New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1920, Page 1

=== ] NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870, TEXTILE MILLS THROUGHOUT |LEAGUE ADVOCATES |HARTFORD MEN HELD HEAL NMEW BKITAIN. CONNECTICU?T MONDAY, DECEMBER CONN., MASS., AND RHODE IS. ANNOUNCE WAGEREDUCTIONS |woui Have Them Take Military Many Thousands Of Em- SALOONKEEPERS TO BE 'y ployes Are Affected- . General Cut Ave ages About 221/ Per Cent. Union Leaders Intimate That They Will Make Deter- mined Stand Against Ac- cepting New Figures. Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 13—First an- | founcement of actual reduction of __textile operatives’ wages by large mill | corporgtions was made today by the Pacific and the Arlington mills of this eity. Ing pne-halt of the operatives of this textile center, were notified that a re- | effective | sdjustment had been made December 20. In accordance with custom the amount was not stated, but it was understood to approximate 22% peor cent as suggested by a manufac- turers’ conference last week. American Woolen Co. Silent. tion of wage reduction came from the American Woolen Co., whose four mills of which here employ most of the other operatives In the city. The Pacific and Arlington mills make principally cotton cloths but have worsted specialties under pro- duction. Beveral smaller mills which usually have followed the larger Interests, were sald to be contemplating sunilar nction today. 1,600 Are Affected. Lonadale, R. 1., Dee¢. 13—Employes of the Lonedale Co. and the Lincoln Bleachery were notified today that a wage reduction would become effective Pecember 20. The amount was not stated. About 1,600 employees are aftected. 40,000 Others. New Bodford, Mass., Dec. 13—Wage reductions affecting approximately 40,000 operatives, were announced fo- day by all cotton mills afMllated with the New' Bedford cotton manufactur- ers’ association. The reduction amounting to 22% per cent will be- come effective next Monday. Three Mills Curtadl. Pawtucket, R. 1., Dec. 13.—Three textile mills in this city and Cen- tral Falls, employing a total of about 2,500 operatives, announced wage re- ductions today. The amount was not stated but it was generally ex- pected that it would be the same as in other textile centers. The cut is effective December 20. Conn. Mills Also. Daniel#on, Conn., Dec. 13.—The Quinebaum mills here and the Wauregan mills at Wauregan posted nbtices today of a reduction in wages effective a fortnight hence and it is ufvalent to 22 1-2 per cent. The fils are closely related and em- ploy: number 1,600 Notices of wmilar nature have been posted in milly at Plainfleld, Jewett City, Bal- tle, Versailles, Moosup and the Gros- venordale mills at Grosvenordale and At the North Grosvenordale mills. “The Nightingale Morse Mfg. Co. at Putnam, posted a notice of wage re- duction but the amount is not stated. It has long been the policy of tex- tile mills in Connecticut to follow Their 16,000 workers, constitut- | of business | Peter | An No word of its attitude on the ques- | the action of mills in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and in the past 2 years wage Increases or hour schedules almost automatically fol- lowed action elsewhere. Last week manufacturers said that any changes In wages here would be governed by action in Rhode Island. 25,000 in Lowell Lowell, Mass., Dec. 13.—Cotton manufacturers of this city employing 25,000 persons announced wage re- ctions averaging 22 1.2 per cent today The cut is effective January 3. The readjustment will in effect can- cel two Increases voluntarily made by the mills in the past 18 months. It will make an average wage for mill operatives of 321 a week according to the manufacturers’ figures which with an average of New York, Dec. 13.—Reports from mill centers give every Indication that wage reductions announced for De- cember 20 by big cloth manufactur- ing plants will be resisted. John Golden, president of the United Tex- tile Workers of America declared here today Although no official notification of euts announced throughout New Eng- land of approximately 22 1.2 per eent In wages had been received to date, Mr. Golden said that the union's executive committee will consider the situation at a conference here next Friday and Saturday. Norwich, Dec. 13.—The United States Finishing Co posted notices of & wage reduction of 22 1.2 per cent &t it local plant today. About 800 I ' PUT ON TRIAL THURS. Seven Arrested When Police Make Raids—Knife Wield- er Pays Fine of $35. In the cases of seven liquor dispens- ers, Liquor Prosecutor Albert A. Greenberg today requested a continu- ance until Thursday morning. The arrests were made early Saturday evening by the local poiice who visit- ed the various business establishments and confiscated liquor as a result oc which the charges were brought Those taken in are: Bénjamin Hor- witz of 346 Park street, represented bp Judge Bernard Gaffiney; Klement Kalkowski of 404 Main street, repre- sented by Lawyer Stanley Traceski; Albert W. Myers of 284 South Main street, represented by Lawyer M. A. Sexton; Willlam Buckley, proprietor of a saloon at 398 Park street! John Larsan, owner of a South Main street salgon; Edward Emmons whose place is on the railread arcade; Wolgosh of 282 Arch street. have entered pleas of not guilty. The police uncovered with little (Continued on Tenth Page) OVERSEAS IN 36 HOURS Caproni Plans Plane Which Will Carry 300 Pcople Across Ocean in That Time. Rome, Dec. 12.—King Victor Em- manuel was keenly interested today when he was told by Glanni Caproni, the airplane inventor of a projected glant plane which would carry 300 per sons across the Atlantic In about 36 hours. Plans for the machine are now being completed, and provisions are being made for dining -and sleeping ations on board. A smaller airplane designed by Sig- nor Caproni will make its first trial trip in January. This airplane will be capable of carrying 100 persons a dis- tance of 500 miles, it is said. ' RECEIVERS TAKE CHARGE win Try to Company For Benefit of Creditors— Owes One Man $155,000. Stamford, Dec. 13.—The British- American Co. in Springdale was handed over to two receivers ap” pointed by the federal court today. They are Willlam F, Gillespis of Stam- ford and Charles R. Martin of Greén- wich, They will try to continue the busness for the benefit of creditors. Lowenstein Bros., commission mer- chants of New York have claims of $155,000 secured by mortgages on the plant and the Bankers' Trust com- pany $60,000. The company began operating in 1914 and once had 200 hands but now only about 100. The creditors say that with a fair market the business can be put on its feet. To Attend Hartford Thrift Week Meeting Members of the economic commit- tee of the New Britain Industrial council will attend a meeting of the Hartford thrift week cimmittee to- morrow at the Harford Y. M. C. A. Those who represent the local asso- ciation are: C. 8. Neumann, H. § Cook, F. W, Macomber, Mr. Morrow, H. Y. Stearns and W H. Attwood. Run British-American CURTAILS SCHEDULE. Beginning today, the Stanley Rule and Level company went onto a re- duced working schedule of five days a week, nine hours a day. Whether or not the factory will work Satur- day mornings has not been definitely decided. HOBLITZEL SIGNS CONTRACT Reading, P Dec. 13.—Richard C. Hoblitzel, former first baseman of the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox has signed a contract to manage the Reading International league club next season, it was announced today. City of Cork Devastated Herald “Ads” Me4 Better Busine 13, 1920. —TWELVE PAGES e PRICE THREE C‘l:-l Y HELD FOR TRIAL SATURDAY | CONTROL BY POLES FOR FEDERAL COURT| CHECK HE GAVE TO RED CROSS WA FOR SAME AMOUNT AS HE IS SHG Supervision of Danzig RNATIONAL COURT UP ' Plan as Outlined at Today's Session Asst. U. §. Dist. Atty. Gohen Dis- | | With Preliminary Hearing | penses | HOUSE PASSES JOHNSON IMMIGRATION BILL BUT IT MAY BE LOST IN SENATE (SURPRISE FOR ACCUSED, Differs in Some Respects From That United States Court Will Sit Tomor- Offered by Elihu Root of the United ! States. Geneva, Dec. Press)—Military control of Danzig by Poland has been recommendec to the. council of the league of nations in & report from the military commission. A request from the Polish government alleged that military control of the port of Danzig was necessary to insure the transport of food munitions and J. Corbett of the 16 co raw materials to Poland. Separate action by the premiers of France and Great Britain on matters 13.—(By Associated | ! row Morning and Hear These Cases —One Woman Denies She Kept An Tlicit Still. Hartford, Dec. 13.—It was 3 bomb- shell of surprise that Assisant U. S. District Attorney George H. Cohen | sprang on_the attorneys for erstwhile liquor dealers today when at the out- set of what were supposed to be hear- ings before Commissioner Frederick o.ses of Volstead "act violations in this city growing out of the big raid of Saturday night, Attorney Cohen said that under a new before the assembly of the league of ryling by Federal Judge Garvin in the nations are made the subject of SharD ' Louis Achen case in comment by the committee on admis- ston of new states. Lord Robert Cecil, representing South Africa; N. W. Brooklyn he could have all the cases bound over to the federal court, which sits in Hartford tomorrow no matter what Rowell of Canada and Dr. Nansen of action the commiss’oner took. Norway, agree in criticising the action of these governments in announcing Federal Men Late. The announcement came from Mr. policies regarding such questions as Cohen because the Boston contingent the admission of ‘Armenia tives at the assembly. International Court. Leon Bourgeois of France has pre- sented a report from the committee on an international court. The plan differs from Elihu Root's plan chiefly ¢ o in the fact that jurisdiction of the trihunal would be voluntary inst:ad of obligatory. United States Senator Medill Mec- through of the 80 federal agents who under other channels than their representa- Prohibit'on Enforcement Agent ; Thomas McAuliffe swooped down on | Hartford Saturday night were not ex- pected back to this city until 11:30 this forenoon and the 16 arrested men were at the federal bu'lding at 10 t')'t:locll(1 for a hearing. The wet goods station, but had not been analyzed of course, and as only one or two of i the Connecticut agents took part in the arrests the evidence Mr Cohen Cormick watched proceedings during had to present was not ready. this morning session from the press, gallery. The plan as proposed to the | sembly by the committee differs as- in Court Mects Tomorrow. As a result of the situation, al- though no one waived examination, no one insisted on a hearing and the someé respects from the plan formu- ‘commissioier entered a plea of not lated by Elihu Root and his associates gu'lty for each accused man last summer. in the matter of jurisdiction. The committee agreed with the decision o'clock Tuesday- Brusszls furnished $500 bonds each. of the league's council at that it would be impossible to get the and The chief difference is held him under bonds for appearance before the U. S. district court at 10 Most of the men Mrs. Joseph Lincoln of Wilson sta- | necessary number of ratifications by tion appeared before the commission- ! members for a plan permitting an | aggrieved nation to cite another na- | tion into court, and it was decided to supstitute 4 more flexible plan, under which a member may agree or not agree to compulsory arbitration. Regret Argentine Plan. The. proposal of the Argentine dele- gation that the arbitration court at The Hague be abolished, it being held that the new court will render decis- lons according to the rules and forms of law, and that an institution or- ganized for purely arbitral decisions | will still be required, Ratification of the court plan must be by a majority of the members of the league, or 22 states, this being required before the court is brought into being. « ° * HAS RIGHT T0-SHOOT | er this afternoon and pleaded guilty to keeping a still. bound over to the federal court. FOR NURSES’ TRAINING Hospital Course is Extended to . Three Years and Added Facilities for Studying Are Given Those Who Enroll. The directors of the New Britain Hospita! Training school for Nurses have decided to lengthen the course not i | of training from two and one-half t0 woulq be a grave danger to the presi- him with a pistol while three years and is now prepared to accept as students New Britain girls ‘who must, hbwever, have had the equivalent of two years at High school and proof of good character. The last six months of the course is to be devoted.to practical work in contagious diseases and public health Court So Rules in’l-‘rwlllg Storekeep- | work while the first three months is er Who Shot Man He Found Rob- bing His Store. Meriden, Dec. 13—That the store- keeper was within his rights in shoot- ing to protect his property was held today by Police Judge Thomas P. Dunne when he freed Frank Skrzyn- iarz, veteran street grocer, who after his place had been robbed several times, on November 6 shot and almost fatally wounded Henry Slavinski, 17, whom he had caught in the store in the early morninz. Slavinski, who was | released from the Meriden hospital | last week, was bound over in $500 on a burglary charge. MORE WHISKEY SEIZED Federal Agents, Getting Busy at Stam- ford, Capture Much Liguor and 9 \ Several Cars. Stamford, Dec. 13.—A little more whiskey was added to what they had ' by the prohib.tion enforcement agents here during the past 48 hours ending at noon today when 15 cases were seized and 16 gallons of alcohol taken in the confiscation of four high priced ' automobiles. Seven arrests were made lol men charged with trying to forcement zone. The machines were stopped between Stamford and Nor- folk and brought here, Each man was held in $500 for a hearing. by Fire Which Does $15,000,000 Damage; Irish Blame the British London, Dee 2.—British troops stood guard today over twisted and blackened ruins left by the fires which Saturday night and yesterday swept virtually unchecked through the city of Cork. Charges are made that police auxilaries, maddened by the Killing and wounding of comrades by am- bushed Sinn Feiners on Saturday, loosed the fire demon on the city. Estimates of the loss run as high as Hours of terror were spent by the people of Cork during Saturday night. | It is sald several lives were lost, and despatches declare two brothers named Delaney were called from their | homes and shot, one of them fatallp. | Two districts of Cork were swept by flames. In the business section along St. Patrick street from Mork to (Continued on Tenth Page) smuggle the fluids through the en- | entirely probationary work during which time the students will study in class rooms, getting practical exper- ience on mannikins Defore they go on the floor to care for patients. Miss Graham, who has charge of this work | at the hospital wiill receive applicu-] tions or give added inrormation. The facilities- for nurses’ training | have also been increased by a full’ time supervisor, a full time instructor, a full time dietician and a specialist in drugs, etc. The course at the hos- pital now is said to be second to none. KING WILL NOT ABDICATE Report As False—Says He Never Intended to | Constantine Nails This Take Such Action- The Associated Press).—Constantine The Associated Press).—Cinstantine today personally declared he would not abdicate the Greek throne. Prof. Georgios Streit, his confidential ad- visor last week denied reports that Constantine might abdicate in favor of Crown Prince George, but today’s utterance by Constantine was his first direct statement on the subject. “I will not abdicate and never had any such intention,” he said in his farewell interview with the corre- spondents. H Prices of Raw Sugar Still Going Downward | New York, Dec. 13.—New low rec- ord prices were established for re- fined sugar here today The Fedcral Sugar Refining Co. reduced its list price another half cent to the basis of 8 1-4 cents per pound for fine| granulated Other refiners, who had mantained their list prices of 9 cents, ! | reduced their quotations to 8 3-4 | cents. i WEATHER | —_—— il Hartford. Conn., Dec. 13.— | Forecast for New Brita‘n and | vicinity: Rain, warmes (night :l ! and Tuesday. el S e e . the raid were at the police | | Measure, As Amended, Would Stop Influx of All Aliens For Period of One Year. Washington, Dec. 13.—The son immigration bill, prohibit all of one year, was passed today by the house. It now goes to the senate, where its defeat is predicted, by senate ' leaders. HAIRGUTS A QUARTER | AND SHAVES 15 GENTS Price Cutting Hits New Hav- en Where Baker Also Reduces His Charges. New Haven, Dec. 13.—Price cut- ting struck the barbers trade today. A number of places which have had ! the union scale although non-union "today reduced hair-cutting to 25 cents most one-half former prices. ] One wholesale baker cut the price of bread one cent a loaf. SHIPPING BOARD PROBE Denman Says He Always ‘Thought It Unwise to Have President’s Rela- tive Employed By Organization. Washington, Deo 13.—Empldy- | ment of R. Vi Bolling, brother-in-law of President Wilson, by the Shipping board, was first proposed in June 1917 but no action was taken, William Denman of San Francisco, first chair- man of the board testified today be- fore the special house committee in- vestigating Shipping Board operations. Mr. Bolling now is treasurer of the board. “I felt” said Mr. Denman, “that it She was | dent to have such a man in our em- ploy, because he probably would be the object of designing persons who might-want to get him in an om- barrassing position.” Under the administration of E. N. Hurley of Chicago his successor as chairman, the board erred, he said, in failing to follow recommendations for the construction of a large fleet of Diesel motor ships and for the sep- aration of its operation and con- struction activities. 6 WOULD CLEANSE TOWN Statc Department Asked to Protest Against Vice Conditions at Tia Juana, Mexico, Near San Diego. \ ‘Washington, Dec. 13.—The state de- partment today was petitioned to pro- test to the Mexcan government against alleged “vice conditions’ in Tia Juana, Mexico, across the border from San Diego, Cal. and until such conditions ; Were corrected, to deny passports to Americans desiring to go there. The petiton was signed by the mayor and officials of civic and public welfare organizations of San Dego and was presented to representatives of the. Methodist board of temperance,, American Federation of Labor, anti- saloon league and other national or- gan zatians. The petition declared “fully 90 per cent” of arrests made in San Diego ‘were “traceable to evils in Tia Juana.” Until these conditons were corrected, it said, it would be “impossible for San Diego to free itself from prosti- tution and traffic in drug: 40 YEARS A PRIEST Rev. John T. Winters, Pastor of St. Mary’s Church to Observe Anni- versary Next Sunday. Rev. John T. Winters, pastor of St. Mary's church, left this noon for Bal- timore, Md., where he will attend a reunion of his class in that city tomor- row. Father Winters attended St. Charles preparatory school and com- pleted his theological studes at St. Mary's Seminary in 1880. He will ob- serve the 10th anniversary of his ordination to the’ priesthood next Sunday. Father Winters came to St. Mary's church in this city, 18 years 2go, succeeding the late Rev. William A. Harty- John- | as amended to; immigration for a period | and shaves to 15 cents, which is al-' ROBBERS GET $10,000 i | ; { ! Also Ransack American Rail- way Express Co. Office At Metuchen, N. J. Metuchen, N, J., Dec. 13.—The | American Railway Express Co. office ;and the postoffice and several cars !lying in railroad yards here were suc- cessively broken into since Saturday night by thieves who made off with Joot, the value of which has not yet been estimated. The thefts were dis- covered early today. Aj the express office a rear win- !dow was forced and the iron bound ! money box looted. The empty box was found near the arscnal at Raritan. | Postmaster David A. Powers this ‘ morning, found the foor of the office ;safe off its hinges and more than §10.000 in stamps and coin missing. Letters and mail bags scattered about }indlcated that the robbers took their j time to the job. An investigation of the freight car raids, only a few blocks away from the postoffice, is being made by rail- road officials. The ~eal estate office of FEdger Campbell, adjoining the express office also was robbed. The value of proper- ty taken was not made public. A. M. Thompson, agent of the ex- { press company told the police that the office strongbox had contained only $40. THUGS GETTING CARELESS ‘Take €oliar and Tie from New Yorker But Fail to Notice Roll of Bills on the Floor. New York Dec. 13.—New York thugs are becoming meticulous. Two today called on Louis Lieberman, a Brooklvn cigar seller, and one who was without a collar and necktie took Lieberman’s without molesting either his person or his bankroll. “Waddye think this 1s a haberdash- ery?” Lieberman later declared he had asked the two men, as one“covered the other assisted the trembw=ing Lieberman digits to divest him of his sartorial fiery. Ther the pair departéd, Lieberman possessed by a .sense leaving of having been needlessly cautious when | unseen by the highwaymen he had kicked his fat roll of greenbacks under CHILD KIDNAPPED | 14 Year Old Son of Fresno, Cal. Man | 1 ANOTHER is Held for Ransom of $3,000, Au- thorities Learn. Fresno, Cal, Dec, 13.—The ! napping last Frday of Whliam Rowell {14 vear old son of Milo L. Rowell of Ithis city, became known with the |lad's escape from his captor last | night. { The police have arrested I. M. ! Stalker, who they say admitted writ- ing a letter demanding $3,000 ransom for the return of the boy. Newspapermen who were present when the district attorney questioned Stalker said he declared he wanted mohey “to help a prison pal who doing 50 years to get his release.” ' SUPREME COURT DECISIONS Lamar and Martin Stand Convicted —Bisbee “Deportation Committee” Indictpents Arc Quashed, Sustain- ing Lower Court. ‘Washington, Dec .13.—Conviction in New York of David Lamar, “the wolf of Wal, street’” ard Henry B. Martin { on charges of conspiring to prevent ! transportation of munitions of war to the Allies will stand as a result of the supreme court’s dismussal today of the writ of error obtained by the defend- ants. The supreme court also sustained federal court decrees quashing indict- ments brought aganst 25 defendants who are charged wi» participating in the deportation of 221 alleged undesir- ables from Bisbee, Ariz. into New Mexico In July 1917: WINSTED MILL CLOSES. Winsted, Conn., Dec. 13—TFor the lack of orders, the New England Knit- ting Co. will shut down on Friday for an indefinite period, L. W. Tiffany, general n.anager announced today. He said that no one seemed to be in need of underwear just mow. LOOT AT POST OFFICE! kid- | | he Was Former Tre Of That Organiza This City And P: This Sum On No i 15, Investigation | Is $8,075.35 Behind counts At U. S. Hartford — Makes tary Confession. RELEASED FROM IN BONDS OH Raymond R. Healy, de president of the United Stati Hartford, was arraigned be Wlexander W. Creedon in th police court this morning, with embezzlemen: of $8,0] through his counsel and] friend, Judge George W. Ki city, entered a plea of not case was continued until day morning, under a bond the same amount that for lLis release last evening spent in a cell at the Ha slation. Frank H. Holm a member of the board of p! in this city at the time_ served as chairman, and # body when Mr. Healy was Mayor George A- Quigley,: as surety until next Saturdi The revelations showing dishonesty on part of Mr. Hj bank, were made by hi and were not the discovery officials,persons connected in the case said today. ! ' There was a general su city when it was announced that owing to disagreemen policy at the bank, Mr. Hea dropped as an official. Wil nouncement of the dism came also a statement from John O. Enders of the Uni , Bank, that there were no . ties in Mr. Healy’s business the institution. ] Voluntary Confessi ' Shortly before 5 o’clock t morning, Mr. Healy unac entered the Hartford polid Iand to the officer in chary ! his story, and immediately placed behind the -bars. booked on the police sl with embezzlement, Word 9 diately sent to this friends of the accused, were taken to take of his temporary prg During yesterday afterno dent John O. Enders issued ment to the eflfect that a examination had shown { was short at the bank to of $8,075.38. The statement) dent Enders follows: “‘Until last evening the mation the bank had did any defalcation by Healy. now from his own statemen tarily made to me early thi that he is short $8,0 . falcation was accomplished b; a card among the depositors’ thus showing a balance in on a fictitious account in hi ‘treasurer’ giving an appai sufficient to meet a check had drawn on the 'bank. | *In this way he scceeded ! the check honored without ! any discrepancy in the balance. “*Apparently he took the nf der pressure of being requires good a shortage of funds hi treasurer of a charitable org this shortage antedating his Hartford into our employ. “The bank is fully profect indemnity bond against the { _The bonding company is- * Casualty & Surety Company ford. 1 t Restitution Made Hel From the admissions mad Healy, the shortage at the | the result of money taken to cover a deiflcit in his acco the local branch of the Red which he served as treasureq leaving the New Britain T pany, where he was treasure! position in the United States Mr. Healy, accompanied by’ went to the home of Preside: early Saturday night, and fo conference. with that o™d . lasted until early yester: g went to the H ! station. When placed in thing, that could be tendere) making the prisoner comfort] done. However, when he to the detective bureau to mee the loss of sleep and the exci (Continued on Eleventh