New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1920, Page 1

}, News of the World Herald “Ads” By Associated Press Better Busin NEW BRITAIN HERALD > PSTABLISHED 1870, . FRISBIE & CO., BROKERS, IS MEW BRIiTAIN, CONNECTICU1. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1920. —SIXTEEN PAGES, PRICE THREE T COL. ALOE "' NO DANGER OF COAL SHORTAGE NO DECLARES ARMY I3 NOT PLACE HARD HIT BY MARKETSLUMP | 10 DUMP CEIYINALLY INCLINED; HE WI.L NOT ACCEPT ENLISTMENT OF CHAS. ROSS ~ AND SUSPENDS ALL TRADING — Firm Ha Offices InHa.t- WILSON WILL ESCORT |Writes His Views To HARDING TO CAPITOL! Judge Kizkham In Ref- ! TaETE ! erence TO Man leen D’Annunzio’s Stronghold Object of m',Estimates Show That B ford And New Britain— Present Deficiency Re-! * po:ted To Be $150,000 . Dccasion For Suspens'on iy Company’s Inability to # Meet Required Standard For Value of Collateral. 1 - WALL ST. HOUSE IS “ ALSO ON THE ROCKS Hartford, Dec. 23.—Due to the de- pression In the stock exchange mar- ket lowering the collateral value of se- eurities, Friable and Co., brokers and lers In securities, with ofMices In this oity, closed its doors today and suspended business Indefinitely. The immediate occasion for the ompany’s suspension was its inabil- to meet the standard fot value of llateral as fixed by the New York k exchange Expert accountants re going over the books of the firm ¥ to ascertain the amount of the wilities and assets. It was report- id that the firm would face a defl. elency of $160,000 if forced to liqui- “date. ‘President-elect The local branch was managed by raderick W. Porter and Gordon Rob- n and business up until today was being done as usual. The two local managers were in Hartford all morn- ing conferring with the heads of the Frisble company, and the decision to suspend business was remched some- time before noon today. E. W. Broder, attorney for the Jrokers, gnve the following statement l%q-nld this afternoan: fo & Company, consivting of L. W. and C. G. Friable and Rufus Knapp, brokers ln& dealers in securi- Tthew, Wi offices Pearl street, Hartford, and in NeWMS¥ifa'n, through their attorney, E. W. Broder, an- nounce suspension of business today, Kiving as the reason thergfor their 1#80ility to meet the Immediate obli- #utions of the fifm due to the shrink- Age In market value of high grade se. Curities In which the firm has dealt. ‘Wall §t. Firm Orashes. | New York, Dec. 23.—Fallure ot the brokerago firm of Foster and Louns- herry was announced from the ros- frym of tho stock exchange shortly After the opening today. The firm consists of J. Hegeman ' Foster, floor member; 8. Durell Louns- berry and W. Fraser Gibson. It ha fl done business on the exchange for Rearly 20 years Foster and Lounsberry are under- #tood to have been active trad. in Vanadium Steel which was one of the ‘“ that led In recent heavy peae- lons on the market. The faflure which was unexpected in financial elr was regarded as the most Important recently Second In Week, The firm, which is the second in the ock exciange to fall within a week d the following statement “Although we have long brokers for Allan A, Ryan and Co., . Mr. Ryan was in no way the cause o€ our suspension. His account was plosed some time ago and satisactor- lly fixed up In every way." heen *POWDER MILL BLOWS UP Men Killed and Two Injured When Du Pont lant at Belin Vil- . Iage, Pa., Explodes, @ominton, Pa., Dee Four men v killed and two injured In an ex- oston today In the pressing and packing mill of the DuPont Powder Oa at Belin village near Moosic, sev- n @ from here. The property damage amountad to about $10,000 The dead are Samucl Boam, Edward froome, Calvin Shotwell and Herbert ?n. all of Moosie. oV force of the explosion was felt r the Lackawanna valley. The it s engaged In handling com- erolal powder, largely for the anthra. tite mining Indu WAGES ARE REDUCED y lIron Works at Bridgewater, Mana., Makes Announcement Today. Bridgewater, Mass., Dec. 22 nley Iron Works here, with in New Britain, Conn of n 156 per cent r In wages offective at once A ' per cent monthly bonus is also ndoned and drop from time and If to stralght time for all over- | Branch of Stanley Works, ~The head tod: ' president sald today that Mr. "template further c New and Retiring Presidents Will Lead Parade on March 4th. Washington, Deec. Wilson plans to accompany President- elect Harding from the White House to the capitol on March 4 and back again to the White House for luncheon as is the usual custom when a new lof executive is Inaugurated. Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the Wilson had outlined to him yesterday his plans with regard to inauguration day. As is the custom, Mr. Harding will call at the White House just before noon, and will be received by the re- tiring executive. They then, under present plans, will ride down Pennsyl vania avenue to the capitol, where the president-elect will take the oath of ofice and deliver "his inaugural ad- dress. The new and retiring presidents will lead the usual parade up the avenue |out Chance To Enlist lfl Acceptable 22—President | Court Made This Recom-: mendation Only On Plea of Atty. F. B. Hungerford, Counsel For Accused. Lieut. Col. Alfred Aloe, commanding the United States army recruiting ffices In this district, has sent an open etter to Judge John H. Kirkham of e local police court explaining that +he army will not accept far enlist- ment men whose records are not good. In a recent decision in court, Judge Kirkham ruled that if Charles Ross, guilty of taking an automobile with- the owner's permission, to the White Houre where Mr. Wilson | mitted to increase his reported one- will entertan Mr. Harding at lunch- eon. Immediately afterward, Presi- dent Wilson will home on S street to take up his life | cused next Monday. te citizen after elght years [ nounces, in his open letter to the as a priv in the White House. year enlistment in the army to three years, judgment would be suspended. retire to his new | Otherwise he would sentence the ac- Col.. Aloe an- judge and to recruiting officers, that The continued steady Improvement Ross will not be accepted for enlist- in the president's health, according to | ment, nor will Neurath or Miller, his Secretary Tumulty will make the con- templated visit of the president with Harding to the capi- tol possible even in the event of the most intemperate weather. Mr. Tumulty said today that when he visited the president yesterday, he found him in better spirits than at any time since he was taken i1l more than & year ago. The president and his mecretary d'scussed a variety of topics, but Mr. Tumulty said the executive did not bring up the subject of the treaty of Versailles and 4'd not indi- cate in any way what d'sposition he whas prepared to prake of it The president, Mr. Tumulty sa'd, stated In the course of their talk that he was not greatly Interested in the writing ot memoirs for an autoblogra- phy as it was a form of literature wh'ch had never greatly appealed to h'm. It has been g- nerplly undsrstood that when Mr. Wilson . retires from ofice ha will take up the preparation of a history of the world war. EPIDEMIC OF HOLD-UPS Shopper Assaulted. South Norwalk, Dec. 22.—James Toner staggered iInto police head- quarters at an early hour this morn- ing and reported that three colored men had held him up, taking $35, a gold watch and a diamond stickpin from him. Asked why he did not have more money he replied that he had been Christmas shopping. Then, he says, the three men assaulted him. Peter Olsen. also reported that he had been held up and relleved of $1.34 by two men d'rectly in front of the cen- tral fire station. This is the sixth hold- up to he reported in the past week. NO TAX DECISION House Ways and Means Committee Adjonrns Until January 6 After Brief Heaing on Tax Revision. Washington, Dec. 22.—After a brief hearing on tax revis'oh, the house ways and means committee adjourned today unt’l January 3 on which date it plans to turn its attention to general revision of the tariff. While the committes does not con- nsidgration of tax questions at this session Chairman I"ordney sald this did not new taxes would be drafted on tho bas's of information githgred thus far. He explained that the commit- tee felt it should start on tariff re- vision immediately after the holidays and devote fitself to that task until It was corapleted | Past Weck—Christmas officer is self-explanatory. | i a mean that ; l accomplices in taking the autos. Judge Kirkham's Side- Judge John H. Kirkham, in speak- ing of the case of Charles Ross today, stated that he did not pass judgment upon Ross at all, that he merely sus- pended sentence upon the accused, acting under the assumption that he would join the army. Judge Kirk- ham paid high tribute to the stand- ards of the U. 8. army and sald that he would not make it optional with a crimin whether he joined the army or went to jail, nor did he In this case. It was represented by the counsel for the accused that the army authorities were willing to ac- cept Ross’ enlistment and the under- standing of the judge was to the effect that this was so. . Army authorities in Springficld were Interviewed by telephone and they stated that they would take Ross back, it Is stated here. The judge merely acted upon the assumption, which seemed to him entirely rea- sonable that the matter was closed when the sentence was suspended and the accused was taken to headquar- ters. Notice to Recruiting Men, Aloe’s notice to hig recru'ting It follows: Col. “December . “1. In an article in the New Brit- ain Herald of December 20 and the New Britain Regord of Dec. 20 there appeared an item in which a certain judge at New Brita'n has given a man by the name of Ross the option of enlisting in the army for three years or a jail sentence. This pan Ross was arrested with two other men by the names of Otto Neurath, age 19, and Otto Olson, age 18. In this connection, you are well aware of Paragraph 849, Army Regulations, which prohibits the acceptance for enlistment of men af this kind. We take pride in our army and the men we have in it. It is a place where a man of good character can serve his country and at the same time receive instructions which will prove of the utmost value to him upon his return to civil life. It must be clear to you from the action in this case that the army can nat be and Is not the dump- ing ground or refuge for criminals. “If either of these three (3) men apply at your station for enlistment they will be rejected immediately. “ALFRED ALOE, “Lieut. Colenel, Inf., Recrnitine Officer. Letter dge Ki~kham. Lieut. Col. Aloe's letter to Judge Kirkham is printed herewith: “17 Hampden St., Springfield, Mass., * Dec. 21, 192. “Judge John H. Kirkham, New Britain, Conn. “My Dear Sir: “In an article appearing in the New Britain Herald and Record of the 20th inst. I notice that you have given [ (Continued on Fifteenth Page) Chicago Burglar Heeds Child’s Appeal—to Spare Her Christmas Gifts; Plays Carols to Amuse Her ~$100,000 T0 750 WORKERS 0 Its Employes Dec. 22 nufacturers of valves will $100,000 to its 150 cmployes was announced toduy. Distri- the company branches in other cities will bring the Christmas bonus up to $250.000. Employes iaid oft on account of the lack of work will share in the bonus, which repre- Jenkins here it bution to —The “Christmas t* heeded the pleas of Ruth Mailey, aged 10, not to take her Christmas presents, when she found him in her home yesterday on her seturn from school for lunch. The burglar was eating her lunch which had been left by her moth before guing down town shopping took her to the parlor and played little jingles and Christmas songs on the pieno for her When she told him she would ta return to school he sald. “Tell your mother T'll return some day and steal everything in_the house, he Jef Chicago, Dec, burglar with a hes is per- | He | 'FIUME IS BESIEGED BY ITALIAN FORCES itary Assault—Rigorous Blockade of Port Is Ordered. Udine, Italy, Dec. 22, (By Asso- clated Press).—Fiume, the stronghold of Captain Gabriele d’Annunzio, the insurgent Italian leader, is being be- sleged by regular Italian forces. Rome, Dec. 22—Gen. Caviglia, com- “mander of the Italian regulars sur- rounding Fiume has ordered a rigor- | ous blockade of Fiume and the ;islands of Veglia, Arbe and San Mar- co. He gives forty-eight hours to those who wish to leave the block- aded region before it is invested. 'IRISH MAYOR TO0 VISIT HERE FRIDAY 'Father of Soldiers’ Victim Himself a Hunger Striker, Will Come Here Soon. Mayor Denis Morgan of Thurles, Ireland, who is in this country to tes tify before the committee on the in- | Vest'gation of British atrocitles in | Ireland, will visit this city Friday and | will be entertained at the home of his cousin, Mrs. A. Hilton of Pearl court. He is conducting a speaking tour in the middle west in the interests of the Irish cause but anticipates leave of absence whch will permit him to come | castward and visit his relatives in this city, The visiting mayor and his family have been hard h't by the visitations of English troops to Thurles, he in forms Mys. Hilton in his letter, his five-year-old son having been killed SENATE INVESTIGATING COMMITT, IS ADVISED BY DEALERS’ OFFIC FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS REDISCOUNT i NEARLY TWO BILLION WORTH OF PAPER ton District Alone Has Re-| discounted ,About $4,979,- 000 Worth This Year, Washington, Dec. 22.—Nearly two billions of dollars’ worth of paper based on production and sales of farm products has been rediscounted by federal reserve banks this vear, Gov- ernor Harding of the federal reserve board estimated in a ' special report sent today to Chairman Gronna of the senate agricultural comm'ttee. The amount of such rediscounts in 1919 was estimated at $71 66,000, Mr. Harding estimated. The figures include 11 districts. There was no report from the New York reserve bank as the board said | there was a very small amount of farmers’ paper rediscounted there. Figures from the Boston district were: 1919, $2,642,000; 1920, $4,979,000. All Figures Are Ustimates. “The special figures furnished by the Yederal reserve banks In accord- ance: with your request,” said Gov- ernor Hard'ng's letter, “are in all cases estimates, no exact figures of the total volume of loans for agricultural purposes being available. I “It should be borne in mind also that the total amount of farmers’ ’nolc! rediscounted by federal reserve banks gives no indication of the amounts advanced by the federal re- serve banks to finance the production ond sale of farm products, s'nce large |amounts advanced to member banks { in other districts on' cammercial and | industrial paper are used by these r loans to agricultural in- ALLIES MAY RELENT | LOCAL GIRL VICTIM OF FAITHLESS LOVER| Miss Bertha Meyen Loses Life Earnings and Hus- band After Wedding. A story of misplaced confidence in a faithless lover is wound around the unfortunate happenings in the life of a local young woman, Miss Bertha Meyen of Jubilee street, during the past month. Miss Meyen married one Fred Salten at the parsonage of St. John's German Lutheran church, sa the story goes, on November 25, and left stortly thereafter for Boston, Mass., where she was to make her future home with her husband. Her personal holdings, which, it is said, amounted to a considerable sum, were turned over ta him for safe keeping. Under pretense of having been called | away on business, Salten left his bride in New York city and has not been ! seen since. Inquiries at business ' houses in which he claimed to have connect’ ns brought forth answers that Salten was unknown to them. Miss Meyen returned to this city shortly after the unfortunate inci- dent. Efforts were made to cover up the affair but news of the event leaked out today. Miss Meyven is a prominent local resident. She was a music teacher for several years prior to her unsuccessful embarkation vpon the sea of matri- mony and laid away a comfortable sum of money from her earnings, it is reported. It s believed that she | confided this fact to Salten, and he contrived a means by which he might procure the money. At his solicita- tion, it is reported she disposed of the holdings, turning her worldly pos- during a raid by the troops and his A Possibility Is That Germans May KocP gossions into cash. 11-year-old nephew meeting s similar ‘end, wh'le he; h'mself, was Incarcer- ated in. prison.. He was one of the few political prisoners whose hun- ; wer-strike was successful in ob- ia'ning for him his freedom. As a result of that strike his health (Continued on Eleventh Page) RIOTING AND WRECKAGE Ditpatch Tells of Uprising in Petro- grad — 150 Eaccuted — Rallway Crash Kills Many. —A serious labor riot occurred recently in Petrograd, savs a Helsingfors dispatch to the Central News under yesterday's date I.on;lon. Dee. in which many persons were killed or | injured. The riot was crushed and 105 laborers were executed, the dispatch adds. The trouble started when the soviet authorities refused the demand of the city laborers for more food and short- ening of the working day, which is 16 hours. London, D=~ 22.—A Central News dispatch from Helsingfors, Finland under Tuesday's date says that several hundred persons were killed or in- Jured in a railway accident near Petro- grad. The accident was due, it is stated to overcrowd!ng of a train but details are lacking, the despatch adds. MACHINISTS SUGGEST Would Have First Reduction in Hours Be to 11 a Week—More Workers, Fewer Hours, Desirable. Action has been taken by the In- ternational Association of Mach nists { to prevent as far as is possible finan- | cial embarrassment to its members | through loss | this period of bus'ness depress'on. A { communiction is being forwarded 10 ' the heads of New Britain industries requesting that employers Increase their skilled force even if it is found necessary to decrease the working | hours, thereby giving employment to are now deprived of any means of carn‘ng a livelihood. It is also urged | that the work'ne of overtime be dis- | cont'nued with the exception of that which is found necessary for running and repairs. Where it is found necessary to cur- tail working schedules a request is ade that the fi reduction be to | 44 hours a week, arranged as follows: | Work to begin | o'clock and end at . five davs | a week: Saturday work to begin at § o’clock and end at noon. WEATHER —— Hartford, Dec. for New Detain | —Rain, warmer | Thursday. 22 —Forecast icinity: and tonight of employment duréng | a large number of skilled men who | Some of Their Shipping—One Han- ! dred Billion Marks Reparation. Brussels, Dec. 22 (By Associated | Press).—Payment by Germany of 1100,000,009,000 marks in gold remains the basis upon which experts and dele- €ates to the second financial confer- ence in session here are warking. This amount, although far below what was authorized by the Treaty of Versailles, is cons'dered by them collectible anly on condition that Germany is helped jalong the lines suggested by the Ger- man delegates. Delegates have been pledged to secrecy but there is a general impres- sion they will recommend that their | governments permit Germany ta keep i some of the 350,000 tons of shipping she was ordered to surrender under the Versailles treaty. The American dollar is mentioned frequently as a desirable standard in expressing reparation figures. It,is impossible for Germany to export gold marks, and the dollar is considered the most stable unit at present. { PONZI SENDS GREETINGS | | | Ex-Financial Wizard Sends Christmas Creditors— Tlopes They Have Bright Christmas. Message to His Many Boston, Dec. 22.—Charles Ponzi today sent from Plymouth jail a | Christmas greefing to his thousands of creditors bidding them be of good cheer His letter, written on expensive bond paper, was engraved with the legend “Charles Ponzi, Plymouth, Mass.” He expressed a hope that the miscarriage of his creditors’ investment would not mar the spirit of the Chrismas season and asked them to look forward with him to the day when he would step from the jail a free man to aid them in recovering their losses. CITY SELLS BOND ISSUE " Board of Finance and Taxation Enters Into Agreement This Morning With ' | | Syndicate From Boston. ! At a meeting of the board of finance and taxation this noon city bonds to | ‘ the amount of $670,000 were sold for | $625,713 and interest to a syndicate | composed of the following banking ' and brokerage houses: Esterbrook and Co., H. Day and Co., Merrill, Old- ham and Richter and Co. President F. S. Chambeflain of the bpard pre- sided- The lowing meetings subway, bonds sold represent the foi- | issue, voted at recent city School bonds, $525,000; $70,000; BALLOONITS STILL MISSING. Rockaway, N. Y., Dec. 22.-~Today, ! nine days after its start from hef, the navy b A-5598 was still gissing, and ofti at aal alr gtation were withe w o cter, from the thice lloon ors |of the ‘out of 446 applications for clemency. To “Within a few hours after the wed- Jding cerémony, the couple left for Boston, Mass. On the following ' morning they started for New York city, where Salten left on the so-called business trip. After he failed te put in an appearance within a reasonable time, ‘he local girl made inquiries, the resvits of which ind'cated that she had been the victim of Salten’s ruse. She returned ‘o the home of her mother at once and since that time has heard nothing of her “lover.” PETITION APPROVED 'w Haven Road Given Right Acquire 289 Shares of Fruit Grow- ers Express Co. For $28,900. to Hartford, Dec. 22.—The petition of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford Railroad Co. for permission to acquire 289 shares of the capital stock of the Fruit Growers Express Co. fr $28,900 was rormally lp-; proved today by the public utilities commission. In its statement giving' its approval the commission eiates that the approval is *only in the event that such acquisition is nog prohibited by the laws of other | states in which the petitioner is in- corporated and is approved by such commissions of other states as have jurisdiction thereof.” NO MORE PARDONS GRANTED New Jersey Court of Pardons Will Not Shorten Sentences of Those Guilty of Murder, Robbery, Etc. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 22.—Because ‘‘unusual number of crimes throughout the country,” the court of pari.ns today passed a resolution | not to give pardons or paroles before expiration for minimum sentences for murder, robbery, burglary and like offenses. Exceptions would be made only where unusual circumstances merit a favorable recommendation, it was said. Only 78 prison and § pen- | itentiary paroles were recommended CHECKING UP STORK Torrington Town Clerk Invites Each Family to Visit Him and Sct His Book of Births Straight. 22.In an effort to the birth records Dec. in Torrington, correct errors | here, Town Clerk Willlam A. Gleeson has designated the week of January | 17 to w ek, inclusive, as birth record | nd has invted every family in on to send a representative the (own clerk’s office during that Mod to examine the records and see pirths which have occurred in | i thy Recent Sca-city duct Was Due T “War, Naticnal Stzike And Tie Ralreads Denial is Made Men Themselves Issuance of St Which Caused mer’s Panic. Washington, Dec. 22. Cushing, managing direc American Wholesale Coal was recalled todey by the investigating committee, sessions were resumed, and] denial that coal men had the series of government and actions which he safl coal shortage panic this “Some of the coal men prices,” he said, “but I solve them from bringing steps which flve governmei tions took that caused the Opposed Priority O “Dia your association a state commerce commis ority orders?" asked Sen republican, 0, we were fighting Cushing replied. J..D. A: Morrow, vice. the National Coal associ sent'ng mine operators, sai ciation was formed at the the-National Defense Councl approved by the fuel adn 'so there could be some ganization in the 'coal ind ich the government could It had 2,200 members, who produced “a little ovi coal tonnage of the Uni ‘Why can't you ‘drganis prevent shortages, as you the war?% asked Senator publican, New Jersey.. ‘W a two-week railroad strike national shortage ?”’ “The switchmen’s strike . weeks,” Mr. Morrow replis affected chiefly the eastern Wwhere 60 per cent. of the ¢0 duced. il Nothing to Fear Nd “Let's get to the present Senator Edge. “There are coal cars and no fear of thortage 2"’ “There is nothing to fear Morrow said. “It took a a national coal strike, and strike as well to bring summer’s shortage.” The conl association’s ine “QOTthlng over $400,000 t itness told Senator Ki it “had secured over $1,000,0) the Inst thfee years,” by an members. ROYAL ARCANUM M Elects Officers to Serve for suing Year—Many to ing in Bristol Next Tuesd At the regular bi-monthly of the New Britain Council, Arcanum, held in Judd's H evening, the following o elected for the¢ ensuing year: George P. Root; vice-regent, Root; orator, Leo A. Fortie tary, C. R. Barrows; treasu Elliot; chaplain, James Ellio Emil Bloom; warden, R. J. sentry, H. L. Mills; trustee years, O N. Judd; represent| grand council, A. G. Carlso nate, J. H. Annear. O. N. signed as treasurer after that position for the past It was voted to attend thi ing of Reliance council in Tuesday cvening of next w all members who intend to requested to meet in front lodge rooms at 7:15 sharp. BOTH MAKE DENIAY Harding Says He Has Not 4 Hughes Secretary of Stat: folio and Latter Says Same Marion, O., Dec. 22.—Presidel Harding today denied publishe ments that he had offered 1o i Evans Hughes the appointment| retary of state in his cabinet. “1 find this one of most bits of holiday fiction writing yet been brought to my attent told correspondents at his hom New York, Dec. 22.—~Char Hughes, in a statement here characterized published repos he had been tendered the appo! | of secretary of state in the cabinet as “irresponsible rum