New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1921, Page 9

AMBLING HOUSE |GOVT. NAY HAVE T0 [ o, WAN FINED $20 ds Depies Knowledge That Game Was Being Played John Pitkis, owner of a puse In what was formerly knownlnf b Main street, . Commercial hall on ® In court this morning to face chafge of maintaining a place re- rted to for purposes of gambling wag fined $20 and costs. Nick own, one of the frequenters, d 35 and costs while the foilow- who were arrested in a rald last fht, were discharged: John Papas, | | | | 1 | ' | coffee | Was | | : John Papas, 2nd: Petor Petralis, | mes Furris and Alex Petrovis. The Ing party consisted of Bergeant fam C. Hart and Policemen John dy, Patrick Meehan and Joseph y ;'oprlnor, Pitkis. was before rt December 23 on a similar rge. ‘Since that time numerous prts of gambling reached the ears | e police, it being reported that oard resembling a checkerboard & pajr of dice were the apparatus in gaming. Last night when policemen entered the place found the six accused sitting und the board and picked up some y from the table as ovidemoe, m stood stock still. When forced ove, it was found that he was pding on a dollar bill. All six led having taken part in the ., and the proprietor entered a 1 to a echarge of having wiltul- llowed the practice to go on. In the witness stand this morning, owner explained that he had d the men a few minutes prior he visit of the police, and the oy on the table was the change them. wyer I'. F. McDonough request- at the ocases of Steve Topallon Napoleon Tichlpkon be on- unti! Saturday morning. The are charged with the theft of the value of $25 from the .‘ula and Level plant. Ser- ? C. Hart met the duo last with a travelling bag. He had ons that tiey were rumming #0 he stopped them. Their nation that they bought the did not satisfy the policeman 4y were arrested. of 310 and 35 for drunken- Afdd breach of the peace were in the case of James Mur- The accused rooms at the Cen- hotel. . Last night he went to partment of another roomer and his'trunk threw it out of the pw. . Fortunately. the window the railroad track side of the and no one was injured. Ine* waw the cause attributed hirphy to his downfall. ‘& C. MUTUAL AID SOCIETY OFFICERS 1 { an Is Eleoted President 1 Meeting—Tinances in Good Shape. o annual meeting of the Lan- ry and Clark Mutual Aid tion, held last evening, J. J. n was elected president; F. E. u-prnldom; J. Hubert, treas- #d E. F. Scheldler, secretary. Comstock, George Guite Howe are auditors. Following tement of the finanecial con- the association: hand January 1, 1920: New Brit- rust Co .. n Bavings $2,866.75 . 2,189.62 3d issue p Liberty 4th lssue Liberty Sth lssue 1 600.00 100.00 600.00 $ 7,901.5% I TAKE SOME ACTION Calder Sees;ossibility of Subsi- dizing Housing Construction Jan. 27.—The United soon will face the necoessity bsidizing housing construction unless steps are taken to afford every facility for private construction to relieve the present shortage, Senator Calder of New York, chairman of the special senate committee on recon. struction, declared in an address here today before the national council of the chamber of commerce of the United States. The address was made at the open- ing session of a conference of the chamber’s national council to formu- late A national program for relief of the housing shortage. While he was opposed in prineiple to all income tax exemptions Senator Calder said he believed that unless all were .abolished exemption should be given mortgage investments in order to bring ecapital into the mortgage market and stimulate building. As 3 means of stabilizing the con-. strietion industry and preventing the public’s exploitation through combi- nations between employer and em- ploye, Senator Calder said he had been giving much thought to legis- lation which would permit federal in- corporation of trade assoolations and Washington, States labor unions and bring them volun. | By | this means, the senator said, the “re- | tarily under federal regulation. sponsibllity of groups of employers and employes organized for trade purposss would be fixed, ‘while col- lective bargaining would become a practical reality through making the bargain a true and binding agree- ment.” RAILWAY EXECUTIVES WILL MEET TOMORROW | Chicago Oonference Called For Pur- pose of Considering Cutting Down Wages of Employes Chicago, Jan, 27.—Members of the labor committee of the ¢merican as- sociation of rallway executives today are on their way to Chicago for a meeting here Friday to discuss with & the U. E. rallway labor board the pos- sibllity of wage reductions for em- ployes on the leading railroad sys- tems of the country. W. W, ‘Atterbury | of the Pennsylvania railroad; E. E. | Loomis of the Lehigh Valley, and M. | Ly Bell of*the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific are among those expected at the present rallroad to attend. The railroad executives, it is said, are ready to submit to the railroad wage board their figures to show that | rates the properties are not earning six per cent guaranteed by the transportation | act; that the rates now are as high | As the business can be expected to ' bear, that forces have been cut to the minimum consistent with safe opera- tion, and that a reduction in wages is the only remaining place for a re- duction in expeénses. Friday on the case of the Atlanta, ;| A decision by the borad is expected Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, which posted notices of wage reduc- tions. The brotherhoods brought the notices to the attention of the labor board, asking that it order the rail- l road to rescind them. | »»d HARDING SIDESTEPS SOCIAL ACTIVITIES President-Elect Divides His Short Time at West Palm Beach Be- tween Lanch and Golf. West Palm Beach, Fla, Jan. 27.— Sidestepping many public and social functions proposed for him at this fashionable winter resort, President- Elect Harding divided his short visit here today between a private lunch. eon and a game of golf. He not only turned down invita- tions to participate in a formal wel- come but made his plans to keep out of sight as much as possible during his call here. Although the hour of his arrival was kept confidential, a large gallery gathered at the links to watch his polf match and another crowd lingered from carly morning ; about the pier where it war reported o | he would disembark from the Victoria nefit efit «...$1,200.00 6,086.70 to mick ous . — $ band Jan. 1, 1921: New Brit- st Co ...8 Savings 905.18 3.342.44 bank Berlin bank .. berty LU rty 4th issue Liberty th lssue 600.00 . m—— 9,047.68 . 3,090,568 508.23 500.00, 100.00 for luncheon. The president-elect accepted an invitation to be the guest of a friend of Henry P. Fletchér of Pennsylvaria who is a member of the houseboat party. Leaving here late in the afternoon, the Victoria was expected to tie up for the night a short distance to the routh and to proceed tomorrow morn- ing for Miami. OUT WAGES. Tt has been announced that the Cordin Serew division of the Ameri- can Hardware corp. will reduce the wages on piece work and time of its employes about ten per cent. To offset this, however, the plant will be run on a 50 hour week basis. HerbertE.Anderson Teacher of Violin @ l | | | THE BOOTERY SHOP 118 MAIN § The THE b Mammoth Shoe Sale ! Sale t Starts YOU CAN THANK PRESENT FINANCIAL CONDITIONS FOR OUR SPECTACULAR SHOE BARGAINS ) . Thg great upheaval in the financial world, with the consequent Fnday, | tightening of the money market, is responsible for our being able to se- | cure these shoes at prices which in normal times would be considered Jan. 28 reputable concern in this city. HERE ARE GREAT QUANTITIES OF SHOES A FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES. Women’s Spats, all desirable colors $1.25 (Value $2.00) Women’s Old Williams Comfort Shoes $3.85w Ladies’ Oxfords and Strap Pumps and Shoes, the Most Complete Up-to-Tomorrow’s Styles Shop 590 Pairs of Keiths Ladies’ Shoes in Brown & Black. Brogues, perforated tips and plain toes, rubber heels and all $8 85 other styles, value $12, $14 ° Calf Skin Oxfords, military ~heels. Value $8.50. $5'85 Patent Leather Opera Pumps, Louis covered heels, hand turned. Value $8.50. $3'95 Brogue Oxfords, military $5 85 heel. Value $8.50. Very Best Brogue Oxfords, military heel. Value $10. $6°85 All Newest Novelties in black and grey Suede Strap Pumps at SALE PRICES. = Boys’ Shoes, black, brown, bluchers and bals. Goodyear $2 85 welts. Little Men’s black and tan Shoes, bluchers and bals $1 98 and up and up |BOO RESERVED. VALUABLE COUPON This Coupon With 50c Entitles the Purchaser to a Pair of $2.00 Ladies Comfys. All Colors, All Sizes, for .. PAIR Regular U. S. Army Shoes, Munson last. Value $8.00. $4.85 Men’s Elk Skin Scout Shoes; solid leather. Value $4.00 RUBBERS - 95¢ $2.95 Ladies’ Hub Mark Rubbers First quality, all styles. Ladies’ 4 buckle Arctics, Hub Mark, low and high heels Men’s Hub Mark Rubbers, first quality. $1'25 Boys’ and Youths’ Heavy Rub- bers, Hub Mark. 98¢ Misses’ Rubbers, first quality 790 Children’s Rubbers, Hub Mark 690 AT THE ® b a0c very cheap. These are th¢ greatest shoe values ever offered by any T ALL PRICES. NOT JUST A FEW PAIR EVERY PAIR IN OUR STORE ON SALE. NOTHING Exclusive Agency for the French, Shriner & Urner Shoes. Special for This Sale 15% Brockton Makers Stock of Men’s Fi Norwegian Calf, brogue 8 others. Value $14, $16. . Cordovan Oxfords Value $9.95. KEITHS 235 pairs of Cordovan cg Bals and Dbluchers, Wingfoot rubber heels Value $13.50. - Brown Shoes, brogue sty to Tl \ Value $12, $14. Waldo Calf Shoes, ‘bals ang bluchers. Value $10.00. Havana Kid black and Bals and bluchers Value $9.00. 150 pairs Gun Metal Bluch Goodyear welts Value $8.50. Arabian Kid, plain toe, Shoe| last Value $14.00.