New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1920, Page 1

se Committee ; ies Total Of 1292 LESS HOUNT ASKED | tion Results in Five Arrests. A gang fight in the shadow of thc police station about 10:30 last night Aside For Na- attracted the attention of the author- ne For Disabled '!ties and resulted in the arrest of | Jerry Lynch, James Pasquerelle, John No Fund to Eln-I tead Act. Cardils, Clarence Smith and Fred Hickey on charges of breach of the peace arising out of their alleged disorderly conduct in Fonda Espan- ola, a Spanish restaurant, connected Dec. 29.—~The sundry | with a rooming-house in the old Bol- e ‘.'1""‘:,"'.' ".:::‘L‘_“ lerer building. Shortly after the men svernment departments, | "ad been identified by the Spaniards, today by the house ap. | 308 Roy, keeper of a Spanish ommittee. It was the | Tostaurant short distance easterly ig supply mieastres for | °P the same street,-reported -that his I year to be complated | P1Ace had been entered earlier in the I was $562,237,514 loss ;\-er::'n. and mu::h‘ trouble occasioned .| by the same quintet. R o ey ,,Judse Kirkham found all five gul- y s morning of breach of the Pro-War Basis peace. He imposed a fine of $10 and desire to put govern- | costs upon Hickey and also revoked ipes on & pre-war basis | probation on a previoys offense, mak- Arst taking care of mon | ing necessary the immediate payment r, sot aside only $16 of approximately $50 In lieu of ual sundry civil ex- | serving time at Hartford jail. Lynch government which was | was fined $10.and costs as was Smith, 0 of the total amount | while Pasquerelle and Cardis were for 1916. assessed $6 and costs, Judge Kirk- Board Slashed ham explaining that they evidently single reduction, $147,. | had fallen into bad company. to the Shipping Board Through an interpreter, John Moro Fleet Corparation, ithe |testified that the five accused had that the organization | come into the cafe next to the cen- jported entirely out of | tral fire station and demanded that of Ingome., they be served cider. JHe refused to om the department of Wait on them. At onfé they began 00,000 for enforcement |to help themseclves to cider and other 1 prolibition act was | drinkables, and after.having their fill trely. e sum of $15,- | threw bottles and balls from the pool opriated, however, for |tables. Five windows were broken. After they left the place the police |were notified. Lynch, he said, was the man who made the demands for + (Continued én Third Page). ANOTHER STREET MURDER Man, Walking Dovwn Bowery Thor- oughfare Is Shot in Back in New York—Gunman Escapes. ‘New York, Dec. 20.—One more day- light street murder today was added to New York's crime list, when a man. identified " as * Salvatore Mauro, was shot In the buck. The slaying oc- curred on Christie street, near the Bowery, old fighting ground of lower gangs. . Mauro, & ‘cheése and olive oil mer- chant, was on his way to his place of business when a man, stepping from between two sidewalk display cases, fired and then ran into a haliway. A passerby, who had seen the shoot- ing, a@:mpted to capture the gunman, but was forced to stop when a revolver was levelled at him. B67,080: employment 001 ;- reclamation ‘serv- g public health servico orfes and arsenals blic bulldings $6,798, - mines $2,112,000' ana | Justice $1,080,304. 's Compenaation. Tuded -$223,000,000- on fitary and naval compen- or disability, medical tment of beneficinries of war risk Insurance, rehabllitation. amount - dedueted * only a8 left for all other pur- pared with $126,022,750, fried by the sundry civil al year 1016, Disabled Soldiers |l Increases ‘over’ this lations were $11,803,000 mation service: $500,000 $1,281,000 for national d volunteer soldiers; lor lighthouses and beacons 2 for: “the ' government APPEAL CONN. DECISION Government Not Satisfied With Rul- ing That Stock Sales Profits, Not by Brokers, is Not Taxable. Washington, Dec. 29.—The govern- ment will appeal from the recent de- cision of federal courts in Connecticut holding that profits received from the sale of stock by persons other than brokers is not taxable as income, it Was stated today at the bureau of internal revenue. Pending the supreme state's con- struction of the law, taxes on such profits will be collected as part of the income tax, officials said and should the supreme court uphold the Connec- ticut courts a refund will be necessary. $160,000 Loss in Fire In City of Indianapolis Indianapolis, today caused .. enforcement anti-trust D00 Is proposed as against asked by the department The appropriation for the por - board is $400:060 - against M) requested, while the rd estimate’of $808,000 ix L.000. For the construction posta only $520,000 was ogainst the $61,402,015 total recommended was in the Hawallan Islands, tion being proposed for Canal, and the Continen- tes and Alaska of » Blamed For Fire in B brt, Conn., Dec. 29.—Fire, p have been caused by rats t matches, destroyed the of Max M. Eichen's cigar 1 Fairfleld avenue, shortly In today, and cnused damage between $8,000 and § N o the proprietor, the fire Dec, 29.—Fire early a loss estimated at $160.000 to the H. Lieber company, dealers in photographers and art workers supplies. The building is lo- cated in the central ports business strict, e matches are stored. —ANDERSON. 33 Dewey street, nt of his “And- the - re PRICE THREE CE Session Monday to Consider Borah’s Disarmament Resolution SEVERAL Idaho Senator Opposes Including Na- l | | FAYOR HIS PLAN ONE MAN LOSES AUTOMOBILE 1 Machine tiong Other Than Japan for Fear of | Causing Complications on Military Disarmaments. Washington, Dec 29 —A meeting of the senate foreign rela- tions committee will be held Monday, | Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, an- nounced today, to consider his reso- lution looking to reduction of naval armaments. The resolution would re- quest the president to negotiate with Great Britain and Japan for an agreement. Wants No Complications. Senator Borah said several commit- tee members had expressed them- selves favorably toward his plan. He opposed the suggestion that the reso- lution be widened to include other powers, because it might complications by raising the question of military as well as naval disarm- ament, he said McGANNON CASE ENDING “Somcbody Lied,” Declares State Prosecutor in Summing up Contra- dictory Evidence at Trial. Cleveland, Dec, 29.—Charges of eliberate perjury” in the trial nf Judge William H.‘McGannon, charged with killing Harold, C. Kagy, were mafe by Assistant County Prosecu- tor Green this morning during the first part of the state’s final argument o the jury. _The case will go to the jury late this afternoon. ' ‘talked to the jury for thirty ites. He reviewed the evidence, declaring some of it refuted itself and some was physically impossible. “There were three men present when Kagy was shot,” Green said. ‘““The defendant has denied he was there. None of us expected him to say he was there, or that he fired the fatal shot. The defense attempted to show he was somewh: at the time of the shooting, w is the truth? I am not going to gloss over words. Some- body is lying and it is not a mattér of mistake in judgment—it is deliber- ate perjury. EVERYBODY'S DOING IT # Two 10 Year Old Jersey Boys Arrest- od For Holding up Another, Steal- ing Dollar. Jersey City, Dec. 29.—Two en year old boys were arraigned in criminal court here today on the charge of holding up two other lads of their age and robbing them of a dollar. The de- fendants, Frank Augemma and Tony DI Sanna, both of Hoboken, were paroled into the custody of their par- ents pending a hearing in juvenile court. ORGANIZED LABOR IN ENGLAND GIVES ENTIRE SUPPORT TO IRISH MOVEMENT | NEARLY FIVE MILLION SPENT BY FUEL BOARD Federal Contrlo During Two Year Period Cost Gov- ernment $4,824,681. Washington, Dec. ~—The total cost of fuel control to t federal gov- ernment during the war was $4,824,- 681, according to the final report of the business manager of the fuel ad- ministration made public here today This sum represents all expenditure: national and state, by the fuel ad- ministration from its organization in September, 1917, to June 30, 1919, when the administration virtually was disbanded. Appropriations made for fuel con- trol totalled $5,813,818 and Lawrence Mitchell, assistant business manager, who prepared the report, said there was a balance of $989,137 on hand on June 30, last year Expenditures by the headquarters in Washington totalled $2,706,479 nd by states ,618. By far the ne. York special | " scale of fines for transporting liquor, involve | gyed in support of the Hemurrer and BOARD HAS | FREIGN RELATIONS |TODAY FINES CLIMB 1 FALF BILLION |COMMITTEE MEETING, FROM $125 T0 $400 ARTMENTS’BUDGET Bill Reported ROWDIES IN RIOT AT SPANISH RESTAURANT Gang Fight Near Police Sta- l Judge Thomas in Federal Court Makes Liquor Men Pay Heavily Taken By Revenuc Men Will Be Confiscated—Large Num- ber of Accused Whiskey Dealers Appear in Court This Morning. | Hartford, Dec. 29.—The sliding according to the time of the offense, was put into effect again today by, Judge Thomas in the federal court, | the penalties ranging from $125 for | offenses in July to $400 for recent violations. \ PDemurrer in Havens' Case. the indictment of | Eugene Havens of Meriden, October 19, on a charge of selling liquor Aug- ust 16, and of a second offense, citing a wconviction of violation of the Vol- stead act on February 24, was argued before Judge Thomas. David BE.| Fitzgerald, attorney for Havens' ar- | Demurrer to claimed that while the conviction in Febrfary was subsequent to the na- tional prohibition act becoming ef- fective, January 16, 1920, there is nothing in the indictment as to when the first offense occurred. Assistant District Atty. George H. ohen ar- gued that the indictment set out two violations of the Volstead act una the demurrer was made to remove the fe- strictions upon the court requiring a minimum penalty of $200 fine and | one month’s imprisonment. Mr. Cohen said, however, the government was glad to have the question raised | : long continued loss of wages through is a second offense. Mr. Cohen went into the history of the prohibition law since 1917, in- cluding the war time prohibition’ act passed November 1, 1918, effective July 1, 1919, and argued that there was ho one who did not know it was a crime to sell liquor. Mr. Cohen contended it has been a crime since July 1, 1919, and all that was neces- sary was to inform the grand jury that the accused had been convicted of that crime and that the charge was a second offense. \ Automobiles Taken Too, Arthur Bluestein of New York, arrested November fifth near Dan- bury with 15 cases of liguor im an automobil - ‘fined $25 e ost agadnat Sine’ Kudista ot Wallingford, was erased as the pros- . ecutor was notified the accused had died. [} to what really | Union Leader Says Reduc- | | ing and the fact that the decrease in D 'ANNUNZIO BEATEN, GIVES UPHIS AUTHORITY AT FIUME TO COMMUNA COUNCIL; ARMISTICE IS EFFECTI TEXTILE WORKERS ACCEPT CUT IN WAGES BUT MAINTAIN ACTION IS UNWARRANTED tion Imposes Unfair Hard-} ship On Operatives And! Does Not Remedy Trade Depression. Fall River, Mass., Dec. 29.— ceptance of the reduction of cent in wages by the operatives in the textile mills of Fall River should not; be taken as an indication that such a| reduction was warranted, said James ' Tansey, president of the American | Federation of Textile Operatives, to- day. His statement, which followed the announcement last night that the six| unions making up the' federation had| wvoted to accept the wage cut, contin- ued: “On the contrary, we believe the re- duction is drastic, severe and uncalled for. Particularly when we take into consideration the present cost of liv- pay is being taken from workers whose wages, even at their highest rate, do not compare by any means with the! wages paid in many other industries. Burden on 'Workers. “This reduction, coupled with the the closing down of the mills for sev- eral months, imposes upon the opera- tives a burden and a hardship which to say the least is unfair. “It has always been the opinion of the textile council that a reduction in wages was not the remedy for depres- sion in trade. We are still of -that opinion, and are convinced that such a drastic reduction is an injustice to the workers of the industry and is not the remedy under present ¢ondi- tions.” FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS Greater Phrt of Alarms for Past Year “gtills"—Seven False Ones | ‘Were Sent in. Hyman Drayer, arrested in Danbury September 29, with 17 cases of whis- key in his automobile, was ‘fined $200. His automobile will be confiscat- ed Joseph Samuelson and Bill Donda- vend of New Bedford, Mass., were | arrested July 19 with 170 bottles of | gin in their automobile in Greenwich. Samuelson was fined $125 and Donda- vend $150. George H. Volger of Crown street, New Haven, entered a plea of nolo contendere. A fine of $50 was imposed. George Blauvelt and Richard Thompson of Saugatuck, pleaded guilty of transporting liquor Septem- ber 29. Fines of $75 were imposed. Cases continued for trial included (Continued on Eleventh Page). Backs Up Self-Determina-| tion Claims and Challenges Govrnment to Disprove | Reprisal Accusations. Landon, Dec. 29.—A movement cal- culated by its organizer to place the full weight of British organized labor in support of the Irish self-de- termination claims began with a specially convened conference of the parliamentary ‘labor party in Londpn | today after which several members of the party's investigating committec tald what they had observed in Ire- land. A resolution was adopted unani- mously challenging the government to disprove the commission’s accusations regarding reprisale and other out- rages charged to the crown forces. The conference was held as a curtain raiser far a campaign in behalf of self-determinktion to be inaugurated by the laborites. A. G. Cameron, opening the discus- sion on the inquiry commission's re- port characterized it as “‘the most seri- ous indictment against British methods in trying to govern Ireland ever placed before the British people” and added: (Continued on Eleventh Page). R i ] Son-in-Law { Deputy Fire Chief Eugene F. Barnes on request has given the following : report on the number of alarms an- swered by the department during the ; past year: January, 2 bell and 3 still alarms; February, 3 bell,r 11 still | alarms; March, 6 bell, 7 still and 2 false alarms; April, 5 bell and 18 still alarms; May, 8 bell and 11 still alarms; June, 3 bell, 9 still and 1 false alarms; July, 4 bell, 14 still and 1 false alarms; August, 6 bell, 9 still and 1 false alarms; September, 8 bell and 9 still alarms; October, § hellr bell, 8 still and 2 false alarms; No- vember, 10 bell and 17 still alarms; December, (to date), 5 bell and 14 still alarms. DIES IN NEW JERSEY of Former Local Bank President Passes Away Suddenly— Widow and Five Children Survive. News has been received in this city of the sudden death of J. Blan chard Edgar of Edgarton, New Jer- sey. Mrs. Edgar, his wife, was Har- | riet B. Collins, adopted daughter of the late Augustus P. Collins who was president of the New Britain Nation- al bank for many years. Mr. Edgar conducted a large stock farm near Rahway, New Jersey, and was devoted to its interests until his health failed a few years ago. Be- sides his widow, Mr. dgar leaves five children and 11 grandchildren. BETTER TROLLEY SERVICE Manager of Conn. Co. In Hartford Declares He Has Put in 20 Addi- tional Cars For Use. Hartford, Dec. 29.—The order of the public utilities commission that the Connecticut company should im- prove its trolley service, m e some weeks ago, when the commission denied the petition of the cities of Hartford and New London for a re- vision of the ten cent fare rate, has been complied with in Hartford to the extent of twenty extra cars at the morning and late afternoon rush hours, according to Warren P. Bris- tol, general manager of the Hartford lines. Mr. Bristol said today . that more cars at other hours through the day had not proven necessary thus far, although of course some had been added after the jitneys were eliminated as competitg ; d S — DOCTORS CLASH ON MATTER OF POLICY Health Superintendent and Medical Examiner Have Heated Session Today. Closed for more than a half hour this morning in the office of the health superintendent in the presence of Mayor Orson F. Curtis, Health Super- intendent J. R. Harris and Examiner Waterman Lyon threshed out differences of opinion as to politics in the enforcement of quarantine and the truth or untruth of alleged state- ments to the effect that the practicing physician was not co-operating with the board in that respect. Although the voices of the disputants reached a high pitch several times, the super- intendent classed the matter asva “mere misunderstanding.” Dr. Lyon has been in charge of a diphtheria case in Barnesdale over which a policeman to see that quarantine is observed. A recent newspaper article, announcing the action of the department in plac- ing a policeman at the house, stated furthur that the doctor had not been co-operating with the health depart- ment in the enforcement of quaran- tine. When Dr. Lyon was informed of the alleged statement he came to the office of the mayor to register a com- plaint, and in campany of His Honor superintendent’s office to further investigate the source adjourned to the of the misinformation. Medical | has been placed | General Caviglia Co mander Of Italian Re lars, Meets Today ¥ City’s Delegates ' Arrange 5Peace T 'Fierce Fighting Precedes . cision to Surrender— j gionaries Set Fire to Powder Magazine. {RAPALLO TREATY RECOG | Rome, Dec. 29.—Complete nition of the treaty of Rap: been given by d’Annuniio’s | tatives at the Abbazia conferenc |'General Ferrario, it is indicated | report received heré today from eral Caviglia, commander o Italian regular forces at Fium Rome, Dec. 29.—Gabriel DY zio has virtually given up. H transferred all of his power communal council of the city of General Caviglia, commander regular Italian forces, will m with a deputation from the c arrange the final details of p tive hostilities have ceased, | to the armistice agreement. 1 — Fighting Is Suspended. Fiume, Dec. 29.—(By The ed Press)—A conference for pose of arranging the final ¢ of hostitlities between the * Italian forces of General Cajigl a’Annunzio’s legionaries was’ this morning. Meanwhile, tary operations have been sy The truce was arranged d Dr. Harris, it is understood, made | Right and will continue until the statement todhy that he was not | Clusion of the conference. responsible for the news charging a lack of co-operation, and complimented the physician upon the fine spirit shown toward the depart- ment, Dr. Lyon that the placing of a police- man at the home of a patient to en- ; force quarantine was an unnecessary- expense to the city, Dr. Harris stated: “It is nmot for Dr. Lyon to judge.” TWINS HOLD UP TRAIN Onme is Killed and Other Surrenders After Robbing New Orleans-Chi- cago Flicr at Kankakee. Kankakee, Ill., Dec. 29.—One of the twa youthful bandits who held up the New Orleans-Chicago fiyer on the INlinois Central last night, was killed in a battle with police and railroad detectives at Aroma Park, four miles east, early today and the other surrendered. The youths, Jose and Jacob Scott, twins, aged 24, were said to be the sons of . an automobile machanic at Greenville . A holdup of the Cincinnati bound train on the Big Four Railroad was contemplated by the two robbers, it was believed, but was prevented when the station agent at Aroma Park tele- graphed a warning that two men re- mbling the robbers were in his sta- tion waiting room. Pclice and railroad detectives arrived as the Big Four train pulled in and chased Jacob Scott through the train into a wash- room, firing through the walls until the robber was fatally wounded. Only the rear pullman on the Illinois Central train ‘was robbed Several hundred dollars in cash and a few thousand dollars worth of jewelry were recovered. ! Gun Cotton Plant is Destroyed By Flames ' Concord, Mass., Dec, The gun cotton plant of the American Smoke- less Powder company was destroyed by fire today. The flames ran through the combustibles without explosions, but threatened a serious spread until the Maynard and Concord fire depart- ments joined forces to stop it. cause was not determincg The was estimated at $15,000. B. & A. Repair Shops loss To Resume Operations! Springfield, Mass., Dec. The Boston and Albany Railroad car re- pair shops in West Springfield, which were closed indefinitely last Monday, throwing nearly 100 men out of work, will be re-opened next Monday, ac- cording to authentic information re- ceived here today. Eighty per cent. of the employes will be taken back. The reason for the change of policy is not announced. AR MEETING TODAY. Ohio, Dec. 29.—The ad- meeting of Goodyear Tire company stockholders was again postponed , after the finance ors ported that OODY article Railroad near here’ The | Rickardo Gigante of Fiume tain Hostwenturi, in Wwhi d"Annunzio placed the 4 city, will be spokesmen Relative to the statement of | d’Annunzio apparently being Terms Agreed Upon.. Paris, Dec. 29.—Fighting between the Italian troops and Captain Gab nunzio’s legionaries has been ed for a time at least, it was here. today. A despatch fro stated that delazates ap the mayor of Fiume met Gen rario, in direct command of fan regulars at Abbatia, ¥ and agreed to the terms laid ¢ capitulation of the city. D" was expected to sign them th ing and a truce was arrangf noon today. Discussion Under London, Dec. 29.—Dise! terms for the capitulation® began at Abbatia at 2 o'cloal day afternoon, says a Milan to the London Times.' Th ences was still in session at last evening. Magazine Is Fired. Rome, Dec. 28.—D’Annu gionaries at ‘Fiume set fire der magazine in the Recin: southeast of the city, last cording to a report from Abb explosion wheh occurred tow) night set fire to the woo rounding Fiume to 'the great clouds of black smo! down over the city. In some| the belief was expressed, the: states, that a petroleum re the powder magazine had set on fire. Italian regular troops sui Fiume continued to advance | north of the city yesterday | the eastern side the situatio changed. | The fiercest | of .Fiume, where Alpini from Cast reached the p dens. There they found all Y had been transformed inta gun nests, from which a t | was poured upon them. Seized City in 191 Seizure of the port of September 1919 by Gabriell | zio, [talian poet warrior, | of 8,000 volunteer grenadie: | was the dramatic climax | troversy reaching back to of Lodon, concluded in the 1915 between Italy ‘and powers, under which italy war against the Central Pos The treaty assigned thg Tyrol south of the Brénndg well as Trieste, Gorizia, T section of the Dalmatian | Italy, but gave Fume, the Hungary, to Croatia. When the war end tionalists, including d'An manded that Fume, with derat Italian populatio, given to Italy, an act that required the revision of th London. The Italians, wvoked the principle of mination” enunciated by ‘Wilson and pointed to the f§ fighting oc