New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 28, 1921, Page 1

,| men | Profiteering Cases =l th ocul t~ | Washington university NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUTV MONDAY MARCH 28, ARY POLICE . intendent of the ity T0 PUT DOWN OMMUNISTS’ RIOT | BARDO ANNOUNCES CUT FORR. R. SHOP WORKERS 'BRpE LEpzic RESIDENT PRESENT STATUS U TATUS UNCHANGED Reductions Are Said to Aver- age From 17 to 22 Per Cent. New Haven, March 28.—Reduction |, of wages of shop employes on the New Haven Railroad to the schedule which was in force prior to the last decision of the federal wage board, was an- nounced today by General Manager C. L. Bardo to a conference committee. The matter will be imediately sub- mitted to the wage board for decision and pending a decision on the proposal the men would say nothing on the sub, . a%crau.ry Henderson of the federa- tion of shop employes which includes six crafts stated this noon that the men had met with Mr. Bardo who told the representatives of the workmen the company has decided to introduce the reduction in wages. It is understood that the reductions proposed range from 17 to 22 per cent and are based upon the earning powers of the railroad and living con- ditions, Columbus, O., March 28.-—Applica- tion for an injunction to prevént the New York Central railroad putting into effect an announced wage cut April 1, was withdrawn in federal court today when rallroad attorneys gave assurance that no effort to en- force the reduction would be' made pending hearings before lha tad.nl rallroad labor board. Request for a temporary ro'trn.ln- ing order was made last week Iin the suit brought by 1,200 employes . of four subsidiary lines to obtain the court’s interpretation of what author- ity the federal bhoard has in backing up its order that railroads may not reduce wages without conferences ! with employes. FLIERS ON LONG TRIP Two Planes to Start Tomorrow From Washington to Virgin Isiands, Dis- tanco of 2279 miles. . . | . Washington, March 28.—Two air- planes piloted by Marine corps per- sonnel will leave Bolling fleld here tomorrow morning for a 2,279 mile flight t6 St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, as a @emonstration to the adaptability of land type alrcraft for combination land and water flying and to map the route. The flight will be made by easy stages and no effort will be made to | establish a speed record, Major T. C. Turper, commanding the expedition and Lieut. B. G. Brad- ley will be in the first plane, and Lieut. L. H. Sanderson and Gunnery Ser- | geant C. W. Rucker in the second. = NOTHER MAKES CHARGES Tells of Son Being Killed by Truck l and of City Official Passing Him Bridgeport, March 28. — Mrs. | Charles Droaddin, testifying before . Coroner Phelan today as to the kill- ing of her son, Francis, on Saturday, said he was struck by a truck driven by Frank Larkin. She also said that CAlexander Morrissey, assistant super- department of char- ies drove past her son and would not pick him up, although he re- turned ten minutes later. Morrissey "sald that he had the department pay- | roll with him and while he stopped nnd partly turned reach the boy, he then drove on when he saw a @notor- eyclist giving assistance. He nlurn d a little later to give assistance, Are Dropped Washington, March 28.—A of cases charging violations Lever act, appealed to the 1] court by the government after. courts released defendants, missed today at the request leitor Gen. Frierson. Among were those brought against the' erican Woolen Co. and the yn Edison Co. »|Pajewski New G. O. P. Candidate in Fifth Peter J. Pajewskl who conducts a «drug store at 97 Broad street has an- ! nounced his candidacy for alderman on the republican ticket in the Fifth ward. He Is a graduate of Georgo where he re- n degree as doctor of phar- His running mate is Frank celved macy. afs | Korytko, a candidate for the council. l l COP WILL WED GIRL WAliE BOOST DENIED HE MET IN fiERMANY] | Sergeant- Elect Ellinger Is Prin-| Labor Board’s Decision Affects 67I cipal in War Romance | Recent Appointee to Office In Police i Ruling Specifies Existing Wage Agr Department Takes Marriage License | Today—Bride-to-Be Has Been States But Few Days. Culminating a romance that beg about three years ago while he serving with the American Army Occupation in Germany, Police zan of Ser-. | geant-elect George Christian Ellinger | brought his bride-to-be, Miss Hilde- gard Johanna Engert, to the office ot the town clerk this afternoon and took out a marriage license and they will' be ‘wed shortly. Miss Engert ar- rived in the United States only a few days ago to meet her prospective hus- band, the popular local police officer. She was formerly a resident of Leip- zig, Germany, is 22 years of age and a ,stenographer. Mr. Ellinger's home is at 514 Stanley street. Sergeant Ellinger went from this city to Camp Devens with one of the first increments of draftees. He won In | | road | last rapid promotion to a sergeantcy and | was sent overseas with a detachment of ‘machine gunners from that camp. ; In: France he was selected for duty with the M. P.'s, because of his pre. vious experience in police duty and during the entire period of his over- seas .service he was engaged in that work. After spending several months in. France, Sergeant Ellinger was sent into Germany to do similar duty with the Army of Occupation in the vicin- ity of Leipzig that Ellinger met Miss Engert. The groom is off duty at present to return April 1, as sergeant. He was Belected at a recent meeting of the police commission to fill a position left vacant by the resignation of De- tecfive Sergeant Theodore Johnson. He, has been assigned by Chief W. J. Rawlings to do street duty. Sergeant Ellinger is one of the most popular of the younger members of the force. He is an expert marksman and holds an enviable record for police service. AGRERS WITH SEC. HUGHES London Daily Mail Thinks His Atti- tude on Russia Trade Question Is Right—Doubts British Policy. London, March with the principles enunciated by Charles E. Hughes, American secre- tary of state, in his reply to overtures for a trade agreement by the Russian Bolshevik government is expressed by the Daily Mail, in commenting on the situation. The newspaper says the British government’s attitude in concluding an agreement for the open- ing of trade .relations with soviet Russia contrasts strikingly with America’s decision, “President Harding,” declares the newspaper, “distrusts Bolshevik diplomacy and lost no time in reject- ing Lenine's overtures. It is certain Great Britain will find herself at 28.—Agreement variance with the Bolshevik sooner or | later.” , dence submitted what RAILROAD EMPLOYES, “Short Lines” in Gountry _ ments Filed by 15 Labor Are Not to Be Altered—Peti- I tion I Originally Unions. March 28.—The U. S. Rail board today dismissed ap-! peals for incr ing v es flled with it | fall by 15 railway labor unions ! against 67 ‘‘short lines’’ throughout the country. Cannot Reduce Wages. Short lines which accepted for their men the terms of the $600,000,000 wage award of last July will not be privileged to go back to the old scalc under to- day's action, however, the announce- ment of the board saying: ““This decision shall not be considered as affecting any wage increase now in | effect mor any agreement regarding wages between any of the carriers and | their employes.”” 4,000 Men Affected. The board decision affects approxi- mately 4,000 employes. The railroads | involved are in general remote from large cities and provide service for small communities located in nearly every state. Because of the varying kinds of work performed by the em- ployes the board declared it found it ““impracticable to decide on the evi- are reasonable | wages for the varying work under in- finitely varying conditions.”’ Representatives of 15 employes’ or- ganizations are among the 4,000 men affected by the decision. 103 Roads Implicated. Disputes were originally certified to the board on the part of employes be- longing to one or more of the 15 unions on 103 railroads. Ten of these roads, however, were electric lines and the board ruled these out. Twenty-six other lines adopted the wage schedules paid by the trunk lines, laid down in what is known as decisiop No. 2. Following the application of decision No. 2 employes on roads not affected began to file disputes with the board and the whole matter was taken up in a hearing known as the short line hear- ing. The short lines are net partiés to the’ present rules and working gonditions hearings and in event they do not ac- cept the board's decision on rules a separate hearing on rules for short lines also will be necessary. Florence Ladd Engaged To Howell H. Richards| Mrs. A. M. Ladd of Hart street, this | city, announces the engagement of her daughter, Florence * to Howell H. Richards, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Richards of Chestnut street. No date has been set for the wedding. STEAMER ARRIVALS New York, March 28.—Arrived: New Rochelle, Bremen via Boston La Lorraine (Fr) Havre. Chicago, Labor Liverpool, March 26.—Arrived: Caronia (Br) New York. Southampton, March 26.—Arrived Olympic (Br) New York. BUTTERWORTH URGES LEGION MEMBEE TO FIGHT AGAINST POLITICS in State Eve Mr. Butterworth also relates the pearances he has made this year befo the state board of control to secure ad- ditiopal funds and the hearings held be- fore the legislative committee. In the letter Mr. Butterworth says in part: “We have fought against commer- | police court s | journment. ! George Froeba and Albert Volz were | assessed $50 and costs. | two cases, i that they were 1921.-—TEN PAGES‘ PRICE THR ISUPREME COURT RULES IN INCREAS F IN VALUE OF INVESTMENT CAN TAXED BY GOVERNMENT AS INCG FINES IN LIQUOR CASES TOTAL $400/ | Wahrenberger, Froeba, Volz, Garent and Geragosian Are Found Guilty. ; Liquor cases, only, were up for trial | before Judge G. W. Klett at today's ' ssion, seven alleged of- fenders answering charges. Continu- | ances until Thursday morning were ordered in the cases of John E. Farr and Victor Fernetti, after Lawyer P. F, ;| McDonough had petitioned for an ad- Conrad Wahrenberger, fined $100 and costs each while John Geragosian and Andrew Garent were In the latter the police found nothing | stronger than cider on the premises, hence the lighter fines, while the other three cafe men had liquors in their places of business. ‘Wahrenberger conducts a place on | Arch street. When the police entered! the saloon a bartender seized a contain er in which a quantity of fluid re- sembling gin was kept, and threw the liquid into a sink. A search of the plm ' revealed the presence of several bottles ; 1 of gin. In the Froeba case, an open bottle of | 1 Whiskey with several glasses was found ! on a table in the rear of the saloon. | The accused conducts the Turner Hall cafe. A bartender succeeded in destroying ; a part of the evidence in the Volz case, | it was testified, but a police search brought to light several half-pint bot- ties of whiskey. Geragosian and Garent, the cider men, run small stores, the former on Hartford avenue and' the latter on Lasalle street. Their attorneys plead- eded that ¥he accused were not aware ' breaking tlhe law, lience the open methods with which they conducted their pusiness. In the case of John E. Farr, Lawyer ‘McDonough*explained that the accused ) ~permit- to “make cértain. -hus-a-federal sales and that he is desirous of leoking into his client’s claims. Mr. Farr stated to the court last week that he sold only to physicians, clergy and others to whom he is licensed to make sales. Fernetti, whose case is also to be tried Thursday has entered a not guilty plea. He was arrested Saturday night. NEW IMMIGRATION BILL New Congress Will Be Asked to Pass One Similar to That Which Wilson Disapproved, Washington, March 28.—Chairman Johnson of the house immigration com- mittee today announced after confer- ences with President Harding that an immigration bill, patterned after the measure passed by congress last session but disapproved by President Wilson would be introduced early in the coming session. He indicated that house lead- ers would abandon their original plan of pmncsuy prohibiting immigration and suppon. the senate pro- L] pMx of aliens from nually to three r of nationals United States y Fire ive auto- e jitpey in a fire Bmall, wt orning. tween tion S by | $10 Harold Lamor $10, This Reverses Decision Of Connecticut F Court And Upon This Ruling Depéd Whether Or Not Uncle Sam Would Have Refund Millions In Taxes IRISH CAMPAIGN HERE HAS RAISED $12,000 i Relief Fund Increased $5,000 At Mass Meeting Last nght About $12,000 has already been col- lected in the campaign for Irish Relief funds in this city, more than $5,000 of which was added through the mass meeting held last evening at the Grammar school auditorium. In addi- tion to the $1,000 contribution by P. S. McMahon and the $900 gift by the Judd family, the following have i pledged fun Dr. J. Pover $200, | Rev. J.' T, Winters $200, Rev. P. Daly $300, Mrs. Keough $100, Mr. Bolland $100, Thomas McCormick $100; James ! Sullivan $100, Mrs. McCue $100, Mrs. Ln.ae; $100, R. Mulconroy $100, Mrs. McCabe $100, T. Keough $100, M. J. Kenney 200, R. Erwin $100, Simon Luddy 200, John Fenton $50, James { Moore $50, Michael McMahon $50, Michael Beggley $50, J. G. Woods $50, Mrs. Noble $50, Mrs, Ryan $50, Henry Donelly $50, Ma.ry A. Donelly. $50, M. P. Leghmn $60, Margery Judd $50, Mortimer Nelson Judd Jr. $50, Mrs. Hughes $25, Mns. McAvay § Miss Sexton $25, Rev. W. Krause $25, Rev. W. F. Downey $25, Mrs, Lord $25, Miss Sexton $25, Mrs. Gaffney $25, Mrs. Ralph $25, K Mrs.' Garvey $25, James Cantoni $25, B. Cantoni $2 D. Barrett $25, Mrs. M. MclInerney $25, John Donhoe $25, R. Murray $25, Rev. W. McCrann $25, Mrs. Ludy $26, Mrs. Gaffen & $25, .Jolin XKerrigan ‘$25, James Coholan $25, Mhs Murray -$25, Mre. Mechan $25, J. J. Naughton $26, John Monahan $25, -Dr. George Dunn $25, Peter Early $25, John Dinonno $20," John Ransom $10, Michael McCrann $10, Mrs. Kenney $10, George Early $10, Mary Early $10, ' Jennie Early $10, Agnes Noble $10, Minnie Geary $10, A. M. Paones- 80 $10, Mrs. Donhoe $20, B. CponConan $10, Mary Lynch $10, Miss Kennedy $10, Mrs. Judd $10, James Hinchey Mrs. Benoll $10, Mrs. Sarah $5, James Kelly $5, Francis Kelly. A meeting of the campaign workers will be held this evening at 8 o’clock at the drive headquarters on Main VIVIANI ARRIVES Former French Premier Here on Visit of Courtesy to President Harding, He Telis A. P. New York, March 28.—Rene Viviani, former premier of France, arrived here today on the steamship La Lorraine on ““a mission of courtesy to President Harding.”' A special customs cutter, carrying Ambassador Jusserand, Dr. Murcel Knecht, general secretary to the ?;rmer premier and representative of he state department met the La Lor- raine at Quarantine. “I have come to the United States,’” said the former premier in a statement to the Associated Press “to pay to the republic of that great republic the respect of the government and entire nation of France. I therefore can make no further statement before having saluted the chief of the states “In saluting the first and great' citi- zen of the American democracy, I salute 0 the great and . noble pcopie for ‘whom FKrance keeps her tender affection and etcrnal gratitude.”'® SWEDEN GETTING BUSINESS i Russia Gives Orde?'fo.r‘r 1,000 Loco- motives and Germdny Orders 100 ore. = % € pn, Mar¢ch 28.—The Russian verpmernt has given Sweden jfor 1,000 locomotives and ‘@ .order for 100, says a patch front Moscow today. ousand smoke-stacks, 3,- pore than- 18,000 tons of ptities of other railway iy have been received -dda. Gil'l| V- Increase in Vflfie of porate Bonds and P From Sale of Ass Trust Fund Are able. Washington, March 28.— of value of a capital inve taxable as income under the act of 1916, the supreme coul held. The court’s decision was the appeal of David M. Goodrich a ruling of the internal reven reau assessing hfi,n upon the ine value of stocks | purchased 1913. Action of ithe revenue was affirmed by the supreme the transaction showing a g The court ruled that the t tions showing an actual loss coy be taxed since there was no derived. Reverses Conn. Decision The supreme court reversed cision of federal courts of Conn which 'held against the gove on the question of whether an tax could be levied against an i in the value of securities pu and held as an investment, bul that the tax could only be impg the actual gain. History of Oase. New York courts sustained murrer by the government ground of “insufficiency.” Ga then obtained a writ of error cg ing that the entire act, so was construed to cover “gra increase of value of real or property held for investmen unconstitutional. " Mr. Goodrich purcha shares of a mining stock in 1! ing 50 cents'a share or $500 lot, on March 1, 1918, it was at $695, and in 1916 when received nearly $14,000 for hi inge. In a ‘separate transaction, the B. F. Goodrich company, o in 1912 for $291,000 decrea value to $148,000 in 1913, any sold in 1916 for $269,000. Mr. Goodrich was assessed “profit” of more than $13,000 case of the mining stock and o 000 in the case of the Goodrie the difference being est March 1, 1913, under uecuon the act. " When the case was argued tH solicitor general conceded thi government could not hope to. the treasury in its ruling that ference between the price on 1, 1913, and on the date of s be considered “profit’’ rega the original cost. Thousands of cases of in sessments come within this of the court, upon which deps necessity of the government ing millions of dollars in tax Millions Are Invol Taxes estimated to ags $100,000,000 are involved in the supreme court in the covering the question of whe! mented value of an lnvestme come.” In on2 case the vourt was counsel *“whether the revenue] 1916 was constitutional Inso: is construed to tax as income increment realized by the col ot capital investments into Thousands of individuals invested in securities prior ‘World war and who, on the advance in market prices in iod, had sold their holdings profit, were naturally intere the outcome. It was common: edge that the fear of being ce! to turn over the bulk of their at the government in the form @ es prevented many ‘“paper m aires” from realizing on their ings. Incidentally, many were out in the slump which followe signing of the Versailles peace ti All Are Involved. The legal point involved, ho concerned not only " individuals 3 eorporations and rtners! v had invested surpins of ‘c& n’g securities ‘and sold them ' onéa o market. S In the case of David M. Go vs. William H. Edwards, collectd internal revenue for the Second York district, a tax was ass stock. which was sold 4t a 1o which was sold at &” q‘oted for it on March . date set in the statu