New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 21, 1920, Page 1

& A \ | Herald “Ad Better Busi ESTABLISHED 1870. " NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1920. —TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE ¢ AMERICAN LEGION RATIFICATION HELD UP BY INJUNCTION % CHOOSES NEW HAVEN ... o, 5 *Elm City Wifielcome Next Con- 5 vention Is Decided Today JNAY NEED NIGHT SESSION Morning Session Given Over to Re- X ports and Discussions—$20,000 Re- Eloction Tonight. Mef Fund of Spanish War \‘m-—‘ Bridgeport, Aug. 21.—New Haven was chosen as the place for the next nvention of the American Legion “ today, that city beating out Stamford of which was wnd Danbury each anxious for It Much of the morning sesston was discussion of conatitution amendments, and to ad- dresses by guests. The adjutant and prsvice division reports were accept- d R. B. Schumacher of the United States vocational board complimented the legion on the showing of its sorve jee division. He sald that it was much Petter than those shown by many gasterh states Connecticut had an ‘expense only of $361 for the year hMle other states had totals of five nd six thousand dollars. The voca- tlonal board would like to have in- formation from any factory which enn offer advantages of training to service men. Thomas J. Rooney, state historian of the United Spanish War Veterans explained the purpose of $20.000 re- llef fund for ox-service men which organization has in hand. This fi':uoy will go to veterans who meet with reversals, or have sickness in their families or are sick themselves and In nwed. Only 22 applications have been made for relief from this fund thus far in Connecticut “ Rev. H. F. Cassidy of Hartford, re- plled to Mr. Rooney saying that op- portunity should be open to any citi- men of Connecticut who ia an ex. service man whether or not he fouxht with a Connecticut organization. At present the law permits only men who fought with Connecticut outfits to procure relief from . these funds. /) The convention voted to ask the United Spanish War Veterans to anges its by laws In order that & Fotaran who is now a citizen of Con. {Becticut may obtain relief from the $20,000 funa, The committee on constitution and by laws reported a change relating (o puspension of charters of posts, wal~h was adopted. It provides that in care of charter suspension such charters gmay not be suspended by the stute wcutive committee or state officer “But upon a referendum vote to be to each post In the state, each Post to have ono vote A move' by smalleg posts ta bring about equal voting strength in cor- Ventions was defeated. It proposed that each post be entitled to two votes. Col. Jones sald that reports had Been received In Washington that ronditions at the hospital In Alling. wn were ‘“rotten™ HWe sald that these reports were untrue and the Tomplaints were not based on fact. The legion could prove for itself that conditions are not as complained of. given over to reports, The convention may need a night | senslon to elect ofMieers and act on the %rm- plan 29 LIVES LOST IN COLLISION ON LAKES One Woman and Many Men Missing | Aftor Sinking of - ' / Sault Ste Marie, Mich The lives of 29 persons, one of them ® woman, are belleved to have been ‘lost last night when the steamer Su- Lperfor City, a frelghter, sank 4 1-2 miles northeast of White Fish Point In Lake Superfor after colliding with the steamer Willls L. King in a fog. Four membars of the erew, includ- Captain Fdward Sawyers of Al- L blon, Mich., were saved. The missing Woman wus the wife of the second engineer. Captain Sawyers sald that the night elear, no fog being In evidence, ter Richter, boatswain, said: eaptain’'s alarm signal rang minutes before the crash. If k. two minutes more no by hfi‘mt The King Of amidships on the Smpact took away Tho orew kept il Walted calmly for ched, but there DOAts were torn were attemptini 1 was at- Superior Clg,” W AUg. 2] to the French here report the Asra slnor. on s and for the Ameri- been strains Tennessce Ratification Proceedings. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 21.—Chancel- Jor James B. Newman today issued a writ of Injunction temporarily re- straining Governor Roberts, Secretary of State Stevens and the speakers of the Tennessee senate and house from certifying to Secretary of State Col- by, Tennessee’s ratification of the woman suffrage amendment. A mecting of the Tennessee house today to clinch ratification of the fed- ernl suffragc amendment was blocked by anti.suffrage members, 30 of whom left Nashville for Alabama so ) as to make a quorum impossible. Only 59 members, seven less than a quorum, answered to their names when Speaker Walker called the house to order half an hour after the regular meeting time. 1. K. Riddick, suffrage clarigg the legislature was under federal law and that constitutional quorum was not ne essary moved that the Walker mo- tion for reconsideration of ratifica- tion be taken from the journal. The speaker held the motion out of order. On an appeal to the house the speak- er was over-ruled by a vote of 49 SEVEN ARRESTED WHEN STRIKERS RIOT Bullets, Bottles, Sticks and | Stones Fly in Chicago— Wounded Are Saved. leader, de- acting the state Chicago, Aug. 21.—Seven men, one wounded were under arrest today as A result of an early morning riot re- wulting from a clash of about 100 raflroad men and an equal number of strikers. Scores of shots were ex- changed, bottles, sticks and stones were thrown and heads were broken before police responded to riot calls and broke up the fight. The riot was an outgrowth of fre- quent attacks by striking rajlroad men on the workers who refused fo ' walk out last April in the unauthor- ized railroad strike. Last night, ac- cording to police, Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen employed sn the , Eigin, Jo'lat and Fastern road learn. o4 of an alleged plot for aftack on them by strikers. They armed and set out in a body looking for the plotters. The (wo' factions met at 91st street In the sarly morning hours and opened fire. Several men are belleved to_ have been wounded but all save one were carried away when police arrived. WILL AUDIT f;ooxs_ . OF MASS. TREASURER Governor Coolidge Today Authorizes What Amounts to Official Invest- gntion of State Accounts, Boston, tdge and com Aug. 2l.—Governor Cool- | members of the financial ittee of the executive council to- day authorized State Auditor Alonzo B. Cook to make an audit of the| books of State Treasurer Fred J. Burrell. Mr. Cook said this was equivalent to a complete investigation of the treasurer's offic The collupse of Charles Ponzi's financial schemes revealed that §1 000 state funds wece on deposit in a trust company where Ponzi banked | and that the bank had patronized Burrell's advertising agency. The republican state comamittee has an- nounced its desire to defeat Burrell for renomination. The bank has been closed by the authorities. The effort of the federal receivers ot Ponzi to collect assets for the ben- ' eofit of thousands of unpaid investors fm his disrupted International postal exchange scheme was begun toda when he was examined by counsel tor the receivers in the federal court. Ponzi refused to say whether cer- tain statements which he made to Attorney General Allen about having had eight or ten minlons in cash on July 26 were truthful It wax announced would endeavor to force swer Ly reference to the referee bunkruptey. Ponzi admitted an overdrawal of | $441,779 from Hanover Trust com-| pany ‘of Boston, now closed because | of impairment of its finances by his operations. | the recevers | him to an- | in | WRANGEL’S CAMPAIGN Ant-Bolsheviki 10,000 Troops Commander Lawl< in Kuban Ports— Protected By French Cruiser. (By *the Wrangel, Constantinople, Assoclated Press).-—General anti-Bolshevik commander routh Russia hus landed 10,000 iroops in Kuban ports with the purpose of encouraging uprisings against the Bolsheveki.' rengh warships cted the landings. Wrangel took the lower Dnieper. n the northeastern sector he has taken a thousand pritoners and many Aug. 20, cpv- 5,000 prisoners on | for liberty and they will continue to i €Uy of profite 'LAFAYETTE STATUE | GIVEN T0 FRANCE Unveling of K. of C. Memorial Takes Place at Metz WALLACE AMONG SPEAKERS Presentation Made by Supreme Knight Flaherty—Supreme Director Re- views Franco-American Relations— Baton for Foch. Aug. 21 (By the Associated Press).—The statue of Metz, Alsace Lorraine, Lafayette presented to France by the | Knights of Columbus unveiled today by Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty. Most of the population of. Metz cheered when he drew aside the silk sheet veiling the statue, which stands on an eminence dominating the valley of the Moselle. He said that the Knights of Colum- bus, as Catholic citizens of America, desired by . this memorial to com- memorate forever the holy bond of union between France and America, sealed by the blood of the French and ‘American hero dead. Larkin's Speech. Willlam P. Larkin of New York, a supreme director of the Knights of Columbus, reviewed the historic re- lations between FFrance and the United ates and told of tne French Cath- olic clerzy collecting $6,000,000 to aid the colonies of America. “We of America can never forget the pastorals issued by the Bishops of France urging the people of France to ‘ald America in those trying days.'” hé sald. "It is altogether fitting and appropriate that the Knights of Columbus should select this historic gpot as the object of their pilgrim- SENTENCED TO BED West Orange. N. J. Aug. 21— nging in age from found guilty of robbing neighbors' fruit trees faced a court sentence to go to bed at 6:30 o'clock each evening for 30 days. The parents, who were ordered to enforce ther sentence, were given discretionary powers in administering the further pun- ishment of castor oil to the culprits. 'PORTLAND BANK IS VIGTIM OF HOLD-UP | Robbers Force Cashier and | Treasurer Into Vault— About $5,000 Taken. Portland, Conn., Aug. 21.—Appear- ing suddenly in front of George I Cramer, cashier of the Portland Na- tional bank, who was at his desk, xt 10:30 a. m. today four men with re- volvers drove him into the bank vault and a few minutes later put Oliver Ellsworth, treasurer of the Freestone Savings bank, which is in the same building, in the vault be- side him, and closed the door. The robbers gathered up in almost simul- taneous action whatever paper money was in sight in the vault and in the banking rooms, dishanding coin, and left. The jumped into a large auto- mobile which was outside -and were off towards Glastonbury, before any one nearby rcalized what had hap- pened. The holdup and robbery would have been a silent affair had not the men discharged their revolvers in and out of the bank building before de- parting. Some citizens say that there were as many as 25 shots fired. Tt is quite possible that the men got lit- age: for was not Metz the starting point of Lafayette's American career? and was it not at Metz that, 100 yvears afterward within the sacred pre- cincts of St. Clement's college, Mar- shall Ferdinand Foch, the hero of the war, was laying deep the foundations of that.character and genius which in Jater vears stodd civilization in such good stead and saved France. “We Knights of Columbus wel- come this ‘opportunity to symbolizo the age-old bonds that bind America to France. We have chosen Lafay otte because he typifies pre-eminent and’ bevond all others the incarna- thon of France's spirit toward America | throughout the centuries. because he | was a loved and trusted friend of the Father of Our Country.” Hugh C. Wallace, the American ambassador, discussed the Russian sitnation in describing Lafayette's “service to an ideal™. “What would this zreat apostle of liberty think of the crimes being committed today in the name of l1ib- ?. he said. “Notwithstanding their crimes, the great people whom we know as Russlans will, in the Providence of God come out of their darkness into the light.” An immense American flag brought by the visiting Knights draped the | base of the statue. The flaz was slightly damaged in transit and had been mended by Madame Millerand, wfie of the French premier, Foch Receives Gift. to present A baton was presented Marshal Foch by Supreme Knight Flahert In accepting it the marshal said: “America and Frauce long fought protect liberty throughout the world.” P. O. Extension Bill Comes Up in Decemher Congressman Augutine M. Lonergan has written Postmaster Delaney that npon the reconvening of Congress in December he will introduce a bill for an addition to the lo 1 post office. The bill will call for about $£300,000. The steady growth in the populaton of the city, which has been reflected in the additional business at the post offica | has made this s to the congre: ep necessary, accord- man COUNT VILLAR KILLED. j dicated that tle money. Half an hour before the payrolls for several local concerns had been made up and sent out, and on hand after meeting payrolls to the bank being a small one the cash Saturdays is not large. In the bank at the time of the in- cident was a woman eclerk who got out by a rear entrance as Cashicr Cramer was being driven into the vault’ with pistols aimed at him peint blank. She ran back into the bank when the machine drove away and finding the vault lever up she swung the doors open and Cramer and Ells. worth came out after being oned but a few minutes. The robbers are described he- tween 25 and years of age. Cashier Cramer’ novel experience left few mental impressions with him as he was heldup and put in the vault and then released so quickly that he scarcely realized what was happen- ing before it was over. Those who saw the car say it had no markers. This town has no police protection. A quick examination of the cash of the bank in- $5,000 was taken In the banking rocm, rundry bag bearing tite ffee hotel, Middletown, and the ndie of a revolver. People in town say that early the morning an automobile such as was used by the men and of the same make was seen on the street and it bore a New York state rezisiry marker. BANK ROBBERS ABANDON AUTO impris- as about by the rohbers. was found a name of zficld Police Think They Have Men Who Staged Hold-up. Springfield, Mass.. exchanging pistol shots with ten offi- cers Nt to intercept them at the southern entrance to this city this afternoon a large touring car be- lieved to have contained the men who held up the Portland (Conn.) National bank was abandoned in the woods about three miles east of this city and its occupants apparentiy 100k to the woods. Three of the tires Aug. 21.—After Portuguese Nobleman and His Com- panion Shot by Latter's Husband 20 Villar, nobleman vesterday by an Lishon, widely Aug known —Count a Portuguese killed was shot and | army oMcer of high rank as he was alighting from a carriage officer's wife. The officer then fired upon the woman, who was about to enter the offices of a firm of lawyers which she had retained to arrange for a divorce =suit. She was slightly wounded. The tragedy occurred on the prinei- pal thoroughfare of the with the FINED $24.000. Department Store Guilty of Profitecring. N. Y Syracuse Fouud Syracuse, Aug. 21.—Found ing tifteen the Allen-Schmit Co., Utica de ent store, was fined $24,000 in j federal court at Canton today. Karl Sehmidt. part owner, was Jjointly jfined $1.000 with the corporation for i conspiracy 10 increase pri ! This is the second 1 tics | ment stera convicted of profiteering The John A. Reébert: (p. was fined 355,000 some time ago. in in- , os. depart- | were punctured, it is believed by shots fired by the police. The car has a New York 1920 registration plate, No. L1105 A bloody handkerchief was found in it. A squad of 20 police accompanied by state detec- 1nd two members of the Con- state police Lieut. R. L. Bridgeman and W. F. Stiles of Hart- ford, was believed to have surround- ed the men and were beating the woods for them. The officers were | heavily armed and the Connecticut officers had riot zuns SHI New tary j federal court Shipbuilding Ce ed to have liabiliti 000,000, The petition half of four c cover more th BUILDERS BANKRUPT? York, Aug. 21.—An invohun- tition in bankruptey was filed against the N al [ this city, to re- * WEATHER 1 ey | \ng. 21.—Fore- | Britain and vi- Unsettied, warmer to- | Sunday showers, cooler | night. | | Hartford, New night; by POLES SURROUND 30,000 BOLSHEVIKS | Six Russian Divisions Trapped Near Brest-Litovsk MANY PRISONERS TAKEN 15.000 Reds Captured Up to Thursday —Future of Poland Seems Now Secure—Peace Parley On—Poles Surround Six Divisions of Bolsheviki Paris, Aug. 21.—Six Bolshevik divisions, consisting of from 30,000 to 40,000 men are surrounded by Polish forces between and Brest- Litovsk, according to press dispatches received here today. Siiesia ‘Warsaw, Aug. 21 (By the Asso- ciated Press)—The Poles captured 15,000. soviet up to Thurs- day, it was announced herc today. prisoners Wish Complete Independence. London, Aug. 21, (By Associated Press).—At the second sitting of the Russo-Polish peace conference Thurs- day at Minsk the head of the Polish delegation announced Poland’'s peace conditions to be the complete and inviolable independence of the Polish republic with no interference in its internal affairs, according to a wire- less dispatch received here from Mos- cow today. The Polish delegate said Poland did not declare war. He asserted the Polish troops had occupied territory once belonging to Poland merely to attain the free decision of the peoples themselves regarding their fate and declared Russia was trying by force to establish a soviet regime in Poland. Heavy fighting continues north and northeast of Warsaw near Plonsk and Ciechanow, according to a bolshevik official statement issued yesterday in Moscow and received here by wire- less. Further to the northeast the soviet and Polish armies are engaged near Wyszkow and Stanislavow, while in the region of Brest-Litovsk fight- ing is procecding along the line of the western branch of the Bug river. Near Lemberg. the statement says, the bolsheviki are developing their advance after occupying the village of Gliniany, and have advanced to a line of villages south and southeast of T.emberg. Tn the Tarnapol region, castern Galicia. soviet forces have crossed the Stripa river and have advanced in a westerly direction it is declared. In the Crimean sector the bol- <heviki have occupied the village of Vasilyevka after fierce fighting, dur- ing which they captured an armored train and its auxiliaries. Further east anti-bolshevik forces have land- ed near the outskirts of Akitraskiri on the Sea of Azov, but soviet troops have bheen dispatehed to that front and have tried to expel the landing forces. Liberation Assured Paris, Aug. 21.—Liberation of Poland is assured by the great vie- tory won during the last week over the Russian forces, according to the opinion menerally entertained in French military circles, but there is doubt that it will yield more impor- tant results. The Bolshevik army probably will escape destruction, al- though its retreat is entailing heavy losses. In following up this success, it will be logical for the PPoles, after crossing the Bug river to march northward toward Bi ystok and Grodno, thus making the retreat of the soviet army impossible. As to Silesia. Berlin. Aug. 20.— Polish residents of Upper Silesia have laid down con- { ditions for settlement of the conflict which has been raging there, it is re- ported from German sources. -These conditions were submitted to the in- ternational commission in control of Upper Silesia and it is stated a men- eral strike will be called if they are not accepted. The Poles propose the removal of security police, the departure of those who have immigrated to the district in the last two vears, of those who have rticipated in recent disturb- ances and the compensation of Poles who have been badly treated Comparison of obscure telLegrams seems to indicate that irregular bands not Polish troops have been en- gaged in the fighting the last two s in the neighborhood of Kat- towitz. and ONE DROWNED, Oth Have Narrow E When Lighter Is Rammed. R. I, Aug. 21.-—Manuel Williams lost his iife and three others a lighter's crew Three N Providence, of had a narrow es cape from drowning today when the Bay State liner Tenncssee ramme and sank the lighter in the bay near Bullock’s Point. Williams was an en- gineer of the lighter, which was owned by the James A. Potter Co. The other members of the crew were picked up by a lifehoat from the Tolonial liner Concord, which was just behind the Tennessee. The light- er was bound for Bristol with 10,900 feet of Jumber. ANTHRAX DIAGNOSIS CONFIRMED BY KLEIN Acting Health Supgrintendent Will Animals Inocuiat- cd For Positive Proof. Ask to Have To determine beyond the slightest question of a' doubt that the death of John O’Brien was caused by an- thrax rather than by any one of the several other causes, theories for which have been advanced, Acting Health Superintendent M. J. Kiein will arrange to have a guinea pig inoculated and observed at the state laboratories. After exhaustive re- search and laboratory work over cul- tures taken from the body of the de- ceased, Dr. Klein said this morning that he was prepared to substantiate the diagnosis of Dr. James Faulkner of anthrax. The experiment with the animal will be made, however, as it is Dr. Klein‘'s desire to clear up the matter entirely. The entire procedure in determin- ing the presence of anthrax bacteria was gone over this morning in the health department laboratories hy Dr. Klein in the presence of three newspapermen. Germs identical with those shown in medical works wcre discovered under powerful lenses and lights. The bacteria existed upon plates from which Dr. Faulkner made his diagnosis and from which Dr. Klein confirmed the diagnosis, alike. The state department will be notified of the findings today. MESOPOTAMIA 1S SGENE OF UPRISING Rebellion Against British— Officers Murdered—Wom- an and Child Captured. London, Aug. 21.—Official reports jssued today show the Mesopotamia is in a state of anarchistic rebellion against the British administration. British garrisons have been invested, railways cut and British officers mur- dered. K The India .office today confirmed a report of a disaster to a British force at Shas Raba, Mesopotamia last Sun- day. The wife of Mr. Buchanan, an irrigation officer who was killed, was captured by the Arabs with her child, A Bombay dispatch describing this disaster says five British officers were killed and continues: “The officers with their levies sal- lantly resisted overwelming numbers for three days until theit ammunition was exhausted. The Arab levies were loyal to the end and died fighi- ing side by side with the British.” There are 70,000 British and In- dian troops in Mesopotamia and 10,- 000 more are on the way. SHOTS FIRED AT RECKLESS DRIVERS Exciting Time in Stamford When Police Arrest Autoists For Reckless Driving. Stamford. Aug. through the city 21.—After streets earty today, in which two motorcycle patrolmen fired several shots, three men who said they were William Colber, Na- than Cohcn and John Sullivan of Norwalk, were arrested and held on a charge of reckless driving. The « ficers claim the men, with driving, used their automobile in an effort to drive them off the highway. A complaint was made by another automobile party made up of Mrs. Rlose Wilson, Miss Marion Curtis, Miss Elizabeth Crpwley, Archibald Kamper and Saul Hertz, of Norwalk, to the effect that the men now arrest had troubled them in a res- taurant in Norwalk and had followed thean here. The chase in the stree s 2 wild one and with the shooting | ted a stir. the men changed. The are charge held is ox under acted MANNIX GOT MESSA: Thinks It Queer That Heard It First But London, annix who ce Auz. 21.—Archbishop h been in London E Eritish destroyer took m from the liner Baltic, admitted today he had received a message from Rome exhorting him to moderation in dis- ing Irish affairs. t seems to me” he added. “that ny such messages are always being received Ly other people before they reach me. The strangest part of the matter is that a great many messages which have been reported to have been sent have never been delivered w me.” a Antwerl; Stevedores Will Not Load Ammunition 21.-—The have Brus dock tinue els, Aug, workers Antwer to aboard refused con- the American vessel Warszawa to be trans- ported to Poland, -.nx-ordim:)o the Nacion Belge. The newspapers loading munitions adds that 30 car- loads of munitions sent by the Amer- ican army on the Rhine have been consigned to railway sidings. chase . Coller . under ! M’DONALD CA OLYMPIC § Ryan of New Yrok Same Evej U. S. LEADS WITH Finlander Takes Hop, § —3,000 Meter m Docs 400 Meter Rq thon Tomorrow. Antwerp, Aug. 21, Press).—P. J. McDonald won the final of the 56 put in the Olympic ga a put of 11.265 mete Loughlin Lyceum, N. ¥ with 10.95 meéters. Lind, Sweden, was th| meters; Archie McDia fourth, with 10.12; Sv fifth, with 3.40, and land, sixth. with 9.37. Timlos of Finland.wq the hop, step and jump ‘Dh: games today with ers with 14.27 14. Jannsson of Swe 14.48, Sahling of ; Sherman G. A. fifth, 14.17; Dan 1indis A. C. holder of t ord in the event, sixth, Frigerio of It ter mark in 13 minuts onds. Parker of Aug =econd; R. Remer, A ., ers’ club third; McMasid ca, fourth; T. Marone; A. C.. America, fifth a son, England, sixth. In the finals of ( Wrestling Finland sco Sweden 7, Denmark 3 The American team H. H. Brown, Boston Dresser, N. Y. A. C Chicago A. A.; Michael Millrose A. A. and M. Meadowbrook club, Phi ified for the finals in tl team race. In their the Americahs will hay team as their only opp England and Ttaly als the finals. The American team, Paddock., Los Angeles Murchiscn, N. Y. A. C.; of Missouri | Almlof of S University co, easily qualified for the 400 meter relay, wi heat in 43 seconds ished second but was irregular passing of ftl xemubourg, took secon French, English, Swed! teams also qualified in 158 Points to) The seventh Olymp! last stages with the in the lead. After th in the 3,000 meter wall, and jump, the 5§ pou: the decathloxn! only five events and the marath When the games open Il'nitvd States nad 158 p England, its «losest | The American fencinm beat Eungland 8 victor! duelling sword centest, en hy France 12 to 2 The Marathon classi tomorrow. Members o Olympic committee sou the rules so the runne | refreshment. such as lig ing the ordeal, but they | mitted to receive only | route wilt be guarded gian soldiers and will all but officiai motor "’ Six Americans and field of athletes of of i entered in the Marath icans are Arthur V.© { Carl W. A. Linder, Qu +L. Organ, Pittsburgh; Mellor, Chicago; Frai ‘ark, N. J., and J. B2 | burgh. The other nations ‘ra England, South Africa. ada, Italy, Chile, Del Slovakia, Finland, St Belgium. R Tt is understood that race meets with strong certain quarters and ed as inhumane eff to abolish it from f Lmes. ) Others FLANNERY- Well Known Local Coupt Wedlock T eld Mass, in Spri The wedding of John of Whiting sireet and M| Taylor, daughter of Mr. son Taylor of Berlin, performed this arternool | Mass. They were atte { Charles P. Merwin and brother af the couple will leave this vxended wedding trip tg and Canada, after which side in this city. 3 The groom is one of iness men of this city, bel with P. J. Flannery Co. his father. While a stude| Britain High school, he himself as a football p the world war, Md. Flann ice overseas, and was t) long period with the arn tion in Germany. The b bered among the popula the local public schools.