New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1921, Page 3

Boston Store' | O BEARS-BRAND KNITTING YARN' FOR SWEATERS AND DRESSES, | of women's organizations fow days in for a We are offering y Knitting Yarn only Bear Brand fifteen shades. Special Sale, 50¢ o hank. SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY. PULLAR & NIVEN DERAL TROOPS NO LONGER AT TRIALS placed by State Soldiers—Witnes- | ses Testify Against Police - Chief on Trial Willlamson, W. Va., Feb. 16.—The t of the federal troops who have oen on duty in the conl strike region ere since November 28 entrained is morning for Camp Sherman, O. hey consisted of the headquarters pmpany, which has been stationed Willlamson and since the opening the Matewan murder trials, three eoks ago, has been on duty at the | pur use and county jail o lmckson Arnold, cammanding | Jst Virginia state police, ordered | Y hment of troopers to Willlam- pnn early today and they were expect- 1 before noon, Sid Hatfield, chief of the Matewan plice and one of the 19 defendants trial here for alleged participation the Matowan last May, had in his pasesasion, shortly after the fight, the becketbook of Albert C. Felts, the in leader of the Baldwin-Felts de- tives at Matswan, according to | len Johnson, the first witness called ay. Johnson, who is a railroad man, asked “what did Hatfleld say?™" ““He sald ‘much obliged Mr, Felts,” " replied. On crass-examination he id he did not know how Hatfleld ob- ned the pocketbook HOOLGIRL BESTS ANNOYER. & Out Man With Well Directed | A meeting of the trustees of mel Blow of Booka. hicago, Feb. 16.—Halcia Sarring- was just a little schoolgirl witi r hair in a brald, but she flung a ! rid of things into the face of a n_annoyer. hit him with the Panama Ca- | area of the United States ana hrope, the Ennglish language and e quite hefty arithmetic. Halcla is 14. While she was on way home from school a man at. npted to attack her in Hamilton k. "ho girl had all her hooks bound in a tan strap. With good aim she them fly. They struck him in the o Halela ran Her annoyer e to'* several minutes later. He cared for by a policeman orbert Boucher of BHristol, employee of Landers, Frary of this ecity, was awarded ensation at the rate of $8.13 for | term of a partial disability at a ring held yesterday before Com- sation Commissioner George B. ndler to determine the degree of bility caused by an accident that rred while Boucher was in the ploy of the local concern. Bouch- in . injured December 6 and was capacitated for three days. rn~d to work and wast part- Hisabled again from December 21 I January 21, the date he was off with other employees. For different periods of disability, jal end total, he was awarded hich repressants all money ! viding | made at once tor a for- | & | MRS, HOWARD TALKS| P Laoies' Auxiisky — MAYOR SEEKS COP | AT WOMAN'S PARTY, Convention Which Opened in Washington Today 16.—The Na- the Woman's a program and state women, got receicing re committees Washington, Feb tional convention of party, called to adopt for obtaining national legislation relating to down to work today, ports from various These were considered at the opening | and are to be followed to- addresses of representatives in foreign session night b countries. Mrs. Velma Swanson, of Sweden, Is to describe the operations of Sweden's new marriage law, pro- for equal rights of married women with their husbands in the control of their children, and Madame Riviere will describe the efforts of French women to obtain suffrage. Other speakers will be Princess Anne Azgeptian, of Roumania and Madame De Veyra, of the Philippines Mrs. Bainbridge Colby, wife of the secre- tary of state, will welcome the foreign delegates. Representatives of all political parties will be heard by the conven- tion tomorrow., on the legislation which they propose in the interest of women On tomorrow’s program also are speakers from various women's organizations, who will tell what those organizations are doing. The speakers will include Miss Mar- garet Wilson, daughter of the presi- dent. Miss Julia Lathrop, chief of the Federal Children's Bureau; Mrs. Florence Kelley, secretary of the National Consumers’ League; Miss Lida Hafford, Washington director of the Federation of Women's Clubs; Miss Ethel Smith, legisiative secre- tary of the Woman's Trade Union League, and Mrs. Ellis Yost, lcgisla- tive chairman of the National W. C. T U The last day of the econhvention, Friday, will be given over to business matters. . MAYOR A POLICEMAN Curtis Could Have Personmally Placed M'Mahon Under Arrest Instead of Calling the Cop. If Mayor O. F. Curtis has so chosen, he could have taken P. 8. McMahon by the arm last evening in the course of an altercation between the two at the former’'s office and required him to leave the office. In the event of a refusal by Mr. McMahon to leave un- der those conditions, the mayor could have brought charges of resisting a policeman while in the execution of his duties, it was learned today The charter gives the mayor the power to arrest and cause to be locked up in the city jail, anyone who shall cause a breach of the peace by quar- relling. Sectlon 24 of the charter makes the following provision: “He shall be the conservative of the peace of sald pity and shall have the authority with force and strong hand when necessary to suppress all tumults riots and unlawful assemblies, and ta arrest without warrant, and to committ to the prison for a period | not to exceed 24 hours any person or persons who shall be detected in quarrelling, brawling or otherwise behaving in a disorderly manner, to the disturbance of the peace of said eity. COMMUNITY CORP. MEETS Trustees Gathered at Commerce Hooms Yesterday Afternoon—He- ports Show $37,000 Necded. New Britain United Community cor- poration waa held yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Chamber of Com- merce rooms. President E. W. Pel- ton presided. Reports were given by Secretary L. A. Sprague and Treas- urer Noah Lucas, showing that all requisitions for funds had been met from the campaign fund of last year and that a big saving to the commun. ity had been accomplished by this method of uniting the various chari- ties. The trustees discussed at length the budgets for the year April, 1921, to April, 19 and it was found that approximately $37,000 will be needed to carry on the work of the eight or- ganizations for this current year. A campaign to be held early in March was authorized and plans will be putting this into operation. President Pelton was authorized to proceed with the ap- pointment of the campaign commit- tee and also instructed to have the expense of such a campaign under- written by prominent business of the city. HIGH SCHOOL CLUB NOTES Professor J. C. Tracy of the Shef- fleld Scientific school of Yale Univer- sity will address the members of the High school club at their meeting tomorrow evening. The meeting will be under the supervision of Sec- retary A. A. Gorbuck of the Y. M. C. A. and will be held in the dining room of that institution. Francis Egan, president of the club, will be in charge. Professor Tracy will have as his topic “Engineering as a Life . WED James Connelly Council, A. \. R. L. R. Sceks New Members As Well As Ald of Fair Sex. | At a regular meeting of the James Connelly A. A. R. L. R, last i--\‘vmm:, the report ot the delegates {to the state convention held | Haven, Sunday, February received. The chairman of the committee re- ported that the orgzanizer who was {the cause of the recemt misunder- anding in local matters had been harged by the state directorate. & considered a satisfactory conclusion of the matter by the mem- bers present. | The council decided to push the work of securing nmew members for | the organization and the formation of a ladies’ auxiliary was decided upon. The public is advised that the council welcomes new members. with- out regard to creed or nationality. The quarters of the council t Room 219 in the Booth block are open every afternoon and evening for the convenience of those who desire council, in New wish to enroll at once. DECISION EXPECTED IN HOWAT'S TRIAL Kansas Mine Union Officials, Charged With Contempt of Court, May Know Fate Soon. , Pittsburg, Kas., Feb. 16.—Dist. ed to decide the guilt or innocence of Alexander Howat and five other Kansas mine workers officers accused of contempt of court in calling a strike of miners. In addition, Judge Curran will hear, the cases of three union officers from Croweburg, whose local union assessed a fine against two fire bosses, who information regarding the aims of the | | organization as well as for those who ' And, Judge A. J. Curran today was expect- when discharged took their case to the, Kansas court of industrial relations. In an injunction issued last ber, Judge Curran prohibited the fining Septem- | of union members for going before the ndustrial court. Howat attacked the court of indus- trial relations and Governor Allen at a mass meeting of his followers in a park here last night. ‘““They can put me in jail,”’ he said, “*but if I understand the purpose of the law it is to stop strikes not to put men in jail. The industrial court never will see the day in the history of Kansas when it can stop strikes. If the indus- trial court can stop strikes, why the need of injunctions?"’ DEMOCRATS’ PLANS Details of Plans for Political Party’s Fuware Wil Chairman White Tomorrow. Washington, Feb. relating to future activities of the democratic national organization will be submitted to the executive comi- mittee here tomorrow by George ‘White, chairman of the national com mittee. Mr. White reached Washing- ton today but would not comment on the executive committee meeting fur- ther than to say he would lay before it such a program. A letter from Mrs. Gertrude Pat- tangall, national committeewoman for Maine, was made public by Mr. White It declared Mrs. Pattangall was sur- | -~ T0 EJECT W'MAHON Altercation in Guflis‘ Oflice Re- plete With Fireworks “Just a little party between the " and myself.” is the way P. hon sums up today a set-to Vimself and the mayor last evening in the latter’s office, during the course of which Mayor Curtis threatened to have Mr. McMahon taken out of the office by a police- man. The argument waxed for more than half an hour until the mayor, greatly enraged, pointed to the | door and addressed Mr, with the statements that leave the office or be ejected forcibly. McMahon's reply was that he would not leave the place neither would he be put out. “All right,”” the mayor call a policeman and have out.” The hecat of the arzument at that pont had brought McMahon ta his feet, but upon hearing the last re- mark of the mayor, he again sat down and dared the mavor to call in the minion of the law to take him out. Mayor Curtis darted for the phone and called for *96,” po- lice headquarters. The * line busy. After hanging up the receiver, Curtis turned to McMahon and said: “Now, if you want to talk to me or give me any advice, I'm here to hear it but you can’'t bulldoze me. furthermore, don’t make McMahon Gl an vou put in this office.” Both disputants settled down to a | further discussion of the tax proposition at this point and the pyrotechnic display ceased. At the close of the conference, according to Mr. McMahon an appointment was made for another session this eve- ning at which both were to go over the recommendations of the board of finance and taxation. Cops Chase Each Other. Mr. McMahon has led the Britain Taxpayers' association for the past two years in the fight for a low- er tax rate and in that connection had come to the office of the mayor rate to discuss the possibility of lowerlnx' the proposed 21.7 rate which goes to the common council tonight. Noticing on the printed budgets an item for $17,000 for supernumerary policemen, McMahon remarked that cight regu- lar patrolmen could be appointed for that sum and that in former years a police board was lucky to have $1.000 in that item. He favored hav- ing one motorcycle policeman at the station at all times to answer hurry calls. Under the present system, he told the mayor, the motorcycle cops | are chasing one another up and down |to Be Announced by |2t the same time. 16.—A program ' streets since they have nothing else do. Mayor Curtis replied with: ‘“Well, suppose two calls came in One man could answer only one.” Fireworks Are Lighted McMahon learned over the table and pounding his fist forcibly started the fireworks with the following dec- larations: “‘Suppose, suppose! Suppose the sky was to fall and the moon turn into green cheese. That’s all we have been doing, is supposing. Suppose we had an epidemic like the ‘flu’ akain and we couldn’t get doctors. You know two calls wouldn't come for a policeman at the same time once in a lifetime, and if they did you could send out some of those fire- men. They have nothing else to do. With fire in his eves, the prised to find her name signed to a | glared at McMahon who then fairly letter A request by Thomas B. Love of Texas for authority to sign her name to this letter asking for an 2arly meeting of the full committee had been granted, she said, “‘but there was no suggestion of anything other than | o mere request for a get-together meeting.” NAYY BALLOON SIGHTED Danbury Residents Sight Ship This Morning—Is Headed Toward Long | o SRR ™8 | with & warning to McMahon not to | Istand Sound. Danbury, Feb. 16.—A large balloon inscribed “U. S. Navy'' was observed just north of this city about 11 o'clock this forenoon. It was traveling in an easternly direction and was esti- | mated to be about 400 feet above the earth. Persons who reported the bat- | loon to the Danbury News said that it | appeared from the direction of the New York state line and that tre course in which it was traveling seemed likely to carry it towards the Long Island Sound shore, between New don. No one was to be seen basket of the balloon. in the ORDERED HANGED. Four of Cardinelli Gang Will Die on Chicago Gallows. Chicago, Feb. ordered hanged on April 15 by the siate supreme court at Springfield today, four of them in Chicago. FIVE They are Joe Costanzo, Sam Ferrera, | Sam Cardinelti and Antonio Lopez of the Cardinelli gang of Chicago. The fifth man to hang on April 15 | will be I'rank Lowhone, who was convicted of a murder in Carmi, I, and sentenced to death. probably Haven and New Lon- | intimating a desire that Mr. | pellowed: White resign as committee chairman. | “A year ago you were working with us (the Taxpayers’' association) to keep expenses down. You were warmly | he shouid was | any , more misstatements or you can't stay ' New | | March 15, mayor | RUARY 16, 1921, . CITY ITEMS. Prof. ! Polo tomorrow night, Hall.— | Advt. The German Rifle mence their indoor | night at their park. | Mrs. C. J. Flenke was operated on at her home, 367 South Main street, today, by Drs. Klein and Zwick. Polo tomorrow night, DIrof. Hall.— Advt. Centennial lodge, A. will hold a regular communication this evening at 0 o'clock. The fel- low craft degree will be conferred. Victor Carlson of 355 Arch street d to the police last evening pair of gloves, a pair nd a silver cigarette case had cmb shoot will com- tomorrow A i ; F.and A. M, shoes been stolen from his home yesterday. | Hall.— | IPolo tormorrow night, Prof. Advt. See Jester's electrical display win- dow at-193 Arch St. We repair all makes of batteries.—advt. TO ATTEND €O NTION. Three delegates, representing the local Polish community, will leave for Pittsburg soon, to attend the conven- tion of Foles which will be held there on February 26. It will continue for three days. The local delegates are Rev. L. Bojnowski, Rev. Alex. Tanski , and Frank Korytko. Rev. Bojnowski received a telegram yesterday | Hon. J. Paderewski inviting him to at- tend a conference at the Hotel Gotham, New York. Rev. Bojnowski left this , morning. YOTE STOCK INCREASE m— New England Telephone Increase Will Issue Shares at Convenience of | Directorate. Boston, Feb. 16.—The annual meet- ing of the stockholders of the New England Telephone and Telegraph company today voted authorization of an increase of $25,000,000 in the cap- ital stock of the company. The in- crease will. make a total capitaliza- tion of $100,000,000. It was voted to issue the stock in such amounts and at such times as the board of direct- ors may detérmine. All present directors were re-elect- ed and Oliver Prescott of New Bed- ford and Ralph A. Stewart of Boston were added to the board. FUR ROBBER ARRESTED. Startles Chicago Policeman by Say- ing He'’s Jesse James, Chicago, Feb. 16.—' “What is your name?’’ inquired the desk sergeant. “Jesse James,”’ replied the prison- er, suspected of burglary. “Come now,” said the “your true name?”’ Two detectives stepped up to the desk sergeant and introduced their prisoner formally. “His name is Jesse James and he lives on the South Side,” announced Detective Sergeant Mallow, ‘“‘and in- surance on fur stores is going to he a poor risk as long as he is allowed to run loose.”” James confessed to three burglar ies, the police say. He is said to have informed them that he took $30,000 worth of furs. sergeant, WAGE CUT IN METAL TRADE. 5,000 New Orltans Workers to Be Reduced 10 Per Cent. New Orleans, Feb. 16.—Wages of 6,000 metal trade workers in New Orleans will be reduced 10 per =ent accordinf to Thomas Killeen, chairman of the adjustment committee af the employers. The readjustment was necessary he stated if New Orleans was to compete with Gulf and Atlantic ports in the ship repair and shipbuilding business. No question of unfonism or open shop was involved, it was stated. preaching economy and you showed | me and the res§ of us how to do it and when you were elected mayor I said you'd keep things down and make a record for yourself. You had | good judgment then—and you have it still but the trouble is that you don’t use it. You let someone else tell you what to do and, by to suffer for it.” Can’t “Bulldoze” Curtis. Greatly enraged. the mayor cut in | make any misstatements if he cared 16.—Five men were | to stay in the office. Mr. McMahon denied having misstated facts and repeated that the mayor had assisted in the preparation of the Taxpayers’ budget. “I'm here to take advice, but T won’t be bulldozed,” said the mayor. “And you can’'t bluff me.,” quickly shot back McMahon. It was at this point that the threat of police interference came and the mayor made an effort to get police headquarters on the wire. When the attempt was unsuccessful, the men inesslike manner. Mr. McMahon offerrd a supgestion | that the Institute appropriation be | greatly cut. It is no fairer to give those people $33,000, he said, than to give it to the Y. M. C. A. or the Y. M. T. A. & B. society. He also favored making no estimate for coal until there was something to base the estimate on, and then calling a city meeting for such an appropriation. ! The visitor attempted to tell the mayor of business conditions. claim- ing that merchants cannot give away | their merchandise for less than cost. He did not feel that the people should | be required to pay high taxes at this ! time in view of those conditions. The trouble with the system in this God, ' mayor, you're the one that's going sat down again and talked in a bus- | MAYFLOWER “BOMB"” LIKELY ONLY RUM JAG. ‘Washington, Feb. 16.—Investiga- tion of an alleged plot to blow up the Presidential yacht Mayflower contin- ued last night, but the secret service agents and Washington police were understood practically to have . reached the conclusion that the sup- posed bomb was no more deadly than the average run of “bootleg’” whis- key. BRITISH BIRTHS TWICE DEATHS. London, Feb. 16.—Births in Eng- land and Wales during 1920 reache? the highest figure ever recorded, and the death rate was the lowest, ac- cording to an official report of the Registrar-General. The - birth rate per thousand of the total population was 25.44 and the death rate was 12.4. The deaths of infants under the age | of one year were 80 per thousand. e Isaac Porter and Sylvester Gierochowski vS. Bengt Andecrson, et al. Court of Common Pleas, County, Hartford, Conn., 16, 1921. Order of Notice. Upon the complaint of the i Isaac Porter and Sylvester | chowski, praying for reasons set | forth for a judgment to clear the | title to certain premises described in said complaint, situated in the Town of Borlin, brought to the Court of Common Pleas for Hartford County ;at Hartford, Connecticut and re- turnable on the first Tuesday of i | Feb. said Giero- WOMEN LEAVE BOMB | of | from | IN PAPER OFFICE Spanish Fair Sex Have Suchj (Queer Ideas % Lisbon. Feb. 16.—Two women who | left a handbag containing six dyna- mite bombs in the office of the royal- | ist newspaper Monarchia just before that office was raided by the police the other day have been arrested. Their apprehension tends to clear up a mystery connected with the case, It is learned that the police 1 was made because they had discov- ered the delivery of the bombs but the editor of the newspaper asserts that the women who brought tha bombs to the office in his absence were absolutely unknown to him. He declared that the whole affair was a trap to compromise the faction of royalists represented by the Mon- archia, and denied that the party was preparing for any armed conspiracy at this moment, as such an act, he said, “would only delay the, suicide of the present regime.” The police have discovered that one | of the women who carried the bomb | to the office of the Monarchia did so at the request of her husband, a man ! who was'in prison for implication in some past royalist uprisings, and who ; died last week while still a prisoner. Just before his death, his wife said, he told her to take a handbag which | had been for a long time in their house to the newspaper office and give it to one of the editors, Lieuten- ant Luiz Chaves. She declares that she obeyed her husband’'s request without any knowledge of the bag's contents. The police followed her to the newspaper office, found the bombs, closed and sealed the office and made ' several arrests. Lieutenant Chaves could found. The hundreds of royalists who are loyal to the former King Manuel and who have been in prison for more than two years since the last royalist rising are in despair ovdr this affair, which they believe will postpone in- definitely the amnesty to political prisoners which they have long been promised. For several nights foilow- ing the raid on the Monarchia, san- guinary conflicts took place in some of the principal Lisbon cafes between bands of armed defenders of the Portuguese republic and people sus- pected of being members of the In- tegralista faction of royalists. This faction does not recognize former King Manuel as its head but supports Don Nuno Duarte, a boy of 12 years. 52 YEARS ON JOB AS POSTMASTER | not be And During That Time E. D. Spring- er of South Creek Never i Had Black Mark. g Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 16.—Fifty-two | years of continuous service as post- master at South Creek, Beaufort county, North Carolina, without =a mark against him, is the record of E. D. Springer. His record is cxceed- ed by but one other postmaster :n ! the United Siates, R. J. Knorr of Clausville, Lehigh county, Pennsyl- vania, whé was appointed November ; 13, 1865. ! Postmagter Springer was born March 2, 1838, at Cape May, New ! Jersey, and was a seafaring man in | his early life, serving in the Un(ted! States navy during the war between the states. He came to North Caro- lina in 1866 and was appointed post- master at South Creek under Presi- dent Grant’s administration in 1869. | Although four score and three | years, Captain Springer continues to | handle personally the affairs of the | office at South Creek. i SALE OF A. E. F. GOODS ABROAD. ‘ Brought 2,517,000,000 Francs, to Publi¢ Secrvice. Paris, Feb. 16.—The sale of Amer- ican stocks left in France by the; American expeditionary forces , brought = 2,617,000,000 francs, - M. Doumer, minister of finance, told the chamber of deputies today. Of the above amount 905,000,000 francs represented sales to private individuals and concerns, of which Mucn ! sum 616,000,000 francs has been paid. Stocks valued at 1,612,000,000 francs were ceded to public service: of which 372,000,000 francs has been | paid. | Hartford March, 1921, it appearing to the sub= | USEDY Spirit of Revo Is New Haven, seems Yale men argy playing a tendencyj stead act and quits drinks. Whether' can no longer hold is because the stufl is not known, bul Burton P. Twitche day the effect of Di graduate life said it lent thing for the col States and that in law is being obeyed. “‘Recently the fraf} unifed action,’’ said termined to do aw: their public function duce the student bodi holic beverages alo tive of this, the s gard to drinking was| prom, where sobriet; iderably different previous years, when were all about. Despite the fact authorities are impes clared they refusal of in spy work with tY out saloonkecpers a have been supplying with liquor. ‘“The university,” trying to get at thos sold liquor to underg cause of the men fi difficult. Not long made by university tective work along ti of the highest student body were go out and buy liqu where they got it. in the university turn spy. call conditio those places in New dents used to fi suburban resorts the ize. In the city salof ly all the drinking people, and while ai patronize certain re crowds that once pear no longer, and | mit that if they ha Yale money they their doors.’” " TWO MORE S TO BE | ‘When These mfi% ica’s Fieet Made Will Be | Shanghai, Feb.: 1 the fleet of 34 st for in the Far E States Shipping Bol to be launched and final work which out at Shanghai thej Far Eastern headg transferred from 'Ji The shipping boal staff which formen wards of twenty m posed of M. A. Pe of the shipping bo man, secretary of ganization, and S. E spector. ‘Thirty of the ships East, with an agg 240,000 were turned ferent Japanese sHiR last of these was di gust. The other four @ Shanghai are the ever built in Chinas sister ships each 10, feet in length. The: darin was launched the second, The, launched in August. to launch the third tal, late in January Cathay, in April are being built by th and Engineering co hai. HELP FOR Washington, Feb, bill authorizing p the railroads of go was reported favo senate interstate tee. It will be offe as a substitute for the senate committee.