New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 10, 1922, Page 12

BATTLEROYVALDUE ONWET SHIPISSUE Dry Units Organizing for Hearing on Thursday July 10,—The the Depart on the Washington, D. C., hearing scheduled before ment of Justice next T1 legality of the sale o vessels of America the form of a battle wets and the ¢ view preparations hei by both sides it is pribable that the hearing will ex- tend over lays Advocates of the American shi are stand heing tained Genera! Daugherty confidence on the re the Supreme Court ar interpretation by the Justice At the same time the dry der the banner of Wayne B general counse the A League, marshaling t and dozens of organizations ing churches asked permitted to their against the st ping Board Haynes Asked Ruling. hipping Board side of the con- irsday ntoxicant registry will take between Yhe the several on their Attorney this sale of liquor by ey n nt d fon of 4 on & former torces un Wheeler Saloon are force 1t they be protest have 1 taken by The § troversy mer Schlesinger who gave the - man Lasker acted when he authorized an American fleet The legal bition unit a e of be argued by F of the hoar which ( wi ypinion on wet lepartment of the prohi- o will pr t its Mércom D;nces To His Own Music [ Senator Guglielmo Marconi, father of wireless telegraphy (right), waltzes to radio music on board his yacht Elettra. MERIDEN ASSISTANT POSTMASTER DEAD City Items Meet me at Schmarr's for dinner.— advt, - The police recelved a complaint last Elmer E. Spencer, Known Through-|night that there had been an auto- moblle accident at the corner of Cherry and Ash street, and that the driver was under the Influence of Ii- |quor, Bergeant W, C. Hart and Pa- trolman Patricly O'Mara investigated. They found Carmen Esposito of 45 Silver street, New Haven, had had a slight accident, but that conditions otherwise were all right. 8ee the John Boyle Co.'s w«fl paper saving ad on Page 2,—advt, At the picnie held yesterday by the local Zionists at Scheutzen Park,” J. Kaplan of 60 East Main street was awarded a Paige car. Let us show you the kind of a wet wash we do for 75c. Union Laundry Co. Tel. 904.—Advt. Cour Columba, Catholic Daughters of America will hold an outing at Lake Compounce, Wednesday after- noon, Two special trolley cars have been chartered for the event, the first to be used for the juvenile members of the court. The cars will leave the center at 2 o'clock sharp. Lynch-Buft fight scores at Pilz's.— advt. STRIKER BOUND OVER Rallroad Electrician Accused of At- tempting To Tamper With Brake Valve on Passenger Train, Stamford, July 10.—Patrick Bell, a striking electriclan from the rail- road shops here who was arrested on July 6 on the allegation of a rallroad officer that he attempted to tamper out State As Authority on Post Office Law, Died Yesterday. Meriden, July 10,—Assistant Post- master Elmer E. Spencer, who had been connected with the local post | ofice for more than thirty-eight | years, died early vesterday morning |at his home, 756 Wilcox avenue, after an iliness of nearly a year. | Elmer Ellsworth Spencer was born |in Westbrook, November 22, 1861 the son of Isaac N. Spencer and Hen- (rietta Post Spencer. He received his ;enrly education in the town of his ihh'lh. He was literally born in the | post office service for his father was (for many years postmaster at West. ‘hrook, He first entered the employ |of the post office department as a mail clerk at Ivoryton. He served there two years, and then went to the | post office at Branford where he re- | mained for two years. | He came to Meriden May 1, 1884 as clerk in the money order depart- ment under Postmaster Erwin D. Hall, and in two years had worked | himself up to the position of chief |clerk. Meriden became a first class | post office in July, 1890 and Mr. | Spencer ‘was appointed assistant post- }master and has held the position |since that time. Much credit for the efficiency of the local post office is due to his efforts, He served un- der Postmasters Hall, Miller, Dry- hurst, Anderson and Penders. Many progressive changes were brought about during his tenure of office due largely to his insight and splendid knowledge of the service. He was = . B Tt e POLICEMA SWITCH IS TURNED Thomas Lee On Duty On Railroad Catches Boys In Prank On Railroad Siding Supernumerary Policeman Thomas Lee, who s doing duty around the railroad property during the strike and one of the rallroad detectives stationed here, recelved a report yes- terday afternoon about 5 o'clock that a gang of men were trylng to wreck passenger train near the National Biscuit Co. slding on East Main street, The two men hurriedly made an investigation of the affair and upon approaching the spot, saw a gang of boys attempting to turn a switch, The boys broke and ran when they saw the uniform of the policeman and Policeman Lee, fearing that the]| switch had been turned, and sensing the danger of the train due about! that time taking the switch and | crashing into the line of freight cars | standing there, flagged the train until an inspection of the switch could be, made. s It was found that the switch had been partly turned, and while the, policemen were turning it back, the New York express came pounding in and stopped at the sight of the red; flag. Had the train taken the switch' a disaster would have happened. . ‘- OF :”h PUANT Policeman Lee upon further inves.| &Pd boujuets. S tigation, secured the names of several | 'n:y\\"e ";fiug"“ Member 'r};w;’r s of the boys who were seen in the act, | =—————— = and he will be on the lookout for! THE HERALD | “WANT ADS” { Alphabetically Arranged For Quick and Ready Reference. LINE l}A‘l‘l! For | RTIONS | | ‘| 1.0 3! | Rates Upon Apnlication. e s Count 6 word, to & line. | | | da; Yoariy Order 14 lines to An Inch, Min‘mum Space, 3 lLines Minimum Book Charge, 36 Cesta No Ad. Acreptsd After 1 P, M. For Classifed Page on Rame Day. A ‘Telophore For Call 936 Azd'] Operator, Ask For o ‘Want Ad" MONTE; = § oiby, lage veriety ani all g aiblo Aud grav.te. Dverything iz o ory work. John F. Meshan Monum Waks Clark St, corner Union banguets, ote, “Flowel Prompt attention. Vol Main St Lost and Found them if they attempt the same thing BAR PIN, platinum and gold, lost. Return | again. The prank of the boys is in | _to Heraid Office or Phone 366-3. Reward no way conpected with the strike. |BOOK No. issued in the name of 1 Helena Li wston reported lost or de. stroyed, If found return to the Plain ville Trust compeny, Plainville, Conn. considered an authority on post office FALLS FROM ROOF with a brake valve on a passenger - 1637, tesuied In the name of Mri | Lawrence, a Madison school girl. Her BOOK No | body with 17 stab wounds on it was Lillian | found in the woods near Madison last { October, Essex county jurors were drawn on |a plea of Kluxen's counsel that be- | cause of the feeling in Morris coun- ty he feared the youth would not re- {ceive a falr trial from Morris jurors. | T 27 RULERS VISIT terma.that they contain sin, veal gin,. T RENCH METROPOLIS of an old and established brand, seem | doomed to ruction by mixture| with the contents of the city sewers, due to their abandonment here and their subsequent falling into the hands of the police. The cargo of gin was contained in| a Ford coupe which was found by L. Darazio, reported lost or de 1f found return to the Plainvill | Plainville, Conn. Kensington Man Recelves Several | 5561 Ko, 350 Tssusd (n the name o Chas, Burton Spalding, reported lost o destroyed.” If found return to the Plain. { _vilie Trust company, Plainville, Conn. Jjurfes While At Work on House. | §5a0i N0, 4104 Tssued in (hs name of 35 i Przasnyskl, reported lnst or destroyed. I found, return to the Plainville Trus Plainville, Con TH OF KEYS lost, Wednesday night of near Smallev St., initialed ve at Herald e. Trust hook Finder return it it on ke i | TOBD WATH-BOETEEN OF GIN ABANDONE fation of Pre rition Haynes, after § OWn counse {ssued a ruling which to soms sustained the position taken shipping board. It was after m- | Meriden missioner Haynes realized that the | ruling from his own unit left the way open for the installed by Chairman La he requested §-oretary of th Mellon to ¢ Attorney General Daugherty for a decision that would be fina Chairman Lasker and Commission- er Haynes willing abide by whatever the decision of the Dep: ment of Justice may be. The chances are now said to be in favor of the Shipping Board Attorney-General Daugherty is determined to go into the case thoroughly. It will be some time after both sides have been heard before a decision is given by the department train, was bound over to the superior court today. His counsel offered a | demurrer to the complaint which was over-ruled. No evidence was offered | although the prosecutor made a state- | ment of fact to which the counsel for Bell replied. WANT PAY INCREASES Employes in Engineering Department law throughout the state. LEAVES FACTORY Thomas Toner of Francis Street Has Left New Britain Machine Company stroyed. Commissioner Trust company, had extent | the H Fractured Ribs and Internel In- | Policeman Finds Machine Michael Strong of Keon gton re- ceived several fractured rits and oth- er internal injuries as the r | fall from the roof of a house at about 10 o'clock this morning, The young | 5 yman was attended by Dr. A. I. Good- | win and was removed to the New | Britain General hespital. Dr. Good- | 'win stated this afternoon that Mr, | Strong will be confined to the hospital | for some time, hecause of the =erious- OCEAN éiTY CLOSING ness of his injuries. | / The injured man did not seem able | Boardwalk Business Men Protest to tell exactly how he happened to fall but from what could be learned he was at work shingling the roof of a new house on Main rtreet, Kensing- ton, near the Kensington Congrega-| Ocean City, N. J., July 10.—Mayo] tional church, when his foot slipped Champion's recent orders for strict and he fell to the ground. | enforcement of the Sunday -closing The other carpenters were at work | ordinance brought an indigatio on the roof on the opposite side of | meeting of boardwalk business men g rTa e the house and they did not kmow that | yesterday at which a committee wat Thousands in Cemectery—London Ro-|strong had fallen until they came appointed to plan a legal test of itd tarians Lay a Wreath. |around and saw him lying on the scope. It was charged by the shop: 3 2D _|ground. Dr. Goodwin was then call-|men that the enforcement of the or. “r?d::tzrf I\i?s)‘}nr; Iu;oim:d\%;xvutagoz{;'d upon the scene and ordered lhe;dinnnce‘ passed in 1918, recently ha B S T e been overdone and they would seek a With Mechanism Out of Order and practice that Treast Valuable Liquor Cargo Aboard to Work in New Jersey. Ay Meriden, labels July 10.—Sixteen hottles, No| td b Thomas H. Toner of 26 Francis| please |street has left the employ of the New Britain Machine company, where he was assistant superintendent of thegy {production department, and has taken a position with the International Mo- |tor company of New Brunswick, New Jersey. Mr. Toner left Saturday and | began his duties with the new firm Paris, July 10.—Twenty-seven Afri- e L Patrolman Proudman on Colony street can chiefs, the sovereigns of various| M. Toner entered the employ of French colonies or protectorates in the |the Machine company as an appren- at 2:40 o'clock Saturday morning. In | 2 R ps in a sub-con- Sudan, Senegal, Dahomey, Maure.|tice boy for Abram Buol, 27 years| Er IR sclous sort of way, the officer’s at-|tania and Ivory and Guinea coasts, ar- [280: With the exception of a few tlcr"xs that the An loon lmzu“‘has tention was drawn to the vehicle as rived in Paris yvesterday. The huge |Years at intervals, when he worked for csl.edfin{a 'r:mst‘n'r ‘i‘\‘f;}' r\rrjl!’.fls it it reposed in the darkness on Colony black men were dressed fn multi-col- | °ther people, Mr. Toner has bfu em- On the other hand the Shipping Investigation disclosed that the car Board merely seeks a decision from |APPATEntly was deserted when its the highest governmental authority | mechanism developed some sort —of on the legal issue involved and the|trouble, and that it contained as heads of the hoard are confident they 2{0resaid the startling content, which might by some be considered to be 15398 bank. lost. ‘Will Ask Public Works Board For are to L From Two to Raises Tomorrow Night. Jolly Time “Looking 'Em Over" in Paris. African Chiefs With ‘When the board of public works meets tomorrow evening, requests will be received from several employes in“ the engineering department for in- creases in salary. The petitions will be sent in by the | young men employed in a subordinate | capacity whose salaries are the low- est paid male employes in any de- partment of the municipality. Five Wives Having { Mayor's Orders Closing Places or Sunday to Keep “Coney Island” Ou 2 some manner, per organiza- is ored silk gala costumes. Some VISIT ROOSEVELT'S GRAVE. | them carried immense spears, and all [Street. wore swords. Many of them had been | When he first started to work for decorated with the insignia of offices|the New Britain Machine company the |factory was located in a wooden building on Bigelow street, and he has seen the plant grow from a small in- dustry to one of the largest in the of the Knights of the Legion of Hon- or for distinguished services on behalf of France during the war. 1 will be sustained Ship Lines Interested. | Shipping interests that have no| connection with the board or the Emergency Fleet Corporation -will! quite valuable. Special Officer Proud- man made good use of his mechani- cal ability, and after getting the auto in running condition he took the car d cargo to headquarters, appear to explain why they followed &0 the lead of the board in serving in-| toxicants on their vessels The case is regarded as of the ut- William H. Boehle of Cosey Beach, Branford, came here yesterday and med the car, saying it was stolen !from near his summer home late Fri- ‘The chiefs presented a pleturesque appearance as they faced batteries of photographers at the Gare de Lyons. Chiefs Baloum Naba, conqueror of To- HELD RESPONSIBLE goland, and Adadji Abdoukane of | Senegal, who were active in the enlist- | — ment of their followers and in the| preparations for fitting them out for service in the European war, were| city. Bridgeport Official Places Criminal Blame on Saloonkeeper Who Shot Rotary club. grave by this party displayed the fol-| for weeks had been hard as a rock lowing card: removal of the man to the hospital. National Golf Meet Among them was a delegation of| On “Spongy" Grounds thirty from the London, England,| Chicago, July 10. (By Associated A wreath placed on the | Press)—Shooting over a course which grave of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in Young's Memorial cemetery, Oyster Bay. “A tribute to the mem- | but today had puddles of water along the fairways and greens as soft as| Pacific | court decision as to just what may bi i 8old on Sunday “without making [Coney Island of the resort.” | | ORDER STRIKE BREAKERS OUT Council DBluffs, July 10.—About 60 'imported workmen of the Missour! arrived here today fro most importance not only to Amer- ican shipping circles, but to the ma- rine interests of other countries, The frank aim of the Anti-Saloon League and of Commissioner Haynes is to get some such ruling as would bar for- eign vessels from coming inside the three mile limit if they have intoxi-| cants on board, whether or not these | suppliet are sealed or in transit | Such a ruling, it is realized, would stir up a hornets' nest and make | much trouble for the state depart- | ment, as all the foreign nations are determined not to let American laws| interfere with the operation of thelr| vessels. RAILROAD POLICE 1 REPORT NO TROUBLE Men Stationed as Guards on Property Say That Everything Has Been Quiet Everything has been quiet in this city around the raiiroad station and| the round house ever since the strike of the mechanics and car inspectors. The railroad officials state that there | has not been the sligh suspicion | of violence and in fact, the detectives working in the employ of the railroad guarding the property here, have re- ported that none of the strikers have been seen near the station since they walked out Supernumerary Policeman Lee, who has been retained railroad company to do duty around the property from 6 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock at night, said today, that everything has been very quiet in this city. There are about four raflroad licemen doing duty in this city ing the property of the company two are on days and two are on nights. They have been keeping up a strict vigil on all buildings own ed by the company in this city, but they report that there is nothing sus- picious in the actions of anyone about the places. They do not expect any trouble in this city, because there are 80 few men out on strike | As far as is known, there is only one strikebreaker, a mechanic, em pioyed in this city. He was sent here from the division headquarters in Waterbury, and is carrying on the work so far. No {ll effects of the| strike have been feit here as yet by | the railroad, officials say Thomas by the HEADS LETTUCE HEADS, | Chicago, July 10.—W. D. Shearer, | who plugged along here for ten vears | in a publishing house until his health Broke down, then settled near Lew- yston, Idaho, to regain it, is again in Chicago “head lettuce” king of the world. He had but a few dollars when he started. He raised lettucs in his back yard. ‘It was so perfect he put in an acre the next year. This year he has 105 acres. He received $50,000 for| the crop, and the market extended from Idaho to Chicago. His profit is &0 per cent. Two car-loads today net- $2d him 84 a crate. day afternoon. While proving his ownership of the cAr he said that he his loss to the New Haven police at 7:25 o'clock Saturday morn- ing. The car official was turned over to its owner. Much might be said concerning the 16 bottles which mysteriously found their way into the car, only to be mysterfously left to what appears to be an ignominous fate. It might be surmissed that the gin has the dis- tinction of having been transported ashore at Cosey Beach. in evasion of | the prohibition navy vessels which| are said to be maintaining a careful watch along the shore of this state That many suggestions as to a nice, humane way in which to end the existence of the alleged real gin are available to the police, perhaps may be assumed without going into detail. reported YOUNG MURDERER Essex County Jury Assembled To Try 15 Year Old Boy For Stabbing Lit- tle Girl To Death. Morristown, N. J., July 10.—A pan- | of 60 talesmen from Essex county assembled the Morris county here today and from their number will he selected he jury that will try Francis Kiuxen, 15 years old, charged with the murder of Janette 8] was eourthouse ! any most prominent. ing from two to five. All of the men were more than six feet tall, muscu- lar and fine specimens of manhood, especfally the younger among them, of whom seemingly would be qualified to become a “black hope.” The chiefs ranged from aged white- haired men to youths in their early twenties. HELD FOR KILLING Bridgeport Brothers Recported Crim- inally Responsible For Death of Brother-in-Law By Coroner 10.—Frank and are held crimin- Bridgeport, July Augustus Splasani ally responsible for the killing of their brother-in-law, dgnatius Mont- ganini, on July 3, by Coroner Phelan today, and the decision is referred to Stage's Attorney Homer . Cummings of Fairfleld county and Prosecutor Matthew Kenealsy of Stamford to take action in the case as required by law. The coroner fails to declare wheth- er in his opinion the men should he held on the charge of murder in the first or a lesser degree. Exports from the United Btates amount to about 10 per cent. of the nation's total production A flivver containing two plainclothes cops and evidence theyi seized in bootleg raids at Dallas, Tex., was bumped off the road! by a truck. Both cars landed in a lbemg injured and the cops escaping. Booze Evidence Destroyed gulley, three men in the truck The chieftains were | accompanied by their wives, each hsu'-’ ory of a great American, from the Former Schoolmate. international delegation comprising | Bridgeport, July 10.—James Briggs members of the Rotary c;ub of Lon- [ who keeps a saloon in Greenwich and | 407 England, July 9, 1922, | who in handline a <ot and e killed his friend and former school- mate, Arthur Dorau, In sa.oon s held criminally responsible for the death by Coroner Phelan in a finding today. The decision is referred to State's Attorney Homer 8. Cummings and Prosecutor White of Greenwich to take .mch action as the law re- quires. Writing was originated by the Egyptians between 4,000 and 3,000 DEATH HOUSE HIS STUDIO. | Condemned Artist Sends Sketches to Friends Who Helped Him. | Ossining, July 10.—Herbert Smith, the artist imprisoned in Sing Sing's death house, has, according to prison attaches, sent drawings to friends outside to repay them for assistance and sympathy given him in his fight| |for 1ife. Smith has twice been sen-| tenced for the murder of Postmaster | Lewis Johnson at Nineveh Junction. An appeal from his second conviction | at Norwich, N. Y., is now pending be- |fore the court of appeals. Some of the sketches are said to be| remarkably well done. They arel| erayons, showing forests, streams and landscapes. Paints have been refused him for fear he might make a pois- onous solution of them and attempt | suicide. The crayons were found to be harmless before Warden Lawes let Smith have them. GOLFER ELCTROCUTED ble is that people Harry Aucterlonie Killed When Foot enough things to justi Hits Iron Pipe. Baltimore, July 10.—Harry Bruce | Auchterlonie, golf professional of the Sherwood Country club and member of a family of golfers famous in both Scotland and England, was killed in- | stantly last midnight by a high ten-| sion electric feed wire at Sherwood | Forest. Mr. Auchterionie was trying to free his wife and a nephew, Daniel Mec- | Cracken who had became entangled | in the wire. He had succeeded in pulling the wire from them, but in stepping back his foot came in con- | tact with an {ron water pipe. The| full charge of current passed through | his body. { Mr. Auchterlonie had been at the| Sherwood Forest club for two years. | The result is that a busy supplying it. This brings about a competition. ENJOY OUTING. About 40 of the employes of the Spring & Buckley Co. enjoyed their annual outing at Waldo Miller's farm in Barkhamsted yesterday. The day was spent in playing baseball games, | swimming and other sports, Lunch was served and all report an enjoyable time. | Demand is largely a The actual needs of mand. It is always a RENT FREE Inquire Wallace Reid PALACE THEATRE Thurs., Fri. or Sat. A e AV RIS, 3ok e - s o Fifty-Fiftyf The big obvious need of this country today is psychological—the disposi- tion to go ahead. We have here a vast ability to produce, and a vast ability to consume the products of industry. Potentially, Supply and Demand are pretty well matched. The main trou- doing its utmost to produce. of energy is being spent on trying to get a lion’s share of the existing de- mand, and not enough is spent on trying to create the demand so there will be enough to keep everybody It means that every- body must work harder and accept | less in order to overcome the sales [ resistance of a curtailed demand. only a fraction of the general de- to get along with less than one would sponges as a result of drenching rain | Hoosic, Ark., where a crowd had or: early this morning more than 100 dered them out of town. The work: | golfers sizrted the first 46 hole gual- | men immediately were surrounded b !{fying rounds in the natinnal open"utrlking shopmen here. Strikers said | tournam without a sing.e one of |the men would be ‘“sent north” on | the stars being able to negotiate thelthe first train. There was no vio | first nine or 18 holes in par. ‘lence. orProgress| like to have. When the public gets a streak of economy it curtails the de- mand for everything that is pro- duced. Advertising is a prime mover in creating business. It rouses people out of lethargy, makes them want to live more fully, and to possess the means of living more comfortably and more enjoyably. don’t demand fy industry in great amount‘ When sales are hard to get, then most people who have things for sale increase their efforts to sell. The harder they try to sell, the harder their comnetitors try to sell. But no amount of selling effort—in the usual sense of the word—can create de- mand; it can only take advantage of the demand that has been otherwise ereated. period of keen Advertising and Selling ought to be considered as “fifty-fifty” in im- portance. Advertising creates the consumer demand. Selling connects this demand with the supply. Each needs the other to make its work complete. z created thing. humanity are simple matter