New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1921, Page 1

BETWE, ¥CA, NEW /3 . » - Herald Better B Av BRITAIN, CONNE CTIC UT, W N RUSSIA WITH VIEWTO L BE CONSIDERED L indi- Mat- ve ADE vEx- Ap- ding Early rola~ and today any en the ralings were that con- of on- f fe the been uth .9 > pne no rhich ¢ ' GERMAN DEBT IS DUE TODAY, BUT NOT PAID Not Only Do They Refuse to Pay, But Also Question Allies’ Figures. Paris, March 23. (By Associated Press.)—Germany f ber reply today . to the recent ultimatum of the allied reparations commission refuses 1o pay the 1,000,000,000 marks gold due on this date and disputes the commission's figures showing a balance of 12,000, 000,000 marks due May 1. It is maintained in the German note that the 20,000,000,000 marks which the peace treaty provided should be handed over by May' 1 has been more than paid. The note asks that a joint commis- sion of experts fix the value of the German deliveries on reparation ac- count but it declares that in any event it would be jmpossible for Germany to pay 12,000,000,000 marks by the first of May. o The note concludes as follows: ““If, after the experts have con- ferred, it is estgblished that there is a deficit in the puyments by Germany she A (Continued on Tenth Page.) BIG GAME HERE Middietown and Springficld Y. M. C. A. Quintets to Decide New England | Ohampionship at Arch St. Armory. Nathan Avery has practically com- pleted arrangements with the Spring- fleld and Middietown Y. M. C. A. bas- ketball managers, to play the third and deciding game for the New Eng- ; land Y. M. C. A. champlonship in this city. The game will be staged at the State Armory the week after mext. Previous contests engidged in by the teams have resulted in a victory for both rivals: The n of the teams Is well known in these parts, Springfield Y. M. .C. A: ha# for sev- eral years held the champilonship T8 in the Bay State. Middletown 15 one bf thd best t¢ams jn Connecti- cut at present. LEAGUE IS T00 EXPENSIVE ; . Republic of Salvador Plans to With- draw—Owes Year’s Membership Ducs at $4,000 a Month. San Salvador, Republic of Salva- dor, March 23.—Nicaragua has begun negotiations to secure permission to resign her membership in the league of nations, says a dispatch received here from Managua. This step has been taken, it is declared, because the expense attached to the member- | ship Is considered excessive. It s pointed out that it costs Nicaragua $4,000 per month to rethin a place in the league and that the govern- ment now owes the league $48,000, having been a member for a year. . FACTORY CANNOT REOPEN Alice Mills and Millville (Mass,) Plant of Woonsocket Rubber Co. Has no Orders to Work on. g Woonsocket, R. 1., March 23.—Be- cause of lack of orders, the Alice Mills and the Millville (Mase.) plant of the Woonsocket Rubber company, ! footwear division of the U. 8. Rubber company, will not reopen in April, as originally intended, says an annouc: ment today. Operations may not be resumed until six or eight weeks later, according to officials. in the meantime the small force which has been on duty will be further reduced. About 2,600 persons are employed normally in the two plants Tobacco Labels Cannot Spell Cigarette in Utah Salt Lake City, March 23.—Use of the word ‘“cigarette’” on the label of a tobacco container will be unlawful in Utah after June 8, according to an opinion by the attorney general. Cer- taln brands of tobacco which are ad- | vertised on the container “for pipe or | clgarette” Will have to use a special | contalner for their goods sold in Utah. |Sinn Fein Preparing | For Easter Week Fight Belfast, March 23. (By Associated !I‘re.v\.-——'l'h. teiegraph wires between Belfast and Dublin were cut last eve- ning. The authorities today expressed f that th Dran oo fo TAX COLLECTIONS Uncollected Accounts in Esti- mated Income, Big Factor (ALSO SHORT IN RATE BOOK | Loomis’ Report for Fiscal Year Eng- imately $1,45 20.97 As Receipts of That Office for Year. Tax collections for the fiscal year which comes to a close March 31, will run slightly behind the amount esti- mated in the budget as “Collections of Back Taxes,'" Collector Bernadotte Loomis said toda; The rate book calls for $1,440,062.45 while back tax- es to be collected increase that amount by $70,000, making a total of approximately $1,510,000. The deficit in the rate-book requirements will be about $16,000 and the total deficit about $86,000. There are still out- standing, back taxes to the amount of about $76,000. Collections by months are as fol- lows: Taxes, April $6,791.14, June $137,740.97, July $1,147,722.52, August $66,022.44, September $16,- 878.85, October $12,911.44, November $5,902.96, December $9,895.84, Janu- ary $6,052.73, February $3,439.10, March, $4,000.00 (estimated); total, $1,424,870.57. . Street Improvements. | April $186.70, May $59.73, June $6.62, July $490.83, August $348.83, Septembeér $69.99, October $26.86, November $663.94, December $239.18, January $190.17, February $520.91, March $600, (estimated). total $3,- }!02.0‘. | Sewer April $289.59, May $959.90, June ‘$601.85, July $1,758.47, August $1.- 005.18, September $3,876.35, Octoher $1,618.96, November $685.45, Decem- ber $3,065.93, January $1,254.76, Feb- ruary $668.16, March $1,200, (esti- ‘mated), total $16,874.60. ' Street Sprinkling. ! April $124.15, May $141.87, $1,724.13, July $7,385.22, August $498.96, September $301.92, October $165.20, November $144.16, December $72.13, January $47.48, February $27.92, March $40 (estimated), total $10673.14. '~ Totals by Months April $7,891.58; May §,674.08; June, 140,073.47; July, 1,167.857.04; August, 67,876.41: Beptember, 21,127.11; Octo- ber, 14,721.46; November, 7,296.51; ! December, 13,263.08; January, 7,545.- | 14; February, 4,656.09; March 5,- | 340,00; Total, $1,455,720.97. In the budget of the board of finance and taxation, which is the one adopted last year and the plan under which the city government is being conducted this year, practically every cent of back taxes owed the city was figured as estimated income. Those familiar with the workings of the tax system argued that it was an unwise policy since it would be almost impos- sible to get in all the money, and the income would probably fall far below the estimates as far as taxes are con- ' cerned, The outcomeé was feared, with | the taxes showing a deficit of approx- imately $86,000. CITY T0 FORECLOSE Mary Talbot Properties Will Be Taken by Legal Process for Taxes for 10 Years. May $7,512.58, June Tax Collector Bernadotte Loomis has taken steps to foreclose on two building lots, representing the Mary Talboc estate, at the corner of Henry strect and Rocky Hill avenue. FPapers were] served yesterday citing interested parties to court as defendants in the action brought by the city to take the property im lieu of uncollected taxes. Books at the office of mm shows unpaid tax for a pei of 10 years which, with amounis to L that the nearly known ter, sey. La ant corp pers er e FATHER LOSES CHILD Bridgeport Man Who Deserted New F‘lemel" Born Baby Three Years Ago, Can't Have It Now He Wants It. Bridgeport, your baby; I wish you luck,” his wife EDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 19 {. —TWELVE PAGES PRICE THRE |STILLMAN DEFINITELY CHARGES WIFE | BJLL TO FORCE ALL CITIR - T0 SHOW DEFICIT) | | | | masked bandits boarded ing This Month Will Show Approx- i was endeavoning to borrow March 23.—‘“Here's ' COURTEOUS BANDITS HOLD UP, ROB TRAINi Line Up Passengers at Point of Gun and Take Cash, But Are Very Polite March 23.—Two the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad’s special at Denison, Tex., last night, robbed every passenger in three sleeping cars and es- | caped in waiting The | loot was estimated at more than $3,000 in cash. Bloodhounds . at the penitentiary at McAlester have taken to trail the bandits. As the train pulled out of Denison the robbers began their work. One bandit | carrying two pistols lined the passen- gers on the first car in the aisle. His companion scarched the travelers taking ' only cash. Men and women were searched with what one passenger de- . . | scribed as ‘‘utmost courtesy. The robbers then ordered the. door locked and proceeded to the second car | and then to the last car. With them went the porter and the brakeman Then the bandits ordered the brakeman | to signal the engineer to stop and the train halted at the edge of McAlester. Passengers say they observed an auto- mobile draw up to the train. The | bandits leaped into the car and sped away. In the meantime the conductor, who had been at the front of the train learned of the holdup. He managed to attract the attention of the station master at Kiowa, to whom he flung a note. Word was flashed to McAlester where a posse was formed and awaited the train. RAILROAD OFFIGIAL TELLS NEED OF CASH Buckland of New Haven ! Road Argues For 10. Per | Cent Increase in Rates. = ! | Boston, March 23.—Bdward G. Bugkland, yiee-president of the New Haven railroad, today told the gov- ernors’ committee that is investigat- ing the necessity of an ‘increase of 10 per cent in rates of the New Eng- land roads, that the movement for the increase was the result of a study of conditions by all the roads of this section. It was not instigated by the New Haven alone, he said. Vice-President Buckland quoted figures in an attempt to show that it was no longer necessary for the New Haven to get increased rates for | any of the New England transporta- | tion companies. I Presenting a list of securities of ' the road’s leased lines aggregating approximately $30,000,000 he said he money from New York bankers to help the road in its present situation with these securities as collateral but the New York bankers he added, were unwilling to lend on the security of- fered because it did not represent an investment which was making money. He had been able to borrow $2,000,- 000 from Boston bankers, however, he said. BODY BROUGHT BACK Body of Stanley Ryiz, gonne Forest on Muskogee, OKla., a automobile. been Arrives at The body, r. and M 1 | Jubilee str action _in 1918, arrived | N. J., at ceived nece in Vicini i Sterling, Conn., March fires in this town continu have broken out in many the line of the railroad. Thizy dead, having lived only a week after | has been east of the Oneco the baby’s birth, Louis Rotina hand- i this extended to the state ed the infant to Elizabeth Barbin, , Warden Ffafk W. ‘Hazar, wite of Edward Barbin of this city | gangs of fire fighters at o three years ago. and a number of sets of fa Today Judge of Probate Paul L. | which were threatened have Miller decided R 0 | Stillman | ments in the divorce suit the bank WITH UNFAITHFULNESS,NAMES INDIAN New York Banker Declares Guide is Father of One of His Wife’s Children. DUTY TO FAMILY TO DISCLOSE INTIMACY White Plains, N, Y. March 23.— Definite charge that Anna U. Stillman, wife of James A. Stillman, president of the National City bank of New | York, was the mother of a child. by an Indian guide was made in supreme court here today by counsel for Mr. during preliminary argu- president had brought. Had Indian Lover. Addressing Justice Morschauser, who presided at the hearing on ali- mony and counsel fees, Delancey Nicholl, chief counsel for Mr. Still- man, said: “Evidence already before you shows that Mrs. Stillman took as her lover an Indian guide by whom she had an infant son, whom Mr. Stillman must cither acknowledge as a member of his family or repudiate as illegitimate. ‘Will Press Matter. “This criminal intimacy began 1916 and continued through 1919. Mr. Stillman feels it is his duty to his father’'s memory, to his family and to his children to press this matter to a conclusion. “Had it been possible to do this otherwise than in court proceedings he would have done it. But there was no other way than to make the mother and child co-defendants in a suit.”” Decision Is Reserved. Mr. Nicholl said he could not un- derstand the feelings of a° father “whose wife yielded to the embraces of an Indian guide,” but that he could understand why he would hesitate to take court action under such circum- stances. The hearing lasted only about an hour. When it was adjourned at 10:35 decision on the motions before him for alimony of $10,000 a month and counsel fees of $25.000. . Crowd In Courtroom. When court opened today so many spectators crowded into the room that deputy sheriffs had to be stationed at the doors to prevent entrance of any maere.. ;Not oniy" werg all the “seats filled, but many persqns stood on the window sills and reporters overflowed the jury box. Justice Morschauser called several minor cases but requested that they be deferred until later in the morn- ing. Then he turned to attorneys for Stillman vs. Stillman, who in reply to a question as to whether they were ready, nodded. i “We shan’t be long,” Nicoll. John F. Brennan one of Mrs. Still- man's attorneys. Has Vast Income. The lawyers then plunged into the question of Mr. Stillman’s income which finally was admitted by one of his lawyers to have been $536,000 in 1920. claimed it amounted to $800,000 or $1,000,000. Mr. Brennan admitted that the fig- said Mr. | ure of $536,000 was correct for the period of one year and said that now that he had been supplied with this information he had no further occa- sion for pressing for an examination of the plaintiff. “We have tendered a stipulation,” said Mr. Nicoll “to the effect that the plaintift is able to pay any reasonable sum to the defendant that your honor allow. This amount as stated : ition admits that the Btillman, had a net in- " last year of $536,000. om his gross income jons, including a fed- t the amount about o~ V3 Believe, es against Mrs. S Potter— clfent had long if hav oc- plicated arly jwance Mr. #and gen- defend ¥ of get down ! Brennan. ng for gener- 1 to assert - our "an opportunity to t in the wilds of Canada fespecially to know what do with this case.” in Eight Months. h said that in the last jMr. Stillman has con- than $26,000 for the his children and $40,- , ifor his wife. He said, ounsel fees, that Jus- with _hi 3 in | Justice Morschauser reserved | “We will be very short,”” said | Counsel for the defendant had time | the | these warrior-like | TO USE TWO PLATOON P. IS KILLED BY LEGISLAT WOULD HAVE GURTIS Matter Isr(-:ofisider MAKE WAY FOR DEHM| Which Each Di Should Decide For] Without Intexferen Simons Ibbbying At Capitol Today—Consults At- torney General. » GOVERNOR NAMES] Harttord, March 25.—at the state| TICH COURTS’ JUL capitol this morning, Isadore Simons | representing the New , Britain Tax- | ! payers’ Protective association, inter- i i R viewed Attorney Generaln F’:aex:k ‘Jennmgs’ Marvm and 9 | Healy in what was said to be an en- | For Superior and B For Supreme Bench: tleavor to have Mayor O. F. Curtis re- moved from office. He is said to ney Bill Up in Sena | have made the statement that the Taxpayers’ association would be per- fectly satisfied to have Alderman C. J. Dehm assume the reins of the | city government, he being the pres- ' ent mayor pro. tem., provided the state laws would permit of the re- | moval of Curtis. Mr. Simons brought witnesses before Judge E. L. { Smith, United States district attorney, yvesterday afternoon with the same end in view. Judge Smith was of the opinion, however, that the case was not one for the United States court to consider. Mr. Simons announced his inten- tion, also, of having his counsel Judge Joseph P. Tuttle, at the hear- ing before the committee on cities and boroughs tomorrow afternoon when the proposed amendments to the New Britain city «chartér are brought up for ratification. He will instruct his lawyer, it is understood, to protect the rights of taxpayers to | take part in city, meetings, which | rights he believes are jeopardized by the adoption of the city meeting board plan. Interested parties, it is understood, will oppose the clause of the city meeting board plan which excludes city officials, employes ©or commis- sioners from election to the conven- tion, when the matter comes before the legislative committee. _ SUES HIS BROTHERS - Wl RIERE Florida ' Man Brings Action Against Meriden Relatives, Seeking Share of Estate, (Sp:cllll to The Herald) Hartford, March 23.—Hopes | firemen about the state that t spective cities and towns wo! compelled by legislative action stitute a two-platoon system solutely shattered today whe committee on cities and borouy, ported unfavorably on two bills} | would make the two-platoon imperative in every fire depa The senate concurred in the decision of the committee. This action by the commi have no other effect than sid leave it to the judgment of and city as to whether or no fire departments will be on platoon system. Charter Hearing Tomorro Listed on the legislative today is the proposed charter ments for the city of New These, it is understood, will final action in New Britain and a public hearin® will he the committee on cities and by tomorrow. Representative Rutherford, a member of thi ; mittee, is also identified with vision committee of the City. ct Judgeship Nomins Everett Lake sent to th his mominations for associal of the supreme courts of erro judge of the superior court vacancies which will occur Judge Lucien F_ Burpee o fora and Judge John E. Ke Stamford are promoted to -tH preme court. Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin @ ford, of the probate court, is ap superior court judge. / Allyn L. Brown of Norwic! tor from the 19th district is aj ed superior court judge. 3 Newell Jennings of Bristo named as a superior court jud; The governor’s communicatig as follows: List Was a Surprise , The list of nominations was in Tespects a surprisec at the While the name of Senator'E been mentioned for a judgeship not been expected he would pointed owing to his present bership in the general assemb] Judge Burpee upon con! will go to the supreme court! to fill the vacancy caused by thi of Judge William S. Case. H have the full term to serve. Judge Keeler goes to the fulll to succeed Judge Gager, who tire on August 30, 1922, 3 Senator Brown will take the of Judge Gardiner Greene, Wl be retired by law on August 8 The advancement of Judge Kee bring Mr. Jennings to the su] court bench from the Hartford bar. Meriden, March 23.—Papers were served here today and property at- tached for $30,000 in a novel suit by William E. Woolley, of Glenwood, | Fla., against two of his brothers, Jo- seph and George A. Woolley in which he seeks to secure- his share of the estate of his father, W. T. Woolley, who was a prominent merchant here ; and a large property holder in Flori- { da. His two daughters and four sons shared generously of his estate with the exception of William E., who was left only the income from $5,000. This was due, it is alleged, to a violent dis- like by the testator of his son’s wife | and the plaintiff in the present suit says that an agreement was made by the father with the children that if W. BE.'s wife died or there was a di- vorce he should share equally in the estate with his*brothers. She has died and W. E. Woolley says Thomas H., is the only one so far to settle with him. CARDINAL GIBBONS SINKING Aged Prelate, Who Suffered Relapse | i l | Sunday, Now Conscious Only Part of the Time. Baltimore, March 23.—Cardimal Gibbons, who sufferad a relapse last Sunday, was reported to be in a: critical condition today. He is con- scious only a part of the time and virtually all hope for his recovery has been abandoned by members of ! his household who had clung to the belief that the prelate’s naturally vigorous constitution would pull him through the present attack as it had | those of the past. Jitney Bill Comes Up The house bill to make jitney mon carriers and place them the Public Utilities Commission taken up in the state. Senato! Laney eoffered two amendments ‘were at once adopted, one pro for local hearings by the commi and ‘the other providing for issy by the commission of certificat operation of public service motor cles during a period of 90 days | the passage of the act, and leay The Cardinal passed a restless night | gtpher parts of the measure effectiy and was weaker this morning. His gays after passage. A third. ami { condition at mid-day was said to be ment accepted after explanatio un‘changed, a little weaker if any- quires the commission to go :to thing. city or town in which an appHs lives to hold a public hearing. bill then was adopted. It went to the house at once where the ments were ordered printed in Journal. P | Supporters of the jitneys, it | derstood planned out the p | followed in order to throw the { over the main bill into. that where it went through almost wit] : opposition, although Mr. Wall of in theu chasing depart- | rington had protested that he already an- | pever seen the bill. jare Howard ter, ! Jones Sixth in Third Ward Seeking Election ' The contest for councilman in the Third ward is developing into a live- ly one, the latest one to hurl his head- gear into the political arena being Laon Jones of Somerset avenue, em- ployed at the New Britain Machine compgny men g , no | AL