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— News of the World By Associated Press -INEW BRITAIN HERALD TABLI HEI) 1870 A SSEMBLY AT LAST MEETING Dempsey Cbaractenzed as“Blg Bum Who Dodged FOLLY Fo U S TO DISA F[RT 'Draft,” in Fight for Aid for Former Servncemen‘ NE\X/ BRITAIN, CONVECTICUT WEDNESDAY JUNE 8, VOTES SOME SALARY RAISES; INVOKES GOD T OAID THE IRISH | 921 Session Will End Its Lm”flfl MAN HNE[] AS Existence Late Today— | Measures Adopted Ex- | IS WIELDER OF RAZCR ceeds Those Of Recent ' ' Former Pays $100; Latter Years BMISTICE DAY IS NO LEGAL HOLIDA Usual, Closing Hours of Session Accompanied By Hubbub—Youngest Mem- ber is Given Milk Bottle. | ed 8.—~The General will end its exist- Ge late today Its work in volume 4 been considerable, the number of sures adopted exceeding those en- at many in recent June 21 Hartford, gaembly of 1 ted sessions l When the nsiderable but the senate ifore it. FBoth branches have rejected. the Peglution which proposed a commis- to Investigate the state farm for lon. [he state bond bill to wrovide for short term issues of bonds—one $2,000,000 and the other for 000,000 adopted by hoth branches, sent to the n esing clerk on way to the governor. imination of Tolls. The bUI eliminating tolls for fasongers on all bridges in the Rlso in the engrossing stage Both branches adopted the finance Il levying o tax with respect to h' on a mercantile business or turing by other than cor- and this s in the engross- met there was to be disposed little business house business had 3 foot state 1% Bills are In the engrossment others were to go to ' the Mior todny. It Governor Lake by of to. pprove of any he will re- them and his action will B “pocket veto” if the wx PSR tx adjourned. % Aic Increased. - ;bmd In wettling down to its K ¢ recelvea from a conference ! froports on a large nuwm- . for salary in“reawes provlously rejected. On Z has been agreement ;Wm- the nhouse insisted A rejection Mr. Rogers of T '“0'- got the conference | report oft the table and | kley moved to indefinitely ! pone because a bill had been to wive the finance board board of control power to de- mine salaries In certain state de- rtment But there v I bills to be dispo and me_of these were ugreed The lary increases voted were Com- dssioner of domesise animals to L800 and expenses; judges of com- on pleas courts In New Haven, rtford and Fairfleld up to $6,000 year; clerks of the superior court Hartford county up to $10,000; te's nttorney and assistant In New ven county $500 o« vear increase ch. The laries of sherifts indham and anl New Lon_ m counties, the chief clerk to the ernor, Al miate's fqttorneys court messengers \\-~r--\'mt al- o Afte refjecting several sen- bills In concurrence Whalter and Mr. Nick ce committee on rizing Orange lusue o being disag wetion, the ate having Raiso I« Rogers ralaries reon the as bill re Refused. offered o new of sheriffs county to $6.000 in $3.600 In Tolland $3.000 kerson objected to receiving the the house had rejected a bill a few minutes earlier. e house 114 to refused to re- ve the bill The Irish Question. onference committee In a res- erning the republic of ported In substiture feh = w adopted expresses mpathy with al of land and |nvokes God's ald that ce be restored amont a people leh has done much for the rid bill to in New Wind- Mr. Mr. rensc pndon m to s A ation lapd r " It the people Gov., e senate resolution Judge at t'ne that f Hgo. Aw to Name Judge. adhered in adopting for Albert J. Merritt Bridgeport and In re- v Frank W, Wilder for the house had voted for er, the dlsagreement will mean t Governor Lake will name the of that court ator Trumbull was named as a ference committee on the Ml to ide for state assessmont solely motor vehicles which the house rejected. 18th Ratified In Senate. e senate adhered in refusing ‘to y the 18th amendment and In appointed | re indivi- | in|” | $50—Striking Merchant Mariner in Court. raid having fruitiess, use was made of vestigator” by the police ment yesterday afternoon and evi- dence was seized at Salvatore Man- corellt's in the rear qf Finne- gan's livery llquor charges today. The ‘“investi- gator” purchased . a half pint of al- leged hiskey at the Mancorelli house for 85 cents. Sergeant W Hart and a detail of men then enter- the place, securing additional quantities of the stuff. The accused readily admitted his guilt. The l- quor was sold for 35 cents a drink for some reduced to a quarter a “‘shot.” iKlett imposed a fine of $100. lohn Koski came homg rettlement of the merchant strike. , Koski is on the S. S. sailing between New York werp. cnce went to Wahrenberger's store on Arch street and caused a disturb- ance. Fines of $10 and costs each { drunkenness, were imposed. Policeman William J. McCarthy arrested Andrew Matello last night on a drunkenness charge fined $10 and costs. Mary Di Franco was fined $50 and costs for breach of the peace. She rrested on Main street ye aifter she had brandished a ra- zor, threatening the life of Frank Rogers, who she claimed owed her some §noney Judgment we of assaultiog B smallor sister A previous an “in- home pending Finland, and Ant- vas day suspended in the charged with Rascovicz. Eva's struck by Steve's acording to testimony, and Eva | rfered. Steve objected John Chicka was/ fined $3 without ! was imoska, osts for trespassing upon the prop- | Fedorviez on Farm- avenue. The complainant had yeen missing grass in large quanti- ties, he tol the court. Tuesday, he and his son remained up all night to find who the trespasser was. When | Chivka came,'about 3 a. m., he was | held at the point of a double-barrell- shot gun until the police arrived. RENT PRICES ARE CUT North & Judd Manufacturing ('m‘lpnny erty of Anthony Announces Lower Rates for All Its Tenants, Effective July 1. Effective July 1, of approximately ten per cent. will be made by North & Judd Manufacturing company to employes who houses owned by the company. This is the second reduction within six months, the first, also amounting to ten per centy, having been made on January 1. Under conditions, high rent is one of the most burdensome items in the current expenses of the average family. North & Judd purposes to do all it can to lighten that burden HAD “COMMUNITY STILL” rels Was Moved present Apparatus Set on Wh Up and Down Alley While Resi- dents Turned Out Own Product. Philadelphia, June $.—A commun- still, set upon wheels and up 1 down the alley while oy ated delivering its product wherever mash awaited it, was discov 1 in full operation here, prohibition enforcement agents re- ported today. Barrels of mash were found in different houses along the alley, they added Augustine Schoenfllinger was ar- rested, charged with having the still and a gallon of liquor in his posses- sion ity ran was it Enforced Vacations At Local Factory’s Office Office employes at the Skinner Chuck ! to | company’s plant are being required take a two weeks' leave of absence addition to their regular two weeks' wation period this year. No pay lowed for the time allotted to the leave of absence. This action of the com- pany, it is explained, is made advisable by the present slack condition of busi- in BABE RUTH ¥ New York, June B8.—Babe Ruth, the home run king of the New York Americans, toduy was sentenced to one day in the city prison and fined $100 in Magistrate's court for automo- bile speeding. e was released at 4 lock this afteruoon ED $100 o TO RAISE PENNANT. New Haven, June S.-—Pennant rais- ing day for the New Haven Eastern league ball club will be June 29 in this city when Waterbury will be the op- will be a street | “fairly tre, proved { depart- ! stable, which resulted in | c % | time and the price was then | Judge | ‘Representative Gallivan of Mass., Would Prohibit Bxg Bout Unless Congress m Meantime Fairly Treats War Veterans. Washington, June 8.—A resolution | designed to prohibit the Dempsey-Car- pentier fight Jersey City, July = less congr meanwhile hall ted’’ Americans who served | in the World war, was introduced in the house today by Representative Galli- van, democrat, Massachusetts. In a statement Representative Galli- i bill as a “‘big and de- it war for Jjoined the van characterized Dempsey bum who dodged the draft clared that France had been months “before Carpentier colo The ringside ‘fighters’ last congi against pay $50 for a at these two who will to look men =cat overwhelmed members of the | letters yof pro- | uf | with their paying a mere pittance oldiers” bonus to real champion Gallivan said. *'It would not have men individually $50 to have cost of a soldier bonus | ess Mr cost these helped meet the 1 am bout on Ameri opposed (o this international 1 soil where millions of American money to be wasted until the American scrvice men and women have been fairly treated by the Ameri- can government.’’ are man’s Fiendishness Tells Torrington Police of Kill- ing—Robbery Motive. marine | Last night he and John Laur- | He was | Torrington. June 8.—A Fred Riggs, calling at the home of Joseph Parsons in South Norfolk, on | the main ‘highway to Torrington at | 8 o'clock this morning, heard moans within and entering found Parsons. 45, lying dead on his bed with a .38 calibre bullet hole near his right eye and Pars, sister, Mary, aged 42, lying on e floor of an adjoining room in gzreat pain from a bullet wound in the mouth. The woman sald that she and her brother had been shot by a tramp; that she had been awakened about one o'clock this morning by a revolver shot, apparent- ly the ona that had killed her brother as he slept and that she had arisen and opened the door from her room | to find a tramp with » lantern in one hand and a revolver in the other, who neighbor, reductions in rents ' occupy | which | illegal | | shot her without warning. She had | I1ain on the floor all the rest of the ‘nlshl in great agony. The motive | of the murderer was evidently rob- | | bery as the house was ransacked. It | is not known, however, ivhether any- thing was taken. Entrance to the house was through a deor. One door was found by Riggs locked with the | key on the ouumo and the other was not locked. . Parsons lved alone on | the farm which he bought in August, 1919, of George Tibbals. His mother and sister, who live in ¥orfolk Cen- | ter, have been accustomed to spend 2 day or two weekly at the farm as- sisting in the work. The sister of | the dead man went to the farm with | him yesterday afternoon. Dr. Irving L. Hamant of Nm‘\‘olk.I took the wounded woman to her the coroner | | | home in Norfolk for care and called. ANCHOR BRAND ELECTIONS Staffs of Officers Chosen by Two Sori:ll; Organizations at North & Judd's Last | Night. the Anchor Anchor Brand evening in East Main Annual meetings of Brand Foremen's and the Girls” clubs were held last the factoiry's clubrooms on street. The foremen staff of officers: Malone; vice-president, Clynes; treasurer, J. W Salmon; sec- retary, Eugene Borkowski; outing com- mittee, George H. Shine, John Maloney 3 and Thomas J. Devine. The offic named by are: President, Mis vice-president, Miss l{u\h Beach; sec- retary, Miss Mary Dunn; “wunl.l Miss Frances De Bay. Following the meeiing of the Girls' club a social was held und refreshments were served with a shortcake spedalty. ' The club is making plans for an outing to be held at Hurt's pond, June 5. GERMANS FIRE ON FRENCH Silesia— selected the following President, Anthony C. Michael J. the Girls’ ciub | Anne Henna; | 14 Frenchimen Wounded in British Troops Occupy Town of | Rosenberg, 20 Miles from Oppeln. | Oppeln, June 8.—Rosenberg, 20 miles northeast of this city, has been occupied by a battalion of British troops. Rosenberg was taken by Pdlish | “nsurzenrs during their first advance in Upper Silesin and there has been hting there be- Germans, were wounded, when Germans danger of serious f tween the Poics aud | Three Frenchmen two probably fatally fired upon 14 French soldiers whe emerged from a village on the road between Gross-Strehlitz and Ujest, tq the south. The Germans explained that they thought they were firing upon Poles. Former Dartmouth Head Is President of M. I. T.! Boston, June 8.—Ernest Fox Nich- | ols, former president of Dartmouth coi- lege, today w: inaugurated seventh | president of the Massachusetts Institute | of Technology. He succeeds Richard | C. MacLaurin who died.in January, 1920. An academic procession at SOUTH NORFOLK MAN MURDERED BY TRAMP, AND SISTER BADLY WOUND, Survivor of Nocturnal Gun- NOT EXPECTED T 0 SIMS IS IN TROUBLE ! idea, Paul K. the i/ VETO SCHOOL BILL | [ —Up to a late hour Lake had not vetoed | the $750.000 appropriation for the New State Normal school bu ngs in New Britain. This was considered a favor- | able omen by the legislative members, ; who did not think, if he was going to veto it, the governor would wait until the last minute. Hartford, June 8. this afternoon Gov. AS RESULT OF SPEECH Denby Seeks to Verify Text —McCormick Complains to President Harding. | Rt. Washington, June S.—Secretary Denby instructed Rear Admiral Sims today to advise the Navy department immediately by cable as to whether he correctly quoted in press ac- counts of an address he made to the glish speaking-union at a luncheon in London Jue 2. Senator McCormick, republican, Illi- nois, complained formally today to President Harding and Seccretary Den- by about the address delivered in Lon- don yesterday by Rear Admiral Sims' in which he discussed the Irish ques- tion. The senator asked Secretary Denby to take disciplinary measures against the admiral. He did not see | the president formally, but asked Sec- | retary Christian to call the address to | the attention of the executive. SKINNER CHUCK SHUT DOWN Employes of Local Concern Will Have was Two Weeks’ Vac Latter Part of Month of July. The entire piant of the Skinner Chuck company, with the exception of a few office operatives, will close down during the last two weeks of July. Rogers, an official of the company, explains, is to allow the em- ployes a vacation. In former years, | the factory has been running short | handed during the summer months on | account of numerous vacations being strung along over a period of from 12| to 15 weeks. Officials feel that a gen- eral vacation period will make for bet- ter efliciency. Bandits Rob Diners; Woman Saves Jewels | Chicago, June S.—Four bandits lined up diners in an inn north of Evanston early today and escaped with jewelry and cash estimated at nearly $20,000. One woman saved diamonds valued at $15,000 by drop- ping them into her cup of coffee. p— | WEATHER. e ! return. | ative societies, | zette” | Tezew | parade and review by Hartford. Ju for New Britai | Generany rai Thursday. vicinity: tonight and 1921. —TWELVE PAGES Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business PRICE THREE CEN SAYS WEEKS; WANTS PREPAREDNESS WHILE OTHER NATIONS ARE ARME] BRITISH FREIGHTER Early Reports of Accident Caused Fears For Safety of Rochambeau and Otaer Liners. Halifax, N. S, June 8.—The British freighter Seapool struck an iceberg off the Newfoundland coast today and slowly is making for St. John's with her forefoot broken and her forepeak full of water. The position given by the Seapool ‘was approximately 300 miles easterly from Newfoundland. S O § Call Received. Advices received by the Canadian naval staff here said that the steam- er was not in need of immediate as- sistance. . The message follows: “S. 8. Seapool collided with iceberg 48:20 north 48:50 west. Forefoot broken. Making water in forepeak. Proceeding slowly to St. John's, N. F. Does not require immediate assist- ance.”’ The Seapool arrived at Montreal from Sydney on May 24 and sailed from Montreal on June 2 for Dublin. The S O S. call from Seapool was picked up by the British passenger liner Orduna, approximately 200 miles away. The Orduna stood by to render asgistance if needed. . Fears Set at Rest. New York, June 8.—Reports re- ceived here and at Halifax that the unnamed steamer which today crash- ed into an iceberg off the Newfound- land coast was the British freighter Seapool set at rest fears entertained in shipping circles for the safety of | several large passenger vessels. When the first 8 O S. came out of mid-Atlantic, the Titanic disaster was recalled. Rumors flew thick and fast concerning the French line steamer ! Rochambeau, based on a report re- .ceived from her last night that she had sighted ice off the north Atlantic coast, and several erroneous reports were circulated that she had met with ! trouble. The Associated Press which had these baseless reports, did not, how- mrcvhto them. POLISH LEADER HERE Rev. Stanislaw Adamski of Posen, Leader of Famous Revolt in 1918, Guest of Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski. The Rt. Rev. Stanislaw Adamski, a prominent Polish monsignor and wel- fare worker, is visiting Rev. L. Bojnow- ski of Orange street. The Rev. Stanis- law Adamski just came from Poland for a short trip and in a month will He is at present a law pro- fessor in Posen university, is rector of the Posen Cathedral church and is su- pervisor of the Union Bank of Co-oper- with head offices in Posen and branches in Warsaw, Dan- zig, Torun, Radom, Piotrkow, Kielce, Cracow, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Grudziadz, Lodz and New York, N. Y. This bank is the largest bank corporation in Po- land. He is also a member of the Po- lish diet and was one of the organizers of the insurrection in the province of Posen in 1918, and with Adalbert Kor- fanty and Adam FPoszynski, organized 2 military force which fought for the ever, | freedom of Poland in that province. He also bought munitions and arms from the Germans and used them against them during this insurrection. The Rt. Rev. Stanislaw Adamski 1s also the supervisor of the largest book and newspaper printing establis’ ment in Poland, the ‘‘St. Adalbert’s’ in Po- sen and also of the following news- papers: ““Progress,”’ ‘‘Bydgoszcz; Bydgoszcz; ‘‘Pomeranian “‘Pomeranian Voice,” ‘‘Danzig Ga- Tczewski Daily Gazette,”” in People’s Friend,” in Kempno, Our Standard,” in Wilno. Posen; in daily ‘‘New in Gazette, Gazette, Posen; Chain Restaurant Co. Goes Into Bankruptcy New Haven, June 8.—A receiver has been named by Judge J. W. Banks of the superior court for the 1. Pandajis Lunch ‘System, Inc., with restaurants in 'this city. Until some months ago the concern had restau- rants in Waterbury, Hartford Springfield but these were sold, and the enterprise was limited to places here. TEMPLARS TO PARADE. New Haven, June 8.—A state field day of the Knight Templar command- eries /of Connecticut will be held at Hartford October 8. It is many years since the Templars have had a state the grand commander. New (Haven, June 8 *Dafld R. Al- Jing, a soal merchant of this city, widely known in the trade, who died. | Stillman, New York bai | known only as Clara as a second co. and | HlT S lCEBERG IN OCEAN 300 MILES FROM HALIFAX ILASKER APPOINTED 45 | SHIPPING BOARD HEAD Harding Picks Chicago Ad- vertising Man For Six Year derm. Washington, June an- nouncement of the appeintment of A. D. Lasker, a Chicago advertising man, as chairman of the Shipping Board, was made today at the White House. Mr. Lasker is appointcd for a teim of six years. His nomination and those of the other six members were sent to- day to the senate. The other members are: Meyer Lissner of Los Angeles; T. V. O’Connor of Buffalo, N. Y., and Edward Plummer of Bath, Me., all re- publicans; and Admiral William S Benson, retired, now serving as chair- man of the board Former Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon, and Frederick I. Thompson ot Mobile, Ala., democrats. Mr. Lissner, who is a lawyer, has been active in California politics since 1906. Mr. Plummer has had wide experi- ence as an admiralty lawyér. Mr. O'Connor is international presi- dent of the Longshoremen’s union. Admiral Benson became chairman of the board last year. Another of Mr. Harding's selections who now is serving with the board is Mr. Thompson. He is the chief owner of the Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Mobile Register and News Item. Senator Chamberlain was war-time chairman ‘of the senate military com- mittee but was defeated in the Hard- ing landslide. WOULD. AID SERVICEMEN New York Representative Has Plans for Issuance of Bonds and Grant- ing of Paid-up Insurance. Washington, June 8.—A bill pro- posing that the government issue to former service men five per cent tax exempt bonds in amounts of not more than $750 for service overseas and $600 for home service has been introduced by Representative Volk, republican, New York. The bonds would expire in ten years, would be negotiable and would be issued to war veterans at a rate of $1.756 and $1.25 a day for service overseas and in the ['nited States respectively. As an alternative to the issuance of bonds, the bill also would provide for paid-up insurance, The face value of each policy would be the amount which adjusted service compenuflon plus 26 per cent would purchase “at single premium rates,” at the nearest attained age July 1, 1922. The poli- cies would carry cash and loan values after the first year. 'MRS. STILLMAN ACTS Files Amended ' Complaint, Her Husband with Offenses with Charging Mysterious Woman Named Clara. Yonkers, N. Y., June 8.—Mrs. Annie U. Stillman, defending the suit for di- vorce brought against her by James A. er, today filed ing a woman an amended answer nai The first woman named was a former Broad- spondent. Mrs. Florence Leeds, way chorus girl. It was charged in the answer -that Mr. Stillman had had on numerous oc- I casions between the fal] of 1917 and July, 1920, illicit relations with Clara, whose full name was unknown to the defendant. The answer alleged that these relations had existed in New York and at other places. . BOY SHOOTS BROTHER Ten-Year-Old Cedarville,” 0., ster Held for Death of 8-Year-Old Young- ‘'Kinsman—Says It Was Accident. Xenia, O., June 8.—Juvenile court authorities will decide the fate of James Blangy, 10, who late yesterday | sbot and killed his 8-year-old brother, Virgil, during a quarrel at their hum- ble home near Cedarville, according to a statement' by Prosecutor J. K. Wi liamson of Greene county. The lad was brought to the county jail here late yes- terday. The gouth told Prosecutor Willlam- son that he had been quarreling with his brother because he insisted on go- ing fishing with him, but declared he accldentally shot Virgil with his fath- er's ravolver while they were .senmh- World-Wide Disarmam, Must Be Internatio: Agreement ~ And Done Simultaneousl ' | WAR WITH ENGLANT 1 TERMED IMPOSSI | Sec. of War Voices Opin At New York Unive Graduation, Indicating ministration’s Views. New York, June 8.—Declaring it would be the height of folly fq United States to disarm first, c of War Weeks, in an address the graduating class of the New university, said he hoped to se nation prepared to defend its its sovereignty and its citizens the day.comes when ali natiol mutual consent dismantle their fications and scrap their navies university conferred upon Sec Weeks an honorary degree of of laws. Will Fight for Homor “I do not love war,” the se declared. “I abhor it. No ration ing who has a clear real its meaning wants to have his cd become engaged in war, but tions may arise which make it, v its horrors, the only alternative idishonorablé peace. Then evel] triotic citizen wants war.” No War With England “I do mnot anticipate war, l Weeks asserted, “but there are and feverish military prepa among those with whom we possibly come in contact. And 1 to say herg, and now that I ( give a moment’'s serious considg to the possibility of war with Britain.' Such a conflict he de would, in his opinion be the civilization. Time Not Yet Ripe “I am wel aware,” the sed continued, ‘“‘that a great man: people in this country indeed world, would believe that the tin come when the world should take a gencral disarmament. entirely in sympathy with ev and sane endeavor to bring abd adoption of the world movemen that result in view. But we mi member that the passions of the disturbances to society as to the individual, cannot be ov or forgotten in a day. Only tim a great deal of time, will bring and nations back to a normal tion. No Disarmament Now “The past is history—the mystery. It would be folly to hopes for the future blind oy to the facts of the past. demonstrates that this world its very creation, has revol ) cycle in which peace ends in W as war, in turn ends in peace, lieve that the world is grad turning to a state of mind whe! a vivid recollection of the ho: the past war, it can take defin tion in bringing bout a redu armament. Under present con however, it would be the hef lolly for the United States to first to disarm, Must be Simultaneousl; “World-wide disarmament| come as the result of an inter: agreement that must be done taneously. Prudence would not our disarming while othe weapons in their hands.” Returning to the possibility conflict with other - countri Weeks declared the time had when this country must have a. military polfcy. The National act, which became a law June is the policy which he thought| govern the army. After an exhaustive study act, he said he had been unable in it a single requirement he consider unwise. Must Take Plan in Worl “That the United Ststes col for so long without a militar; worthy of tfe name,” he saig largely due to our geographic: tion and comparatively minor in the affdirs of the rest of th But whether we like it or n) state of physical and political ment from the rest of the w longer exists.” The selective service law used United States during the wo served the purpose or which drafted, Mr. Weeks said, but tended that a draft law of broader scope should be ado another conflict were to con the nation. Armies Are Needed “If all men were honest,’ . thy tary concluded, “there would necessity ;for maintaining a force. If’| &1 nations were disin did not covet that which belof others and especially did not promote their own sclfish ad at the expense of other na.t would’ be little nccossity