New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1921, Page 1

By Associated Press ‘STABLISHED 1870. CUTS IN MPLOYED BY PAY A NEW BRITAI N. CONNECT ICUT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1921. —SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE T MONG THOSE PACKING COS. ERTAIN TGO CAUSE STRIKE > s Is the Opinion of ' FATE OF HAMON GIRL Union Leaders, Who ! NOW RESTS WITH JURY FeelThat AllEmployees i@ T INDEPENDENT PLANTS CLOSE DOWN tion Taken Pending Out-' Come of Controversy— Nearly 2,000 Thrown Out: of Work By This Decis_ion.‘ “hicago, March 16.-~While inter- ohal officers of the unions involved le paekors’ Wago controversy were embling here for conferonce today,; wis learned that elght independent| cking companies in near the' aln stockyards here have cloged wn or greatly reduced their torces, | sowing nearly 2,000 men out of k. We wanl the labor troversy Js going to come out, said trink Brennan, president of the in-| ' t pach compuny, the ‘arg ‘lhu companies. “We would be by @ strike. When conditions rrent it we will open up again.” MHeads of some of the other com- ples declarcd the present price of e hogs and the low price of the Ughtered product have made oper- fons unprofitable just now Is Toking S Lr Vote. Before the ting opened, Dennis ne, secretary of the amalgamated dor' of meat cutters and butcher rkmen of Noith America, the or- Mzation which s taking a strike ts, said that unofficial conferences Mad held with the heads of other cking plant unfons convinged him nt they were ready to order a strike llot among their men. “They can- it, of coutse, make any official an~ un¢ement until & decision is made today's meeting,” sald Mr, Lane %4 have et to fnd a union official js oppbosed to tho sirike. Stwrike Almost Certain, he statement of Samuel Gompers, wterday, In which hé denounced the n 5 employes representation plan’' ti-unfon propaganda, has thened us Immenscly, it has wvinced the men that Mr. Gompers hind them and that they will have support of the American Federa- of Labor. here is no doubt there will be a ke and little doubt that all the lgking plant unions eventually will n Awaiting Outcor l DEFENDSCIEODERN GIRL n of Northwestern University Up- | plds Use of Lip Stick and Powder PRf—Also Othe Chicago, March 16.~The l'xll(‘ll\t'n! lopted by the modern girl nhnuhli t be Judged too harshly, sald Mary ss Potter, dean of women at North- pstern university last night at a ting of ministors’ wives. ““There is nothing wrong with of today because she uses a ek and a Mitle rouge and a dab * sald Dean Potter. “Of dress of the girl of today— » kneos almost, fMmsy stockings, sy everything—is not the dress of 1.1.:"'- generation. Novertheless she oot and good and kind of heart, ip has an Independence that did not blong to her mothe day but such the spirit of tho tlmes, It Is the re. It of war' Things. the lp 3600 PAID FOR MURDER Ward Politicians by Leaders. Chicago, March 16.—Five hundred lars was the price pald for the kill- ‘of Paul Labriola and Harry Ray- ond, two victims of the 19th ward ud, police announced today they had on told by persons who overheard conversation held with two men ar- sted yosterday as suspecis. The two Will Eventually Quit ‘ | Decker, | county. | cetved at mnk Gambino and Sam Atam- positively identifled by eye- nesses of the shooting of Labriola, lee mainounced ales Branch o Army Now Wit i ashi n Dept. March Evidence All in and Judge is Ready to Instruct Talesmen. Ardmore, Okla., March 16.—Intro- duction of testimony in the trial of Clara Hamon, charged with the murder of J. L. Hamon was compieted after a brief morning session and court was recessed until 3 p. m. to permit Judge Thomas W. Champlon to prepare his instructions to the jury. °h side was alloted five hours for | argumaonts, and it was said that if the judge had prepared his charge by the time court reconvenes they will be got- ten under way immediately. The court will charge the jury on three ppints: Murder, which, upon conviction would carry a sentence of death or life imprisonment; first degree mansiaughter, the sentence for which upon conviction would be from four years to life imprisonment; and second degree manslaughter, with a minimum fine of $1. There was much doubt expressed as to whether the court would be ready with his instructions at 3 p. m., and 1t was thought probable an until tomorrow morning, taken. Ww. P. Me n of Fort Worth, Texas, leading counsel for the defense, said that the defense had submitted a pro- posal to the state counsel to permit the case to go to the jury immediate- ly after the judge reads his charge and without arguments but that the state had declined. Letters written by Hamon to the girl on trial were ruled inadmissable as evidence today The defense formally rested after an exception to the court's ruling had been noted, and the state began presenta- tion of rebuttal testimony, introducing Sam Hlalr, a newspaperman, who ob- tained un interview with Clara Hamon at Chihuahua City, Mexico. Blair said he saw Clara Hamon first on the night of December 18, 1920, and twice later. Asked regarding any state- would be (Continued on Fifteenth Page) THIRD MAN IMPLICATED Decker, Held for Warsaw Death Mystery, Furnishes Information to Sheriff Fowler Today. Ind., March 16.—Virgil held here in comnnection with the Warsaw death mystery, today named another man in the plot, a cording to Sheriff Fowler of this The man’s identity, however, was not disclosed Decker, according to Sheriff Fowl- er. told of hiring an automobile along with Lovett and the third person and of going to Fred Decker's farm near Atwood. They then went to a sum- mer cabin on the Tippecanoe river, near the farm, he is alleged to have said. Marion, Shipload of Fireworks From China At Boston Boston, March 16.—With the big- gest shipment of Chinese fireworks re- this port in many years aboard, the British steamship Romeo i« berthed here under special fire pro- tectlon until the rockets, crackers and star shells are taken off. There are 5,000 packages of Fourth of July aux- fliar aboard. LE WITTS BUY GHURCH FOR QUARTER MILLION Will Erect Theater On Site of Park Cong. In Hartford Lawyer George lLe Witt of this city has purchased the Park Congrega- tional church at the corner of Asylum and High streets, Hartford, at a price which is said to be upwards a quarter of a million dollars. Asso- clated with the local lawyer will be M. C. e Witt, who conducts a jewelry business on Main street. The sale was consummated this morning, Porter B. Chase and H. H. Fisher acting for the Park Congregational Church soclety and Attorney Le Witt handling the lo- cal interests. The transaction is one of the largest realty deals recorded in the eity of Hartford In several adjournment | IRISH SOCIETIES APPEAL TO0 HEADS OF WAR AND NAVY fProtest Refusal of Commanders to Let Army and Navy Men Take Part in Tomorrow’s Parade | | | | ANOTHER PETITION IS SENT T0 PRES. HARDING Although This Annual Parade is a Memorial of the British Evacuation of Boston, it has Always Been Oc- casion For Joint Celcbration of St. Patrick’s Day. Boston, March 16.—Protests from Irish societies and parade officials went out today to President Harding, Secretary Denby and Secretary Weeks over refusal of army and navy of- ficers here to allow regular troops to participate tomorrow in the parade in the south Boston district to cele- brate Evacuation Day, the 145th an- niversary of the departure from Bos- ton of British troops and loyalists. This parade was held annually for | many s before the war and Irish societies made it the oc joint celebration of the Il¢ and St. Patrick’s Day. Troops Not to March Because organizations identified with movements to recognize the Irish republic and to free India had been assigned places in line tomorrow, Brig. Gen. Ruckman, commanding the first army corps area, and Read Admiral Dunn, commanding the first naval dis- trict said they could not make the customary assignments of federal troops. Cannot Wear Uniform Dr. William H. Griftin, marshal of the parade, who had intended appear- ing in his uniform as a naval lieuten- ant announced that he had been for- bidden to wear it. He said he would appear instead in civilian afternoon dress and that there would he no at- tempt to have the soldiers or sailors of the regular: forces join in the parade. National Guard organizations, however, he added would form a large part of the military division. Among the civilian societies listed are Jocal branches of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic, and the FKriends of Freedom for India. EVERY RAILROAD IS DISCUSSING WAGES al holiday Arrangements Are Being Made to Have Conferences With Employes to Secure Amicable Adjustments New York, March 16.—Notices of proposed wage reductions tor various classes of skilled labor, effective April 16, have been issued by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company, the New York, Ontario and Western railway, and the Central Rallroad of New Jersey, it has announced today by the General Managers' association. The notices asked that representa- tives of the varlous classes of em- ployes arrange to meet with the rail- road officials and discuss the matter. The New Haven railroad also is- *sued a notice to its marine employ in New York harbor asking them for a conference March 21 for the pur- pose of “discussing and reaching an “agreement as to revision in the rates of pay which will become effective as of April 2, 1921." Each railroad is now arranging for conferences with the representatives of the varicus classes of employes, sald the General Managers’ associa- tion statement, “in order to arrive at an amicable adjustment of wages. It | can be stated definitely and positive- ly that the railroads are approaching the subject determined to effect a just | settlement of the matter to all con- cerned. What is desired is a square deal for he employes as well as the companies.” HIS WIFE NOT MISSING Son Indignantly She Victor Herbert's Denies Reports Mysteriously Disappeared. Chicago; March 16.—Indignant denial was made today by Clifford | Victor Herbert, son of the noted composer, this his wife had myster- jously disappeared and that kidnap- ping by robbers was feared. “Mrs. Herbert left Saturday to visit her mother in San Diego, Cal.,” he ex- plained. “There is'no mystery about about it whatever and Iam at a loss to understand how the contrary re- that Has | MANUFACTURERS EXPRESS DESIRE TO GO ONTO DAYLIGHT SAVING IN CITY C For Spring and Approval has been given the move- { ment to set up a daylight saving | schedule in tais city March conform with the changes in railroad time, by the local Chamber of Com- merce and the Manufacturers’ ciation. The benefits to be derived from daylight saving were discussed yester- day afternoon at a meeting held in the offices of the Chamber ot Com- merce on Main street, presided over by President A. B. Buol of that « ganization Mr. Buol has also ducted a canvass of the membership of the Manufacturers’ association to determine what the feeling of the lo- eal manufacturers is toward the movement, and he reports that they asso- n- hamber of Commerce Also Endorses Revival of Scheme ! Summer Months. have unanimously favored. This ae- tion practically assures that the fac- tories will operate under the changed time whether or not the council pass- es an ordinance. The stores, in ac- cordance with the action of the Chamber of Commerce, will probably observe daylight saving time and open their places of business one hour ear- lier in the morning. For the past two years, the com- merce chamber has advocated the passage of daylight saving ordinances. The local chamber approved the pro- zram of the national chamber of the change of time in the eastern rail- roads as a result of which the “New Haven” road has announced the cha effective March —_— MERCHANTS OFFER ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS: TOMORROW, COUPON DAY New Britain will have its second Coupon I tomorrow. The merchants of the city are united in offering special bargains to Thursday shoppers who use the coupons in to- night's Herald. Attention is called to the Coupon pages in this issue. The stores have been most liberal in their price slashing nd shoppers can accomplish savings by clipping the coupons and coming down town to buy tomorrow. Practically every line from notions to furniture is represented on the Coupon pages and each coupon repre- sents a real bargain. Read every coupon issue. They are worth to you, TPut your scissors work. Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGNING T0 GET MORE MEMBERS Solicitors Will Make Per- sonal Appeal For Larger Enrollment. in this money to A ten-day campaign in an to increase the membership of the | ¥. M. C. A. will be held, starting to- morrow cvening. A banquet will be served the solicitors and campaign | managers tomorrow night at 6:30 { o’clock in the banquet hall of the as- | sociation when plans for the drive will be outlined. {retary of the Y. M. C._A. will be the | principal speaker, Others will | heard. Harry Bamforth will act as campaign manager while A. Tyson Hancock will be chairman of = the | committee. Reduced rates will be ! given during the drive that members may be encouraged to enroll. There are a great deal of unemployed men throughout the town and the reduced rates will be an incentive for them The solicitors who are man- Harry Bamforth, Rev. E. ager; Andrew Abrahamson. E. Adams, Gunnar M Anderson, Gunnar A. Anderson. Richard M. Anderson, C. B. Andrews, Willlard A. Andrew, Fred L. Banon, Harry A. Beckwith, Donald Bell, Thure Bengt- con. Arthur E. Berg, Marshall E | Blakeslee, Albert Blanchard, Thomas ! Blanchard, Alexander V. Bollgrer, Alfred Bottomley, John A. BrinK, B. P. Burns, Henry P. Cadrain, Arthur { Campbell, Robert Carlson, John Caufield, Charles Cook, Daniel Cook, Andrew Dahiverg, Rev. John L. Davis, PASSES BUCK ON BEER Retiring Commissioner Williams Will Make No Ruling On Medical Pro- vision, He Announces. Washington, March 16.—The draft- ing of regulations to carry out the opinion of former Attorney General Palmer, with respect to the prescrib- ing of beer and wines for medical purposes will be left to the new com- missioner of internal revenue, Com- mission Williams, who soon will re- tire, said foday. Although the legal staff of the pro- hibition burecau is engaged in draft- ing the regulations they will not be tormally completed until a new com- missioner Williams, who soon will re- liams said frankly that he did not de- sire to pass on the regulations because of the possibility of embarrassing his SUCCessor. effort | Fred D. Fagg, state sec- | be | to | FIRST DAY OF UNITED COMMUNITY CORP. DRIVE NETS $8,004 PLEDGES Of 427 Subscriptions Rotary Club Leads With $1,245, Promised—$37,823 is Goal. | The New Britain United Community Corporation to date received $8,004.50 in the welfare of the the city, in its drive for $37, ports on the progress of the campaign were read at the second noon-day Juncheon held at the Elks’ club today. A total of 427 subscriptions were sent in with the amounts pledged on them. The Rotary Club team number 20 leads in pledges, with the sum of $1,245 to its credit. Team No. 11 comes next with $1,069 received in pledges. Team Repots. 5% 35 A report of the various teams and | the individual pledges received them is as follows: Team No. 1, $35 | No. 50; No. 4, $71 6, $104; No. 7 No. 8, $304; No. 9, $150; No. s 0. 12,8245 No. 13, $80; 14, § No. 15, $105; No. 16, $99; No, 17, $330; No. 1%, no report; Neo. 19, $368; No. » Rotary Club, $1,245, and the Wom- an's team, No. 21, $841. Success Is Assured. Ernest W. Christ, director of the campai expressed his admiration for the work of the teams and the sum already pledged, and feels that the end of the week will see the amount of $37,823 raised and the drive pro- nounced a success. He also unged the solicitation of the men throughout the plants in the city in hopes of adding to the sum. Rev. William Ross, pas- tor of the First Baptist church, gave a short talk in which he said he felt that it was the duty of every man in the community to help and aid. Good Work Done. . William C. Kranowitz, publicity agent during the drive, for the corpor- ation, gave an interesting talk on why the people of the city should contrib- ute towards the fund. He named sev- eral instances why the Boys' club, the Visiting Nurses’. association, the City Mission and other organizations men- tioned in the drive, should be extend- ed help in order to make them a suc- cess and enable them to carry on their excellent work. “The Day Nursery is one of the important factors of the city and its aid in caring for babies | whose mothers have been forced out into the wage-earning field, is im- mense, and should be backed to the limit,” said Mr. Kranowitz. The final luncheon of the corpora- tion and the members of the teams will be held Friday noon. GERMANY GETS HER BILL | Note From Allies Reminds Government to Pay Billion Gold Marks by March 23. , March 16. (By the Associated )—The allied .reparations com- on, in its note to Germany de- manding fulfiiment of article 235 of the peace treaty, notified the German gov- erament it must pay 1,000,000,000 gold marks before March it was an- nounced today. The money must be deposited in the Bank of France, Bank of England or the federal reserve bank in the United States, Germany was told It must complete " of 20,000,000,000 gold marks by May 1. The commission gave Germany until April 1 to submit a proposal to pay the balance of the 20,000,000,600 marks otherwise than in cash, Germany may submit a plan for a foreign loan - by April. The proceeds of which shall ble to the commission. The ion announced that Germany had virtually refused to pay the bal- ance, arsefting ‘the 20,000,000,000 had been fully paid. payment - l AND SPECIAL CARS Will Take Delegation of Several Hundred to Hart- : ford, He Claims. President Isadore Simons of the Vew Britain Taxpayers’ Protective ociation, has announced his inten- tion of chartering five éxtra passenger coaches to accommodate the hundreds of local taxpayers who are desirous of attending the hearing in the superior court rooms at Hartford Monday morning, on the injunction proceed- ings brought to restrain the city from collecting taxes under the 1 mill rate. He is also negotiating for the services of a brass band to accom- pany the rooters to the Capital City, and is making an effort to have a hol- iday observance in the city next Mon- day. A number of storekeepers, he )} claims, have consented to remain E closed while hundreds of factory em- ploves have made known their inten- tion of remaining away from work to accompany the delegation to Hart- ford. Mr. Simons expressed himself this morning as gratified at the way tax- payers have come forw: and volun- teered to take the witness stand in de- nouncing the actions of city officials and others in connection with the city meeting Friday, March 4. With a few possible exceptions, he feels, a suffi- cient number of witnesses can be se- cured without the issuance of sub- poena papers. Mr. Simons is busying himself to- day in making arrangements for Mon- day's session. The interests of his association will be in the hands of Judge Tuttle of the law firm of Tut- tle. Gilman and Marks, while the city will be represented by Corporation Counsel Judge John H. Kirkham. Both sides are summoning witnesses, and it is understood that the tax- | 7 ) payers plan to build their case around | statements alleged to have been made Ly Lawyer Michacl A. Sexton and overheard by newspaper reporters. It is expected that President Sim- " ons will resort to lobbying at City Hall tonight in an effort to have the coun- cil act for the removal of Mayor O. ! ¥ Curtis trom office. If the council countenances violations of the law on free speech, can lay no claim to Americanism. — \Wages Lowered About 15 Per Cent. , and Cost Prices Are Reduced About | l scale. { The following Master Painters were {in attendance at this meeting: Oc- cupin & Johnson, Crowley Brother: 'Jnhn Boyle company, Morgan ! Kingsley, A. G. Lindgren, Geor Krum, S. W. Trader and H. Thompson. N OVERCOME BY GAS, IS 16 Per Cent. At a meeting of the Master Paint- ers’ association of New Britain, held Tuesday evening, March 15, it was scale of wages and charges, begin- ing April 1, 1921. The reduction’ nets about 15 per cent. on the present wage scale, and about 16 per cent on the charge u. i Little Hope Held Out For Recovery of Girl As- | phyxiation Victim. ! Louisville, March 16.—Miss Dor-| othy Smith, overcome by natur ! fumes more than 120 hours ago, W still unconscious early tt morning and her chance of recovery is slight, according to physicians. pneumont ! having developed yesterday. The girl with her room-mate, Miss ! Ccarolina Zurschmicde, were discover- ed in a gas filled room shortly before | noon last Friday by their landlady. Both were unconscious at the time have been continuous since then. Miss Zurschmicde is said to have a chance, and is belicved to be slow! regaining consciousness. A nurse a {he hospital saw her slowly open her eyes vesterday and spoke to the yvoung woman. She got no reply. “Close yvour eves if you understand,” the hurse said, and the eves were closed. «Now smile,” Miss Zurschmiede was ordered. A faint smile came over the | bill. ing of Time! Ordinances vides for Stang Only SENATOR HALI AGAINST TH DAYLIGHT SAVING IN |STATE IS FORBIDDEN ¥ SENATE VOTES AGAINS |SIMONS HIRES BAND |beasure Proib Is One of 14 Sei Held -Out in F Least - Local Matter. Hartford, March 16. ing time in Conne by local ordinance, ties and towns by sembly today. 19 to 14, the bill of committee which re dard time must be ti Connecticut. The The bill which ! last week and is now the senate, is as follo ‘Section 1—Section eral statutes is amen follows: The standard of tii meridian west of Gr the standard for department of the and no municipality of} the state, shall employ] or order providing for other than the stand Section 2—This fect from its were Goodwin, Eno, MdCahey, Treal 1 Those Fa The senators voth lButler, Potter and l New Britain; Bake ord, Golden, Pickett, rown, Garlick, De ger and Kenealy. Absent—MacDon and Trumbull The senate re !its action. ! adopt any ordin This com| lative process and go to Governor The time bill brou general debate in Local Opti the op bill were sure they Yesterday, i save daylight time fo debate, tion ! vote on was carried and dards of time in avoid confusion. Middletown moved Senator Drew 1 bill going back to committee, believing' ly go to the judlci The motion to Senator Drew mo before the body] the commit o then on the bill & th i port was accepted. Many Speech Then followed ful speeches for and ing handclapping ' and galleries and the hou were jammed in the which several al gas rails behind senato was members had dese and it appeared as of offices in the bul was taken by roll declared adopted. Soldiers’ The proposed me and necticut soldiers in when the vote was several- of lined up against dayll ! to the consternation’ wanted local option. was called up at nQo moved its passage. ject was to do away th outlined by Senator is to have stone bridges and. rivers report, however, hi propriations comm The same to the bill to ington bridgo river at. Milford |y Tegular intervals on .t Bot a favorable repo a tered the chamber to |1t was nearly 1:30 p. Bailey, Banks, Cand Putnam, Blake, Brook Hall Oppo " Those who voted . and so were in faver Mr. Simons says, they |ing time were n voted unanimously to adopt a reduced |and force a local opH