New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1920, Page 1

ESTABL;SHED 1870, Herald “Ads Better Bus 'MEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. THURSDAY, JULY 22 &2, 1070 —TEN PAGES PRICE THREE ”' * CONN. C0. DECIDES ZONE SYSTEM FAILS | & AND A FLAT RATE OF SEVEN CENTS IS 5 NOW SUGGESTED AS Com- for Change RS PAYROLL IS l CREASED MILLION | | pher Expenses Make it Ab- solutely Necessary F_orl pmpany to Secure Addéd‘ | Revenue. ' Hurtford, July © zone trolle f ~-Declaring that system s a full- e’'In Connecticut as a revenue pro- | pedr, President L. S Storrs of the ! panecticut company has filed a peti- N with the oablie utilities commis- N stating that the company desires establish a flat fare rate of seven | vents to displace the zone system. The cémmission has ordered a hear- g on the petition to be held at the capitol July 29 at 10 a. m., daylight ving time. The new rate would not o ML the territory, formerly the old five-cont fare. but the com- papy proposes it, and asks the public vtilitles commmsion to sanction it, at the request of authorities in various cities where efforts are being made to restriet jitney competition. More Revénue Needed. The “ompany says that more rev. ente must ba had to meet operating ‘expenses, the pavrolls for 1920 on the present basis being lkely to show an | Inerease of $1,000,000. and coal bills reaching o sreat sum in increascd outlay, The company todsy put s posi- tlon on the fare question Into the fol. | lowlng public statement: ‘In order to meet Increases in cost | f operating the stroet rallway werv jea the Connocticut company nat pbtain a eater revenue. The pay- rolls for 1820 will be $1,000,000 greater than last vear due to recent ndvances in -ates of pay. Coal which cost $4 per ton a fow years aso and 37 per ton last year I8 now selling for $13 per ton and at times even more Proposes Flat Rate, the apply to covered by “The authoritiea 1In citles whare efforts being ms vestrict ruinous Jjitney bus competi. ton have asked us to return to a yate of fare collection and we therefore, proposing a seven-cent ilat rate of faro covering the largest por tion of ench city area, but not inelud- Ing the entire arcas falling within the cld five-cent fire limits, “Aw we are now obtaining fares of plght ten and twelve cents from a farge number of the passongers whose payments will be reduced to seven conts, it s cloar that no lower rate will proguce suficient rovenue, We have no means of determining whether the seven cent rute will be high enough. although it ix possible that with a restriction of ruinous jit- Aoy bus competition and a large use of the cars we may be able to ostab- Nsh a lower rate Will Maintain Service. areas but of course sufficient tain service upon ‘all the lines now operated, Including all those in the county areas, but of course sufficient Yevenue must be obtained to meet the cost of operating the cars.' “In lance with the petition a proposed sehedule bmitted. The petition states that upon the petitions of the city. of New Haven, town of Manchester and other parties, the utilities commission establishad a sya- tom of rates and fa to be charged by the company upon all ity lines ex cept those in the New London di vislon and that system was put inio operation May 0, 1920 and has been in effect eyer since. Continul the petition rays Zone System Fails, “rhough potitiane= has made every ble endeavor to make such system o success and the same nus had a fair test, the system has not yroduced a revenue sufficient to cover the of service with any return atever upon a fair valuation of property and does not now produce sctual cost of operation. Wherefore your petitioner prays leave to install Forthwith a flat system of rates upon lines with a base or initlal fare ¢ seven cents in accordance with theh x.um hereto annexed.” New Schedule of Itates, The tariff schedule of rates proposed Ly President Storrs In as follows Flat of seven cenis | subwtitution for distan i all are, country your pos rute “wre. present lmits 10 ve 2.8 miles rirrnl Nines fare “part. On all short ety to apply to the entire line On lon city lines the fare limit to be loeated at a point not less than three miles from the traffic conter of e ity lines the fat rate (Coantinued on 'rurd h.) , forcerning his attitude on | thore BEST ALTERNATIVE On National Committee: FREDERICK G. PLATT. F. G, PLATT NAMED ON NATIONAL COMMITTEE Represe.nls Conn. Prohibi- tionists—Bryan is Party’s Nominee For President. Lincoln, n&minated Neb, July 22.—Having Willlam J. Bryan for president over a protest made in his behalf, the national prohibition con- vention today was expected by many delegates to select Miss Marie Brehm of Lox Angcles as his running mate. Miss Brehm was one of the out- standing figures of the convention yes- terday. She was chosen permanent chairman of the convention and after presiding with vigor yielded the chair and placed Bryan in nomination. Barly tall of Billy Sundey as a vice- prosidential possisility was brought to abrupt stop by his statement, made i Hood River, Ore., that he consid- ered Sorator Harding a satisfactorily “dry” candidate. The convention nominated Bryan Cver a4 protest made by Charles Iiryan, his brother, through New York delegated. Early today no word had been reccived from Mr. Bryvan | the nom- mation His brother said he was on the Chautanqua eircuit in Montana. Jteports from Crookston. Minn., how- ever, insisted that he was resting after a lecture engagement. The »latform was expected to de- mand strict enforcement of the 18th amendment. in favor of a League of and to contain an anti-lynch- ank new national committce shows a lurger proportion of women than usual as a result of the recommenda- tion of the old committee that each state select one man and one woman where practic The new com- mittee inclndes: ‘onnecticut—Frederick New Britain, E. L. chester. G. Platt of Hohenthal of Man- (Continucd on Third Page.) WITNESS MISSING i nee rlanzhlin, Witness in Famouns Murder Trial, Has Disap- peared From Her Home. St. Louis Laughlin, aged 16 trial of Ursula convicted on a July 2Z.~~Florence Mec- who testified at the Broderick, also 18, charge of murder in connection with the shooting of her step-father, Joseph Woodlock. has | been missing from home since Satur- | [ night, police informed ‘M\.« Mcl moned as witness Mrs. Woodlock who s charzed ter In connection death. Ursula years in prison pending appeal. Miss McLaughlin testified that Ur- sula and Mrs. Woodlock had offered her a bribe to state that she had seen Woodlock act improperly toward his step-daughter und girls who came to the Woodlock home to visit Ursula. wer to-| ughlin had in mother been sum- the trial of of Ursula, Jointly with the lat- with her husband’'s was sentenced to ten but is out on bail W. K. Vanderbilt is Not Expected to Survive July Wil <. Van- in a ‘u(h 1 ndition. He ported to be slowly declining, suf- fering from heart trouble with com- plications. He was taken ill at the Autcuil races April 15 W. K. Vanderbilt is the eldest member of the Vanderbilt family. He celebrated his 70th birthday on De- cember 12 last. His only daughter. Consuelg. married the Duke of Marlborough. | attend the Dayton ceremonies Governor Cox said today that if pos- BRIDGEPORT JITNEYMEN WIN CASE; CITY CANNOT ENFORCE ORDINANCE COX NOTIFIGATION IS T0 TAKE PLAGE AUG. 7f Ceremony At Candidate’s Home—Roosevelt to Be Notified on Aug. 9.° Columbus, O, July 2 White of the littee today ~——George H. democratic national announced tha. , August (, had bLeecn chosen as the date for notirication of Governor Cox of his nomination us presidential candidate. August ¥ was fixed tor the notification o1 Franklin D. vice-presidential nominee. Ceremonies for Governor Cox will take place at Trail's End, his home, near Dayton, with those for his run- ning mate «at 1he Roosevelt home, Hyde Park, N. Y. Mr. Roosevelt will and sible he-would go to Hyde Park. Governor Cox will leave here to- morrow to begin work on his speech of acceptance at Dayton. “1 hope to lock myself up at Trail's End and get it out,” he said. Chairman White, after visiting New York and Washington headquarters and his family at Edgartown, Mass., will return herc or to Dayton for fur- ther conferences with Governor the lust of this month. It has been decided to keep main democratic headquarters at York during the campaign. expects to spend much of his time there. Centrat headqunrlem will be at Chie: ‘mo NUORTEVA DEPORTED sTand Sends the Former Private Secrotary to Martens Back to Russia by Way of Libau, It Is Announced. Washington, D. C., July 22.—San- teri Nuorteva, privagte secretary to Ludwig . A, K. Martens, soviet agent in the United States, who recently ar- rived in England as a sailor on a merchant vessel, official advices received here today maid. He now is en route to Russia ! via Libau on-a British steamer in charge of British officials. He was to have been one of the principal witnesses in the deportation proceedings against Martens, but when called it developed that he had secretly left the country. He went to Canada, where he signed on a steam- er bound for England. SEIZE MUCH WHISKEY ficers in Springfield — Resident Woman Gives the “Tip”. Springfield. Ma. July —A truck load of 150 cases of whiskey in charge af Fred W. Busch and George Mer- hitt both of Greenwich Conn., was seized by prohibition officers and po- lice today and the men were arrest- ed. The seizure was made at the home of John Shea, a former local liquor dealer. A woman in Long Meadow, a town south of here, gave the officers the tip %hen her suspiclons were aroused by seeing the truck stop near her house. ’Walter H. Hart Buys Lincoln St. Property Howard I.. Platt today sold to Wal- ter H. Hart his home located at the ‘orner of Iart and Lincoln streets. Mr. Hart will eccupy his new place about the first of the new year. Mr. Platt contemplates extensive additions to the “Wayside Farm” on the Shut- tie Meadow Country club road, where he will take up his resMence. WILLIAM J. BURKE DIES AT HIS HARTFORD HOME Hartford, July 22.—William J. Burke, recently of Seymour, died at his home, 111 Ann street, this city, todny. He was manager of the Hotel Brunswick. Sevmour. for nine vears. He leaves his wife, two sons, two brothers and two sisters. TUG COASTWISFE SINKS OFF FIRE ISLAND TUFESDAY New York, July 22.—The tug Coastwise, of the Neptune Mne, foun- dered off Fire Island Tuesday night, the company announced today. All members of the crew were saved. The tug Roger Williams was sent out to pick up the barges which Coastwise had in tow. New York, July 22— rock IV. went into drydock at Staten Island today no oil was found on her hull except a few thin streaks alonx her water line, Her crew had be- lieved that her speed wus affected by ©oil guthered on the Sandy Hook course. The hull was cleaned and polished. = SCOTCH SHORTHORN Whitby, Ont., July 22.—A new Can- adian record price of $5,200 for an imported Secotch female shorthorn as paid here today by Frank Bailey ? Oakville, Ont., for Countess Telma TV., with ealf at foot. She is white and two years old. BOUGH Koosevelt, | gl | Cox Mr. White has been deported, | the | 'Judge. However, Does Ad- mit Right of Common Council to Fix Certain Routes For Motor Busses. | Bridgeport. July 22.—The jitnoy owners won in the injunction proce ings which thcy brought against the city of B "port to restrain the lat- ter from making effective a traffic or- ! dinance. in a decision handed down ! this noon by Judge Jaohn W. Banks of the superior court. The court finds the ordinance in que:tion to be without effect, the pe- ; tition to dissolve the injunction is de- nied and the injunction against the city is continued until the September term af the superior court. Judge’s Decision, Judge Banks in his finding sa; “In my opinion the common coun- cil may fix the routes to be traversed by public service vehicles in the city of Bridgeport and exclude them from all streets not included in said routes. This, however, is not what the coun- cil has done in the ordinance under consideration. The delegation to the police commissioners of the power io pick routes being inoperative, there is nothing left to the ordinance but a proviso that the commissioners shall | not give their consent (which they would have no power to give way) to the aperation of public serv ice motor vehicles upon certdin city streets. “I do not see how the city council can make this part of the ordinanke effective as an exercise of the pow:r to fix traffic routes. For these reasons I feel compelled to hold that the ord- inance- in ‘its present form exceeds the power conferred on the city by chapter 233 of the public acts of 1919, and is therefore void. “The mection to dissolve is denied.” POLICEMEN GATHER AND NAME OFFICERS | Rawlings and Grace Re-elected—Red- gate Made Honorary Member— Nest Convention in Waterbury. ~.New Haven. July 22.-Former Su- perintendent of Police Redgate of VFrIl‘lepo.—l was elected a life mem- ! ber of ‘the State. Police association in its annual session today. All offi- cers were re-elected and routjne bus- iness done. Afterwards members as guests of the New Haven police de- partment went to Double Beach for an outing, games and a dinner. Supt. Flannigan, of Bridge- port, takes Mr. Redgate's place on the executive committee. For the latter also there was a vote of con- fidence after he had spoken for sev- eral minutes on his suspension fol- lowing the vjce raids and subsequent reinstatement. Members present said the former | superintendent made no criticism and | out 143 he pointed in describing the raids that there was no conviction arrests made. The next convention in Waterbury There 100 delegates present. will be held were abput Chief Rawlings of New Britain was re-elected treasuren, Captain Thomas Grace was again honored by being elected to the vice-presidncy of the organization. Officers Walter Malona and Michael Meehan attend- ed as delegates. 4 WARSAW IS THREATENED Victorions Advance of Bolsheviki Troops Brings Them Within 125 Miles of Polish Capital. Warsaw, July 22.—The menace to the Polish capital is becoming seri- ous through the defeat of the left wing of the Polish army. The battle front runs 400 miles on a fairly straight line north and south, and is about 125 miles east of Warsaw. Since the attacks of the bolsheviki against Vilna on July 14, the Polish left or northern wing has been com- pelled to hasten its retreat and the bolsheviki have been following it with a daily advance averaging 15 miles. In three weeks the Poles have retired from the Reresina river to the Niemen, a distance of more than 180 miles. The distance between the Nie- men and the Vistula, which flows through Warsaw is about 150 miles. 12,000 Illinois Miners Striking For More Pay Chicago, July 22.—Strikes of day laborers toda had closed more than a ore of mines in the Franklin county coal fields, southern Illinois. Reports from the district around lleville said that approximately 12,000 men were idle. The day labor- ers including drive: timber and pump men averaged day and are demanding $2 increase. ‘ per WEATHER —— Hartford. July 22 —Forceast for New Rritain and vicinity: Overcast tonight and Friday. THOMAS J. SPELLACY OF HARTFORD IS PROBABLY ROOSEVELT’S SUOCESSOR Washington, July 22.—Thomas | Spellacy of Hartford, Conn., is understood to have been selected as assistant secretary of the navy to succeed Franklin D. Roosevelt when Mr. Roose- velt retires about August 9 to make the race as a democratic vice-presidential candidate. Mr. Spellacy has served several terms in the Connecticut state senate and was a member of the army liquidation comrhission in France after the armistice. He was born at Hartford 40 Years ago and graduated from Georgetown university in 1901. J. | AMERICAN MARKSMEN WIN OLYMPIC MATCH Yankees Take First Round in Trap- shooting, Scoring 115 Out of 120 Targets. Antwerp, July (By Associated Press).—The American team easily won the first round of the Olympic trapshooting competition today, scor- ing 115 out of a possible 120 birds in the team shoot, each man shooting at 20 tatgets. The Swedish team was second with 107. England and Canada were tied with 105 each. Belglum’s score was 102, Holland’s 97, Norway’s 90 and France's 87. The ‘six Americans in the shoot were Jay Clark, ‘Worcester, Mass.; Horace Bonser of Cincinnati; Frank M. Troeh of Van- couver, Wash.; Mark Arie of Thomas- boro, IlL; and Forest W. McNier of Houston, Tex. Fred Plum of Atlantic City, N. J., and B. S. Donnelly of Chicago re- mained in reserve for the individual matches. The second round of the 22 team captain, of round. Troeh had a perfect 20 in the first round. Each of the others missed one target. SIX ENLIST IN ARMY Recruits Accepted Yesterday Brings Total for Month of July, Thus Far, to 22, The following were enlisted for three year service with the cavalry division of the army and sent to Fort Myer, Va., yesterday by officers at the local recruiting office. Joseph Babula of Broad Peter Pac of Broad street; John Neidwiecki of High street; Harry Simister of Bristol; Wlaidslaw Potash of Broad street; Joseph Sulik of South Main street. Sergeant James Gormley has been notified that a recruiting party will visit this city tomorrow for a two- day rally. Recruiting propaganda will be distributed and the automobile trucks of the party stationed at the Central park and at East Main street. Lieut. Davis of the 43d mfantry will be in charge. street; | PRIEST IS ARRESTED ITad No License and Was Driving Car ‘Which Ran Down Meriden’s Chief of Fire Department. Meriden, July 22.—Fire Chief John F. Donovan, while marking crossing lines at Main and Colony streets, this afternoon, was struck by an automo- bile driven by Rev. Francis Feeley of New York city. He was thrown against a lamp-post and his left leg fractured in two places. He was taken to the hospital and Father Feeley ordered to appear before court on Friday morning. With the clergyman in the car was Miss Anna M. McCarthy of 28 Park street, New Tiaven, who owns the hachine, and a Miss McKeown of the same ad- dress. Father Feeley did not have an operator’s license but Miss McCarthy did. MORE CENSUS FIGURES Shows Increase of 14.9 Per Ithaca Cent.—Olean, N. Y., Has Increased 39.1 Per Ce Wushington, July, 22.—The fol- lowing census results were announced today: Ithaca, N. Y or 14.9 per cent. increase 17.004, increase 2,202 Tulsa, Okla, 2,075, or 296.4 per cent. N. Y. 17,918, increase per cent. Tonawanda, 10,098, increase 1, 778 or per cent. Olean, N. Y. crease 5,763 or 39.1 per cent. mouth. V 54,387, increase or 68.9 per cent. Frank S. Wright of Buffalo, ! team shoot began right after the first ' m;nt H. "’RDING'AD VOCATES SUFFRAGE, WAGEFORR.R. MEN, DECLARATIG - PEACE AND ENFORCING OF DRY 4 Although Saying Little About 18tk Candidate Intimates Pc ment Can Bring About Modifig Repeai—L.odge, In Notification ‘Raps Wilson’s Foreign Policy Sees Need of Some Sort of World-Wide League of Nations. Marion, O., July 22.—A pledge of congtitutional government, adminis- tered by party and not by individual and based on national rather than world ideals, was given by Warren G. | Harding today in formally the republican nomination for presidency. He welcomed a pepular referendum on the League cf Nations, advocat- ed increased production to cut the high cost of living, pleaded for ob- literation of sectional and -lass con- flict, and declared for industrial peace “not forced but inspired by the common weal.” Little About Prohibition. Prohibition he gave only a passing notice, eaying that despite divided opinion regarding the i8th amend- ment and the statutes enacted to make it operative, there must be no evasion in their enforcement. He de- clared it his “sincere desire” that ratification of the suffrage amend- ment be completed to permit women to vote this fall in every stute, Small But Good Army. Revizwing and commn.ending briefly many other planks of the party plat- form, the candidate declared for col- lective bargaining for farmers, re- pression of the . disloyal, “generous federal co-aperation”™ in rehabilitat- ing the railroads, intelligent deflation of the currency, enlarsement of gov- ernment aid in reclamation, a gen- uine expression of gratitude to vet- erans of the Wprld War and main- tenance of an ample navy and “a small army but the best in the world.” For Party Government. In his promise of “a party govern- ment,” Senator MHarding reiterated his belief that the vice-president should have a part in the affairs of the chief executive's official family and declared there also should be “a cordial understanding and co-ordinat- ed activities” hetween the executive and congress. “No man,” hc said, accepting the “is big enough (Continued on Fifth Page). NO VOTE, NO MONEY IS WOMEN’S STAND Fair Sex All Over State to Refuse Contributions Until Assured of Ballot. Hartford, ' July %2.—Mrs. Willis Austin of Norwich has sent out a statement to the effect that women of republican party affiliation in every county in the state have sent to her their assurances of support in the project of withholding funds from the republican campaign until the 36th state ratifies the federal suffrage amendment. = Mrs. Austin is chair- man of the committee of republican women in Connecticut pledged to that end. Mrs. George Maynard Minor of Waterford, president general of the National D. A R., end Mrs. John Laidlaw Buell of Litchfield, state re- gent of the Connectteut D. A. R., are among the prominent women named by Mrs. Austin. Among the number also Is Mrs. John C. Brinsmade of the town of Washington, Mrs. Albert H. Chase of Norwich, Mrs. J. M. Co- burn of Norwalk, Mrs. John A. Thayer of Westport, Miss Alice C. Judson of Stiatford and Mrs. A. E. Kingsbury of Bridgeport. Mrs. Aus- tin says that a well known republican man is withholding $1,000 from the party campaign fund in approval of the women’s course. CHILD COMMITS SUICIDE Eleven-Year-Old New Feaving Punishment, Fourth-Story Window. New York, July 22 —FPreferring death to punishment by her father. li-year-old Angelina Scire threw her- self from the window of her homa ' into the yard four stories below. Sho ! died in the hospital today without re- | gaining consciousness. She believed her father was going to punish her | for quarreling with another girl, the | ce say. She left her parents this York Leaps From Girl, "Y was no use. throw myself out the window." Alliance; But Not Administration’s . To get killed T. Says Republict Stands for Washington of Monroe. Marion, O., July 22, ren G. Harding was notified of his nomi publican party as its clection to the presi United States. United Henry Cabot Lodge, republican senate ai the national conventi delegation named for and in advising Se the honor bestowed An Important “We are assembled mittee | represeriting 4 ritories and possession States to make to ¥d nouncement - of your the office of President] lic on June 12th last, the republican nation This duty is to us is honorable, but we ly conscious of its f portance. We fully 4 what you say to us't only be read and pond American people with of the United States other civilized natio you will chart the coy lowed by the' repub great electoral conte before us and will purposes and those .0 lead when the autho ment is once more con keeping. Confident of “We await this. de} troubled by any do most entire confidencel familiar with your ch reer and most especi have taken part with service know beyona that rou are a patrid imbued with the spiri leaders of the past, o Lincoln and Roosevelt, ‘ices to the American become forever memo (Continued on ALLIES ARE TO SUPPORK ¥rench Mission Starts to Determine Wh Is Ne Paris, July 22.—The «cided to take measures giving military aid to should prove necessary, here today. A French mission he: J. Jusserand, French the United States, leave with General W hand man to Marshal tonight for Warsaw to prompt succor to the Poj On the same train same object there will mission headed by Lo British ambassador at These missions leave thority to say, to the Poll ever aid is needed, whg or financial, or in the n plies will be forthcomin sheviki persist in a des into distinctively Polish It is stated on high this means help for P form of troops, if they Already a large number ficers and subalterns al Polish army. DIDN'T HAVE Officer Atwater Lands <in in Police Net for Front of Machine at David Sargosin of 12 was arrested this mornin ner of East Main street avenue by Officer Alfred] a charge of operating a n without a li ense. oargos eral machines and has some time. He was proe the street and when he corner, he i< reported to ‘ropt o another car. did not like the action, license, and made the ar © Was missing.