New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1921, Page 1

AWl Wi b PRICE THR ECTICUT, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1021. —TWELVE PAGES ERRAND BOYINLOCAL SH WHIRLED TO DEATH WHE! GETS CAUGHT IN BIG } HAMON'S WIDOW T0 | Nobody Saw ¢ gedy and B4 Discovered b man Passing Th@t Sectitlmy VICTIM WAS B OF ONLY TABLISHED 1870. ARMERS IN LEGISLATURE | FRENCH EMBASSY TO TRY AND INDUCE ! PPOSED T0 ANY PLAN 10 | p14 RPING TO ACCEPT MODIFIED LEAGUE SECURE DAYLIGHT SAVING e ' Paris Foreign Office An-' DRIVP TO COLLECT $38,000 FUND TO ! BE USED BY UNITED CHARITY CORP. n Object to Turning HINTS IN GERMANY Back Clocks in House (F PLAN T0 STRIKE| Negotiations ~ With WILL BE STARTED HERE NEXT MONDAY | . TESTIFY AT TRIAL ‘nd sen‘te to -an-' State Department at Rotary club lunehgon this noon by With railroa d Repon of Walkout of Miners Is Washin gton. l Ernest W. Pelton, president of the lo- Not Substantiated = ; cal United Charity corporation, that ‘- a drive for that organization will be %edules. - i o et '0CCUPATION IS GOMPLETE: Germans and French Officials NEW BRITAI N, CONN nounces Beginning of | forced to do without aid after funds had been used. At the meeting this noon it was de- ’ cided that a committee of Rotary men Ofttimes Considered Throwing be appointed to ald the drive. An | Acid il] womafl’s Face announcement of the perronnel of the ! S et B VS pROGREDINGS BEGIN TODAY who are benefited by the United Charity corporation are the New Brit- ain Charity organization, the Boy ’Wl(o of Dead Politician Says She Wishes She Had Taken Action Years Ago to Break OfFf His In- the | m held in this city commencing on Mon- day next. An effort will be made to raise $38,000 which will cover the ex- Paris, March 10, (By Associated Press).—It was stated at the foreign office today that negotiations were under way between the French em- bassy in Washington and the state department in an effort to induce President Harding to favor acceptance (of a modified league of nations. The French posdition is conciliatory, penses of the organization and fields it covers for a year. | No drive was conducted last year, although some money was raised by other means. This, however, did not meet the requirements of the associj- tion anpd several charitable organiza- tions included in the society were Scouts, New Britain Day Nursery, the Visiting Nurses' association and Milk Station. the Boys' club, Girl Scouts, the Welfare and Relief of the City Mission and the Tuberculosis Relief soclety. : necticut American Asso- ation For Recognition of rish Republic Demands ongress Recognize Ire- and. rtford, March 10,—Daylight sav- time va. standard time may be- debate next week Im the gen- assembly with the house com- ly of men from the agri- ural. districts udverse to daylight g by changing the hands of and the senate, in behalf of hich have local ordina s ad- elock time, arraigned aguinst . Bouse adopted a measure from re committee which may maniptlation of clocks, but the Put It on the table, Senator W Rbving stopped Senator Treat's prt to get concurrent action. On wday the quention will be an order Re day, the first this session. Interest in Modical BN ogislators ngtin found themselves ¢h In demand from the constitu- g who desire Information about the meodicgl practice bill, which of- d an n wubstitute, disposed of yes- ay's hearing on revision of the dlcal practice laws. Dr. Black, 4 of the wstate department of Ith was credited with making a prove Ay that tha substi- i monst of the abmu.u’ ho other bBill. The printed coples away. Today practitioners of wchools sent word to logislators t Dr. Biack's bill appeared as ob- lonable to them as the one wlm-l wn ‘inthat the changes were fow. ix for h hearing with I presents, leglslature Is asked to take a pd in Irish affairs. The following | Mtion was received In the senate f sent to the committee on federal Mtions, For Irish Freedom. e, the members of the Connec- it American Asmsoclation for the ition of Irish Republic, repre- 16,000 voters, hereby submit following resolutions asking the Ingcticut state legislature now sit- that It: pPirst—~Domand of the American gress now in session Recognition the Irish Republic. “SBecondly—Further # pational body In turn forward onstrances to Great Britain inat atrocities in Ireland (murders six Irishmen) which are iu viola- p of the Hague convention of 1897 ecting laws and customs of war land. frdly—Protest against punish- of 12 other Irishmen condemned and of more than 40 awalting demand that od), ard Tarrant, John ki Toohey, Simon Crehan, Uise Pitzpatrick.” The judiclary committee was ad- rse to the bills to make general jection duys legal holidays and re- % display of the national flag Iling places on election ; Rallroad Time Changes. he special joint committee to con- r hours of sessions in view of the ithood of loss of time due to ange in schedules of trains on the Haven system consists of Sena- Drow and® Representatives Buck- of Union and Connery of Redding. tor Drfew disclaimed any Inten- to mix dayMght saving time In resolution. He found that as all ne would be advanced one hour on roh 317 many members would be in ford one hour eariler than at ment, which would be wasted timeo r them unless the session day be. n earlier, ‘The senate received from the labor P tos senate bl 547 entitled concerning strikes and lock. el defining strikes and lockouts smnking it walawful to further the ne, with a request that it xo to the diclary committes for n hearing, It wont to the house which agreed change of refarence. Proj Coyne, Agnes Promiso to Co-operate With Popu- Intion. Duisburg, March 10 (By Associated Press).—Vague hints that work throughout the Ruhr district of Ger- many will cease within the next few days as the immediate result of Allied occupation and the seizure of customs were made by German mine operat- ors, civil officlals and workmen here last night. There seemed to be little unrest among workingmen last even- ing after they had finished a full day's work, however, and thousands gath- ered on the streots to watch curiously the IFrench sentries and to inspect tho Fronch machine guns and tanks. They appeared quite cheerful and showed no resentment at the presence of Allled troops. Cannot Avold Customs. Germans declared it impossible to divert the heavy Rhine commerce overland outside of the occupled zone #0 as to avold the customs zone and they expressed themselves as being firmly convinced that those directly affected would abandon competition In the world markets because of the high price unless they were aided by the Berlin government. They admit- ted they thought this extension of help was improbable. Civillans have been ordered to sur- render all arms by this evening. The employes of the postal serv- ice, the rallroads and mines have been put under military control and strikes have been forbidden. Boycott Is Suggested. Berlin, March 10 (By Associated Press).—~The executive committes of the assoclation of coffee im- irters of Hamburg has recom- mended that the members of the association make no purchases from (Continue on Ninth Page.) U. 3. TROOPS ARE NOT WORKING WITH ALLIES Secretary Weeks Says No Additional Orders Have Been Sent Gen. Allen. Washington, March 10.—American troops on the Rhine are “standing pat” Secretary Weeks sald today and a similar attitude as to the Rhine situation growing out of the occup: tion of additional German cities by the Allies was expressed at the state department. No additional instructions have been sent to Major General Allen, commanding the American forces, it was said at the state department, and no inquiries have been made of the Allied governments regarding the sanctions to be imposed upon Ger- many, which include collection of customs duties at the new line bor- dering the Rhine and their payment to roparations commission. American troops, it was pointed out, occupy their position In Ger- many under the terms of the ar- mistice and not for the fulfillment of the treaty of Versailles. Conse- quently it was oonsidered unlikely that the state department would approve any plan by which they would assist in making the proposed tariff barrier around Germany effec- tive. PAPER MILLS CUT PAY Several Thousand Holyoko Wc!l'u- to Be Affected By Reductions of 10 to 18 Per Cent. Holyoke, Mass., March 10.—Wago reductions amounting to between ten and 18 per cent were announced today by the American Writing Paper Co. in notices posted in its mills in this city today. The deduction tak effect mnext ver 2 and is believed to relate to expressions by officials connected with the pres- ent Washington administration, made during the peace conference. Washington Is Silent. ‘Washington, March 10, (By Asso- clated Press).—Administration offi- clals withheld comment today on the statement made at the French foreign office that negotiations were under way between the French embassy here and the state department with regard to the acceptance by the United States of a modified league of nations. The impression was given, however, that the initiative in any such development rested entirely with [the French government and that in any event the matter had not yet reached the stage of negotiations. Talks With Jusserand. Secretary Hughes refused to dis- cuss the question. It became known, | however, that on last Tuesday he had | a half hour talk with Ambassador | Jusserand just before the presentation of the diplomatic corps. Mr. Jusser- and is the dean of that corps and at the time it was understood that the visit had to do largely with the re- AMERICAN CARDINAL FORMALLY RECEIVED Pope Confers Full Dignities On D. J. Dougherty of Philadelphia. Rome, March 10.—Secular and ecclesiastical Rome today turned to the Vatican where three new cardin- als were formally received into the sacred college. Only three cardinals were consecrated today because the three Spanish prelates elevated to the cardinalate will receive their red hats from King Alfonso. Archbishops Dennis J. Dougherty of Philadelphia, Josef Schulte of Cologne and Michael von Faulhaber of Munich, who yesterday received the ception of the envoys. Whether the subject of the league of nations was | hierarchy of the church, took their broached has not been made known. | President Harding has indicated | all along that his first steps in for- eign affairs would come after the (Continued on Third Page.) PAYMENT ON TAXES REFUSED BY SIMONS Head of Taxpayers’ Association Ac- cepting Interest on Last Year's Ao- count Pending Court Decision lsadore Simons, recognized head of the New Britain Taxpayers’ Protec- tive assoclation, is one of the few big property holders who has not paid the tax due last June, Tax Col- lector Bernadotte Loomis admitted this morning. Asked if it was true that Mr, Simons had flatly denied to make any payment on that tax, Mr. Loomis replied in the afirmative. The head of the Taxpayers’ association has a suit pending in the superior court in which he alleges that the assessors failed to place a proper valu- ation on the property held by local factories, and he petitions for an in- crease in those assessmeits. Until a decision is rendered in the suit, Simons refuses to accept the tax levied on his property as binding him to payment, By authority vested in the tax col- lector, a lien will be placed on the | /properties after June 30 if payment in full is not made on or before that date, Collector Loomis sald. In the meantime interest on the back taxes is piling up and has already added eeveral hundred dollars to the Simons aoccount as city hall Interest at nine per cent, is collectable during the peridd that the tax remains unpaid. | CONN. RIVER IS RISING Gauge At Springficld Shows Six Foot Rise Over- Night—Cloudburss | Floods Upper Tributaries. | Springfleld, Mass., March 10.—With | a rise of six feet in the Connecticut river between midnight and 9 o'clock this morning. moderate flood condi- tions prevailed from southern Ver- | mont to this the ri stood | at the 14 f . S tion work L Springfield brie was inundated. '"A | cloudburst at Brattieboro, Vt., late yesterday, oontributed to the rise. Eleven feet of water was going over the Turners Falls dam and eight | foet over the Holyoke Water Power | Co. dam. Trolley travel between this city and Westfield was interrupt- ed during the night owing to a rapid | rise of the Westfleld river which, | however had subsided materially to- . ‘day. Ice is beginning to move out { in the upper reaches of the Connecti- cut river but without causing damage. : ANOTHER DEFAULTER. first insignia of their new rank in the pPlaces today in the ranks of the cardinals and assumed in full the dignities conferred on them by Pope Benedict. Long before 10 o’clock, the hour for the beginning of the ceremony, Ro- man citizens, peasants and princes, diplomatists and priests gathered be- fore the great bronze doors of the Selia Regia. When the docrs were openéd the throng was admittéd to J ! RADIGALS FROM U.S. IN RUSSIAN REVOLT ’F‘ind Conditions There Un- satisfactory—Rebel Suc- cesses Are Reported. The Hague, March’ 10.—According to the Reval correspondent of the Rotterdam Maasbode, Russian radi- cals recently deported from the Unit- ed States are playing a prominent part in the new revolution in Russia. This correspondent asserts the de- ported Russians had great expecta- tions of Russia but were bitterly dis- appointed when they found, he says, that the communistic regime repre- sented “nothing but a sentence to an indefinite term of hard labor without adequate food.™ Riga, March 3 (By Associated Press).—Three brigades of Bolshe- vik soldiers in Moscow have deserted and joined the revolutionary forces, it is said in advices reaching here. The action of the soldiers was prompted by the very acute food sit- uation at the soviet capital. _— March 10.—Reports from the revolutiom London, Russia regarding the hall where distinguished visitors | against the soviet regime continue to (Continued on Ninth Page.) - WAGES T0 BE REVISED New York Central to Change Rate of 43,000 Employes—Boston and Al- bany Men in Conference. New York, March 10.—The New York Central railroad announced to- day that beginning April 16 wages of approximately 43,000 employes in practically all departments would be revised. A conference will be held later to agree on the new scale. Springfield, Mass.,, March 10.—A conference for the purpose of setting forth and discussing the proposed wage reduction for unskilled crafts on the Boston and Albany railroad effective April 4, was held by railroad officlals with representatives of the workmen on this part of the system today in the offices of the general storekeeper. About 900 workers were represented by delegates. SEALING FLEET SAILS Newfoundland Hunters After Hides For Milady’s Valuable Cloak Start On Annual Hunt. St. John's, N. F., March 10.—All legal restrictions for the protection of seals have been removed from the operations of the Newfoundland sealing fleet which sailed from here today on its annual hunt. Nine steamers made the start, eight for the northeast coast of the colony and one, the Viking, for the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Because the last two seasons were the most disastrous on record from the point of view of total catch and net value of seal products obtainad, the government decided to suspend for this year the protective laws de- smigned to prevent too serious de- pletion of the seal herds. The open wseason, legally from March 14 to April 20, is extended to May 1, with permission to take any 1 found before March 14, and guns may be used to kill seals in the water. DRAFT DODGERS’' NAMES, ‘Washington, March 10.—It has been decided to give to the newspa- pers, for publication, the names of all graft dodgers as contained in the war department records. They will soon be sent to the newspapers. he obscure and copfiicting. A Reuters dispatch from Helsingfors filed yester- day states the Russian agency there (Continued on Third Page.) MURDER IN- CHICAGO Third in Three Days Occurs in 19th ‘Ward, Where Political Workers Are in Bloody Feud. Chicago, March 10.—Another mur- der, the third in three days in the 19th ward, which recently was the scene of several bombings during a bitter aldermanic election campaign, was revealed to the police today when three men on their way to work found the body of a man under an elevafed line track. Documents found in the man’s clothing indicated that his name was W. Willenstein and that at one time he had lived in Toledo, O. The man's face had been badly mutilated, apparently with a club and two bullets had penetrated his body. A gold watch and chain on the body indicated robbery was not the motive of the slaying, the police said. With a heavy force of police al- ready patrolling the district as a re- sult of two men being shot to death Tuesday, the discovery of the body this morning caused additional de- tails to be sent to the quarter with orders to ‘“shoot when in doubt and ask questions afterwards.” BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK Four Tanks Explode At Standard ©Oil Company Plant in Brooklyn, Scenoc of Last Year's Big Fire. New York, March 10.—Fire broke out today in the Standard Oil Com- pany’s plant in the Greenpoint sec- tion of Brooklyn, which more than a year ago was the scene of one of the biggest ofl fires in the history of the city. Four tanks were reported to have exploded, endangering others. KILLS SELF AND CHILD! jnNew York, March 10—Gas osup- ng from an open jet in the bed: caused the death early today “r;o: Dora Herman and her three smal <hildren in Brooklyn. A rubber tube attached to the jet was Sebied found discon. terest in Clara Smith Hamon. Ardmore, Okla.,, March 10.—Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, charged with the murder of Jake L. Hamon, oil mil- lionaire and former Oklahoma na- tional committeeman went on trial this morning in the state’s most cele- brated murder cases. Judge Thomas W. Champion presided, Court-Room Crowded The court-room which virtually had been empty until a few minutes be- fore the trial opened filled with a rush just before court convened and when the trial started every seat was filled and persons were lining the walls on al sides. Mrs. Jake L, Hamon was not in the court-rpom. A new oil gusher brought in west of Ardmore created a division of interest, a half hour before the trial opened fewer than 50 persons being present in the court-room. Counsel for both sides agreed that the length of the trial depended upon the tactics adopted in examining veniremen for jury service. Both de- fense and state counsel said they would be content with handling the case on its merits as a murder case without ‘“‘resorting to grandstanding.” Speaking for the state, P. Freeling, attorney general of Oklahoma said an affort would be made to have the court rule that no evidence might be introduced regarding the alleged rela- tions between Hamon and the de- fendant further back than 20 minutea before the shooting occured, and in another statement William P, McLean and Walter Scott of counsel for tha defense expresred similar views. Widow Will Testity Mrs. Hamon, widow of the . .oil magnate, has announced her inten- tion of appearing as a ‘witness for the state and attending all sessions (Continued on Third Page.) DR. HAVILAND TALKS ' ON MENTAL DISEASES Alienist Explains Various Types At Rotary Club Meeting Today. ““Mental diseases and defects as a community problem” was the topic of discussion by Dr. Floyd C. Havi- land, superintendent of the Connecti- cut State hospital of Middletown, at the noon day luncheon of the Rotary club at the Elks’ grill today. In his talk Mr. Haviland argued that little thought is given the matter by any- one unless it is in their line of work. He said that everything depends upon the mental health of the com- munity and everybody is affected, * gardless of the personal contact. “Why men act as they do is a con- dition which comes from their men- tal conduct and efficiency. There is a big difference between mental diseases and mental defects. Mental disease is a departure from the gen- eral average in dealing with one's environment., One who is suffering from a mental disease cannot be called insane. Insanity is the most ex- treme group of mental disease. Even then, the insane person is the very same as'‘the abnormal person although (Continued on Eleventh Page.) ™~ TRIES SUICIDE—FAILS Cleveland Lawyer Leaves Note Warn- ing of His Act, But Fate Intervenes —He Will Recover. New York, March 10.—His skull fractured, William R. Miller, 36, a lawyer ot Cleveland, who came to New York a month ago with his wite to consult specialists for nervous trouble, was found lying on the aide- walk near his rooms early today. A revolver containing one unfired cart- ridge and no empty shells was found by his side. In his raoms were L termin 1 Think Youth Hi Up Near P ined, B John Kendzior, ployed as a departm at the Corbin Screw €% a terrible death just day, when in some manner his body bes a pulley and belt. trightfully mangled, ing severed from entire side of the . crushed. Both The left leg was no extent. Cause Is U That the boy mut death through n pe than probable due to connected with the. to officials. The which the boy met. are at least 10 feet f and the big belt There is no belting floor anywhere tragedy happened. . Kendzior was em man Malcolm Jo! room. His work ‘ws that would not conne of the mechanism, cials of the concern theory that can | officials is that: some. where the accident o It was not until of men in the room wheel to sharpen a- covery of the body body badly mang! directly under the were no cries sop that attacted the the workmen in Medical Lyon viewed the re body was taken to and Sons undert: an injunction to from reducing working hours has presentation in fedel cago next week if peal to President H influence to prevent not bring desired Brennan of counsel for the sald today. O Tho injunction pj consideration most | the conference of ‘W here. “If the packers move to suspend 1 changes or agree f plan to take the m Mr. Brennan said tion for an injunct we probably wilt be placed in the The packers have tract with the emj taking every step to' fair treatment.” . KLETT AT 1B Rcpresents Berlin Gange ed—Judge . (Spectal to Hartford, March Kiett, of New Brif the nwh:-’ | committee on Y cato ‘& measure m for all th college edu aminations. An unfavo the proposed Berlin bridge.