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Herald “Ads” News of the World Better Busin By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERAL STABLISHED 1870. NEW 3RITAIN, CONVECTl UT TUESDAY MAY 3, 192i. | BURGLARS BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE | * FOR FIRE WHICH SWEEPS THROUGH MAIN ST. STORE; DAMAGE IS $6,000 f Marlow Establishment in Schupack Block Partially Gut- ! "f’ELVE PAGES PRICE THREE \ALLIES AGREE NOT TO TAKE NAVA ACTIONAGAINST GERMANY WITHO FIRST CONSULTING UNITED STA YOMEN BETWEEN AGES OF 21 "AND 60 LIABLE TO PAY TAXES | BY TERMS OF PROPOSED LAW Finance Committee Sub- NAVAL RESERVISTS ted—Blaze At Northend School This Morning. mits Bill To Eliminate Sex Distinction In Pres- ent Personal Tax Statute | Former Seamen Likely to Be Used MAY BE CALLED ON A lighted match, dropped, it is be- lived, by burglars who effected an entrance into Marlow's store at 328 | Main street last night started a fire that, had it not been for the timely discovery of Patrolman Patrick Mee- han, might have resulted in destruc- tion of the Schupack block, and pos- sible loss of lives. As it is, the fire did damage -amounting to about $6,- window to relieve the place and mako work of the firemen less haza Mr. Marlow, the proprietor o[ lhn store arrived at the place during thn |fire. He assisted Chief Noble and | Deputy Chief Barnes in going over the scene after the firemen had left. It was then that the fact that burg- | lars were in the place was discov- ered. Tn the basement, where the fire | 'AUTO THIEVES fiUILTY .~ SENTENGED TO PRISON iFive Bridgeport and Detroit Men Given Two 47 T0 LOSE HOME IF CITY DOES NOT HELP Head of Spanish Boarding Blockade, Partial ade, Naval Dem tion Only Or Sei Port Customs to Man Ships | House Gives Ultimatum Of State 000 according to the estimate given ' started, there is a heavy door that todny by Chief William J. Noble. ,lcld. out into the yard. On this | Con:ide.ed ylight Saving Again WILL NOT USE NAVAL ME was just at midnight that Pa- lrolmnn Patrick Meehan in trying the | rear doors of the Schupack building, { heard the crackling of flames. Dis- | door two bolts and a heavy padlock ! are fastened each night according to Mr. Marlow and one of his assistants. The investigation showed that these i Year Terms. Detroit, May 3.—Five Bridgeport to Mayor Curtis Today. Immediate aid by the city govern- ! Entente Likely to A 3 f— 1 Causes Trouble Effort | o0 ruscncion to Use Military Force In ayets nslthe blaze in the basement of | bolts had been ripped off and 21% | Coni, New York and Detroit men Ment to prevent tha only alternative e y e Marlow establishment, the po-' the padlock, and the door was partly which was explained to be tha put Made to Make It Offense Shipping Strike — One Passenger | liceman ran to Box 5, at the corner ; open when Chief Noble arrived at the | ti: - e »f 47 Span- {of Main and Cpmmercial street, | scene last night. Piled up near the |the Dyer automobile theft act, were m'ifis°il}.,§l'l,‘§t ‘Sogfiriiwm‘(fgfl,;f"\‘:fln to Change Clocks in Priv- ate Homes. where an alarm was rung in. |door was a quantity of silk shirts, | convicted by a jury in United States sought by Fernando Gomerez, head of to Send Represe Supreme Council Meets With Favol charged with conspiracy to violate Liner Leaves New York Today. { When the firemen reached the | stockings, rolls of silk and other ar- | gicirict this morning. The five the local Spanish colony, in an inter- m:v‘-;;hl:?o&e .X::I-r m:»—;f.h:":-“': scene, the lower part of the build- ticles, which, according to Mr. Mar-|geph Galbo, Earl ,_fm, e Df,'u,‘]l:, view with r;y(ayor o. F. (;luru!s this ey & e N;‘:“!'. prov-ylp g ing was like a. roaring furnace, with low, are kept in the front part of the | Moore of Detroit; James . Bur- morning. v/ - - = e S astce flames bursting out from the cellar. store, a considerable distance from !roughs, automobile dealer of Bridge- This reprascniitive 4t the Bpantards lmA“ 'eamm nom et Tation | e store on the main floor and the the spot where they were found this {port and Sven Nvauist, New York called on the mayor ’thh gy Hartford, May 3.—~The general as- :,":" ANGc mall shipe :“”u'u be- | UPPer Part of the building were filled morning. A new hammer lay on the |and'Brook1yn automobile dealer, im- “for.either charity or work and a mild mbly tod received from the | Guring the present wage disp with smoke, making the work of the floor with the claw broken off, in- | ;ediately were sentenced to . t Dibtast Wit o Beiie ot s wen’ re-] T T R) RN A S mance committee @ change in the :'";“‘ the board and marine workers | gremen very hard. Owing to the lo- dicating that the burglars had used piscer in’m‘.cnw,’:‘h";“;‘ R v promt G To Jobless ama | Cll today decided to takd bersonal tax law which provides that :rh’ r l;r\i’lcel are neco-nnczi R cation of the blaze Chief Noble found- this to force off the bolts and the lock. !” The jury returned its ‘.er;“u short- : without funds. For the past five | action against Germany ‘every person between the age of 91 'h "; ;"“";‘ d":;‘:“commmd“t it necessary to send a number of the Other material, selected as 10ot, Was !}y hefore 9 o'clock this morning aft- - months Gomerez has been suppori- |sulting the United States. nd 60 years” shall be llable for the l"'" e New York to-dedd | 2CD. to the rear of / the bullding, found near the door. er deliberating since yesterday aft- | ing some 50 of his countrymen with porsonal tax. This change would | Of the navy yard at Wew WOtk 10 '60c | where three lines of hose were laid. . The floor above the main store i8 | ernoon. Several times during the | little aid. Already he has expended Thin' W meverq. fo liminate the sex distinction in the '"'“:'" Aassistance he could 0 the | The flames kept the firemen hard also occupled by the Marlow firm, and | [ight the jurors returned to the court | about $5.000, he explains, and is com. | full discussion of. the coy Fesent law. the United States mails. He ith ret. | 8t Work until nearly 2 o'clock when a door from the rear leads into this | ,om for reading of certain parts | ing te the end of his resources. He|bers with Admiral Beatt] There was argument in the senate | Féduest was made especially w! - b 4, | the recall was sounded. Things as- place there. Investigation showed | o¢ the evidence. 3 L oo B g - v e g speh | land; and Admiral Bl gainst the house bill which woula - Fence to the Old North s“"i‘,";o" sumed a bad outlook when it was that the door had been Jimmied, and | * ;mpe five persons convicted today . all the money he has saved from his | of plans for naval pressure jake an owner lable for negligent | leave Now York today for London | found that the fire had eaten its way the staple holding the lock ' had | yere the only ones remaisiag of 13 | lEht rears of work in Americs ana | many g ' poration of an automobile by an. [ Put that it wad not tho plan i TE0 |into the partition between the Mar- . been pried off. It is presumed that | originally arrested In connection with consequently he is determined to eith- | The committee of expe ther person, provided that such la- | the ‘°‘"‘"“m'";_] "“m d:’chm‘ that | 10w place and the Subway saloon, 'the burglars entered the building by | (ne case. Five, one a woman, are serv- | er secure aid from the city or dispos- | the plan for guarantees iifty was incurred or injury done by &1 seamen. ~Hoe @i dediated T | next door. By the dint of hard work, . this door, and were planning to leave | jng gentences following their pleas of | sess the Spaniards this week, he ex- | manded of Germany and porson who was using the ma- there was no intention the firemen managed to check the 'by the basement door, with the g00ds, | gyj)ty and another is serving a sen- | plains. But two men out of 42: at|cil will consider it this a ) by implied consent or knowl- | tary force. e ia, w |flames here quickly, thus averting the ' when the fire broke out. On the out- tence in' atate prison ‘on - arother | his lodging houss have sectred em: Occupation of the Ruh Mo of the owner, and in the end 1 | There are, the chalrman ondals. | Probable destruction of the entire |side of the door on the second floor, | charge. The case against the 12th, | ployment e RU16 gl wIPASEATS: DUt | Wk SRS rel by Athe s tabled on motion of Senator | Bumber of naval TeaeTve T Clla’ be | Pulldins. there are marks made by a glass cut- | yack White of Bridgeport was nolle | of work. ‘the military representativ own. charged navy seamen who coi Chief Noble sent a number of the |ter. prossed Mr. Gomerez had previously been to | Allies. Daylight saving time was again un- | used in m'{"“'"‘fl";;“"’;“a“'m”“:‘;";;; firemen through the building to | Mr. Marlow's office'is located on | P'gi0® .0 noiroiters convicted | nis attorney, Lawyer Irving I. Rach-| The council then adjo or discussion in the house when it chant ""“r' s At comandant | rouse the. occupants of a lodging |the second floor, on the . east side | gav were taxicab drivers. The gov- | lin, and o, g lawyer to intercede |3 o'clock - this afternoon. me time to move an adjournment :h:.?::"".m‘";: :‘;l‘;yd{:’d;:‘"‘ house above the. store. - The smoke lof the building. In this office [ qrnment charged them with conspir- | for him with the mayor to the end |pected to finish its labors e 'the day. Emergency Is Expiained. oot dniiel thigt fy. dmtar mebesiary | - ing to steal automobiles here and | that he might secure assistance from T Pebossa Would “Fix" Clocks. BarE oficliie. siiA - thi” mibel: 2e- | 0. OPSR every svallsble mkylightiand transport them overland to Bridge- | the city. Attorney Rhchlin arranged | o "o oo o U port and New York and Brooklyn. | with the mayor for the conference. by ‘the council this morn Mr. Landon of Salisbury offered &' . "o, co was created for use in an golution to have the judiciary com- SeTv® force WAy BreAted Kor o would It was charged Nyquist had a‘part | Mayor Curtis advised that an ef- | J¥ /5 SO0, Mo ttes prepare o bill making it a mis- | CHEFEPTIE Fo0 L ment merchant fleet in a conspiracy to export them to | fort will be made to provide employ- | JORNEe (B Jal FOMRG i £ov y Scandinavian countries. Burroughs | ment for some of the men and assist- | DE-% P OQRACE (& 0 meanor for any person, firm OF | y..4 trieq up. y was charged with conspiring to ald | ance from the charity department in- ‘the customs . receipts ublic or private corporation to use | qu.o nierchant marine act, they said, ! ; ] 5 - - - Fendt ol S : n transporting the cars by way of | sofar as elt nmecessary. orts, Sir Gordon Howard THREATENS SUICIDE: WITH JAPAN POSSIBLE 5.eve= R S o o s sormshes | B0, S Gepdop Hovas display any clock run on any bUt r.quires the shipping board to estad- ern standard tim The pre- e and maintain government mer- Several of those originally arrested | this afternoon at the office of tha ' ous international legal o and who pleaded guilty were govern- | board of charities and similar rations French foreign. office, op! nothlnc further should Health Department Superintendent| Noted Stugger Claims New York as] ony were learged, and ment witnesses during the trial will be handed out daily, temporarily. | j,3.ment as to the present concerning naval i additional means of comp! Assists in Curbing Diphtheria by | Residénce-lReturns Bill to City of Y i A.\llas in relation to neuty: NINETY AR® VACGINATED | - RUTH WONT PAY TAX - g farier —_— the views of the Washing Cleveland, O., May 3.—Differences R event that occupation o London, May 3, (By Th (conunued on Tenth Page.) BRI e mble set forth that Hartford “and shant ships on trade routes to. all ossibly other citles have defled the parts of the world. -Should the ma- eral assembly of the state in ad- workers refuge to keep the ves- , ) Ming people. to. turn thelr CIOCKS eels moving. it wis arguea the gov. Applicant At Municipal La- | Ambassador Shidehata Sees in an attempt to effect daylight onment would clearly have the g e sy “;;:.“; to repiace the marine worke; blishing standard time passed’ | sbamen from the naval reserves. neral assombly, thereby causing reat annoyance and confusion in the Steamer Sails Today. New York, May 3.—The rdipary transaction of business af- ' peasesger B8 §ad Sodial Intetorial ! steamsnip Stxaola of the United Fruit Mr, Buckley opposed wending the . ' .o '3 re at noon today for West No Differences That ~ Can’t Be Adjusted. boer'emDespenu— Payrolis Climbing. Despondent over his continued con- if casried out should not Use of Preventive. olution to the committee as that ean shi) ommittes had done all it could in re- ::‘.‘:‘" ,’;'m",,""' 'Y':,':: ::",:"m, LS rting & bill fixing """'":’ :""‘".: spread marine strike was called. The oy e o e s “tnat 1t Sixaola, officiala of, the line said was e e 1o legisiate to tell Able to recruit sufficient new’ men to Tt (s B eaies open | take the place of those who respond- FEDIISE ‘WhAS Wiy | ed to the strike call 70 POT DOWN GAMBLING Race Track p clon his office or business. He fa- ored an amendment My. Wadsworth ould offer to a blll already before he house which would penalize in- ividuals In the state, counties and ities who have charge of official | Depuiien st locks if they are changed from dition of unemployment, a petitioner for a job at the municipal employ- ment bureau at City Hall this morn- ing made a pathetic appeal for work and concluded with a statement that if he did not secure a place today he would go out and commit suicide. Ar- rangements were made to put t,ha man to work for the city. Another man who has been a daily. caller at the employment office for several weeks remarked when he was turned down that he could see no between the United States and Japan “call for adjustment, but their exist- ence does nof justify apprehension or pessimistic forecast,” Baron Shide- hara, the Japanese ambassador, de- clared today in an address before the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. “Is there any question between us,” he asked, “which cannot be set at rest by the ordinary process of friend- ly discussion? Is there any question between us which can be set at rest by any other process?" The stability of every “human in- Dr. J. R. Harris, superintendent of health, has vacinated 90 children at the offices of the health department to safeguard them against diphther- ia, The children are a part of those whose Schick tests proved them to be susceptibles to the disease, and whose parents signified their inability to stand the expense of having the work done by a family doctor. The city stands practically no ex- pense as a result of the preventive measure taken since the state depart- ston, May 3.—Baseball fans the flry over have known for two years that Babe Ruth had tramrerredl ficient to cause 3 sllrren many. Consideration for + Premier Lloyd George his batting headquarters from Boston priang and Count Sfo to New York, but city hall learned it officially only today. Served in his buhtub with a war- rant of unpaid taxes of $27.71'on his automobile for two years, the out- fielder protested that he had not been a resident of this city since the fall of 1919. His objection unavailing, he decided in haste to take the constable into his automobile and whirl to Jaspar, Italian and Belg] ministers, were agreed’ can susceptibilities mush considered. The British governments will continue| means for & naval action adjournment of the cou purpose of eventual ac pation of the Ruhr shoul ficient. . | cifi N id, city hall. The mayor was not in to woulg do so. | cific ocean, he said, depended upon | The work of vaccinating will continue [ B B> /S SV Ve Bear ool g0 up | the maintenance of harmony and | until the close of school. Unofficial copies of th note of Monday to Gern lector, however, arranged tor him t0 | sirculated informally amo: certify 'that the mment was in| jster and it was wholly KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE | Sice of them to xeep me.on 88| g™ otesnestrses s a citizen ‘'of Boston, but mm;r rol‘\.‘g‘h governments are agreed y 3 on me to ask me to pay for the| ypjtdq States mustibe,in Aged Man, As Yet Unidentified, Is Be- | privilege,” Ruth remarked as he left| 5 representative to . th lieved to Be Frank W. Webber of| c!tv Pall council, the council of ndard time. steal and i Stop All Betung. “T'd rather eut my§ Cleveland, O., May 3.—Fifty armed L eyl TROUBLE IS BREWING e o e o | S B s | FALL OF PRESENT GERMAN CABINET PREDICTED AS RESULT .OF FAILURE T N 60 RESCUED AT SEA which start there this afternoon. reparations commission. Republicans At Odds Danbury, May 3.—An elderly man Action of some residents of Cha- thought wise not to urge| ith ival who was severely and fatally injured after May 12, when the re Wi Two Ri Clubs i Budford Saves People on Board Jap | present decision of _th grin Falls, In the “egging” of depu- ties Sunday, led Mayor Burton to or- Allied Diplomats Convinced ington govt. to enter these by an automobile on Park avenue last Rival factions of the republican | night is believed to have been Frank W. council have been seen. Marshall Foch, who pa der his men to come armed. Officials of the race course insisted That U. S. is Now Def- party in this city are organizing clubs s Webber of Newton, Mass. The man initely Out of Repara-|and there is said to be no small | gic in the Danbury hospital last night today’s meeting, said he co the Ruhr region with t Near Cleveland Will Attempt to | other way m:%; living than to | stitution’ about the shores of the Pa- | ment provides the vaccine necessary. y ' 4 (Continued on Eleventh Page.) (Continued on Tenth Page.) Is to Get Big Slice of Land. Warsaw, May 3, (By The Associated oss).~—Trouble is reported brewing n Upper Silesia bec¢ause of the ru- ored recommendation by the Inter- lod commission that Germany be lyen nll the plebiscite area except the Istricts of Rybnik and Pless. The iwspapers declare there is a spon- us Insurrectionary movement in this morning they expect to follow the usual policy in regard to placing wagers, through the pari-mutuels machines and that they had the law behind them. Steamer Tokyo Maru, Which is Afire in Pacific Ocean. bus industrial centers in the dis- efct, in tavor of Poland. The news reaching here is some- hat indefinite because telephone ommunieation has been iInter- upted at - the Silesian end. Ex- ra editions of the newspapers pub- wh 8 proclamation by Adelbert Kor- | Sloper 15 Years As Cemetery Commissioner Andrew J. Sloper who was named Saturday by Orson F. Curtis for the board of cemetery commissioners, has rounded out 15 years of continuous service on that board. He was first named a cemetery commissioner in 1906. For meveral years he has been ].M Clothing Sm chairman of the board. e of " cloining —auanties| New Haven Printers Are Still On Strike —Compositors printing offices who anty, the Polish plebiscite commis- Rioner, criticizing the reported deci- jon of the inter-allied commission, fvhich ho contends would be unfair o Poland on the basis of the plebis- ite figures. astidious Burglars obbed the store of Moses Haddad in Unlon street, during last night jaking men's and women's suits worth $1,600. The best suits were sorted lout and the others thrown to one wide. The police were unable to tell how the goods werp carried away. French Military Headquarters, May- May 3.~(By the Associated Burton is equally insistent that the practice is against the state gambling laws and says that he will enforce his orders to prevent gam- bling no matter what the cost. Mayor New Haven, Ma: in commercial left their work yesterday, mand for the 44 hour weék and in- creased wages, were still out today. No change was reported In any shop none of which has been obliged to ch Will Not Use close. Black Troops, They Say Stillmm_Resig'ns As Head of Big N. Y. Bank tions. Berlin, May 3. (By the Associated Press.)—Bgliéf was expressed in. polit- ical quarters here today that the refusal of the United States to deliver counter proposals en reparations to the entente would necessitate the resignation of Chancellor Fehrenbach and Foreign Minister Simons. ‘Washington, May 3.—In urging Ger- ' many to make at once ‘‘directly to the allied governments,” adequate proposals on reparations, the American govern- ment was believed by the alliea diplo- mats here to have definitely closed the reparations incident so far as the Unit- | ed States was concerned. Administration officials declined to- day to comment on the communication saying that it spoke for itself. It was stated, however, that action was taken without any communication hav- ing been received from the allied, supreme council at London. Chief Rawlings Plans War On Jay Walkers Chtet Willlam J. Rawlings is plan- amount of feeling, friendly and other- from the effects of a fractured skull. wise, between the two ,organizations. In explanation of the apparent lack of harmony in the ranks of the “grand old party,”” a republican who is not affiliated with either of the two clubs has explained the situation. It appears that Lawyer Joseph G. Woods and a rumber of followers began the formation of a new G. O. P. Men's club. Fearing that the club would not be friendly to the present organi- zation of republicans the town com- mittee laid plans for a mew club. Dr. J. E. Conger is understood to be one of the leaders. A spirited canvass for members was started and is still in progress, the drive becoming more and more heated as the campaign goes on. Hughes Note Delivered Today to Dr. Simons Berlin, May 3 (By the Associated Press).—The note of Secretary ot State Hughes to the German govern- { ment, replying to the German coun- ter proposals on reparations, was de- livered to Dr. Simons, the foreign minister, at.11:30 o’clock this morn- ing by Loring Dresel, the American commissioner here. A fisherman’s license issued in Newton to Frank W. Webber, 69 years of age, was found in his pockets and there was also a postcard mailed at Brighton sta- tion, Boston, April 21, addressed to Frank W. Webber, at Arkville, N. Y. His gold watch bore the initials “F. W. W.”* The man arrived at a local hotel Sunday afternoon. The . police are. searching for the New York state car that struck the man and speeded on. IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN Employment in Automobile Industry Has Picked Up Nearly One-Third During Month of March. ‘Washington, May 3.—Employment in the automobile industry, picked up nearly a third in March as compared to February, department of labor fig- ures today disclosed. The percentage increase in March as compared to February was 32.2 while the woolen mills came next with 17 per cent. in- crease in crews, and hosiery and under- wear third with 12.8 per cent. Car building and repairing employ- North Head, Wash., May 3.—The Transport Buford reported by wire- less last night that she had rescued 65 persons from the buring Japanese steamer Tokyo Maru. Eight were miss- ing and one is dead. Twenty two men, one woman and four childremr were in the ship's hospital on the Buford suffering from exposure. San Francisco, May 3.—Eight mem- bers of the crew of the Japanese steamer Tokuyo Mura died after be- ing taken aboard the United States army transport Buford, according to a wireless received today from Cap- tain K. Suzuki of the Tokuyo by the owners of the burned vessel. Woman Defeats Husband « By 4 Votes in Election Red, Springs, N. C., May 3.—Mrs. Beatrice Bullock, candidate for Al- | derman in the town election yester- day, defeated her husband, G. T. Bullock, who was candidate on the opposition ticket, by a majority of four votes, Bloody Hands Threaten day, and that only six or sions would be necessary, pation could not be compl second day, he declared, patrols into the interior way centers and strategie No New Note Rece Berlin, May 23.—The ernment, according to the zeiger today, on Saturda patched to the United Si ment an interpretation d cent proposals sent to concerning the amount of Germany was willing to p of the annuities and the counting them. The state department ton announced Monday ther communication de reparations had been. reg Germany since the note the counter proposals. ' London, May 3 (By ated Press).—The suprem the Allles met at 11 o morning to receive thi financial experts who aro [Pross)~The plans for the occupation g ¥ y 3. G of the Tube valley elaborated B the | mar rotey restenes a men i Stll-| ning for the adoption of the lines = ment dropped 6.8 per cent., coal mining rench general staft provide for the | the Natinal City bank and Charles |3t crossing places on the streets, |, o . |54 and steel 44. Of the & mmg"‘.m.; xolusive use of white troops, it was| E, Mitchell, president of the Nation- | Which will put an end to “Jay walk- s A distributed here last night bearing | Views of military and nounced here today al City company was elected to suc- | 08", so-called. Several other cities, v THE WEATHER. et " tho caption “Bloody Hana Threatens | on thh muuh- 'a'b-' ceed him. Hartford beinf# among them, have —0— e A:n.l:\.; "having a zicmn of a hand mw . adopted the plan, and excellent re- Hartford, May 3.—Forecast RAILROAD MAN. HERS aripping with blood and detasling al- COURT MEETS FRIDAY sults are reported. ] According to the for New nrlnh and vicinity Eu:o,beth N. J., Mny I—-Frank H. | joged outrages. against Lithuanians by the details of the guaran Propwda manded of Germany M A.nlonln, May 3.—Circulars were | of r-mum and also NEW CENSUS DIRECTOR. Washington, May 3.—Willlam M.

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