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

=== | NEW BRITAIN HE ESTABLISHED 1870. - HARTFORD OBSERVES| 1620 ANNIVERSARY ‘Impressive Exercises Held at Parsons’ Theater This Alternoon PROF. WALKER GIVES SPEECH ¥Whree Hundredth Anniversary of Pligrims Fittingly Observed as Au- ! thorized by State Legislature—Rev. Dr. Potter Also Speaks, Hartford, Dec. 21.—As authorized by the Connecticut legislature, the oifi- olal state celebration of the 300th an- niversary of the land.ng of the Pil- ¥rims at Plymouth in 1620 took place this atternoon at Parsons’ theater. The address of the day was by Professor Williston Walker of Yale university. The “‘public letter from the state of Connecticut to the children of her schools,” which was written by Gov- ernor Holeomb and sent out to every school child in the state, was read by Miss Clara M. Coe. Three melodles from the Pllgrim psalm book, ar- ranged by Professor Waldo 8. Pratt of the Hartford Theologwcal seminary, Meore sung by the Hartford High school gloe club. The Pilgrim compact made on the “Mayflower” before the landing Was read by Col. Charles E. THomp- son, governor of the Connecticut So- aloty of Mayflower Descendants. For- mer Governor Simeon E. Baldwin is the presiding officer. Omne of Many Programs. This official observance of the Pil- 3 o tercentenary, iIs comple- Juelitary to many celebrations in the churches and schools of the state and ity as well as by historical socleties. 'his evening the Congregational club, meoting the Center church house, will further hon)r the Pllgrim fath- ers, and Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston of Montreal will make an address on “Our Forefathers and Their Fore- s bears.” " The address at this - afternoon's mdeting was given by Rev. Dr. Rock- I Harmon Potter, minister of Cen- tor Congregational church, which was founded by Thomas Hooker 12 years | “after the landing of the Pllgrims un Plymouth Roc! Governor Holcomb ‘Was not present at the gxercises, being among the guests at the celebration in ‘Plymouth, NEW YORK TRISH-ALSO | SET AFTER DE VALERA R R . ed Here Be Immediately Sent to Ireland. ' New York, Dec. 21.—A demand that money collected in New York to pro- mot e welfare of the “Irish re- Publie” "but held In American banks immediately be sent to Ireland w: foday addressed to “President’ ponn De V. % by the local coun- of the Friends of Irish Freedom. The communication made public by John J. Buckley secretary of the New York organization follows: “The New York Council Friends of Irish Freedom, unanimously passed the following at its meeting last night: | ‘“We, the New York local council, Friends of Irish Freedom representing thousands of members who subscribed #nd collected the bulk of the Irish honds certificates money raised in New York which we understand now lies Yle in American banks in your name demand that the sald money be sent immediately to suffering people in reland to relieve their distress and aid hem in'their work of restoration and reconstruction.” . THREATENS SUICIDE Wite of Former Brooklyn Druggist, Accused of Making Polson Whiskey, Makes Commotion in Court. “New , York, Dec. 21.—Plercing sgreams by the wife and mother-in- law of the defendant today interrupt- od the trial of Samuel K. Saleeby, ormer Brooklyn druggist charged ‘with manslaughter in connection with the sale of wood aleohol, alleged to ' have caused the deaths of about 100 | persons In New England last Christ. Both women fainted as the defense summing up. When Mrs. Salee- by was revived, she threatened to kill herself if hér husband was convicted. D’Annunzio Will Fight Against Rapallo Treaty Rome, Dec. 21.—Captain Gubrieie 'Annunzio, head of the regency of rnero, has informed General iglla, commander of I[tallan troops g the Dalmatian coast, that he not recognize the .treaty of 1lo and will resist its enforce- l WOULD QUASH SUMMONS, @olumbus, O., Dec. 21.—The Good- Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron which a receiver was asked in local courts by Frank t, & stockholder and former ey general of Ohlo, today filed otlon ta quash the service sum- B NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICU1. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1920. RUNNERS, IN SPEED WHISKEY vr Y AUTO, DODGE POLICE AND THEIR BULLETS IN CHASE OF Pursued From New London to Norwich and Then Lost— Police Car Tries to Crowd Other Off Road at 60 Miles An Hour But Loses Hub Caps in Effort—Num- ber Plate Shot Off. Willimantie, Dec. 21.—Whiskey runners gave the police of several cities In eastern Connecticut a lively chase last night and finally escaped the net which was thrown out to catch them. Of the automobilo load of he contraband spirits one can only was secured and this jostled off tho car at Norwich. The incident included a little gun play, violation of trafic regula- tions and speed laws and some damage to the pursuing machines. Shots Give Car “Pep.” The chase began wnen the police of New London got word from Saybrook that a touri g car with whiskey on board was headed that way. The police went out to meet it. The runners made a detour and Norwich police were given the word to intercept them. The Norwich police got sight of the car and in the chase let go ten or a dozen shots which seemed co put additional “pep” in the gasoliné for the car hit high speed and the Norwich men could not overhaul 1. Word came to Willimantic and Chief Kilourey, Lieut. | MacArthur and Officers Bombria and Leahoy went in a machine to South Windham to meet the whiskey car. Hub Caps Knucked Off. They saw it and gave chase and half way to this city the police tried to crowd the other car off the road but lost the hubs on one side of their ear. The whiskey car again took the lead and came Into Willimantic through Main street, stopping shdden- ly wh'le the police car shot ahead some distance. The drivers of the whirkey car then turnsd. and at high speed started in the opposite direc- , tion and the car was lost sight of as it was go'ng towards Tolland county. The chase had been through New London and Windham counties for a distance of 30 miles. Marker from New Haven. A registry number had dropped off the car in New London. It was Conn. 19540 and the registry list gave the supposed owner as “Annie Antonio,” 219 Hamilton styeet, New Hayen, No information came here as to d's- position of the can of whiskey which the police picked up in Norwich. Too Fast to Hit New Haven, Dec. 21.—The l6cal police got word today of the chase af- ter a car, supposed to be from New Haven, with whiskey in it, quest was made to look up the car. It wi ated that the car marker was shot off by a New London officer as the car went through tlat city. One in- formant told Capt. Donnelly that the police in this chase were regorded as “Paul Reveres.” When asked why there was not more shooting the in- formant said the car was do'ng better ! than 60 miles an hour much of the time and there was hardly chance to shoot and make a “hit.” EIGHT CENTS SAVES LIFE Bullet from Detectice’s Gun Strikes Pocketbook of Desperato Sallor In Chicago Holdup Attempt. Chicago, Dec. 2I. — Examination early today of a wound sustained by a sallor bandit who with three men in army uniforms fought a gun battle last night with a private detective in tront of the home of Cyrus H. McCor- mick, head of the International Har- vester Co., proved that his pockstbook containing eight pennies saved his lite. Thn forco of the bullet was imped- ed when it struck the pennies and it lodged in h's abdcmen. It was easily removed by a police surgeon with his fingers. The sailor, John Johnson, an ap- prentice seaman at Great Lakes naval station was deserted by his compan- fons when he fell wounded after a scoro of shots has been exchanged. “It was my first job,” he said. wanted a little Christmas money. I met the three soldiers and asked them to go along on a littfe stickup party. I never saw them before.” . SCHOOL BOARD MEETING Electrical System at Grammar School and Department Deficits to Come wr Up for Consideration. A special meeting of the school committeo has been called by Judge B. F. Gaffney, chairman, for tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock to consider bids for the installation of a new elec- trical system at tha grammar school. The present system i1 not adequato to carry pMWver enough to allow o! the use of a sufficient number of lights to properly illuminate the bullding. About $3,000 will be expended on tho work. The board will also take up the matter of deficits in the school funds. A report will bo made to tha mayor tor action at tho next special meeting of the council. It is expected that the deficit will bho a largoe one since the estimates of expenses received severe and re- * spending ! MORE THAN 30 MILES CARRIER PIGEON, DEAD, FROM MISSING BALLOON OFFICERS DISCOVERED. ——— Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 21— Naval carrier pigeon, with tag No. 34, and part of a message undecipherable, was found dead here today. The appearance of the body indicates that the pigeon has been dead three to five days. Efforts are being made to locate the missing part of the message. URGING CONGRESS TO LIBERATE PRISONERS lmmedkate Amnesty Asked For Those Who Violat- 'ed Espionage Act. ‘Washington, Dec. 21.—Favorable action by congress on the resolution asking immediate amnesty for prison- ers held for violations of the espion- ge act was urged before the senute judiclary committee today by Senator France, republican, of Maryland, au- thor of the measure, and officials of the American Federation of Labor headed by Samuel Gompers. Mr. Gompers told the commltue‘ tha tthe espionage act was ‘‘offensive ; to all men who knew what freedom ! means” and that all Buropedn coun- tries had given full amnesty to pris- oners held for offenses; similar to those for which “these men are. atill ; held in jails of the United States.” Asked by Senator King, democrat of | Utah, if the resolution would free men | who advocated ‘‘armed nvolnmn} against the government during the | | war,” Mr. Gompers replied: | “Emphatically no. They are not the friends of the American Federa- tion of Labor and never have been.” Asked if the “draft dodgers” would be freed, the veteran labor leader said he was not sure as to that, but that he did not think so. 200.000 ARE AFFECTED | Phila. Textile Workers to be Cut 10 to 30 Per Cent in Pay, Manufacturers i Say. Philadelphia, Dec. 21.—The wages of more than 200,000 workers in the textile industry of this city are to be reduced trom 10 to 30 per cent in the near future officers of a number of manufacturers’ assoclation including the trade said today. i Reduction notice of 10 per cent was ' posted in the Turkish Toweling Mills ' and the manufacturers of Wilton and Brussels rugs announced they would notify the union representatives today that a 25 per cent reduction would be put into effect on January 17. Hoslery workers are to be reduced from 15 to 25 per cent and coarse yarn spinners, sweater knilters and other knit fabric employes from 10 to 30 per cent. | MERCHANTS VICTIMIZED Bridgeport Business Houses Have Been Cheated Out of Hundreds of Dollars by Bad Check Workers. Bridgeport, Dec. 21.—That mer- chants of the city have been victim- ized out of hundreds of dollars was made known today when up to noon 30 pay checks which they had cashed yesterday were presented at the Con- necticut National bank and found to_ be “no good.” The checks were drawn on the Connecticut National bnngn,bv the “McCathron Boiler Waiks ,Inec., 197 Island Brook avenue, Bridgeport” |and were signed by “A. W. Goedwin, treasurer."” The McCathron Co. makes up its payroll in cash, and has no account with the Connecticut National Bank and no officer named Goodwin, it was found upon investigation. The pay checks were printed on green paper and were numbered and all appearances were regular. Fined $177 Because He Has Whi-key Near Him Meriden, Dec. 21.—Judge Thomas P. Dunne who recently announced from the bench that he would make local liquor penalties conform with the fines Imposed by the d'strict court in | Hartford, today fined Joseph Zoviski, restaurant keeper, a total of $177 be- cause ‘a bottle of liquor was found under a sto’rway outside of his plice this morning with whiskey glasses found under z o wh ) ot | POST OFFICE ROBBED AT NOROTON HEIGHTS Safe Dynamited and $600 Taken, In- cludes Two Months’ Salary of Postmaster Gilbert. Noroton Heights, Conn., Dec. 21.— Thurston Gilbert, postmaster here, lust his two months’ salary ana other ready cash when burlars early today wrecked his office safe with dynamite. The cash loss was about $600 in per- sonal "and postal funds which Post- master Gilbert had accumulated with the intention of depositing in a bank about New Years. The burglars drilled a hole In the rear door of the postoffice, which is un annex to the Bower building, owned by Fred Bower. They broke the lock and got in drilling holes in the four foot 400 pound iron safe and explod- ed dynamite. The shock was felt by - Postmaster Gilbert, who lives a little distance away, and he ran to the post- office. The burglars had departed with the cash and ten dollars taken | out of the cash drawer on the count- er. Later persons a block away heard an automobile cranked and driven away. The building was some damaged, and bottles on shelves in the next door drug store were toppled off. The : Soldiers’ Home is not far distant. Attempt Also Made to Loot Railroad Station South Norwadk, Dec. 21.—An at- tempt was also made to rob tha Noro- ton Heights railroad station, about 300 feet distant from th- postoffice, the front door being jimmied open,and : cash drawers being rifled and personal papers of G. W. Brunner, the station agent strewn over the floor. Nothing of value was taken. Postoffice officials have been noti- fled,and the police of Stamford and Norwalk are making a search for the car, the tire tracks of which, the police say, would permit of easy iden- tification. PILGRIMS LANDED 300 YEARS AGO THIS DAY Governor Coolidge and Sen- . ator Lodge Make Address- | Plymouth, Mass., shore of Plymouth where “the breaking waves dashed high” when Brunswick and Clifford Jackson of The government reserves the privilege , start it on the next I the Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth Rock on December 21, 1620, their descendants joined, with other dis- } EMERGENCY TARIFF BILL WLL COME UP |00 MILLIONT | FOR ACTION TOMORROW; TAX LAWS MUST BE CHANGED, KAHN TELLS CONGRESSMEN New York Banker Declares F' 'or Continuation of Income Suttaxes and Condemns Excess Profits Tax—Ford- ney Wants Sales Tax That Cannot Be Passed on to the Consumer at Profit to Merchant. ‘Washington, Dec. 21.—Advocates ot emergency tariff legislation won a preliminary fight in the house today by adopting, 206 to 76, : motion to suspended calendar business tomorrow so as to give the Fordney bill right of way. Business of the country is demand- ng and must have revision of the tax lans if it is to contiuud a healthy growth, Otto H. Kahn, New York tanker told the house ways aad means committee today in a cour:c of a statc- ; ment in which he den ced economic ‘- aspects of the treaty of Versailles and declared for a continuation ot income surtaxes. The excess profit tax “must gn,” Mr. Kahn said, adding, that while ii. was theoretically sound its disadvantages out-balances its advantages. Continution of income surtaxes, Mr. Kahn explained was a social and eco- nomic, necessity, but he warned against excessive levies on the higher incomes on the ground that they did not praduce the maximum of revenue for which they wero designed. Ho saiq also that ho opposed any exemption unde: incoma tax provisions. Before Mr. Kahn was called, Chair- NEW JERSEY POSSE CAPTURES YEGGMEN Attempt to ‘Rnb First National Bank at Milltown Frustrated—Two Fugitives Surrender. New Brunswick, N. J., Dec, 21.— New Jersey's crime wave engulfed Milltown early today when four men attempted to rob the First National Bafik. A posse of 30 citizena captured two of the alleged robpers after fAght' in which scores J:..m were n‘M A watchman discovered the quartet | ] man Fordney stated that he and other members of the committee wera in favor of “some kind” of a sales tax “but we want to avoid a law which will cause to be passed on to the consumer a levy which nets morae profit to the merchant than tax to the government” he added. Mr. Kahn was asked during the course of his statement whether he thought the signing of the treaty of Versailles would obviate any of the difficulties, industrial and financiat, confronting the country. He replied that the Versalles peace was ‘“as equally devastating as the war in its disregard of economic aspects.” He blamed “the present financial turmoil” for the predicament in which the farmers find themselves.Taxaton, he said, was one of the factors bring- ing about a collapse of the market. Asked regarding recent proposals to tax bank deposits, the witness said such a step “would be almost calam- itous in its effect.” “It would practically make us go back to the days of barter—would be throwing a monkey wrench into the wheels of the machinery of finance,” he added. 'HOME RULE BILL FOR IRISH PASSED TODAY Meanwhile Witnesses Here Tell of Conditions There— U. S. Consul Implicated. Lontidon, Dec.| 21.—The Irish home rule bill as slightly modified by the house of lords was adopted . by. the |engineering at Tufts colleg 4and aroused sitizens of tho town, but houwe 8f commons today. The measure RALD( —SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE THREE USED FOR Hi Republican House Lead on State Road Aid ) SEEK WORLD - | Washington, Dec. 21. leaders of the house na an appropriation of $100, state road aid, it became | after an executivo session @ jroads committee. It has cided, however, whether t amount available for work | coming fiscal year or for tl the year following. See Need for Econ A bill now before the mittee wold make $400,0 eral funds available du four years but the repub | committee has decided | terests of economy the should be limited to $10 should not cover more year period. Leok to Workd A resolution autho dent in his discre i~m | 8overnments .of ali ; delegates to an inter: tion to be held in the Un consider means of br world disarmament was i day by Representative lican, Illinois. GREETINGS BY WI —_—— Holiday Message . to California Will Braintree, Hartford and' Braintree, Mass,, Dec. . greeting to California from setts, signed by Govern the vice-president-elect, lq Governor Stephens ten amateur ' wi ) ross the continent tonigh| Philip Robinson, a Le 5 a key n a tiny shop'in 21.—On the ’ the robbers, hearing the approach vf now needs only the royal sighature to | residence here, will st ; the posse, leaped from a window, become a law. at 10:30 p. m. from Ints jumped a fence and fled. + The measure will be effective at the | g0 to Marion and ti Two of the fugitives, who later gave discretion of the government at any | Hartford and Bridgep their names as Frank Vorhees, of New time within three and one half years. New York surrenaered. The other pair escaped. Investigation showed that the bank | of applying the law when the oppor- tune moment arrives. [ — tinguished men of this generation in had been entered by digging through America, Great Britain and Holland the rear wall, constructed of brick. in observing today with due solemnity In doing so the intruaers had carefully the tercentenary of their landing. The orator was Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, a successor in representation in the Senate from Massachusetts of Daniel Webster, who delivered the famous “Plymouth Oratidh” at the two hundredth anniversary. An address was deifvered by Gover- nor Calvin Coolidge, vicegpresident- elect, and a poem, “1620—1920" was read -by Dean LeBaron R. Briggs, of the faculty of arts and sciences of Harvard University. Hymnas appro- priate to tho occasion were sung, in- cluding the “Landing of the Pilgrims™ by Mrs. Felicla Hemans, known to every American school boy and girl for generations. Senator Lodge gave a scholarly out- lineof the Pilgrim story and in draw- ing from it a lesson for present day America he pointed out that “they set character first,” “sought to give men freedom both in body and mind” and “tried to reduce the sum of human misery.” “Whatever our faith,’ he =said, “whatever our belie! in progress, there can be no nobler purposes for man than thus to deal with tho only earth he knows and the fragment of time awarded him. While the great republic is trué in heart and decd to the memory of the Pil- grima ot Plymouth it will (Continued on Third Page). Meriden is Holding Its Off Year Election Now Meriden, Dec. 21.—Meriden’s off- year city election is benz held today with the offices of treasurer, auditor, two sherifts and control of the com- mon council at stake. There is no uncertainty about the city clerkship, as Herman Hess. who has held the berth continuously for 34 years, has heen nominated by both the republi- can and democratic parties. To re taiin council control the republicans need to elect only three candlda(el‘ out of 15. 75 P. C. STOCK DIVIDEND. New Yorw, Dec. 21.—A 75 per cent stock dividend was declared today by stockholders of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western Coal Co. in increas- ing the capital stock from $6,800,000 to $20,000,000. The dividend pavable to stockholders on record today amounted to $4,943,025. — e 1 WEATHER ! —t Hartford. Dec. 21i.—Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity: I | Fair tonight, Wednesday un- settled, probably rain. ] | { | | | | i evaded a network of burglar alarm wires. Bank officials immediately began checking up to see if any property had been thken. Belief was expressed that { no cash was gone, although Vorhees was quoted by detectlves as saying his i companions had fled with =a large { number of Liberty bonds. AIRPLANE DESTROYED Missing Bal- Though ! Machine Searching for loonists Comes to Grief, Pilot Is Not Injured. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 21.—One of the two army airplanes which were to have searched”the Adirondack region for the missing naval balloon took fire soon after hopping off hero tor Glens | Falls this morning and was forced to i make a landing at Westerly Island, about two miles south of here. The plane was destroyed, but Lieut. F. B. Johnson, pilot and fsrgeant George Sicke, observer, are reported to have escaped injury. Glens Falls Dec. 21.—Lieut. L. V. Reau. army pilot also searching for the | missing balloon, announced today rhat he would continue his search alone since his companion is forced to quit. BODY WASHED ASHORE Corpse Found on Beach at Milford May be That of Victim of Recent Wreck Of! Bridgeport. Milford, Conn., Dec. 21.—Tha body of an unidentified man was found under a dancing pavilion at Walnut | Beach today. I: had apparently been . recently washed ashore. Tha dead man was well dressed, | about 40 years of age. $1.50 in cash and a key were found in his pockets Those who have viewed tho remains do not believe that ho is one of the missing from the steam lighter Calvin Tompkins which was wrecked off Bridgeport last week. Stole $200,000; Must Serve Eight Year Term Wilmington, Del., Dec. 21.—Wil- liam Bush, secretary and treasurer of the Wilmington Savings Fund Society and socially prominent in thia section was today sentenced to eight years In the county workhouse after he had pleaded guilty to taking securitiea valued at $200,000 belonging to tha institution. Bush confessed ha i i Washington, Dec. 21.—Mrs. Annott Robinson of Manchester, Eng., secre- tary of the British branch of the women’s international league declared today before the commission of the committee of 100 investigating con- ditions in Ireland, that American con- sul Wells, at Manchester, had at- tempted to prevent her from going to America to testify before the com- mission by refusing to vise her pass- | ports on December 6. “We are not encouraging inquiry in America into the state of affairs in Ireland” Mrs. Robinson said, she was told by the consul, After visiting the American embassy ; and the office of the American consul | general in London. Mrs. Robinson sa:d | she applied again at Manchester for a { vse of her passport and obtained it, ! but only after she had promised not to “engage in propaganda nor to give interviews to the American press.” As a result of this verbal promise, she said, her “lips were closed to the “McCathron Boiler Works, Inc., America. GETTING COMMON NOW Two More Sensational Robberies— | —Young Girl is Chloroformed and I Motor Bus Driver is Held Up. Paterson, N. J., Dec. 21.—Two mora ' robberies early today in which g | young girl was chloroformed and a motor bus driver was held up, were added to New Jersey crimq list. Elsie Federbuch, daughter of S. Federbush, furniture dcaler, was the ! victim of the robbers who ransacked her room of jewelry and gema after chloroforming her and binding her in bed. Two men who later gava the names of Frank Reynolds, of New Orleana and Frank Ferguson of Phil- adclphia wera arrested ai they were leav.ng the Federbush home. Police say their pocket were filled with jewelry. Michael Fallon the motor bus driver reported to the police that four masked robbers ona of whom wore a sailor's uniform and another an army overcoat, held him up at the point of a revolver and robbed him of a small sum o! money. 60 Workmen Jump From i Windows in Big Fire Lynn, Mass., Dec. 21.—Sixty work- men were forced to jump from win-, dows when flames spread through the plant of the U. S. Upper Leather Tan- ning Co., at 270-278 Broadway in Wyroma, a suburb today. The man- agement estimated the los lai . ock, at $100,000. Th:”bufl;‘l:: h was of wood was vi 8 d | i i*treaty. New York city, where an )Q eg of | MASONS ELECT | Harmony Lodge Names ‘ One Year Term—Rawiid John Hill was elected master at a meeting of lodge of Masons last ew: Chief of . Police William J. was honored by election of secretary for the 28th cers chosen were: W. A senior warden; F. H. And: warden; George H. Boyer, F. H. Fox, senior deacon lett, junior deacon; Leon steward; Harry Smith, junio William H. Horsfall, tylen MacArthur, ‘organist. A POINDEXTER GO Irreconcilable Talks With About World Association Morrow Is Also on List. Marion, O., Dec. 21.—, ber of the irreconcilable senate, Senator Miles ‘Washington, today . was ' President-Elect Harding's v .tions on his plan for a we) sociation. The conference is the Harding has held here wi who fought for flat re; 1 Versailles league and it is i that others are to be summo in the hope that the ir may add their strength to th be proposed by the next tion. Another on the day's apj list was Governor Edwin P. Kentucky, a bitter opponent. reserved ratification of the [nland Steel Co. Goin; Back Onto Old Scl Chicago, Dec. 21.—The Inl Co. today announced that on 1 its plants would return to to 12 hour a day basis. For a a half the company has operats eight hour basis. Pay per ho the same after January 1 as ent. Much Iliness Over the Week-End is Re An unusually large numb portable illnesses were brou attention of the health de; yesterday, including the fo Diphtheria, 6; scarlet fg measles, typhoid fever,