New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1921, Page 1

|l e, PRICE THRE NEW BR]TAIN CONNECTICUT TUESDAY MARCH 29, 1921. —SIXTEEN PAGES IRAILROADS ARE NOT | DA WES HEADS REPRESENTATIVE BO! 0 EXPLOSION PROPERLY MANAGED| CHOSEN BY HARDING TO LOOK IN At Least Six Dead and Dozen'This Is Claim Made by Labr| WAR RISK BUREAU AND CARE OF VE Injured in Catastrophe Union Economic Expert CHILD’S GUARDIAN CLAIMS HE CAN PROVE STILLMAN IS REAL PARENT ISEVERAL KILLED IN CHICAGO EXPLOSION ATE JITNEYS TAKEN UP IN RE TOMORROW 'NOBLE'S PLAN FOR Galbraith, Roosevelt e ' Local Manufacturer Others Will Build Struc- ture At Sachem’s, Head. (Special to the Herald.) Hartford, March 29.—Favorable ac- tion was taken by the senate this after- noon on the petition of H. C. Noble of N ..ew Britain, and others, for the priv- flege of constructing, at their own ex- pense, a bridge at Sachem’s head to re- place the old wooden structure which 8 was destroyed a number of years ago. (! The action of the senate followed a PV recommendation by the committee on , Yoads, rivers and bridges. Since the old bridge at this point was destroyed, @ lengthy detour has been necessitated, causing great inconvenicnce to tourists, it was explained, and the construction of such a bridge as Is planned. will be a boon to truvel in that locality. The group which is represented by Mr. Noble plans to spend. approximately $10,000 on the structure. Upon completion, it will be turned the town of Guilford for maintenance. | Representative Francis Deming of Berlin addressed the house this after- snoon on & bill concerning savings bank surpluses. The measure favored by the Berlin representative provides for legalizing the investing of two per cont., of a savings bank's surplus in railroad equipment. A favorable report Was presented by the committee on | banks and the Connecticut Bankers' as- | soclation was recorded as favoring its | adoption. Following Mr. Deming's ex- platnation, favorable action was taken by the house, In the senate, Senator Edward F. Hall of New Britain explained the pur- port of a bill to increase the filremen's pension fund from $12,000 to $13,000 annually. A hearing f hoon on the bill introduced by Sen. Hall ' to vest the title of certain properties L in the noyth end of the city to 8!. Mary's churclh, New Britain. “ IRISH P PRAISE HARDING its over to e c.Mv - Appreciation of His Support to Movement to Raise Funds for Suf- fering. Dublin, March 29.—Gratitude ‘for President Harding's support of the movement in America to raise funds for the suffering in Ircland has been cabled to the White House by the lord mayor of this city. t “The grand and afflicted people of Ireland,” the cablegram said, “are ) #incerely gratified by your encourage- s Ment of the movement to give them n financial support. America was al- « - Ways true to Ireland in her hour of ) ftrial. The funds are urgently need- ed to restore bulldings destroyed and w10 relieve distress.” . b Qp( Y ¥ in 't Neck to Near Knee, New Bathing Suit Suggested London, March 29.—Enactment of ordinances making it an offense for A member of either sex to wear a bathing costume that does not ex- tend “from the net‘k to within four {inches of the knee.” has been sug- geoated to local authorities at sea- side towns by the ministry of health. A ot to 1 SH| and is slated for this after-' | ! Warchouse Blown to Bits Two Miles Southwest of Downtown District— Clues Range from Bomb Plots to Faulty Gai: Mains, Chicago, March 29 —At least =six and perhaps twice that number persons were killed and scorea of others were hurt today when an unex- plained explosion blew to pieces 2 warehouse about two miles southwest of the downtown district. Police theories of the cause ranged through bombing, faulty gas mains, starch and flour dust to fireworks. The building, a one-story brick strue- ture, was filled with grocery stocks, but the police also learned that a guantity of fireworks had been stored in the basement. Terrifis Concussion. The concussion was so great that timbers and bricks were thrown hun- dreds of feet and windows in a de- partment store several blocks away were shattered. In the immediate vi- cinity of the warehouse porches were torn from houses and apartment buildings. Two Deafening Reports, Witnesses say there were two re- ports, the first being succeeded at once by a deafenng crash. The first six bodies recovered from the ruins apparently were those of workmen. One of the surwivors told police that about a dozen men were employed in the place but that some truck drivers also were in the ware- house when it blew up. The body ' of one of these, Mike Tapinskie was found and he was tle only identi- fied victim three hours after the ac- cident. Children Not Hurt. Hundreds of chldren attending !the James Garfiéld ' public school nearby had just left the building for ,recess when the explosion shattered { th ‘glass roof, covering the desks on the top floor with debris, but no one was injyred. Conn. Peach Crop Does. . Not Seem Badly Hurt Springfield, Mass., March 20.—That the peach crop in this part of the Con- necticut valley will not suffer material- ly as the result of a drop of 60 degrees in temperature between yesterday after- { noon and this morning was the belief of growers who said the buds had not advanced enough to take serious harm. Minimum -temperature here today was 16 degrees. 'Mattress Company Leases Willow ‘Street Buildings Louis and Isadore Byer and Harry Levine have leased two buildings on Willow street for use as a factory for the manufacturing of mattresses and bedding. The company will operate under the mame of the Vie- tory Mattress Company. The build- ings leased consist of a brick stroc- ture formerly used as a garage and a one-story frame bvuilding. The lease is to run for 18 months with a monthly rental of $55. GETS MUMPS FROM BRIDE. Athens, March 29.—Crown Prince George is ill with the mumps which ‘he vcaught from his bride former Princess Elizabeth of Rumania who {’has been ill from this disease for the "last few days. “ —_—— , SHOT BY THIEVFS SA HIS OWN LIFE BY “PLA} WOMAN IS FINED, o Health Department cutes For Union Breach of Statute Upon complaint of ofici “health department, Mrs. A. 8 or | skl 4f 64 Union street, was c d | polioe court this morning with k- ing diphtheria quarantine at her home and was fined $15 and costs. Health Superintendent J, R. Harris and San- ftary Inspectors John A. Dolan and ‘Dewey Selander were called as wit- nesses for the state. The home was placed in quarantine February 26, by Inspector Dolan after the iliness of a five yeard old child had been diagnosed as diphtheria and re- ported to the health departmeént. In- structions were given family that = BREAKS QUARANTINE: « | 9 the compafly that manu grape products originated by his er. He has been active in campaigns against bootleggers and other illicit | liquor dealers and for that reason re- | quested and obtained a warrant as deputy sheriff of Chatauqua county. | He received a call from Erie this | ot | W. Jett Lauck Declares Root of Difli- culty Is In Inadequacies of Man- agement, Rather Than National Agreements. Chicago, March —The root of the railroad difficulty is not in nation- al agreements but in the inadequacies declared W. Jett Lauck, consulting economist of the railroad labor organizations, in begin- ning presentation of railroad labor ex- hibits before the United States Rail- road Labor board today. Management Assailed. stated, if railroad characterized by and had avail- management, “‘Conservatively management was reasonable efficiency able for its use a proper amount of capital or credit, labor costs would have shown a radical decline under national agreements,” Mr. Lauck de- clared, “and savings in operating ex- penses of at least one billion dollars be made or almost three million dollars a day. We shall demonstrate this fact concretely by reports and analyses which we have had prepared by reputable railroad engineers and experts. “By the series of exhibits which I am about to present we_ shall estab- lish the following facts: 1. The policy of establishing na- tional agreements or uniform rates of pay and working conditions is in con- formity with custom and precedent in the transportation industry and in accordance with the best public pol- icy, as shown by the awards of boards of arbitration and the acts and rec- ommendations of other official agen- cies during the pre-war period. Oollective Bargaining. “2, In other leading industries of this country collective bargaining on a national scale and national agree- ments as to working conditions and relations have been found to be the annually would BRIDGE IS APPRI]VE[];GAUSE IS UNEXPLAINED!ASKS FOR mmmms\ (Contnued on Seventh Page.) -$100,000 FIRE AT -PHILA. . Olympis Athletic Clum Building To- tally Destroyed Early Today—Ad- joining Buildings Guted. Philadelphia, March 29.—Only crumbling, blackenéd walls remain or the Olympia Athletic club building which was destroyed by fire early tos day. The loss is estimated at $100,- 000. A number of houses adjolning the club were badly damaged and sev- eral families were made homeless. The cause of the-fire has not yet been determined. = The fire deparu. ment is investigating a report there was an explosion in the boiler room of the building before the flames were discovered. The club was built in 1908 exclu- sively ,for poxing bouts and was one of the best adapted buildings for this purpose in the country. Harry D. Edwards, boxing promoter and pres- ident of the club, has not yet decided whether the club house will be re- built. The place was crowded last night for the weekly boxing program. AWAKENS AFTER 3 YEARS —— & Arkansas Man, Who H 4 tan Poi regl mi Says He Will Present Ab- solute Proof At Proper Time—This is First Posi- tive Claim Yet Made. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March 29.— John E. Mack, guardian ad litem for Guy Stillman, 28 months old infant, whose legitimacy is questioned by James A. Stillman, president of the National City Bank of New York, in his suit against the former “Fifi"” Pot- ter, announced today that he was in possession of absolute proof that the banker is the child’s father. ““At the proper time,” he added, “we will establish this fact by com- petent evidence.” This statement was made while both sides were awaiting decision of Su- preme Court Justice Morschauser on alimony and counsel fees. It was understood here that “com- petent evidence” of Guy's paternity will be presented either at referee hearings or before a court by several witnesses, both men and women. Some of these it was understood will be servants in the Stillman household, but at least one is said to. be an out- sider who visited the banker’'s home early in 1918. Previous to his statement today, Mr. Mack had not claimed possession of positive proof that the financier was the father of the infant who Mr. Still- man alleges was born to his wife by Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide em- ployed by the banker. RUSSIAN SENTENCED Waterbury Man Charged With Dis- tributing Seditious Literaturo—Gets Waterbury, March = 0.~ with distributing seditious lit m. Sedor Sakarguk, aged 29, a Russian T P - was today sentenced by the city court ' to six months in jail. Notice of an appeal was given but later with- drawn. Sakarguk was arrested at 3 o’clock in the morning for distribu- ting circulars issued by ‘the com- munist party of America. He. has been in America seven years, in Wa- terbury three years. When asked by the court why he had not taken out citizenship papers he replied that no one had asked him. FIRST DRINK IS FATAL Will Reed Dunroy, Who Had Not Taken a Drink in Years, Took Onc Yesterday to Cure Cold—Got Poison Chicago, March 29.—Will Reed Dunroy, poet and widely known as a press agent, died here last night of wood alcohol poisoning. Men with whom he had been associated lately said that he had not taken a drink for years but yesterday he asked a for onc to cure a cold. b 46 years old and in his otege of Wil- ho paid hi sity of {000 and 7,000 employes will return D’Olier Represent Service Men On BIG COPPER MINESIN | S¢ WEST STOP OPERATING. ™itec—Women To Have Part Large Stocks and Small De-t’UNIO’\T LRADERE mands Make This Action SRR Imperative, Owners Say. LIKEWISE Skl Move is Step Toward Future Policy and Co ing Inadequate Hos Service For Soldiers. New York. March 29.—Mining properties of the Utah Copper, Ray | Consolidated, Chino Copper and Ne- ! vada Copper companies have com- | pletely suspended operations owing to conditions in the copper market, it was announced here today by Chas. Hayden of Hayden Stone and Co., who is financially interested in all | four concerns. Large stocks of unsold copper and small consumptive demand both in this country and abroad: were given as reasons for the shutdown. “A continuation of production,” | said a statement by Mr. Hayden | “which cannot be sold at the cost of production would only lead to later demoralization, a detriment to shareholders, and ultimately a much greater pecuniary loss to employes. “Copper is a basic industry and it is the belief of the managements that rebuilding of commercial industry in this country and abroad will-not re- quire a very long period of shut- down. Industrial developments will have to be watched to determine when it will be approprlate to re- open these properdes. DIES FROH INJURIES Andrew Steen of Bridgeport ‘Washington, March 289. | mittee of 11, headéd by h i Dawes of Chicago, who served i brigadier general with the Am Expeditionary Forces, was app by President Harding today to duct an inquiry ‘into the adn | tration of the war risk bureau, | for vocational training and cal | treatment - of wounded or imj service men generally.” / p To Organize April 5. Although detailed plans hawi | been formulated for the inves the president’s ideas as to the it should take were made kno Mr. Dawes and three other fi service men at a White House Sunday. The committee will April 5 to organize. Others .on Committee. In addition to Mr. Dawes the bers are Franklin W. Galbraith national commander of the can Legion; Thomas W. Mil ! Delawaie, alien property custi !l‘hoodom Roocp t.. s M Momslt' John L. Lowd dianapolis, "president of the''d Miners of America. Fra.nkl{n ¢ of Philadelphia, rmer commander of the rican Mrs. Henry R. Rea of Pitt Milton J. Foreman of Chieago,‘ S. Berry of Hendersonville, and T. V. O'Conner of Buffalo, of the longshoremen’s union. § White House Statement In announcing selection .. o committee White House offic 'sued a brief statement which | “The president thinks the {will clear the situation, enabl gress and the administration upon a policy which looks f | the future, and reveal a way; rect inadequate hospital seryl EXCOMMUNICATE PROFI§ Lendlords Who Flecce Tena Be Ousted From Church | burgh Ministers Have The Pittsburgh, March 29.—A ' under which ‘rent profiteer be ousted from the church ed by the Pittsburgh ‘Bap | ters’ association was . .made here today. Unwarrafted vances constitute an * un ‘‘phariseeism,” according to tH lution which urged all PH ministers “to combat gouging Passes recently employment agent at the Remington Arms-U. M. C. Co., was fatally injured in' a col- lision between a trolley car and an automobile in Fairfield ° today. ‘' He died later in the Bridgeport hospital. Frank 8. Ray, traveling salesman, is the owner and driver of the auto- mobile. He escaped uninjured. Later he was held by the Fairfield authori- ties under $2,600 bonds on a charge of manslaughter. The collision "oc- curred near Bensoms switch about 9 a. m. Several Thousand to Get Their Jobs Back Toledo, O., March 29.—Between:6,- to work at the Overland automobile plant here Monday, Vice-Presideni Charles B. Wilson announced today. Tha plant closed down November 1, 1920. STEAMER ARRIVALS New York, March 29.—Arrived: Chicago, Havre. Christiania, March 24.—Arrived: wangerfjord, New York. ndon, March 25.—Arrived: Sax- lonia, New York. { \ Hamburg, March 23—Sailed: Man- | huria, New York. lords to takc a prominent AN BURROUGHS DIES |25 e . MUTE FROM CALIF. o8 o ptions. S edy 63