New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1922, Page 1

Her’lld “Adh" Mean Better Buslnc.,b ’ NEW BRITAIN HERALD News of the World By Associated Press MINERS MAY JOIN RAILRG: IN PROTEST AGAINST WA United Mine Workers Willing To Pool Interests With R. R. Unions In Order To Forestall Gigan- tic Propaganda To Force Further Reductions, According To Lewis—Brotherhood Leaders Are Summoned For Conference ' | Indianapolis, Feb. 1.—The Tnited Mine Workers of America are willing ‘to unreservedly pool their interests with the railroad organizations and stand with them in resistance to the proposed attacks upon their wage schedules,” John L. Lewis, interna- tional president of the miners, de- clared in a statement today. The statement was made along with the announcement tlat invitations to par- ticipate in a meeting with the miners had been sent to officers of the 16 major organizations of railroad workers. More Cuts Coming. Mr. Lewis declared the railroad workers have heen ‘“compelled to ac- cept inequitable wage reduction and asserted propaganda now is being conducted on a gigantic scale to en- force further ‘‘unwarranted wage cuts upon them'’ ‘It is likewise apparent that certain interests are secking wage reductions in the coal mining industry,” he con- tinued. In order to combat this frenzied miners are willing to join hands with the railroad workers he added. Those Invited. The invitations were sent to the fol- lowing railroad union leaders: M. F. Ryan, president of Brother- hood of Railw Carmen of America, Kansas C 0.5 L, Shephard, president of the Order of Railway Conductors of America, Cedar Rapids, Ta.; Timothy Healy, president of the International Brotherhood of Sta- tionary Firemen and Ollers, 1] New York city; J. W. Kline, president In- ternational Brotherhood of Black- smiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers; T. C. Cashen, president of the Switch- men's Union of North America, Buf- falo; W. H. Johnston, president In- ternational Association of Machinists, Washington; D. W. Helt, president of Brotherhood of . Railroad Signalmen of America, Chicago; J. P. Noonan, president of International Brother- hood of Electrical Workers of Ameri- ca; J. A. ¥ranklin, president Interna- tional Brotherhood Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers America, Kansas City, T W. 8. Carter, president of Brotherhood of T.ocomotive Firemen and IEngineers, Cleveland; E. J. Manion, pre: order of Railroad Telegraphers, Louis, Mo.; W. G. Lee, president Brotherhood of Railroad Cleveland; T3, M. Jewell, president Railroad Employes’ Department, American Iederation of Labor, Chi- cago; W. S. Stone, grand chief en- gineer, Brotherhood of I.ocomotive Ingineers, Cleveland; 11. I". Grable, president United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employes, I).l\- troit and E. H. Fitzgerald president Brotherhood of Railway clerks, Cin- cinnati. MeCARTHY HEADS CLUB Democrats Select Staff of Permanent Officers—Plan Meceting For Next Wednesday. Edward McCarthy of Black Rock avenue was elected president of the Hardware City Demgcrat club at a meeting last night in the old K. of C.} rooms oh Main street. Other officers chosen are: vice-president, William HopKkin: ond vice-president, James Spr secretary, Denis Ifusari; finarcial sec- retary, John (Glackin; treasurer, James W. Manning; trusees, Dr. A. L. Avits able, P. 8. McMahon and ‘James Bedardi. IEdward McCarthy, Lawyver David 1. Dunn and John J. Kiniry were named a publicity committee. The next meeting of the club will be held Wednesday evening at 8§ o'clock. A smoker social will he held imgonnection with the session. MAY SETTLE SUIT Rev. Manipre Peltegian, pastor of! the Armenian Apostolic congregation at St. Mark's Ipiscopal church, has| arranged to meet the trustees of the congregation at Attorney David L.} Nair's office Friday evening to reach a settlement of his claims against them for salary alleged due. A snit for $473 was hrought by ‘h. pastor. TG Mrs. “ Theodore Steege and daugh- ter Tydia, left today for Chicago where they will visit for two weeks. On the 16th Miss Hulda Steege leaves for Tacoma, Washington, where on the 24 she is to become the bride of Itey. Harold H. Engelbrecht. of Puy- aliup, Washington. a community wide the First Coagr to make various for the Tuber- eulosis Neliel Socicty and the ing Nurses. At o luncheon .erved the church 47 wowen attended. al church tod in LEight installed were opened this noon of water commis positions were received. gineer dations to the board. Hmrn. PUBLIC BEIJUESTS M LEFTBY A. B. HEPBURN $420,000 for Educational Work—Woman’s College At Middlebury New York, TFeb. 1.—Legacies of $450,000 for educational purposes are contained in the will of Alonzo Bar- ton Hepburn, banker, filed today. Tt was informally estimated that the real and personal property amounted to more than $5,000,000. "The residuary legatees are Ms. Hep- burn's immediate family and \Ilf]f‘llt‘- bury college, Middlebury, Vt. After liberal bequests to members | of his family and relatives, Mr. He burn bequeathed the residue of h estate to establish a woman's college as an adjunct to Middlebury college, The Codicil provides tHat this residue was to be shared by members of the family. To his widow, Mr. Hepburn he- queathed the country home at Ridge- field, Clonn., and $400,000 outright Some of the bequests to educational institutions were for the purpose of establishing professorships in history or economics. The literary and art collections of Mr. Hepburn are to be shared by widow and two daughters., NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM New York's New Method, Installed At Cost of About $3,250,000, Is Now In Operation. New York, Keb. —Part of New York's new fire system the most ex- tensive in the world, was switched into service today after more than eight years of preparation. The city spent about $2,000,000 and the New York Telephone Co. about $1,250,000 on the work of installation. The new equipment including 1,600 street hoxes and about 100 in public buildings forms a network of the city. ¥ F. A. Raymond, electrical engineer of the national board of fire under- writers in explaining the.system to members of the insurance institute of America said that although scores of inventors have spent years in experi- mentation fire alarm systems in use today are essentially the same as the original one installed in Boston in 1852, ARRESTS IN JANUARY 124 Offenders are Brought in by Po- lice, 11 of Which are Caught by So- Called Strong Arm Squad. The monthly report of the police department shows that 124 arrests| were made during the month of Jan-| uary. Of this number, four members of | the sc-called strong arm sauad ac-| counted for 10 violators of the liquor uw and cne violator of the Voistead | act in 31 days. The greatest number | of arrests for the same offense, viola- tion of the city ordinance, totalled 43, the greater portion of which were sidewalk caties. IMfteen arrests were | made for drunkenness. PUMPING STATION BIDS Companies - Snbmit Bids To Board At Special Session Hell This | Noon. Bids on at a and engine to be Bridge, Bristol, by the board Eight pro- pump White ioners. be submitted to I Everett, representing the o Hazen & Whipple at New he will make recommen- Action will be taken at a special meeting Iriday evening at 6:30 o'clock. The bidders are as follows: Chicago Pneumatic Tool company of Chicago 1#.; New London ‘Shipping [Ingine company of Groton; I"airbanks-Morse company of New York; Hayes Pump- ing Machine company of Boston: Worthington Pumping Machine com pany of New York; Ralph B. Carter company of New York: De La Verne Machine company of New York; Me- The bids will fices of York, and fpapers NEW HAVEN POLICE HELD AS BLAMELESS Not Accountable for Rialto Horrors-- $2,000 Settlement in Case of Girl Killed —The New freed New Haven, Feb. Haven police department was from blame on a charge of laxity or negligence as the outcome of the Rial- to theater fire in a report made public today by the board of police commis- sioners. The report says that if there was laxity in law enfbrcement it was due “serfous lack of knowledge as to the responsibility for law enforcement to devolving upon the several depart- ments of the city government. Payment of 82,000 to John F. Moran, father, and administrator of the estate of Miss Mabel Moran Derby who lost her life in the Rialto theater fire, by an indemnity company, is expected to be made at once. This is understood to be a compromise set- tlement notice of a suit having been entered against several concerns and persons who were named as de- fendants, THRILLING ESCAPES IN GREAT BLIZZARI] Two (,ahforma Boys Led to | Safety by Holding to Tail of Dog. I'resno, Cal., Feb. 100 persons strgnded by Californ recent record snow along the ridge route, much travelled Los Angeles north have been rescued or accounted for, according to the epublican, As groups of storm victims arrived at Lebec they brought tales of hard- ship that included stories of children being out all night in the gale kept alive by the warmth of the mother's body. Daylight yesterday revealed cars along the highway within a few feet of each other where the occu- pants of neither car knew of the proximity of the other. I'loyd Johnson and Alton Self, both 16, lost in the mountains 30 miles east of here, were led to safety by holding to the tail of a dog. 1.—For what is in the hi: an I'rancisco, I id to be the first time ;' of San Irancisco hospitals a . L. McKinley of l.os Angeles, treated yesterday for injuries re- Iting from being snowballed. Mc- Kinley came to the central emergency Al suffering from cuts on his hands and face which were received he said, when a snowball crashed through the windshield of his auto- mobile. BIG MAIL HAUL Three Armed Bandits Hold up Mail Clerk in Whiting, Indiana and Get Away With Important Material. ~One sack of first s of parcelsand by three armed firing one shot, in Ohio street, Chicago, I'eb. 1 class mail and 5 sac were stolen who after mail clerk bandits stopped Whiting, Ind., en route from the Pennsylvania depot {o the postoflice, according to reports to the Chicago police, According to the Whiting police, the bandits waited until the mail train had pulied away. The mail clerk piled the into a small wheel cart and was about a block from the station when the bandit car containing the three men drove alongside of him. One of the robbers fired a shot into the air and commanded the clerk to halt. The messenger help up his hands and the other handits jumped from their automobile and threw the sacks info the machine and disappeared in the direction of Chicago. bag: |GGeneral Railroad b(nl\c Is Ordered in Lrerman) Berlin, IFeb, 1 (By Associated Press)—The executive council of the railwaymen's union has decided to proclaim a general strike on the rail- ways beginning at midnight tonight. The vote was 20 to 15, The govern- ment today issued a warning to the rajlway men declaring the strike move whs illegal and announcing a penaity of imprisonment or a fine to a max- imum of 50,000 marks for individuals retusing to work or inciting others to such refusal. Taught School 54 Years; Was Finally Paid $1,830 New York, Feb. 1.--Miss Alice Elizabeth Cranfield retired today as a in the New York public a continuous service of months and 16 days When she was first employed her teacher schools after 54 years, six Intosh and Seymour company of Au- N. Y. salary was $132 a vear. Her salary last year was $1.820, MARSH MAY RUN FOR G. 0. P. NOMINATION Deputy thufi Has Assur- ance of Backing in Event of Candidacy A. P. Marsh has been approached by a number of prominent citizens and is considering candidacy, ':'r»-mnxm- on the rvepub- lican ticket. A repoxt to, this effect which has |been prevalent for several days past | was verified this afternoon by the prospective ‘ln\llnluw at his offices on Main street. Mr. Marsh. will he unable to nounce positively whether or not Deputy Sheriff an- he for highway from | 'milhw‘. | ble [ held this morning as he was | lof her friends. will tois his hat inM the ring of | [ | | 1.—More than A. P. 'MARSH several weeks, at least, he explains, but he has assurance of sufficient backing to carry him through, he be- leves, should he decide to enter the mayoralty race. Although identified with many civies movements for the past decade or more, Mr. Marsh i compar: tively new man in polit He has peen an ardent republican for years and an attendant at all the social functions of . the republican party here and elsewhere. He was a member of the welcome home com- being one of those responsi for the suc of the big parade in conjunction with that cele- bration. Marsh was installed last Burritt Grange, a week P. of $500,000 THEFT OF WHISKEY ADMITTED Chicago Revenue Collector Confesses Participation in Numecrous Robberies Chicago, IFeb. 1.—Police announced today that cott Burnelt an inspector |in the department of internal revenue [had confessed to participation in whiskey robberies totalling $500,000 within the last year. Burnett is said to have implication in the robberies of many prominent citizens, the recent robbery at the Maurice L. Rothschild when worth of rare liquors were stolen. Detectives learned that Bernard Hackney, horseman for the Roths childs for 14 years, had left the house 15 minutes before the robbery. They said they learned of his connections with a burglar gang and last night arrested 14 men. Hackney confessed, according to the police that he told Burnett of the size of the stock In the Rothschild home. Burnett was arrested and the police say told how. he had been detailed 1o check on the inventories of liquor in the homes of the rich in Chicago and how he was induced by a band of notorious crooks to enter into a con- spiracy with them to rob these places. confessed of homesg including home of $10,000 79th BIRTHDAY Mrs. Mary K. Morgan of Newington Center, was tendered a surprise party last evening at her home by a number The event was in honor of her 79th birt ay. Mrs. Morgan is one of Newington's oldest residents. OBSERVES DAVIS VERY ILL. Mich,, Feb, 1. 8ec retary of Labor Davis is a patient at a local sanatorinm. He arrived from Washington suffering what is describ ed as nearly a physical breakdown. SEC, Battle Creek, * THE WEATHER o Hartford, Feb. (. —Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Becoming unsettled and warm- er followed by rain late to- night; Thursday rain warmer. | \ and ' | (ternity POLIGEMAN HOWLEY IS 'Only Explanation Is That tendered his resignation as a member Terms Agreed Upon By “Big Five” Provides Ratio of Warships, Boats To Be Scrapped and Maintains No Vessel Shall Carry Guns of More Than 16 Inch Calibre—Otherwise Seeks To Curtall Flghtmg Strength HIGH SC HOOL FRATS UNDER SUSPENSIO! Theta Sigma and Phi Delta Phi at New Haven Comes Under Board's Ban ¥eb, 1.—For alleged failure to obey rules of the board of education governing the conduct of school fraternities, Principal C. L.| o Kirschner of the New Haven lH;:h’ Washington, Feb. 1.—At 12:26 p. school yesterday suspended until S(‘pv’ | tember 1923 the Theta Sigma fraterni- | | m. tod Secretary Hughes presented F[]UNI] AM[]N[i SflvIETS to the arms conference the text of the ty, national, and until May 1923 the treaty for limitation of naval arma- Quaker Rellel‘ \\ orker Tells Phi Delta Phi fraternity. Both fraternities are to have a ments. The entire time of today's plenary of Old Woman and Child Being Eaten New Haven, chance to be heard, and it may come about that there will be an inquiry into session of the conference—the fifth all the High school fraternities and In its course—had been up to that sororities. The offense charge at pres- moment consumed with the presen- ent is that students were admitted fation and adoption of committees who had not been approved by the lutions providing for the return faculty. of certain sovereignties to China and the announcement of the settlement of the ntung disputes. The naval treaty was not read but Secretary Hughes outlined its terms and declar- ed that so far as capital ships are concerned “the int'grity of the plan proposed on behalf of the American government has been maintained.” Text of Treaty. The dreaft treaty for limitation of naval armaments contains oniy the following preamble in explanation of the purposes of the five contracting governments in reaching the agree- ments set forth. Desiring to contribute to the main- tenance of the general peace and to reduce the burdens of competition in armament; “Have resolved, with a view to as- complishing these purposes to con- clude a treaty to limit their respective naval armament, and to that end have appmntel as their plenipoten- tiari The names of the delegates of the powers follow j The treaty is divided into three chapters. Chapter one contains .the re The Theta Sigma fraternity 1s a High school organization with a more or less national scope, there being chapters in many cities all over the country. In this city there is a chap- ter of the organization, active at the High school, rooms in a central Philadelphia, Feb. 1.—Confirmation ! of reports of cannibalism in Russia is | contained in a letter from Reulah A. which is quite | Hurley of New Hope, Penna. a mem- with fra-|ber of the Quaker relief unit in the business | Volga district, who quotes another re- lief worker, Doris White whose sta- tion is 40 miles from a railroad. Miss White reported that “‘cannibal- ism has begun in the outlying district and an old woman and a child of 9 have followed the cats and dogs that already have been consumed.” | Miss Hurley describing conditions |in her own immediate district wrote: “Scarcely a day goes by that we do not see a dead body lying along the road or in the market place and three days ago a father and mother and two children dropped in the snow to- gether. “At and ple tion tr and ev, must be block He Has Something Else in View . night one may hear the cries ding of the crowds at the sta- ng to seek a bit of warmth moining the frozen bodies Patrolman Patrick Howley today of the police department, in a letter carried away from the en- 5 general language of submitted to Chief Willlam J. Raw- Buage of the agreements nee, ixang . . g coun-d in u separate articles. The cemetery itself is a ghastly teenches like s¢ much cordwnod. many of them in cm,‘:’ “a (m‘“ ",s' “The _clothing is. always stripped oty 1 (hem in compilated tale from the bodies for it is too precious [,pe hich amplify and complete o bh e e meaning of the general agree- ments of chapter one. Chapter three is devoted to mis- cellaneous provisions and contains four additional articles of the treaty. Chapter one is headed: “General provisions relating to the limitation of naval armament." Article one thereunder is merely the agreement to limit naval arma- ment as provided in the treaty. Articie two provides that the con- cting powers may retain respect- ively capital ships specified in part one chapter two. The ships thus named in part one are as follows: Ships to Be Retained. “United States: Maryland, Califor- Tennessee, Idaho, New Mexico, ippi, Arizona, Pennsylvania, ahoma, Nevada, New York, Texas, Arkan; Wyoming, I'lorida, Utah, North Delaware; total ton- nage, 500,650, Great Britain: Royal Revenge, tamillies, Malaya, lings. The resignation becomes effective at once, and this afternoon Mr. Howley called at the police station and turned belongings of the department over to Captain Thomas W. Grace. Other than stating that something else in view,” Howley did not give his reasons for his leaving the department. He was appointed | as a supernumerary policeman in October, 1910, and after acting as a supernumerary for some months, he was given the job as driver of the police ambulance. Later he was pro- moted to the permanent force. Pr vious to joining the police depart- ment, Howe engaged in work as a| carpenter. Officials in the NEW GIRLS' 6LUB he “has Young Women At Russell & Erwin's Office Have New Ofrganization— Will Take Up Practical Studies. & Erwin a club Kknown as The girls at the Russell office have formed the “Russwin Girls' club” and have elected the following officer President, Alta Judd; vice-presi- dent, Mary lLockwood: secretary- treasurer, Alice Manee; chairman 1d ucational committee, Annic Bancrof department would | not venture any reason for his ap- | parent sudden decision. It was ru- | mored last fall that Howley would leave the department on January 1. Those who know Mr. Howley, speak | o0 oob SO0 Bt oo, Eflic in the highest terms of him, and i chyirman Social committee, many of the officers expressed them- | Hallasic ahrliinan: ADRGe: ¢ his decision to quit. | POTOtIY #elyes sonry; about M dRCiRIOnT 0 A foo tinittee, Helan RIlbE | versational I'rench have already been His Cam- Sovereign, Resolution, Barham, Queen beth, Warspite, Benbow, Em- peror of India, Iron Duke, Marl- borough, Hood, Renown, Repulse, ‘Tiger, Thunderer, King George V, Ajax, Centurion; total tonnage, 580, | formed, and it is planned to engage several noted speakers during the on to give talks on cducational | subjects. ' BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT George A. Quigley, who a few weel e o ago announced his intention of enter- | papiy Bearing Company Will Shortly race for the republican | for mayor, today named srton of 300 South Main political manager for the Manlius H. Norton Will Be paign Director in Place of Clifford Hellberg, Resigned. ince: Bretagne, Lorraine, Pro- Paris, I'ranco, Jean Bart, Diderot, Voltaire; total ton- 1,170, Andrea Doria, Conte Di Cavour, Guilio Cesare, L.eonardo Da Vinei, Dante Alighieri, Itoma, Napoli, Vittorio Kmmanuele, IXlena; total tonnage 182,800, Mntsu Na o, Hiuga, Ise, I"u-So, Kirishima, Haru- Kongo; total tonnage 301,- vence, ing the Courbet nomination Manlius H street, as his campaign. \ncordine” 16 dn Mr. Norton is employed at the D.f o0 by ofticlala ‘of .th & F. Corbin company, and is well |t T 0 LR BT inows [oenlly itouRl g muny go on a working basis of 55 hours per ternal affiliations. His is the second | ¢ ot g C e B o me o the appointment Mr. Quigley —has — an- | g men g0 when the period of nounced, Clifford Hellberg, who was depression came on the first, resigning a few ds The demand fc bearings of » e Kinds has increased during the Water Bills Assessed 10 P. C. Extra Today few weeks and the number of order recelved by the local company has g . warranted the resumption of full Al water bills which have not heen | (FTHHIEY | e (FEETNTAR BT T pald up today will be assessed an ad- | OHINE Botrs. S ShepumECment ditional 10 per cent up presentation [ 1 (G R maE T T at the office of the board of water | commissioners. There is a large per- | 1 sehtaks of avoointe” coming In this | Us category. Go Onto Working Schedule of 55 Hours a Week, Caio Duilio, announcement IPafnir Bear- will shortly fra- i Yamashiro, y L1e of let -GHY-( Scrapping Policy. Article two then provides that on the coming into force of the treaty, all other capital ships “built or building” by the five powers shall be disposed of as prescribed in chapter two, part two, the reference being to the extensive “rules for scrappipg v essels war” carried the part two mentioned, Article one then provides that in addition to the specified capital ships I'nited States may complete and two ships of the West Vi class now under construction™ on their completion dispose of North Dakota and Delaware the rapping rulss, while Great Britain may “in accordance with the replacement table” carrvied in chaptér two construct two new capital ships not to exceed 385,000 tons standard displacement each and lon their completion dispose of the Thunderer, King George V., Ajax and Centurion under the serapping rules. Article three is the agreement of the powers to “abandon (heir respect- ive capital ship building and to build or acquire no new capital ships ex- cept as replacement fonnage and under the replacement tonnage, ships thus replaced to be disposed of as provided for in chapter two. Replacement Agreement. Article four is the naval ratio agreement stated in standard dis- placement tonnage aggregates for capital ship replacement as follows: United States 525,000 tons; British many past least of in of California to Build Miilion Dollar Bowl Cal,, 1eh. 1.-Decision to at the University of Cali an athletic stadium of the type has been reached, it today. Tentative plans icture to be completed would set upward of and cost q-mn\ummh BOY PAINFULLY HURT Alfred B. Dixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. | John §. Dixon of 379 Bast street is in the New Britzin hospital suffering from a painful injury to the left foot A cement cap on the steps of the Smith | school became loésened and fell on his foot, crushing two toes so severely that it became necesary to ambutate part of them ¢ - he retain Rinia | the under Berkeley construct fornia “how!" announced for a 1923 which 000 persons $1,000,000 City Officials Attend | Ald. Richards’ Funeral Former associates in the comm council, city officials and emple and many friends attended the funer- al services held this afternoon for the ate Alderman H. P. Richards. The services at the home were held at 2 Rev. John 1. Davis, pastor of the Trinity Methodist church of- ficlated and interment was in Fair- view cemetery. by ARRESTED FOR THEFT Carl China and Fred Coswell, were | arrested today by Sergeant William C. | Hart and Motoreycle Officer William Strolls, on a charge of theft. Tt is al lege® that the young men sfole a quantity of automobile rts from Maatrice Stavnezer of Hartford avenue January o'c on NS Eben Hill | PV his resigna-| Washington, of tvé|sent of the five He refused | limitation treaty we CEBEN HILL RE South Norwalk, Feb. 1 this morning presented tion as dircctor and president Norwalk Iron Works (o, POWERS AGREE Feb. 1. Formal powers to the ven at a as- naval pen- session con- for so|ary of the Washington ference today. to make public hls reason doing. Continued on Page Twelve