New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1920, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870. .35,000 SERVICE American Legion Officials In Metropolis Confer > With National Com- mander Galbraith ONE KILLED TODAY IN DARING HOLD-UP “ Commissioner Enright Sends Appeal to Mayor Hylan to Take Steps Toward In-| “creasing Police Force. —_——— New York, Dec. 20-—The over- Sunday Iull In New York's wave of eriminal violence wag shattered early fotlay when two armed men descend- od on the Seamen's Mission on West Street and made their escape after | Paving mdded another murder and yobbery to the list. Murder and Taking advantage of the fact that the mission house s nearly, deserted in the early morning, the two thugs, entering unobserved suddenly con- fronted the mission clerk with re- hivers and forced him to open the office safe and surrender its contents of about §400. At this Juncture James n, years old entered U of- floe. He attempted to interfere and brought down by a shot and died ore the arrival of an ambulanc Confer With Galbraith, @hairmen of the American Legion sounty organizations in greater New rk conferred today with M W Oalbraith, national commander of the Legion regarding plans for placing 25,000 former service men at the dis- posal of the police department In batting erime. The plan, it adop! ‘will be submitted to Mayor Hy- Enright asked that Immediate be taken to Increase the police “The people of this city are som: What alarmdd because of a few spec facular and atrocidus crimes which héve oceurred In this city recently,” the commissioner wrote, “and al though your records show that weri- Ous crimes in this city are about nor- 1 I belleve that we should make ich immediate adequate prepara- is to me the conditions with hjch the whole world sa well our try and our own city ta ‘contronted. ‘“There is a great deal of unrest t;a:nout the world and the reports ' all parts of the country Indi- ' gate that crime is on the Increase and e must make ready to handle the tuation In this city.” . DENTISTS ACCUSED Pr. Fagan and Dr. Knapp Among Those Who Must Answer to Charges On December 30, Dr, James Fagan and Dr. George &. Knapp, both conducting dental par- lors in this city, were among those sorved with summons by the state police Saturday, to appear before Julige George W. Klott of this city at Farttord, December 30, at 10 a. m. to show reason why thelr licenses should not be suspended or revoked. FSRur other dentists in the state were rved similar summons. The action against the jwas brought about by the Connecti- But State Denta assocation. It s al- leged that the dentists have permitted to work at the profession who e not licensed. Attorney General Frank E. Healy, pamed Judge Klett to act as special Masist. attorney general in conducting 0 case against the accused dentists. Dr. Fugan has been in business in his city for several years. Dr. Knapp I8 & recent arrival he dentists, . FOOTBALL STAR HERE. Bamund Curran is entertaining E M. Bower, fullback on the Dartmouth | football team. Bower starred with the varsity eleven last year and was honored by Waler Camp In his se- Jections for the All-American eleven this year. He will spend a few days At Mr. Curran’s home. MRS, BEECKMAN DEAD Provk ce, Dec. 20.—Mrs. R. Livingston Beeckman, wite of the rvirnur of Rhode Island died sud- lenly of heart disease at White Bulphur Springs, Va., today. Mrs. kman before her marriage was lss Eloanor Thomas of Zanesville, O, NAMED RBY WILSON Washington, Dec. 20.—John F. PN ugent of Bolse, Idaho, was nomin- (ted today by President Wilson to be member of the trade com- NEW BRITAIN HERAL MEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, a8 MEN READY FIREBUG TERRORIZES PENNSYLVANIA CITY, Causes $63,000 Blaze nndi Puts Up Barricades Against Fire Dept. Fayette City, Pa., Dec. 20.—The firebug who has been operating in Fayette and Westmoreland counties for almost two months, early today fired a big barn and two residences here. The barn was d §troyed with a loss of $60,000, but the houses were saved ,after being damaged to the ex- tent of about $3,000. The total losses attributed to the firebug to date ex- ceed half a million dollars. An hour after the barn was burned fire was discovered at the residence of George A. Stark a mile away, but it was extinguished. Two . hours later ! the residence of Fred Dreyer, situated ! on the main street of the town, was fired in the same manper. Troopers of the state police who have been on gpuard here since the in- ! | cendiary epidemic became vronounc-l ed were withdrawn for special duty' in the cleinity of Uniontown late Sat- urday night, leavng ths place with- out special protection. Taking advantage of the situation the firebug prepared his plans, much as he had done In other parts of the county. The road which would be traversed by a fire company from Charlerol, the nearest available air, was obstructed at intervals of one mile with barricades of ‘tar barrels and logs. Four such barricades were erected and it was necessary for the Charlerol fire company on its way here to tear them away before they could proceed. Later in the gay the authorities were informed that the store and boarding house of John Kanck at Gillespie, about one mile from here, had burned. The plan used in firing the Stark and Dreyer houses waa used by the incen- diary. The loss was $2,600, RUMELY SENTENCED T0 ONE YEAR AND A DAY Kaufman and Lindheim Are Also Given Same Penalty Today. New York, Dec. 20.—Dr. Edward A. Rumely, formerly publisher of the New York Evening Mail and 8. Wal- ter Kaufman and Norvin Lindheim were sentenced to prison terms of | one year and one day each iIn federal | court here today on conviction for conspiring to withhold from the gov- ernment knowledge of the alleged German ownership of the newspaper during part of the war. EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGED Assistant Treasurer of Hercules Pow- der Co. Arrested and Held Trial in Bonds of $10,000. Wilmington, Del., Dec. 20.—Charles F. Eastman, assistant treasurer of the Hercules Powder Co, was arrested to- day on a charge of embezzling se- curities from the company and was held in $50,000 bail for a hearing later in the day. In default of bail Eastman was locked up. The warrant was sworn out by At- torney General David J. Reinhardt after officers of the company had said ‘Eastman's alleged shortage had been made good and the company would | not prosecute. Eastman, according | to company officials had admitted the shortage. Company officials sald , Eastman took Liberty bonds owned\ by the company and deposited them with lo- | cal brokers to cover margins in stock IS PLEASED for IDoHce say that JAPTN_ Takes Great Interest in Senator Borah's Plan for Three Nations to Limit Naval Armaments. Tokio, Dec. 20, (By Associated Press.)—The Japanese press is mani- festing great interest in the proposal of Senator Borah of Idaho for a naval agreement under which the ! United States, Great Eritain and Ja- pan would pledge themselves to lim- ftation of naval armaments. In gen- eral the newspapers favor the jdea ‘but regard Japan's present program as a legitimate one The Jiji Shimpo expresses the hope that the senate will pass the Borah | resolution as a means of relieving the world from a fresh oitbreak of riv- . | wages brinzs the scale to what it was ' men’'s clotring industry since Novem- | ,late last night, died in a hospital to- TEXTILE MILLS ON | PRISONER IS GIVEN TO HELP NEW YORK POLICE | REDUCED PAY BASIS| RIGHT OF CHOOSING IN ITS WAR AGAINST CRIME |;.r, co Show No Hostile Opposition 30 PER Clothing Manufacturers’ Association Announces New Wage Scale, Af- fecting 65,000 Workers—25 per Cent Cut in Thamesville. Norwich, Conn., Dec. 20.—Wage re- ductions were effective in most of the textile plants in eastern Connecticut today. It is believed that operatives accepted the situation as it .was pre- sented to them and in no place was there evidence of ogposition. In Nor- wich and vicinity this was true. The new schedule was accepted in the eight or ten mills here. The Ironsidec Board Corp. plant in Thamesville commenced operations today with a reduction of 25 per cent to all, the men being guaranteed full time for the next four weeks with three shifts ‘daily. Full time will be cont‘nued just so long as the market conditions make it possible. At the Ponemah Mills in Taftville it was stated that the reduction in prior to December 1, 1919, New Wage Scale. New York, Dec. 20.—Wage reduc- tions averaging about 30 per cent un- der the union scale prevailing in the ber, 1919, were announced today by on. Plants’ Operatives CENT CUT IN N. Y., the Clothing Manufacturers’ assoc'a- tion, which made public its new piece work wage schedule. s Un-“# r the piece gvork rates, the an- nouncement stated that the workers will average approximately $15 -a week less than they received under the union ser¥ during the past year. Approxinrately 65,000 clothing workers in New York are affected by the new scale. Practically all of these are either “on strike” against the pro- posed plece work system or been “locked out” by the manufactur- ers. New Scale Wages. Under the new plece work system it was stated the clothing workers would be able to earn from 322 to $50 a week. Pigures ann~tced showed that the new rate still gave the workers in. creases ranging from 33 to 72 per cent over the scale prevailing Febru- ary 1, 1919, | Work Under Protest. Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 20.—Design- ers and engravers of the Pacific Mil!nl Print Works, who with the machine printers struck Friday against the | 22% per cent reduction in wages re- turned to work today after filing a | formal protest against the cut. The printers, 50 in number, remained out and announced that they would ap- point a committee to confer with the mill officials. Later the printers vofed to return to work tomorrow under protest. DIES OF IRJURIES Derby Woman Hit by Passing Auto as She Alighted From Trolley Car— Autoist Arrested. Derby, Conn., Dec. 20.—Miss Eva Hetrick, 30, a domestic, who was struck by an automobile just after she had al'ghted from a trolley .car day. She had multiple injuries, and the the car of Arthur Paterson, 19 of 16 Mullville street, Br dgeport, dragged her at least 150 feet. Paterson was held in $500 in court today charged with reckless driving. At that time Miss Hetrick was not dead. SHOOTS OWN BROTHER Morristown, N. J. Man Frightened By Hold-up Stories, Fires First, Looks Afterward. Morristown, N. J., Dec. 20.— Aroused by reported depredations of hold-up men -and burglars in the neighborhood, Frederick Bryan early today fired a shot at a suspicious looking man outside his mother's cot- tage in Towbco, near here, and then approaching the suspect, ‘who had fallen to the sidewalk, discovered that he had seriously wounded his brother Archibald Bryan. From his own cottage nearby, Fred- erick explained later to the police, he had seen a light movisg In his moth- er's house when he believed her te be in Vermont with her other son Investigating, he saw a man come out | of the house and failing to recognize his Lrother in the darkness, fired. NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY On New Year's eve the Kenilworth club will hold its annual New Year's | eve party for members and lady frends. There will be an entertain- ment, dancing, supper and cabaret. On Monday evening, Dec. the cluh will hold a card tournament and Can Enlist for Three Years or Serve Jail Sentence OTHER ACCUSED SENTENCED Onc Who Stole Auto Goes to Cheshire and the Other to Jail—Ross Given Weck in Which to Make Known His Decision—Other Cases. The arraignment before Judge John H. Kirkham in police court this morning of Otto Neurath, aged 19, Charles Ross, aged 19, and Otto Olson, | aged 18 on charges of taking automo- biles without the permission of their owners will do much to end a series of auto thefts such as have come to the attention of the police during the past few weeks, authorities believe. The boys admitted their guilt to three specific charges of taking cars. Neu- rath was sentenced to the reformatory at Cheshire, Olson was given a 60 day jail sentence and Ross was given an opportunity ta enlist in the army for a three year period. In the event of such action judgment will be suspend- ed, otherwise the case will come up for disposition at next Monday morn- ing’s session. The Ross boy enlisted in the army last Monday for one year and was to have reported yesterday. He was represented in court today by Judge F. B. Hungerford. Lawyer P. F. McDonough appeared for the other boys. Anderson Testifies. George Anderson testified that he parked his car on Arch street on the evening of December 11 at 10:15 o’clock. Returning-in about an hour he found .the. machine missing. He was later directed to a garage in East Hampton where he found the car badly damaged as a gresult of hard usage on the highway near that town. Detective Sergeant A. J. Richardson investigated the theft. He drew a con- féssion of guilt from Neurath, learn- ing also that Ross rode in the car on that evening. The vehicle was placed in motion by Neurath and Ross then jumped in, the sergeant was in- formed. Ross admited to Patrolman Peter McEvoy, in the presence of Sergeant William C. Hart, that the theft had been planned beforehand and . that both had watched the policeman on the evening of the theft until munity present- ed itself whereupon they went away wih the car. Ford Sedan Stolen. The theft of Donald R. Hart’s ma- chine from in front of the Hart resi- dence on Lincoln street was reported last Thursday night. The car, a Ford sedan, was returned last Faturday morning. ' No damage was done to the car, Neurath and Olson, by their own admissions, were responsible for the theft of the car and were charged on that count. Richards’ Car Taken. A third machine, that of Eno Rich- ards, was taken from the rear of the Grand@ hotel about two weeks ago while the proprietor whs at work in- side. The car was recovered on Sum- mer street on the following evening. Mr: Richards identified the vehicle at the police garage on the following morning and recovered the property. Evidence was presented to show that the three cars had been driven to East Hampton.. The bovs were ac- quainted in that town and, in the opinion of their counsels, drove the cars to give themselves an air of prosperity in front of their friends. 6All Have Police Court Records. Each of the accused has ‘a police court record on account of which lit- tle leniency could be shown them this morning. Neurath has been in the! court three times in less than a year | for assault and theft: Ross is on pa- | role from the Cheshire reformatory, and was to have been released in about two weeks, while Olson has.a: suspended sentence to the school for | boys hanging over him. Rioux Fined $25. Phi®® Rioux, charged with evading responsibility in connection with an automobile accident on Hartford roud | on the night of December 5, was fined $25 and costs, $15 of which was re- | mitted to him. His car and a vehicle | driven by A. W.Poper of this city came together near Gllette's corner, causing slight danfages to both autos. Law-! ver Edward J. Myers of Hartford rep- resented the accused. He argued that his client had not evaded r¢sponsihjl. | ity for damage he had done since it' was the Piper car that was responsible for the crash. The crash happened when Piper's car coming toward New Britain met the Rioux car, headed in the direction of Hartford. About $20 damage was done to a fender and wheel on the car driven by the former. Rioux failed to bring his vehicle to a stop so the local man turned around and gave chase He came upon the Hart- ford car which by that time had been halted under an electric light | (Continued on Fleventh Page.) » | WEATHER —0— Hartford, Dec. 20—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; Tuesday, increasing \ i ] | | i 1920. —TWELVE PAGES CONGRESSMAN TILSON FIGHTS BILL Herald “Ads” Mg Better Busine PRICE THREE CE FOR TARIFF TO PROTECT FARMER. DECLARING IT HURTS CONN. PEOF UP AND FACE CHARGES Supposed Slayer of Jake Hamon Communicates With Her Parents. El Paso, Tex., Dee. 20.—Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith father and mother of Clara Smith, wanted in Okla., in connection with the death of Jake Hamon, wealthy politician, said | at their home here today that they had heard from their daughter and that she had decided to give herself up and face charges. The mother and father refused to | say where Clara Smith was, but said her attorneys had arranged for her to face trial. They denied that she had been found in Chihuahua, but said they expected her soon to be in El Paso. Mrs. Smith, weeping, called for a reporter this morning and said the Smith family had a s-atement to make on behalf of their Gaughter. The statement sicraed by Mr. Mrs. Smith says: “The papers have been so full of lies we hardly know how to begin to deny all of them so will just let the and most of it go as it is. A few, very few ! of the papers printed the lies mali- ciously, the others were just misin- formed so we do not mean to censure the press in general. please under- stand. The papers have tried so hard to make this affair sensational, but in my opinion jif they had the facts in the case it would have been far more sensational than the lies that have been printed, but it would have had quite a different coloring.” In conclusion belier was expressed in the statement that the daughter was hiding not because of guilt but to escape notoriety and that she soon would return to answer all charges.” LIQUOR GASE GONTINUED Oak Strcet Cobbling Establishment Found to be Storchouse of Consid- erable Quantity of Drink. Liquor Prosecutor Albert A. Green- berg presented the state’s case this’ morning in the trial of Illicol Senti, an Oak street cobbser upon whose premises quantities of whiskey and wine were found by Patrolman An- ' thony Walenczius, Thomas Tierney and Anthony Kaslauskas. Judge Kirk- * ham withheld his dectsio nin the case until Thursday morning. { It was charged that the cobbling establishment has had a reputation for some time past as oeing a--place wherein drinks might be obtained. The police visited the shop Saturday night. Although no sale was made in the 1 presence of the polive or an agent of | the State, the evidence was seized and ! the charge brought. FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT —_——— Waterbury Jitney Driver is Held in $500 Bonds to Await Verdict of | Coroner. | Naugatuck, Conn., Dec. 20.—John ' F. Vistola, of Waterbury, driver of a jitney vehidle which struck and killed * Stephen Maronski, aged five, last night, at Union City, and seriously hurt the father, Frank Maronski, was held in $5,000 to await action by * Coroner Monzani, by the borough court today. It is believéd that Maronski and the boy were trying to crass the street when struck.: They lived at Railroad Hill streeet, Waterbury. \ = | T0 REMEMBER DEAD ‘Wreaths to be Placed on Each Post in Memorial Court at Walnut Hill Park by Members of R. O, T. C. { i In honor of the boys who died in the service, the students of the R. O. T. C. unit at the local High school will place wreaths on each post in the Memorial court whch leads into ‘Walnut Hill park. The cermonies will be in charge of Captain Clark and will take place on Thursday morn.ng of this week. George F. Dyson, who is chairman of the committee in charge, has ordered the wreaths. Plans are also being completed to make this an an- nual affair. | Opium Party in Phila. Fatal to One Member Philadelphia, Dec, 20.—An “opium party” in a rooming house here last night resulted in the death today of one girl and serious illness of another young woman. The decad girl was Virginia Gini 23 years old. A wom- | an and thr >n, one of them a drug store clerk. participated in the party and were arrested ang held w Ardmore, | . Lutheran Ministers’ | took Sl | SMITH WOMAN TO GIVE | DE VALERA REQUESTED ~Fordoey | | "Mass. F. L F. Asks That Mil- lions Collected Be Used For Relief. T0 TURN OVER FUNDS Boston, Dec. 20.—A he immediately send to Ireland the funds collected in the Irish liberty bond drive was telegraphed last night to Eamonn De Valera as ‘‘president of the Irish republic,”” by the Massachu- setts council of the Friends of Irish freedom. The telegram in part said: ““We understand that millions of dollars collected for Ireland during the bond sale are deposited in Ameri- can banks in your name and remain in your personal control. We believe the suffering people of Ireland are entitled to the use of these funds at once. Therefore at a regular meeting of the state council it was voted to re- spectfully urge you to send all avail- able funds to Ireland. As a large part of the fund in your possession was subscribed in Massachusetts through the instrumentality of the Friends of Irish Freedom, we know that we speak the sentiment of the Irish people of this state when we urge you to act on this suggestion at the earliest possible moment.’" HARDING SEES LIGHT Tangible Plan for International sociation, With World Court, Grad- request that As- H ually Assuming Definite Outline. Marion, O., . tions today with an ! confidence that he will realize ’ Although not revealing what he indicated that the plan for international association was assuming definite outline. A world ‘court to decide disputes under a :codified body of international law ‘is understood to be prominent in his : consideration. Althought several notable men are expected here during Christmas week most of the engagements have not been definitely fixed. The only prominent name men- tioned is that of former President Taft who will be here Thursday. LAW OR ANARCHY American Pcople Must Obey One or the Other, Federal Prohibition Com- missioner Declares in 'Address. New York, Dec. 20 —The great question is ‘‘obedience to law, or anarchy,” rather than “‘prohibition or not prohibition,” declared John F. Kramer, federal prohibition commis- | sioner in an address today before t association ‘of New York. “There is a disposition on the part of some people to disobey the law and to wink at the disobedience of the same,” he said- “Some of these people belong to the church.” Whenever persons fail to uphold prohibition on the ground that they did not aid in its adoption and are not in favor of its provisions now, he declared, they encourage others n evading some other law not to their particular liking. % ““The constitutional provision can never be modified,” he asserted and added that it is now simply a ques- tion of obedience to law. U. S. Envelope Co. to Increase Its Stock Springfield, Mass., Dec. 20.—The U. S, Envelope Co. with main offices here and factories in several cities, will submit to its stockholders in a meeting in Portland, Me., January 7 | a praposition to increase its capital stock to $8,000,000 by the issue of $3,000,000 of common stock. This will be retained as treasury stock, Treas- urer W. O. Day said today, to be issued as need arises. Part of it will be used to meet the expense of addi- tions now under way. RICE—DES JARDINS. Cards announcing the marriage of Dr. Paul Rice and Miss Claire Des Jard ns, formerly of this city, which place last week at St. Paul, Minn., have been received in this city. The bride was formerly attached to the New Britain General hospital, where she was superintendent of the training school for nurses. During the war she served with the Red Cross in France. ROCKEFELLER SUED, New York, Dec. 20.—The govern- ment today brought suit against John D. Rockefeller for $292,678 charging is_income tax o “ip 5 repo Dec. ,20.—President- ‘elect Harding began the second week “of his consultations on foreign rela- air of growing his { hope of an acceptable and practicable i solution of the peace league tangle. de- tails his conferences have cleared up, an graduaily Eme:rgen Measure How Voted Out By Ci tee And Action Christmas Soug | LEMONS AND PEA OIL ARE PRO Connecticut Repres t lObjecl‘.s Because M tured Articles Are ! cluded and Tariff | crease Living C Washington, Dec. 20.. ways and means co votéd out the Fordney tariff bill designed to . farmers and instructed ¥ Fordney to make all efforts obtain action on it before the recess. . g 5 Two Changes Mads finally approying h committee made two ch; were added to the list duty of 1% cents per | lished. The rate on p | increased from 20 to 26 ¢ Five ‘Oppose § Five members of the voted against the bill. said to have been Re Treadway, Massachusett: Connecticut; Rainey, Illino Arkansas, and Hull, Tennes Mr. Rainey previously nounced his intention to in the house. See Higher Living Representatives Tread: son was said to have h position on'the contentionm factured products were. mot and that therefore the measi to their constitutents only in the cost of living. Democrats Organis Representative Bacha can, New Jersey, although ing for the bill, was unders told the committee that he 'not broad enough in scope the fact that the manufa ; tiles were not included woul assaults being made upon is taken up on the floor. ‘While the house committ ing the senate democrati committee decided to resist actment of emergency tarif) tion. E HARTFORD BANK §i ' City Bank and Trust Co. i O 4 Business “of American Bank and Trust Company. ! Hartford, Dec. 20.—Anno i was made today by tht CH and Trust Co. thai it had pf the banking business of thi can Industrial Bank and Trus assumed charge today The American Industrial H ings and Xmas club departn former with $2,500,000 depo the latter with $140,000 a 000 in commercial deposits. erican Industrial began busil 1913 Its assets Nov: 15 w) 624,638. The City Bank ai Co. has resourccs now of ab 000,600. { Members in Faver cf Increasing Ho Washington, Dec. 20.—En 'af the Siegel reapportionn proposing an increase in the the house of representatives members so as to prevent | losing a representative is favi ! a majarity of the house censy mittee. Chairman Siegel ! declaration today after an session of the committee, Rep tive Siegel hopes to have thel portionment bill ready by mif ary. i % Factories Must Choose But On Insurance Washington, Dec. 20.—The. of Ohio employers to indemni { selvers through insurance co . against liability growing out cidents to their employes and same time enjoy their status un| state workmen's compensation denied today by the supreme ca | SHAW—HOLCOMBE ' Mr. and Mrs. George F, of 27 Osgood avenue, announ engagement of their daughter May, to P. Shaw of Holyoke, Miss Holcombe was formerly Russell and Erwin company force, and is now with the R Brothers store. Mr. Holeomb