New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1921, Page 1

iated ,LISHED 1870. / NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921. —TWELVE THIEF CAUGHT Decatur, 111, Feb. 26. W\l llam Dalton who robbed Chicago bank of $772,000 l Liberty Bonds Thursday, was captured at Heyworth, 28 miles north of here. aocording to Jack Draper. constable. He had all but $500 worth of the bonds in a grip EASE HERE IN || . RATES ASKEIlf of New England Al‘eI ched for Support NY 8 FEARED R Boost in Both l-rm:m Is Only e AGED WOMAN BURNED FATALLY IN ACCIDENT .nL nger Charges Stave Off Failures, Execd- | Mrs. Allen Beaton Passes Away at the Hospital Shortly After Sustain- ing Fatal Scorching. Mrs. Allen Beaton died late last night at the hospital where she had been tak- en after she was fatally burned in an accident at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Ryder of 45 Grand street. The woman was 71 years of age. The accident happened as Mrs. Beaton was working near a stove in the Ryder | kitchen. Her clothes took fire and she | screamed, attracting the attention of several persons in the home who rushed to her assistance and attempted to smother the flames with a rug. The | seriousncss of her injuries were realized at the hospital and little hope for her recovery was held out. Arrangements for the funeral are be- ing held up pending the arrival of a daughter from Boston, Mass. 26.—The governors of wpre asked to support of ten per cent. in railroad or and freight traffic es. The proposal was expcutives of the railroads this territory who said was necessary to pre- tor several of the lines. increase would be effective 24, 1922, and would af- pnger and freight revenues forsdhe coal and coke hing charges and export t where the latter is in with other ports; and mail feos. The two latter ;anue are now the subject "which when finished is to bidls of & request for high- other exceptions are pro- . ns of preventing undue the price of necessities and comipatition. The railroad ‘governors that the | were estimated to 000,000 additionad revenue o on passenger 0,000 on freight within d $6,000,000 on freight river on inter- linés. Because of a o since the estimates said today that a sum m such an advance rer fo §18,000,000 a year. CAPT. WILLIAMS TO BE | RELIEVED BY SLATER Orders Issued For Head- quarters Changes Head of Arch St. Armory. Hartford, Feb. 26.—An officers’ school will be conducted at the State | Armory in this city for the 24 hournf orm HOUSE nhattan Land Mark Wil Hor all omur- of infantry, Connec ey .. o [(Ieut National Guard. Orders to this Wanted Memorial, effect have been issued by Adjutant | 28, . | General George M. Cole. e - 29~ T;‘"_'““g:‘:‘:,! Officers will be quartered at the h‘- Dbeen strugsling to | Armory during their stay. Blankets onument to the and rations will be provided. 84 Inte husband, The same order announces that % Was reported here Socond Lieutenant Harvey Q. Howe h' valued at $1,000,000. of Company D, first infantry, has ‘s Dusiness agent been commissioned captain, and Ser- the building was on the geant Albert Brand, same company, 2 Miy. Mammerstein re- has been commissioned second lieu- = tepant, and transferred to the Con- ponsten lhed u;llnoum.emednl. necticut State Guard reserve corps. rancial . b atramer ' Captaln Charles F. McCabe, First lanx, Succumbs. Feb, 26.-—Major Halsey , for many years a lead- in this city, veteran Civil former commandant of ¥ . McCarth: d e Stishattan does Lieutenant Clinton A. McCarthy an ! ferred to the reserve. Pago Opera Company under Company M, First Connecticut State | companies of the first and fifth regi- | relieved as officers in charge of A Former Commander of W. Keeney, South Manchester. Offi- Torrington; First Lieutenant Joseph pneumonia. He under- M4, 1843. He enlisted amsoclation. He came to Monday Afternoon in this City. an of Hartford and served | ble Quarry and lime bus- Meriden, after a lengthy illness. She for a time, broth ] 1 L ittty brought to Meriden. Second Lieutenant Raymond W. Bart- hapds of Mrs. Hammer- o Company M, fifth infantry, Con- ttempt will be made to Captain Walter L. Williams. First pt Mary Garden now I8 yjeutenant Earl R. Gibney and Sec- the Manhattan. ‘The San for the theater. {Guard, also Captain Harry W. Kee- - !noy Company G, first infantry, are DRD VETERAN DIES ments, C. 8. G., are to be mustered | | out not later than March 4. Armories: Captain Charles F. Mc- Cabe, Torrington; Captain Walter L. cers of the Connecticut National Guard who will succeed them are: Phalanx and prominent , died today at his home H. Slater, New Britain; First Lieu- tenant John Pentland, South Man- peration last August and en in i1l health. Major {ment, Massachusetts ) n 1862 and served three | Former Local Resident Passes Away | rom Springfield about 30 was Miss Leila Hall Pinks, formerly of s In the common council. | ¢piv city. died this B t th haldent of the Booth Phil- | o o 'Y et b ast Canaan and was a was taken ill while visiting in Flori- Robert O. Tyler post, G. ga and was, NG Ao S [ Miss Pinks, up to about seven years IETH BlRTHDAY ago, had been a resident of this city necticut State Guard, are also trans- fgts & home for Opera ond Lieutenant Carl 8. Neumann, a Company is said to be !transferred to the reserve. The M ‘Philbrick, Civil War Of- | The following of the C. 8. G. are ! Willlams, New Britain; Captain Harry First Lieutenant Ernest E. Novey. The immediate cause ‘ chester. porn in South Hadley, was life president of the | this Morning ian Meriden—Funeral For twenty years ho | ry. was Interested in the DPome of her cousin, Charles Pinks of leaves n widow. three | y .y nospital from whence she was all of her life, She was born in New Britain about 52 years ago. Her father, who was a contractor at the Stanley Rule & Level company died in 1908 and her mother, Mrs. Abbe Hall Pinks in 1013. At that time Miss Pinks was employed at the New Brit- ain Nutional bank in a responsible position. She was a graduate of the local High school and a member of the First Congregational church. Fol- lowing the death of her mother she left New Britain to live with relatives in Portchester, but had been a fre- quent visitor here since. Miss Pinks leaves no immediate relatives, Several cousins survive her, of Ex-Licut. Gov. Mills in Observance at Mid- L] Us of this city assisted in of the 80th birthday Lyman A. Mills of y. Mr. Mills re- inl life some time his advanced age | and still attends ness connections. health During the E. Lounsbury, ! gineera . minutes | Shelton floor of the building, a replica of the | patcher before proceeding. | but that there CONTINUE HEARING ON TROLLEY WRECK Evidence Today Tends to Exon- erate Bridgeport Crew A MATTER OF ONE MINUTE That Small Space of Time flnpscd.: Coroner Reports Between Turning | of Key by Motorman Sherman and | Entrance Into Block of Other Car. Bridgeport, Feb. 26 —Further eyi- | dence tending to exonerate the crew of the Bridgeport car, northbound, which figured in the disastrous trol- ley accident near South Shelton, Feb- ruary 22, was introduced in today's hearing conducted by John J. Phel- an and public utility commission en- Motorman Charles Sherman of the Bridgeport car, on being questioned by Coroner Phelan stated thet he looked at his watch just as he was leaving Cook’s Switch after turning the signal light. It was then just 271% after 1 o’'clock, he stated. This watch had been set to corre- spond with the Bridgeport djspatch- er's watch before Sherman left Bridgeport. It was just 1:28 when the Shelton crew telephoned the Bridgeport dis- patcher's office to say they were about to leave South Shelton for Bridgeport. Testimopy showed that it was a minute or so after they tele- phoned before they left that point. “Comparing the time Motorman ‘-‘hermnn looked at his watch with the time the Shelton crew left the South turnout showed that the Bridgeport crew had the light by more than one minute,” Coroner Phelan stated today. Demonstration C. G Office. One of the features of today's hear- ing was the demonstration at the Connecticut company’s office on Congress avenue of a signal system which had been installed on the third system at the scene of the wreck. It | was shown in the demonstration to- day that if both motermen, the one at Cook’'s Switch apd the other at South Shelton, had turned their keys at the same instant, the lights would have failed to light at all and both cars would have had to remain where they were until they had telephoned the dispatcher for instructioms. If | one key was turned nearly but not | quite at the same moment as the other, there would be a perceptible flicker in the light. This also would result in the crews calling the dis- As neith- er crew telephoned to the dispatcher in regard to any irregularity in the working of the signals, it was Man- ager J. B. Potter's opinion, he stated, that the signals had worked perfectly and_that the accident resulted from one or the other of the crews failing to observe the rules relative to pro- ceeding into a block when the lights were against them. Potter Testifies. Manager Potter testified that there is no company rule prohibiting the carrying of gasoline or other similar inflammable material on a trolley car, is a bulletin posted against carrying dynamite or motion picture films on a car. COMPETITION SEEN Federal Reserve Board in Survey of Shipping Affairs, Thinks That Mer- | chant Marine Fever Is Spreading. Washington, Feb. 26.—A period of intense competition in world shipping was foreseen today by the Federal Rererve Board in a survey of foreign ¢ and domestic shipments. Reports are coming from abroad the board said, of cancellation of shipment contracts on a considerable scale in several countries. In dis- cussing the shipping situation among the various foreign nations. the board | declared that the expansion of the shipbuilding since the war ‘‘seems to have taken hold of the imagination of the other nations of the world.” Wade’s Brother in | Trouble For Stealing Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 26.—Ivan Wade, younger brother of Elwood B. Wade, now under sentence of death in ‘Wethersfield prison, was arraisned to- day at his home on a burglary charge. He is charged with complicity in the robbery of B. F. Cooney’'s home on January 21, when more than $500 worth of silver and jewelry was stolen. His arrest has been delayed, the police say, because of the youth's illness. He will be given a hearing in the city court on Monday. Winslow Bill is Slg'ned By Prestdent ! the | | l | ‘ | clated Press).—Hostilities have begun', 1 mittee wishes to announce that the | checks payable to ex-service | this city have arrived, and will be dis- | ducting drilling operations i same general locality where conces- | FIRE-WATER CONTEST IS ON AT CITY HALL Two FElements Vying With Each Other for Destruction Honors in Northwest Wing In the battle between fire and water for first honors in the destruction of City Hull, water forged ahead one point this morning making the week's score two-all with about 12 hours io go, Fire made its first entry in the mnn-s| ear Tuesday morning when damages estimated at about $10,000 were causcd by a blaze in a heap of scrap vaper in the basement in the carly morning., and established a firmer foothold when a burlap bag and more rubbish caused a second fire scare, on Thursday morning. Water entered the battle vesterday morning when a frozen pipe caused damages to the walls and ceilings of third and second buildine. The same element evened its score with fire when more serious damages were done this morning throush the carelessness of an em- plove of the New Britain club. A faucet had been turned on and allowed to remain running for several hours. When one of the codks entered the bath-room this morning he found several inches of water on the floor soaking tlirough to*the rooms under- neath. The office ‘of Plumbing In- spector P. J Tormay was drenched with the er and the room occu pied by ward Ryan, assistant jan itor, which is on the ground floor was also damaged In Ryan's apart- ment, the wails photiograph and records and bed clothing were damaged by the water. The ‘“rubber” or deciding event in the contest of the two elements, judging from the rapid succession of ! the past week’s events, will undoubt- | edly come within a few days, and the eyes of city hall employes and tenants will be glued in eager an- ticipation upon the ‘“arena” which seems to be in the locality of the northwest wing of the building. PANAMA AND GOSTA floors of the RICA WAR AT COLD Unofficial Reports of Hostili- ties Breaking Out—No Declaration As Yet. Panama, Feb. 26, (By The Asso- between Panama and Costa Rican in the vicinity of Colo on the Pacific end of the fronder be- | tween the two countries it is said in | unofficial advices received here. Offi- cial confirmation of these « however, is lacking. ration of war had not been made up until last night. More than 20,000 enrolled for mil- itary service here yesterday and re- ports from other parts of the repub- lic told of volunteers coming forward. The men left this city for the Costa Rican frontier and it is believed that the Panama forces near Colo or en route to that place number about 500. It is known the Sinclair Oil interests have been con- | in the sions have been granted a British corporation by the Costa Rican gov- ernment. Immediate return of several thou- sand rifles seized in 1916 by the American authorities in the Panama Canal Zone is asked by the govern- ment of Panama, which desires to use them in repelling the reported inva- sion of Panama by Costa Ricans. The request, according to advices received today by J. E. Lefevre, charge of the Panama legation, is contained in a formal note handed to William Jennings Price, Ameri- can minister at Panama City for transmission to the state department. Dispatch of the note, according to the message received by Mr. Lefevre, followed a conference between President Porras, Colonel Jay J. Morrow, acting governor of the Canal Zone, Brigadier General Chase E. Kennedy and Mr. Price at which the question of arms was discussed. PORTER WILL FILED i-;nuw of Deceased Is Bequeathed to Husband and Daughter—Drawn | January 30, 1917. . the lack of funds. | of §50,000 granted yesterday by the . state made it possible for the local pay- | rest, He plans to again take up his The will of Mrs. Florence Porter was offered today for probate. The document provides that a house and lot at 197 West Main street be deeded to her husband and that he ulso receive the remainder of the cstate, with the exception of money and stocks in savings bnnks and wearing apparel and jewelry, hich | are to go to her daughter, Misl Beatrice Porter. The will was drawn January 80, 1917 and was witnessed by Ela J. Moore, Mabel Crandall and ! Florence Crandall. The appointment of Frank J. Porter and Edward Ramage as ap- praisers for the estate, has been ap- proved in prpbate court. + when the posse caught them. SOLDIERS’ BONUS REPORT FAVI]RABLE){ Question of Taxes to Pay Left tor Next Gongress FIVE OPTIONS INCLUDED Men May Take Cash, Certificates, PAGES PRICE T 'CITY MEETING BE HELD FRI. ROOSEVELT APPOINTED | | St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 26. ' —Definite announcement was | made by President-elect Hard- | ing today that he had selgcted 1 Edwin Denby of Detroit for | | Secretary of the Navy, and I Theodore Roosevelt, son of the former president for assistant | | | secretary. Both have accepted. MAIL CLERK ROBBED AT PITTSBURGH Two-Platoon System for Fire ; Two Pouches Are Taken — Robbers Farm or Home Training—Some Aid or Vocational | Senators Are Op- posed. ‘Washington, Feb. 26.—With the tax ! provisions eliminated the soldiers bonus bill was reported to the senate today by the finance committee. The cash bonus would be payable January 1, 1923. The question of taxes to meet the! | cost of the bill was left for the next congress. Aside from striking out the tax provision, the committee made lit- | tie change in the house bill, retaining the five options of a cash bonus based on length of service, deferred certifi- | cates, farm and home aid and voca- tional training. Comes Up Next Week. Senator McCumber, in charge of the bill, plans to call it up in the senate at the first opportunity, probably next week. Several senators gave notice of their opposition and Senators Gerry and Jones indicated that they would seek to have the bill made immediately ef- fective by offering amendments to re- store the taxation provisions. One of the amendments added by the | commi+ilee provides that all claims must | be filed Ly July 1, 1922, six months be- fore any of the provisions go into effect so that the government may know what proportion cf men file for the cash or othcr options. i One of Plans. Use of the interest on $10,000,000,- 000 of American war loans to the allies in financing adjusted compensation for forme: service men is one of the plans under consideration by congress. T0 RECEIVE CHECKS Eddy-Glover Post, American Legion, Will Distribute Payments to Needy Ex-Service Men at Headquarters. = | Ciairman William W. T. Squire of the Eddy-Glover post, state fund com- men in tributed from the post rooms tomorrow | at 10::30 o’clock. Frank S. Butterworth, state treasur- er of the American Lcgion had to hold up payment for two weeks because of The appropriation ment Sunday. MISSIONER VISITING HERE Rev. Bealc Spent Seven Years Work- ing Among the Nipponese—Will . Return Shortly. Rev. Percy Beale of Southsea, England, isthe guest of Miss Cora M. Beale in this city for a few days. Mr. Beale has just completed seven years of missionary work in China and he is returning to England for a year's | the American Federation of Labor, work at the close of that period The. missioner spent three and one hailf vears at Yiung Chow Fu, two years | at Pingkiang, one year at Liu Yu\s‘. and several months at Chenehow. His work consists of teaching in the schools and preaching. He is working under the direction of the K Methodist church of England. BANDITS CAPTURED Threc Men Believed to Be Auto| Thieves in Meshes of Law i Elizabeth, N. J., Feb. 26.—Three ' men belicved by the police to be au- tomobile bandits who have stolen 15 machines in Union county recently, were captured by a sheriff’s posse at Kenilworth early today. ‘The cap- ture followed a hill and dale chase of several hours, after a trolley car had been held up at midnight near here. The men waited for the trolley to stop at a railroad crossing when one of them disconnected the trolley pole. Two of them stood at the back door and the other at the front, where a revolver shot by an armed troliey guard felled him. The others imme- diately rescued him, placed him in a waiting automobile and then sped | away. They had gone eight miles| Indian Women On Warpath—Want to Vote Old Town, Me., Feb.. 26.—Indian women of the Penobscot .tribe today started on the war path to obtain the right to vote in the tribal elections, and ahnre in the conduct og reservas ; coupling pin, which was found lying | bandits had gathered up the loose { tion of Labor met here today to eon- | tion-wide propaganda to destroy the ‘Mayor Applies for Use of Armory for Gathering REGORD CROWD EXPE ment Is Bone of Contention Is Looked to As Means of Silence Victim With Couplin Pin—Large Loot. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 26.—J. L. Me- Cullough, aged 28, a government railway mail cierk, was severely beat- en at the Pennsylvania railroad sta- |city mecting to aciept or tion, by fellow employes a few min- | utes before the train was scheduled | to leave Union station for Washing- | ton, Penna. 'Two pouches of mail are reported missing. McCullough was removed to a hos- pital where it was said he had suf- fered a compound fracture - of the skull. George V. Craighead, postal in- | spector, said that McCullough had ar- k ing Out Huge Gathering. Mayor Orson F. Curtis rate for the coming year. ning at 8 o’clock at the State on Arch street, provided consideration is given by the authorities to an application { use of that hall which has be: in the name of the city by Ma; ried at the Pennsylvania station at 5:45 a. m. and had gone to his car to write up the registered mail. Mr. Craighead said that while he was do- ing so he was hit from behind with a military authorities at noon t¢ week. ant to securing the use of on the floor of the car covered with blood. it is expected that favorab The péstal inspector said that the will be taken. Board’s Budget. registered mail, the value of which ‘The board of finance and he said probably will run high, and made their escape. McCullough died in a hospital here this afternoon. ORGANIZED MINERS DEFEND DIREGTORS Government Must Share Trust Guilt With Union- ists, They Claim. levy of a 21.9 mill tax. In cil, Alderman C. J. Dehm, for the levy of an additional one mill tax to provide for tablishment of a two-platoon in the fire department, to be next October. Such a tax vide $36,000, of which $34, come from the first taxing q $12,000 from the second. 4 A budget which is now b piled by Lawyer Henry No the interests of the Taxpa. tective association, will be: by that organization and its call this afternoon for the" budget compiled by the bo finance and taxation and to fix sion will be held next Frid fa tis. The mayor's request wi tered Saturday and necessary were placed in the hands of tH answer is expected by Tuesday" While the formalities. torium for the evening are nug will submit its budget with a mendation for its adoption a of the budget's adoption, th dent pro tem. of the commoi Taxpayers’ Budget. ' will be sought in place of the! board’s estimates. Since th Washinston, Feb. 36.-The exscu- | ol tomnilation has nbt tive council of the American Federa- will be recommended. but sider the action of the government in | Pected that it will be about Two-Platoon System ' P prosecuting officials of the United There s talkc in some ‘oI Mine Workers of America for alleged | woula indicate that the Prote violation of the Sherman anti-trust|gooiation will include in its b act. Before the meeting began, William temiior ithe ftwo-platods Green, secretary of the Miners' union, and one of those indicted yesterday ! at Indianapolis, issued a formadl state- ment declaring that if the union offi- | cials were guilty of conspiracy, “the government itself is, a party thereto.” Because the mmer{ had been subject | to government regulation and con- trol for the last three years. Matthew Woll, vice-president of Ay the bone of contention on | Sueh an item will result in {ing of the budget with. little | leaders in that movemept fe | No Anmouncemenit ¥¢ When questioned conce: | progress of the association’ last Tuesday, Lawyer Nowicl that no announcement could at that time since the ncfio council might: change plans | entirety. His conversation that the budget would be declared the indictment of the mine union officials was “a part of the na- trade union movement,” as the action struck “at the very foundation of the principles of collectively bargaining.’” Mr. Green said all agreements made with coal operators by the union offi- | i cials were made “under the direction | Solati and with the approval of the federal fuel adminfstration.” The bitumineus coal in its award lqk!prth the “We hope thnt tbon will cline in the: aflt ngi twop was taken. After the actio council in sustainting Mayo: l\-eto to the two-platoon sys made known, the attorney fo! ion stated that the budg minds of some this, is taken a mmml.flon dication that the estimated ngi} for the next year will be re de-{ inglude " the{ item chopped - and fi;flou board’ opalitimee of wisee .fi"’ uw pq-mq future decline in living meetmgs ‘and. copts.as an. for these losses.”” | this unustally “This is /the miners’ wages | the mayor has_al did not Keep pace with the increase | the State Armeo in the cost of living during the war.” | carried on an RX-MAYOR HARRINGTON DIES ' S cio % claim for a fore the pub that the resu First - Head of City of Willimantic Passes Away Today—Was Former State Senator and Representative. M. Harrington, 71, first mayor of the city of Willimantic, died today. He had been in the wholesale grocery | business since 1874. Mr. Harrington was born in Killing- 1y, Conn., September 25, 1849, and aft- er learning the grocery business he ! went to Providence, returning here to go into business in 1874. He had vari- | ous partners but of late was alone in| his business enterprises. He was; warden of Willimantic Borough in 1882-83, in the house in 1884-85 and in the senate in 1896. He is survived B Mrs. Harrington, two 8Sons daughter. ughout the present con r will draw $21,000 expenses for the pleted, it is not known what | the fire department, which this publication Friday unless suel not be ready until next week. Patrick !l‘lcldp' . 3 who has hel 1