New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1921, Page 1

N \/ / [ 5= THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1921—TWELVE PAGES GOVERNOR APPOINTS COMMITTEE T0 HELP| NEW ENGLAND ROADS Will Work With Members From | Other States to Obtain 10 Per Gent Increase in Rates PRICE T : TAXPAYERS’ BUDGETK. OFF MANY CITY ITEMS FIXING RATE AT 18 15 PLAGES IN COMMON | p.sic worke COUNCIL T0 BE FILLED| tion Siasped Thece! Aldcrimen: sl Platoon Syst( tirely Elimi Councilmen Must Elected April 12. ot iiosistic Proposed Fi 'ESTIMATED INi GREATLY IN N E\V {LITTLE BOY FINDS DEAD BODY OF HIS‘ TABLISHED 1870, BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ERMANY GIVEN UNTIL MON : TO ACCEPT TERMS: FAILURE § | GRANDMOTHER HANGING FROM STAIRCASE Mrs. Ada Babcock of Flanders, Near Plainville Town Line, Commits Suicide While in Fit of Despon- dency—Had Been Left to Care For Child. MEANS CAPTURE OF CITIE, CAFE PROPRIETOR IS ! l (Special to the Herald.) the removal of the body which was Plainville, March 3.—Mrs. Ada taken to the Bailey Undertaking par- [ilvEN FlNE “F $lnu! Babcock, wife of Frank Babcock, of lors in Plainville. o~ Mrs. Babcock was the second wife l Flanders district, well known to resi- £ A dcnm of Plainville, ended her life late | of Mr. Babcock and is survived by four step-children. They are: Mrs. yesterday afternoon by hanging her- | Rosa Coleman, Mrs. L. Linewebber of | self from the staircase of her home. . Seymour, Conn.; Miss Ida Babcock of | She was found shortly before 4 o’clock New Haven and Frank Bahcock of by her six-year-old grandson, who ran upstairs to Mrs. C. Tuttle, who in Troy, N. Y. She is also survived by turn made an attempt to notify the | several grandchildren. . Friends of Mrs. Babcock were husband. Mrs. Babcock was 55 years | shocked when the news of her death ! old and had been a resident of that ! district for the past five vears, having by her own hand came to them, as | they had always known her as a come from Terryville. She had been suffering from despondency for the | quiet, hard working woman. M. | Babcock said that his wife was ap- | past several weeks. | parently feeling well when he left Mrs. Babcock committed ' the home yesterday noon at 1 o'clock while her step-daughter, Mrs. Rosa and showed no evident signs of being Coleman, who llves with her, was despondcnt. She ate heartily at the away, having left her son in the care of his grandmother. Mr. Babcock noon meal. The funeral will be held tomorrow was prostrated by the news of his wife's tragic death. Medical Exami- afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Bailey Undertaking parlors on Broad ner Steadman of Southington was called and pronounced death due to street. Rev. Robert H. Burton will strangulation. He gave orders for WILSON PLANS TO FORM PARTNERSHIP llies Will At Once Oc- cupy Duisburg, Duesel- lorf And Ruhiort, Min- ing And Manufacturing C@ters 12 Olescevich Had Booze On| Be Premises—Other Alleged Bootleggers Held. ”~ HEARING ON BONUS BILL BRINGS OUT EX FIGHTERSl Common council members whose month and for whom successors will i Leg- | - Indications at Opitol Are That Leg- | b chosen at the blyear eléctions Action ;April 12, are: Alderman C. J. Dehm |{and Councilmen Howard Hart and H. P. Battey from the first ward; Alderman F. Raymond Gilpatric and Councilmen G. B. A. Baker and | Harry U. Thompson from the third ward; Alderman Paulin Nurczak and Councilman Brozowy from the fifth | ward; Councilmen A. F. Eichstacdt and F. Crusberg.from the second ward; Councilmen frank Carlson 1and Edward Peterson from the : fourth ward; Councilmen M. F. King’ and James Dunn from the sixth ward. There is a vacancy in the fifth ward. Peter Olescevich, proprietor of a Main street cafe, was fined $100 and costs for keeping liquor with intent to sell, when arraigned in police court S WILL ALSO BE PUT ON GOODS this morning before Judge George w. Klett He was represented by Lawyer % §. J. Traceski. Under a plea of nolo ly Modification Allowed is Sonense e coVniel P e hotice Reduction of Period of 'liaor on hand which he argued, Annuities From 42 to 30 Years, Teutons Are Told. i | islature Will Not Take An, suicide N Giving Tenants Relief From Ex- cessive Rents—Another Bill Would Permit Md.. Pa. For This State One Big Amount in Uncollected the Association| Can Obtain. to Censor Films should be taken as evidence that the | accused has not been a persistent | violator of the law Several quarts rere found in the place of business bruary 26 when the police con- cted a raid. The cases of Adam Zurewich and Hartford, March 3.—To act with committees from other states the matter of inquiry into and investiga- tion of the request of the railroads in New England to obtain a ten per cent increase in freight and passenger { rates, Governor Lake today appointed cemetery, Plainville. Slashing reductions ondon, MArch 3 (By Associated ) ~Germany was today given I Monday noon to accept the fund- ental conditions laid down reme allied council at Paris. an delegates were informed Iled reprosentatives today that rmany does not accept thoso s the Allles will take immediate y Three Acts of Force. lwt will be the occupation by foops of the citles of Duls- % and Dueseldorf and Ruhrort of ¥, which contains Important and iron plants. ond, each Allled country will 00 such a tax on German. mer- ndise as it may deem proper. rd, & customs boundary along Rhine under Allled control will established, Bat One Modification. Gorman delegation was in- d that the only modification of Paris reparation in the conven- s permitted to Germany would be farded conditions of payment, such & reduction of the period of an- ties from 42 years to 30 vears. biermany’a counter proposals which 5 submitted to the Alites o Tuer- ro Not wusceptible of examina- , Pramier Lloyd George told Dr. Jter Simons, head of the German gation, in substance, after today's The by tho | by | | found liquor Samuel Epstein, charged with keep- ing liguor with intent to sell. and werg continued 1t the request A, Sexton The police! Zurewich's home Iuv' that of Il Falk who faces a f‘hlu';tt-i of selling to Lurr'\\l(‘h until Mondn » of Lawyer M. at and through e against Falk. Michael Selman was warned against coming to court again by Judge Klett, and freed. He was taken in on a drunkenness charge last night Patrolman Axel Carlson. night him brought a ch by FROM PULPIT ’l'0 FACTORY Kansas City Clergyman Resigns Pas- torate In Order to Get Closer to Men Who Toll. . Kansas City, March 3.—The Rev. Joseph Meyer, Jr., pastor of the Budd Park Christian church here today ar- ranged to lay aside his ministerial garb indefinitely and enter a Kansas City factory next week as a laborer in order that he might learn about men. Fhe minister's resignation ‘was piaced in the hands of his congre- gation last night. He explained that he believed a close assoclation with men who toll physically would make him & better pastor. IN LAW FIRM WITH BAINBRIDGE COLBY | BRIDGEPORT BROKER ARRESTED AS FORGER Year Old Bride When Apprehended. Chicago, March 3.—John F. 42 years old, a broker with offices in Waterbury and Bridgeport, was arrested on his arrival here yester- day on a charge of forging a check for $7,000 in Bridgeport. Heald was en route to California with his 19 year old bride: Heald, Bridgeport, March 3.— John Heald, accused swindler has waived exiradition and will voluntarily re- turn to Bridgeport to fate trial for obtaining money under false preten- ses. He is held in Chicago for the local police who want the man for 500 swindle on Ben- Will Have Offices in New Wilson ' formally that he would of law in a. partnership bridge Colby, Was On Honeymoon With 19 " York and Washington— Has Not Practiced His| Profession Since 1885. March 3.—President | ¢ announced today “resume the practice t Washington, the reliring sceretary fices in New York and Washington. The announcement Was made the White House in the following statement: | “President Wilson made the an- nouncement today that at the con- clusion of his term of office, he would resume the practice of law, forming a partnership with the sec- retary of state, Bainbridge Colby. *“The firm will have ofliccs in New |V York and Washinglon. Once Practiced Law, The presidends announcement, wholly unexpected will recall to the public mind ong of his least known cf attainments—tHat of being a lawyer. at |t the Connecticut delegation. They arc E. Kent Hubbard of Middeltown; E. o. Ford, member David G, Wood ofr West Hartford burden of excessive rent are unlikely The judiciary committee, been hearing today excessive rents for tenements,” dealing with the summary with Brain- | «, was explained in behalf of the com- Frederick L. Haven; and C. Goss of Waterbury, from New S. Day of Bridgeport No Help For Tenants Citizens who are suffering from the relief through the legislature, which has “rent profiteering bills,” returned adverse reports on wo which would ‘‘stop imposition of and process wd 3 o get during the existing emergency. of state. The firm will maintain of- | mittee that while bills of this kind might have had merit during the war, he economic conditions now are dif- ferent and legislation is hardly possi- ble to deal position outlined to the committee in support with the forms of im of these bills, Another bili rejected adverse re- port was that which aimed to allow savings banks to loans from ‘alue of real estate. increase mortgage 50 to 60 per cent on the To Oensor Movies The house agmitted a bill offered by Representative Campbell of En- field relating to the display of films. The text of the bill would have this state accept as authority ther deci- The registrars are compiling voting lists for the ward polling and are re- ceiving the applications of prospec- tive voters who will be given the clector’s oath in the first week of April. The registrars will receive applications every day up to and in- cluding March 17 at 7 o’clock in the evening. Of chief interest in connection with the changes in the council member- ship is the vacancy in the office of mayor pro-tem. to be wcaused by the {expiration of the present incumbent’s | term. Alderman Dehm was elected to that office last April. He has not as yet announced whether or not he will be a candidate for re-election in the second ward. PHONE COMPANY HEAD EXTOLLS ITS SERVICE C. Knight Tells Rotarians System Here is Up With Best. “Service is the background of the partment of the city g ticularly the public coupled with a sizea the amount of estima make possible the lev tax under the budget New Britain Taxpay¥ association which has by Lawver Henry N leased for publication # has alrqady borrowed will make necessary aj mill tax and in consid extra levy, the assoe ommend an 18-mill ts evening’s city meeti Armory. Hardly an it et prepared by the b and taxation has e ing shears of the Tax] tion while advantage of every opportunity items listed under e for the fiscal year. system is entirely ell‘ Under the hea come for the ‘year, ‘¢ have been enumeration from $286} Ppenaity tax from $1,0 on bank and insurang $14,000 to $16,000; from $1,600 to $2,50 school district from | perpetrating a %2, entire telephone system,” according to the talk given by Harry C. Knight, general manager of the Southern New England Telephone company before members of the Rotary club at the noon hour luncheon today. “Every- thing comes from that,”” he contin- ued, “without it we can do nothing.” Mr. Knight told of the efficiency of the company and how it was their duty to keep going at all times no | building permits, fra matter whether other industries were ; 500 to $875 and $3§ halted or running full blast. “In do- ‘ from $5,000 to $7,500, ing this,” he said, “we have been ! from $21,000 to $28,0 greatly handicapped by the lack of No Changes facilities. We all know that during The items in esf the war everything was cut off, adl- | which have not beel though the plant work of the tele- ) ,Evening schools, $2,0 phone company was great during this | apparatus, $50 inci period. At the present time over | property, $500; sub one-quarter of a million is being spent | $1,250; interest, $4, every month in plant work to keep | trict; board of health, the company in the lead and working ; pal ice, $1,200; teacl for the best. $44,154; taxes laid. Ji “There are three great fundament- | taxes laid January 13 als which accounts for the success of An item of $75,000 the company. They are (1) the pub- ' taxes as an estimated lic, (2) the stockholders and, last but tained in the Taxpaye not least, the emploves. The interest there is no such iten of the three is mutjal and it is thi and taxation board’ that keeps the organization alive.” | tax is apportioned 12 In other parts of his speech Mr. | first and 2 2-10 mil Knight praised the work of the New | @istrict, to raise _ Britain telephone operators and said | $§194,684 in the respe that from the latest repart received by The item in the him from the local observation board | budget as prepared for the month of Feb., ninety-nine | and taxation board and one-tenth of the calls out of | for supernumary polil every 100 were answered within ten | slashed to provide bul seconds. This ts considered a good | work. The police record. He told of the hard times the | made an especial re company has in securing good tele- | item be allowed to phone operators but that New Britain commended since the should feel fortunate in having as | would result in beats many skilled ones as it does have. out policing for nighi In addition to Mr. Knight, Murray | minor cuts are made, Sargent, president of the New Haven | the 21.9 mill budget Rotary club, and Arthur Morse, sec- '“,";:’..,‘;;‘—;'Q the takuin retary of the New Haven club. gave 22, S I shor?lmks in which they extended an The‘gul{h(‘ ":'«;or invitation to the members of the lo- _3104:‘;; w'h"ich el ;‘;I"n;zanlmtion to visit them in New :1!;':1 e ol aA em;vel feature was introduced this oiherogmmsd -‘s"fa- oo noon in the way of introducing the | $16,000, ‘;’;5 {50 various members of the club. Six ‘a“e:fi‘v pavel girls from the telephone company, ‘s"'l“;‘oo. % namely Misses Joseph Tulman, chief ‘ln the school dep operator. May O'Rourke, Mary C. 1y every item has b Dacey, Evangeline Valentine and Isa- l};d“c-mg e A belle Richardson, occupied a table in $690,650 o the middle of the room. Tmaginary 7.0/ lD;‘Q calls were sent them by President L. a > o C. Sprague and in turn they would give out the number. Eack individual anlwe'red 1is phone humber as called b tor. Each operator pi lon of the conference had assem- id at St. James' paluace. loyd George Speaks. loyd George sald the attitude en by the Germans regarding arations was In addition a grave lation of the obligutions of Ger- ny toward the Allles. He remind- fhe German representutives that ir government had not fulfilled treaty of Versailles relative to 1 deliveries, disarmament, the ment of 20,000,000,000 marks in d and the punishment of German ers and soldlers accused of es during the war. Bermany,’ added the British prime er in refusing to accept the essions proposed by the Allles regard to reparations, had by same act renounced the advant- granted her at the previous con- bnces with the Allles. fr. T.loyd George then on behalf the Allles, announced the ulti- um ter Mr. Lloyd Georgo had finish- Pr. Simons for the Germans said intentions of the German govern- Int had been quite misunderstood German delegation, he said, d reply at noon Monda . Germans Optimistic. WP ur opinton,” added the Ger- forelgn minister,” no occasion arise for the sa ons set forth the Allled powers r. Simons sald the Germans would mine the British premier's speech it the Allled documents most care- He was graduated in law from the University of Virginia in 1881 and practiced in Atlanta in 1882 and 1883. In the latter year he went to Baltimore to take up post graduate work at Johns Hopkins university and practiced some in the local courts in that city. Mr. Wilson did not remain long at the practice of law however for in 1885 he began his career as a col- lege professor taking up the chair of history and political economy at Bryn Mawr. No announcement was made of the character of practice the new firm will take up but the presumption is that it will engage principally " in international law and collatera] work. The announcement | that offices would be maintined in New York and Washington was taken to meuan that Mr. Colby prob- ably would take charge of affairs in New York and that Mr. Wilson who will maintain his home here would look after affairs in Washington. How actively the retiring president ! may take part in the practice of the {firm within the limits of his present ! physical condition is open to wide speculation. When he said goodbye to his cabinet members earlier in the | week, he was obliged to use his cane to get about from the White House {to the executive offices and when the | reporters attached to White House {asked for a farewell audience, the president declined on the ground i that his voice was too weak. His Fricnds Surprised. The president's friends apparent- ly were as much in the dark as to his plans as were the public up to the moment of the announcement, but the generally. supposed that Mr. Wilson's connection with the new firm would be very largely that of counsellor. Whether Mr. Wilson intended to appear in court was not made clear, although it was stated at the White House that he would apply for admission to practice be- fore the supreme court of the United States. Mr. Colby has never engaged in any other profession that that of the law. He began practice in New York in 1892 and represented many im- portant clients. His first appearance in national politics was in 1908 when he was identified with the movement to nominate Cof. Roosevelt for the presidency in the celebrated contest with President Taft. Mr. Colby later became identified with the progres- sive party, but in 1916 he campaigned for President Wilson's re-election sion of a movie film censor in Mary- land, Pennsylvania or Massachusetts as to the character of the film sub- ject. The penalty clause for showing a film which had not been censored as mentioned would be hecavy but the provisions would not apply to films for educational, religious or fraternal purposes shown by an organization. This being the day set for hearings on veterans' relief and bonus bills, the capitol was thronged with men representing various service bodies, the _American Legion members ap- parently being in the larger number. This was the birthday anniversary of Lieut. Governor Templeton and at his desk were a large basket of pink roses and a magnificent bouquet of red, blush and white roses. Chaplain Soule in his prayer in the senate said in part: Chaplain Soule’s Prayer “Almighty God, gracious soverign of the universe, grant that our thoughts today may be turned nation- ward. On the morrow and ere we again assemble, the administration of the republic will be transferred from the hands of one to those of another, Surely our sympathy does not fail for him who goeth out of office, bowed and broken in body and weary and worn in spirit. May we not forget his words, so fitly framed and spoken, that led the people like a pillar of cloud and fire when passing through the peril of awful carnage and conflict. “May thine abundant favor be be- stowed on Thy servant, the incoming president, who was chosen with such acclaim of a free people. We have faith that great and grave responsi- bility wil! find in him requisite ability Guard hs life and preserve his health. 000; town deposit fu $700 to $800; town & $5,000 to “§7,04 $12,000 to $500 to $1,200; from $500 to $1,000 from $1,200 in each d in each district; stred sessment, from $11,4 jamin E. Plotkin, a Fairfield con- tractor, Detective Sergeant John Cur- ry, left this noon for Chicago, and is expected to return in time to ar- raign Heald in the city court Satur- day morning. tain John H. Regan, of the de- tective bureau, was notified last night of Heald's arrcst by the Chicago police as he stepped from a train yes- terday afternoon. He is said to be from trom from NAVAL BILL IS LOST Senator Polndexter Today Impossibility of Getting It to Vote This Session., Washington, March 3.—Hope of passing the naval appropriation biil at this session was abandoned today by Senator Poindexter, republican, Washington, who has been in charge of it, and the senate proceeded to other business. Senator Poindexter said that from the experience of the past four days during which the bill has been bated, he was satisfled that it could not be enacted before adjouynment tomorrow noon and that he was un- willing to hold up other important matters to press it. The Washington senator attacked the measure as passed by the house, declaring that had it been enacted it would have led to the “demoraliza- tion and paralysis of the American navy.” CONN. ARTIST WINS PRIZE Admits ! (Continued on Fifth Page.) NEW TAX SUGGESTED Service Men Will Bring Request for Club House to City Meeting at Armory Tomorrow Night. At a meeting of post commanders ! and representatives of the several organizations of World War veter- ans to be held tonight in the Amer- fcan Legion headquarters, plans will be made for the drafting and presen- tation of a resolution to the city meeting tomorrow evening to provide for the levy of a tax of one-eighth of a mill, the funds to be derived there- from to be used in providing a serv- ice men's club room and secretary for one year. The secretary will re- ceive $3,000 with which to carry on a service department to handle com- pensation claims of injured men. The remaining $8.000 is intended for the rental of club rooms to be used by the 3,600 men who entered the serv- ice from this city A petition was introduced in the common council echamber several months ago for an appropriation of $11,000 for the rooms and secretary. Action in the matter was left to a sub-committee consisting of Council- men Frank Crusberg, Frank Carlson and Joseph Milynarski. A favorable report was presented the council at its January meeting. However, the matter progressed no further, action being deferred by an indefinite con- tiuance. ' | | | i Charles Davis of Mystic Gets Award at National Academy of De. signs at New York. x New York, March 3.—Prize winners Bl in the Nutional Academy of Designs 96th anual exhibition which opens here tomorrow were made public to- The awards include those usually fe at the winter exhibition, omitted this vear. Among them a Deliveries Up to Date. arle, March 3.-—Germany's deliv- # applicable to the reparations nt, including war material, matod at 5,000,000,000 gold o a8 announced by the Allied rep- tions committee here today. This The Julla A. Shaw M Id loave 12,000,000,000 marks duo [ awarded to “head of the first 20,000,000,000 marks Ger peasant’ by Katherime fhy would pay under the Versallles | Westport, Conn ty. The Saltus medal DISCREDIT BRIBERY TALK S Conn W. B. Wilson Accepts Job u Grand Jury Has No Evidence Ribition Agent MeCarthy. On International Board Washington, March 3.—Willlam B, Wiison, the retiring secretary of labor, was appointed today by President Joston, March 3.—The federal grand ftoday that it had no ever for belleving that | resignation has been received by the Lem] had h--("n' made to bribe or lrnmlc-nl_ It was n““‘v"‘"d at the o (Continued on Tenth Page.) DAVIS IS APPOINTED Harding Announces He Is to,Be Sec- retary of Labor—Christian to Be Ex- ecutive Secretary. Baltimore, March 3. (On Board President-elect Harding’'s Special Train to Washington.)—President-elect Hard- ing today definitely announced the se- lection- of James J. Davis of Pitts- burgh to be secretary of labor and of George B. Christian, Jr., to be secre- morial an $300, Italian Lawson. hillside” Mystic “sunny N. A, AID l-'\')R SOLDIERS $15,000,000 fl"r "nflplhli for Fx- Service Men Passed by Senate ‘Washington, March 3.—The senate adopted today and sent to conference a bill providing approximately $15,- 000,000 for additional hospital facili- ties for disabled service men. tary to the president. The apropriation was contained in T O L Al 1 2 the sundry civil bill, but after the e Eleve o 0 empt to Buy Influence of Pro- tion joint commission to succeed Obadiah Gardner of Maine whose Wilson as a member of the interna-