAGUE. Hartford, March hi semi-p league with Massachusetts and necticul teams in it has been given up. 10 ve a rati- | Bloch could not make the | if | upon. The ! urged | pilot | Charleston. | | ization. prove \to b“i 9.— | as ! the T and opponents of the An- | he | | trovers { spite of | 1 “endeavoring yave had their of the | o | “Tm true" | black; i black : but T want another”; ! The is representing the | This | al after | been | Of New Haven Murder were called | He also identified numerous ex- | baseball | Cou- | SOFT COAL MINERS ~ WANT BIG INCREASE Will Also Insist on Improved Working Conditions 'AWAIT DECISION ANXIOUSLY | Commission Appointed By Wilson Cost of Living Argument Used By | Workers, Indianapolis, March 9. ed Mine Workers of America will re. fuse to accept the findings of the soft coal commission unless a substantial increase in wages and improved working conditions are provided, it was inferred in a statement issued to- q from headquarters of the organ- Officials of the mine work- ers were absent from the city and those in charge of the offices refused { to comment on the statement. Nothing short of a substantial in- crease in wages and improved wor! ing conditions will be acceptable ted Mine Workers of reads the statement. Are Awaiting Decision. “The miners ave awaiting the deci- sion with much anxiety. We believe the public will understand our posi- | to Ameri- ca i tion.” Unle settlement of made on such a basis the statement says, the miners will not feel “that full justice has been done them.” The bituminous coal com- mission was apopinted by President Wilson to work out a suitable wage scale for the miners and report on ny plans for improving living condi- tions after the strike of miners had en-ied, “There has been a steady increase in the cost of living since the first of this vear.” Treads the statement, *in the fact that the government reported to labor last summer that ing costs would be reduced and the would see to it that this | Further promises of re- | the cost of Jiving would | ears, as far as the coal concerned because they experience with such promises in the past, all of which have gone unfulfilled S d the con- government was done. ductions in fall on deaf miners are Expected to Make Report—High | ! Walkout is Attack ! ta work this “LEAP YEAR BOWS” Old Custom, Under New Name, Popu- Younger Members of the | Jar Among r Sex in This City. The “Leap Year Bow” fad struck this city and few of the fair | sex have proven immune to the germ. | Ribbons of various colors are worn— each color having a meaning of its own—aflixed to the left of the young woman’s coiffure. Through a study | of the colors and'their meanings, it is possible for a young man to find out | immediately whether the wearer is anxious to cultivate an acquaintance or not. The ribbons and their m are: Red, “I want a fellow : pink, “I'm in love’ “I'm out for a good “TI've lost my fellow"; jealous™; green, “For: and white, “I have one lover purple, “Vamp.” While the custom may not be re- membered as having been in vogue before, it has been popular under various names, chiefly ‘‘Shoe Ties.” colors and meanings have re- mained the same. Catholic Editor Sent To Jail For 6 Months London, March 9.—Charles mond, editor of the Catholic whose trial on a charge of inciting to the attempted murder of Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Treland, and others in an article in his new; paper, opened at the Old Balley court vesterday, was today found guilty. He was sentehced to six months’ impris- onment. i anings blue, ; laven- time’ yello ken’ der, 'm Rose Pastm' Stokes is to Be Given New Trial Mo.. March 9.—Tha States circuit court of appeals today reversed the verdict by which - Mrs, Rose Pastor Stokes, wealthy New York socialist, was convicted in Kansa ty in June, 191%, of vio-: lating the espionage act and re- manded the case for new trial. Mrs. was sentenced ten vears mments ® THOUSANDS OF BARRELS OF ALCOHOL ARE BURN M St. United Louis, o rch from a mat. warchou Oran, Algeria. which started vesterday ! carelessly dropped in { here was brought under control af it had destroyed many thousands 1s of alcohol and other ausing a loss estimated ut francs. a property, | a 70,000,000 ! 'ORTY OUT OF 1 SLEEPING 5 OF S PATAL 17 hee since Jan Copeland the cas | apparent influenz epi- CRNE! March 9.—A to of sleeping sickn reported in ‘New York { ary 1, Health Commissioner Tannounced today. Forty were fatal. The disease an aftermath of demic, the commissions New York, the i their FINDS $1,200,000.00 WORTH OF BONDS, RETURNS THEM AND GETS REWARD OF $2 —o0— New York. March $—An or- der on the Bank of Montreal entitling the bearer to $1,200,- 000 in railrond bonds was picked up in the street in the financial district yesterday by Harry Hahn, 17-year old clerk. Noting the brokerage firm signature on the order, the vouth delivered the paper at its office. A reward of §2 was givem to him with the ad- vice that “he was an honest lad and probably would make his way in the world.” a NO CAR FARE BOOST SO TROLLEYMEN QUIT on Members of Common Council Who Have Prevented Increase. Binghamton, N. Y., March 9—Be- use the Binghamton common coun- cil failed to adopt an ordinance last { night permitting an increase in street the employes Railway Co. is com- car far to six cents, of the - Binghamton struck today and the system pletely tied up. The men explained their not against the which had promised them a raise in salary if they got the increased fare, but against five aldermen who voted against the ordinance two weeks ago. New ordinances intended as compro- mise measures were introduced last ght and action was deferred until iday evenin bhut the men refused to await this decision Twenty-five thousand employes of Johnson Ci and Endicott wera obliged to walk from two to ten miles morning. No ¢ars ara running and the street railway com- pany will not attempt to run cars un- less the men volunteer. There are no signs of disorder. MURDER AND SUICIDE, BARES DOUBLE LIFE While Wife Waits at Home, Husband is Believed Killed By His Paramour. action wi company ¢h 9.—Some of the de- the dual life of Clifford M. Bleyer, president of an advertising \gency which bears his name, were bared today by a murder and suicide double murder, according to facts the county coroner. in an apartment in a fashionable Chicago neighborhood, the bodies of Blevere and Mrs. Ruth Randali were found in bed, while Mrs, Bleyer was at her own home awaiting word from friends who w ing for her husband who has ince Saturday Randall. a Vi woman, from he Brown ployed Chicago, M: tails of or brought before Late last night, pretty s orced soldier husband, Norman ndall, and had been em- an advertising writer. I cerpts from a diary which was found in the apartment d losed that she and Blever had been intimately asso- ciated for at 1 a vear. From the position in bodies were Iying when the police, with some of Bleyer's friends burst into the apartment, the authorities be- lieve that Mre. Randall shot Bleyer as he was sleeping beside her, and then turned the weapon cheap re- valver—upon herself. Tending 1o strengthen their opinion there was found a poem in a woman's hand- writing, somewhat clever as to meter 1d rhyme. but almost maudlin in sentiment, which foretold the dra- matic conclusion of the two lives. Bleyer was the son of a prominent Chicago family. His father, Charles . Bleyer, is in Cuba. Young Bleyer educated in fine arts in several uropes countries and some of his paintings are said to be nateworthy. It was while in Paris as a student that he met the woman who has become his widow. They had two children. * Mrs. Randall was the daughter of H. BNy ss man of Okla- Hhoma Cit Boiler Explodes And 50 Men Lose Their Lives March Rhenish R s which the n 9.—A dispatch from Prussia, says are estimated to have lost the result of rge the Rhenish West works. The ex- workmen COAL CARS OVERTURN. N §.—About s :d and three cars of a freight Pouzhkeepsie, left the rails one was in- Berlin. Benrath, 50 persons lives boiler bursting phalian electricity plosion buried 90 as a in ch damag Conn., of track delayed when with coal, p en route from to New Haven this morning A wrecking cleared the Stevenson, T feet traffic loaded train v here jured. Haven W No crew trac WEANTHE st Britain and vicinity: ht and Wednesday., New ton [ fident that the new that { from New | REPUBLICANS WOR FOR TREATY CHANGE. Assent to Mogified Drait ol Article X. Reservation ' HITGHCOCK DOES NOT AGREE But Senator Lodge Is Said to Sanc- It It Himself tion and May Even Offer in the mise Feeling Stronger. March 9.—A modified Article- X treaty is Washington draft of the republican reservation to the peace understood to have been assented to today by a number of republican leaders working with the democrats for a ratification compromis: The new reservation wa follow in general original republican ment last November but to contain a number of changes in agreed to at the suggestion of ocrats. said to political amend- dem- Lodge Is Agreeable. Republican senators who helped work out the modifications in the compromise negotiations seemed con- reservation would have the approval of Massachusetts, the leader, and even expr he might himself offer it ate. 1t was understood, that Senator Hitchcock, leader of Nebraska had his assent to it. The changes in the are understood to have republican ed hope that however, democratic not given reservation grown out of the compromise movement con- | of In- | and Sen- | Senator ‘the republicans, ator Simmons North Carolina ,for the democrats. It was said, however, that Senator Simmons had not finally ac- cepted the new draft and those in close touch with the nesotiations were not very confident of a final agreement. ducted by Watson, diana, for DOLLAR D! DAY TOMORROW Merchants Will Offer Many Bargains and Have Extra Clerks to Care for Tncreased Business. Day and will day the city had. ating local Tomorrow is Dollar be the bi est bargain of New Britain has yet merchants are co-ope the medium of the of Commerce, and it the general opinion of the committee in charge that there will be o Jarze amount of trade at all the sales. The weather for the past few weeks has tended to keep the housewife indoors, and the merchants could not have select- | ed a more favorable time for their Dollar Day. Secret Chamber all plans, extra help, the buying know of the through is Chamberlain of the of Commerce has perfected warned all stores to have and has seen to it that public of New Britain bargains. RADICALS G0 T0 JAIL 102 Arrested in Waterbury Raids Taken to Hartford While 60 Police- men Stand Guard. Waterbury, March 9.—A total of 102 alleged radicals were taken from this city ta Hartford this morning. The number represents one-half the total number of arrests made in raids conducted last Sunday noon by fed- eral agents and local police on head- quarters of the Union of Russian Citi- zens, Union of Rus the* Communist part; occupied gvo special coaghes attached to the 10:24 train and on arrival in Hartford will be transferred to the county jail to await hearings bhefore immigration officials. The departure was without special incident, the time being kept a secret by the police to avoid the gathering of a crowd. A police guard of 60 patrol- mén was present at the railroad sta- tion to care for any emergency. KOPF STARTS SOUTH T.ocal Member of Cincinbati World’s Champions Are Off Today Miami, ¥l to Practice into Shape. T.. Kopf ti s 1l William Cineinnati who at the Mrs. Lor street, left tod shortstop on the spending a few home of his parents, Mr. nz Kopf of Beaver for Miami, Fli., to join Manager Pat Moran mate; in preparing Mor the Mr. Kopf id that lieve the reports that a the works which would New York Giants for Kauff merman. team. days and comin he did trade send him to nd Zim- Suffield Man Sentenced. To Life Impricopment ; Mo- to Hartford, March 9.-—George of Suffield was today sent for life for the on January n the he pleaded guilty to murder. The m wife court with an criminal second e wis done axe. Senate—Compro- the outline of the | wording | of Senator Lodge | in the sen- | All the Chamber ! Yor | seball | =) Corzoran’s body murder | killing | | VETS ORGANIZING "l‘hf\‘(‘ Associations Are Getting To- | gether for One Common Cause— Plans Materializing. ' Following along the lines of the advice of public-spirited citizens in New Britain, the Glover-Eddy post | of the American Legion, the Rouil- | 1ard-Linton post of the Soldier ors and Marines, and the Koscui post composed of Polish soldiers, have agreed upon a rough plan of combination of all three to unite for ! the purpose of securing one Dbig memorial building for the ex-service men of this city. The plan in its completed { will be submitted to the various committees of the three posts for approval within the next two weeks. The committees in charge will sub- mit the plan at open meeting to their various units. Corporation Counsel James E. Cooper and Maurice Pease lare at work at the present time j legalizing the financial combination of the three posts. This plun has received the sanction of city officials and of citizens who wish to donate to the fund but were prevented from doing so through fear of favoring any one post. The memorial building will be ex- factly what has been needed in New { Britain for some time. There will be {@ large auditorium that can be used | for meetings of all kinds, trophy | rooms, etc. The service men will { have the final veice in arranging the { details of the buildinz and all men lare urged to identify th- .zelves with some organization so that they also {may be associated with the city-wide { movement. ' KANSAS BANK CASHIER IS SLAIN BY BANDITS form | 000 Jewelry Theft in Balti- more in Broad Daylight. S | Kansas City, Mo., March { Glenn Shockey, cashier of the South- ! side bank, located at 39th and Main {streets in the heart of the residen- tial aistrict of Kansas City, was | kiiled by one of four bandits who { tried to hold up the bank this morn- ing. An official of the bank saw the ur men reach for their weapons they approached the door of the ! bank, and he attempted to close the {door. Ome of the bandits fired and | this shot grazed the official’'s h€ad. An attempt by. the janitor to assist {in preventing the entrance of the | men resulted in further shots being | fired. One of these killed Shockey, who was behind the counter. The bandits then fled without get- ting near the counter. They es- caped in a motor car. The Southside bank was held up February 12 by a single bandit who caped with $4,400 in cash. fo 1 1 | ! | Baltimore, March 9.—Four armed men smashed the big window at the | jewelry store of James R. Armiger land Co. in North*Charles street near | Lexington today, seized two trays j containing diamond rings valued at $40,000 and- escaped in a waiting automobile after shooting and slight- ly wounding a man who attempted { to prevent their get-away. | The robbery took place in view of hundreds of passersby, the store be- ing located on one of the busiest streets in the downtown shopping dis- trict and the time consumed in the holdup was but a few minutes. One of the bandits stood guard with a pistol in the doorway of the stare While his companions broke the win- dows and secured the bootvs They left behind them several other trays ‘of rings and jewelry which the proprie- tor said were worth $200,000. Charles R. Willard of Govans. Md., the man who attempted to intercept the robbers, was shot in the ankle. KILLED BY MEXICAN Raymond Corcoran, American Work- ing in Mexico. Shot and Killed When He Discharged Clerk. 9.—Raymond was shot and lerk Saturday, according to advices to ariment today from the sul at Nuevo n was emploved as superin- tendent of the Santa Gertrude Mining Co., an American concern, near Pa- chuca, Mexico. The clerk who is now undér arrest at Pachuca. was said to have shot the American in the back after he had been discharged for be- ing absent from wark without leave was brought acro: the American border March 5 and buried at Laredo. His mother, Mrs Ann O'Mally Sullivan of New Lon- don, Wis, has been natified of the death of her son, who served in the U. S. army during the world war. Washington, March ! Corcoran, an American { killed by his Mexican 28 RULES FOR MILKMEN. Hartford, March 9.—The cut ite regulation board day @ set of 1 the pasteu | tion of miik on, tirm or milk for nd miik s prepares > state board rules | ; Connec ! issn i es for No per poration pasteur without a i may as past be | der th i ! ‘SIS ASSAILS NA FOR NEW BLILDING ! Says Failure to Aid Allies at Prolonged War ITS OUTCOME JEOPARD Naval Commander What He Calls prove W Also Con Attempt to Undivided Allegian U. S. and Charges of Pro-B: Washington, March 9.—Rea; miral Sims toda told the 4 committee investigating the conduct of the war that failure navy department to act promp: recommendations and to place country’s entire naval resourcs the disposal of the allies with months after the United State) tered the war, prolonged the sti for at least four months. He that it also unnecessarily jeopa the 'outcome. Conclusions Are Obvious. Declaring that 3,000 lives we: and $100,000.000 spent every dj the war, the admiral said the clusions from his statement obvious. Admiral Sims said his were directed at the navy’s 1917 and “bad nothing to do| the magnificent way the navy tioned in 1918, after it really into the was Navy Was Unprepared. The navy, he said, was not pr prepared in April, 1917, and ministrative machinery was cul some and inefiicient. He denied his statements constituted ‘‘a tack”™ os anyone and characteri: ridiculous” statements that h attacking civilian control of thd cri Robbers Then Escape—$40 - | department which he said was tiakL “I am at the end of my care: have nothing to gain and all to said Admiral Sims. He wished to be set right eyes of the country and to widespread criticisms that he) “throwing mud at the navy” A. Sims declared. He said he rs question of the efficiency o navy’s participation in the war, ed in its entirety and without to the time element, and was to express adequately his adm for the navy's performance 1 war “in so far as the machiner] controlled it permitted.” Declaring that he hizd raised| tions about the efficienc: solely because he had felt it hi to point out errors in nawval ad tration the admiral said he had “much embarrassed by impli of insubordination and’ improp Replies to Attac He also vigorously attacked he characterized as *efforts t viet, me of divided allegiance]] of Lem;: “pro-British'"” saying he happened to be born in C because his mother went there visit. “If they did not want a mai as pro-British and pro-Fren sit in the councils of the allies| didn’t they send a pro-German a trunk full of bombs” aske miral Sims. Declaring that he was “sorel barrassed” by reason of lad confidence and co-operation fro navy department during the trying days of the war, A Sims said he repeatedly asked department to relieve him if h lost its confidence. The admiral was the first at the opening of the inqui when- he had concluded readi prepared statement the com recessed mtii tomorrow W cross-questioning hiny. Hig ment set forth in detail hi§ cisms of the navy departs method of conducting its pa: tion in the war. TAX VOTING IS LIGH Little Interest in Outcome of troversy Over Settlement of H Shown at Polls Today. Polling on the tax rate py tions of the board of finance an tion and the New Britain Taxy association is reported to he ext light all day, today and but lit terest seems to be manifested outcome of the vote. The Taxy ation is confident that budget will be ccepted with 3 margin of votes to spare, whi some quarters the passage of mill budgzet is anticipated. The number of votes today was reported to smaller than at noon a ¥ when the issue was decided a As in the se of the las is expected that the ater ber of votes will be cast betwe hours of 6 and § this ev polls will close promptly z RULIN Hartf nies owning tax