New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 19, 1920, Page 1

“Meeen made relativo BESTABLISHED 1870, A N NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. SATURDAY, JUNE 1 9, 1920. -TWELVE PAGES. PRICE THREE WORLD POWERS TO ENDEAVOR' | CONN. RIVER C0. T0 TO SETTLE QUESTIONS THAT | BOOST ITS CAPITAL ARE THREATENING DISASTER Significant Conference is Bemg Held Today and To- " morrow in England With Many Delegates Present.‘ INDEMNITY DIVISION 4 IS NEAR SETTLEMENT), London, June 19.-—A Lloyd of conference Betwoen Premier Millerand arran George and Premiér France has for this afternoon and Hythe, the which was beey tomorrow at place Kent ‘ot the conference grime ministers in an indemnity te The Hytho m to the conference Monday at which and Great Britain, Relgium and ce sented, watering | the between the two | May over the Ger- ma ting In scene s preliminary Houlogne on only France Italy, Japan, will be repre- not but Situation 1 London tion to the relations Critienl, newspapers calling atten- | serlous issues affecting the the allles with Russia, Turkey, Germacy, Hungary and Po- land, remark the state of the world 1% more perilous than It was two years ago and call for “clear decisions free m individual self-secking."” he menace of the Turkish nation- alfets in Anatolln exceeds for the mo- ant, in the view of editors here other dangers, th ituation ameount. | g, according to several estimates, to the outbieak of a new war, Turkish Question g One. Mustapha Kemal Pasha, lender of the nationalists, is said to be com- Mletely in control in Anatolla with the peption of a small arca held by the Atish in the nelghborhood of fsmid apd wome territory around Smyrna eontrolled hy Greece. He has 87,000 men who aro well supplied It s heMoved he Iy word with the Bolsheviki There are appargatly reliable ports that cons'deruble progress to the app fon- | Wment the German indenmity be feen Cireat Rritain and France | \amrh lately caused friction ing In ac- re- has of = NO IRISH HOME RULE So Premier Lloyd George Dec Rallway Delegation With W _Conferred Yesterday. Lioya | railway | London, (reorsge delogation yesterday June 19.—Premier declared to the with which he conferred with regard to sending of trdops and munitions to Irelund, that thls government wounld never agree to 2 independent Irish republic unless | haolutely hegten to the ground. This Matement appears in the official re- | & &port of the conferance. . The premier d petween Ireland and the silé that President million casualties & war rather than acknowledge the in- dependence of the southern states, 1 the Rritish goverument would do same thing If necessary SUED IN NEW LONDON wing an analogy ['nited States Lincoln faced a nd five years of | | Pro-American Winz n Nefore Common ¥ Court Mowday, Judge Willlam © represent the interest ers of this city, Hungerford will s of James Rog- who is being sued by | Willlam A. Elrick of New London, as & result of an automobile nccident which occurred several months ugo near the Kensington bridge. Elric s suing for dumuges his car and | as a result of use of tl vehicle and u ix bein yrought by the local man. Lawyer srown of Norwich is srney for the plalntift. The case s before the wommon ple New o the suit losing imidlar At con at court London THIS AFTERNOON, 13 MARRIED Miss Florence Marold A. Berting we alternovn the hon Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Klingberg, Garden street. Only immediate tricnds and relative were present. Shortly afier the cere- mony the couple leit on an extended trip through the kshires. \When they ret the at Stgnley sirout and this Thorngren marricd at ol urn will reside God W. M. Portland, H. Waterou forenian Hall of hoart quaintance middle and WATEROUS DEAD. Conn., the | died trouble June 19.—William many ard, Shaler during night He had wide ac- contractors of Connecticut. years n and quarrics, lust among HELD IN $5.000 BAIL. Bridgeport, arrested by raigned in vhurged with a st y was bound® o\ bondls of $5,000 Jun the "rank Cozza, squad, was ar court today offonse. He superior court | foreed | Kiev | honses | can { within DEMOCRATS, GRUSHING DEFEAT OF POLISH ARMY RUMORED Capture of Warsaw Seen As Possibility — Report Discredited. Perlin, June 19.—Alarming reports of the military situation on the Pol- fah-Bolshevik fronts are received by the Taecglische Rundschau from Bres- lau Two Polish regiments of cavalry were annihilated, the reports say, and | 30,000 prisoners and 165 cannon were taken by the Bolshieviki. The fall of | Minsk is expeeted Bellef may be General have their corps is expressed that Warsaw occupled by soviet troops. Haller's men at Czenstochow mutinied and expelled some of officers. Near Kiev two army arc surrounded and may be to capitulate. Refugees from tell of wholesale desertions by Polish troops. The Polish minister saild today incredible to Germany he considered the reports New York. June 18 —Alarming views from Berlin concerning condi- tions on the Polish front are shared by the official Polish bureau i Locks, | erection of a big dam | electricity Stock Will Be Increased 26 Times, to About 85,000,000 WILL GONSTRUGT BIG DAM Dam At Windsor Locks Will Be 2,000 Feet Long and 30 Fect High— Plans to Develop 40,000 Horscpower For Electricity. Hartford, 19.—“The capital of the Connecticut River will be increased from $200,000 at present to at 5,000,000 for he June stock leas and 30 feet high at Windsor Locks and development of 40,000 horse- power to be used in transmission of for use in Hartford and northern Connecticut” said Harrison B. Freeman, secretary of the company today. The company is about to carry out its plan for the develop- | — Head of Gimbel Bros. Department Store Arrested for Profiteering in Clothes| His General Manager And Buyer Also Held—Profits of 90 to 275 Per Cent Are Alleged. New York, June 19.—Frederick Gimbel, member of Gimbel Bros., operating large department stores in several cities, who is in charge of the New York store, was arrested today by department of justice agents on a charge of profiteering in clothing. J. J. Dowdell, a merchandise man- ager, and C. D. Slawter, clothing buver, also were arrested. It is al- leged that profits of 90 to 275 per cent. were made on clothing. S. R. Coons, advertising director of the store, gave out the following | statement: “It is possible than in a business =o ' Co. | 2,000 feet long | ment of the water power at Windsor | made possible by the enact- ment of the water power bill by con- gress and signed by President Wil- son. Will Take Time. “It will be some time, however, be- fore the company can act in carrying out this plan,” continued Mr. Free- man. “It will take at least months ! hefore regulations are formulated by not + of information here which stated to- * day that its dispatches from Warsaw showed the Polish front was being strongly east of Warsaw. This, it was pointed out, made it a physical impossibilit for Warsaw to be threatened, as the Berlin reports asserted HAIRPINS AS CLUE IN PARSONS’ DEATH arrison, N. Y., Police Think New York Attorney May flave Killed Himself. Harrison, N. Y., June 1 between here and were visited today —Road- New York by detectives seek- mz o untanglc the mystery of the death of Henry Humphrey Parsoas, Yale graduate and young New York lawyer, whose body was found yes- terday in the home of his aunt, Mrs. Jefferson Hogan, at Purchase. The body was lying in a pistol nearby. HBruises and a cut on the body and a sofled, suit found in his roo mpointed to a struggle accident some hours be- fore his death. Two hairpins found in the touring enr driven by Parsons are the only clues the police have. They were the first intmation that a woman might be involved in the case. ‘It scems now that the Mr. Persons was a suicide,” chief of police today der or death said the 3 The gash un- his right eye from which he was bleeding when he arrived home early Thursday morning was inflicted by a | sharp knife or a razoruand we are try- ing to find ov exactly by such an fnfury.” NEW G. 0. P. BRANCH how he came of Party is Formally Organized inols—Is Not Third Party. Sprinzfield “pro-Americ party” the secretary publicans lils, June n wing of the republi- was incorporated here to- fling of papers with the of state by Thompson re- headed hy Harry B. Ward 19.—The day by of Duquoin, secretary of the old state | central committee Chicago, June 19.—The “pro-Amer- ican wing of the republican party"” incorporated today at Springfield, I, today i= not a “third party movement but ix designed o carry out the ideals of Mayor William Hale Thompson the republican party accord- ing the leaders of the Lundin- Thompson faction. All the incorporators downstate republicans to are said to he Republican | held some 350 to 400 miles « | Samges W. Woodraff Sclls Bysinews In| |- am will be able &0 be carried ont. | Woodruf’s corper. bath tub and a | grass-stained | of | the government for the of licenses, and the able to make inuch progress until after it has been able to take out a license. Much of the details relative issuing company will not be | to the water power development will | probably be inter.” BUYS BERLIN STORE worked out Center of Adjacent Town to John A. Blake and Arthur Woodruff. the the John A. Blake, Yfor vears connected with past 40 Boston Store in this city and Arthur Wood- | clerk of Berlin have pur- | ruff, town chased from the latter’s father. James W. Woodruff, his store at the junction of Worthington Ridge and Farming- ton during the | | dent: avenue, known as Flannery’'s or | Mr Woodruff has ' conducted this store for many years, | but is now retiring. The new owners sion on July will take posses- 1 and plan to remodel the place and make it into one of the most up-to-date stores on the turnpike between Boston and New REED IS RE-ELECTED great as this there might be one or more isolated pieces of merchandise marked at a higher price than is pro- vided for in the regulations. All we know is that it is and has been our desire and intention to comply with all government regulations.” Some of the highest alleged to have been made at an ad- vertised sale of men’s clothing. It is charged a suit costing $33 was sold for $75, a $5.50 mohair suit for $20, a $15 suit for $33.75, and a $5.60 suit for $15. Going upstairs to court in | federal building Gimbel and Dowdell collided with a motion picture photo- grapher and all three fell in a heap, splintering the camera tripod. Gimbel, Dowdell and Slawter were released in $1,000 each when ar- raigned. July 6 was set for their hearing. CLASS OF 319 WILL BE GRADUATED FROM GRAMMAR SCHOOL ON THURSDAY ! 161 Girls And 158 Boys Will LONDONBERRY RIOTS I ' & Receive Diplomas At Ex- ercises in Lyceum Theater. The graduation exercises of the Prevocational-Grammar school will be held in the Lyceum theater next Thursday morning. The class to grad- uate this vear is the largest ever, numbering 319, of which 161 are girls and 158 are boys. The Lyceum the- ater is being used for the first time for a public school graduation due to the fact that the school board did not have an appropriation for such pur- pose, Plans were made therefore to use the various school auditoriums, but due to the generosity of Schonl Commissioner Andrulew of the school board, who offered the Lyceum theater free, the usual interesting The graduating class chose as its officers:Charles Richard Covert, Edith Esther Bottomley, president: Marguerite Helena Flem- ing, secretary; and Frank Hilljester, treasurer. The class motta is “Knowl- edge Is Power”, and ‘the class colors are blue and gold. Graduation Exercises. The program of graduation is as fal- lows: Fifth Nocturne.Lebach-Mackie-F.i¥er Preveocatiounl-Gramm hao? ) chestra, o Invocation— . Rev. John L. Davis. (Continued on Fifth Page) . WARRANT IS ISSUED United States Senator Will Represent | Fifth Missouri District at Demo- cratic National Comvention. Kansas City, Mo., June 19 s. nator James A Reed today was unanimously re-elected to represent the fifth Missouri (Kansas City) dis- trict at the democratic national con- vention. elected Senator Reed heen rejected by the which ordered another after he had state convention the district to name ds‘lf\:‘llo U. S. Army Strength is Now 213,135 In Service Washington, the strength of the army was 13 officers and enlisted men, cording to figures made public to- day by the war department. Since March 1, 1919, when active recrui began. 210,447 men have been listed and of this number 172,3 still in service. Suspected Robber Takes His Own Life in Jail Ellsworth, Me., June 19.—Charles Goodwin of Rockland committed sui- ctde n his cell at the cdunty jail Thursday, hanging himself from the bars by strips of bed clothing. was awaiting trial on a charge of complicity in the robbery of the Tre- mont Savings bank in August, last yeur. He was captured at Bridge- port, Conn., on May 29, 21 ac- MEEHAN, DISGUSTED WITH WILSONIAN RESIGNS CITY POSITION Member of Board of Finance and Taxation Does Not Feel He Can Represent Democratic Party Any Longer. Because he is not in sympathy with the branch of the Democratic party which he terms the “Wilsonian Dem- ocrats”’, and he was appointed to the board of finance and taxation as « Democrat, John F. Meehan has ten- dered his resignatioss from that com- iission to Mayor Orson F. Curtis, re- questing that it talle effect at once. The commissioner {eglgthat he should remain on the d when he could not, at heart e #he in- terests for which he was named. explanation of his revolt from “Wilsonian Democrats,” Mr, stated that he felt the leader of that branch had not lived up to certain expressed promises and he did not care to line up with his followers , Mr. Meehan has been a memberd of the board for about seven years, has ing received his appointment dyring fthe first term of Mayor George A. Quig Tn the Meehan | FOR MISSING BROKER Frank T. Now Declared Fugitive From Justice—Pecula- McManus tions Said to Total $11.000. Steps were started today for the | apprehension of Frank T. McManus, | former | who has been missing for The district delegation re- | June 1%.—On June 17 ! He ! ! Manus, | greatest generals of the house John P. in this city, nearly two A representative of the with Attorney Albert A. z; who has had the interests of the company in hand for several weeks, waited on Assistant Prosecut- ing Attorney Joseph G. Woods this morning, and following the confer- ence warrant was issued for Mc- Manus' arrest charging him with embezzlement. The warrant is in the hands of the police, and a will be instituted at once for missing broker. Various sums have been given the shortage but from an authorit tive source today it was said that the amount so far reaches $11,000. The representative of the firm said today that all claims against the. firm had been settled, and that no trader will suffer by the acts of McManus. That the missing broker lost heavi- manager Keogh brokerage the as search } ly through his own speculations there : seems to be no doubt. The zation shows, it is said, that McManus employed a system of juggling en- iries covering sales and collections successfully for some time. At his idence in Hartford, noth- ing has been seen of McManus since the affair came to light. = Mrs. Me- has not given questioners any lizht on the whereabouts of her miss- ing husband. Pershing Puts Wreath On General Lee’s Grave Lexington, Va., June 19.—General Pershing laid a wreath on the tomb of General Robert E. Lee and in an address referred to the Confederate commander as one of the world's Then he visited the zrave of General Stonewall Jackson, whom he characterized as a tian gentleman” whose character and life in war and peace Americans should emulate. WBATHER. S Forecast for New Britain and ity: Fair with slowly rising mperature tonight “Chris- | investi- | | | { i | i iyarions parts of the city. p ARE AGAIN RESUMED Police Unable to Cope With Fighters and Military Forces Are Called Out. Londonderry, Ireland, June 19.— This city spent another night of ter- ror last night as a result of violent pistol and rifle fighting between na- tionalists and unionists. There was a two hour pitched battie at the River- side. Order was finally restoed by the soldiery. Many of the unionists engaged in the hostilities were ex-soldiers. The small police force in the city was powerless in the face of the vio- lence of the apposing parties and the military ulimately had to be called out The efforts of the troops re- sulted in restoration of comparatively tranquil conditions by midnight, although firing continued several hours more, The reports received by the author- ities during the morning showed sev- eral men had been wounded in the fighting. During the fray armed parties of both factions controlled large areas in ‘These par- fle- mnped 211 pedestriane whom was the scene of vio- May 15, unionists and for hours. A Department of Justice Warns M facturers Against Trying to Con! Selling Price of Their Goods, Washington June that agreements between manufactur- ers and dealers which prevent dealers reducing the selling price of manu- factured aftticles are unlawful is sounded today by the department of justice as part of its campaign to lower the cost of living. Indictments recently were obtained against the (Colgate company. Attorney General Palmer stated, charging crim- inal violations of the Sherman act for procuring agreements with dealers to adhere to fixed re-sale prices. General reduction in prices is ex- pected by officidls of the department as a result of the clear definition of the law as it is pointed out that many merchants have been unable to co-operate in the campaign to lower living costs because of the fixed prices on certain manufactured articles. One Killed, Six Hurt As Big Derrick Falls Montreal, June 19.—One man was killed and six severely injured toda by the fall of a derrick on the Ma- rine Service steamer Canadian Miner. The vessel was being loaded when the steel hawsers supporting the derrick and the big lever crashed down on the men. CHINO-JAP BATTLE Honolulu. June 19 battle hetween Peking and Canton government troops at Changsa are contained in Tokio ecable advices to Nippu Jiji, a Japanese language ne paper here. The dispatches stated that the Canton troops fired on the Japanese warship Fushmi, which re turned the fire, killing scores of Chinese, -Reports of a THIRD CASE OF PLAGUE. Pensacola, Fla., June 19.—The third case of what was declared to be bu- bonic plague developed here toda the victim being a negro. FALLS, BREAKS NECK. South Norwalk, June 19.—Henry Johnson, aged 91, of West Norfolk, fell downstairs this morning and was killed instantly by breaking his neck. | YALE DEFEATS PRINCETON. ew York, June 19.—Yale I'rinceton today 1 to 6. By defeating Princeton Yale gained the long end of its annual series against the Tigers. defeated profits are {* the | 19.—Warning | $25,000 CONTRIBUTION TOFUND AT-WESLEYAN Col. Hall of Willington Do- nates to Endowment— Class Day Exercises. { Middletown, June 19.—A gift of $25,000 towards the endowment of $3,000,000 for Wesleyan university from Col. W. H. Hall of Willington, Conn., alumnus and a trustee, was an- nounced by the trustees of Wesleyan i university this afternoon. The fund has now reached $2,227,882. Although the skies were dull the Wesleyan campus was a place of bright colors this forenoon when the seniors held their class day exercises. Kenneth V. Dixon of Berea, O. was the class president and gave the ad- dress to the university president, Dr: William Arnold Shankli®. The class history was by F. M. Davenport, Jr., the poem by E. A. Warren, Jr., of Stowe, Mass., the presentations by R. A. Dousseau, the class prophecy by G. F. Brickford of Hardwick, Vt, the cup ceremonies by G. F. Peck, the pipe ceremonies by S. L. Thorn- ton of Philadelphia and the ivy cere- monies by E. S. Bootet of East Orange, N. J. Alumni met in class reunions, 1870 being back for its 50th and '96 for its 25th. This afternoon the alumni had its class parade while the baseball team met an alumni team as the sporting feature. President Shanklin will hold a reception tonight and reunion class- es will have their dinners. TROOPS GUARD JAIL Machine Guns Are Set Up in Duluth to Protecf Negroes From' Fury of Mob. Duluth, Minn. June 19.—Ome hun- dred National Guardsmen arrived here today to reinforce the guard about | the county jail where 14 negroes are | held in connection with an attadk upon a young white girl. The soldiers e 1w, e troops was Sheriff Magie to Governor list. The sherift declared he Pnformarion that an aorsanized ai- was to be made on the county, an effort to lynch the negroes. «ast Tuesday night a mob of 5,000 persons wrecked the city jail and hanged three negroes arrested in con- nection with the attack on the girl, Machine guns were set up in front of the jail today. TRINITY CLASS DAY Annual Exercises Being Held Today at Hartford Institution—Officers in Charge. observed by seniors of Trinity col- lege today, and other events inciuded the Pki Beta Kappa meeting in His- | tury hall. Alumni attended class re- { unions. The campus exercises were Jack W. Lyon of Sewickley, Pa.. class president, the poem beinz by J. W. | Seansfield of Denver, Colo., the his- by Hall Pierce of Auburn, > prophecy by P. Bond of Worcester, Mass., and the gift mak- ing by A. V. R. Tilton of this city. The address on behalf of the college was by Prof. E. F. Humphrey upon “the Pilzrim fathers.” Woman Bandit Holds Up Aubol:t On Lenely Road June 19.—A woman bandit, ompanied by man and boy, today held up William J. Murphy | of Wooster with revol ron a coun- try road near here and had rifled Murphy’s pockets the trio drove away in the latter's automobile. | Murphy had overtaken the three and | invited them to ride in his car, When | the automobile reached a lonely | spot the woman commanded Murphy to leave the machine. | el { {Law Students Succeed ! With Bar Examinations | New Haven, June mendations of the state bar examining | committee today, favar, among othe the following: Hartford county, V. F. F.. Denesso, J. D. Frecdman, Josiah Greenstein, J. P. Harb'son, Ar- thur Mag and E. T. Smith Mr. Greenstein is a brother of At- torney William Greenstein of this city, and Mr. Mag is also a New Britoin | man. under 19.—Recom- | AWARDED $100,000 DAMAGES. Rochester, N. Y., June 19.—Justice ! Adolph J. Rodenbeck today handed down a decision sustaining the Mi- chaels Stern Clothing company of this city against the Amalgamated Cloth- Hartford, June 19.—Class day was | after the man | PENN. RAILROAD MEN, Wi OF DELAYS IN OBTAIL WAGE ADJUSTMENTS, Pennsylvania Companies A When Walkou Today—F DO NOT EXF NATION-W Philadelphia, road strike was cinity today. The P Reading companies crippled by the and members of d: The workers say ti waiting for the The strikers vania men are out number on the Re they already hawe fi this city almost tied: The companies men are out but: slightly affected. Jas - No 6 Chicago, Jume road men nmlllM Yardmen's several widely se not indieate any of the nation-wide cording to Vice-Pres the brotherhood of Railroad officials not expect a ren wide strike. In addition to, day at Ph de Iowa, 22 men emp cago and North out yesterday at coal mining distric] Mr. Whitney 'crit} labor board for in the wage of which was Population Shows 21.5 in 10 Yea Show Decrease. Washington, Jw Conn., 162,390, i !21.5 per cent. J' (14,067, increase 2, cent. Barre, Vi, 1726 or 6.8 per {7.125, decrease, 7 | Annapolis, Md., | 605 or 30.3 per | EDWARDS' 1 | Former Leadcr Advised That 1} Pre-War Rate Boston, Juna Clarence R. Ed the northeast de of the Yankee notified today t his pre-war rank! on June 30. Hegy list in that gra Offer $10,000 For Re| Easthampton, reward of $10,00) asked” was offe covery of the $5l | els, recently stol] . of Mis. Fhrico | nouncement was | ance company. { $300.000 Firg Riverpq Halifa N. 8 ness section of t Lunenburg coun fire today at an £300,000. HEADS Washington, | ment of Major ¢ as major gene marine corps to George Barnett, day by Secretar; BAD R Berne, June in northern T now includes branch lines. pletely cut off munication wit} ATTACK] London, Jun patch from M ing Workers of America for a per- manent injunction and $100,000 dam- ages, 1 that Afehan trd at the Indian- der to attack t