New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1920, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870. 'W BRITAIN HERATL * MURDERS, REPRISALS, RIOTS |LOCAL MANUFACTURER, JUST BACK FROM AND RAIDS IN DUBLIN AND In Vicinity Of Cork Shots Are Freely Exchanged ¢ Between Auxiliary Po- lice And Civilians MONDAY DEATH TOLL . IS PLACED AT FIVE Military Authorities in Dub- lin Guard Every Road .¢# Leading From City and Search Houses For Arms. Publin, Nov. 23.—The death roll in Dublin yesterday totalled five ‘per- sons. During the morning one of the ntries at the Castle was attacked % armed men. The sentry fired, kill- ing three of the attacking party. Two other deaths occurred during the raids which were carried out in the city through the day. Shots Fired in Cork. Cork, Nov. 23.—8hots were freely hanged last ¢vening between aux- jilary police and civilians in the village of Milistreet in the Killarney district It is reported one policeman was wounded and two civillans shot. After some rifle and machine gun fire from the police barracks the trouble nubsided. J » Creamery Burned. London, Nov. 23 4A creamery at Dharrow near Neneagh, County Tip- perary, Ireland, was burned this morning, allegedly by uniformed men, -mys a ntral News dispatch. Police and military officers searched resi- dences and the courthouse at Neneagh and arrested two officers, it is said. t Athlone armed military forces viMed the houses of many Sinn Fein sympathizers and made numer- ous arrests. Trains Running Again. Dublin, Nov. 23, (By Associated Press) ~All train service in and out W Dublin was resumed this morn- ing after the eity had passed a night of quietude following Sunday’s blood- shed and the ralding activities of yes- terday. The curfew law was strict- ly obeyed. The night, however, did not wit- ness any let-up in the work of the ;Ahnry who were continuing their reh of the city, presumably ' for ipects in connection with' Sun- Aday's assassinations. Before the cur- few hour several streets were sur- rounded by barbed wire barriers an the woldiers examined all persons passing. All Roads Guarded. Strong military patrols manned ry bridge and road running out of the city last night. All avenues of egress and Ingress were closed and sven persons holding permits were not allowed to pass the lines drawn through the outskirts of the city. Re- ports reaching the center of Dublin during the evening indicated that virtually the whole military estab- Hisyment In this district of TIreland wi® employed In malntaining this cordon. STOCKINGS COMING DOWN! Your Suggestion is Flippant and Ti- Timed, Coming Down in Price is the Story. Boston, Nov. 23.—A drop of 12 per cent In the price of Wwomen's silk stockings helped lower the cost of liv- ing In October, accordng to flgures announced by the state commission on necessaries of life today. Living costs last month declined 2% per cent from 1 levels of September, the commis- sion announced. Of the five lfems listed in its sur- vey clothing declined 6 per cant, large- ly becauss of reductions in woman's apparel. Food was cheaper by 4 per cent, beans, sugar and flour baing the commodities which figured most. Fuel inereased a fraction of one por cent ah r rentals remained stallonary ' ndries” showed an Increase of ne per cent. October prices showed an adyance @ 95 per cent over those for the fame month in 1014, Democrats Here Spent $897 Puring Campaign Treosurer Thomas J. Smith has filed a' report on the expenscs of the looa! & ocratic town committee for « the recént state and national elecs tions, showing a total of $897 spent which leaves a balance in the treas ury of $34, The total of all contribu- tions was 97. Included in the ex penditures were severanl bills from the last election. PARK HEARING TONIGIT. There will be & public Learing. fo and against the plan to elimi - 'IRELAND BITTER ON BLACK AND TANS' LONDON, REPORTS: BUSINESS BAD THERE NEARBY CITIES CONTINUED | charies F. swith Fin ds Condifions Discouraging — War verywhere—Little Live Inter- v Charles Smith, chairman of the board of directors of Landers Frary | and Clark, who arrived in New York | Saturday on the Aqutania from Eng- Man Here From Ireland Tells of Conditions in Home Land. Uncertainty occasioned by the pres- ence of Lloyd George's “black and tan” army in the principal cities of Ireland have placed that country in an unprecedented state of disorder and confusion, and has served to fan the flame of British hatred through- out the land, according to William Murphy, late of County Cork, who ar- rived in this country last week. Mr. Murphy is at present making his home on Smalley street. Feeling against the English premier and the men who make up the “black and tan” army, which Mr.Murphy says offers a direct contrast to the regular toops of the British government and instead of being under the direction of England are henchmen of Liloyd | George, is exceedingly bitter. For several months past, the army has carried on a vigilant search! through- | out the day and night for ardent Sein Feiners. These men have been shot in cold blood immediately upon their apprehension, Mr. Murphy said, hav- | ing no opportuity for a trial. | At the present time there is not a single window in the City of Cork which has not been wantonly broken by the “black and tans” who pass through the city daily Iin search of Sein Féiners. The efforts of the pre- mier's forces have been concerted in | this locality, hence the present out- breaks. Being a resident of Cork, the city in ! which Lord Mayor Terence Mac- Swiney was buried, Mr. Murphy had an opportunity to witness a part of the obsequies for the deceased. Upon orders of the English government, there was no procession nor elaborate public funeral for MacSwiney, it be- ing the deligf that feeling would rise to such an extent as to make an out- break inevitable. ‘There were, however, representa- tive men from every section of Ire- land in the city of Cork on the day of the funeral to pay tribute to the dead lord mayor. It was with no small amount of urgent appeal on the part of the home office of the Sein Fein that public expression of anti- British feeling on that day was avert- ed, Mr. Murphy said. Reprisals, he said, have been even- ly distributed between the forces of | the Sinn Fein and the ‘“black and tans,” but have been brought on by the latter element. Machine guns have been placed in the center of several cities and an undersized man with the army un\form sent through the street to rip/down Sinn Fein flags and insignias from the uniforms of Irish soldiers. The temptation to deal harshly with the offender has been | great but discretion has made it necessary that the offense go without notice. Although greatly outnum- bered, the Sinn Fein has an abund- ance of ammunition which is secret- ly stored but available upon short notice, and while these supplies last it is their intention of demanding “an eye for an eye and a tooth for =& tooth * Under pretense of searching for those charged with offenses against the government, the black and tan army has pillaged the houses of every | | city and town in which they have been quartered. Officers of the regular army, after conducting a search, have always required that _the soldiers wait outside the house until it was found whether or not anything was | missea by the owner of the premiss. No such condition exists today, how. ever, Mr. Murphy explains. Census Department Seeks Information in This City The Census department at Washing- | ton has mailed requests to a number of local people for information con- | cerning properties held. An effort is being made through this means to de- | termine the amount of property held free in each city, and the amount held under mortgage. Under the census law, the furnishing of such information is compulsory. The data thus complled‘ will be kept strictly confidential, it is explained. MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses have been granted from the office of the town clerk: Henry A. Morris of Middletown and Olga S. Hellberg of 130 Lincoln street; Walter R. Falk of 31 Henry street and Miss Esther E. | Anderson of 398 Chestnut street; John Kech of 17 West street and Miss Min- nie Gaspar of the same address. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. The Civics club of the local High school will hold a reception and dance t0 the junior class in the gymnasium ‘this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Egan's orchestra has becen engaged to fur- nish music for the dancing. The room will be prettily decorated with col- ors appropriate to this time of the ! year. A regular business meeting of | erbury and surrounding towns 'city of Waterbury was without jit- land, says that conditions in London @are at the present time, far fram encouraging due to the lack of em- ployment. The absence of voung men on the streets, and the numebr of blinded and crippled war veterans were es- peclally noticeable, In London, there are blind soldiers working in the windows making baskets and brushes of all kinds. Luxury Is absent, and it is Mr. Smith's impression that there are more motor vehicles on the streets of Hartford than there are in the city of London. All prices are high, es- pecially food, and this fact, coupled with unemplayment and constant la- bor troubles, makes a feeling of un- rest, the effects of which are felt all over the British empire. Judging from former visits, Mr. Smith is of the opinion that the people as a whole are downhearted, and they view the future with no degree of aptimism. In fact, they have no hopes for better conditions during the long cold win- ter facing them. Soldier Memorials Commenting of the war memorials in England, Mr. Smith said: “As you go through the smaller Commenting on the war memorials ials everywhere, almost invariably taking the form of a simple granite cross with the names of the soldiers written around the base—simple and | not expensive. The mueh talked about cenataph—London's War Memorial— will not in my judgment cost any more than our own Soldiers’ Monu- ment in Central Park. There is ao getting away from the fact that Eng- land, speaking generally, is poor and realizes it.” How FElection Was Taken Mr. Smith was impressed by the lack of interest taken in the.recent presidential election held in this coun- try. The peaple did take some interest ‘ . S./Elections Manifested. CHARLES F. SMITH in the battle of ballots in this country, but more from an academic point of view than one of selfish interest. Commenting on the election Mr. Smith said: “About our election—I could not see any great interest in it. The im- pression I got was that the English people expected nothing from the present administration because of the deadlock between Congress and the Executive. I got the further impre: sion that they felt that Mr. Harding’'s administration would realize after a while that aur own self interests would require us to take a hand in readjusting the troubles in FEurope. Our present troubles, here seem to prove the truth of the feeling over there that the world is sa closely bound together these days that one portion of it cannot be sick without | affecting all the other portions of it. They expect us to realize that before long—and act accordingly.” BAN ON ALL JITNEYS s comoeee won e s Pres. Storrs Protests That Trolleys Are Unable to Compete. Hartford, Nov. 23.—While Presi- dent Storrs of the Connecticut Co. was today telling the public utilities commission why it had been decided to withdraw trolley service from Wat- the ney service. Many Waterbury city officials and ' offieers of the Jitneymen's association came to Hartford this” morning to attend the hearing at the capitol on the question of discontinuing the street railway’'s service. President Storrs told the commis- sion that it was the desire of the trustees to bring to a head in the state the whole question of jitney and trol- ley competition before cold weather. The company wanted to bring about in the cities of Connecticut an answer to the question of whether or not the jitney should be permitted to run on streets served by trolleys. That was why order for withdrawal of Wat- erbury service was issued last week. Mr Storrs asserted. It was a case of getting a “show down” before winter, the president of the company argued. Mr. Storrs was the first to be heard at the hearing. He read a rather lengthy statement in which it was as- serted that the company had been able to operate its cars at a profit on but one day, November 1, when the fare was raised to ten cents and when there were no jitneys on the principal streets of the city. Mr. Stores sald the Waterbury trol- leys were in danger of suspending by mid-winter with unrestricted jitney service. He said that since the Water- bury ordinance restricting jitney ser- vice was rescinded the Waterbury | trolleys had been operated on returns ot $610 a day less than during the summer months. During the one day that the jitneys were restricted the increase in revenue was $449 a day, or a total of $4,372. Opposing the ten cent fare were per- sons from Woodbury, Thomaston and Naugatuck. Mr. Storrs said the company had sent letters to every town and city in ! which trolleys operated requesting the barring of jitney competition C. L. Kilen of Naugatuck quizzed Mr. Storrs concerning his authority to summarily dismiss trolley service in Waterbury. Mr. Storrs replied that the proposed ordinance in Waterbury was before the trustees, who authorized him to suspend operations If the ordinance allowing Jitney service on East Main street was enacted Asked by Chairman Higglns if it was not true that the Jitneymen were clalming the ordinance favored the trolley company, Mr. Storrs replied: “I am impressed by the astuteness Watertown, of the jitneymen in suspending opera- tions today.” There was a hortage of $1 00 on the Waterbury i on L to Pay For Services of Policeman While Gate Remains Useless. An ordinance adopted ing of months a, the raiiroad committee, having for its purpose the protection to vehicular, traffic and pedestraians while rail- road gates are being at a meet- the common council several |34 Teams Selected Recruited | | rubber stores J. g0 upon recommendation of | repaired, | is in operation today for the first time ' since its passage. The north gate on the Elm St, crossing was accidentally broken last night and today Police- man William Doherty was placed on duty to see that no one is trapped on the tracks on account of the The city ordinance prescribe that such action shall be taken . whenever a break in the gates exists, and that the railroad shall be required to remun- erate the city for the policeman's services as long as the gate remains useless. THANKSGIVING PLEA Charity Organization Wants to Get break. | MEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICU1. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1920. —SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE THREE ¢ COUNCIL AND ASSEMBLY OF LEAGU ATLOGGERHEADS OVER RESOLU TO TAKE HAND IN ARMENIAN A MANY INDIVIDUALS TO HELP HOSPITAL DRIVE With Energetic Campaign- ers Ready For Work. A week from y the campaign for $600,000 forf the New Britain hospital will be well under way. Preceded by an introductory move- ment on Sunday, the drive will begin in earnest on Monday. C. F_ Ben- nett, general chairman, plans to have the headquarters at No. 250 Main street opened in a few days and young women from the Stanley ‘Works office will be in charge. In addition to the- personal appeals, a campaign of literature and adver- tising will seek to aid in driving home the pertinent facts in connec- tion with the soliciting of money. Thirty-four teams will canvass the city and nearby towns. Those in charge, as well as the assisting workers being printed herewith: Vulcan Iron Works, C. E. Bean (Capt), D. Walker. American Hosiery Co., G. F. Dodad (Capt). | Abel Gross, Miss C. Bradley. Corbin Cabinet Lock Div. Geo T. Bean, (Capt.), Fran& Woods, Miss Moran, William McCurdv Jas. Roberts, P. &. F. Corbin Div. J. 3. Comstock (Capt.), E. L. Teich. M. H. Norton, C. H H. Bruemmer, R. H. Wilcx. i Corbin Screw Corp., L. M. Bancroft (Capt.), G. E. Christ, E. M. Pratt, F. H. Riley, Chas. Rosen. Opticians, oculists, druggists, ice cream & candy, bottlers, chemists, nurses, doctors, dentists, ice dealers, | Peter Crona (Capt.), J. W. Marsland, ; F. H. Shields E. W. Bennett, E. C. Schieblin. Architects, art stores, civil engineers, surveyors, photographers, decorators, painters paper hangers, Steve Robb (Capt.), Max Unkelbach, Miss S. H. Phillips, Shet H. Clark, Oscar J. Mur- ray. ‘Automobiles, bus lines, auto acces- sorief, auto repair trucking & expre: garages, storage battery., vulcanizing, Lash (Capt.) ,A. F. P Marsh, Angeio Pao- | Hawker. | undertaking, pattern & | picture J. A Johnson, A nessa, A. G. Furniture, model makers, piano tuning, framing, box manufacturing, ‘Erickson, (Capt.) Barbers, hair dressers, manicurists, David Christian (Capt.) Pool room & billiards, bowling | alleys, clgar stores, cigar manufactur- Dinners for at Least 97 Familiés on | Thursday. ‘Whe schools and churches are so generously remembering the hospital with Thanksgiving offerings and send- ing many good things to the KChil- dren’s Home, the Charity Organization hopes that kind hearted citizens will not forget the many individual fam- ilies known to the association. There are at least 97 families in New Brit- ain who because of no wage earners live so meagerly all the year that they should be cheered and helped by an extra good dinner on Thanksgiving Day. Only 52 of these so far have been provided for by churches,scouts, Sunday school classes, various clubs, Sunshine society, and individuals. A ‘basket sent direct to the family, food left at the Charity Organization rooms 52 Center St., or a money gift will be | welcome and make the close of the year more bright for someone most | needy. Youthful Swindler Gets $10 From Arch St. Woman One woman living on Arch street is today mourning the loss oi crisp ten dollar bill, at the same time itch- ing to get her hands on a clever youth- ful swindler. The practics of this boy, about 12 yvearas of age, was to call at a house, announce that the man of tho houso has ordered a quantity of sugar and had paid a deposit on it aud then mention a nominal sum that was due before it could ve dehvered This woman gave the youngster a ten dollar bill, then waited in vain for the sugar and the change. WEATHER e — Hartford, Conn.. Nov, 23.— Forecast for New Britain and Fair, colder tfonight, ers, George Rogers, (Capt.), William G. Muller Neil Murphy, James Dunn, J. Waish. , i Publishers, printers, newspapers, | book bindery, paper stores, sign paint- ers paint shops, stamp works, novelty dealers E. W. Pape (Capt), W. O. Cook, Edward W. Willametz. Boots and shoes, harness stores, ; boot blacks, shde repair, D. Manning , (Capt.), S. A. Odin, F. W. Menus,N. , E. Mag, J. McIniney, F. Squillace. Merchant tailors clothiers, cleaning and dyeing, clothing mfg., laundries, | hats, tailors, Howara Wilson (Capt.), Ossian Bennett, Wpyman Johnson,, Geo Ashley, Clifford Odin. ¥ % Millivg>rs, department stores, dry goods, cloaks and suits, women’s ap- parel, furiers, D. McMillan (Capt.), Phillip Herman Samuel Davidson. Heating, plumbers, tinsmiths, hard- | ware stoves, junk dealers, oil dealers, A. A. Mills (Capt.), F. E. Wachters | Jr., Lambert K. Ladd, M. Kotkin, O. A. Peterson. Electric Light Co., electric contrac- tors, trolley company, gas company, telephone company, railroad N. S. Franklin (Capt.), H. F. Hodge, F. L. Beardsley, T. P. McCauliffe, J. E. Leitch, C. W. Cowles, John Buckley, P. J. Egan. Builders woodworking, carpenters, carriage shops, coal yards, contrac- | tors, stone quarries G. K. MeCauley, (Capt.), C. W. Upson, Henry Donnelly, F. H. Dohrenwend, A. N. Rutherford, H. T. Sherman, John P. Maguire. Sash & Door, sewer & drain, marble workers, mason ‘builders, roofers, lum- ber yards brick dealers, E. C. Erick- son, C. S. Ramsey. Banks theaters, orchestras, brokers, hotels, schools Noah Lucas (Capt.), Chas. Law, Stanley Eddy. City departments, Bert Loomis, (Capt). Mayor O. k. Curtis, Wm. B. Roseberg, Chief Wiliiam J. Rawlings, i Chief William J. Noble. Mrs. Allen Harry Bates, Mrs. Elisha ! Woman's committee, McKinnie (Capt.), Mrs Miss Flora Humphrey, Cooper, Mrs. William Mrs. W. J. Wilbur, Jr., Kimball Mrs. Ernest George W. Traut. Out of town, P. F. McDonough. | Fafnir Bearing Co.—P. N_ Case | Capt.; Geo. Barenborg H & C. and H. & H—E. C. Good- Capt; Logan Page Landers, Frary & Clark—Edward F. Hall, Capt.; Harry A. Traver, Al- bert G. Anderson, Frank Witkin, Roger Brewin. Skinner Chuck Co., Taplin Mfg. Co., Beaton & Cadwell, C. J. White, Minor & Corbin_ Parker Shirt Co.. A- J. Beaton Mfg. Co., Cremo Brewing ; Co., P. J. Flannery, B. Jahn ab Works, A. G. Mrs. | Mrs. Smith, Mfg. etal I | MME. MELLISH T0 SING FAMOUS PUCCINI ARIA Selection From Madame But- terfly Will Feature Sun- day Benefit Concert. An extensive program which will have a great appeal to music lovers has been arranged for the concert to be given under the auspices of the New Britain Chorai society next Sunday afternoon at Fox's theater for the benefit of the New Britain hos- pital fund. Instrumental selections by the Hartford Philharmonic orchestra will be varied with solos by Mme. MME. MARY MELLISH. Mary Mellish of | Opera company. There is a great demand for the tickets, the boxes and loges at the theater having been already over- subscribed. The Hartford orchestra, under the leadership of Robert H. Prutting, is playing for the first time in this city. Seventy men will ap- { pear here. Mme. Mellish is an artist of high standing. She is an American girl who has so combined hard study with her natural talent and a voice of great beauty that she has attained a coveted position. She will feature the great aria from Puccini's Madame Butterfly, “Some Day He'll Come,” with orchestral accompaniment and will also give several selections with piano accompaniment. The complete program musicale follows: Overture to Midsummer Dream Symphony. the Metropolitan for Night's Mendelssohn in E. Minor Dvorak (From the New World.) a. Largo b. Finale, Allegro con fuoco. Aria. “Some day He'll Come” from Madame Butterfly....Puctini Mme. Mellish with Orchestra. Andante Cantabile....Tschaikowsky Introduction to Act - IIL. from Lohengrin-Wagner. Songs with Plano. Tes Yeux ........ One Golden Day The House of Memory A-Whispering ......... Mme. Mellish. Edward F. Laubin at the Piano. Suite. No. 1. “Carmen” . Bizet Les Toreadors. Prelude. Aragonaise. Intermezzo. Les Dragons d’Alcala. Finale, Les Toreadors. . Those who will hold boxes are: G. F. Smith, Mrs. C. 8. Landers, Arthur Kimball, E. A. Moore, A. J. Sloper, E. A. Cooper, N. P. Cooley, Mrs. H. S. Hart, George Kimball, Par- don Rickey, Philip B. Stanley, Mrs. Mortimer Judd, H. L. Judd, F. J. Porter, John Loomis,"H. C. M. Thom- son, the Misses Whittlesey, A. C. Mc- Kinnie, M. S. Hart, Mrs J. A. Traut, G. W. Traut, J. S. North, Mrs. F. L. Hungerford. Mrs. Wm. C. Hungerford. - - .Rabey Screw Corporation to Operate On Saturday George P. Spear of the Corbin Screw corporation announced today aight, but would reopen on Friday and, in order to partially make up for Thursday’s holiday, would work half of the plant on Saturday all day. This concern does not generally oper- ate all day Saturday, but this is neces- sary at this time in order to keep abreast of the orders on file. HELD FOR TRIAL, Frank Briganti and Steve Lise- kuck, of this city, were arraigned before United States Commissioner Frederick J. Corbett yesterday after- noon charged with violation of the Volstead law._ Both the! -Fay Foster | Clash Is Immin Powers Of spective Bod ject Of Con Controversy ! LORD ROBT. CE( HEADS COM Failure of Council, Viviani Resoluf Bring Up Entis Again. Geneva, Nov. 23, (By Press) —A clash between and the assembly of th Nations on the question Tying out of the assemb tion of yesterday for in the Armenian situation a possibility this forene assembly met for today's Committee Is The subject of Arn ) to the fore, the @ rm 4 the make-up of the “ amine into the detai tervention. The commit ed by Lord Robert. Union of South Africa who is a strong p for Armenia and had on ship likewise Rene Vivian whose eloquent plea the assembly into unanim of the resolutions for subject. The other nounced were Senator taine of Belgium, Dr. sen of Norway, Honorip" of Argentina and Signor Ttaly. The order of the day sembly contained several of an apparently innocus promising in themselves n sational interest as! yests | sion developed. The poss] seen, however, that the £ council of the league. night on the Viviani S0 provoke another del and raise the entire que | relations of the council sembly. i R e Clash Is Po The respective powers bodies is looming up as biggest questions before | bly. The clash on this sub, | naturally come in discuss] report of the organizatio sion, in the regular cours could be precipitated by the council to carry out It was known last night, council had met but had action with regard to Ar T Protest is Filed New York, Nov, 23. apgainst the proposal of Viviani, France's spokesm league of nations assembl that negotiations concernin affairs be started with | Kemal was sent today to P president of the league by ican committee for Arme pendence. The message which was from the committee’s natid quarters here, declared ti gotiations would be tantam recognition by the league of ish Nationalist leaders’ go HELBERG-SEABERG X Local Young Couple to Be ) Swedish Lutheran Church Tomorrow- Stuart Hellberg, son of and Mrs. Gustave Hellbers g | street, and Miss Amelia daughter of Mr. and Mrs. iberg of Linden street, will Bj tomorow noon at the’ paso: Swedish Lutheran church. Ohman will officiate. Thi ! attended by Clifford Hellb er of the groom, ad Mrs. HiN ell cousin of the bride. Mr. Hungerford, 'that the factory would close tomorrow Hellbenz will lcave on a wed to New York They will ; home on Linden street on turn. FARR'S PLACE ENTE Burglars effected an entry the place conducted by John at the corner of North an streets. Nothing of value ported taken. The entra effected through a rear wind| MORRIS—HELLBER( S. Hellberg, daughte Gustave Ilcllberg Olga and Mrs