New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1920, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press } ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, AUGUST AMERICANS WIN 17 POINTS IN 400 METER HURDLES AT AOLYMPIC IN ANTWERP TODAY Loomis Of Chicago #Captures First Place, U. S. Athletes Finish 2nd and 3rd Also IFINLAND ATHLETE WINS PENTATHLON Lehtonen Gets 14 Points, Bradley of University of i Kansas Receives 25 Points. P Antwerp, Aug. 16 (By the Asso- Loomis led all the way in the 100 the Chicago A. A. won the final in the 400 meter ‘hurdles of the Olympic games today. and undoubtedly will approve this and mlor hurdles and won by three yards | Olympie ' m J. K. Norton of the elub, San Francisco: A. G. Desch of Notre Dame university took third place by inches from Georges Andre of France, with Carl Christiernssen of Sweden and' Charles D. Daggs of the TLon An; sixth positions respectively American hurdlers, running first, second, third and sixth in a field of | in the final of the hurdles In the Olymple 400 meter games here today scored 17 points for the United | States. Frank Loomis established a new world’'s record of 64 seconds flat for the dlstance, beating the old record by one second. Had he continued less than two yards more he would have broken the world's record for ‘.ht 440 yard hurdles. The ofMcial world's record for,the 440 yard hutdles is 56 4-5 seconds made by G. R. L. Anderson of Kng- land, July 16, 1910. A new record of 54 3.5 seconds, however was made Ly W, H. Meanix at the Harvard wtadium, July 16, 1915, but has not yet been officially passed upon by the International Records committee of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, which held its last meet- ng &t Lyons, France, in June 1014. The federation will hold a meeting Aduring the present Olympic Games and undoubtedy will approve this and numerous other new records made nece the 1014 meeting. Lehtonen Wins Pentathlon Lehtonen of Finland won the an- elent pentathlon of the Olymplc scoring 14 points. Everett L. Brad- ley, University of Kansas was sec- ond, with 25 points. The least nun- ber of points determined the winner. Results of Contest. The result of the discus throw in the pentathlon was: Ohlsan, Sweden, fArst, distapnce 39.80 metres; Looland, «aNorway, second, 39.51 metres; Klum- bury, Esthonia, third, 3§.62 metres; Bradley, America, sixth 36.67. Le fiendre, America, fifth, 37.13. The result of the 1,500 metre run the pentathlon wa Lortenen, Finland first; ILehtonen, Tinland, second: Ohlson, Sweden Mrd; Looland, Norway, fourth: Le Yaendre, Amer ffth; Bradley, Am- eriea sixth; Hamilton, veventh. Time four minutes, onda Klumburg of Esthonia first th the Javelin throw pentathlon his hurl meters Lehtonen second with 54.67 meters; Lortenen Lof Finland third with 54.25 metres; Loland of Norway fourth with 53.13 metres; Nilsen of Sweden fifth with B0.86 metres and Vensson of Swe- den sixth with 50,43 metres The American contestants finished well down. Brutus K. Hamilton of the University of Missouri made a o throw of 48.36 metres; Everett L adley, University of Kansas 18.16 tres; Robert L. Le Gendre, Gerge- own university 44,60 metres and Robert J. Dunn, University of Michi- gan 41.52 metres Tn the 200 metre of the pentathlon Bradley, lehtonen, Gyllenstelpe and [# Gendre were tied for first place, rovering the distance in 23 seconds fat. Hamilton was fifth in 23 2.5 s #onds, Lortenen sixth in 23 3-5 sec- onds and Dunn seventh in 23 3.5 sec ands. In the broad njump Brutus Hamil- ton, University of Missouri was Arat with & jump ‘of 6.86 metres; Lehtonen of Finland was second with 6.86 me- tres; Everett L. Bradley, University of Kansas third with 6.61 metres; +Lortenen of Finland fourth with Matres: Robert lLe Gendre, Georgc lown university fifth with 6.505 mo- tres and Gyllenstelpe of Sweden sixth with 6,416 metr, In the second heat of the 5,000 meter event . E. Bleuitt of England was first, Van Campenhout of Bel- um second;: H. H. Brown, Boston A. . third; and Bergstrom of Sweden, th. The time was 15 minutes, 19 - n " finished of the being 60.67 of Finland was of the University ot well down among pentathlon | from a sport meeting es.A. C. close up in fifth and ' ! Military stores and IRISH RIOTS ARE BECOMING NUMEROUS Five Killed in Fight For Possession of Military Airplane. Belfast, Ireland, Aug. 16.—Rioting continued in this city early today. | No firearms were used but stones were thrown by the contending factions. Short Strand, a Nationalist area in east Belfast, was the battleground. The locality remained virtually in a | state of siege until after midnight. Four nationalists were arnested and one constable was so badly ifjured he was taken to a hospital. A party of Sinn Feiners returning ! near Lurgan, county Armags, was fired upon, one person being killed and another dan- gerously wounded. Afrplane Fight. desperate fight for possession of a military airplane, which, having left Fermoy with dis- patches, was forced to land in a fleld between Killarney and Tralee. One soldier and four of those who attacked the plane were killed and three of the attacking party were wounded. The plane had been left in charge of a military guard. A large band of Sinn Feiners appeared and opened re, which the soldiers returned. There was a battle lasting three hours before the raiders could be driven off. There was a Minor Riots. The Tyrone county court house at Omagh has been partly burned. There was serious street fighting and pther disorder at Limerick. A constable named Nathan was shot dead. i Four constables were fired upon at Tralee and two were slightly wounded. | wagons at the | tralee station were sel on fire and destroyed, there was much firing by the, military and police in the town. The printing office of a newspaper was burned. i Dublin castle announced that 65 prisoners in Cork prison had been on hunger strike since August 11. Civilian< Attack Soldiers. An bfficial report of Saturday night's events accuses civillans of attacking | woldiers on a pre-arranged plan. - it says that unarmed soldiers were dragged from street cars and ill treated and that one soldier was thrown into a river. Want League Conference. Henry Harrison, secretary of the, Irish dominion home rule league has eceived many letters from moderate men throughout the country, includ- ing Ulster, indoising the league's suggestion that a conference endeavor to secure settlement of the Irish problem. The letters come from men of all parties and there are several from Catholic and Protestant clergy- men. Reports of reprisals by police and soldiers which are coming in in in- creasing numbers, and which it s feared will further arouse the people and make a settlement more diffi- cult, are greatly exercising the moder- ates. Lunch Room is Sold For $160 At Auction Constable George A. Stark sold the Uneeda Lunch rooms in the basement of the Hotel Bronson building, Sat- urday, to Charles Santi, The deal was closed for $160. The premises had been closed under writ of attachment some time ago and the place was sold to setile the claims of debtors. DROPS DEAD. Greenwich, Aug. 16.—John M. He- ron. a mtmber of the Great Council of the United States, Improved Order of Ited Men and a past great sachem of the Council of California, dropped dead while playing tennis at his sum- mer home in South Beach, Conn., to- day. He was 54 years of age and an importer in New York city. Mrs. Heron and two sons survive. The funeral will take place tomor- row night here, anc Tribe No. 486 ! will have charge. The body will be taken to San Francisco for interment. DR, JOHNSTON TAKES CHAIR. Hartford, Aug. 16.—The Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, for seventeen years pastor of the “American church™ in Montreal, Canada, hasghbeen engaged for one semester to take the chair of homiletics at the Hartford Theo logical seminary, 1in the vacancy created by the resignation of Prof. Alexander R. Merriam, who retired three years ago. TWO GARAGE PERMITS A bullMng permit was granted this morning to J. M. Burdick of 63 Grove hill for the construction of u garage, 21x24 feet at a cost $1.400. A per- mit was jssued to W. Niebzneckl for the construction of a similar struc- ture, 16x20 feet, at u cost of $400 ATWELL-FORBES. Miss Eva Forbes and Hicks Atwell, of Boston, were married this morn- ing at the St. Mark's church by Rev. Samuel Suteliffe and Rev. H 1. fod. | Jey. Mr. Atwell is a grand nephew ‘of the late Tra Hicka /\ 16, 1920. —TEN PAGES THIEF TAKES $70 IN BANK ELEVATOR Woman Elevator Operator in Na~- tional Bank Building Robbed This Afternoon. A sneak-thief operating in the Na- tional Bank building this afternoon about 2 o'clock, picked a roll of bills amounting to $70 from the pocket- book of Mrs. Emma Schwer, who operates the elevator in the building. Mrs. Schwer had cashed a check for that amount shortly before the money was taken and believes the culprit to have been someone who saw her with the roll of bills in the bank. The money was in a small purse placed inside the pocketbook by Mrs. Schwer. She left her post for a few minutes, after locking the door of the elevator antl upon her return dis- covered the loss. She reported the matter to the police at once and fur- nished the detective department with a description of a man seen near the ecevator shortly before the loss was discovered. CITY'S BILLS, $18,200.59 Common Council Will Act on Debts of Departments at Regular August Session Wednesday Night. Rills to the amount of $18,2 will be presented at the regular August session of the common council Wed- night. The bills are itemized as follows: Incidentals .o ity Hall Commission Interest and Discounts Special Appropriations Board of Health ... Public Amuse. Com. Water "ommissioners Public Works— Street Dept. . Street Lighting 2 Sprinkling Sewer Cons. Maintenance nesday 10,000.00 986.86 1,436.32 6.374.2¢4 14,690.26 94.48 428.72 3,017.03 Police Commissioners Fire Commissioners Public Charities $18.2 SPANISH SETTLERS TO HAVE SPANISH PRIEST First Spanish Cruiser to Arrive Since War of 1808 Causes Fostivitles at Porto Rico. San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. 16—The Spanish cruiser Alfonzo XIII arrived here today for a week of festivities, since the first viit of a Spanih naval vessel to a Porto Rican port since the Spanish-American war. Thousands of Spaniards from all part of the island ! were In the welcoming crowd. A Te Deum in the cathedral was followedl by an exchange of official visits and a reception of the ship's officers by . the munciplity. shop Jones of the Catholic church also ten- dered a reception. ENGLISH WARN WRANGLE General is Procceding Against Soviets On Own Responsibility, Lloyd George Tells House of Commons. | London, Aug. 16.—Premier Lloyd George told the house of commons today that the government had made to clear to Gen. Baron Wrangel anti- Bolshevik leader in southern Russia that If he further attacked the soviet forces he must do so on his own re- sponsibiHty. Gen. Wrangel since then had open- ed further operations, the premier added, and the responsibility on-. sequently was his own. Tenn. May Decide Suff. Question Tuesday Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 16.—Fate of the federal suffrage. amendment in Tennessee. may be known tomorrow. Members of the legislature predicted today that the house would vote to- morrow on the ratification resolution which has been adopted by the sen- ate. Both suffragists and their oppo- nents declared they were confident of sucess. GIFTS TO CHILDREN’S HOME. Rev. J. E. Klingberg, of the Chil- dren’s Home, received a gift of $250 from the New Britain Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers’ union yester- day. A gift of 6,000 brick for com- pletion of the home has been made by a local man who does not desire his name to be made public. A gift of $25 was received in this morning's mail from a man in a n by town who ig interested in the work of the Home. TO WED BRISTOL MAN. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Rice, of 65 Columbia street, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Edith May Rice, to William B. Sheeran. of Woodland street, Bristol. Mr. Sheeran is a well-kknown business man in the Rell City, where he is in the plumbing busineas with his father. The date of the wedding has not been set. 2 FEDERAL AGENTS ARE AFTER J. J. WGRAW Will Investigate His Statements Abont Securing Liquor T0 SUBPOENA IF NECESSARY Manager of Giants Reported to Have Said That He Secured His Drinks at Tambs Club, After Which His Mind Became a Blank. New York, Aug. 16.—Prohibition agents were ordered today to bring John J. McGraw, manager of the Now York Giants to the U. S. District At- torney’s office to be questioned con- cerning a report credited to him dur- ing the Slavin investigation that he had purchased liquor at the Lambs club, Slavin in Case These agents were directed by their chief, James S. Shevlin, to proceed o McGraw's home, where the manager is recovering from a blow on the head. Shevlin declared that if McGraw refused voluntarily to accompany the agents, he would take steps toward having him subpoenaed. A New Twist to Case The new twist given to the inves- tigation of how John C. Slavin, an act- or. came to receive a fracture of the skull in front of McGraw's home a week ago yesterday follawed exam- ination of the Giants manager by members of the districts attornev's office at his home last Saturday after several ineffectual attempts to inter- view him. Drinking Party at Lambs Club Assist. Dist. Attorney Unger declar- ed McGraw had told him he had been attacked at the Lambs club after a drinking party and that a blow on the head had rendered his mind a blank ta events which followed. He said he was unable to tell how Slavin, who accompanied him _home in a taxi- cab, had been hurt. “If McGraw repeats his statement that he purchased liquor it will mean an investagtion of the Lambs club,” said Shevlin. “If they sell liquor there, they are responsible.” FIVE MILLION DAMAGE | IN TOLEDO RAINSTORM Pavements Flooded, Automobiies Stalled and General Disorder At- tends Rains, Toledo, O., Aug. 16.—Damage es- ! timated at $5,000,000 was done here today by a severe rainstorm which floated away great stretches of city { paving, flooded cellars and paralyzed trafie - Automobiles parked at curbs either were floated away or stood with their floors flooded. Telephont service was handicapped and interurban cars run with diffi- | culty. City authorities estimated that the damage to wrecked pavements as $200,000. A number of streets were blocked. The block surfacing on one ! street floated into the lobby of an of- fice building. Damage was heavy to buildings, one collapsing. From all parts of the city distress calls were received. HARTFORD DRUNKS. Hartford, Aug. 16.—Twenty-nine men were in police court today charged with drunkenness. This would have been a record Monday docket even in the palmiest.days of licensed liquor selling. Twenty-six were fined $10 and costs each and only ten could pay: the rest going to jail. Pros- ecuting Attorney Elsner took occasion to say that the police of the city had full authority to arrest sellers of liquor as well as drinkers. Mayor Brainard has said such authority was lacking. LOCAL MEN APPOINTED. John Smithwick and Francis Mur- phy have been appointed to St. Ber- nard’s seminary, in Rochester, N. Y., where they will study for the priest- hood. Theophilus Kotowski and Wal- ter Aloglawski of the Sacred Heart parish, have been appointed to the St. Mary's seminary in Baltimore, to study priesthood also. PEACE DELEGATES MEET. London, Augt 16.—Announcement that the Polish and Russian armis- tice and peace delegates had met at Minsk was made by Earl Curzon, secretary for foreign affairs, in the house of lords today Negotiations were doubtless proceedin he added. POST OFFICE VACATIONS. M. T. Murphy, clerk at the post of- fice, is on vacation as are Carriers John F. Schmidt, William G. Wagner and Quincy A. Hartung. Clerks John V. O’Brien and M. Miles returned to work this morning and Carriers H. Abrahamson and H. E. Smith like- wise resumed their duties this morn- ing. [a | WEATHER B ! Hartford, Aug., 16.—Fore- case for New RBritain and vi- cinity; Showers tonight; Tues- day geénerally fair. MANNIX AFFAIR EXCITES AUSTRALIA Pros and Antis Become Active When News Is Received of English Treatment of Prelate. Sydney, N. 8. W., Aug. 16.—Rival meetings were held in many parts of Awstralia yesterday in connection wth the incidents attendmg the arrival of Archbishop Mannix in England. Catholics were prominent in the pro-Mannis demonstrations, their speakers declaring the archbishop’s treatment was a gross insult to the Catholic church, and resolutions call- ing for removal of the ban on the archbishop’s movements were sent to Premier Lloyd George and Eamonn De Valera. The anti-Mannix meetings were equally enthusiastic in supporting the British and Australian premiers in their actions. The speakers declared that the archbishop's utterances re- vealed an insidious spirit which sought to provoke disruption of the empire and kindle racial hatred. GORBACH BRINGS SUIT Myer Berkowitz is Made Defendant in $2,000 Suit in Which Mayor Curtis Figured in Auto Collision. Abraham Gorbach, has through his Attorney A. Storrs Campbell of Hartford, brought suit against Myer Berkowitz, for $2,000 claiming $1,000 damages. The writ was served by Deputy Shériff M. D. Stockwell and the case is retur! le in the court of common pleas at Hartford on the first Tuesday in September. The suit is the result of an auto- mobile collision between cars owned by the plaintiff and the defendant on Stanley street, a few days ago. In the Gorbach machine at the time of the collision was Mayor Curtis who later appeared in police court as a witness against Berkowltz who was fined for reckless driving. BISHOP NILAN HERE Hartford Prelate Attends Conference for Organization of Polish Sister- hood. The organization of a corporation to be formed in conjunction with the new Polish sisterhood in this city was completed this morning at the rectory of Sacred Heart of Jesus church when Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski, pastor, and Rev. J. J. Nilan, bishop of the dio- cese of Hartford, were in conference with attorneys. The new sisterhood was established only recently and after permission was received from His Holiness Pope Benedict XV in Rome. CHATEAU-THIERRY REQUESTS K. C. VISIT Mayor Sends Telegraph to Columbus to Visit His Town First, Paris, Aug. 16—Chateau Thierry, at the request of its mayor, will be the first town in the battlefield region to welcome the Knights of Columbus delegates who are here for the dedi- cation of the Lafayette state at Metz on August 21. Mayor Flament tele- graphed today to Edward L. Hearn, general commissioner for Europe of the Knights of Columbus as follows: “Chateau Thierry desires to have the honor of being the first town of the the batlefields to welcome your party.” ) The delegates will leave tomorrow for Chateau-Thierry. They will then visit the American cemeteries in Bel- leau Wood and others in the vicinity. Afterward Mayor Flament will pre- sent supreme Knight James A. Fla- herty of Philadelphia with a stone taken from the famous Chateau- Thierry bridge which the American marines defended. Mr. Flaherty will make a gift of the stone to the Am- erican Legion. BEATTY DECLINES Official Duties Will Prevent Admiral From Attending Amecrican Legion Convention at Cleveland. London, Aug. 16.—Baron Beatty, commander of the grand fleet, has written to Ambassador Davis that of- ficial duties prevent him from accept- ing the invitation of Franklin d’Olier, national commander of the American Legion to attend the annual conven- tion of the Legion in Cleveland next month. “I am indeed flattered, by the great honor which I received by the invita- tion,” the letter adds. POLISH RELIEF Paris, Aug. 16.—The British treas- ury has authorized the international committee for relief. credits in Paris to utilize out of the British relief credits $1,500,000 for the purchase of | —_— Wage Demands in Bituminous Field foodstuffs for refugee Poles driven from eastern Poland by the onrush of the Soviet army. AGAINST AIDING POLES. Chicago, Aum 36.—The Chicago federation of labor has adopted a resolution demanding a general strike of workers of this country if the United States gives military aid to Poland, z PONZI TO REMAIN IN CAMBRIDGE JAIL If Bonds Are Furnished,| Other Charges to Be Pressed. Boston, Aug. 16.—The inquiry into Charles Ponzi's spectacular financial activities was resumed by. state and federal officials today with the assur- ance that the discovery of further damage to the financial fabric of New England was unlikely. \ Ponzi’s counsel tried to obtain bail to release him from the East Cam- bridge jail where he is held on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Should a bondsman be found, the state authorities were ready to arrest Ponazi on charges of larceny. A heavy guard remained around Panzi's home at Lexington and sever- al of them accompanied members of his family whenever they left the house, Threats are said to have been made against him by persons who were attracted by his offer of 50 per cent. in 45 days. A search for possible hidden funds entrusted to the Old Colony Foreign Exchange Co. which was compelled to close last week was made today by officials engaged in tracing that concern’s operations on a basis of 100 per cent. in six manths. Charles M. Brightwell, Raymond Meyers and Fred Meyers the three officers of the company who were locked up on charges of larceny, are in jail in de- fault of $50,000 bonds each. The attorney general's office figures Ponzi's liabilities as indicated by un- paid notes of which records have been made thus far as $2,100,000. In addi- tiom the office has one thousand let- ters, the contents of which have not been tabulated, but which are esti- mated to show $500,000 additional in notes. The largest single unpaid noto shown was for $10,000 but a former noteholder told the attorney general thathe had invested $30,000 with Pon- zi in one note which had later been paid, GENERAL GORGAS BURIED Washington Pays Final Respects to U. S. Surgeon General—Pershing and Wood Among Pallbearers, ‘Washington, Aug. 16.—Final re- spects were paid today by official ‘Washington to Major Gen. Wm. C. Gorgas, former surgeon general of the army, who died in London. Services +were held at the church of the Epi- phany with burial in Arlington cem- etery. Among the honorary pallbearers were Secretary Baker, j. Gen. March and the justices of the supreme court. The military pallbearers included Gen. Pershing and Major Gen. Leon- ard Wood. DONDON MAYOR GUILTY. Terence MacSweeney, of Cork, Had Secret Cipher. Cork, Aug. 16.—Terence MacSwe- ney, lord mayor of Cork, today was found guilty by court-martial of having under his control the secret police cipher. He also was found guilt of having a document likely to cause disaffection, namely a copy of the resolution of the Corp corporation pledging allegiance to the Dail Eireann or Irish republi- can paliament, and of having made a seditious speech on the occasion of his election. r The trial was conducted under the detense of the realm act. Sentence will be promulgated later. DOCAL POLES ACT. Petition Secrectary of State in Behalf of Old Country. At a meeting of American citizens of Polish descent or extraction held last evening at the call of Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski, pastor of the Sacred Heart church, a petition to the secretary .of state in behalf of Poland was adopted. More than 2,000 Poles were pres- ent and sanctioned the petition, elect- ing Leo Bojnowski and Peter Pajew- ski as delesates to present it at Wash- ington. Similar documents were drawn last night in 250 other cities through- out the country where mass meetings to secure moral and material support for Poland were held. Last evening’s speakers included Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski; Rev. F. Dut- kiewicz, assistant to the pastor, and Professor Liucyan Suchwalko, a teach- er in the Sacred Heart school. MINERS VS. OPERATGRS, Met With Counter 0. Aug Proposal. 16.—The bitu- minous coal operators of the central competitive tield today refused the mines’ demands for a $2 a day in- crease for day and monthiy men and ten cents a ton for pick and machine mining. Increases of 5 to 72 cents a da day and monthly men were offered. Cleyeland, PRICE THREE Cl REDS WITHIN 15 MILES WARSAW—POLES READY FINAL STAND NEAR CAF U. S: Sends Tw ships To Ba To Protect Af Interests —_— LONDON REPOHK SOLDAU Gerhan’s Greet East Prussia — Colony Moves Warsaw, Aug. 15, Press).—Fighting ' at on the Warsaw front today’s official min to the northeast o again in Polish hands day fight. The Russian both sides of Radsymi] and at Okuniew, less due east of Warsaw. The communique for the Poles in the and Hrubieszow, to southeast of Lubin, took more than 100 cluding Bhe Russian and much war mal south the soviet fore Further southwest the | ed Brody, which changed hands se the efforts of the so: vance on Lemberg. An armored flotill the Vistula river b and Thorn to ppevent from crossing in a n circle this city. Many. were captured from and moved to the V Armored motor fighting craft are in the event of trying to force the Vi Warsaw-Danzig railwa totally isolate this cify side world. American Oolo American residents been gradually /leav Tast fortnight and coleny may be said tg} Posen. There is sc can herv now except workers, officers. of | typhus expedition correspondents. Jay fat, third secretary a legation is still: here. who have been sligh “ng the recent fighti to Posen. Business As Business is going Women are about th summer dresses contrasting with the terial being hauled ‘There were several and the happy coup) streets in decorated M American Inte ‘Washington, Aug. ored cruiser Pittsbur] troyer have been grd tic sea to protect there. The vessels are no France, and it was of the navy depal would proceed i sian waters. Soviets Well Berlin, Aug. played Russian m military marches market place of sia, says the go Vossische Zeitung. “After fifteen ho skirmishing with th city” the correspon tingents of the vision marched into vociferously cheered ed populace which ing themselves in mild bombardment proceeding the pre “The old Germ: promptly displayed and windows while: or welcomed the R The irivaders were | feel thoroughly at | Reorganization northern front, say: Meseritz, Prussia, taken by French of] Concentration of trdops in the ocew; many is reported Essen. 4 The Freiheit g French troop Rhine presage -a .1 with Poland as Workmen of R stopped and side- troop train, accord (Continued on