New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1921, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press STABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN HERAL NEW BRITAIN, CONVECTICUT FRIDAY, MAY 20, 'WOMAN RULES AS SPEAKER DUTIES IN ADMIRABLE WAY Miss Emily Brown, Rep- ’[:;ms ST resentative From Nau- |/ 2D FRoM vosns. THEY'RE TOBACCO USERS. gatuck, Establishes Pre- Carlisle, Pa. May 20.—The cedent In Connecticut Assembly athletic council of Dickinson college has passed a motion forbidding Pitcher Hennen and Catcher Sciotti of the baseball team ever to participate again in athletics at the institution because they had violated the smoking rule. The difficulty over smoking began on April 27 when Shortstop Lowe was forbidden to begin the game against Gettysburg because he had violated the rule against smoking. Shortly afterward Anderson, second baseman, withdrew from the team vol- w Bill For State Tax On| eater Tickets Reported | In—Provision Made Na- tional Guard. Hartford, May 20. —In the legisia- ) f untarily. ve records of Connecticut to be nded down to posterity the name Miss Emily Sophie Brown, member om Naugatuck in the lun wession, | ‘[iIVE SQUARE DEAL, der consideration, by Speaker Hux. rd. She was the first woman to be the speaker's chair and when the st member from the floor, Mr, cel of Falrfiold, addressed her as ir.«Miss Speaker,” the point was ised %y Dr. Higging that the rulu ovided the title of “Mr. Speaker’ id suspension to cover the necessary that the presiding ofi- | might be addressed as “Miss ker. all of Orange solved the sit- by moving suspension of the In view of the novelty of her uation, Miss Brown did well In the alr, for the debate on the floor in eral bills was animated although intricate problem was presented fore Speaker Huxford resumed the vel. | Honest Operators Urged to War, on Dishonest Gongers WARNS OF G(W’l‘ CONTROL Former Governor Cornwell of West Virginia, Addresses National Coal Assoclation—Says Public Must Co- operate. Nt York, M 20—Former Gover- 2,000 in National Guard. iy e The military reorganization bill was | Bor John J. Cornwell of West Vir- opted by the house in concurrencq ginia, udvised the National Coal Asso- ere was little debate, the bill being ciatior, today to see that the public plained by Major Payne, the New _ .. . ' ..re deal at all times in the ndon member. The new National | . ard s now 2,000 strong. endln‘ purchase of coal. He urged the coal the ‘“outlaw oxistence of the State Guard, and , Organization to compel would go into camp in June after | operators who gouge the public .to bill becomes & law, The bill went | pPlay ‘the game on the square.” . the engrossing alerk without delay. He told the coal men _that they Theater Tax Bill cannot expect publie support and e Walter finance bill to lay a ! co-operation if some coal eperators or of one-half of one per cent onllulor- gouge the public every time ten cents of the price of they had an opportunity. He warned et into amusements was reportéd ‘them of the danger of gevernment the house. If passed the federal 'control or nationalization of mines ! state taxes combined will be 15 . gnd told them that what happened to cent. the railroads may happen to the coal | GROP DAMAGE SLIGHT | s s e ™ quirements of the public. of Agriculture Rgpom- Public Must Learn. Mr. Cornwell first pointed out (hal fist Early Frosts Have Not red Chances of Big Crops. | necessity of educating the public to spread its coal purchases over the’ whole year so as to produce an even ‘ashington, May 20.—Damage to it crops from freezes In some sec- hs of the country has not resulted demand for that fuel “If the people n | get it when they want get It at fairly decent whatever politicians may general shortage, the department agriculture sald today. Georgia ches and Californla cherries are dy flowing to the markets, while strawberry crop was said to be hndant in several places. good crop of apples and peaches lexpected In Colorado and an av- yleld in New England and New k. A fair yield of late apples is mised in New Jersey and Pennsyl- . n Delaware peaches, pears, plums cherries have been practically d by froets. palth Certificate i; ecessary to Get Wedded heyenne, Wyo., May 20.—Begin- g today every man obtaining a o leense in Wyoming must @ a cortificate dated within ten and signed by an approved Wy- ng physician showing the apphi- t Is free from social disease. The e eugenics law passed by the last slature went into effect today and fred such certificates. leged Slacker H;d For Trial in Illinois sekford, Ils, May 20.—~The first ed slacker arrested In the Eighth - a since publication of the department’s slacker list, was joned at Camp Grant today awalt- a hearing. He Is Ernie Johnson tockford. Johnson declared that ad been examined by a draft d und discharged because of poor teal condition. tment In- get coal, it, and prices, | say or| (Continued on Fourth Page.) RIOTING IN ALBANY Long Drawn Out Trolley Strike Causes Trouble ‘When Crowds Mal e Trouble—State Troopers Called (n. Albany, N. Y., May 20.—Albany was quiet early today ater a night marked by what police characterized as the wildest street car strike disor- ders since the union employes of the United Traction company refused to operate cars nearly four months ago. Street car service, suspended earlier than usual last night as a result of the disorders, was resumed at the reg- ular hour this morning, \ Angered ' apparently by the in- creased activities of the police In thelir crusade to¥irive from the streets the motor cars which have been com- peting with trolleys manned by non- union crews, a crowd of men and boys began to attack the trolleys in the heart of the business section last night. It was not until eight cars had been partly wrecked and deserted by their crews in one of the main thor- oughfares of the city and the arrival of state troopers from Troy, that or- der was restored in the business dis- trict. Two persons were reported in- jured, an aged woman and a member of a trolley crew being struck on the head by stones. BURGLAR GETS 40 YEARS Hotel Astor Thief Sentenced—His Pal Is Now Serving Sentence of 30 to 60 Years. New York, May 20—Carl Wehner of Toledo, O., one of three men.who last December entcred the rooms of guests at the Hotel Astor and escaped with $2,000 and jewelry, today was sentenced to serve 40 years in states prison. Lewis Hawthorne, who also took part In this burglary, was. sentenced to serve from 30 to G0 years last Jan- uary, He turned stat. evidence In ASHLEY M. GOULD DIES, ashington, May 20.-—Ashley Mul- e Gould, associate justice of the riet of Columbia supreme court, wuddenly today after a brief ill- Justice Gould presided at both a In the cases of Jules W, Arn. h and others, charged with having stolen securities into the Dis- Columbia for disposal HOUSE IS ENTERED. orge A. Glidden of 214 South wtr reported to the police last evening that his house had N " |CONN. GO. FORBIDDEN. " OF HOUSE AND TAKES OFF | Project Discontinued FIRE CHIEP ALSO OBJECTS' Latter Considers Installation of More Wires in Business Section As Consti- tuting Hindrance to Firemen in Case of Serious Blaze. By order of City Engineer Joseph D. Williams, the Connecticut company was restrained this morning from construct- ing an overhead wire system near the Bavings bank on Main street. The pur- pose of the wires is to steady the trol- ley wire, it was explained. The city engineer was informed this morning that the wires were being placed without a permit from the elec- | trical superintendent, the public works | | board or the police department. En- gineer Williams, Electrical Superintend- | ent George Cooley and Fire Chief | Willlam -J. Noble conducted an investi- gation. In the opinion of the fire chief, the wires would greatly hamper the work of the fire department should a conflagra- | tion develop in the buildings near | Central park. The aerial ladder, which is one of the most useful pieces of ap- paratus in the local department’s equlp» ment for fighting fires such as would | be likely to break out in the center of the city, would be rendered entirely use- l less, he explained. 'LAST CHIEF OF SIOUX IN WAR HERO’S GRAVE, Indian Rites Accorded Red- skin Who Was Killed In France. Cannonball, N. D., May 20.—With all the ceremony accorded a chief- tain in bygone days, Albert Grasse, 21, last chief of the Dekota Sioux In- dfans, who was killed while - ighting in France, was buried’ today. Min- gled with the Indian rites were serv- ices of the American Legion and re- ligious ceremonies of the local Cath- olic chureh. Several thousand In- dians attended. The final resting place for the young chief is Holy Hill, a spot sac- red to the Indians, where the last great sun dance of the Sioux was held. Grass’ body reached here from France this week. ‘The White Horse Riders had charge of the Indian ceremonies, consisting mainly of chanting dances, which lasted throughout 1last night. The ‘White Horse Riders is composed of middle aged warriors who won mem- bership in the organization many | Years ago through special bravery. After the White Horse ceremonial, regulation military funeral services were conducted by the Legion. CALLED MURDERESS AT 18 Ohild Wife of 35-Year-Old Missouri Man Is On Trial, Charged With Shooting Stepdaughter, Farmington, Mo., May 20-—The trial of Mrs. John Parsons, 13 years old, charged with murder in connection with the death of her six-year-old stepdaughter Lilly, was set before Judge Tucker in juvenile court today. The child-wife has denied allega- tions that she said she shot the girl because the latter objected to having her hair combed, contending the shooting was an accident. A reform school sentence is the maximum pun- ishment that can be given in juvenile court. The killing occurred two months ago, five days after the girl married Parsons, 35, a woodcutter. Farmington, Mo., May 20.—A first degree murder charge against Mrs. John Parsons, 13 years old, in con- nectfon with the death of her six old stepdaughter, Lilly, wag dismissed by charge of fourth degree manslaughter immediately was filed against the ohild wife. $400,000 PUBLIC BEQUESTS Dantel Warren Lawrence of Medford, Mass,, Former Distiller, Gives $200,000 Outright for Onc Hospital. Medford, Mass, May 20.—Public bequests aggregating nearly $400,- 000 were made in the will of Daniel ‘Warren Lawrence, former and philanthrophist, which was made Ppublic today. The erection of a hos- pital was provided for by a gift of $200,000. < Other bequests included: $25,000 for lunches for Medford High school students; $30,000 for Medford's native born poor, 200 shares of Ver- mont and Massachusetts railroad stock for a fund for public band con- certs; $25,000 to the grand lodge of Masons of Massachusetts, and others T0 HANG, UP WIRES.. Gity Engineer Orders Main Street | distiller | BEER NOT MEDI(JNE DR. WILEY DECLARES xpert Also Brands “Home Brew” as Worst and Most Dangerous in the World. ‘Washington, May 20.—Be#r has not | been recognized as a medicine by the medical profession in three or four decades, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure committee today at hearings on the | Volstead bill to prevent sale of beer to the sick. “There are no medical properties in | beer, whatever may be said of it as a beverage,” Dr. Wiley declared. “The nearest thing to it is malt extract, which is so made as practically exclude even a trace qf alcohol. I | never saw a prescription which con- tained beer as a remedial agent. “The man who drinks too beer is apt to develop obesity, and obesity is recognized as a disease. It is better to be under normal weight, than over.” “How about Wiley was asked. “It is the poorest brew much home brew?” Dr. and the have scien- “If you are going to be made plied. beer, it ought to tifically.” MASS. ASSEMBLYMEN . FREED OF CHARGES 1918—1919 uglshtum Members Exonemed in Reporl | GRAFTING WAS COMPLAINT l I ‘W\e Committee Report Finds ! That Stock Transactions Were Made, But Did Not Affect Fate of Proposed Legislation, Boston, May 20.—The legislative committee which has been inquiring into stock market operations by mem- bers of the general court of 1918 and 1919 while measures affecting street railway stock were pending, reported today a finding that such transactions occurred. In no case, however, the eommittee reported, @id the vote of' those concerned affect the fate of a legislative measure. Nothing Irregular. “The common motive back of all the purchases,” it was stated, “‘was the | There was | desire to make money.” no evidence, the committee found, that any of the loans made to legis- lators to finance their purchases, were made for the purpose of in- fluencing votes on street railway legis- lation. The committee submitted as a sup- plemental report an order providing for the transmission to District At- torney Pelletier of Suffolk county of a copy of the testimony for such action if any, as he might see fit. HAS PROPER PASSPORTS Mexican Vice Consul Finds Senorita Cora Ramirez Entered the United States of America Legitimately. Lauro V. Garza, Mexican vice con- sul, with offices at New, York city, has been in this city for the purpose of collecting data concerning Miss Cora Ramirez, the Mexican woman de- terred at the Town Home. He has returned to the New York office and, it is expected, will announce the re- sults of his investigation in a few days. The Spanish embassy was of the belief that Miss Ramirez was smug- gled into the United States without ' the proper passports, but Mr Garza has announced that the young woman has the necessary papers. The certifi- cate was issued at Mexico City and countersigned by the American consul at Vera Cruz before she sailed to meet her New Britain flance. The girl was born at Pueblo, Mex- ico, and received her education at a convent in that province, Mr. Garza finds. WADE FURNISHES TEXT Bridgeport Clergyman Will Use Mur- derer’s Warning: to Young People as Theme of Sermon. Bridgeport, May 20.—“Tell the young folks of Bridgeport not to try to be little know-it-alls—I wouldn’t listen to anybody—see what it has brought me to. Tell them to mind their parents.” This was the message of Elwood B. Wade to the youth of his home city, given through . Rev. | Alexander Alison, Jr. of Bridgeport, his former pastor, before his execu- tion at Wethersfield early today. Rev. Mr. Alison will use Wade's last message as the text of his sermon in hie church next Sunday. I( L1 | THE WEATHER. —a Hartford, May 20.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: I‘F;hk' warmer tonight; Saturday food expert, told the house judiciary . to | most dangerous in the world,” he re- | HUNI]REI]S ARE FED | 1921.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES | MARTIA PRICE THREE LAWIS DECLAREL "EACH DAY BY CITY| IN WEST VIRGINIA STR " ZONE BY CHIEF EXECU Charity Department Rations Doled Out Every Morning i Beans and Coffec Are the Staple Foods Given Out—Majority of Those Secking Food are Span- iards, l Although the city | established a “soup kitchen” or , ‘bread line’ where those out ot ; work and without funds may be fed, the municipal “‘beans and coffee line” is daily growing in numbers. Each morning hundreds are given sacks of beans and bags of coffee, at the store- house of the charity department on Washington place, in quantities suffi- ciently large to comfortably feed them for one day. Investigations are made by the de. partment before any food is ra- | tioned in any case. Those who are tound to be actually in need of as- has. not as yet sistance are sent from the City Hall ! office to the storehouse. were in line this morning. Since a majority of those who make up the *“beans and coffee’” line are Spaniards and are not listed as “resi- dents,” the city will be reimbursed by | money spent. BOMB SUSPECT DENIES - GUILT FOR EXPLOSION IBut Filippo is Held Without Bonds For Hearing On May 26. Nearly 200 Jersey City, N. J., May 20.—Gius-~ eppe de Filippo charged with con- spiracy to destroy the U. S. Assay office in New York in connection with the Wall street explosion last Sep- | tember, t: was held without bail for a hearing on May 26 by U. S. m)miuloner Charles. E. Hendrick- De Filippo, who was identified yes- terday by five persons as the driver of the wagon of explosives believed to have caused the disaster, was for- mally given into custody of the fed- eral authorities today by Recorder ‘William Cain of Bayonne. Asked by Commissioner Hendrick- son if he ment De Filippo said: “I know nothing of it. I never heard of the explosion. I don’t know where Wall street is.” taken to the Hudson county jail. Department of justice officials an- nounced that more witnesses would attempt to identify De Filippo as the day. POPPY WEEK PLANS Poppies to Be Sold Beginning May 25 for Memorial Arch Funds—Am- erican Legion Auxiliary in Charge. At a meeting of the women’s auxil- iary to the Eddy-Glover post, Ameri- can Legion held last night in G. A. ! R. hall, it was voted to take charge of the selling of the poppies. The money derived from the sale of the poppies will be used for the decora- tion of the Memorial Court of Honor, May 30. in the different stores, beginning Mon- day, May 25, and the Saturday before Memorial day, there will be a tag day for the wind up of the drive. The poppies will sell for ten cents apiece. In selecting the poppy, the Ameri- can Legion secured the official flower for the memory of the dead. In i France, Belgium, and England, the poppy is recognized because so many heroes are buried under the poppies of Flanders fields. Mrs. Howard Case, president of the Legion Auxiliary, has charge of pies. Miss Agnes Johnson will con- duct a poppy booth at the bazar for the benefit of the Children's Home in Newington which is to be held at the Y. W. C. A. tomorrow. The pro- ceeds of this booth will also go to the fund for the decoration of the Memorial arch. Nearly 2,000 Now in Unemployment Census Victoria, B. C., May 18.—(By New registrants in the mayor’s un- employment census average 100 each week, those in charge of the bureau at City Hall report. On one day last week, 32 new cards were filled out at the office of the employment bu- reau. The total number of regis- trants is now nearly 2,000. — Bill to Stop Printing Names of Draft Dodgers ‘Washington, May 20.—A bill under which the war department would be directed to suspend. publication j it so-called “slacker lists” _pending pyest on 200 WERE IN LINE TODAY the state for practically all the | De Filippo was | driver of the death wagon during the | It is planned to have booths | securing the girls who will sell pop- . ——— — LOVE MAKING DECDARED AS LEGITIMATE SUMMER SPORT IN KANSAS CITY. e Kansas City, Mo., May 20.— Love making in Kansas City parks was officially recognized as a legitimate summer sport in an announcement today by Chief of Police Edwards. The policy of the police department will be to let love alone, the chief said. “Police officers,” he said, “have something more to dq than to clear park benches of i boys and girls making love.” = SLACKER LIST MAY |At Least Two of .Six Posted Upheld as Servicemen ‘BELIEYVE OTHERS INCORRECT Similarity of Names in Case of Man Treated at Local Hospital at Gov- e;'nmmt Expense—Contracgion of Name May Have caused Posting. Following is a list of the alleged “slackers” in the rolls of the local board for division No. 2, in which a check-up by the Herald reveals even ,a larger percentage of apparent er- rors than in the first district list: David William Coffey, 87 Tremont street; Charles J. Dombrouskas, 142 Winter street; Thomas M, )‘ong»rq.- or Thomas J. McNamara, 84 Ch street; Joseph Pasqueévelle or Jo.e-ph Pasquale, 4 Milk street; Bert Parker Reynolds, 234 East Main street; Fred Henry Rittnér, 71 Rhodes street. ‘ - Coftey’s Case. Statements by members of Coffey’s | family indicate that the young man hag a record of 12 years of servicéin the navy, and that he is still serving in that arm of the country's forces. Just prior to the outbreak of the war, desired to make a state- (Continued on Page 12A.) GOING TO PASADENA John Bertini to Leave Local Y. M. C. A. to Become Assistant Physical Director in Western City. John Bertini of Linwood street, who, after his return from France, where he served during the war with the 26th division, 'was appointed as- C. A., has resigned his position in that capacity, effective August 1. | At that time Mr. Bertini will leave | for Pasadena, California, where he has accepted a place as first assistant | physical director to Warren Slater, formerly in charge at the local gym- ' | nastum, and now physical director there. !'several months ago and is now firmly established in ‘the California city. There are two assistant physical di- - rectors working under him and the first place has been given to his { former associate at the New Britain Y. M. C. A. LOSSES IN TOBACCO FIELDS' ‘Wildfire Pest Appears in Connecticut —/Two Companies Report Losses Totalling $60,000. i Springfield, Mass., May 20.—Wild- | fire, a pest that is attacking tobacco plants in Connecticut, has appeared on plantations in this vicinity, it was announced today and in spite of vig- orous measures to combat it, . the damage is estimated at $40,000. The heaviest loser heard from is the E. H. Smith Tobacco company which re- ports damage of $20,000. It has been ‘necessary to destroy five out of 18 beds, containing hundreds of thou- | sands of young plants. The Cuba-Con- | necticut Tobacco company, probably the largest hereabouts, is not yet af- fected. —e Harding Congratulates Parents of Quadruplets New Haven, May 20.—President | | Warren G. Harding has had sent a | I letter of congratulation to Mr. . and of | Mrs. Salzo, to whom recently quadru- ! plets were bvrn, and also lpm HAVE MANY ERRORS ! sistant physical director at the Y M. . Mr. Slater left the local institution * Proclamation Is Fg By Call From Headgquarters F: Miners In-Mingg To Walk Out Statement of Chief tive Asserts That Authorities Are U! Cgpe With Existing. S Charleston, W. Va., May ernor Morgan today issued mation declaring martial go county. l What has been termed e’ has been in Pro uml mines of the Mingo most a year and, accord! governor's proclamatioh a war, insurrection and riot been for some time in ‘ Strike Order Soon after the governo mation appeared, Charles president of District 17, Ui ‘Workers of America, in statement called upon all miners in the Mingo and promised them while they were idle. “Large bodies-of armed n erhor Morgan said in his tion, “has assembled in the of Mingo county and fired up public and other bui fired into passenger traing ing over the Norfolk nd railroad. Many lives have| ‘&nd much property de g ‘result and riot and blood rampant and pending. Authorities Hel Governor Morgan also ded the county authorities were| “put down or control sucl Itpo and riot, and have bea now powerless to enforce and had called upon him of the state and command| of the military forces. - INJURED BY EXPi Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clark Street Have Nai From Serious Injuries. ! Mr. and Mrs. Thomas j 100 Clark street, had a na from death early this mo jan explosion caused by gt from a pipe connected with ! range set fire to their home. . sustained painful burns face, and his wife was mad from the fumes of the g were taken to the Ne ‘ General hospital. At 6:52 o’clock this mo} alarm was sounded from The firemen found little to rival at the place, but atte] ; shown the couple. The pol lance was summoned td them to the hospital arose about 6 o’clock and paring the breakfast meal, fire started. He lighted a’ | start the gas range, and ately there was a slight The flames struck him in * burning him severely. 9 pncumuy po loss from the Mixed Jury Convicts Holdup Man of Cleveland, May 20.—A jur women and eight mem Sam Purpera, 17 years old, first degree murder for th of W. C. Sly, in a payroll hd December. Judge Bernon Purpera to be electrocuted g |39 the same day that Fran convicted’ of the same me | Saturday sentenced to be e by Common Pleas Judge Allen. | Navy Department I ments Secret, New London, Conn., May { mersibles stationed ‘at th { States submarine base h established new reconds: practice, it was learned tod passing all records made 4 ‘The records of the R-8 is rej have been unusually. nol. A rules of the navy. departinef permit the official fltln"s i public, In practice, three-} guns are being used on .-Jd to be the first Amerio i rines to be mounted with {The entire fiotilla of S submarine tenfler U. S NEW SUB RECOR Keeps