New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1921, Page 1

News of the World By Associated ‘Press NEW STATE NORMAL SCHOOL APPROPIATION SUPPORTED; NEW BRITAIN TERALD E\V BRITAII\ CON\IECTI(‘UT WEDNESDAY MAY 4, 1021 -TWELVE PAGES DEFINITE ACTION TUESDAY | REDUCE AL WAGES Comment Hem! At Cap-| WAGES SHOULD GO UP itol Today Indicates |NOT DOWN, LAUCK SAYS That $750,000 Will Be = Granted For These New asure Submitted Would hange Marriage License Law, Forbidden Justices To Peform “Emergency Weddings (Special to Herald). Wariford, May J{.—Following fa- tabla Action by the appropriations mmittos last night, authorizing an propriation of $760,000 for the new ormal school buildings in New Brit- N, the senate today tabled the meas- ‘0 for the calendar. Thia means unless It is called up for flaal tidn tomorrow, it will come up on lewday of next week. Tho bill as bmitted by the appropriations con- 00 provides that the City of New tain take over the old Normal bulldings, A committee of is to be appointed to appraise value of these bulldings. One is appointed by tie city, another the state and a third by the afore- tioned two. nator Wdward Hall and Repre- | ’ ntatives Covert and Rutherford of | itain have been working on I since the legislature con- this session, and 'the decision appropriations committee is | a victory for the ‘delegation In‘m? at opposition t6 the New as there o sane- said u was & r-n event when mtatives did not 0. K. 'a report, and to his knowl- o the logislature has never thrown the favorable reports of two _mo:( Important committees at Charter Amendments. » New Fritain charter amend- nts were reported favorably to the te today and they were tabled for ealendar which means that ac- p will be taken at next Tuesday's of the senate. All the changes @ hean agreed to by fhe ecitles boroughs committee and very amendments have been added to original charter changes sug- by the common council of Britain, Pn the Instigation .of Representa- Richard Erwin of Newington a vislon was put in thée charter dment allowing the residents of ington, whose homes are located he parcel of land granted to New tain by that town. on the payment & just compensation to use the flegen df the sewerage system. orporation Council J. H. Kirkham at the capitol today adjusting a mical point in the recent bond for the supplying of money for nd sewdr work in New Brit- e objection raised by the Mmittee on finance was that <he s were not in serial form. The jorization for the city to issue bonds will be granted when this ter Is adjusted this afternoon. r New Marriage Bl ford, May 4.-—A bill changing 'w in regard to applications for ge leenses, pubdblicity of the ord and the performing of the cer- y Wwas reported in the general mbly today. It would take from jces of the peace the right to per- the ceremony wherein one ot parties claims that “necessity” re- an immediate marriage in spite he requirement of a flve days’ no- tice, The decision as to immediate marriage would be placed with the judge of probate. The bill, it Is un. derstood, is aimed to prevent hasty marriage of non-residents who are re- quired to file notice. Time of daily sessions and of after- noon mesions were not referred to to- day fn oither branch. Members do . not expeet that either branch will change o hour for assembling. Com- * mittes arings are practically fin- (shed. v May Return Fees. A bl to rfund Jitney fees was re- ! portdd. Tt prividos that where a N« ce A4 vehiclo “annot operate under public a0cwsity and convenis noe rule of the bl util ~om- a‘portion of 1y | | Economist Bases Statement , On Cost of Living For Unskiled Help. I Chicago, May 4.—Wages of unskilled rallroad employes should be adjusted upward and not downward, if the cost | of living and the rates of pay in other i industries are to be used as a basis in deciding the rallway workers’ pay, W. | Jett Lauck, consulting economist for | the unions, lo‘d the railroad labor board today. Mr. Lauck declared that (he figures presented by the rallroads, showing cer- | taln docreases in 'iving costs and indi- cating thut wages for unskiiled labor in most industries were lower than the y wiven rallroad workers, were de- celving. He presénted a table of wages for un- skilled coal mine workers, bullding trades laborers, steel labor, longshore- men, municipal empioyes, navy yards men, arsenal employes and marine workers. Th workers, he said, were receiving mot money than unskilled rallroad employes. He particularly stréssed the pay of steel workers, day- ' ing the United States Steel corporation | paid common labor 50 cents an Rour. Cost of living figures based on' de- creases in wholesale prices should not be considered by the board he said. “Such figures are decelving,” said Mr, Lauck, ‘‘for the government figures show that while there was a'30 per cent. decrease in wholesale prices be- - tween June and December, 1920, the re- | tall decrease was only 7 per gent.”” Mr. Lauck presented figures designed to show that bare -subslstence for a tamily of five in this country costs $1,617 a year, that a mintmum stand- ard would be §2, annually and that a “‘progressive American standard of living’* would cost $2,500. WOODMEN ELECT OFFICERS State Cousul &t up-fi Merttiig m:-:wm:. Stamford, May ‘Woodmen of Ametica met heer today in their quadrennial state convention. Bighty two delegates were present, representing the $2 camps of the order in the state. Mayor Treat wel- comed the delegates to .the city. Of-! ficers were elected as follows: State ccnsul, John H. Hynes, Hartford; adviser, Willlam Houghton, Thomas- ton; banker, Gilbert Hubert, Winsted: clerk, Roy Manley, Hartford; escort, Arthur Christian, Torrington; watch- man, C. W. Koetch, Broad Brook; sentry, Harry Morey, New Milford; trustees, Graves Danielson, Branford; John Bradbury, Ivoryton; John Con- don, Norwich: delegates to national convention, William A. Hayes, Brie- tol; Charles A. Jude, Meriden; Ber- ger A. Johnson, Stamford, and Martin Ogden, South Manchester. REV. MR. DAVIS TO SPEAK. ' Will Address Rotarians at Luncheon Tomorrow Noon at Elks’ Club. Rev. John L. Davis, pastor of the Trinity Methodist church, will address the Rotarians at their weekly lunch. eon tomorrow noon at the Elks’ club, Rev. Mr. Davis has been heard in sev- eral places throughout the state and in this city and all his speeches are filled with humor. Each member of the club has been asked to invite a guest to hear him. The dinner will be of Connecticut shad caught from the waters of that river. The enter- tainment” committee has prepared a surprise program. » 4.~The Modern ’Announcement Made Today, Wil Afiect 80,000 Employes-In Force On June 1. ' WORKING CONDITIONS ALS0 T0 BE ALTERED Company Plans Conferences with Workers in Hopes of Satisfactory &-ulfln}-nt. But If This is Impossi- ble Entire Matter Will Be Referred to United States Railroad Board. New York, May 4.—The American® | Railway Fxpress company announced here today it had notified its 80,000 employes that it contemplates a revi- sion in wages, effective June 1. .The ‘company* also announced a contemplated revision of rules govern- ing hours of service and working con- dlnons effectlys on July 1. Comj ¥'s Statcment. The company's statement follows: “In view'of the change in conditions that have' occurred since the estao- lishment of the present rates of pay and ruies, governing working condi- tlmu this. company has given notice to all concerned of it desire to make 'Senator Borah Insists On Presi- | dent Galling World Gonference. |PRESIDENT OPPOSES IDEA = Sl l Harding Wants no Action on lnu-r-‘ national Meeting Until Present State of Uncertainty Has Been Adjusted. Washington, May 4.—An impend- |ll\g fight in the senate against the | administration’s desire to defer con- nldem(lfln of haval disarmament pro- | posals was forecast today by the re- | ‘mtroducuon by Senator Borah, re- publican, Idaho, of his resolution lnl “anthorize and request” the president to call representatives of Great Brll-‘ ain.and Japan into a disarmment con- ference. Senator Borah also filed a motion to suspend the senate rules in an ef- fort to pave the way for early con- sideration of his measure. He and ' other disarmament advocates plan to ! press the issue. President Harding in‘ known to . Have communicated tol leaders in both the senate and the After the ' house his desire that action on dis- |- armament proposals be deferred be- | cause of the present state of interna- tional relations. 25 LABORERS HIRED BY M’"MAHON TODAY i formerly the Rockwell Herald ‘Adt" Better Busi ‘PRICE THRE IALMERICAN RAILWAY [FIGHT LOOMS UP ON GERMANY GIVES OFFICIAL DENIA |EXPRESS CO. WILL DISARMAMENT PLANS OF MAKING NEW REPARATION O Standard Steel and Bear ings Co. Closed Since September, Will Reopen Shortly, Rockwell Says A. F. Rockwell, president of the Standard Steel and Bearings planc, and Draka Manufacturing company at Plainville, stated definitely today that the plant will commence operations within 30 days: Mr. Rockwell said that the factory ‘will not open with as large a working force before the clésing, but will start on a small scale. There will prob- ably be upwards of about 100 or more men to commence with, but as busi- ness increases more will be employed. Nothing definite as to the exact date | for the opening could be ascertainea but it will possibly be the latter part SILESIAN REVOLT I3 DECIDEDLY SERIOUS | France Warns Warsaw, But Poles May Not Be Able to Stop it. » Paris, May 4, Press).—The French government ¢{By The Associated it 5“'40’4‘6 June 1 a revision of rates of | Men Will Be Bm-gm to ‘Kensington | was learned today has strongly. im- lw and efféctive July 1, a revision of the rules governing hours of serv. ice and working conditions to a bas- is that %1l be fair and equitable. Conference Is Planned. “The company is arranging a con- ference with =representatives of the emploves in the hope of arrivipg at an agreement mutually satisfactory. Farm for aevcnl Months’ Work, | “P. 8" Explains. Patrick 5. McMahon called at the office of the’ municipal ‘employment ‘bureau in City Hall this afternoon’ and | made -a proposal for the hire of 23 l Sbanish laborers. He was referred to) )] where a mining strike now is pressed upon the government at War- saw the grave consequences to Polish interests likely to result from a Pol- ish uprising in Upper Silesia where unrest -has been reported over the rumor of an allied decision giving Poland only two districts. there as a result of the recent plebiscite and in Falling to agree, the matter will be | German Giner, one of the leaders ‘of | Progress. referred to the United States railroad board.” About half the employes are union. ized, the company said. A conference between officlals of* the local Spaniards and head of their Mutiial Benefit association, who will | arrange to. have’ the' laborers ‘sent’to | Mr. McMahon’s farm in Kensington. ' The men will be kept permanently at the company and representatives of | the farm, being .provided with board ( the employes recéntly was held in Cincinnati -in-an effort to reach an agreement on_the question. m:-ulover Post. Wil lfodn- Con- tributions. ta Be Forwarded to Paris Headquarters. Eddy-Glover post of the American Legion has been asked to assist in raising funds for the decoration of the graves, in France, of American soldiers. Commander Harry C. Jack- son of the local post has issued a re- quest for donations, regardless how small they may be, to be sent to him in care of the Herald. Checks may be malled or cash donations left at the Herald office on Church street. Should anyone care to specify a certain grave to be decorated, they are privileged to do so and the re- quest will be forwarded with the money to the American Legion head- quarters. All money must be in by May 15, as on that day the local post will forward a report to headquarters at Minneapolis. The fund will then be transported to the Paris office of the Legion where a corps of 200 men will be in charge of the grave decora- tion. Runaway Boys Found Far Away From Home The local police this morning re- ceived a telegram from the police at Portland, Maine, stating that Elias Anderson, aged 16 years of 63 Francis street, had been picked up in that city. The police at Garwood, New Jersey, also telegraphed the local po- lice, that Bernard Kuhne of 193 Chorry street, aged 16 years, had b-an picked up in that place. SHIPPING BOARD INSISTS ON CUT OF 15 P. C.; SETTLEMENT DOUBTFUL Secretary Davis Arranges For Another Conference With Union Spokesmen Later This Afternoon. I Washington, May 4.—Prospects for an immediate settlement of the ship- ping wage controversy were sald to be anything but bright after a con- ference today between Becrétarics Davis and Hoover and représentatives of the shipping board and steamship owners. Mr. Davis, however, had not given up hope and arranged to meet jater in the day with spokesmen for the unions. The shipping men were reported to have refused to yicld on wage cuts and other questions. [t was said also | that the shipping board would insist ' on _the 15 ° rent. e _reduction New Britain Man Buys Meriden Movie House | Oscar Harder has sold his moving | . picture theater, the Star, in Meriden, to Walter Godlewski, through the | Camp Real Estate company. Mr. Godlewski was formerly one of the managers ,of the New Britain Cloth. ing company and president of the Ly- ceum Amusement company.. He is a director of the People’s Savings Bank. He still retains his residence in New Britain and is one of the partners in a grocery store on Broad street. YALE FRESHIES' CAPTAIN. New Haven, May 4.—Russell W. Murphy of St. Louis, Mo., has been chosen captain of the Yale freshman baseball team, it was announced to= dsy. GIVE AWAY SKIMMED MILK. J. BE. Siebert & Sons, milk dealers at 437 Park street, announced today that hereafter they will give away between 200 300 . g ~ mmed o l ’Dl of | and lodgings.: Their weork. will' con- sist of chopping wood, fencing the farm and - ploughing for the spring -planting. The hiring of the laborers will aid in & great meassre in relieving con- ditions ‘among the Spaniards of “thé city, ‘several hundred of whom call daily at the office of the board of pub- lic ‘charities for rations of beans, cot- fee, sugar, etc. Hundreds of-appeals | are ‘also rhade each day to the em- oyment bureau -for work. ‘When Mayor O. F. Curtis was in- | formed of Mr. McMahon's decision to | employ so large a number of men, | | thereby relieving the city of/ the | necessity of providing for their main. tenance, he congratulated “P. 8. as | a public benefactor. Fifteen additional men were hlrodl today by the board of public works and put into 'a grading gang to ex- cavate on Market street. . BLACKHANDERS ARRESTED Nineteen Caught In Scranton Raid— One Is Charged with Murder (ol Al- leged Informer Last Night. Scranton, Pa.,, May 4.—With 19 of | its alleged members under arrest, lo- cal and state police offered the belief today they had broken up “one of the worst blackhand gangs” that ever ! operated in this section of the state. | All of the prisoners were held in /| heavy bail after hearings before a magistrate. Five of them turnea state’s evidence and recited on the witness stand some of the alleged practices of the band. Headquarters of the gang, accorda- ing to the informers, was maintained at Carbondale, Pa., and men were ! sent out from there to, perform jobs ! in many sections of the east. Its ef- | forts, they told the authorities, were not confined to ‘extorting money, but its members also engaged in, robbing freight cars and. business pl Breaking of the oath of lovalty to the gang was said to mean death to the offender. Michael Etri, said by the police to have been a member of | the band, was slain last night because, the authorities. declared, he was sus- pected of being an informer. Gisentl | Mazareno of this city is under ‘arrest charged with the Kkilling. lMamln Scene Of Many Killings By Filipinos Manila, P. I, May 3, (By the As- sociated Press).—Ninety Moors, in- cluding Maharajah Untong, a relig- ious fanatic leader, were killed Sun day. by a detachment of Philippine constabulary ‘in an engagement near Taglibi, one the Island of Sulu, 500 miles from here, according to ad- vices received today at constabulary headquarters. g e o e e THE WEA' l'lmn Hartford, Mu CM _for New Britain and vicinity: " Rain tonight, Thursday partly cloudy. No change in tempera- turc; increasing northeast winds The latest advices, received tm‘lnv indicated that the troubles were not yvet ended, and some anxiety was ex- pressed as to whether the Warsaw government would be able to get the insurrection in hand. The (Continned on Tenth Page.) Greeks Warned Not To . Bother. Netitral Ships Commntlnoplo. ‘May 4.—Greece and the siltan’s government hdve been notified by the allied high commis- sion here ‘that the neutrality of Con- stantinople and of the straits must be observed. The Greeks were also informed that they must not-attempt | to exercise the right of search nor the control of any allied merchant vessels. Smn Feiners Begin Attack In Scotland Scotland, May 4.—A po- and a Glasgow, lice inspector was shot de { detective wounded here this nrorning in what is believed to have been the first Sinn Fein attack on the police in Scotland. The Sinn Feinexs fired on police- men who were escorting a van con- veying a man to prison. The assail- ants escaped. 500 Shoemakers Strike At Plant In Lynh, Mass. Lynn, Mass., May 4.—Five hundred employes of the Gregory & Reed Shoe company of this city were idle today as the result of a strike called by the local union of United Shoe Workers of America. Protest against a charge imposed upon an employe for dam- aged shoes was said to be the cause of the strike. AMERICAN STAR LOSES. | London, May 4.—E. M. Baerlein, the title holder, defeated C. Suydam Cut- ting, the American court tennis star, in the first set for the court tennis cham- pionship of Great Britain in the Queens club here today 6-3. Baerlin also won the second set 6-4. 20,000 ORGANIZED of this month or the first of June. The plant, operating some 1,200 hands during the war, has been idle since last September, Previously there | had been three work{ng forces operat- ing in shifts of eight hours. During the war the plant was one of the busiest in this vicinity and had work- i ers from as far as Vermont and some! & of them came from the other plant at™” Philadelptia. To the depression in f due § i the automobile industry was the lack of work, as the plant manu- factured bearings for several high- gradelcars and supplied the Ford tac- | tory with bearings for the Ford tract- | or which was used so extensively. | COURT REVENUE FROM LllJUllR 3600 TODA | Tutko Fined $200 On Second: Offense—Must Sell Out’ .‘ Or Go to Jall 11 Moneys: paid by alleged trans 3 -sors upon -the liquor laws in poli¢e court this morning aggregated $600, Which was paid in fines. One 6f the; quintet haled before Judge G. W.. Klett faced a second charge, he hav- ! ing been previously fined on a similar charge. John Tutko, the man agalnst whom the two charges were brought, was' fined $200 and costs and was ordered to sell out his saloon interests withify a reasonable time or in lieu thereof | to serve .30 days in jail, Judge-'! ment temporarily was: suspend Judge Kilett ordered that in case (Continued on Tenth Page.) T0 BOSTON BY BICYCLE \” Black Rock Avelua llv Wll. Iln Alone. 24 LeRoy Fielscher; aged 18, the -2‘:“‘ Mr. and’ Mrs. Charles ‘Flaischer | Black Rock avenue, has started the re- turn trip from Boston - is e back in the ¢ity Friday “covel the entire route to ang m Hub city on a bicycle. - Fleiséher - Mo ' day morning oh Jhis wheel’ m as his destinationy A card recet from him today announces that he had reached that city and is_ gr‘pnred to start for home. ) | Fleischer is 18 years of age' and a senior at the High school. School being closed down for this week, thesboy de- | cided-to embark on the trip. “alone. Tong bicycle He is covering the entire rotite ' ! British Union Sees End Of Coal Strike In Week Southampton, May 4.—A prediction that the British coal mine strike would be over in a week was made here to- day by J. H. Thomas, general secre- | tary of the National Union of Radilway- men. Mr. Thomas was a passenger on ! the steamer Olympic, sailing for New ' York. He is making the trip for the benefit of his health. Dalton, Bond Thief, Dlscharged Today Chlcago May 4.—The jury in: the case of William Dalton, 16 year old bank clerk who stole $772,000 worth of Liberty bonds rom/ the Northérn Trust company reCently, disagreed and was discharged today after it had de- liberated for nearly 24 hours.. About half of the jurors were urderstood .to have been in favor of acquitting the self-confessed bond thief. \ POLISH ‘TROOPS REPORTED IN DISPUTED TERRITORY Inter-Allied ' Representative : Advised Of Military Ac- tivity — French Insurgents Oppein, Upper Silesia, May 4, (By The Associated Press).—Organized Polish forces, estimated at 20,000, have occupied all of Upper Silesia south of a line running from Kosel to Tarnowitz, with the exceptfon of a few large towns, and are moving ! further northward, according to in- formation supplied by a member of the inter-allied representation here. London, May 4.—French troops are still fighting the insurgents in the Kattowitz district of Upper Silesia, and a number of Italian officers and men have been wounded in eclashes Fighting | | Chong Ben Sells His g Main St. Restaurant An important Main street deal was . completed today when' Chong Ben, a well known Chinaman, sold his Asia restaurant at 294 Main street, througn the Camp Real Estate company, to James Chromides, a chef. Mr. Ben will in the future devote sall his en- ! ergies to running his Chinese store in Hartford. Mr. Chromidés was for- | merly chef at White’s cafe. The res- | taurant was for years conducted by John J. Walsh and sold by him about’ i three years ago tg Mr. Ben.. * Yale Men Assessed To Pay For Broken Window New Haven, May 4.—An echo of & snowball fight at /Yale between freshmen and sophomores one night 'in February came today when it was announced that the s office of the_ e < h 3d___ehi¢ Meanwhile Teuto net Meets to ( Situation and Study of Se Hughes’ Note “Allies Are Prepa ‘patch Bill of Co bilities To Ge Friday of This - London, May 4 (By th Press).—A German offic| ‘from Berlin this afternoo: is no foundation for the Germany has made a new of[er to tho Allies. The allied government] plan for Germany, which ba a completed documen was being separated tod bers of the reparations into two parts. One of { purely legal portion, coq the treaty of Versailles, other chiefly relates to tee bonds, which it is p sue as security from the G ment, and the rates of in these securities, these que; outside the provisions of List of Liabilitid It /is not possible to de precisely what specifica presedted to Germany, b to present intentions the commission will send to { government Friday a b ties, strictly in compliand peace treaty, while simult: allied government will part of the plan, as a modg } the treaty favorable to G { which she. can decept or German Cabinet Berlin, May 4.—(By the Press).—The &ermen this forenoon in anticip: cussing developments lt ' Just how long the Feh inqt ‘will continue in offic w m “flt I Allies ‘and the attitude { the Reichstag. ’Whflp the Berlin gove: prepared for the. refusal the German reparations pf ‘the foreign minister and in the cabinet had hop ry Hughes' answer wo precise in indicating the terpretation of ‘“clear defin | equate proposals”. Yesterday's cabinet voted four hours to infd sideration of the Ameriean the reports coming from conference. Hughes’ Reply U ‘“We are not clear in just what the United Stay mient means in connect! suggestion that we make | posals.” one cabinet o “For instance it is obviso for us to make ¢lear and d posals because, for one are dependent upon a mi economic factors which control. This is one of why we suggested the inst] a commission of experts” our productive capacity. b9¥nchmrG, herfixi Foreign Minister Simon: before the Refchstag late afternoon and reported Upper Sileslan situation dependent _ ‘socialists o attempted to veigle him cussion of Chancellor foreign i ing the Reichstag to pd discussion “of both issues cabinet was prepared to port. 7 R ¥ Neo 'New Offers. Londox, May, 4.—Reports German ns relati rp‘pa,rnuou had bee! which ‘weré gurrent in thi night, were denied this m| Louis Loucheu¥, minister o | regions in the French H ‘one of the principal fig French delegation attendlu ing of the supreme allied Members of the allied commission were in this ci receive from the council th tum to be sen{ to Germany. iate dispatch of the docume lin was expected. Fifty persons, making up of the commission, accomp members of this city from The commission met perts of various governmg forenoon and. examined pi upon by the council relati payment of reparations by and the issuance of bp.cu. 3 nounced that the, comm take part in the mecting preme . eu\mdl vhlch was.