New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1920, Page 10

MARCR 25, 1vzo. VOTE FOR CURTIS Counciiman for 2 Years—Alderman for 14 Years Without Pay REWARD Him Apri 1 1st OVT.GIVESUPALL MHAHON STEALS CARPENTIER READY | CONTROL OF PRICES ~ MARCH ON MAYOR (Continued from First Page) In refusing the demand of the | iners far a 30-hour week the ma- brity of the commission said that if e work day were shortengd by one our it would be equivalent to an ad- | itional cost of more than $100,000.- ! 00, ‘he maigority ] Pate, the miners’ esentative, eld out for a higher increase for all 1y labor and monthly men than were nted by the majority but he con- rred in the recommendation for a per cent. ton increase on pick and | achine mining. His report < was flansmitted to the operators and min- s by the president for their infor- | ation. The general terms of the two re- brts previously had been published. e decision of the majoritv—Hen Robinson, representing the public, d Rembrandt Peale, representing e operators— is summarized as fol- | ws: Unless otherwise ordered the terms d conditions af the Washington eement of 1917 continues “The 14 per cent. increase in wa, ed by the fuel administration iminated on March 31 and re b this award (which is on a nt. basis.) The agreements drafted under this ard are to take cffect April 1, 20, and ¢ontinue ~ until March 31, 22 (in other words the miners do | t get their demand for termination contracts in the fall.) The mining prices for mining run al, pick and machine are advanced cents All day labor and monthly men are vanced a dollar a day except trap- rs.and other boys who are advanc- 53 conts a day. A1l rates for yardage, dead work and | om turning are advanced 20 per | t. . he fulfillment of all joint and dis- | ct agreements are to be guaranteed the officers of the international or- report of John P. 1 | | | ced per nizatign. § e .six hour day is retained | PRactice of car pushing stands. | t with recommendations for careful | isideration of ways and means for | p introduction of ameliorating prac- | es. commission is set up for the cen- 1 competitive field to handle ques- ny of differentiuls in rate and cer- | n other matters. Jir the recommendation of the pre: at's industrial conference is adopt- in regard to industrial tribunals ld boards of inquiry, this machiner: to be put into use in the,coal in- stry. Otherwise a special board is be set up. [Explosives ners at cost. pecial boards are to be set up for b Kanawha, Paint Creek and Cabin eek flelds for district No. 12, Tllin- , including Assumption and Deca- , Til;; also for the state of Wash- on, each committee handle beific. Jocal conditions. are to ‘he furnished to HAD WON SCHOLARSHIP. ccording to the recent noti the Andover preparatory hool in Massachusetts, the iate Wil- Francis popular High | 0ol star athiete, had been awarded holawship by that The 0ol board received a recommenda- made by a local man of promi- sent by Burns, school ce and after noticing the spectac- | c work of the young athlete the ! rd wished to secure him for that ool for the ensuing vear. The entral Realty| Company k sold land and buildings at 16 Pine et to Samuel Block hultz & Costello and J. Hochman, through { been (Continued from' First Page.) itation the brotu city is situation with the ociatio wuse it attention more s to The the of the Taxpayers" mayor said, - ht to the people’ government and taken by the publi of city aff further explained grand list a& prepared ors is “‘nothing more work.” T stem which employed for years is not a wisfactory one and 'a new one has been installed so as all the people can be dealt with- fair At the time every house in the city through and it is assessed in ner which proves the real the property. h: the interest the mayor than ue has gone a man- value of “Best Governed City.” ritain is one of not the best, governed the state,” tHe mayor said. Papers throughout the state, he as- serted, have given compiiments of this kind in their editorial: In ap- pointing P. F. King chairman of the policz board, it was thought that it was a great mistake. Mr. King is a democrat but that board, together with the fire board, does not want politicians. These boards want men chosen by civil service. According to the mayor, Mr. King was elected without playing politics. “What we've tried to do on all boards. such as charit. police and fire departments is to drive out politics,” he said, Personal Opposition. In concluding his talk the mayor informed the assemblage that the only opposition to the Quigley admin- istration was personal opposition. in { Hatred and unfriendliness is a thing which. every man seeking public of- s to face. Touching on the of the slaughter house and expenses to the cify, the mayor said that the erection of this building helped to safeguard the heaifh of the pubiic and was not a joke, as was serted by his enemies some time | ago. McMahon Gives Oration. During his oratorical outburst pre- vious to the arrival of the mayor, Mc- Mahon declared that ‘*‘the city is a ! seven million dollar corporation, boys, brains enough | and Quigley hasn’t got to run it.”" He further charged that he knows of one man in this worth $100,000 who does not pay | cent of taxes. “Whe's th the crowd “No. I pay spondad. The hotel keepe crowd that he representative sociation and as any party taking pe in my taxes,” McMahon re- insisted to appeared only as a of the Taxpavers' as- not as a candidate or man. He also denied sonal issue with the mayor, but maintained the mayor tried to muke it personal. Continuing, he declared that Years azo George Quigley w “mayor in overalls.” He had a for everything, He then asked what he had done during the six yea He then answered own question with “Nothing.” Referrin to the tion, he asserted that small property owner in whose taxes have not been in the past six vears. He insisted that the mayor playing petty politics by appointing “such men as Barl Kis- selbrack and J. Willie Mills Re- ferring to vesterday's outburst at the . & F, Corbin factory., Mc won de- clared that the mavor had asserted he had compelled him to rip the plumbing out of his theater. “I called him a liar and he hit me with the statutes.” six the “‘cure is not a the city doubled there is Shower in ‘Honor of Miss Josephine Torell Britain M Employes of the New chine company office held a shower in honor of Miss Josephine Torell, who is so0n to wed, in the recreation rooms of the plant lust evening. She was presented with several remembrances of the occasion. Luncheon was served, Mrs. Kronholm catering. Piano and ukulele selections were played and a mock marriage was held. The Hardware City Loan Corp. Has under construction and offers for sale on easy terms to employes of local industries—Three tenement houses, Two tenement hou ses, Single dwellings. H. J. Foiren, Manager 140 MAIN STREET. present the | McMahon assert- | burden of taxa- | - TO FIGHT DEMPSEY (Continued from First Page.) nature for a battle before Carpentier would consent to discuss the match. Wears Valor Medals. The French champion wore in the lapel buttonhale of his coat the ribbon | of the croix de guerre with three | palms which he won while an air | pilot in a bombing squad during the { war. He said he was twice wounded | by shrapnel once near the left temple and the second time in the left foot. DIVIDE LARGE ESTATES Communists’ Council in Saxony Gives Away Rich Estates—Many Killed in Clash Wtih Troops. 23.—The communist have begun to di- * vide the large estates there, it is re- ported in a Berlin dispatch to the | Exchange Telegraph Co. today. The clash between regular troops and insurgents at Henningdorf, near Spandau, on Tuesday, resulted in the killing of 40 persons and the wound- ing of 65 others, according to an Ex-: change Telegraph Co. message from Berlin today. London, March | ecouncils in Saxon Aix la Chapelle, Rhenish Prussia, March 23.—Another battle is reported to be going on between Spartacans and troops of the regular army at Wesel, 22 miles northwest of Essen. The regulars, the report says, appear to have been outflanked by the Spar- tacans. WITNESSES ARE MISSING New Haven Police Seek Husband and Two Companions of Woman Whose Body Was Found Yesterday. New Haven, March 23.—Harry J. orr, aged husband of Margaret Orr whose body was found on a; bridge in Whitneyville, Sunday night ' has not been found by officers who, under Coroner Eli Mix are trying _to solve the mystery of the woman's death. No trace of the weapon from which a bullet w fired which ap- { parently killed the oung woman, has been found. The coroner’s office. as | vet, has few facts to give out. It was stated that M Orr was in com- pany with two other young women Sunday evening and they -went .to walk around the base of East Rock, the roadway of which leads to the | bridge over Lake Whitney on which the body was found. ither of | these young women, it is now stated, has been found. H Orr was not at his usual place of employment yesterday. Persons in | the house in which the couple lived in State street say that Orr and his wife were in their rooms Sunday afternoon and seemed on the best of | terms. STEAMER BEING TOWED. London, March 23.—The American steamship Rock Island Bridge, which was damaged recently in collision with the amer Iropuois off Ushana, northwestern France, is being towed into Falmouth, England, by the steamer Kenosha, according to advices received today. The two steamers vd early today. The Bridge which measures very low in the water. i Rock ACCEPT BOXING CHALL New Haven, March of Pennsvivania by telegraph today accepted a challenge from the Yale ! boxing team for a match in every weight at the Yale gymnasium Sat- urday night. This will be the last meet this season for the Blue as the Springfield Y. M. C. A. college which has asked for a meeting has with- drawn its request. NGE. —Universiy a HARTFORD-NEW BRITAIN ¢ The Co nl New chine basketball teams, { runner-up, respectively trial league in this : Whitne; milar positions AME Britain Ma- leaders and in the Indus- v and Colt and { teams who occupy in the Hartford | league, will clash Friday evening in | i the State armory. Theile is a tie in | the Hartford league and it is not yet known what teams will meel the local lives. ; ALLEGED ASSATLANT CAUGHT. Patrolman William 1. McCue this afternoon arrested John Yarnoshef- ski, of 247 Washington street, on a charge of assault, it being alleged that the accused struck John Novak, on the head with a pool cue in M. Sicklick’s cafe last night, inflicting waunds, necessitating medical atten- ton. | Tickets are on ! men of the | evening at i was $2.50 in gold. ' leave next week take up his studies in the Life Insur- ! SCHOOL STUDENTS RENDER CANTATA Present Musical Program Friday Evenin, Prizes Awarded in Several Contests This Morning The High schoolchorus will render the cantata, “The Building of the Ship” Friday evening in the school auditorium. Solos will also be ren- dered by Misses Doris Bradley Jean Cochran, and Mes: Latham and Charles and L Fred Stohlman. ale by members of the chorus and should be now as the number is limited. The Amphion club held a meeting {at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. Am important meeting .of the letter chool will be held this :30- o’clock in Mr. Moor- head’s office. Prizes for the Nathan Hale poster contest were awarded to Frances Wil- Captain Edward Dunne. The follow- ing students received the award Bernard Chernoff, silver cup; Miss K. Jagodzinski, fountain pen; Mildred Fjsher, clock. s for the Nathan Hale pos «contest were awarded to Francis Wi liams and Julia Mann. The award Miss Bernadine ‘Walker received honorable mention. T0 STUDY INSURANGE Joseph Chernoff Selected by Phoenix Insurance Company to Take College Course in Salesmanship. As a reward for his excellent serv- ice with the home office of the Phoe- nix Mutual Life Insurance company, Joseph H. Chernoff of 87 Columbia street, representative of the company will be able to pursue a three months' course at Carnegie institute, to become specially trained in insurance sales- manship. His expenses and cost af tuition, will all be paid by the com- pany. Mr. Chernoff has been connected with the Phoenix company for the past two vears and so well has he ac- complished his work as an insurance salesman for the company that he has become one of the most aggressive leaders in insurance sales. He will for Pittsburgh, to ance Salesmanship school of the Ca negie institute, where upon the com- | pletion of his studies, he will receive | a diploma. In his studies at the institute, Mr. Chernoff will specialize in profession- al sales service, scientific salesman- ship. actuarial work and the calcula- tion of premiums. He will start his studies April 5 Mr. Chernoff is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Chernoff of 87 Columbia street. SHORT CALENDAR CASES Six Litigations Are Listed for Short Calendar Session of City Court Friday Aftcrnoon at 2:30 o'Clock. Six cases are listed on the docket for the short calendar session of the city court at 30 o'clock Friday aft- ernoon. They are as follo Joseph Drew against William Daly, et a judgment; Judge W. F. Mangan for the plaintiff; Law r J. G. Woods for Daly and Lawyer Tyler for George M. Smith. Michael Ratke against Louis Gor- entz; judgment for failure to com- ply with order of the court; Lawyer Steele and Woods for the plaintiff. Lawyer M. D. Saxe for the defend- ant. Dryfos Blum and company against the Hardware City Cafe company, judgment; Judge B. Gaffney for the plaintiff. Alex Bessoff against Flizabeth White, pleading or default; Judge F. B. Hungerford for the plaintiff; Lawyer M. H. Camp for the defend- ant. Frank B. Cox, et al, against Ed- rd Hanson, pleading; Judge B. ¥ Gaffney for the plaintiff; Judge Wil- liam J Malone, for the defendant. Mrs. O. Paul phael, demurrer; Lawyer J. Traceski for the plaintiff; Lawyer M. D. Saxe for the defendant. THEY D John [F. Mullen well known local young men, were accorded considerable “joshing” this afternoon by their friends, because f the fact that they were in the utomobile of Steve Jacobs, together with P. S. McMahon. Mr. Mullen, emphatically stated this uafternoon that he w favoring the Quigley ad- niinistration. and opposed to the tac- tics being employed by the mayor's critics. He further stated that Me- Mahon souht the ride in the auto- mobile after the noon- talk at Landers, Frary & Clark factory gate. NY TT. and James Daly obtained | against William Ra- | Stanley : i | : the Church | E | airectors of the Y. CITY ITEMS The school accommodations com- mittee of the school board will meet Thu ¥ afternoon at 4:30. Superintendent Towers of the hoard of water commissioners has construct- ed pedestals for use by traffic police- men. Officer Herbert Lyon i ubstituting for Traflic Officer Charles Johnson on and ’Main street traffic post. Officer Johnson is completing his vacation. Harold Scheidler, a machinist living at 442 Stanley street, and Miss Eliza- beth G. Firnhaber of 25 Linden street, have taken out a license to marry. The condition of W. E. who was removed to the Hartford General hospital last week suffering from a serious ailment, was reported as critical this morning. The Swedish Republican club will meet this evening in the Star Real ate and Insurance Co. office at No. 163 Main street. The club is one of the strong political organizations of the city and is a factor in all elections. A special meeting of the board of M. C. A. has been called for this evening at which time there will bé an election of the direc- tors for the ensuing year. William Walsh, senior lieutenant in the United States navy, arrived in town today and will spend a week’ furlough with his parents and wife at | (. oo io) 1odee Meets TOMOrTOW— their home on Bassett street. A meeting of the church school superintendents council was | Attwood, ' i districts of Sunday | held last evening at 8 o'clock in the ' Y. M. C. A, A. L. Warren was elected chairman and presided at the session. It was voted that a daily Bible school be coducted at one of the churches during the summer months. ! The members reported that the school conducted last summer was a success. Frank Peno of 2 stricken with illness about 3 this morning at the Stanley and w Yeneral bulance. Telephone operators at the office of the Southern New Telephone company, spent o’clock Works hospital in the police local a busy 2 Park street was | removed to the New Britain | am- | { Worthington ridge, Berlin. England | time last night answering calls from | many persons about the city were calling attention of their friends to the aurora borealis in the sky. FIRE DEPARTMEF T OUT. The firemen had an carly call this morning about 4 o'clock when an alarm was sounded from Box 43, for a fire in the cellar of a house owned by Steve Canova, at 276 Elm street. The damage was slight. who | STRIKE OR NOT T0 STRIKE General Scale Committee of IHard Coal Miners Mects Today to Con- sider Important Questions. New York, March 23.—The general scale committee representing the an- thracite mine workers, met here to- day to decide whether the hard coal diggers will remain at work on April 1 pending the negotiation of a new wage agreement. The operators have asked the mine workers to remain .in the mines after March 31 when the present c8ntract expires. Union leaders predicted before going into session that the men would | not remain at work unless the mine | owners agreed to make any wage in- crease retroactive to the expiration date of the present contract. The op- erators are understood to oppose any such arrangement on the grounds that any wage advance will have to | be made up by raising the price of | coal. They contend that coal prices | cannot be made retroactive and they | would suffer *losses Approximately 170,000 coal work- ers in the three anthracite mining Pennsylvania would be‘ affected by an order to suspend work.l MASONIC LODGE NOTES. Ladies’ Night is Postponed Month. ; A. F. & A. M, | meeting at Centennial lodge, will hold a special o'clock tomorrow afternoon and =a ! regular meeting at 7:30 p. m. The | second degree will be exemplified at | bath meetings. i | I i Because so many members of the lodge are to attend the Grotto cere- monial in Hartford on March 30, it has been decided to postpone the La- dies’ night program until the evening ' of April 20. i BUYS BERLIN PROPERTY. ! Mrs. John Pinches of this city has purchased the Gibney homestead on The prop erty includes five acres of land and - trout brook. T. W. O'Connor put through the sale. DEMOCRATS NAME GLACKEN LEADER 4 ‘Will Head Town Committee—Kiniry is Secretary—Ross is Only In- surgent Elected. John Glacken, prominent in theat- rical circles here for a number ot Years, was named chairman of tha democratic town committee af @ meeting held last night for the par- Pose of reorganizing the group. Of the insurgent members of the com-< miitee, whose resignations werée i handed in last year after Sheriff Gabh ad named Deputy Stockwell to Sheriff M. succeed himself, but one—John' L. Ross—was again named. John J. Kiniry was chosen secretary of the committee. The terms of all the newly elected members expire next week. Whilg it is practically an entirely new com- mittee, thése taken in are merely fill- ing out the unexpired terms of the members who resigned last year and as their terms were to have expired this month, the by-laws of the com- mittes will be adhered to. It is not improbable that the committee will be re-elected. 4 The committee is composed of the following: First ward, James Woods and Thomas Hinchcliffe; second ward, James Coyle and Lawyer David L. Dunn; third ward, John F. Leéney and P. F. McDonough; fourth ward, John L. Ross and Patrick Smith; fifth ward, Paul Nurczak and Wil- liam J. Farley; sixth ward, E. O. Kil~ bourne and Abraham Gorbach. @7 D. SECOND WARD BANQUET. The Sccond Ward Republican clui has arradnged a smoker and suppeg at Bardeck’s hall next Tuesday eve ning. The committee in charge o the affair consists of Councilmer Reginald Towers and James Gill, A. N. - Rutherford, Mayor George 4. Quigley and Personal Tax Collectoy J. Wiltic Mills. The tickets for the af- fair are now in the hands of the committee and the sale is limited. FOR SALE—Investment Proposition—6 Tenement Block, Garage and Paint Shop. SCHULTZ & COSTELLO, Income better than 10 per cent. 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