New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1921, Page 10

BTIONNAIRE ON IGHWAY BONDS . 0f C. Asks il Issue Should Pay for Roads prd, April 21.-—The her or not the state should ort-term highway reconstruc- pds for the immedinte rebuild- perhaps two hundred miles of t roads is today put up to the % of the Connecticut Chamber \erce by a combined referen- 4 questionnaire. The refer- o asks the members if such uction should be done, so far bssible, by Connecticut labor as the present conditions of pyment last. The latter ques- included in the referendum ugmestion of Governor Lake, entire proposal is due to a selved by George B. Chandler, of the Chamber, trom Sena- n H. Trumbull of Plainville, n of the committee on finance Jepcral Assembly. eferendum is authori by H. Bullard, president, and tions ssked of the -members g: ‘(1) do you favor the issu- highwuy reconstruction bonds tate to provide for the im- rebullding of sections of t state highways, upon which ms are porary repairs? (2) There 0 miles of state highway now ht need of recomstruction and d total of bonds required to this work at present costs out $40,000,000, what pro- thereof, It any, would you oviding for by an immediate ue? (3) In case of issuance bonds, do you favor the em- t of Connecticut labor, so far slg %o long as the present con- f unemployment continue? #o state, If you care so to do, ms and conditions which govern any such issuance of is also appended to the ques- following® urguments pro and AMrmative Argument. of the proceeds of the bond puld be used for new construc- upkeep. is being expended at the time approximate! $1,300,- year for temporary repairs on trunk-line highways. This nd consequent expenditure repeated from year to year. gense it represents waste and ‘Flowers For Rionable Women yles are lending themselves pearing of fresh flowers this the well dressed woman her costume incomplete a wsuitable corsage bouquet. neat little bunch to wear ist, or & more elaborate wear with afternoon frocks. s help you select suitable fo match your Spring wear. Floral Co. est Main St. s s A Advertisement Office, City of New Britain, « April 20, 1921, It May Concern: Is hereby given that the f Compensation and Assess- the City of New Britain has he following assessments of or betterments, caused by the tlon of a sewer in Bassett rom Buell Street to Roberts i East Side, Benefits. Swanson and anson jointly Litke and Anna Emeline E. Bassett 200 ft. frontage).. 270.00 $512.18 t finda no dnmuen or special or bettermenta to any other party. adopted, certified from blished twice by order Council. ED L. THOMPSON, " City Clerk. question: being spent annually | s unbusiness-like. This sum is spent in maintaining about 1,000 miles of highway, of which 670 miles are ot gravel or macadam construction and practically worn out. About one-third of this 670 miles is in such a condi- tion at the present timg that it should be entirely renewed. The tentative program of the high- way commissioner, as outlined to the committees on appropriations and fi- nance of the general assembly, calls for the reconstruction of 25 miles each ye Under this program it would take eight years to repave 200 iles of the 670 calling for recon- tion. The cost of keeping In repair a road with concrete surface is relatively slight Such surfaces at a minimum cost for maintenance will probably last 10 years. In some instances there is now being expended annually on existing roads for temporary n-pulrs from $2,000 to $5.000 per mile. Negative Argament. begin lssuing reconstruction with a total mileage of 670 to ed and a grand total of $40,- 000,000 of bonds necessary to pro- vidle for such reconstruction, where are we going to draw the line? This policy would mark a departure from the pay-as-you-go principle. Later on, other bond issues probably would be requested for the same purpose. This opens the door to the accumula- tion of a large state debt, resulting in increased taxation. Studicd by Committee. The chamber has requested its ommittee on highways and motor vehicles, of which Senator John H. Rrooks of Torrington is chairman, to make a special study of the state's need= from the standpoint of contin- ued highway improvements and the conserving of the state's Income to be devoted to highway work. The other members of this committes are: D. L. Morgan, Bradley Smith company, New Haven; Arthur Fifoot, secre- Hartford Automobile club, Hart- Senator C. Dennison Talcott, Hon. Albert J. Balley, Nor- wich; Frank T. Staples, Bridgeport: T. M. Russell, Middletown, and Hon. G. Harold Gilpatric, Norwich. st If we bonds, be rene BACON'S CODE WRITING IS FULLY TRANSLATED (Continued from First Page.) letter ¢ is represented by gr, a, by ad and T by ed, the word “grad” would spell “cat.” The principle cannot be used in this way because every word would be represented by twice as many letters and ;only words of an even number of letters can be used in cipher. To meet these difficulties | Bacon lays down the rule that successive sylla- bles must end and begin with the same letters, doubled letters being dropped. Thus ‘cat’ -may be spelled ‘go-0l-14" dropping the double letters one gets the word ‘gold.’ “In reading the cipher you double every letter except the first and last and thus discover the syllables which spell the word. But it is very sel- dom possible to find syllables which fulfill these conditions and yet spell a new word when arranged in the or- der of the letters of the original word. For example, ‘cat’ may also be spelled ‘ar-rk-da’ and the sylla- bles may be re-arranged into the word ‘dark’ but when ‘dark’ is trans- lated the word ‘cat’ will reappear as ‘tea,” the order of the letters being disarranged. These are the princi- ples Bacon used. “There are 484 possible combina- tions of the letters of two 22 letter alphabets, taken two by two. Bacon makes every one of the 484 represent a letter of his alphabet and with them spells his words in Latin in the way indicated above. He disarranges the underlying text as little as pos- sible and it usually is still recogniz- able, but frequently it is disarranged 80 much that scholars probably never will agree as to how it should be re- constructed. “As it is difficult to write when hampered by these rules Bacon usual- ly shields himself from suspjcion by writing in the strange jargon used by alchemists. FKFew people understand it and so he can write nonsense in it without arousing suspicion.” Bacon sometimes wrote tiny char- acters under a microscope, concealing them in letters of a bogus alphabet, Dr. Newbold said Many of his il- lustrations are concealed in the same way, and unimportant lines are e tremely difficult for the scholar to separate from those which form the real drawing. The non-significant Mnes usually are in lghter ink. As evidence of the fact that his method of deciphering is correct, Dr. Newbold said he had found therein facts of which he had no former knowledge but which he afterward found to be true. These included the appearance of a comet on December 5, 1200, and the location of the great nebulae of Andromeda. HEARD WHAT ANOTHER WOMAN SAID Mrs. Margaret Bonnlere of Murray Street, St. John, N. B, writes: *“I heard a lady saying she bought a bot- tle of ‘Dr. True's Elixir’ for her chil- dren, and it was splendid. T got a bottle and I think it is great.” The laxative mentioned above Dr. True's Elixir, the Family le-. tive and Worm Expeller. It is very plegsant to take; children lke it, and it s miid In action. No harmful arugs, Tt's surprising to know the number of youngsters and even grown-ups who suffer from worme but don't rea- lze it. Every one needs a good lax- ative. Common symptoms of worms: Of- fensive breath, swollen wupper lip, sour stomach, eyes heavy and dull, itching of the nose, grinding of the teeth, red points on the tongue, slow 'WIDOW OF SUICIDE CUDAHY COLLAPSES Wile of Packer’s Son Heard Shot That Killed Husband Los Angeles, April 21.—Mrs. Edna Cowin Cudahy, widow of J ohn P. (Jack) Cudahy who committed suicide here yesterday as told in another column of this issue supposedly be- cause of his failure to negotiate a loan of $10,000 from a Chicago bank, was reported in a state of collapse today. Mrs. Cudahy, who is a daughter of Gen. John Cay Cowin of Omaha Neb., was in the house with her four (‘hlldn‘n when her husband killed himself. Funeral arrangements for Mr. Cudahy, who was a son of the late Michael Cudahy, well known meat packer and himself for a time man- ager of the Cudahy Pkg. Co. of Kansas City were expected to be perfected today. Detectives today made public part of a letter signed by a vice-president of the institution with which Mr. Cudahy was said to have negotiated for a loan. It read: “We do not want to carry a per- manent loan ‘and unless your sister can vouch for the loan of $10,000 which you ask for we find it impossi- ble to grant your request.” The officers also said that Cudahy late Tuesday had received from his sister Clara, at Santa Barbara a tele- ‘rlm reading: “Sorry but find it impossible to do what you ask.” Yesterday, is was declared, Cudahy seemed his usual self. Late in the morning he was said to have gone to his room in the house of the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, where he and his family made their home. Early in the after- noon Mrs. Cudahy heard a shot and hurried to her husband's room. She found him dead, his head shat- tered from a gunshot wound. He lay on a bed a shotgun close by. The shoe and sock had been removed from one foot and the detectives said he had placed the muszzle of the wapon in his mouth and puled the trigger with his toes. Physicians who had lately attended him sald he had been suffering from nervous afflictions for several months and lately had been taking treatment in a sanitarium, ~ Anne Cudahy, 17 and Michael, 14 an only son, were at honie at the time. Miss Marie Cudahy was away. The fourth child is Mrs. Percy Fisher Browne of Pasadena who was recently married. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Liyod George and Briand Will Have One Secretary Each at Sunday After- noon’s Paris, April 21.—Premiers Briand and Lloyd George plan strictly private confercnuces at tkhe meeting to be held ac Hythe, England, on Sunday. No one else will be present during the time they are talking except one secretary for each. Phillippe J. L. Berthelot, gen- eral secretary of the French foreign office, will probably act in thal capacity for M. Briand. It had been expected that Marshal Foch, for France, and Field Marshal Wilson, for Great Britain, woula attend the conference, but it was stated here today that neither of these military rep- resentatives would go to Hythe. Germany's proposals relative to reparations had not been rewvived by the French government up till late last night but officials here declared they ex- pected they would be the same as those published in German newspapers. i'or this reason they said they believed the Berlin government’s terms would be “‘insufficient and unacceptable.” RECEIVER IS NAMED Berenson to Take Charge of Oscar Hammerstein's Opera Company Berenson today was named federal receiver for Oscar Hammerstein, Inc., and the Mammerstein Opera Co. after a complaint had been filed by John Visco, holder of $3,000 capital stock in the defendant concerns. The bill of complaint cited liabili- ties exceeding $164,000 and declared the defendants “are entirely solvent but embarrassed because of the finan- cial stringency and are unable to meet current expenses.” Mr. Berenson's bond was fixed at $25,000. LOCAL WIDDWER WEDS John L. White and Daisy G. Farn- ham Maxricd in Winchester—Nelson -Muse Certificate Filed. John Lovett White, a local widower and Mrs. Daisy Goldie Farnham of Winsted, were married at Winchester March 5 by Rev. Samuel Tilden Clif- ton, a return marriage certificate re- ceived,today at the office of the town clerk shows. The bride.is a widow. A certificate has also been received from New Haven relative to the mar- riage of Hilmer W. Nelson and Char- lotte Muse. The couple eloped March COUNTY MEETING. At Capitol Next Tuesday—To Name Board Members. There will be a meeting of the sen- ators and representatives of Hartford county next Tuesday afternoon to hear the report of the county commis- sloner, and to appoint county mem- bers of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture. The meeting will take place in the old senate chamber im- mediately after both houses of the legislature adjourn and it fs expected that N. Howard Brewer of Hockanum and Charles E. Beach of West Hart- | ford will again be named tor appoint- |LAKE SIGNS BILL ON GITY TAX RATE l (Continued from First Page.) (rurmer to find out if “we will have {to"depart from following one of our acts (adoption of standard time).” Gasoline Measure. The revised bill to prohibit trans- portation of gasoline on passenger cars of a common carrier was sub- mitted by the judiciary committee. It would cover the point raised against the previous bill, which the house adopted, to allow the carrying of rail- road fuses. rockets, torpedoes and other ammunition used to promote safety in operation. The fish and game committee was inst.‘thg bill to prohibit use of more than one hook and line in fish- ing and it was rejected. New Haven Changes. An amendment to the New Haven city charter would eliminate alder- men-at-large at elections. This bill anticipates final passage of the bill creating 33 wards in that city, each of which would be entitled to an al- derman, Both bills to ensure equal rights in {hotel accommodations and in other Tespects to persons of African blood were reported unfavorably by the judiciary committee, Senator De Laney saying that the committee did not believe this would be *‘good legis- lation.” Humane Institutions. ‘The humane institutions committee submitted a bill authorizing the gov- ernor to designate a member of the board of control as director of hos- pitals recejving state aid. This is in line with Governor Lake's recommen- 4dation in his message when he said that he believed the state should be represented on every board which has disbursement of funds given by the state as an aid. The cities and boroughs committee recommended that each town through its tree warden undertake to plant shade trees on its streets and high- ways ucational Bills, From the education committee came bills providing - for instruction of adult blind by the board of educa- tion, and ipcreasing the amount to be expended for each blind person in- structed to $450 in a year; requiring the state treasurer to pay $10 to every school district and town maintaining a, high school to establish a library and to buy apparatus for a laboratory, the allotment to be increased per stu- @ent based upon actual attendance at such high school; providing for trans- portation of crippled children to and from “public schools, and also pro- viding transportation for pupils in ele- mentary schools. As all these bills require appropriations they were sent to the committee on appropriations. The agriculture committee brought in a bill to require licensing of stal- lions, jacks and bulls, the documents to state if they are of pure blood or of ordinary strain the license to be dis- played in the stall or compartment oc- rupied by the animal. Five Percent Limit. “Under suspension of the rules the senate adopted a bill concerning the five per cent limit' of municipal bond issues based on the grand list so that the valuation of municipally owner gas and elecric light plants is taken out .of the estimate. This will give cities increased borrowing power, but it applies only to Norwich and Nor- walk.. As a bill has recently been passed to authorize Norwich to issue bonds, an amendment was adopted to that bill which makes effective the ex- emption of its municipal electric plant. CITY ITEMS Victrolas and records, Henry Morans’, —advt. Louis and Anna Buchas purchased today through the Camp Real Estate Co. a one family house at No. 28 Seymour avenue from Alexandra Szy-' manovstsy. Engine Co, No. 1 was called out at 1 o’clock this morning to extinguish & chimney fire in the H. R. Walker building on Commercial street. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickey of West street. A Halpin of 177 Hart street, re- ported to the police that his auto- mobile struck a wagon belonging to Peter Pilkronis of 15 Tremont street, on Hartford avenue thfs morning. The Wwagon shafts were broken. Waltér ‘M. Winfrey of Roberts street is at the St. Francis hospital, Hartford, undergoing an operation. Fair will be at the State Armory, April 29th to May 9th. —advt. Jdohn Woznink of 73 Booth street and Migs Pelegia Stach of the same address, have taken out a license to marry. | The Rockwell School Parents and | Teachers’ Association will hold a ! meeting tomorrow night at the school. A musical comedy and literary pro- gram will be carried out by the chil Rev. J. Leo Sullivan will give Mrs. Sven Thorson and daughter, Miss Thora Thorson of 395 Stanley street, left yesterday morning for New York city where they will sail for Sweden on the 8. 8. Stockholm. They '‘will be accompanied by Mrs. Thorson’s brother Waldau, formerly of Chicago. The Sons of Veterans' Auxiliary will meget tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock in G. A. R. hall. The usual supper will be omitted. Luncheon 11 to 2, 75c. Elks' grill. —Advt. SUES FOR ENCUMBRANOES Claiming that facts were misrepre- sented him, Absolum Odishoo has | brought suit against A. Schultz and Daniel for $150. The plaintiff claims that in pur ing property on Daly avenue, the only encumbrance stated by the defendants was that $3,500, a mort- gage held by the Farmers and Mechanics' Savings Bank at Middle- town. He later found that a sum of $78.90 had been added for assessment August and and O. Bohm ! for games DISAPPROVES GOVT. MEDDLING IN LABOR Inter-Dependency of Two Forces Argued at Boston Meeting Boston, April 21.—A definitely stated national labor policy was op- posed as inimical to industrial prog- ress by R. Bassett of New York in an adiess before the National As- sociation§hf Cotton Manufacturers at their convention today. of govergmental interference in labor had sho successes when decisions favored the workman, he said, and failures when verdicts favored em- ployers. “One hears a great deal about the iron heel of capitalistic despotism squeezing blood profit out of the poor downtrodden worker,” he continued, adding that he had “yet to discover a company that had become really prosperous when operated on the lem- on-squeezer principle.” Discussing the trades union ques- tion the speaker asserted that al- though the labor bodies had per- formed a valuable service in curbing unscrupulous employers, they had not_ permanently advanced wages nor bet- tered working conditions. Pay in- creases and betterment of conditions were created and regulated by eco- nomic forces, he said. Employe representation in manage- ment was described by R. L. Wilson, ot East Pittsburgh, Pa. “Industry depends upon co-opera- tion based on the acceptance by em- ployers and employes of some prac- ticable application of the principle that capital and labor are inter-d pendent,” he said. “The workman certainly has a right to have something to say in regard to his working conditions, his conduct in the shop, his relations to-his em- ployers and his fellow employe. It is necessary and right that his desires in this respect be recognized.” A movement to lighten the burden of the industrial housing problem for mill owners was advocated by Leslie H. Allen of Springfield. ‘With the exception of the mining industry, he said, there was no indus- try that housed, in its own buildings, so large a proportion of employes as did textile manufacturers. Two alternatives lay before company which wished to end its housing perplexities . he said. One was to raise rents to a profitable bas- is: the other to sell and if the cost price could not be obtained to accept less as it would be cheaper in the end. The history the GERMANY APOLOGIZES. Expresses Regret That American Citi- zens Were Subjected to Insults. Berlin, April 21.—The German for- eign office today sent a note to Loring Dresel. the American commissioner here expressing regret for the attack of a German crowd Tuesday on James E. Tobinson and his wife, residents of Chi- The attack occured on the terrace of Sans Souci park in Potsdam just after the funeral of former Empress Augusta Victoria. The Americans who were mistaken for French by a crowd of Germans were beaten but not seriously injured. CASE IS CONTINUED. s Accused of Murdering Mass. Policeman on Lonely Road. Malden, Mass., April 21.—Clarence W. Loud, the Melrose shoe salesman who is charged with killing Patrolman James A. Preston on a lonely road in Wakefield on the night of April 9, came before the district court today for a hearing, but the case was again con- tinued by agreement unfll May 5. Assistant District ‘Attorney Herman A. Wagner explained that the case would be submitted to a special session of the grand jury next week. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. During the special period this morn- ing the senior class reported in the auditorium where Mr. Henderson of LaSalle Extension university, Chicago, spoke to them on the importance of looking ahead and planning a future. His formula for successful business and the one which lhie tried to impress on his hearers was”‘*‘Quantity Plus Qual- ity, Plus Mode of Conduct Equal Success.’’ All members of the Senior Civics club are requested to pay up their dues at an early date. They may find out how much they still owe by speaking to Mr. Delaney, treasurer of the club, or to Miss Harvey, the club advisor. The afternoon at 3:45 o'clock the Young Women's Literary sociely played ‘‘Pyramus and Thisbe'’ in the Model apartment. A social hour fol- lowed. Track practice was held at*the New Britain Machine company's field this afternoon at 4:30 p. m. A rehearsal of the orchestra was held in the auditorium this afternoon during the sixth period. Salesman ON TRAIL OF GAMES The Italian American baseball team of New Haven is out looking with the best semi-pro teams in the state offering suitable guarantees. The Italian American team consists of some of the best semi-pro players in New Haven and are able to give a good account of themselves. Teams looking for a good attraction can have same by writing to manager Robert De Nard. REV. MR. DAVIS REMAINS, Rev. J. L. Davis, pastor of the Methodist church, has been reassigned to the local church for another year, this action having been taken at the meeting of the New York East con- ' ference. mn.Ahs—wheu more of the surface across the ball is ing| outside the lm:((’:ngr‘ o STRAIGHT — where o dheling (CD)e - Side of COMPLETE Col. Thompson Absent { But Twice in 25 Years Last night's council m marked the 25th anniversary of "ct:l" A L.; Thompson's entrance into city business ' and during that quarter of a century he has missed but two meetings. In both instances his absence was most unavoidable. He was elected city clerk in 1896, the same year that Mayor O. F. Curtis entered politics, he being elected third ward alderman. —_— WANT STREET REPAIRED, ! Andrews Street Has Been Closed to Traffic Nearly Two Years. i Residents in the neighborhood of Andrews street are elated over the de- cision of the common council to take up extensive street works since they anticipate that that street will be one ' of the first worked. The street opened about two years ago. Six months afterward, a cate-in cause’§ the highway to be closed and sifice that time tha road has not been in use. Money has'been I appropriated buf was never used to rebuild the highway, according to Daniel Sullivan' of Greenwood, who is | the spokesman of the residents. JAP STEAMER SAILS. Six Members of Its Crew Were Fined for Having Liquor. Jacksonville, Fla., April 21.—The Japanese steamer Erie Maru, seized by federal authorities recently after liquor had been found on board following the i arrest of seven of the ship’s crew for ; smuggling, steamed today for Germnnyi with a cargo of phosphate. The ship was released under bond of $10,000 and six of the seven sallors held {n jal were fined $20 each after they had pleaded guilty and permitted to sail. ‘The seventh case was dropped ' of the order. Other speakers LINE n.monn.nol-notmmmnh to Friends. Members of the Bluebird Wh tendered Harmon Halloran a su ‘party last night at his home in Hill. Mrs. Robert Desell and Harry Goodale favored with selections and the Newington G Trio, consisting of' Robert D Hareld Lucas and John Walsh, ;dered “Old Pal -‘Why Don’t You swer Me,” and ‘‘Ohio”, and G Reindel and Harmon Halloran fa: ‘with violin selections. Refreshn were served. Mr. Halloran is the son of Mr. Mrs: Dennis Halloran of Ber] Place, Elm Hill. He is employ the Adkins Printing store on Ch street. CLASS l.Nl'l‘lATlON. Jehuda Halev! Lodge Will Hav Jehuda H:,levi lodse. L o. will hold its/final class initiation day evening in its lodge room. er the Springfield or the New H | degree team will be in charge o work. The lodge .will have guest, Judge Joseph Shapiro of § ton. . He is the district represf be in attendance. ‘be served. ] All members are urged to attel this is to be one of the biggest & ings of the season. DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA TO HAVE MAYTIME S Committees have been app l.nd preliminary plans laid fof dance of the D h Iubefll. which is to be held evening, May 20, at the Y. W. Chapman’s Major String orel ill furniah music. Refreshm DR. SCHOLL’S Foot Expert AT DAVID MANNING’S Qver Shoe Store A 211 Main . Street. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Examination Free SEE GREEN’S AD : — ON PAGE 3-A — IN TOMORROW’S HERA FOR EXTRAORDINARY VALUES COATS, SUITS, DRESSES, SKIRTS, WA S, SWEATERS AND