New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1922, Page 21

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Infon Mfg Co Stanley Works NEW YORK CLEARIN ®xchanges 350 235 30 40 46 HOUSE REPORT 766,100,000 Balances 90,700,000 AWAIT RETURN Opponents and Proponents of Bonus 'Will Mark Time in Washington Washington, March 17.—Both pro- ponents and, opponents of the plan to put the soldiers’ bonus bill through the house Monday under a suspension of the rules marked time today await- ing the return here of Speaker Gil- lett, with whom rests the decision. Republican house leaders were un- decided whether they would confer with the speaker tonight or tomor- row. Mr, Gillett was expected to re- main here until tomorrow night when he will go to Springfield, Mass., where he will make an address Sunday. He will return in time to preside over the house Monday. FOX’S Mon., Tues., Wed. “Broadway Peacock” BUSTER KEATON — ANNOUNCEMENT — THE BENEFICIAL Is opening one of its licensed loan offices in NEW BRITAIN, its 27th in the UNITED STATES, located Main St, Rooms 104-5. Loans up Are made to persons of good character, having steady jobs, on house- hold furniture, or guaranteed notes, In the future, the public of NEW BRITAIN will be supplied with an up-to-date, modern, efficient small loan banking institution, oper- ating strictly under the laws of the 1CE, under self-respecting terms, with rateés fair, and an attitude of BIENSFICIAL HELP to the borrower never before offered in this city. Inquiries and New Borrowers Welcomed privacy guaranfeed. is conducted in a spirit of service, and not solely to make money. Dealings strictiy confidential, Call, Write ov 'Phonc LICENSED BY AND BONDED 70, THIZ STATE OF CONN. MEMBERS—LEGAL REFORM BUREAU TO ELIMINATE THE LOAX SHAFPK EVIL, N, Y. BENEFICIAL LOAN SOCIETY Rooms 104-5, 87 West Main St. WILL GIVE $90 IN PRIZES T0 PUPILY Cash Award Offered to School Children in Essay Contest Ninety dollars In prizes will be- glven for the best essays on the Unit- ed Community corporation, according to action taken by the executive com- mittee yesterday, and sanctioned by Superintendent Stanley H, Holmes, of the local. schools, today. The prizes are offered in gets of three, three prizes to a sctjand are open to any school child, parochial or public, There will be a $15 prize as first award in ecach of the three events, $10 in the sccond and $15 in the It is lkely that the prizes will be pald in the shape of certificates of deposits on the school bank where- ever found advisable. The list of organizations fin the drive for $40,000, which begins March 27 and runs until April 3, and the rules of the contest are as fol- lows: Welfare Organization, Boy Scouts, Boys' club, Tuberculosis Relief, Girl Scouts, Day Nursery, Visiting Nurse and milk station, City Mission Wel- fare. Contest There will be three sets of prizes, first, second and third in each group as follows: High school, Elementary, and Junior High, awarded to the pa- per written by any public or parochial school pupil stating the eight best reasons, why everybody should sup- port the Welfare Oranizations in the United Community campaign. First prize, $15; second price, $10; third prize, $5. Subject Name your eight best reasons why the Welfare Organizations in the United Community campaign should receive everybody’s support. Rules Malke all answers short and to the point. Use not more than 15 words for a reason. \Vrilc clearly. mber. your rcasons. Use one side of the paper. ’l‘urn your answers in to your room teacher. Answers must be submitted later than Priday, March 24. Any pupil in New Britain schools may compete. Explanations. Each teacher will select the six best papers from her room. These six best will be submitted from each room to the principal and two teach- ers selected by the principal, for final judgment, as the six best from that entire school. The six best papers from each school to be finally submitted to a committee of five selected by the campaign executive committee, which will determine the winner. LEach teacher should make all points“élear after the newspaper writeup on the eight organizations Tuesday, from which source pupils will be able to get an idea of the wel- J’mrc organizations and their work. It is suggested that tcachers re- quest the children to have their par- ents help them in determining these eight reasons. The executive committee of the United Community campaign would like to have the six best from each school returned not later than Mon- day, March 27th at 3 o'clock, to the Chamber of Commerce rooms, 140 Main street. not Quigley Plans at Least Two Rallies Next Week Next week will be the busiest of the Quigley campaign, that candidate having announced that he will hold at least two rallies gnd possibly more during the week. He is scheduled to appear at Ukrainian hall Thursday night. The place for the second meet- ing has not been decided upon. ORDER UNFULFILLED. Court Tells Counsel to Sell Assets of Company At Best Figures Possible, Bridgeport, March 17.—Counsel for George B. Chase receiver of the Strat- ford Body company, makers of vehicle parts told Judge Banks in superior court today that a court order made in 1921 that the company's assets should be sold for not less than $3,- 000 could not be fulfilled. The court ordered the receiver to sell the assets at the best figure possible. SEEKING ANNE KEARN. Chief William J. Rawlings is In re- ceipt of a letter from he New York police asking that a search be made for Anne Kearn of that city, who is believed to be here. A brother of the woman is in the Bellevue hospital, in & serious condition, and for this rea- son the New York authorities are anxious to locate her. LOAN SOCIETY in the Professional Bldg, 87 W. to $300 State, offering a distinctive SERV- THIS SOCIETY New Britain 1-9-4-3 MAY HOLD OFF GUTS Opponents of Move to Reduce City Employes' Salaries Can Postpone Action Four Months, Should those who favor a contlnu- ance of the present wage scale for city employes desire to do so, it is within their power to have the cuts ordered by the city meeting board held off for the first quarter of the fiscal year. The salary committee and will report their readjusted salary lists at the next meeting. If ac- cepted, the ordinance committea will bring in an ordinance at the follow- ing meeting. Five members of the council and 30 other voters may then call a special session in the meeting board to kill the ordinance, and it will not become effective until final action is taken by that commission, This will require an additional 60 days. THE STILLMAN CASE Decision is Reserved on Appeal H to Take Evidence in Canada. boards of and ¥rom Naming Commission New York, March 17.—The ap- pellate division of the supreme court today reserved decision on an appeal | of James A. Stillman, banker from an order appointing a commission to take testimony in Canada in the di- vorce suit brought by him against his wife. . Almet I". Jenks counsel for Mr, Stillman told the court that #he bank- er had already pald $145,000 to Mrs. Stillman for her support and the de- fense of the suit since it was filed. The proposed Canadian hearings he said “looked less like an investigation that an investment.” Counsel for Mrs. Stillman insisted that the hearings were necessary to disprove the banker's charges that she had been guilty of misconduct with Fred Beauvais, Indian guide. Isaac N. Mills of Mrs. Stillman's counsel said that even if the evidence to be adduced in Cana¥a from 51 witnesses were meagre a commission to hear it was justified because of the effort to defend a woman'’s honor and the birthright of a child.” Gasoline Pump Ordered By Water Commission Instructions have been forwarded to the Worthington Pump & Engine company for the installation of a gas- oline pump for the newly constructed wells at White Bridge, Bristol. The water board has already selected the type of pump to be used and its rec-/ ommendations have been approved by the common council. IN AND OUT \ Mayor Hylan Says All Must Leave Office Way They Entered. New York, March 17.-—Mayor Hy- lan declared today that the private stairway leading from his office in the city hall to the basement was solely for the convenience of employes who find it necessary to consult files in the basement. The mayor denied that he contem- plated any ‘“back stair’” method in conducting the city's business assert- ing that all persons “who want to see the mayor will be required to call at the mam office nnd leave the same way.” NOW USE TACKS New Weapon Used By Strike Sympas- thizers in PaWtucket Providence, March 17.—Strike sym- pathizers in Pawtucket adopted a new weapon this morning when the street leading to the Jack Dunnel plant of the U. 8. Finishing Co. in that city was strewn with tacks. Workers from East Providence and other places have becn conveyed to this plant daily in trucks and touring cars. When the cars struck the tack entangements to- day the tire casualties were heavy. The tacks had® been sowed on the street during the night. TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT VS. MOTORS Automobile Truck Delivery Causes Changed Conditions of Rallway Lines For Competition, Hartford, March 17.-—DPresident ¥, J. Pearson of the New Haven rallroad told the committee on survey of frelght transportation of the Connec- ticut Chamber of Commerce yester- day that he recognized the changed conditions in transportation due to the coming of the motor truck and he believed that the policy in railroad transportation should be co-operatin and co-ordination. Both Mr, Pearson and ce-President 12, G. Buckland explained to the committee a system of “store door delivery” now in opera- tion as far as from DBoston to Phil- adelphia which had been brought about by traffic agrecements between terminal truck concerns and the rail- road company. The committee considered a ques- tlonnaire which State Highway Com- cissioner Bennett had prepared and in a modified form it will be sent to 50 shippers in the state for data to supplement a survey nmd( recently by Mr. Bennett. ¢ The freight survey committee was recently named by the chamber to look into the railroad transportatfon situation in this state which has come about through highly developed motor truck competition, i SITUATION IMPROVED Reports ¥rom Widely Separated States Show Employment Problem To Be Improved. ‘Washington, March 17. — Reports from widely separated states from Michigan to Texas and from New York to Kansas, show an improve- ment in the employment situation, ac- cording to Col. Arthur Woods, chair- man of the emergency committee of the president's conference on unem- ployment. Referring to the “unprecedented” amount of winter outdoor work and the added improvement to be expect- ed with the approach of spring, Col. Woods said: There seems to be a slight falling off in the number of applicants for work at the employment burcaus, coupled with a corresponding increase i the number for whom work 1s found by the same bureaus.” NOW A REPUBLICAN Theodore Bell Was For Many Years a Leader In Cal. Democratic Ranks San Francisco, March 17.— Theo- dore A. Bell, for many years a leader of the democratic party in Californla, has registered as a republican. He gives as his re@son “because 1 believe that the present foreign policy of thé republican administration makes a long stride towards the maintenance of the world's peace.” He has served as democratic con- gressman from California and was democratic candidate for governor in 1906, 1910 and 1918. PAPERS ARE FILED Bridgeport, March 17.—Formal pa- pers in the quo warranto proceedings of First Selectman Frank E. Conine, against R. H. Hunter, town manager of Stratford, to oust the latter, were filed in the Fairfield superior court today. JITNEUR TAKEN IN John Gradek, a jitneur employed by Mrs. Lawrence Muter on the East Main, East and Kelsey street line, was arrested this morning by Traf- fic Supervisor Clarence Lanpher on a charge of driving a bus without pro- per brakes. According to Sergeant Lanpher, none of the brakes on the bus were in working order. He rode with Gradek for a good distance and discovered that the bus could not be stopped. Mrs. Muter claimed that the matter had not been reported to her, but investigation showed that the bus had been in the same condition for the past three or four days. SPRING OPENING T A e -THE WOMAN’S SHOP 164 MAIN STREET NEW TWEED SUITS $16.50 All Colors—Long Box Lines FRINGED SKIRTS $5.50 NEW WRAPS POLO and TWEED COATS $16.50 up NEW BLOUSES WITH FRILLS v Piped with blue, rose, lavender, made of fine quality Voile ........ $2.98 JERSEY PETTICOATS AND BLOUSES in all the new R TR O R $2.98 |law Koudish, RUSSIA TRADES SUPPLIES Country ll\}mrvlng Its Wares for Day Living. Constantinople, March 17.—Boris- Russian Soviete trade commussioner in Constantinople, says that Russia is exporting wool, timber, furs, ‘skins, silks and other goods in exchange for food, agricultural im- plements, drugs, optical instruments, which are in great demand in Russia, “We have made impértant con- tracts with British and IFrench firms," he continued, “Twenty-five ships went through the Straits of the Bos- phorus in November on their way to ports in the Crimea. Their cargoes consisted mostly of foodstuffs and ag- ricultural implements. “Our export trade s far from at- taining the normal, not because we luck raw materials, in which Russia abounds, but because our export operations can only be established on a basis of sound agreements with our neighbors and with the rest of IXurope and America.” T0 NAME SUCCESSOR Mayor Will Confer With Corporation Counsel Today—Miss Beale is Prob- able Choice, Mayor O. 1. Curtis will confer to- day with Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham to determine the proced- ure in filling a vacancy existing in the office of agent of the Windows' Pension fund. Probation Officer Connolly, who conducted the af(alrs of that office in connection with his other duties, has found it necessary to devote all his time to the increas- ing duties of probation officer, and has resigned. 1t is expected that Miss Cora M. Beale, agent of the New Britain Wel- fare association and assistant proba- tion officer, will succeed Mr, Gonnol- ly. She is understood to be-the choice of Mayor Curt ST. JOSEPH'S MISSION Large Crowds of Women in Attend- ance at Services Every Evening The women's mission in St. Joseph's church is being largely attended. There was an attendance of 1,200 women last evening. This evening the Rev. John Doherty of the Oblate order will deliver a sermon on §t. Patrick. The mission will close next v and next week will be for the . J. Leo Sullivan will des liver a sermon at the 9 o'clock mass on next Sunday on#t. Joseph. The Italians of the parish will observe the day and will attend the 9 o'clock mass in a body. LIVING STILL HIGH Vienna, March 17.—The cost living is still skyrocketing here. It increased 21 per cent. in January. Taking 100 as the index for the be- ginning of 1921, it reached 942 in December and 1,142 by the middle of January, 1922, of T e Necessary Articles Needed in l‘:\('r,vl OUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD‘HJ{’ Hi | WE OFF Hartford Electric Light Co. To Yield 615 % H, L, JUDD Investments, We Offer: NEW Waterbury Danbury Middletown PUTNAM & C Mc.nber New York StocW Exchange Successor to Richter & ©o. Mgr. ¥, STRE BRITAIN New Britain National Bank Bldg. Telephone 2580 DONALD R. HART, Manager Member N. Y. Stock Exchange We Offer: 31 WEST MAIN STREET, NEW BRITAXN CONN. STANLEY R. EDDY. TEL. 3040 G, JUDD W BRITAIN, CONNECTIOUT W. T. SLOPER JUDD & CO. 23 WEST MAIN Local Stocks Telephone 1815—1816 1fenn & o. HARTFORD 10 Central Row Telephone Charter $000 Mcraber Hartford Stock Exchange. 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