New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1921, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ISTABLISHED 1870. 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |SERIES OF MYSTERIOUS FIRES DO _ “VOTES AGAINST INCREASING { ITS MEMBERSHIP BEYOND 435 517,459 For Next Fiscal ¢ ET SLASHED OVER 19 MILLION f mized Coal Operators },A"urBdoreSenlte Com-' “mittee to Oppose Govt.' Regnhfion of Their In-! ashingten, Jan. 19.—The house representatives voted today against sing Its memberhip, now 435, amendment to the reappor- t bill was' adopted under 12 seats would be shifted from 8 states. vote to keep the membership 435 was 198 for to 77 against Will Lose Scats wvots .. for . adoption of the ment was 8o overwhelming BT wdvocates of a bigger house said realized it would stand e amendment = means that the states will lose seats two ouri 2, and Indlana, Iowa, riana Kentucky, Louislana, Maine, ipl Nebraska, Rhode Island &l Vermont one each. California Il galn three; Michigan 2; Ohlo 2, Conneoticut, New Jersey, North Texas and Washington one - [ A ‘.. v 3 Appropriation Bl agricultural appropriation bill 32 for the . i [ 4 $1,000,000 was ay ‘hational forest for Acqu of additional headwaters of navigable [ \..'I.'Io commission asked for ttoe adlded half a mil- to the. priation for tion of Knimal tuberou- he sum, of $150,000 was provided | 1 the brown tall and gypsy rampant in New Jersey and + Qoal Men Opposed of orgnnized coal oper- Cunlder bi! proposing fed- on of the coal Industry before the senate man- oclation. He 1 it on the bill with the state- It that the mine operators goner- 1 not taken excess profits dur- doal shortage last year. have collected statistics upon ,000 tons of production made to October 1" he sald, “which the average selling price at the A to _been $3.47 a ton and the cing $2.76. That left a 1 cents which does not profit, because the over- W, depletion charges and IRave to come out of it.” tness told the committee figures would have been ‘except for the action committee In sending to take papers out of our th with attendant publicity members to cease report- (B GBT MURDERERS —_— of Toledo Gang That Detoctives and Stole Moncy Behind Bars. O, Jan. 19.—Breaking up sang of gunmen which killed detectives Monday, has ed e say. alleged mem of the band L il One of thess, Edward of Denver and Omaha has and has tmplioated Royce rdson, a negro, alse under a two others, both white. or Police detectives of Pitteburgh oveland are conducting A prefaced his - o & < il negro woman, Vivian Larri- ed Monday. also has ad- police that Richardson A ' an divided their A Wmd Appropria- ’ ! ‘tion Bill Carrying $33,' MORE THAN 100 DIE AS THO DAMS BREA Reported Today 200 More Injured in Disaster at| oy psr 5 Pachuoa, Mexico THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS Several Mines Are Flooded and Death List Is Expected (o Grow As Debris Is Cleared Away—Many Victims Poisoned. Mexico City, Jan. 19.—More than 100 persons were drowned and more than 200 others were injured in the disaster yesterday at Pachuoa when two dams above the city broke and torrents of water swept through the lower sections of the big mining cen- ter, according to latest reports. A thousand persons were rendered home- less. Several mines were flooded and it is believed the death list will be added to considerably when the shafts are cleared. The dams held back water used in the chemical treatment of ores, and many of the deaths were due to the victims being poisoned by swallowing this water, HINTON TESTIFIES FARRELL WAS WEAK Says He Consulted With Kloor About Disarm- ing Him, ockaway, N. ¥, Jan. 19 —~—Lisut. ‘Walter Hinton, testifying this after- noon at the inquiry into the specta- etlar bulloon fight here recently made Into Canada with two other American naval officers, declared that at one time while they were lost in the waods he had consulted his com- mangder regarding the advisability of. disarming Lieut., Stephen A. Farrell. Hinton gave ' the ' following testi- mony to the court of inquiry regard- ing the struggle for existence waged by Farrell, Lieut. Kloor and himself after they had landed on the shores of Hudson Bay. “At 12:20 on December 16, Lieut. Farrell fell from exhaustion. It would be unfair for me to state in his ex- hausted and fainting condition the remarks that were passed, but I called Lieut. Kloor and consulted him as to the advisability of taking the knife from Lieut. Farrel and going on as signified by him-—only with the hope that we would find assistance- “My conviction was that we were on the stream that emptied into the river upon which was the house which we had seen from the air just after hearing a dog bark. I fully believed that the house was just around the corner.” 10 PER GENT. INCREASE Manufacturers’ Association of Bridge- port Figures This As Fair Estimate of Added Working Hours. Bridgeport, Jan. 19.—The manufac- turers’ association of Bridgeport today estimated that there has been a ten per cent. increase in total working hours In local plans in the last two week. A soup kitchen to provide one meal & day for unemployed persons was opened today by the Bridgeport metal trades union. A band of seven pieces furgished music. FAVORS PIECE WORK. Chicago, Jan. 19.—Testimony in suv. port of the railroad's contention that the plece wrk system is more effic- fent than the hour basis in wage com- putation, was given .today by C. B. Radcliffe, general car foreman or the Chesapeake and Ohio rallroad before the raflroad labor board which is hear- ing the rules and working conditions dispute between rall employes and the roads. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT ON MILLION DOLLARS AT WORCESTER City Department Unable to} Cope With Situation and Apparatus is Sent From Boston, Clinton, Miilbory and Westboro. LAZE ALARM SOUNDED AT 3 A. M. Two Business Buildings, With Mer- chandise, on Main Street Burned and Score of Tenement Structures Also Catch Fire—Hotel Saved—ILidttlc Evidince of diarism. Worcester, Mass.,, Jan. 19.—This city was spotted by fires early today with a loss that ran upwards of $1,000,000. Two business buildings street heavily stocked with mer- chandise were burned out, a score of tenement structures were over-run by sparks that caused roof blazes, and guests at the Bancroft and New Park hotels which were situated be- tween the business and the tenement district fires stood ready to follow the tenement dwellers into the zero tem- perature of the street. The hotels were saved however. $100,000 Loss at One While this epidemic of fires to the south engaged all the city's apparatus another flery spot developed several blocks to the north where the wood working plant of the M K. Smith Corp. was burned with a loss of $100,000. The origin of none of the principal fires was determined definitely but the police said they had only the faintest suspicion that incendiarism was involved. Fire Starts at 3 a. m. Fire started shortly _before three o'clock in the Seven Stores Knowles buflding here, destroyed that build- ing and spread to nineteen other Pplaces within a' radius of a mile. The ith Corp, fire began in the rear of one .of the wood working firm's structures, and in the adjoining bullding firemen foung"a suitcase’ ablaze in the runt ly which led to the belfef t the second fire was the wark of a firebug. As far as known there was no loss of life. Bancroft Tnci= on Main Boston Sends Ald The fire area was too great to be adequately covered by the city's fire fighting resource and Boston, Clin- ton, Millbury and Westboro were called on to send additional appar- atus. Alt responded, engine 26, a motarized unit, coming over 44 milos of bleak road from Boston n quick time. Newspaper Plant Damaged The flames skirted the bullding of the Worcester Evening Post but’ were kept away by a curtain of water. The consequent cellar flood however put the paper's press out of commission | and spolled a large quantity of news | print paper. 50 Places Devasted Fifty business places including six retail stores, six manufacturing plants and a large number of offices of dentists, doctors, music teachers and others were wiped out. The Bijou theater building caught fire but the damage was slight. NORTH & JUDD SHOWS SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT Working Schedule is In- creased From 24 to 32 Hours—Starts Jan. 24. Announcement was made to its em- ployees today by North & Judd Manu- facturing company that the working schedule would be fincreased from twenty-four to thirty-two week, effective Monday, January 24. Some departments will be operated on a more extensive schedule. It is also announced that wages will be reduced about ten per cent. This will llkewise become cffective or January 24. COAL $17 A TON. New 'Haven, Jan. 19.—The price of hard coal was reduced from $18 to $17 a ton today by several local coal dealers. Steam Heater in New Haven Road Pay Car Blows Up, Hurling Waiting Employes in all Directions hours a | RE-ELECT DAVISON AT SAVINGS BANK Officers and Directors Named at Annual Meeting Today YEAR'S EARNINGS $619,269 Volume of Business Handled in Main Strect Banking House Was Greatest in Its History—21,602 Dcpositors on January 1. At the annual meeting of the incor- porators of the Savings Bank cf New Britain, held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the banking house on Main street, the following directors were named for the ensuing year, all be- ing re-elections: C. B. Oldershaw, H. D. Humphrey, E. H. Davison, E. N. Stanley, G. W. Traut, C. . Smith, J. A. Andrews, E. A. Moore, C. J. Parker, C. B. Parsons, J. B, Minor, P. F. McDonough, 1. D. Russell, Noah Lucas and H. S. Hart. Following directors held their annual meeting and re-elected the following officers. E. H. Davison, president; C. F Smith, vice president; E. N. Stanley, treasurer; C. B. Oldenshaw, assistant treasurer and secretary; Noah Lucas, assistant treasurer. Report of Treasurer. The annual report of Treasurer Stanley showed the busjness of the bank for the last year to have heen the greatest in the institution’s history. Four and one-half per cent interest amounting to $515,21%21, was paid out of the net earnings of $619,253.41, Deposits during the year totalled $6,- 011,214.33, while withdrawals amunt- ed to $4,058,382.40 the net incorv: in deposits for the J-ar being $1,952,8381.- 93. The total deposits on January 1, were $13,436,451.54, and the total as- sets $14,080,863.07. The number of open accounts January 1, was 21,802, | $1,582,000 In Mortgages. | Loans on first moMgasss in' the community ‘seached a total of $1,582,- | ‘800 during the year. United States | bonds of ‘the par value of $1,564,000 | are owned by the bank and the Unitea States Certificates of Indebtedness to l the amount of $100,000 are teld. Tha surplus fund was increased $80,000 during the year and $79,177.50 was charged from the values at which the bonds owned by the bank were carried on the books. JITNEUR DEFENDANT IN $15,000 LAW SUIT Frank Ott of 43 Union Street Sues Farr and Harris and Conunec- ticut Company Frank Ott of 43 through his counsel, F. Mangan, has brought suit for $15,000 against Joseph Farr, Arthur H, Harris and the Connecticut com- pany. The suit is the aftermath of a collision which occurred on October | | i Union street, 1920, at Stanley Quarter, when the jitney bus, awned by Messrs. Farr End trolley. Ott was a passenger in that time been a patient at the New Judge William 27, and Harris, was struck by the North the jitney at the time, and has since Britain General hospital with injuries which the complaint alleges were re- ceived in the crash. The writ was served on the defendants today by Deputy Sheriff M. D. Stockwell, and is returnable in the superior court on the first Tuesday in February. WOMAN JUDGE’S YERDICT Florence E. Allen Sentences Murderer to Life Imprisonment on Second Degree Charge. Columbus, O., Jan. 19,—Common pleas Judge Florence E. Allen today sentenced Robert Nomera to life im- prisonment after a jury containing three women found Momera guilty of second degrce murder for the slaying of Henry Thompson last Thanksgiv- ing Day. Judge Allen was the first woman judge in Ohio to pass sentence in a murder case. ! The three women on the jury held out for conviction from the start, they ldool-red. Four ballots were taken, — e EYE IS REMOVED. | Physicians at the New Britain General hospital this afternoon re. 'moved the injured eye of Burton S. ;Cllrk of Hartford, who figured in the aut - the meeting of the incorporators the: e |EX-SERVICE MEN IN LE ORGANIZE T0 PUSH M. BENEFIT OF GREAT W+ O’CALLAGHAN ORDERED SURRENDERED TO NORFOLK IMMIGRATION OFFICERS De Valera’s Secretary Hints There is Doubt That 'l‘lus: Edict of Secretary of Labor | Will Be Complied With. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—Counsel fo: Donal O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, who arrived in this country re- cently without a passport, was di- rected today by Secretary Wilson to | deliver the lord mayor ‘“promptly” to, the immigration inspector at Nor-| folk. 1 described by labor department offic- ials as merely the formmal notification to Judge Lawless, in whose custody O'Callaghan was placed, of the secre- tary’s decision last week that O’Cal- laghan was a ‘‘seaman” and as suc! shoul reship on a vessal bound nbrq&. President Is Neutral. It was understood however that in directing the prompt surrender of thc lord mayor, Secretary Wilson was in- fluendid by a conference yesterday with Acting Secretary Davis of the state department. This conference was held after the regular meeting of President Wilson’s cabinet, but it was reiterated tem aresident had re-affirm- ed his decision not to interfere in the controversy between the two depart- ments. \ b Boland Has Doubts . New York, Jan. 19.—Harry Bolanad, secretry to Eamonn De Valera, '‘pres- ident of the Irish republic,’” sald to- day: ‘“there might be someé doubt” whether Donal O’Callaghan,-lord may- or of Cork, would be surrendered (o the immigration authorities at Norfolk as ordered by Secretary of Labor Wil- O'Cailaghan was registered York hotel today, but he could not be found there this noon.* HARI]WARE;I,MN CORP. REDUGES RENTALS $5 39 Three-Tenement Houses Are Affected By Order of Association. Beginning next month, tenants of the Hardware City Loan corporation. will be given a reduction in rent of $5 which is equivalent in a majority of cases to a 15 or 20 per cent/cut. The reduction is one of the first made in the city since the labor depres- sion with its resulting cuts has been 'felt, and as far as is known is the only instance of a large combine making so great a reduction, effective for so great a number of familles. The corporation now owns 39 three- tenement houses in different sections of the city, principally in the south- western . end. One hundred and seventeen families are affected by the order. The Hardware COity Loan corpora- tion was organized toward the end of the war to take care of the hous- ing' situation which at that time ap- peared acute. It is composed of fac- tory heads and others interested. The purpose of the association was to build or finance the building of houses for employes of local con- cerns. In addition to that work, the corporation undertook the construc- tion of a number of three-tenement houses, some of which were later disposed of. The remaining houses, 39 in number. are rented out to em- ployes of factories under the direc- tion of H. J. Foiren, agent of the organization, the rent being kept as low as is possible having regard to the costs of upkeep land (nterest upon investment. R. R. BUSINESS BAD Falling Of Makes Necessary Reduc- tion of Employes on " ‘Jly. 18 Attorney Kiett' SENATE PICKS KLETT . FOR JUDGESHIP HERE Resolution Passes and Sent to House—Alling For Deputy. Hartford, Jan. 19.—Former Senator George W. Kiett, of New Britain, lead- er of the last senate where he was ‘was by senate resolution today made judge at New Britain. Attorney ——— O M\m H:‘ hm, who will, to- be named gorporation counsel of tmwm elty, i 33 Benjamin W, Alling who, incidental- , s law partner in | the firm of Klett & Alling, was also | confirmed 'as. assistant Judge. : Resplu- | tions for.Judge Kiett and Judge Alling | for the regular term also went into | the house. The appointment under which Judge Alling is now deputy judge of the city | and police court in New. Britan was . to fill olét the term of Judge Kirkham, former deputy judge elevated to judge- ship on the death of the late Judge James T. Meskill. ' 6,790 ARE GONVICTED | 9,259 Cascs Still Pending Where War- Time Laws Were Violated—Dept, ! of Justice Has 17,900. Washington, Jan. 19.—Convictions have been obtained In 5,720 of the 17,900 cases prosecuted by the depart- ment of justice under war-time laws | and 9,259 of the. cases still are pend- ing, Attorney Gen. Palmer today told the senate judiciary committee, which is considering proposals for géneral | amnesty for persons convicted under the espionage and other war acts. A total of 2,929 cases “were disposed ; of otherwise than by convictions,” the attorney general added. MOTHER KILLS CHILDREN | Winchester, Pa., Woman, Temporarily Insane After Flu, Murders Three and Then Commits Suicide. Winchester, Va., Jan. ll).—-Mrs.' Mary Glenn Hicks, wife of Stanley H. Hicks, shot and killed three of her‘ four children early today at her| home, near here, then Kkilled herself. She is believed to have been men- tally deranged, due to a recent attack of influenza. ' 1 i FIRE IN PROVIDENCE Firemen Have to Batle in m.mi Weather to Quell $30,000 Blaze in Lumber Yards, Providepce, Jan. 19.—Fighting in g ued a fire | Where The Secretary of labor's orded was'chairman of the judiclary commntcc.[ Emp Wiee sion of service of either organiged B. 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