New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1922, Page 1

Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business SSTABLISHED 1870 HARDING CONSIDERS PLAN TO PAY VETS CASH BONUS BY BONDS AND NOT TAXES WOMEN OPERATORS OF STILLY FINED Two Tenants at 187 Washington §t., Pay $150 and Costs Each Congressional Financial Jugglers Awaiting His Decision Before Pro- ceeding To Further Action President Himself Is Repre- sented as Dissatisfied With Recommendation to Saddle Added Taxes on Public. Liquor Charges Constitute Bulk Lengthy Docket — Meadow Street Lstablishment Raided and Fre- quenters Arraigned. Due mainly to the activitics of the strong arm squad over the week-end, this morning's session of police court was one of the busicst in several months, The case presented Prosecuting Attorne Joseph Weods before Judge George W. Washington, Feb. 13.—Confgrences between republicans of the house ways and means committee and the senate finance committee on the sol- diers’ bonus program wese suspended |included Jiquor offenses of sale, day pending a decision from Presi- [tent and manufacture; improper Harding on a pragosal to finance [duct, drunkenne breach the h feature of ?hr\ bonus by |peace and non-support cases. In bonds instead of taxes. |threc cases, husbands and wives were 1 proposal was advanced|both charged. McCumber and Senator Dwelling House Raided, onferees who took the| Sergeant W. . Hart and ould be unwise to in- |men W. P. McCue, Thomas Iecn: s time. The presi-|John C. Stadler and David Moore ood expected to|visited @ Portuguese ncgro dwelling Secretary Mel- [house at 15 Meadow strect Saturday night and arrested Antonio lopez on |charges of maintaining a house of ill fear. | L short time |fame, keeping liquor with intent to ximately A issued juring d be G. in- of John Ramos was charged with Their sales. keeping a house of ill fame. cases were continued until morning. Abraham Joseph man were brought in on charges of misconduct. The police in a search of he dwelling found Abraham and ary under circumstances that ar- uted charges. Sergeant Hart se ontinued on Page Twelve ty QVEMENT NOTED LU” CONDITION s Are Reported Over 'otal 1s Inecrcased 0 Patients cases of influenza the board of health ler the week end, ing the total report was most needt of aturday’s pa report artment s st to powed tu 50 cases of infin e records of the t is explained n reality, this the disease bd in the earl ave completely 18 new Health Offi fed the re influenza epi- g that while evalent, there ot “fln."" The the postoffice t handicapped hbhe who are o A rfalling off ile, Dirty, f Two Big oking by girls hahit evéry univer rd to regulate, t Chicago and ties said atements official by a that in only stuffy. ean of women Chicago sald that egulations against 8, because fabit, it is almost im- levent it and there is ying." [ Ross Potter at | that she had les against smoking because it North- issued by ar Meetmg Is Planned by Local Club | Rotary meeting will be held Elks' club on Washington hursday noon at 12:15 o'clock e New Britain Rotary club, bers of the club onty will be ad- ted to this gathering. The enter- nment committee has arranged an . sting program which will intro- uce many surprise features. The anniversary of the national Rotary clubs will be observed next week. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MANY CASES BEFORE COURT of by | Klett | con- | ell and having a reputation for liguér | Thursday | and Mary Stead- | which | |:74|;13“ the gradnate | at | “although | MONDAY, AND LOWELL, MASS., ARE AFFECTED AS WORKERS STRIKE AGAINST CUT Plants ln‘cluded in Walkout Employ About 25,000 Hands —No Disturbances Reported—Reductions 20 Per (‘ent. Boston, I'eh New Hampshire \ 3 Cotton mills in| and at Lowell, Muss., employing about 000 operatives, were affected by strikes which be- |came effective today, There were no | disturbances, | The walkouts against wage cases of 20 per Operative Lewiston, Biddeford | and Saco, M hate voted against a strike. No vote on the matter hus been taken at other places in Maine Massachuset(s and Vermont where wage reduction went into effect Wages remained unchanged in the great textile centers of Iall River, New Bedford and Lawrence, Mass The three weeks' old strike of proximately 13,000 operatives Rhode Tsland mills continucd National Guard cavalrymen were in readiness at Providence to answer any call from Governor San Souci for service in event of serious distur- bances, the were in protest reductions, in most cent. In New Hamp- {shire the mills also put into effect to- day an increase in the working week from 48 to 54 hours. | Wage reductions became effective at the same time in Maine, Vermont und a few other Massachusetts mills | without strike protest. Lixeept for two mills in Lowell, all | of the strikes were in New Hamp- |shire. “The principal mills involved | were the Amoskeag and the Stark at| | Manchester, with about 17,000 oper tives; the Nashua and’the Jackson ap- in today. held Washington, Feb, 13.—Department of lubor agents are in touch With the | situation in the New England textile | manufacturing districts where wage | Nashua, 4,000, and the Pacific, Doverf| cuts have led to the calling of several | 1,000, Employes were ordered out at |strikes it was said today by Secretary mills at Somersworth, Sun-|of Labor Davis, |cook and Newmarket. Such of the| Two commissioners of conciliation operatives as ure organized in the|were asked to investigate the situation New Hampshire mills are affiliated [some time ago when the possibility with the United Textile Workers of [of disruption in Ithode Island and America. |other states began to appear. So tar At Lowell the mills affected ‘were |‘Hn steps have been taken by th the Hamilton and the Day State.s The [ partment officially to intery ne in the | |ten other mills in that city have not|matter other than to tender the scrv- | {announced any wage cut. The Hamil-|ices to both the employers ana em- [ton plant was closed. ployes. smaller de- | “Uncle Joe” Cannon Is T 0 Rettre | From Politics At End Of Term = | 86 Ycar Old | tician Now Serving His Veteran Poli- 01(1 “War Horse”of Repub[zcan Party [ 23rd Term as Member of || ? | FEBRUARY 1 | COTTON MILLS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE | Denby | fiscal year |no - |'program | saving | House of Representatives. Feb. 13.—"Uncle Joc" member of the house, announced today he would not be a | candidate for re-election as represen- tative from the 18th Illinois district. Announces Retirement. The former speaker annoupced his| intention to retire from politics in the | following statement: | “I am not a candidate for re-elec- tion in the G7th congress.” Reports had been current for some | time that he would seek another term but in reply to inquiries he declared | |he had not made up his mind as to | his plans. | Picturesque Character, | The Tiinois representative, the most picturesque and widely | known figures in congress- will be 86 |vears old next May 7. He is serving | |his 23rd term as a member of the house, during eight years of which he was speaker. 0Ola Age Only Reason. 1s declared that he had made | decision to retire in the belief that his health and age made a less strenuons life advisable. He js ex- pected to retire to his home in’ Dan- ville, TIl, after serving out his pres ent term. QUIGLEY TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK Washington, Cannon, oldest | one of JOSEPH G. COUNGILWANRIGEIS OPPOSED T0 SLASHES : | Plans Amendment to Fi- nance Board Report— Hart Gets More Replies CANNON Irie the Factory Gates Will Be Visited And Rallics Held In Halls In Interest When the hoard of finance and tax- ation presents its report to the com-| mon councii containing a recom- | mendation for a 10 per cent cut in the salary lists, Councilman Henry [Rice will introduce an amendment to | have the lists brought up to their present standing | Councilman Rice is one of the lead- | ers in the movement to crush the 10| per cent slashing idea which was in- | Of Candidate Iix-Mayor George A a launch his campaign the mayoralty chair, the first of a series land hall rallies will the candidate, The former mayor has heen plan | ning and working up his organization Quigley will for election to next week when of factory gate| be conducted by | [limitation | Great | ship: {iliary | When | said, |slon as to the NEW BRITAIN HERALD , 1022 ' PAC -TWEL H ONY Nc\\s of the World By Associated Press PRICE THREE CENTS C OUP IN IRELA ND PLANNED, COLLINS REPOR IS; URGES AMERICAN FRIENDS oy IH‘ NG e ORASTIG TS - NAVY RECOMMENDED Denby Hopes to Effect Saving of $70,000,000 in Next Budget WANTS 10000 FEWER MEN Advises Placing 100 Destroyers Out of Commission — Withholds Definite Recommendations Until ‘I'reaties Have Been Ratified. Ieb, 13 befor today personnel at Washington, appearcd committec the navy be fixed apprentices 100,000 men and authorized, Mr. Denby recommended that there be no reduction in the strength of line officers of the na that the first class at Annapolis graduated and commissioned but appointment to the academy here- after be reduced to three for each member of congress instead of five. 100 Destroyers Affected. e naval sceretary recommended at 100 destroyers he placed out of commission. He estimated that the be outlined would effect $70,000,000 in next year's Secretary the house nava that for the next 80,000 men.and compared with 5,000 apprentices 8,000 be the a of budget. Secretary Denby's stutement pointed |out that since 1919 the war time naval establishment had heen reduced from 1362 vessels in commission 900, the commissioned personnel from 32, 208 to 6,163, and the enlisted fo om 480, to 100,999, Yt is not easy’ he [ back to normaicy from | pansion.’ He said to said, “to h got the net result of the conférence today Britain would have 22 capital the United States 18 and Japan there being no limitation on aux- combat craft except as to the and armament of future ves- naval was that 10, size | sels, Strength of U, the conference the United States had 46 battle- ships, 35 cruisers, 317 destroyers, 148 submarines, 197 auxiliary craft and 164 “mosquito fleet” vessels. “By the terms of the treaty ‘the United States will have maining 15 battleships, 816 destroy- ers, 38 crupsers, 147 submarines, 196 auxiliaries and 152 small It is clear that no definite conclu- future strength of the United States navy should be reached until ratification hy the senate of the pending trfaty because we shall not know absolutely until then that the treaty will hecome effective. This complicates the question of person [ner Mr, Denby described the fleet in commission today show- ing that battleships carry about per cent complement, destroyers from | 50 to 80 per cent; and from 40 per cent up, “It is quite clear that enlisted and commi both is undermanned S, N opened said, he re- vessels the status of the ioned today,” navy in per- sonnel he said RETAIL PRICES OF FOOI)S ARE LOWER | New Haven Shows § Ier Cent. Drop And Springficld 1 Per Cent., Government Reports Washington, ¥eb, 13— urther creases in retail food prices are shown tist today by the cs issued angurated by his fellow representative from the first ward, Councilman H. Hart. Councilman Howard § 193 favorable answers out of 520 re- | plies to his communication sent to | first ward voters last week asking for | an expressjon of opinion on his pro posal straight 10 per cent cut | in the city officials and em ployes Feventeen for several weeks. With the primaries but six weeks off, Mr. Quigley pro poses to conduct an intensive cam | paign, consisting mainly of compari | sons of the past administration with | s three terms of office which direct- preceded the Curtis regime. he G. 0. P. primaries will be held March 31, and elections will be held April 11. MIKALAUSKAS FOR COUNCIL [sincen tnemserses Y posed and 10 are of | The percentage in T'ourth Warder Will Shortly Circulate [ posed reduction is 9415 Councilman Hart sent out 2415 in quiries and 110 wWwere returned unde- livered. The councilman requests re- plies from thos® who have not yet answered pgior to Wednesday night. 19 preferred. the name may be omit- ted, it is explained 300 Students™aken Tl With Ptomaine Poisoning Columbus, Miss, Febh, 138 Students of the Mississippi State . College for | Women were recovering today from s i ¢ lenst |Plomaine poisoning said to have heen There are two new men a eas }“‘\m,l by eating chicken salad to be gent to the council this Hnr\nfi {Three hundred of the students be- | one to ANl the vacancy created by the [ i {11 Jast night and all local phy- death of Alderman H. P. Richards|gicizns were summoned fo ail the col- and the other to take the place of |jore medical staff. Councilman Norman MeceKirdy, who a will not seek re-election, Hart reports| for pay a of have | op- | a divided opinion. | of the his constituents record g of on favor pro Petition for Election on Republican | Ticket, Mil AUS| has announced | his candidacy for councilman in the fourth ward and will shortly circulate his petition to secure the signatures necessary to bhecome a candidate. He is a republican. . Mr. Mikalanskas is one of the cit leading lithuanian residents. He con- | ducts a grocery store on Park street, |and makes his home on Church street | John as * ~% THE WEATHER 1 —0- | Hartford, Feb. 13.—Forecast Britain and vicinity: colder tonight and RECOVERS FROM SMALLPOX New l.ondon, eb, 13.—Mrs, Jennie Torrance, negress, New l.ondon’s only smalipox patient on Sunday, was d missed from the contaglous hospital. | She contracted the disease during a visit to North Carolina and had it in l‘\nry light form, | - | for New | Fair and Tuesday. of in st partment of labor for 27 of the conn cities for the month end 15. The decrease in that some of the cities try's larger ing January period for given as follows Providence, 8 per cent.; and New York, 7 per City. Philadelph t field. Ma and was New cent T.onis, shington, Ha K Spring Dy G on s \! | 4 per cent Ior the year period 1921 to January 15, 1022 nouncement said there v 23 per cent. in Savannah; er cent. in Pittsburgh and St. Louis: 17 per cent. in Indianapolis, New Haven, Providence and 16 per cent. in Kan City, New York and Washington, the an V decrense P sas D X As compared with the average rost in the year 191 the retail cost of food on last January 15, the depart ment sald, showed an Increase of 48 per cent;. in New York and Provi- dence, and 42 per cent. in New Haven TRADE SCHOOL PROBLEM School Committee Will Discuss Situa- tion at Special Session Wednesday Afternoon. the A speclal meefing of for committee has been called nesday afternoon at 4:30 the office of Supt. 8. H. a conference with KEducation Commls sloner A, B. Meredith on the trade school problem The need of more room (o carry on the work of the trade school Is becom- ing acute, itis explained, hence the ne- cessity for a conference fo discuss way and means of providing such room. Wed- ‘sTATE ) to recommend | existing | © | his criticisms and vast ex-| | he 84 Smlm\arim‘s‘ | store January 15| o'clock at | Holmes for | i "BA CKING MOVEMENT | §|M[]NS LEA[]ER [][ ;Meanwhlle Sltuatlon Is LOW TAX PARTY, DIES Prominent Jewish Resident —Had 1 Long Time Been for of residents morning Maln strect, the most in this at his after a lsadore Simons, one Jewish this I prominent |city, dicd hon long Mi months old many, He came he 15 years old, York city He engaged in the cloth- ing business for several — years ‘n 1 then went fo ['ortcheste ¥ where conducted a similar line (vf business for 10 years, finally locating in Southington. Mr. Simons came to years ago and for many of its leading merchants, stores at various locations on Main reet, Ker the past few years, he was engaged in other lines of activity, principally the management of his extensive real estate holdings. With his brother Rudolph Simons, the ceased purchased the Horace Booth | cstate at the corner Myrtle and Main street, and erected the business bloclk on the sit The brothers also erected the Grand hotel on [ Myrtle street. Mr. Simons had been much in the limelight for the past three years. He | | was one of the prime movers in the | | formation of the New Britain T: payers' association, and to this a sociation h heen attributed the tax | rate that has been in effect since its organization. He was outspoken in opposed politicans. I°, Curtis and curly West Simons was 07 years and and was a native of Ger- to this country when was this city 21 years was one conduc l|nx of now In an effort to defeat O. (Continued on Trn(h Page). IMINE WORKER | AGAINST A S ARE Y CUTS This Will Be Their Policy When Con- | vention Is Called Together Tuesday Indianapolis, Feh. 13. — The wage policy of the United Mine Workers of America almost certain to oppose any wage reduction in seeking new agree- was considered today by e committee, whose report will he the main husiness for the union's spe cial that meets here to- morro | Al 27 district presidents of the | union forming the scale committee here, their meeting being sched uled for the afternoon after a pre limin report had been framed by a sub-committee in the morning. Members of the sub-committee had | practically agreed on their report, but formal drafting remained in com drafting remained incom convention were |its | its f(\rmfl session Leaders of the miners arranged conferences with 1% 1. Grable of De troit and other officers of the united brotherhood maintenance of way employes and railway shop laborers on the proposed alliance of union of [ cuts affecting either class of workers, Representatives of 16 unions, with a combined membership of 2,000,000 men have been called by President John 1. lLewis of the miners' union to meet at Chicago, February 21, to discuss the alliance proposal. THIEVES STEAL DOPE 200 Bottles of Morphine, Heroin and Cocaine are Taken in Burglary at Noveek's Drug Store, One of the biggest robberies of | drugs in this city in many years took | place last night at Noveck's drug | at the corner of Hartford av | eue and North street On opening the place this morning, the proprietor discovered the door at the the store, which was for | merly conducted by P. 1% Cuartin a saloon, had heen forced An examination of the stock dis inlr»mw! that small bottles con- | taining, morphine, heroin, cocaine | and other opiates, and a druggist portfolio had been stolen, and also about §10 in change been reported to the police, and the | detective bureau is at work on | case rear of as GEORGE H, LYNCH 111, George H. Lynch, of | street, was taken to the New (eneral hospital early last and later | appendicitis, Mr. Lynch was report- ed to be as comfortable as possible | under existing conditions today. He | 18 one of the best known members of Rritain evening &chool | (o phitharmonte band and lynch'a |three days. |.orchestra. JE GIVE PLEDGES, New Haven, Ieb, 13.—A atate meet- ing of the Zlonist organization held here vesterday recelved reports of | pledges given for the Palestine restor- ation fund, Hartford has glven $72, 000, Bridgeport $25,000, Norwich $14,- 000 and Stamford $12,000. nine | locating in New | de- | ments with operators effective April 1, | the union's| [ mine and rail workers to oppose wage | The matter has | the | underwent an operation for | | 14th Critical and Withdraw- al of British Troops Has Been Suspended In flight Persons Killed Belfast Since Saturday and Curfew Law Is Again in | | | Reimposed. | tondon, Iveb. 13, (By Associated Press).-—Michael Collins, head of the Irish provisional government has sent a cablegram warning the American A iation for Recognition of the | Trish Rtepublic not to assist or coun- | tenance a coup d'etat which he de- |clared was being planned against the |1rish provisional government, says a {Dublin dispatch today to the London press association. } Troops Being Held. “Dublin, Feb. 13, (By Associated | Press).—The evacuation of the Brit- |ish troops and other military forces | from Dublin was unexpectedly sus- |pended today. The sailing of the steamers due to leave for Holyhead |and Liverpool with contingents |board was cancelled. It was thought the suspension might be due to the |events in Ulster. | Officials at military general head- quarters said they were unable to give any information on the subject, i\\'hi\v Dublin Castle officials stated |that they had nothing to do with the evacuation. Sitnation Grave. Feb. 13 (By Associated | Press)—The situation in Ireland, {which had seemed to be improving under the apparent efforts of Arthur |Griffith and Michael Collins to obtain {the relcase $f the kidnapped Ulster- | men has vecome acutely dangerous as the result of the Clones affray on saturday. The Time's Dublin corres- pondent says dismay foliowed the | news of the clash, in which four spe- jcial Ulster constables were Killed, eight wounded and six magde prisoners, and the leader of the Sinn Feiners, Matthew Ritzpatrick, shot dead. The provisional government was highly perturbed as the affair dashed the high hopes based upon its amnesty | proclamation and the British decision to release all prisoners held for of- fenses committed in England from Irish political motives prior to : the truce in Ireland. Developments are awaited with the utmost anxiety. l.ondon, Curfew Rule Imposed. RBelfast, Iebruary 13 (Ry Associated Press)— RBeginning tonight the curtew, extending from 9 o'clock in the eve- ning until 5 o'clock in the morning will be reimposed. This action was decided upon today in a conference between the lord mayor, the military commander and the police commissioner, as a result of renewed disorders yesterday, which {continued sporadically today. Up to 3 o'clock this afternocon a total of § persons had been Killed since Saturd | A gang entered ¥ the saloon of Patrick Lamb on York street here at {noon today and attempted to hold Ihim up. mb resisted and was yI\n!m!. About the same time a bar- [tender in a neighboring saloon was | shot and bhadly wounded. [ Hibernian Dance Attacked. While a dance of the Ancient Or- |der of Hibernians was in progress in [ hall near Cookstown, East Tyrone, [last night an attack by a party of armed men was made upon the hall. The Hibernians sallied out and re- I plied with stones. Two persons were |\wounded by bullets, local unionist special constables who were sum- moned drove awaw the attacking party, which the constables declared was composed of Sinn Feiners The fwo newspapermen from Bel- fast who were arrested in the interior last week re-appeared in Belfast this afternoon. Their release was obtained through the interposition of Owen O'Duffy the republican army chief of staff. All the reporters had been moved from point to point while held never once came into the kidnapped unions a prisoner they contact with AGED VETERAN DIES Dorman Had Been 11 With Walter €, Pneumonia But Three Days— 33 Summer | Funcral Wednesday Afternoon. | Walter C. Dorman, aged $3, a vet- eran of the Civil War, died today at the home of his son, Lewis W. Dor- ‘muu ®f 519 East Maln street. He |had been il with pneumonia only sed was a member of the Volunteers; Com- pany 1. He whs afillated with Phoenix lodge, 1. 0. O. F. Surviving are two sons, Tewis at whose home he passed away, and R. W. Dorman of West Haven. Funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in the Newington cemetery. The decea Connecticut on .