New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1921, Page 1

I’x ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRIiTAIN, CONNECTICUT. ' STANLEY RULE & LEVEL CO. WANTS TO CHANGE ITS NAME T0 STANLEY SECURITIES CO. - 'Local Concern Would Be- come Holding Company, Under Senator Hall’s Bill Presented Today (BHER MEASURES UP FOR CONSIDERATION | BELOIN 13 LIKELY T0 AGAIN HEAD INCIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND AMERICAN HDW. ATHENS, GA., ALWOST ' BURNED TO GROUND Downtown Commercial District Mass of Smouldering Ruins 10SS MORE THAN $4,000,000 One May Mean Emafion;fimllne Explosion Believed Cause of of Jitneys—Women Are Taking Active Part in As- sembly. (Special to the Herald.) Hartford, Jan., 25.—Senator ard . Hall of New Britain troduced a bill in the senate which buld give the Stanley Rule & Levet mpany the right to chafige its name The Stanley Securities company, making it a holding company er than a manufacturing com- . The same bill also provides t this company shall have the t to increase its capital stock time to time to am\ amount not H five million dollars. It was Wl to the comitiee on incor- rations. Covert Has Five Bills, wepresentative Richard Covert pre- hied five bills having to do, with highways, the traflic thereon, ete. bill provides for the licensing of on highways, Another pro- s that the state highway com- loner have the right to order re- yed any signs that may truct view of trafflc. Another gives the intendent of state police the it to lssue permits for signs, ac- ping to specifications. Anothey to the commissioner of motor 0 the right to contrel all traflic special occasions and another id give him the Tright to obsérve | auto regl lon, pumbers for | who make requests. ,Mfill-l'h-. resentative of the New Bri- | ”‘&-r of Comvmieree tas 10 have Representative Henry ping of BerMn introduce a meas- | jng for a water gauge under bridge in Keénsington. would be to warn traffic the water is too deep for and would advise traffic te the detour over the overhead to the south. The chamber's | is to have the state pay one- | the rallroand company one-third | Berlin the other third. This |s & request however. and as Mr. Deming has not introduced a bl May Bar Off Jitneys, bill was also referred to the on cities and boroughs for a regulation of the | tition betweepn the jitneys and Cennecticut company. This re Is very carefully and techni- | worded and, according to gos- the corridors of the capitol, most likely be reported favorably action is taken. Lobbyists of ponnecticut company are said to ready on the job, and It Is ermore said on rellable authori- ore, the “blg mogul” of the lican party has snapped his in such a manner as to make dent that he desires the Con- pompany to be amply pro- the bill in passed, and it ly it will be because of the jnizsed strength of the Roraback ne, it may mean the death knell Jitney business. pfar as New Britain con- ft may mean that jitneys ruled off West Main street street and any other streein they are serious competitors e Connecticut Co. bresentative Iickey of Stamford weed a Bl calling for an iIn- of $2,600,000 in the state fund -service men, bringing it up to ,000. Ead- | today » Women Present Bills 'ard, Jan. 26.—For the first in the eglslative history of pticut women members are the of bills for proposed legisla- number of these were offered house today, some going to bor and others to the public and safety committees as they in genmeral to the condition of pd minors In industry. Mrs er of Hartfard, offered I bill, which proposes an ment to the Sunday law and s Sunday afternoon concefts. other bills providing for training for children ing the employment of | | Firc—Flames Jump Clear Across Streets. Athens, Ga., Jan. 25.—A large part of Athens downtown business district was a mass of smouldering ruins to- day and it was estimated that the fire which early this morning swept clean three entire city blocks and damaged adjoining buildings had de- stroyed property valued at about $4,- 000,000. No loss of life was reported. Fire Rages Five Hours. The fire of undetermined origin, broke out shortly before midnight and it was five hours later befor® the com- bined efforts of firemen from this and | nearby cities succeeded, in getting it under control. At its height the fire appeared as if it would wipe out the entire downtown section. Gasoline Explosion Causes It. Rapid spread of the blaze was said to have gasoline drums in the Max Joseph building on Wall street, the lower floor of which was occupied by the Denny | Motor Co. This scattered the flames beyond control and the fire spread down Street—Hundreds of Refugees Crowd been due to the explosion of | 'PUBLIC MULGTED OF BILLION AND HALF, This Is Opinion Expressed TodaYé | by Senator Galder 'REED SAYS OTHERS AS WELL | Mentions Shoe Men and Flour Men— { i Senate Committee to Start Probe | of the Lumber Week. Industry Next; ‘Washington, Jan. 25.—The opinion that the American people were | “mulcted” of a billion and a half last | year by men in the coal trade, was | expressed today by B8enator Calder, { republican, Neaw York, who was a witness before the senate committee considering his bill for federal regu- lation of the coal industry. | “Very well, how about the flour { men, the shoe men.and some of the i rest?” asked Senator Reed, democrat, . Missouri. [ " Yen, ves,” replied the New York senator, “but this trade is the one we are starting with. Coal is a neces- | stiy.” Senator Calder is chairman of the | senate reconstruction cormmittee | which has been investigating the coal | trade and which it was announced today, will begin an inquiry next week into the lumber industry. | SERIOUS CHARGES | AIMED AT PALMER the east side of Wall street, south to Broad, virtually destroying every build- ing in its path. Flames Leap Street. The flames then leaped across to the west side of Wall street to the build- ing occupied by Michael Bros., whole- sale and retail -drygoods merchants. This structure, covering nearly a block, was destroyed. KFrom there the fire spread to Jackson and Clayton streets, sweeping everything in its path to College avenue. Refugees Crowd Stfeets. Hundreds of persons struggled to save their property from bulldings threatened by the flames and the streets adjoining the fire area even wheelbarrows loaded with mer- chandise and furnfture taken from stores and offices. Adding to the confusion and difficul- ties was a weakened water pressure at the fire plugs but this soon was over- come when extra facllities at the reser- voirs were brought into use. COL. HOWARD ELECTED Hartford Man Is Again Named Com- mander of Conn. Commandery, Mil- itary Order of Foreign Wars. Hartford, Jan. 265.—Lieut. Col. James L. Howard of this city was re- elected commander of the Connecti- cut commandery, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, at the annual meeting held this after- noon at the Hartford club. A con- stitutional amendment was adopted | providing for the election of three vice-commanders. The addition of | 83 veteran companions to the mem- bership during the past year was re- GROTON HAS FIRE | Roof of Vanadium Mectals Company Burned Off—Loss $2500—New Lon- don Firemen Called to Help. Groton, Conn,, Jan. 25.—It is es- timated today that the loss caused by a fire of undetermined origin which destroyed a portion of the roof of the Vanadium Metals Co. here last night will amount to $2,000. New oLndon sent fire apparatus across the Thame river bridge to assist the local de- partment. The Vanadium Metals Co. manufactures bronze and alum- inum castings and of late has been employing 20 men, one quarter of its usual force. JAPAN I§ WILLING Nippon Wil IConsider Disarmament If Suggested by Some Other Nation— Not Very Hopeful However. ‘were | soon jammed with wagons, trucks and | Harvard Professor Assails Action of Department of Justicc During Last Year's Raids. 2 Washington Jan. 25.—Charges that ‘somebody” in Washington was re- spopsible for a change in rules of the immigration Bureau which, he said, denied counsel to aliens arrested dur- ing the so-called radical raids con- ducted by the department of. justice in the winter of 1919 were made be- | tore the senate judiciary committee today by Prof. Zechariah Chafee, of the Harvard Law school. Prof. Chafee was one of 12 lawyers who signed the report on “illegal | practices of the department of jus- tice,” which was made public by the ! national popular government league | neveral months ago. He said the la- | bor depaftment had been reduced to 2 “rubber stamp” by_the department of justice in the 1919"raids and chal- lenged the legality of this under the térms of the espionage act. The rule to which he referred Prof. Chafee said, was changed by Solicitor Abercrombie, then acting secretary while Secretary Wilson of the labor department was ill or had illness in his family. This was done December ' 30, several days after warrants in the radical “round-up” directed against | members of the communist party had | been issued, he said. | When Secretary Wilson learned of | the changes in January, 1920, he con- ! tinued, the old rule providing for counsel was restored. . SETTLEMENT REPORTED ment on California Problem. Washington, Jan. 25 (By Associated Press).—Negotiations betweén Am- bassadors Morris and Shidehara for the settlement of the alifornia ques- tion and the definition of the rights of Japanese in the United States have | been successfully concluded. Approval of the conclusions of the two ambassadors must be giver by | their governments before any fur her | action looking to a settlement of the | controversy that has arisen over the California anti-alien land law can be | hada. Paron Shidehara has submitted his report to the foreign office at Tokio and Mr. Morris has his report | ready for consideration by Secretary Colby who Is expected to return to Washington Thursday from South | America. GASOLINE IS CHEAPER | Standara o1 Indiana { Drops Pricc Two Cents Per Gallon | As Oil Is Cheaper. N 1 | Company of CORP. THE FACTORIES Big Holdings About City Are Being Boosted Con- siderably—Tide of Dis- gruntled Taxpayers Re- ceding, Linder Reports. SAYS PEOPLE ARE QUITE SATISFIED In all probability, Fred Beloin, own- er of the Beloin hotel and several other centrally located pieces of real estate throughout the ¢ will again head the grand list as s been true of lists for several years past. Mr. Beloin's assessment for this year is $393,800 as against $321,310 for last year, an incrcase of $72,490, books in the office of the board of assessors, show. Factories Will Pay Well While the work of assessing fac- tories has not been completed, indi- cations are that the American Hard- Wware corporation will ecad the local industries as usual by a large margin. the factories proportionate to one an- share of the increase necessary to bring the grand list from 58 to more than 90 millions of dollars, and in the main the boosts have been given the factories proportionate to ont an- other. A few of the industries will shift places in the grand list, but the shifts will come chiefly among the smaller plants. Last year’s valuation of the American Hardware corpora- tion’s Holdings was $7.246.200. Many Big Jumps. Of the several large estates in the : city, the Booth estate continues the most heavily assessed with a valua- tion of $640,200, an increase over last year’s figures of $86,200. The amount charged to the estate last year was $554,000. Dugald McMillan, who is numbered among the heaviest tax- payers, has had his property valua- tion increased from $129.350 to $159,- 400. i The tide of grumbling property owners at City Hall ebbed somewhat today, there being few in compari- son to the number that registered protests yesterday. Aceording to the mayor and Director Thomas Linder the men are going away satisfied after the equity of iNe system is shown them. i Frror Is Corrected. One of those who came this morn- ing was Mr. Schnider of the firm of Schnider & Rubenstein, bakers. An investigation of his reports showed that he had included his ovens under both equipment and buildings, and (Continued on Eleventh Page.) TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 'HARTFORD STEAMER IS 1921. —TWELVE PAGES t ! b STUCK FAST IN RIVER| May Have to Remain Out in | Channel Until Spring- time Comes Again. Hartford, Jan. 25.—This morning was the coldest of the winter thus far here. The weather bureau's mark was one below zero. The steamer Hartford of the Hart- ford and New York Transportation Co. line has been frozen fast in the Connecticut river just north of the South Glastonbuyry dock and about 10 miles below this city, since Monday evening. She left here at 4 p. m. Monday on her trip to New York but got no farther than the point named when the heavy ice stopped her. The zero weather soon anchered her hard and fast. Early this morning efforts were started to cut the steamer loose. The steamer had stopped at the Glastonbury dock and taken a large quantity of freight aboard. Included in this was a shipmen of silverwarc from the Williams Mfg. Co. consigned ; to South America and destined to leave i New York Wednesday. Should it ‘not reach there in time the com- y pany says it will mean a heavy loss. [ There were only five passengers "aboard the steamecr. Two of these, Middletown boys, trusted to the ice ,and got ashore this merning making their way home by trolley. The ice {is from 5 to 6 inches thick normally /but is badly broken and jammed. The tug Spartan left Saybrook Point this morning on her way up {in an effort to break her way to the | steamer- There were doubts at the ‘compnny's office at noon, however, whether she would be able to make it. There is no tug at this end. It | was said to be not unlikely that the steamer was frozen fast for the win- ter and would not be released until spring. i Winsted, Jan. This was the 1 coldest morning of the. winter in this section. Temperatures ranged from 2 to 14 below zero. The severe cold and the high winds put a stop tp ice.cutting. HEARINGS POSTPONED Washington, Jan 25.—Because of the Mliness of Chairman Butler, the house naval committee postponed to- day until Frday the hearing og Gen. Pershing oan world disarmament: Was j announced that Representative But- ller was suffering from an attack of 2 ptomaine poisoning but that his con- dition was not dangerous. MERIDEN GAS LIGHT CO. ORDERED BY PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD TO RESTORE O MAY BRING HEALTH OFFENSES TO COURT Violations of Sanitary Code Will No Longer Be Countenanced by Local ' Departnent Due to the prevalence of measles and the fact that this city has been leading the state for several weeks past in the number of cases of that sickness under treatment, according to the report of the State Department of Health, Superintendent J. R. Har- ris has sounded a warning that prose- cutions will be brought under the sanitary code if it is proven that those in _authority have not co-operated with the board by reporting cases of that disease. The only preventive measure that may be employed is the isolation of those having the sicknes it is ex- plained. When the case is not re- ported, this is made impossible. The sanitary code makes parents liable to a $100 fine or three months imprison- ment for failure to report illness when it i= suspected of heing communicable. For last week, New Britain leads | the state with 45 cases reported, that number being nearly one-third of the entire number brought to the state de- partment’s attention. There were also 12 cases of diphtheria the largest of any with the exception of New Haven. Three cases of whooping cough were reported, and two cases of scarlet fever. - GIRL LOSES $63 Miss Rose Cotter of Roxbury Road reported to the police this afternoon, that her locker which she had left open at the Russell and Erwin Man. ufacturing company this morning, RATES BY MARCH 1 Decision is Important As it i | | | | AIN HERALD § Ik NEW HAVEN’S BUSINESS CR $1,000,000 FIRE: BIG DER STORE AND NEARBY PLAC} Mendel And Freedman Building Destroyed As Is The 5-Story St H.M.Bullard Co. In The Rear- Co., Besse-Richey Co., TheCl Co. And Western UnionOffice ANOTHER BIG FIRE IN | Firemen CENTER OF NEW HAVEN Blaze Breaks Out in Bohan and Landerf Store, Op- " posite Hotel Taft. ture to| Contre Appa Out. New Ha ‘which dest: New Haven, Jan. 25.—Fire broke| ge; and Fre out this afternoon in the Bohan and Landert Co. store at Chapel and Col- lege streets, opposite the Hotel Taft. The fire had gained great headway| gg0, when the firemen arrived. The loss estimated at $50,000. De- in Chapel § ajoining damage The fire o'clock tective Sergeant Carton was injured | force ottha when a plate glass window fell out. The fire originated in the basement of the Greenview apartments adjoin- ing the fur shop, spreading quickly to the Bohan-Landorf sore. Persons liv- ing in apartments four floors above three hours Othe The fire | story storeht lard comp the fur store were driven out by the | some damagy smoke. The fire was under control in less than an hour. ALL WELL INSURED EXCEPT DEPT. STORE | of the Men Chatfield Mersick in Richey Monson comj ‘Western Un buil lard store buildings Mengdel and Freedman -Only Possible The calli Exception—Loss There Put at at Least Half Million. New Haven,, f apparatus first vears, the fi an entire Jan. 25.—Individual tonS of th dosses in.the fire hero early this morn- « that the fi ing were estimated as follows: Mendel and Freedman, $500,000; the H. M. Bullard Co., $150,000; the Charles Monson Co.; $150,000; the Besse-Richey Co., $15,000; Chatfield Paper Co., $5,000; the P. and Q. Clothes Shop, $5,000, and several oth- | er smaller losses, which total to more than $900,000. All of the firms which suffered from bring the | to this sin le perature’ mi difficult “but] under contn the danger ported that O The fire’ It is thou ever, near a the fife, with the possible exception of @nd Freedm Mendel and Freedman, were well pro- tected by imsurance. GITY HALL BUDGET IS “SLICED ABOUT $38,000 Eliminates “Meter Charge” | Want $12,00, Which is Less and Cuts Flat Rate Ten Cents. Meriden, Jan. 26.—A decision of the state - public utilities commission re- ceived here today, following a peti- tion of the city of Meriden, ordeTs a reduction in rates of the Meriden Gas Light Co. to take effect March 1. By thig order a meter charge of 50 cents a month is eliminated and the flat rate is reduced from $1.50 to $1.40. The commission says: Old Rates Re-established. “We hereby order and direct the Meriden Gas Light Co. to re-estab- lish and put into effect on March 1, 11921, the rates of said company which are in effect immediately prior to September 1, 1920, as reasonable |maxlmum rates for gas supplied by | said company on and after March 1, 1921.” In the course of a lengthy finding the commission states: Opinion of Commission. “It would be an unjust and unfair rate-making policy to permit stock- holders of a utility corposation dur- ing prosperous yecars to receive extra dividends over and above a fair re- turn on the value of property and re- quire patrons during the lean year to pay increased rates in order to maintain a fair standard return.” The petition to the commission was made by the corporation counsel for a committee appointed by the city council. Company Dividends High, The finding assert past_ten vear: { board of finance and taxation. | stripping for the entire building, Than Was Sought Last Year—$4,000 Deficit. Approzal will be sought by the City Hall commission to a budget of ap- proximately $12,000 when the board of finance and taxation meets for the i I I | i { man gave th the fire con flames were this reason once sounde] within 20 paratus was ing toward The conce the fire were Mendel an and depart { Monson co { pany, | . | purpose of acting on department esti- | mates for the fiscal year. This budg- ct, Clerk William G. Dunn of that commission explains, represents bare- ly the costs of maintaining and build- ing and does not include a single item for new work or additions. The fig- ure is about $38,000 less than was asked for last year and $3,000 more than was given the commission by the It is cxpected that the close of the present fiscal year will see a deficit of about $4,000 in the commission’s funds. Included in the items for which funds were sought last vear but were | refused, and for which no appropria- tion will be asked this yvear, are: Vault for the office of the town clerk, $30,- 000; new elevator, $6.000; weather ) 000. CONFESSES T0O MURDER Springficld Man Tells Police He Shot and Killed Barbariero,gut in Self Defcnse, ke | ers: partment s clothin Chatfield Pa the H. niture deale as well as firms who h Union buildif Departmy The buildi del and about 35 yea it had .been ! changed ove partment s | five floors , immediate i | against whiel ings used by tioned. ‘Water The fire the fire in Pprotect the g Lines of ho many roofs ed and with cold, fought® ing comparaf] ble to save storehouse cleaned out'y So far forenoon tl age to thy water us took hold Mendel, minul men he from .of