New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1922, Page 18

NEW BRITAIN DAII .Y HERALD, FRIDAY, 315% MAY 5, 099 &g, ALLING RUBBER CO. 240 MAIN STREET Our Great Raincoat Sale Starts Saturday Morning ALL COATS FULLLY GUARANTEED ONE WEEK ONLY 331-3 PER CENT. OFF $ 6.00 $20.00 $25.00 $12.50 $40.00 $10.00 SALE @ “ €« [43 PEKING CAPTURED: DEFENDERS FLEE (Continued from First Page). “I intended to unite China. The MEN’S COATS people nave suffered so much in the| past from w wre that I hoped Wu Pei-Fu and Tsao Kun would agree fb peace. Both have disappointed me. If Wu Pei-Fu and Tsao Kun had co-operated the northern forces coult have quickly conjuered the south. “My purpose was to abolish old parliament and let the elect new representatives who would convene immediately and for a stabie government for all China." the peopl Officers Enter City. Peking, May 5, (By Press).—Gen. Wu Pei-1"u, the Chihli army has sent of his officers into Peking sult with the government & following his victory over Gen. Tso-Lin's forces south of this Gen. Wu's officers declared the hli commander himself could be pected in the capital soon. Praises “Christian” Gencral. Gen. Wu attributes much success to the initiative of eng Yuh- Siang, ‘“the Christian gene who commanded the operations which re- sulted in the retreat eastward of Gen. Chang's army. Wu will continue to fight until Chang has been driven back to Mukden of which he is military governor. Last night crowds of soldiers from Chang's defeated army gathered out- side the walls of Peking, clamoring for admittance. At the southwest gate, where the railroad enters the city they employed a locomotive in an attempt to ram down the gate, but were unable to gain entranc City guards were sent out to disarm the stragglers. 2,000 Are Disarmed Two thousand of Chang goldiers premanently kept in Peking were disarmed, under orders from ‘Wu Pei-Fu. This is regarded as elim- | fnating Chang Tso-Lin's authority in the capital. . Outside the walls of some of Chang's Mar.churian soldiers refused to surrender and were fired upon Sixteen hundred of these troops were captured in one place. 50,000 Men Engaged. Peking, May 4.—(By Associated Press.)—With 50,000 troops, Gen. Wu Pei-Fu encircled Chang Tso-Lin's forces outside Peking today (Thurs- day) and after 15 hours of relentless cannonading, machine gun fire and in- fantry charges routed his opponent making himself master of the situa- tion around the Chinese capital Tonight Wu's forces camped un- molested outside the tes, while Chang's soldiers were scattered, hav- ing retired with the 1in body down the railroad toward Tien Tsin or d persed in unorganized mobs over ihe hills. Associated leader a number to con- horities Chang city Chi- of of his 0-1.in's Supplies Left Behind. The routed army left behind artil- lery, munitions, hor and loaded camels, and its wounded and dead The total casualties in the day's fight- ing are believed to have reached from 5,000 to 7,000 dead or wounded, Before lawn, Wu Pei-I'u started a simultaneous attack on all of Chang Tso-Lin's entrenched positions to southwest of Peking. By five o'clock the Manchurian general has retired from Changsintien, 12 miles southwest of Peking gates. The retiring army fell back to the Hun river and tried to hold a position near the Maico Polo bridge, but un- Saturday evening, of Meriden, will hold a State Championship FOX TROT and as numerous prominent dancers have signified their intention of com- peting this will prchably Le the larg- est and most enthusiastic affair of the kind ever held in the State MEL- ROSE KING JAZZ ORCHESTRA" will furnish the incentive NUF BAID, LET'S GO." “MERIDEN AR- MORY, JAMES.” Company I, | | | | “fon ex- | declares he|” $ 4.00 $13.34 $16.67 $ 8.34 $ 9.34 $ 6.67 $ 6.00 $ 5.00 $ 750 $30.00 $ 8.00 $18.00 WOMEN'S COATS SALE . ... [ 11 [ [ $ 4.00 . $ 334 $ 5.00 $20.00 $ 5.34 $12.00 $4.50 $8.00 $7.50 $8.50 $7.00 GIRLS’ COATS $3.00 $5.34 $5.00 $5.67 $4.67 “ CHILDREN’S RAIN CAPES, $3.00—SALE, $2.00. $4.25—SALE, $2.84. A FEW MEN'S BLACK RUBBER COATS TO BE SOLD AT $5. 00 ALLING RUBBER CO. 240 MAIN STREET der the advance of Wu Pei-Fu's men, | Chang's forces fled, some going on | trains eastward for Tien Tsin and oth- | or pleading | be opened | ers scattering to the hil that the gates of the city to afford them refuge. FILIPINOES WANT SELF GOVERNMENT Gommission on Way to U.S. to| Demand Independence A Philippine parliamentary mission, composed of | the most prominent men of * the| islands, is on the way to the United | Washington, May 5. !States to ask immediate and absolute independence, | The members of the mission, ac- cording to a cable received by Phil- Resident Commissioner de Vey- sailed from \Idmh camship R ssion should a efore the middle | ppine ra and Gabaldon, April 30 on the e State. The m in Washington t June. The mission consists of the Senate President Quezon, chai man on the part of the senate; Speak er Osmena, chairman on the part of | the house; Senators Guevara, Antero Sori: Fonacier, De Leon, Sandiko; Representatives Generoso, Pablo, Pe dro Abad Santos, Gallares, No Virata and Semastian, member: retary Teodoro M. Kalaw, b member; Director of L. gas, secretary of the tor of Internal R Dean Maximo M. A. N. Luz, Dr. Justo Luk . former Mayor of Manila; Technic Advisers; | Benito Razon, assistant secretary the mission; Dr. Jose Albert, physi- ni Ricardo Summers, sepretary to | I ident Quezon; Fra sco Zamora, | to Speaker Osmena. To Megt in f At Yokohoma President Quezon and Speaker Osmena with their personal staffs will take the Te Maru due in San Francisco June All oth- ers will continue on the stone State arriving in Seattle May The Keystone party will remain in Seattle officially as a body for only three days and disperse thereafter to meet again in S Francisco 8d to join with Tenyo Maru \nd together proceed to Washin i . ot follow mission nue W, of seeretary yo 4th, NAMES ASSISTANT Management Of Exposition To Cele- brate Declaration Of Independence Chooses Dr. Rosewater. Philadelph The manage- ment of the § tennial expo- sition, which is to be 1 in 1926 in celebration of the 150th an of the Declaration of Independ has named as assistant to the pres! | national politics | the campaign This snapshot shows a wall five firemen being injured. back away quickly enough. His falliing in a fire at Los Angeles, The man in white helmet did not foot was broken. Victor Rosewater, for er of the Omaha who received the Columbia unive when only years old, wil 411-u|\ preliminary promotion and ;,x.mmt,\fl The exposition is designed 16 im..,} trate world progress in art, .\r‘p‘l‘u'(‘ and industry. | Dr, many Bee. Ph dent, sars publi Dr. Rosewater D. degree Rosewater has been active in a member of the republican national commi dvisory committees for campaigns, and was director of pub- in the western division, whicl 20 states and territor that elected Taft to the presidency, He active member of the I'ress for more than 25 had previous experience in exposition and anniversary activities, h Jec tured at various universities and has written for ma licity comprisec That Terrible Headache May be caused by your You say you had it for y WHY do you not have your cycs examined? We will gladly well you if you need glasses, and if you do not nced them we will be equally frank. Frank E. Goodwin Optometrist Tel, 1905 82 “We’ See That You He has | t" Q!li;zle_vvRepnuhh MAY ERD LITIGATION La Chance And Taylor Petition For Appointment As Guardians In Hon- eyman Estate, Is Demied Today. —Efforts of Lean- of Chicago and New York to get their positions as guardians for Marian-Siewart Honeyman, sole rvivor of the multi-millionzire John Stewart, were in today, by the division of The New York, May 5 La Ch blocked appellate cour sion is time as expected to bring litigation in which an es- tted at §6,000,000 has been an end to Wi the court Chance and pr from firmation of ction in ousting aid today to aylor permis- the appellate Surrogate them was La sion to appeal Pel- as ur nce Mrs, in Chica- of legal surrogate held that Honeyrr was of legal be a ork con cans to Hold Session Tonight A meeting of the Independent Pali- » will be held tonight in G. campaign headquarters aws will be Quig- T on ed ot arde 1vn- t. “levery family by the name of Wilson, | clothing that was found on the wharf MYSTERY IN GIRL'S SUITCASE Peadd Wilson Sought As Original of Pretty Photographs. Poughkeepsie, May surrounds a suit -case 5. — Mystery containing on the Hudson river in this city. In it were three photographs of a pretty girl about 18 years old, with a note which sald: “Dear Charlie: my newest photographs. grand? These are three of Aren’t they “PEARL WILSON.” The police have been in touch with There is no Pearl Wilson in this city. It is believed either that she was an out of town girl who committed sui- cide and whose body has not yet been found, or that some girl had a hidden purpose in leaving the clot}h ing and pictures to be found. DEBS WOULD RETURN TO PRISON Washington, May 5.—igene V.| Debs, who was released from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary last November on commutation of sentence by Pres- ident Harding, has written to leaders of the “Children's Crusade” that “if the fathers of these children deserve to be kept in prison with convicted murderers, I have no right to be at large.” They (imprisoned war law violators) are no more guilty than I,” said Mr. Debs in the letter, made pub- lic here yesterday by leaders of the amnesty petitioners, “‘and I shall in- BOYS' COATS $6.00 '$8.00 $7.00 $5.50 $1.25 sist upon their release or upon my be- ing returned to the penitentiary with them.” Groth Auto Top Shop To Change Ownership Arthur F. Groth of West- Pearl street, proprietor of the Groth Auto Top Bhop at 58 Hart street, has filed notice of intention to sell his business to Harvey Doolittle of 20 Court street. Mr. Doolittle was formerly engaged as a jitney bus operator and at pres- ent runs an advertising display busi- ness in the local jitney buses. The sale is being made through Attorney David L. Nair. KING AND QUEEN REST Wedding of Princess Mary Was Strenuous For Royalty Windsor, May 6.—King George and Queen Mary both are sald to have needed the rest they are ex- pecting to get while here. Not only did the wedding of Princess Mary mean a great deal of work for them but they have been under a consid- erable strain while the Prince of Wales was in India. Affairs nearer home have also caused them concern. Queen Mary, always solicitous for the health of her family, is addition- ally anxious that the king should se- cure as complete a rest as possible now, because the coming summer is full of engagements which will tax his strength prétty considerably. SALE . {3 [{3 {3 [ 4l | “DEAD” HUSBAND CLAIMS $5,000 Wants Wife’s Estate, Although She Was Married Three Times Goshen, N. Y., May 5.—John Shupp of 122 Dearborn place, Syracuse, has written to Frank Finn,-a lawyer here, demanding”a share in the estate of Mrs, Mary Shupp Hoops, on the ground that she was his wife, al- though she had married twice since he left her about nine years ago. Shupp also has applied to Surrogute Elwood C. Smith of Orange county for his legal sharc in the woman's estate. Lawyers here say that le- gally he was the woman's husband when she died. After Shupp left her nine years ago his wife supposed he was dead and was married to W. R. Beaumont. He died within a few years, and she was married to W. A. Hoops, whose wile she was when she died. Her estate is worth about $5,000. Finn is at- torney for the estate. PRESIDENT'S MAIL RETURNED Head of Germany Must Address His Letters Properly or no Delivery Berlin, May 5.—Not even President Ebert is exempt from the exasperating delays or failure to deliver mail which occur here as in all other countries. A letter addressed to the Reichs- president, Berlin,” was recently re- turned to the sender by the post office with a label attached. stating, “without address or particulars the addressee canpot be traced in Berlin,” 28 Hurt In Wreck Of River Boat | e the President Harding and wife, as originally planned were to have een passengers April 27 on Ohio river steamboat Island Quecn, shown above, whose two forward decks collapsed duri rip from Cincinnati to Point Pleasant, for the Grant memorial exercises. Her passenge:s ne ng in- cluded United States Senator Pomerene and wife, all the Ohio supreme judges, several state offi- cials and two candidates for governor. Louder, Please ! FRIGHTFULLY ANNOYING! Twenty-cight persons were hurt. BY CLIFF STERRETT 1 COULDAT HRAR |