New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1920, Page 1

.~ ’ . » balance * the proposal. J News of the World By' Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870. Herald “A Better B NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1920. LABORITES VOTE IN FAVOR OF GOVERNMEN OWNERSHIP OF ROADS AFTER HOT FIGHT A. F. of L. Conven- tion Endorsement Also Provides For Democratic Opera- tion Of Lines Vote Shows 29,059 in Favor, While Only 8,349 Are Op-| posed to This Measure. Montreal June 17.-=Government ownership with democratic operation of American raillronds was endorsed day by the American Federation of Labor convention hero after one of | the bitterest fights on record Government ownership w en- dorsed by a vote of 29,059 to 8,340, Considerable Disorder. ! Disorder interrupted the roil call veral times when delegations of the various crafts divided on their votes. Charges of “steam roller” were Murled at the chair James Dun- ean of Neattle and other delegates when it refused the right of roll call to delegations that split on the ques tlon. - Applause, boos and hisses nately greeted delegation votes The bullding trade delegations pre sented almost a wolld front against ! government ownership, supporting | Samuel Gompers and administration forces, | by alter- | Noss Vote Barred, The rallroad workers were support- ed by the United Mine Workers, ma- ehinist unions, textile workers, gar- ment workers and metal trades crafts, W. L. Hutchinson, president of the carpenters’ unton, announced that his delegntion cast its 3,315 votes against A. Ross of the car- penters denled Hutchinson's state- ment and asked permission to cast his 414 votes for government ownership. Gompers barred the Ross vote, counting the entire cgspgaters’ vote nxainst the poll ! LEAVES MILLION ESTATE | Commodore Thomas Fall Wills No | Attains Cash to Wis Son Until He Age of 30 Yoears, June 17.—RBy the will of the late Commodore Thomas Falls of the Milford Yacht club, New York attorney who died weeks ago leaving an estate estimated at a quar- ter of a million, his 19.year-old son 1% hequeathed all jewelr fishing | Tack a yacht and garden tools. He was left no money, but the will pro- vides that when the boy reaches 30 yenrs old he will receive one-sixth of the estate. Employes were remem- bered In various sums of money. The of the estate is left in trust to Mra, Falls, his widow, who is to receive #$12.000 annually RESULT IS DUBIOUS 4 Milford, “ two Indications Are That Trolleymen Have Dectded to Reject Proposals of tho | Conneet Company. Juna 1 conference Members baard of the In sessibn declined ken sitton New Haven of the state trollaymen’s today, but comment upon the terday on the second the Connecticut e 1 mitted by some members who were questioned that on the face of the returns the company’s proposition has been rejocted. Genernl Manager Pun- derford met the board this afternoon, untans T wer up noon o of was ud- Butchers' Convention To Meet in This City 17.—F. L. Sulll- van of Bridgeport, was chosen pre Ident of the state retail butchers and grocers’ associntion, at the convention held here Thomas Pres- ton of Hartford in wecretury M Haywood of HRridgeport, treasurer, and the next will be in New Hritain $30,000 Loss in Fire In New Haven Today | New Haven, June 17.—Fire in the | eap factory of Osear Manowitz in George street early today did dam- nage to the firm and to other occu- pants of the bullding amounting to $30,000 The fire marshal began later inquiry Into the blaze. Watler losses goll upon Mullen and Lily, hookbind ers, the New Haven Printing Co., and other tenants. Manowitz recently bought the cap business H Frankenberger & company — : | LACK COAL SUPPLY, = Hantiago. Chile June 18.-—Rail roades Aro seriously handicapped by & lack of conl as # result of agitation New Haven, June yosterday convention n from a | . banquets ! college, { learned that YALE ‘95 TOGATHER AT SHUTTLE MEADOW Local Country Club to En- tertain Some Famous Sons of Old Eli. Thé class of 15895 at Yale will hold portion of its reunion schedule at | the Shuttle Meadow Country club th coming Sunday Monday. There | will be more than 100 members of the class at the hanquet Sunday night and mlly as many for the class banquet to be held Monday evening. During the day Sunday, golf is on the schedule for the diversion of the class, and Sunday night's banquet will have a speaker from the uni- versity to greet the men who have | been out of colloge for 25 years. | Transportation from here has been | arranged for the members direct to | class headquarters at New Haven. The lists of speakers for the two have not been arranged as is possible that “Jack™ | reenway, a prominent member of the class, who fought under Theo- Roéosovelt at San Juan Hill in | in 18858, will come on from Ari- to greet his classmates. Mr. y was a catcher for the Yale the years 1884-5 and is re- a good speaker. It was Greenway who delivered the ora- tlon at the American Legion conven- tion at St. Louls in the defense of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who was having difficulty in refusing the nom- ination for chairman of the national organization DARTMOUTH STUDENT HELD FOR SHOOTING | ! and yet but it Assoctates of Man Who Killed Clase- | mate 'l’k~|un~ Him as Man of Muny Moods, N. B, Meads of La Grange th college student smuggling trafic is alleged to Mave led w0 hix killing Henry K. Maroney of Wost Medford, Mass., a fellow stu. dent, was In jall today awaiting ac- tion by the grand jury His companion in flight from the Crile Nicely Wise of Akron, O.. who returned to Hanover when Meads boarded the train for Boston | on which he wax captured, was held | as n material witness. The college authorities supplied bonds of $1,000 each for three other students heid as witnesses. No offer | of boads for Wise was made { Halimates of Meads today dis- cussed peculiarities of the man |n-' cluding a habit of shooting freely | when in a mood. County officers found the walls of his room peppered by shots. Instructors said he had been acting In an odd manner at classes and from coll offices it was his habits had been the investigation several times | term, espeefally in con- | inguiries regarding the | umong the students but ! instance Meads was able to | hmm-lr Hunover Juae 17.—Robert 111, the Dart- whose liguor T mou of the subject during nection use of liquor in cach ear IS HELD WITHOUT BONDS ' Michael Fiore of New Haven Faces | Charge of Assault With Intent to Murder. ! Fi- day was New ore, Haven, who shot June 17.—Michael Dominic Perrotti hefore yesterday, while the latter in his automobile in a street. was held without for a hearing on June 19 was assault with intent to murder. The police have made no additional arrests although vesterday they ex- peeted to e several men locked up in the course of untangling Perrot- ti's business affairs which are said to have included traffic in liquors, trucking from New York city and local handling of market garden 1t is understood that many engaged In the case but wtion is glven as to evidence | downtown bonds today The charge products. officers are ne infori obtained REPORT SEEING BERGDOLL Garage Proprictor at Canastota, N, Y., Reports Sceing Man Who Ho Thinks Was Draft Dodger. N I who es wag ae i rgdol), —Grover itive draft Phil- June 1 fu recently at last night it ' ording to a report given troopers Utiea, Cleveland the evader sdelphia nastot 10 the state er waid he sold oline 1o a man in a big blue ear who resembled Herg- doll. The car was headed north, evi- dently toward Canada. All the roads | Must Be Dropped. | from miners at | able dis'ribution | flon has t eral keep- | | shall When Governor Is Unable to Attend Court The Court Brought Up to Governor‘ ¢ Unusual Legal Procedure When New Haven Common | Pleas Court Moves to Hartford to Take Holcomb’s Deposmon in Ex tradition Case. Hartford torney Pickett, at- M June 17.—The state and his assistant, Warren appeared beforo Dunn of New Haven, roy W. msel for ©of the state’s chief executive as to the | reasons for granting extradition ders for Snyder's removal to York state on a charge of child a donment. The is interes from the point of view that he Governor Holcomb was unable t pear before Jud Simpson in court of imon New r- New ing p- the Ha- o co pl in | FEDERAL EMPLOYES TOO OLD AT 70 YEARS Either With Or Without Pension—C. W, Included Here, Washington, 17 employes who of retirement, 70 yvears, have not given the minimum of 15 years' service required under the re- tirement law, must be dropped from the rolls, Attorney General Palmer ruled toda Such employes, he said, cannot draw retirement pensions. The ruling was announced in a letter to Secretary of Interior Payne. William F. Delancy day said that but one man in local office will be affected by ruling. He is Charles W. Norton, veteran employe at the office Norton. who is a Civil war vete has been at the post office for past 32 years and will be retired August, or thereabouts. Since he been employed more than mum number of years. he ceive a substantial pension. The postmaster further there are no employes at who, when retired, will under the pension rules. June ‘e T although the Postmaster to- the this the M the in has will re said that the offic not come | DESPITE HIGH PAY, al the mini- | sold | at | no { them MINERS GO HUNGRY | Car Shortage Makes It Impossible for Them to Work More Th Day a Weck. Columbus, O.,, June 17.-——Though miners are receiving highest wages ever paid them and demand for com is far in excess of the supply, many Ohilo miners are actually suffering from hunger. according to George W. Savage, secretary-treasurer of the Ohip United Miners. He has received an appeal f(n aid Byesville, Guernescy county. The miners say they hav been averaging only day’s we a week for time to the car shortage. Accoramg 1o Mr. furnishinz railroad operate on full time the interstate commerce commission for alleged discrimination. “We have been trying for years to gel an equit- of cars,” he said. intersiate commerce commis- lked but never acted AUTO THIEF C ¢ CAUGHT Waterbury Man one some owing miners able to Savage. fuel are “The From Syracuse Party Inquiring He Was Coming With Cars, Torrington, June 17.-—Lyle J. Mil- ler, 30, of Waterbury, accused of ha\- ing stolen an automobile helonging to Herbert Reichenbach of Woodbury at Lake Quassapaug last night, was ar- rested here early today as he was driving through town without lights on the car. The license plates on the machine had been changed, ac- cording to the police. In the car were numerous tools and automobile supplies including 24 wrenches, a Bosch magneto, several jack-knives, ors and three sets automobile curtain windows. Most of the ticles had never been used and eral still bore the price marks, Miller's person was found a from a Syracuse man Inquiring if s coming there with the cars seas=on 14 ar- sev he this Runs to Dodge Shower, W. U. Manager Falls Dead | Ozean Grove, N June Daniel Skelton of o manager of Telegraph company, ease at his summer last night after he to dodge an approaching shower. He rose in the ranks of the company from messenger hoy in 1876 to gen- 1 manager in 1903, He was years old. 17— ast n the Western died of heart di residence here Reqolule Vs. Vanitie Is Again Postponed | June 17.—The ninth | Newport, Tice in the series hetweery the olute and Vanitie defend the Sandy Hedkenext month post pone: gain Arrested Had letters | ir | | the rew | convention | woman | Ars, | congressiona) and he criticizes | to Hart- the gov- the for ven ford court the was brought convenience of Governor | ernof. Holcomb at noon today as did l.u\\\t\r { Le- | Haven police two weeks Snyder, to take the deposition ! plaint of his wife, for the New £0 on com- who lives in Brook- | N. and after his arrest and issuance of extradition papers. in- civil suit in habeas corpus to require -the state to why he should be held. main ns he was divorced wife in Scraaton, Pa., and | grounds is making his fight | extradition. Snyder was arrested yn, the stituted a procecdings show cause Snyder from his | on these inst | CORNER STONE WILL BE LAID ON JULY 25 Flaborate Excreises Will Mark This Step in Construction of New ildren’s Home, Klingberg, the « Children’s ambition when, on the afternoon of July 25, the corner- stone of the new Children’s home building on Rackliffe Heights will be formally s While the program is but tent: it provides for elal orate with numerous out- of-lown city officials and a representative zathering of ‘the clergy Thus far structur ridors. has will be structur el of the hle home, will id ive rc exe es, zuests, the basement of the new with its large brick cor- heen completed and work ricd at once on the outside Thes new home will he modern in every respect and will ap- proach the in home construc- tion as n hility will per- mit attention has been given to providing adequate floor space for the children in both dormi- nd dining rooms. Klingherg received word this that ibies’ home build- ated on Arch sircet, has been About 22 infants are cared for this house and at present there is availo place to which te move If the housc can he rstained until early fall it is possible t tem- porary quarters may arraiged ut site on Rackliffe Heighis.” | tories Mr mornine ing. la FOUR WOMEN GOING TO BIG LONVENTI‘U Democrats’ Special Train - for ol = Francisco Leaves Today—New i Haven Woman Official. —When the Con- | this after national one | She is | wife first June 17 ation starts democrutic in San rancisco be in the party. Leakin of this city, delegates from the district who will husband. She is an | dent suffragist. The sclection Mrs., Daniel P. Dunn of Willimantic s alternate to her hushand, a second district delegate brings the number | Hartford necticut delel for the noon will Fhil M of the of one company her | of women alternates from this state | | On | letter | { and tic convention | to the national democ to a total of four. lesides Mrs. Dunn Joseph Whitney, New nate to Delegate La cerald, chairman of tion, Mrs Josephine H. Maxim, alter- nate (o e Large Thomas J. Spellacy: Dixon-Welch of Columbia to Edward Yeomans of Andover, delegate from the sccond congressional district. Miss Minnie - of New Haven is | an a nt 2 at the convention, having recently National Chairman Marshal Palmer will not leave with afternoon but will later. they the deles annic alternate 10 be nations been appointed by Cummings. U, Mr. Mahan the delegation this go direct to San Francisco $20,000,000 COLLECTION ! This Is Amount of Sceond Quarterly | { i Collector’s | Payments at Revenu Oflice—S$ 150,000,000 Year's Total. 17—The office force Hartford. June gen- | Union | ¥ had sprinted home | to deterthine which | Americg'g Cup o} | Revenue her nearly 11 o'clock V | night sorting onut returns and | ! checks which had accumulated in | { the rush of last minute payments by taxpayers. Thousands of returns | to the office through the mails | all parts of the state. It was' id that in excess of $20.000,000 has | | been collected here on the second | juarterly payment of income, luxury | and excess profits taxes. Many of the | taxpayers paid up n full on ihe first | payment March and it was es- | fimated today that the total amount of collections in Connecticut this year | would be in the neighborhood of $150,000,000 the U Internal until of worked | nesday came WEATHER. g Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Rain tonight: ¥Friday | clearing: moderate temperature, | —_— g | CREWS OUT IN RAIN v(hu! “mllv-r and Rough Water En- { trial { with the fo I K .l A | 1 ! [ | ministry. INITIATE’ DENTIST! As Result Nine West Orange Youths Face Arrest | GREEK LETTER FRATERNITY Blindfolded, Doctor Says He Was Stripped. Beaten and Then Covered With Coating of Tar and leaves— Threatened With Stoning. W battery members of the a result Apple- N. J.. June 7. ult and for nine ernity hool, as Howard s city that he was the woods during his West Orange. rants charging were issucd today of the Beta Sigma f West Orange High s of allegations of gate. a dentis rred and near here Tue “initiation. Tells of He declured he night “Stunts.” was blindfolded, stripped and his body greased, tarred and covered with leaves; that he was beaten in the face, that molasses was poured into his shoes and that he was threatencd with stoning if he moved. He d he remained in the woods three hours and then made his w to a pharmacy here. WILL DEPORT BOMBER Tak Action is Objections of Sex Justice Dept. June 17.—Robert Eliz in connection June 2, 1919 ‘Washington, one of the aliens held with the bomb yplots of 2. was ordered deported today hy A sist .Secretary Post after repr tions to the department of justice of- fice in New York, and Mr. Post said he should be tried under criminal laws before his deportation. “To deport him would be 1 o the operation of the crimina law,” said Mr. Post “Yet this de-| partment has no otherauthority than to deport. 1 not lawfully hold any alien in prison indefinitelf.” i Hearings on deportativn proceed= ings against Ludwig C. A. K. Mar- tens, soviet agent in the United | States were resumed today. to frus- of mm-mmi_ in Practice Trips Yale nmhw“ Today. June 17.—Rain and | rowing conditions | hix forencon. 'l‘lmi wrxmen had a hard day vesterdy Wi the time and pace-making. B. L.e#faw-| nee who had been out of the yecond | ew for a week with an irifected hand, returned today and satlin tho! combination crew Walsh Will Speak At Republicans’ Outing | The committee in charge of secur- ing a speaker for the Second, Fourth and Sixth Ward Republican clubs’ outing to be held at Savin Rock Sat- urday have secumsd James F. Walsh of Norwalk to speak Mr. Walsh, who is considered by some a possibil- ity for the republican momination for governor at the next state . election, was a delegate to the national con- vention at (‘hicago. The events at Chicago will be reviewed for the benefit of the local politicians. Gales Ferry rough water m for the Y although work wz ! Admxts Offense, Asks That He Be Sentenced ! Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 17.— Frank Smith the fagm hand who, ac- cording to the authorities has con- fessed to beating a Vassar college alumnae on June 8, today asked for an immediate sentence. He requested District Atiorney Aldrich to dispense mality of ind jury ac- | ion. Smith declares that whatever ihe judge metes out will be satisfac- tory to him. He he cannat act which ecansed his arrest nies that he is insane. PAGE 1 335 Cases of Whiskey Caught By Federal Men | Cleveland June 17.-—Federal agents today seized 335 cases of whiskey be- ing transported by automobile truck into Cleveland from a Kentucky dis- tillery on what the agents claim is a fake government permit. A New York —-TWELVE PAGES. |HIGH SCHOOL BOYS | CONGRESSMAN LONERG ! Theodore | member « | urday nationalist troops vesterday | assistance { sus bureau's announcement today. | the | Northampton Growing, man believed to be acting as Cleve- land agent of a “million dollar key syndicate” was takea into tody. eu . German Envoy Refuses To Become Chancellor 17.—Dr. Mayer von ufbeuren, rman charge d'af- taites here refused the offer of the chancellorship tendered him by Karl Trimborn, leader of the center party who is trying to form a new The doctor said he con- sidered his mission in Paris oo im- Paris, June whis- | PRICE THRH T0 SEEK RE-ELECTIO FALL, HE ANNOUNCES BLOOD TRANSFUSION | witt Not A ination B OPERATION IN VAN turn T Mrs. Lawrence Stanley Pass- To Rug Practice es Away At Hospital— Tha Will —DMasonic Funeral, Followinz tion Gen an unsucc performed at the 1l hospital seve: the transfusion of blood body of Lawrence Stanley his wife, M Coleen MeKe anley, she died last night at the institation. Mrs. nley had previously und gone an operation. Doctors in tendance expressed their belief a transfusion operation mighi her life and her husband cor to suppiy the neces hlood. The dec w Ye and a native of Naugatuck but had lived in this city practically all her lif Surviving is her husband, Law- rence Stanley of 111 Dwight sireect, employed at the Stanley Rule & Level office: three sous, Lawrence M., Jr aged Howard Weston, A.. 2nd, aged i: also her ' mother and a broith Thomas J. M- Kee of t city, and a brother, Otio man Lonergd J.oof O cermany. She w , been his origival Rebekal lod from active polity Order of the Easte of the 65th Congr the local Hi ful Noew oper: B g0 for from th to that of Predicts Party State vin s t- that sed s of age election o s congre: n s Y Amounce spoech nom nated Martha chapter, Star. She attended | school and Huntsinger's Business col- lege. Funeral afternoon church held Sat at the Martha services will be at 2 o'clock chapel with chapter, O. E. n charge. G. W. Hin officiate wiil be in Fairview cemeter BRITISH IN FIGHT WITH TURK TROOPS South Nationalist Forces Fire on Soldiers, | After Promising Not to Hamper Their Withdrawal. June, 16.-<~Turkish ' attacked British Indian troops on the Ismid front who were With- drawing under an agreement. The Turks wounded aril c:lptured s British luleflker\“ Reinfor finents were sent to the of the Indians while war- ships kept the Turks off, by shelling i civ positions, s The trouble started when a British outpost consisting of a company of Punjahis was surrounded by a su- perior force of nationalists. . The | British officer commanding decided to withdraw. An agreement was reached with the nationalists, who promised not to hamper th€ British retirement. The British advance guard was al- lowed to pass unmolested but the na- | tionalists fired on the main body. l i | NEW BEDFORD GAINS Has Now Advanced Into 100,000 Pop- Constantinople, a company of ' CONG at hand he d main at his po American sho they were b strenuous tim Coincident { of retirement, C explains that Hartford to re- ‘When he ente: a lucrative Dpi turn to law th decision.. In congressman i democratic party in the past and preciation of all to him during Sees 1 In conclusion.) gan, looking o situation, decla; vinced the dem returned a November. state and nat elected, in hfi ulation Class—Lansing, Mich., Runs Ahead of Many Others. Washington, June 17..—With an in- crease of more than 25 per cent. dur- ing the last ten years, New Bedford, Mass., has advanced intd the 100,000 class of cities with a total popula- tion of 121,217, according to the cen- In ten years New Bedford, which ranked as 53rd most populous city in 1910, has outstripped Trenton, N. Nashville, Tenn.: Alba N. Y Lowell. Mass,, and Cambridge, Mass. and Spokane, Wash. Lansing, Mich., ranking as 177th city ten vears ago, had a larger growth during the decade than the | average for cities of its size. It has gone ahead of two score other cities. defeated the fi Davis Oakey. aigain was elect was opposed’ by ! this city, but w ! Historic Ma | Destr, Meaux, Franc flour mills on t Meaux were dei The celebrated were built at le vived the hattle were constructed center of the filled with whea several million a total loss. Rickenback Aeri Columbus, O. Edward V. Rk prenmiier ace wa. a state aviation Governar Cox, Population Now 21,951 Washington, June 17.—Great Talls, 24,121 increase 10,730. Fair- W. Vi, 17.851, increase $,110 f per cent. New Bedford, Mass, increase 24.565 or + per Northampton, Mass., 21,951, in- 13.0 per cent. Lan increase 26,073 or 23.6 per ceni. Wenatchee, Wash., 6,324, increase 2.274 or 56.1 per cent. Bristol, Pa., 10,273, increase 1,017 or 11 per cent. Rates on Produce For Connecticut Reduced Washington, June 17.——Application of the American Railway Express Co. for permission to file a schedule pro- viding for reduced r nd refriger- ation charges on berries, fruits, mel- ons and vegetablcs in carioads from : southwestern points to points in Con. | S2id to be the necticut and Massachustts was ap. | United States proved today by the Interstate Com- : - merce Commission. TO RH While the complete new schedule Mexico City, has not yet been filed, it was said at |{the Mexican ra the commicsion that the reduction |to its owner, Lwould amount in some cases to 80 |tomorrow, werd cent. crease 2,520 or ing, Mich, 2