New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1922, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922, FLAPPER ROBBER IS LAT TRADE BOYS LOSE BRIDGEPORT GAME 2 i Park City Ball Tossers on Long o e i Efld Ol' 6<2 SCOFG | Milwaukee, Wis, July 27.—A new |angle in crime was registered at po- lice headquarters yesterday when a nine.year-old boy reported he had o )2:: been held up and $4.20 in c)mnu»l : I'taken from him by a “fapper mmm“l Eame of ot more than 15 years ojd "hel The affair was made mlore myster- by the statements of residents in the vicinity of the hold-up that a girl fitting the description of the one who held up the boy once before had taken money from a child of the | distriet | The story “Me and ‘nother boy was comin' from the tea store with mother's gro- es in my wagen. A girl came up he had short hair, 'n' a blue dress and black tennis shoes—and asked me give her the pockethook hecause lady in the store didn't know if 1 given me the right change. i told her she'd hetter come home ‘'n tell my mamma, hut she said she had to go downtown right away and | lidn't have time, so [ gave her thej pocketbook 1 didn’'t knoew anything) - - . ~ -|{was wrong until I came homa and old mamma, and she said I'd been \mnll Boy's Complaint That Bobbed Haired Girl Robbed Him Indicates The Bridgeport feated New Trade Britain & to 2 port yesterday in the first the state champlonship ser| game was closely plaved Bridgeport tallied five ru n - the first two innings. the New Brit ain battery ittle un Bettled However, t settled dowr and held the Park City run for the remainder Both pitchers played good Hkowski and Eric Andersor good brand ball fo French Petri Brideeport NEW school it thro ut {ous wher seemed t trader inning boys to after i one boy, Eugene Bailey, told this of the game Ku up a Britain ball put mul\l\ T A 7 1 the sh rohbed |" “I ran right back to thie lady in the store and asked her if she'd sent a girl out to get my pocketbook, but: the lady said she hadn’t, and 1 knew namma was right. I'll watch out now, vou het. 1'd know that girl's voice if I heard it anywhere, 'n I'll be on the |1ookout now." SHOOTS TWO; A SUICIDE | 1b; ::1“nr ald / Inmate of Home For Aged At Phila- | COURT DISAGREES delphia Brandishes Gun After Be- New Haven Man Says He Can't Drive Bridgeport &l New B ) 000—2 | Two it » ¢ 51 Searers | coming Suddenly Insane. Philadelphia, July 27.—Suddenly | becoming insane yesterday William Smith, an inmate of the Presbyterian Home for Aged Couples and Single Men, shot two women, one of them Leing Mrs. Lillian Pierce, superinten- dent of the institution. He then fled to his room and took his own life by slashing his throat with a razor and firing a bullet into his head Mrs. Pierce had just bowed her head to say grace at the noon meal, | with the 120 inmates, most of them vomen, assembled in the dining room,; when Smith appeared in the doorway | brandishing a revolver, and with a loud yell began shooting. Mrs. Pierce | fell with a bullet wound in her neck.; Her assistant, Miss Elizabeth Wise, was struck in the right arm The aged and feeble men and wom- en stricken with terror, fled from the | room as best they could as Smith fired! three more shots, none of which took| effect, Shouting “I'll kill any one who comes near me,"” Smith made his way {to the third floor, the inmates and the [help being too frightened to pursue him. Some one summoned the police | and a patrolman entered Smith's room ATTACKS CHICAGO'S VICE i ™ me to e e men teke Despite the two wounds he struggled with the officer several min- utes before he fell | The condition of nelther of the in-| |jured women is serious. Miss Adeline Graham, another as- sistant to Mrs. Pierce, said that Smith had shown symptoms of insanity be- | fore, hut had not been considered |dangerous. He had been an inmate| of the institution two years. Little| is known about his past. Car, But is Fined When Policeman Recites Facts in Auto Case. July 27.—William J.| s he never drove a car s arraigned in the po Manchester yesterday, operating a motor ve hicle while intoxicated. He was fined $100 and costs by Judge Johnson It was testified that Hill was left sitting alone in the flivver on Howard Hastings on North street with the e gine running. Hill dozed off and h feet tangled in the peda The m: chine started and continued a zig zag course to Union Pond, where it plunged in with Hill aboard. A policeman rescued the tary motorist, and testified that he had taken something much stronger than several mouthfuls of pond water Hill's lawyer argued that he was not guilty as charged, because he didn't drive the flivver. Judge Johnson couldn’t see way, but remitted half the fine New Haven, Hill, who in his life, lice court at charged with involun- | it that Nothing in Paris Or Europe Can Beat Actions of Windy City, Social Work- er Asserts. Chicago, July 27—"There is nothing in Paris or Europe that can beat what we have in Chicago right g The statement was made yesterday by members of the United States so- cial hygiene board which has been conducting an investigation into vice conditions, here. Vice is running| rampant, apparently with the knowl- edge of police and city officia ac- cording to the government investiga- tors. ‘The report was given out by Miss Jessie F. Binford, field represen- tative of the United States inter partmental social hygiene board The report declared the government Investigators learned that one resort in Prairie avenue is being protected t an alderman, that a vicio the west side is owned by ful politician a South avenue resort is patronized by men several times a week, Conditions on the south ceived special attention by now, FINALLY SURRENDERS Hinton, W. Va., July —John | Fredeking, the insane man who bar- caded himself in his house and for 13 days resisted the efforts of deputy eriffs and state police to arrest him he hal killed one man and wounded four others, this morning appeared at the tront door, threw up his hands and asked for a drink of water, Two troopers who with other offi- hotel on have resorted to every known POWEr- | means short of firing the house to dis- Wabash | Jodge Fredeking stepped up to the police- | door got him the water he craved land then led him to the county jall. re-| He refused to a wer their questions the inves-land appeared to be dazed tigators, where ick and tan Physicians were summoned sorts” were described as revolting. Jthe Hinton hospital where they Young and old of both sexes and both | been treating the men wounded in black and white races congregate at)the firing of the last few days. and these places. W it was said,|dressed a bullet wound in Fredeking's was plentiful at a drink ‘yuh' arm and another injury to his The reports also state that right shoulider. bling houses are "“wide open.” S—— SUBSIDIZING PRESS July —Provincial news-+ throughout Prussia which | |heretofore have been serving as of- | Conterence Held to Agree on Plan for €208 for local governments will| have to conform in their editorial at-| titude to the demands of the German republic or forego their revenues from |official advertising | A decree to this effect issued to- day by the Prussian minister of the interior affects numerous local reu.‘ papers which have been’out of sym- pathy with the republican government. | after de- cers a and side pedy from had Berlin, DISTILLERS SATISFIED |papers Medicinal Whiskey Seems Favorable to Manufacturers. July —Distillers of | departing today after a meeting held yesterday to select a committee to work with the treasury Louisville, the country, C or|SENATE APPROVES TARIFF MEASURE Those Backing Wool Levy Are Yictorious Washington, July —A raw wool tariff rate of 33 cents a pound of| clean content, eight cénts more than | proposed by the house, was approved | yesterday by the senate, 388 to 16.‘( I"our republicans voted against the | ' rate and six democrats supported ft. | ° The roll call follows: For 33 cents: Repubilcans, Rrandegee, Bursum, Cameron, per, Colt, Dupont, France, ghysen, Gooding, Hale, Jones, of Washington; Keyes, Lodge, McCumber, McKinley, Nary, Moses, New, Newberry, Nichol- son, Pepper, Phipps, Chortriige, | Smoot, Spencer, Stanfield, Warrem, I Watson, of Ind,; and Willis—32, Democrats. Ashurts, Broussard, Jones, | of New Mexico; Kendrick, Ransdell and Sheppard—~6. Total for 3§ Against 33 cents: Republicans: | Borah, Kellogg, Lenroot and Wads- worth-—4. Democrats: Caraway, Dial, | Heflin, Hitchcock, Overman, Pomer- ene, Robinson, Simmons, Stanley, Trammell, * Walsh, of Massachusetts; and Walsh of Montana-—12 against—18, The committee amendment to the bill as finally approved, {s in the same form as the provision was written in- | to the bill by the house, except that 27, t t Ball, Cap- | Frelin- Harreld ! ‘ Laddq, | ¢ | d lthn house proviso for a limitation of newgpapers, went 35 per cent ad valorem was stricken out. The financa committee majority withdrew at the last minute its ori- ginal amendment providing for grad- uated bracket rat2s dependent upon the percentage of the shrinkage of the wool when cleaned. Before acting finally stitute committee amerdment, senate rejected 38 to 19, an amend- ment by Senator Wadsworth, repub- lican, New York to make the rate cents a pound. Senator Wadsworth's first move with respect to the wcol rate vas to increase tiie rates to 28 cents hut tlis amendment was rejected 54 to 6, a vote of 43 to 22, the senate yre- viously had defeated the ienroot amendment proposing to lirait to 80 per cent ad valorem the maximam on coarse wools. Fighi ¢epublicans ¢ ported the amsndm:nt and seven democrats voted against it The republicans supporting it Borah, Cummings, Rawson, Kellozz, Nelson, Lenroot, AJcCorinick Wadsworth. Before the vote on the Lenroot pro- | posal the fight over it which bhegan| three days ago, waxed warm, with Senators Kellogg and Lenroot sup- | porting it in addresses and Chairman McCumber of the finance committee | and Senator Gooding, 1daho, opposing it. on the sub- vere: ang Eity Items Hear the fight by Radio at Morans'. —advt. A meeting of St. T. A. B. society will be held at 8§ o'clock this evening in St. Mary's Mary's Ladies’ Franklin Square Man Escapes Death Rquare, | death his wrecked North Haven, a sharp curve, | down in a brook, according to reports, That the occupant was not killed was ( head to close a gaping wound, Total | the | isoft coal fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio | | be used. AR TURNS TURTLE, A. E. MAGNELL HURT in Sensational Accident Near North Haven, Altred E, Magnell, of Franklin! had a narrow escape from late yesterday afternoon when a runabout, was Montowese and automobile, between According to accounts of the acei- ent, Mr. Magnell completely lost con- rol of his machine while rounding a Tne car plunged off road, over an embankment and turned turtle, landing upside he hen Jue simply to luck The infured man was taken to the \te. | Meriden hospital and thence to the 10- | g for the capital where they are ex- al hospital. It was necessary for the loctors to take several stitches in his Aslde scratches and rom contusions and bruises, the man s unt hadly ipjured. He will be able to leave the hospital onight. The car was badly smashed. CITY H DD SELF |Manager of Newburgh Acts As lhr! Town Character Accuses Him, Newburgh, N. Y. July —New- | Iburgh, which has the City Manager | form of government, is temporarily | without a manager, the incumbent [having suspended himself Peter | Wall, a town contractor, who peddles before the city jcouncil and said information had come to “our office’ meaning the newspaper he handles, that the city manager |was to have received $6,000 commis- sion on the sale of a high school site. | The city council laughed at his| claim because the city manager has {no control over the schools. The| | manager, Major W. J. McKay, would | not consider it a joke and suspended | himself, pending an investigation. Major McKay's first act when he was appointed city manager was to reduce his salary from $5,000 to $3,- 500, CONFERE) CE CONTINTUES i SPScae | Penn., Ohio and Indiana Mine Work- ers and Owners Seeking Settlement | Philadelphia, July 27.- ferences between international offi- | cers of the united mine workers and district leaders of the anthracite and and Indiana continued today. Although the district representa. tives were summoned by President John L. Lewls primarily to report on | conditions in their districts it is ex. pected the situation generally prob- ably will be discussed before the meetings finally adjourn, UX MIXTURE. error, in- BORD Due to a typographical structions ol how to make Bordeaux Mixture for spraying potato plants, printed last night read that 50 pounds of lime and 50 pounds of blue vitriol The proper proportions are five pounds of lime to 50 gallons of water and 5 pounds of blue vitrol in solution, mixed and used generously school hall. Following the meeting there will be a social session A daughter, Jean Adelaide, was born Monday, July 24, to Mr. and Mrs, John T. Porter, Jr., of New London, at the Lawrence Memorial Associated hospital in that city. Mrs. Porter be- fore her marriage was Miss Edith I. Sparks, daughter of Mrs. Wilfred R Sparks of this city. The Cardinals of Washington street defeated the Aces of Beaver street in a fast game which ended with a a score of 19 to 7. ‘ EB.C. NIGHT Everyinan’'s Bible Class to Motor to Plainville Camp Meeting Tomorrow Evening. least 100 members of Every- man's Bible class with their wives are expected to meet at the Methodist church tomorrow evening at 6:30 o'clock and drive to the Plainville Camp Grounds, where Rev. John L. Davis will deliver an address At a recent meeting of the class it wag voted to attend this service and volunteers to transport the men and their wives were requested. Chair- man Charles F. Robertson, of the transportation committee, has pro- cured a number of automobiles and is | looking for more. Those who intend going have notified Mr. Robertson, and others will notify him tonight Rev. A. B. Taylor, musical director of the Bible class, will lead the sing- irg. A special place has been set aside to seat the New Britain delega- tion, and a surprise program has he«-n arranged. At TU. S. I§ NO D OUT, Ottawa, July 27-—The United States which in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, was Canada’s best customer, by a wide margin, has been nosed out by Great Britain it was disclosed when the books were balanced on June 30 of this year. as a spra Farmers and mental especially orators, artists, and mathe- maticians, are said to enjoy the long- est lives, Interested in themselves for a suc-| cessful business career| should obtain our catalog. | | 1 fitting; | ¥ This is the largest pmfesslon | al school of college grade in the| world that is devoted exclusive- Iv to the training of account-! ants. - Enrollment for past year| over 2,200. We train men for| the duties of office manager, | cost accountant, auditor, comp-' troller, assistant treasurer,| credit man, and public account-| ant. To Be Bentley-Trained (‘ames‘ Prestige in Business | Requires two vears to com-| plete training. Tuition $200 per vear, payable in monthly instal-' ments of $20 each, if desired. We can assist a limited number| in earning part or all of their| living expenses. | | The Bentley School | | of Accounting and Finance 125 Tremont St., Boston, Mass H. C. Bentley, C. P. A,, President SENORITY 1S BIG STUMBLING BLOCK Otherwise Roads and Strikers Might Reach Agreement | Chicago, July 27.-—(By Associated Press) -— Just as the railway strike seemed to have settled to a long drawn out and determined battle, hopes for peace which have waxed and waned as succeeding indications pointed to a continued strife or a set- tlement were revived by the gather- ing in Washington of strike leaders and railway executives, B. M., Jewell, head of the striking shopmen and his executive councll, left Chicago secretly yesterday morn- pected to confer with President Hard- ing today. One Big Obstacle Restoration of senlority rights to men on strike remained the chief ob- stacle of peace. The stand of the railway heads on this question was stated by E. H. Byram, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul as being that the roads were not seek- ing to destroy seniority rights of men | Aroostook rallroad gtatement that the rights of men at work and the rights of strikers must allke be protected, made yesterday in a message to the chairman of the rallway employes publicity association it was belleved that any agreement must include respect for the rights of men now working as well as rights of strikers, Government and local officlals in various cities were preparing today to mobilize resources at thelr command in response to the interstate com- | merce commission's order considering trangportation of fuel and foodstuffs, Minor Developments Minor developments included dis- orders at widely scattered points, a walkout of 300 shopmen on the Phila- delphia and Reading rallway not hitherto affected by the strike, several arrests on varying charges, issuance of an Injunctlin or two and service of eviction notices on former employes occupying railroad company dwellings at Casper, Wyo, Thirty-four men, formerly employed the shops of the Bangor and at Derby, Me, were allowed two weeks in which to vacate houses owned by a subsidiary company. Warrant for Meeting of the City Meeting BRoard, To the members of the City Meeting Board of the City of New Britain: You are hereby warned and notified that a special meeting of the City in lhr‘ Strike con- (| workers, | on strike, but to make their seniority subordinate to that of men now at work, Meeting Board will be held at the auditorium of the Grammar School building, Main street, New Britain, on the 7th day of August, at 7 o'clock p. m., standard time, 1922, for the following purposes: 1. To consider and, if deemed ad- !\isable, to approve of and accept the ||| special act of the Legislature of the State of Connecticut passed at its ses- sion of 1921 and approved May 25th, 1921, as appears on pages 665-666, i speclal acts of 1921, which act pro- | vides for the issue of sewer fund bonds by the City of New Britain, 2. To consider and, if deemed ad- visable, to authorize the issue of one | hundred thousand dollars of bonds, notes, scrip or certificates of debt to be denominated: “Sewer Fund City of | New Britain, twelfth series;" to con- | firm the action of the Common Coun- cil of the City of New Britain at its ;meeting July 19th, 1922, appropriat- ling sald sum for sewer purposes and | relating to the issue of said obliga- tions; to determine the amount of | such obligations -which may at any |time be issued, with the time or | times of payment of the principal or interest thereof, and the rate of in- terest, and to take any other or fur- ther action regarding the aforesaid matters as may be deemed necessary. 3. To transact any other business {]| proper to come before said meeting. ('an’?‘ | Dated at New Britain, this 27th day || of July, A. D., 1922, A. M. PAONESSA, Mayor of the City of New Britain. WANTED—LINEMEN Permanent Positions Between New Haven and New York Rate 70c Per Hour Apply C. A. Mitchell Supt. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Union Station, Hartford, Conn. Strikers Rights Also In view of President Harding's A Business Opportunity An old-fashioned paint manu- | facturer of sterling reputation de- sires to assist earnest, energetic men to start their own business in towns of 15,000 or over, located in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer- sey and New England. | The man required must possess some small amount of capital, and be able to build a sales organiza- tion in his district. There is a big future in this for the right men. WE MEAN BUSI- NESS and would like to hear from ||! men with good references. Address replies to “PAINT” | this office. NEW HAVEN RAILROAD MEN WANTED Permanent Positions for Competent Men Whose Service Is Satisfactory As Machinists, Boiler-Makers, Blacksmiths, Sheet Metal Workers, Electrical Workers, 70 cents per hour. Car Inspectors and Repairers, 63 cents per hour. Machinists’ Helpers, Boiler-Makers’ Helpers 47c per hour This is not a strike against the Railroad. Itis a strike waged against a reduction in rates of pay ordered by the United States Labor Board, effective July 1st, 1922, Apply to Superintendent’s Office At Waterbury, Conn. Office hours—7:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. Eastern Standard Time J. J. SNAVELY, Superintendent The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad THE HERALD “WANT ADS” Alphabetically Arranged For Quick and Ready Reference. LINE RATES FOl CONSECUTIVE Izllfi‘flo"l [l 9150 Upon’ A prlication. predisins Count 8§ wordy to a line 14 lines to on Inch, Minimum Space, 3 M'nimum Book Ch ——— e e e . No Ad, Acneptad After 1 P. M. For Clarsitied Pi m DI! Ade Accepted Over t Convenlence of Castom For & 'Want A4 AWOUNGEMW o vl T ey Burial Lots, Monuments MONUMENTE, I/ usolvtiis i -ean stones. Laige vericty ani all grades o marble and grarite. Everything fu vems etery work. John F. 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Phone 2109, 139 Arch St. GADILLAC SEIVAN—Just thoroughly over- hauled and repainted, is in exceptionally good running condition, § good tires, 2 extra rims and the price is very low. C. A. B . Phone 2215, CH R Just overhauled. Good paint, holstery and 5 brand new tires. motometer and mirror. Fully Looks good and car can be bought at low price, with terms. So. End Garage, 171 South Main St. Telephone 870. The Herald classified columns favor young and old alike. The older you get, the more your appreciation. Water bills not paid on or before July 31 will be assessed 10 per cent extra.—advt. Herald classified ads fairly brlatlo. with opportunums “I dom't know what 1 would do | without the Herald classified columns at my disposal,” said Mrs. B. to Mr. H. Every week thera are more and more people realizing that Herald § classified advertising pays. ] department in relation to the concen- tration of medicinal whiskey and grain aleohol -expressed entire satisfaction | with the results of the gathering | Resolutions appealing to the presi dent, secretary of the treasury and| commissioner of internal revenue to see that Prohibition Commissioner Haynes properly conducts his office conformity with the legal regulations were passed. e (OMES ThaT IUFERAAL LIL PEST. in OBREGON BET Tl R. Mexico City, July 27 (By (Aezo- elated Press).—President Obregon's condition was reported improved to- day, the high temperature of the last few days having almost entirely dis- appeared. The president received several members of the cabinet yes- terday. He is still in bed. L — i . FOX'S—3 Days Only Sunday, Monday, Tuesday “REPORTED MISSING” Photoplay Novelty of the Season. POLLY AND HER PALS Geer UP Paw'| | | AN HE POLLYS GONNA R/D THE HOUSE | Well, Well, What Could Be Easier SWORE HE WONT TAKE >C?yn(h| 1932, by Newspaper ‘eature Service, |nc., Great Britain rights reserved WAL, THEN, WOT THA' SAM HILLS SHE GONNA BY CLIFF STERRETT