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EST MEETING D FIREWORKS) TN mdP S. lclmon Are al Figures of Gathering — attended the New Britain Tax- association yester. the expectation of consider- who of the ' Protect)r® fternors In rks Aeveloping were ppointed——there were none. theater w crowded to the when Isadore Simons McMahon made their way the audience to the stage eonsiderable applause in the body of the r. ‘The banners which were jve compared Mayor Curtis, Sexton, Bismarck and Abra- ncoln in a4 manner no way le to the first two mentioned conspicuous in th absence o or two of ly police leadership of Chief W. J. Ings may be the reason there- Tnstend several larme Amerd- % hung st several points about oncenium Onlls Meeting to Order. imons called the meecting to hnd the first action was a. of the Btar Spangled Ban- y theh Philharmonic Band, the nee rising while the national m was played. P. S. MeMahon particular pains ¢ decry the Ihat an attempt might be made ray the meeting as Bolshevik ked for order in the house. wan neo attempt at disorder the afternoon. McMahon Speaks. lopening the remarks Mr. Me- statod thut “only phenographs speechos, I am going to talk.” hen explained that he was in- to appear and was doing o pleasure. A history of axpayers’ aspociations was in He told of W. W. Leland g him up to ferm an organiza. 0 protest against the high tax how the substitute budget was at the ety meeting and of nt scenes at the one of Ars ago. you leave it to the people they not pay any taxes, but there y charges that have to be As for graft in the dty. While of It let me_ tell you what I know of any man who has of New There was one who acted aster for 13 years and mayor and we had to raise money to h ng those ot money on the city him Tells About Mayor. really thought our mayor do the best he could for lower but I found out he could ot hat he thought should be done. ayor tried first to get the taxes I asked our mayor try and tax rate of 18 or 19 mills on present - valuation and ecall a ting Jater to get what more ght want. if necessary. We find that we are up against a mill tax rate. Two years ago frore paying a tax on $862,000.000 n that was in power then ralse everyone 10 per oy didn't do it but came Main street and raised over illlon dollars. An an example, property was raised from $4,000 314,000 Now the mill that 352 two years ago, raised P00, which makes an increase in ing expenses for the ocity of t 31,200 a day for every one of 45 dayw in the year. The mayor not make out the low budget r 80 I helped Lawyer Nowlicki the one that he was making We can do without decorn- in the parks and the library ket along without $33,000. The e have asked for $17,600 more yoar. We got the budget ready ay 1 saw Fred Chamberlain went into the city bullding I keeping an eye on it and fol- 4 him in. 1T saw him go into mayor's office whare there was a friend of mine. Later I met and ‘said that the tax question g0 to the polls, that they did dare to put the city meeting Fred eaid, ‘1 don't ecare it through.'* deseription re going to put followed a of k place at the City meet- th this remark from the “Our lawyer should have lutions typewritten, but when Mm takeé aut¥ils pad and peneil | art to write it out I thought ' bu tUme for me to leave, and 1 on my hat and coat and went b People st the meeting - did | know what they were doing. As llustration—I will tell you of a inent citisen whe met me in *he and sald, “Well you have passed two platoon, now they are Rolfl! pass the low tax budget’, they have passed the two platoon [ the high tax. He bet me 4 v that I was wrong. Next Sun- pight 1 received in the mail it I thought was a fountain pen, I found on opening the box a quarter clgar with a note saying you were right. I thought I L but I must have misjudged the Mty of the mayor. Enclosed find eigar.’ M the meeting everybody knows ebody knew what was going 1 ufidl A\ lawyer friend of mine, after | ithe hall, thought it was time to on tho platform. e stepped on | gasx. ‘Pass the city budge l"ul] motion to adjourn,’ and it was pver. The funny P ard it all the newspape: “protest | No man should be a 4 people to to vote. submit anything to the vote on at the polls. “Two years ago, the school board | asked for 3$494.000 this year, they |.rn asking for $734,000. In fact you will find the schools cost about half “Judge Pollock took an oath of of- fice to enforth the law, but by his utter- ances against prohibition and prophe- cles that it would lead to revolution he encouraged such mr-deroits attempts on the lives of government officials. I think that steps will be taken in the next Congress to correct the tendencies exhibited by some of our United States Judges.” ‘“‘Bvery attemapt of the liquor inter. ests to weaken or destroy the prohibi- tion act will eventually result in taking away what few privileges the liquor trafiic has left,”” continued Mr. Wheeler. ““The attempt to reinstate the beer trade or to secure its general use as a medicine will fail. We do not believe that the ruling of Attorney General Palmer relating to beer as a medicine on a doctor’'s prescription is in accord with the purposes of the law, nor do we, think he was right in stating that the prohibition commissioner and internal revenue commissioner could not make certain regulations with reference to the prescribing of liquor. ‘‘Beer has never been recognized wus a medicine. We hope that the new at- torney general will modify this opinion. If the other nine states adopt the same kind of prohibition codes which thirty- nine states have already adopted there will be no opportunity to use beer as a medicine anywhere in the country.'* .ho money taken in for taxes. I ! know that on the 18% mill tax, the — BY KENTUCKY GANG There will be a meeting of tha St. wity of New Britain could be run i Commodore John Barry Council | —advt. allright this year. Any man who T Og A T d d - . Goas ot v e cis aus attention W0 Urganizers Are 1arred an | Victim Fights OF Mob Tt Stunnca as bad as the slacker who refused . i - S vy = By Blow From Blackjack I A e B T Feathered in Kansas | e ent mayor. 1 thought he stood for fanscCU Ut MER S f.i?"fn'f'.f};a ior‘:otoky;:j.v:'lhzfurnlv:".dnu': Great Bend. Kan.. March 14.—| Versailles, Ky, March 14—Rich- e Ga0csToN L9 ave FOUX MaY..Of Demonstrations against the Non-|ard James, negro, charged with s g Partisan league in Barton County |the murder B g . - ? y i . 3 ¢ Ben T. Ros and :rli'd.u night. ]“lmvh a 'ri"\ oq\cral culminated Saturday night in the | oo \.,(, - “‘; e “;.(_ ‘ ‘", I refuse o have the voters act on tarring of A. J. Stevic and O. Par Sl bl e m;l| :n lmnnrmh:l m:u(;'r at the sons, state organizer and secretar :‘ln ‘;-.m :;-{r 8 last, was taken {rom ;m s there must sm'mr : ng lmnr. of the league. by a band of former q" 3 oo ord <?urxty ail by a mob Was not in favor of the two platoons service \men iwho)| took jlexceptionllof | r oyl anorning fand Bhanged | from st this time. After it got { Stevic's denunclation of them. Earlior | * 1T€® two miles from this city. 'n'k':n‘r‘!h; l;:'n pln;oon""nuld .co;( lin the day. former Senator J. Ralph | ‘Fho mob, r‘om):)os:-.d of about ftifty l“’;h o "‘k' ousand dollars a 5"1'- | Burton. who has taken an active |CM- came to Versailles between 1 BNt rnne\\;d lronlderabe parthis Itnelwork loriibe loagnc @ 1o | ina ‘z‘ o'clock this morning by au- applause a is conclusion from the fk‘anux. was escorted out of Great f'"mo n‘k\. Ai guard was placed around large audience. Bend. {the jail and four mgn went to the Wants Mayor Denounced. Stevic and Parsons had come to |900T. aroused John T. Rdger, the Isadore Simons spoke very briefly, Ossian Bennett of the Union Jaun- | Great Bend to join Senator Burton's {J21er. 100k his keys and went to/ -":;":_"d‘"‘;:r‘h"(ra')‘flf "*;:'uld h"":i'- dry was the gentleman reproduced | party, and they too were taken in | 'N* e cell) ““‘“”f""‘" axers noun or violating e constitu- 2 PR s harse by the ¥ .. | powere, o prisoner after a short 3 in Saturday night's Know Ifim con-|¢harge by the mob, but upon their gle i it ! ton of the United States and in-{ 2 “2 WFC3 ek assurances that they would mot re.|StFUBEle. in which a blackjack was | sulting the flag. After a band selec- | test an obort Laghorn of 351 Main |, " " ine county if given a mafe | %% bY one member of the quartet. | e tion Samuel C. Kone, of Hartford.|street wins the prize of $1 Others | conduct out of it ther were alloweq JAMes was taken in a machine to | talrways spoke. Among other things he stated | guessing corrertly were toger A.|{{o depart Inlliihelattercons il thes the iu_( rsection of the Frankfort | that the legislature was preparing 1o | Rarnes, Paul Hannon. Edith Pasco, | appeared at Ellinwood. where Sen- | N Midway pikes. 2 miles from Ver- and Ste S ot 20 - Y€ . ¥ "|to appear, and here Stevic made a | 2 5 bt UL, tatle i - r under s - | Raymond Hjnchiiffe and C. An- ¢ 3 . - of Rogers jave, who | i L i . 3 ved as 2 P id- . . Simendments €0 the chartsr, and the | THere aiill are a few who think | IS COUTSS of hin remarks, he ecasti TN SUS,OTCC T8 ERLS B & Al wayiisienriched by Inoront. oot ity meeting amendment is the one | €Yery insertion is that of GeOrEe | inie memrd or jt. T iCC men Andhen the jury reported u.'(wr;ui(l‘ steps are amply protected from which will reccive consideration. The [ Klett, although not a few 'hnuslul i her ot e ey udee g L Srout i hatl it kwna i the weather with this indoor, out- that Philip Cort as t 4 SR nd erdict | 1 - i H g e LI ot e it mTh:r:‘\‘x’r;«:‘;:uel:.m:-‘::..:.‘ members of the American Legion jion 10 reach exdictiREl Sy | door varnish. The deep velvety o SRENESRY bR S0 lsenteda wids flelafof factivities posts of Great Bend and Ellinwood, | o¢l 200 dee that James was guilty. | sheen cannot be equaled. Inorout Aataele i Who in it tonight? He has a business | CAMe Into the latter town and again | " e0U not agrec upon ST ‘\‘\"}::l‘(‘ I will look brilliantly new long after on Main street, has a good record and L:::‘ ":“;F;;_ of ”_l'~ t\;‘o leaguers | | o0 Ging the disfillery from an it has outworn your greatest ex- WHEELER AI IACKS JUDGE life appears to be one aweet song with | Stevic and Parsons were brought back ‘a4 by a2 party of armed men | pectations. him. That aught to be enough to open to Great Bend and then taken about, who were attempting | e z up a line of thought in the right di. | three miles out ‘into Yne country. [0, TOTC HUEMPUNL to | remove | Use Inorout wherever and when- Blames Pollock for Denver Outbreak— | TeCtion. Get your guess in early, and| _ Covered With Tar. een a member of the attacking | ever you need varnish. Seasons of be sure and write yYour ewn name on iheir clothing was stripped from QLSRG : E d d ame i = por force. i wind, rain, snow, and sun do not Insists That Medical Beer ¥s Doomed | the same paper on which the guess | tPem by the mob of about 200 and a S, n dull its gloss. Live steam is, No phone calls. liberal coating of tar applied to each. | / > - g 3 d and Never Will Return. 5 e They were then obliged to roll over ! PPASSAIC STORES BURN. boiling water and salt water can- . and over on the ground until the tar! not make it chip, crack, or turn Baljimore, March 14.—Wayne B. NOTES was covered with a thick layer of oW of On Buildings De- white. Buy Inorout. Whleeler, general counsel 'of the Anti- rich Kansas soil. Their clothes were | stroyed. With Loss of $75,000. Saloon league, attacked United States then returned to them and they were | N ~ § WADSWORTH, HOWLAND & COMPANY, Inc. Judge Pollock of the Denver district | Senior Civics Club Announces Pro- |ordered to move on. Nothing has | DLt Eireldes Boston, M in an address here Sunday, blaming ut- = e been heard of them since, but it is Stroved a row of one-story frama Largest Paint and Vermish Makers in New Ewgloend :::::::; l|.: }l(hcmj_‘:d?:' fur'l’:u‘" r:r:?: gram—Da Mullin Chair- | pelieved . that they departed in an buildings. all occupied as stores, from l ¥You can buy Bay State Liquid Paint er Inorout Varnish from than 800 armed men were arrested for| ™A® of Clasa Night Committec. Creatibara Nl e var o s auaaias | aog el telecorafecrastiyestordny. E 3 end in e afternoon : The entire Passaic fire df*panmeml alleged threats against prohibition The Benior Civies club met in the Fm’"‘@l'.s"nalor Burton, who went | was called out to fight the fire, which agents. auditorium this morning during a | {° FHutchiucon last night, issued a ' burned for more than four hours. The 3 ‘‘Such men as that should not be on . statement today saying he would | is esti d b HE JOHN BOY o 3 8 ° d ¥ say v oss is estimated at between $75,000 l the bench,’* said Mr. Wheeler. special period in order to ascertain | make a formal declaration in regard and $100.009. 2 : w r..x'mxn REPORT. Predictions of This Section Are Rain Late Tonight and, Tuesday. New Haven,March 14.—For New Haven and vicinity: Unsettled weather followed by rain late tonight or Tues- day. For Connecticut: Increasing cloudi- ness followed by rain late tonight or Tuesday; fresh casterly winds. Weather conditions: A disturbance central over Missouri is causing cloudy and showery weather in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Pleasant weather prevaills in the eastern districts along the Atlantic coast Cloudy, showery weather was reported from the Paclfic coast and Rocky mountain section. The temperature is below freezing along the northern border from Montana to Maine White River Canada reported 20 below zero. The temperature is ris. Ing in the lower Mississippi valley and along the middle Atlantic coast. Conditions favor for this vicinity gen- eral cloudy and unsettled weather fol- lowed by slight rain or snow. DRIVE AWAY HEADACHE Rub Musterole on Forehead and T A beadache remedy without the dam- wun’-'um Relieves ' PARTI who were in the club. The secretary | to read a list of the members. Mr, L. 8. |35 s00n as Appel, chairman o in Salina. PP f the social and reslagiepriel program committee, read a list of | North Dake coming events, among them being an entertatoment and dance to the mid- vear sophomores this Saturday even- ing, a banquet, an alumni dance, a trip to Newgate ptrison and a trip to the shore. Mr. J. V. Sullivan. presid- and which b conditions t out the stat Stevic, WAR VETERANS MOB “the outrage™ He was one of the mem- the workings of the who leagtie organization wor or severa | vears, is regarded here as a radical. He was formerly identified with the ‘l. abor union movement in Topeka. NEGRO IS LYNCHED SAN LEAGUERS —advt. in Barton County returns to The fire started from a causae not vet known, in the shoe store of Seltzer Tha he his home & Deutsch, 132 Second street. that committee went to other tenants burned out werae Joseph ta recently to investigate ' Hopmayer, furniture; Zenick & league therc., Schner, five and ten-cent store; Jo- has returned to report on 0 sympathizers e. seph Fortgang, dry goods. Gordon, ings nack. and Harry The build- Hengy men’'s clothi owned through- were by Paster- has been engaged in Special Victor release, “Bright Eves.” No. 18735, danca committes m., at St. Jo “Love Bird” 8 p. Call for —advt. at Morans' first as usual. INOROUT The all round varnish The Dixie Minstrels | this evening at 8 o'clock Patrick Day records & THE BAY STATER Bay State Liquid Paints ed at the meeting of the club, and gave a very effective talk on the sub- ject of dues, in which he urged all those in arrears to pay up promptly. The meeting adjourned at $:45 and new members handed in their names as they went out. The Civics club dance and enter- tainment to the sophomores will be given this Saturday in the auditor- jum and gymnasium. The Amphion club will repeat ‘“Neighbors™ which scored such a hit last Friday evening. The cast of “Neighbors” will meet in Room 36 this afternoon during the sixth period. The class night and motto commit- tees have been elected as follows: Class Night Committee—Chairman, David Mullin; William Rotherforth, Marie Kaminski. Curtis Clifford, Alice Gaftney, Lewis Chapman, Earle Lam- bert, Grace Brown, Frank Delaney, Sydney Allison. Motto Committee Lloyd Smith: Esther Bacon. —— Chairman, Tvler, lobert R. R. LABOR BOARD AGAIN IN SESSION Hearings Continued on Rebuttal of Labor Chiefs to Managers’ Ploas Probe Chicago, March 14.—The railway wage controversy and the rail cutives' plea for the abrogation of the national agresments governing work- ing eonditions in the shop crafts were again before the U. 8 Raillway Labor Board today. The board was prepared this morn- ing to continue hearings on the re- buttal of labor chiefs to the rail man- agers’ plea. B. M. Jewell, president of the railroad department of the American Federation of Labor; Frank P. Walsh counsel, and W, Jett Lauck, economist, were to present labor's arguments against the proposal Seven officials of rail labor organi- sations including Mr. Jewell last night | wired Senator Cummings, chairman of the senate interstate commerce committee indorsing the senator's| proposal for a congressional investiga- tion of the transport situation “Railroad labor stands for indus- trial peace and evolution and not in- dustrial warfare and revolution¥ the message concluded. s ADMIT FORGERY, POLICE SAY. ! —Favor Congressional y exe- Two New Yorkers Passed n;m Checks | in Seven States. Scranton, Pa., March 14.—Discovery | of a systematic scheme of forgery which the pair are allesed to have used in | every state in the east followed the ar- | -the poor The Sick NEW BRITAIN I hereby pledge to the New Britain which co\er~ the fiscal year ending April 1, I also pledge the ~1mp cellation prior to March 1, Payment will he made m April, or at my option, April 15, 1921 July 15, October All Cash or Checks to be )'nd to the Treasurer Savings Bank of New Britain, 17 n Street. 19 ny year. -the babes ‘whose mothers must toil- ing boys and girls (future citizens)--all of New Britain. Won’t YOU help them? Won’t YOU give something for them this week? HELP NEW BRITAIN CHARITIES Pledge for the UNITED COMMUNITY ited Community Corporation §.. $38,000 THEY NEED YOUR HELP the grow- CORP. mount for Mvi succeeding year until 1 give notice of can- narterly as follows: 14, 1921 January 16, 1922, ol the Corporation, Noah Lucas, -, 1921, A RECEIPT WILL BE MAILED YOU A continuous pledge will greatly assist the work. this pledge continuous, cross out paragraph ? AMOUNT PAID HEREWITH ... PLEDGE TAKEN BY UPON REQUEST. If you are not willing to h\a.ke