New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1920, Page 1

=== INEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870, STANLEY WORKS AND/ SENATOR BORAH PRESENTS RESOLUTION RULE SHOP T0 SHUT DOWN FOR ONE WEEK LOOKING TOWARD U. S.-BRITAIN- JAPAN PACT TO CUT NAVAL PROGRAM IN HALF Vice President Bennett Announces Plan ‘Would Make E.ach Nation to Agree to Th'xs Reduc- tion For Next Five Years—League of Nations Also! That From Christmas to New Year’s Neither Con- cern Will Operate —_— AFTER JAN. 1 HOURS ARE T0 BE SOMEWHAT SHORTER Officials Will Meot in Interim and | Decide Just What Working Sched- Washington, Dec. 14.—A resolution requesting the president to open ne- gotlations with Great Britain and Japan for an agreement to reduce naval buillding programs 50 per cent for the next five years was introduced in the senate today by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho The resolution would declare it to be the opinian of congress that the United States would make such a re- ule Is to Be—Mills Th hou e ':aucmm if an agreement could be Mass, New Hampshire and Rhode | brought about and asserted that the Tsland Continue to Ourtail in Both Has Tentative Agreement to Put Immediate End to Growth of All Armaments. Geneva, Dec. 14—(By the Asso- clated Press)—An agreement among the powers to put an immediate end | to the growth of armaments is con- templated by the disarmament com- mittee at today's session of the as- scmbly meeting. ,Hjalmar Branting of Sweden and H. L. Fisher of Great Britain said that the committee while in fovor of the speediest possible disarmament was forced to the conclusion that the ; moment had not arrived when it would be possible. ““There are countries with the most powerful armament bullding facilities outside the league” said Mr. Fisher, “and disarmament can begin only when it is universal.” navies of Great Britain and Japan were the only ones of power sufficient Wages and Working Hours, It was announced today that the to require American attention. Btanley Works and the Stanley Rule Sring the ‘i?'“i““.i.;"'c:lf.'.:n.“.“'.';is_l 5"’"“" WES PRIZE FOR HURDERING MAN New Year's day. Vice-president Clar- wonce F'. Bennett of the Stanley Works sald, when asked about conditions New York Police Learn That Black Hand Ordered Colosimo’s Death. nfter January first, that operations would be continued in both factories but an somewhat sherter hour: The above comclusion was reached At a consultation of the factory heads ut the Stanley Works yesterday after. noon. There will be another meeting Of the officials, superintendents and ‘managers before It ls decided what number of hours the factories will op- S erate as a weekly schedule. Rhode Island to Vote. Pawtucket, R. 1., Dec. 14.—The at- titude of the Rhode Island textile gpuncil toward the wage reduction announced by many mills in this state | last May was slain at the behest of a will be decided by the men and wom- | powerful black hand organization in sn affected by the cut, Harry Eat.! New York and that the prize for the ough, & member of the council, said | murder was $150,000 was revealed by loday that the sentiment of the work- | the police today. A request to the New ors would be obfained at mass meet- | York police was made by Chief Fitz- Ings called In “every part of the | morris for a picture of a notorious te. eNw York gunman believed to have been the actual slayer. Got Black Hand Letter. Rooce Destefano, executor of Colo- simo's estate teld the police that the murdered nen was well known to have had 150 $1,000 bills in his pos- session the day before he died and that no trace of this money could be found after the murder. Destefano gave the police a blackhand letter de- manding this money. = JURY IS DELIBERATING. Kranz, Roche and Bednar Will Prob- - Chicago, Dec. ' 14.—New evidence indicating that “Big Jim" Colosimo, weéalthy .afe proprietor and under- world leader who was shot to death Amoskeag Mills Olose. Manchester, N. H., Dec 14.—The %. Co. today announced v 10-day_shutGown . vommencing De- t#mber 22 and a wage reduction ¥2 1.2 per cent. Work will be umed under the new wage schedules | on January 3, the cotton divisions working, three days a week and wor- | sted departments which have been | Mie tor several months resuming fradually. The mills employ 13,600 persons. Nashua Affected. Nashua, N. H, Dec. 14.—A reduc- Hon and readjustment of wawes will bpcome effective In the Nashua and Jackson mills of the Nashua Mfg. Co The mills together employ 5,000 in he manufacture of cotton goods. The innouncement sald nothing to the Amount of the reduction. Charge They Must Plead. Bridgeport, Dec. 14.—The grand jury met here at 11 o'clock today for the purpose of determining the degree of the crimes for which Max Kranz of this city, Joseph Roche of Danbury and Joseph Bednar of this city are charged. After lisening to the charge by Judge George Hinman, in which he defined the various degrees of murder and manslaughter, the grand jury retired to consider the evi- dence. | late today. But Few At Work. Springfleld, Mass., Dec. 14.—The plant of the Hodges Fibre Carpet Co. which has been closed since Novem- bor & when the members of the tex- Wle workers union refused to nccept A 16 per cent wage reduction which the management stated was the only | vay the plant could be kept running, # In operation again today though with considerably less than the full| vorking force. Under the old scale , murder in Newtown on November 7 R was sald that men were receiving | of Arthur V. Donahue, & New York petween $36 and $40 and the women newspaperman. Bednar is ~harged Potween $22 and $24. with the murder of Andrew I uss on the night of September 11 in this city. GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES — Five Intertm Appointments Annownc- 04, Composed of Clark, Cheney, Ad- ler, Platt and Day. Hartford, Dec. 14.—Five Inur|m| sppointments of Governor Holcomb | ade since the adjqurnment of the ' it legiature for terms ending with fhe sitting of the next legislature, will , bo continued In effect by the incoming ' ernor, Everett J. Lake, according ' 8 announcement by him today. The men are Walter H. Clark, Hartford ate board of charities; Louis R. / Eheney, Hartford, and Frederick M. | Alder, New Haven directors of Con- | Wectiout Reformatory; Philo T. Plnu,i Newtown, state board of agriculture; David 8. Day, Bridgeport, state board ¥ pardons. » ANY SIGNIFICANCE? Geneva Insists Constantine Won't Ro- main on Throne—Two Greeks, With Bombs Arrested. Paris, Dec. 14.—Constantine will not smain long on the throne of Greece, Ay Geneva dispatches to newspapers ¥ this city. The correspondents de- tlare they obtained this information b personage closely connected ¥ith Constantine.” He Is quoted as Mying that after a brief interval Con- Mntine will abdicate In favor of Prince George, Duke of Sparta. State Trade School Directors Hold Mecting Today and Decide on Com- menting Dates of Schools. At the weekly meeting of the Trade School &rectors, held today at the New Britain Trade School, .it was vot- ed to open the Instructor Training Centers on Friday night, January 7, 1#1, at New Britain, Danbury, Mer- fden, South Manchester, Torring- ton, Putnam, and Stamford. The date of opening for the New Haven center will be annouced later. Today's meeting was devoted toa dis- cussion of the topic “What auxiliary material must trade school instructors be prepared to teach.” The Department of Vocational Ed- ucation of the State Board of Educa- tion is Introducing this movement for the profeasonal advancement of in- structors already in the schools and for the purpose of providing expert tradesmen with an opportunity to fr themselves for trade instructional work. Provisions are being made for the training of four hundred men throughout the state. Application for admission to any of the centers shoyld be made to the director of the State Trade school nearest the applicant’s place of residence. SUGAR STILL DROPPING New York, Dec. 14.—The American Sugar Rfg. Co. announced today that another reduction of 1-4 cents in the price of refined sugar to the basis of Paris, Dec, 14.~Two Greeks carry- | 8 1-2 cents per pound for fine granu- g passports for Lucerne and in pos- Lmea. Qutations of other refiners, re- (sesalon of bomh _been acrested ~ maining unchanged, ranged from 3 ably Know Tollay to What Murder | The jury Is expected to report Kranz and Roche are held for the' INJURIES PROVE FATAL Driver of Deputy Fire Chief’s Car in Waterbury Dies As Result of Acci- dent Thanksgiving Day. Waterbury, Dec. 14.—Frank H. Sut- n, member of the local fire depart- for Deputy Chief ‘Thomns J. Lynch, died this afternoon at a hospital here, of injuries re- ceived early in the morning of Thanksgiving Day. Sutton was re- turning from a firemen's ball in Nau- gatuck and just after alighting from "an automobile on South Main street he was struck by a car driven by Peter ‘Salomone of 7 Adelaide street, Hart- ford. Sutton was knocked down and his skpll was fractured. The police made an investigation of the acci- dent but Salomone was not orfdered held at the time. EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES WORRIES HEALTH DEPT. Superintendent War;s Par- ents of Children to Watch For Symptoms. toi ment and driver A serious epidemic of measles has established a firm foothold in this city, | Dr. J. R. Harris, sugerintendent of the health department warned tRBis af- | ternoon and unless a better spirit of | co-operation with the health authori- | ties is shown, the results may be; serious. The superintendent has per- sonally investigated conditions at one school where 10 children were taken ' down with the illness in the course of | three days and in not one case had a doctor been summoned. The depart- | ment is almost powerless to prevent | the spread of the sickness unless properly reported when the first symptoms, viz., sneezing, sore throat | and Dbleary-eyes, show themselves. | Whenever possible, the cases will be isolated at the new City hospital. The real danger from an epidemic such as has made its appearance now comes in its after-effects, it is ex- plained. Numerous pneumonia cues' are the direct result of measles while | countless tuberculosis cases are given rise in measles cases that were not | properly handled. . Considerable improvement is noted !in the diphtheria situation for the past few days. There is 'but one case | at the isolation hospital for treatment. Tomorrow evening at the council mect- llnx, when the matter of the adoption of the new hospital comes up, the su- perintendent will make an effort to impress it upon the minds of the council members that the institution will be very much needed in handling measles and possibly pneumonia cases | later. PASSENGER PLANE FALLS Pilot, Mechanic and Two Passengers Killed in Crash of Paris-London Machine. London, Dec. 14.—A large passen- ger airplane which was leaving for | Paris from Cricketwood near London, |wnh six passengers this morning fouled a tree, burst into flames and crashed to the ground. The pilot, a | mechanic and (wo passengers were killed. The four who lost their lives were pinned beneath wreckage and burn- ed to death, calling frantically for help which it was impossible to render | in time to save them. Of the four pas- sengers who escaped two were slightly hurt but the others were not injured. There were no Americans aboard the machine. Hartford Wants Federal Unit of National Guard Hartford, Dec. 14.—Application has been made to the war department in Washington for the federalization of a National Guard company in Hart- t Connec | | 1 ord q 0 Herald “Ads” Better Busine TERRORISM REIGNS IN SOUTH NORWALK Town ‘Well Guarded Against Strikers —Incendiarism Charged—Strike- breaker's Life Threatened. South Norwalk, Dec. 14.—Fire, de- clared by Chief George Bogardus to be ‘of incendiary origin broke out, just before midnight in one of the sheds adjoining the property of the Andrew Radell Oyster Co. here, destroying the shed. Waste, soaked wth kerosene oil, was found by the firemen and it was discovered that the rear door of the shed had been forced open. The Radel Oyster Co., together with four other oyster packing houses, have been hav- ing trouble with the colored oyster openers from the south, who have formed a union and have presented de- mands for higher wages. Strikebreak- ers from New Haven have been im- ! ported by the packers to open oysters, and threats have been made that dam- i age wifl be done to the packers’ plants /unless the use of strikebreakers is stopped. Armed guards discovered the fire, and one of the watchmen fired at two men who were seen running from the scene of the blaze. This morning the police made known that a man employed as an oyster opener was held up and told by two colored men that if he went to work tcday he would be killed. The police have been stationed along Water street, where the packers’ plants ‘are located, and searchlights have been mounted for use at night. GRIM REAPER THROWS | GIPP IN LIFE’S GAME Famous Notre Dame Foot- ball Star Dies Early This Morning. South Bend, Ind., Dec. 14.—George Gipp, Notre Dame football played,died at 3:23 o'clock this morning from stregptococcic throat disease. 3ipp, whose playing won him coun- try-wide recognition and made him a choice for a position on an all-Amer- ican eleven, had been ill since the Notre . Dame-Northwestern game on November 20. Pneumonia helped weaken the ath- lete. Epecialists called from Chicago succeeded in ridding his system of pnqumonia, however, but Gipp did not have the stamina left to ward off the poison resulting from the throat af- fection. During the final hours of his fight for life Gipp was ratiopal and was said to show remarkable grit as he gradually grew weaker. His mother, brother and sister were at the bed- side when he died. Gipp first jumped into the spotlight as an unusual football player when Notre Dame clashed with the Army 1n 1919, when his kicking, forward pass- ing, field running and generalship won him the plaudits of the asStern foot- ball erities. One ray of happiness was brought into the athlete’s few remaining hours illnes§ he was also informed that he been Selected as a player on a mythi- cal all-American eleven. During his illness he was also nformed that he had been offered a contract by the Chicago National league baseball club. Gipp was 24 years old and was a senior at Notre Dame, being a law student. His home was in Laurium, HELD AS BURGLARS New Haven Men Held in Bonds of $4.000 Worth of Cloth. Meriden, Valentine 14.—Raymond C. Newman, Dec- and Alexander | both of New Haven, were charged in the local court this morning with theft, burglary and conspiracy in con- nection with the disappearance of $4,000 worth of suiting material from Joseph Grenon’s tailor shop last Thursday night and its recovery in a New Haven dwelling Saturday, when the men were arrested. L. Hadden, of New Haven, appeared | as counsel for the accused and secur- ed a continuance until next Thursday, but bonds were not reduced from $10,- 000 each deypite his protest. He intimated that the defense would be an alibi. Ponzi is “Scrub-Woman,” Also Prison Librarian Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 14.—The country jail received a new librarian when Charles Ponzi, get-rich schem- er, became an inmate. After Ponzi had finished his morning chores to- day he put his mop and broom away and began the work of cataloguing the books of the jail library. As a young man just arrived in th's country he had performed duties of this na- ture for a university in the south several years ago. Tl T e WEATHER e Hartford, Conn., Dec. 14.— Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Rain, colder tonight; Wednesday generally fair and colder. | | | | | * Lawyer Wm. | NEW BRIiTAIN, CONNECTICU1. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1920. —TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE CE REPUDATES GNFESSUON | PROFITEERING IN COAL I NATIONAL DISGRACE, STA Prisoners Protests Innocence and Says Police Made Him Admit Orime By Using Third Degree. South Norwalk, Dec. 14.—Antonio Strolls, of 71 Main street, Stamford, arrested in that city for complicity in robberes there, and brought to this city yvesterday on a warrant charging him with burglary here, charged in the Norwalk police court this morning that he had been subjected to the “third degree” by the Stamford and Norwalk police in order to obtain a confession that he was one of four men who on the night of November 20, robbed the store of Shuman Bros. of this city of $200 worth of cigars, clzarettes and candy. Strolls was bound over to the criminal superior court by Judge George H. Vosburgh under bonds of $1,500, probable cause having been found. In court this morning, Strolls protested his inno- cence and claimed that the Stamfora and Norwalk police authorities haa “worked on his nerves until he didn’t know what he was doing.” He also claimed that he had not signed the confession produced in court by Chief of Police William R. Pennington, in which it was admitted that he, to- gether with Vincent Vartabedian of 1690 Seaview avenue, Bridgeport, and Ralph Collins of 17 Emmett street, Stamford had broken into the Shu- man store. Accompanying them was Albert Shopbaz of 2182 Seaview ave., Bridgeport. These last three were held by the Stamford court for the criminal superior court under bonds of $5,000 each for felonious assault on a storekeeper of that city, and were Inot brought to this city for trial. URGE REORGANIZATION Plan Submitted to Divorce It From Emergency Fleet Corp. and Select Capable Manager. Washington, Dec. 14.—Reorganiza- tion of the Shipping Board by divorc- ing from it the Emergency Fleet corp. and the selection of men experienced in varied lines of shipping industry, management of each crganization were among “constructive suggestions” sub- mitted today by Martin J. Gillen of ‘Wisconsin to the house committee investigating the Board's operations. Mr. Gillen was executive assistant to John Barton Payne, when Mr. Payne was chairman of the Board and re- cently declined appointment as a member of thy new board. Separation of the board and the fleet corporation Mr. Gillen said, would enable the board to give its entire at- tention to the problems arising from the management of the war-time heri- tage of 1400 government owned ships. The fleet corporation should func- tion only as “a liquidating corpora- tion” Mr. Gillen said. Its duties would be to clean up the vast volume of ac- counting, completion of céntracts sale of ships and surplus materal which the armistice left on the government’s hands. HOTEL BOND CASE UP Counsel for Hartford Firm Declines to Answer to Charge of Violating Lever Act. Hartford, Dec. 14.—Arthur L. Ship- man, secretary and counsel for the Hotel Bond Co. Inc., appeared before U. S. District Judge Edwin L. Thomas in the federal court this morning when the case was called by U. S. District Attorney Edward L. Smith, to plead to an indictment returned last week charging violation of the Lever act in having sold food at an | excessive price on-the day of the Yale-Harvard football game at New ' Haven. i | indictment and motions were not suf- ficient in law and the hotel company was not bound to answer. Walter Cohen of Ngw York was fined $300 for violation of the Vol- | stead act. WEW TALE PROFESSOR ‘Samuel W. Dudley of Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Will Have Chair of Mechanical Engineering. New Haven, Dec. 14.—Samuel W. ‘Dudley, at present chief engineer of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., has !been chosen professor of mechanical { engineering on the Strathcona Foun- | dation by the Yale corporation, it was 'announced today. Prof. C. J. Tilden of the department ' of engineering mechanics, the an- nouncement also says, has accepted ‘the directorship of a national move- * ment which has for its immediate ob- ject the laying of a broad education- al program along highway engineer- ‘souj] uopwiodsuwi) femysiy puw Sup the details of which are yet to be announced. i Fire Dept. Squadron to [ Keep Snow Off Streets | New York, Dec. 14.—Establishment by the fire department of emergency ; motor squads to keep the streets clear- ed of snow was announced today. Sixty four tractors manned by 396 fire fighters, will be used. The squads were organized because of the diffi- culties encountered by the department last winter when streets were blocked o me Mr. Shipman entered a gen- | $10,000, Are Accused of Stealing cral demurrer, setting forth that the | now running 10 hours | CITY. COLLECTORSHIP Proposition Submitted Mayor to Combine Work of Two Offices. | i to If a proposition submitted by a num- ber of influential citizens, including several city officials, is received with favor, the office of collector of per- sonal taxes will be abolished in con- nection with proposed charter revi- sions. Mayor Curtis stated this morn- ing. The plan of these favoring such a step is to have the work handled by the tax collector in connection with his other duties. J. Willie Mills is the present incumbent of the office of per- sonal tax collector and Bernadotte Loomis that of tax collector. Those who favor abolishing the office argue that it would systematize tax collections and at the same time would effect a saving for the city. Just what that saving would be cannot be figured since the personal tax collec- tor receives no stated salary for his work, a percentage of his collections over a stated amount, fixed by the charter, being his remuneration for work done. Out of that amount he is required to pay the salary of what- ever clerical force is found necessary for the office. It is probable that the matter will come up for discussion tomorrow evening at the December meeting of the common council when the matter of charter revisions is discussed. A second proposition being considered, although it has not gained the pop- ularity of the first move, would have the tax collector handle the collection | BREAD IS LOWER HERE - Bakers in Several Instances Cat Prices —Further Reductions to' Come in Early Part of 1921. 2 Reductions in the price of bread from 18 to 16 cents a loaf have been madé by some local bakers and others are expected to follow their suit within a short time. President J. M. Hallinan of the New Britain Bakers' association will call a meeting of that organiza- tion shortly to take action upon a proposition for general Further cuts may be anticipated in about tour ‘or- five weeks, one local baker explains, since flour is nowf sell- ing at the mills at a lower figure than that of several months. However, it will not reach the market until after the new year and until that time bread will be made out,of flour bought at the higher price and making necessary a higher selling price. MACHINE 0. HAS OVERTIME — Three Large Departments of Local Factory* Working 55 Tours a Week to Fullfill Orders on Hand. The New Britain Machine company has found it necessary within, the past few days to increase production .in certain departments to fullfill | orders, About a week ago the plant {announced a schedule of eight hours day, five days a week. Three of the largest departments of the factory are i day and five | hours on Saturday. The odepartments which are running are: the screw | products department, the tool room and the automatic department. The | office force is now running from 8 {to 12 and from 1 to 5:20. The rumor ithat the Machine company has re- ceived a large order from the Ford | Automobile company could not be | confirmed. | BUILDERS ARE RUINED Has Had Monopoly That Has Driven Contractor Out of Business. Evidence Shows That Iron League ! New York, Dec. 14.—Testimony | that builders in New York and many ! other cities have been driven out of 1'the structural steel erecting busine: | by the iron league—the National ! Erectors’ association,—was ‘given to- day by Paul Starrett, president of the George A. Fuller Co. before the joint legislative committee investigat- ing the “building trust.” The Fuller Co., one of the largest construction companies in the coun- try, he declared. could not buy any i steel for its own ercction and the com- | pany had been forced to quit erect- {ing about a year ago. Weather Bureau Sends _ | Out Storm Warnings ' New York, Dec. 14.—The weather | bureau here today issued the follow- | ing storm warning: change, to south- west warning 10 3. m—New York | to Block Island, dangerous southwest ito west gales today and tonight; ! storms of great intensity central over northern lake region moving north- eastward E reductions.j ture and distribution of { federal bureau to ! several ways, SENATORS IN THEIR BR WOULD ABOLISH ONE | Celder Edge And Report Speculati checked—Hint A ing Govt. Contx Mines Committee on Pro and Reconstructio Advocates More Schools. 7 Washington, Dec. 14.—Sh cism of the national coal with implid threat of d lation by congress to m evis of profiteering and 8] accompanied the partial rep senate committee on prod reconstruction submitted senate today. In general 8 suggested government bring about co-operationg? lation in building constraeti three republican corhmite | Senators Calder of -New, Y¢ New Jersey and Kenyon, I plemented their findings tional statements asking | islative attention to metho ducing and distributing o Scores Coal Indu These, Charman Calder be corrected,” while ‘Sena declared that “if the on, I for on, harsh as th may be, shall favor taking { mines.” Senator Edge said. industry cannot bring ord the prevailing chaos, and reasonable relief to the,suffi ple, so I am ready to what in this case my opp government intrusion in business. ‘I“m a Dis “Coal profiteering, espe llowed. the priority. o interstate commerce comn continued . unchecked Q th ment of justice and is a na grace,” the committee sald report. *“Coal speculation permitfed to monopolize | portation facilities of the co | tarding necessary constru ‘increasing the ‘basic cost of { “Our investigation into' situation has convinced us private - interests now in the production nnd distril coal in spite of efforts by actually unable to prevent uance or repetition of the p plorable situation and that duty of the government to reasonable and practical may to remedy the evil. Remcdial Measure: Government administratio production 'and distribution the committee said, “should resort,” but for the preser recommended that ,operato salers, jobbers and retailers| quired to file full and freq ports with a federal agency reports should show, the concluded “total tonnage pro handled, size and quality. amount of tonnage contra sold on contract and at spot} whom and the prices.” Thd should be sufficient “to d costs and profits, and the interrelations or the comm interest. if any, between producing and distributing In both fields, the commit “there exists a serious sho housing, not only in the but in the smaller cities,” held to have deleterious «eff public health, morals and i growth. { Trade Schools Favore Establishment of more tradi | by cities and states to train tices for the building trades ommended as was the creat assist - in building codes which would public interests and at the lower costs. Financing building investm committee said should be suggesting lo: cXcess profits and surtaxes 'f exemption for real estate md e e BURGLARS IN BRIDGEP Bridgeport, Dec, 14.—Thiel | night entered the home of A. . field and removed clothing a elry valued at $1,000. The q that the house had been robi { made early taday by the butl HARDING HAS “A CAR] Marion, O., Dec. 14.—P elect Harding now is an honox member of the Marion typogy union No. 675. He was voted # bership last night at a meetin i local. NIGHT RAINFALL 1.5 The rainfall during the n 1.53, figures in the hands of th department show? Today’s r: