New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1922, Page 1

Heraid “Ads” Mean Better Business Three Men Arrested Were to Have Dynamited Train Last Tuesday but For Capture of Gary Train Wreckers—Another Attempt Near Cin- cinnati. Chicago, Aug. 81.—With the arrest of three men early today Chicago police declared they had bared a plot to dymamite the ‘“‘western express” on the New York Central at a point between Gary, Ind. and Chicago. The wreck according to the police was to have marked the beginning of a new reign of terror on railroads throughout the country. The ‘“‘western express” is a fast passenger train which leaves New York at/6 p. m. arriving in Chicago at 8:15 the following afternoon. According to information which the police say they obtained with the arrest of the three men was to blow up the train last Tuesday. caused by the capture of four men accused of wrecking the Michi- gan Central “million dollar express” at Gary August 20 when two of the train crew were killed. Detectives Get Clue. Frank R. Hartman was held as the ringleader of the alleged conspirators. His companions are J. J. Boyle and C. A. Lagham who the police said are striking New York Central shopmen. At least two other men believed to have been in the conspiracy were sought. First information of the intended dynamiting according to the police was obtained by private detectives posing as strikers. Another Dynamite Plot. Cincinnati, Aug. 31.—Railroad de- tectives are investigating a myster ous explosion which occurred shortly before last midnight on a south- bound Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railroad track in Ar-| lington Heights, 30 feet north of a trestle. The charge, detectives said, was set off by a time fuse, and made a hole three feet deep between the rails, shattered several ties and spread the rails an inch and a half. Engineer Gets Warning. The engineer of a work train bound for Sharonville, who had been warned by officials a few minutes be- fore that an explosion had damaged the trestle;: proceeded slowly and stopped at the trestle. When he saw the trestle was undamaged he sent the train slowly ahead, the tender in front of the locomotive. When the train reached the damaged track the tender was derailed. There was no one on the train ex- cept the engineer and fireman, rail- road officials said. Since the strike of railroad shopmen the work trains, have been used to haul employes. Police Have No Clue. Police were unable to find any of the persons who left the explostve. +Big Four train No. 42 northbound was held up an hour and a half but later was allowed to proceed when it was learned that the explosion had not damaged the main tracks. Bombers In Wilmington ‘Wilmington, Del,, Aug. 31. — The Pennsylvania railroad bridge at 14th street here was damaged by an ex- plosion early today. Dynamite is be- lieved to have been used. No trains were due at the time, but a passenger train due 20 minutes later was held up for an hour until the track could be replaced. Chicago, Aug. 31.—Passage of the Chicago and Alton railroad into the hands of receivers, disclosures of new plots to wreck trains and several ac- tual attempts to cause derailments and blow up railroad property were high lights today in the railroad strike. Dynamite, bullets and played an important part opments the last 24 hours. Four men held on murder charges in connection with the Michigan Cen- tral wreck at Gary, Ind., August 20 were preparing to repudiate their alleged confessions as the first step in their defense. An explosion of dynamite on the main line of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railroad near Cincinnati derailed the tender of a work train. A passenger train had passed a few minutes before the ex- plosion. +firebrands in devel- Tamper With Switch. A fast train on the Chicago and Al- ton ran into an open switch at Covel, 111, near Bloomington. Investigators said the switch showed evidence of tampering. Anarchy in New Orleans. Police precautions at Algiers, a suburb of New Orleans, . in effect amounted to martial law in efforts to check disorders which authorities echaracterized as virtual anarchy. Po- lice reported almost constant firing in railroad districts and between 35 and 40 assaults since the shopmen's strike began. One man was killed by a negro cook, who was being beaten. Two Are Killed. Reedy Booth, a guard on the Southern railway, died in a hospital at Augusta, Ga. from wounds re- ceived when he and another guard were attacked. His companion, E. M.| Feater was Kkilled, The men were | shot and cut. The homes of two rallroad work- ers at Council Bluffs, lowa, were stormed with bricks. Guards on the Northern Pacific at| Missoula, Mont., were reinforced by a squad of deputy United States mar- shals following an attack on a bunk- house where 25 workmen were asleep, Although a volley of shots was fired into the bunk-house none of the sleeping men was Injured. | NEW B PLOT TO BLOW UP WESTERN EXPRESS IN NEW RAILROAD REIGN OF TERROR FLOATING SALOON AND the original plan of the plotters The delay police said was REPARATIONS BOARD COMES TO DECISION Vote of Acceptance of Belgian Plan of Reparations is Ex- pected Today, Paris, Aug. 31 (By Associated Press).—The allled reparations com- mission has decided to accept the Belgian compromise on the German moratorium proposition as a solution of the present crisis, it was learned this afternoon. A formal vote will be taken before the day is over, it was stated. The British, Italian and Belgian members are declared unequivocally to favor this settlement. The atti- tude of M. Dubois, the French mem- ber, was not definitely known when the early afternoon session of the commission adjourned. M. Dubois went at once into con- sultation with Premier Poincare with | the purpose of bringing to the com- mission the French government's de- ciston as'to whether it would accept or decline the Belgian compromise. Under the terms of this plan, brought forward by M. Delacroix, the Belgian member of the commission, Belgium in lieu of the remaining cash payments from Germany this| year, ‘o which she 1s entitled under a priority agreement, would accept treasury bills from the German gov- | ernment payable in six months. These bills would total more than 250,000,000 gold marks and Germany | would offer further guarantees for their redemption when due. HIGH TENSION WIRES CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE| Cross Circuit Burns Wires,‘ Knocks Poles Down, Holds Up Trains | The peacefulness and quiet which usually surrounds the neighborhood | of Black Rock bridge, was rudely, shattered last night about 9 o'clock | by two explosions following one an- other in quick succession, in the viein- | ity of the bridge which spans railroad tracks on West Main street. The people in the neighborhood, | some startled from their sleep and others brought to their feet tense and excited, hurried from their homes to find out the cause of the racket and the lurid glow in the sky. The explosions were caused by the cross circniting of the high U‘nsmn! wires of the Connecticut Electric | Light and Power Co. which convey | the electric power from the station in Burlington to the power house on Corbin avenue. Employes of the Connecticut Electric Light and Power Co. have been working in the spot for | the past few months and it is thought that they hooked up the wires in a faulty manner or in such a way that there was a short circuit the moment the current was turned on. Official comment was not forthcoming. Considerable damage was done to the wires and the poles along the ra road tracks, where the high tension wires run, when the “juice’” met at the crossed wires. Wires were melted and' fell to the tracks below and at least one pole was knocked from its position by the /force of the explo- sions. For sevgra! yards, the glow of the wires, ayf red hot heat, could be seen by the people in the neigh- borhood, and the intense heat could be felt for some distance around. So great was the danger in the | vieinity, that it was found necessary to stop a number of trains until the current could be turned off and the tracks cleared of the burned wires and the broken poles. A squad of men from the head- quarters of the company was quickly collected and dispatched to the scene, and they worked on the break all last night and this morning. FEarly | this morning, the smell of the insu- lation which was burned off the wires for several feet was prevalent on Black Rock avenue and West | Main street. The officials of the Connecticut Electric Light and Power Co. were reticent about the matter | today, passing it off as an ordinary happening. The current about the city was off for several minutes as a Prohibition Officials |three months of 1922 against the | $300,000 oTCK HELD British Ship Loaded Scotch Whiskey New York, Aug. 31.—The British three masted schooner Gamma, with $200,000 worth of Scotch whiskey aboard, and the excursion steamer Smithfield, which is alleged to have been carrying a floating bar, were seized by customs and prohibition authorities today. The British schooner was captured off Montauk Point and the Smithfield which is owned by the Keansbhurg Steamship company of Keansburg, N J., was taken over after she had dis- charged her passengers at the Battery early today. Crews of two rum running launches also provided thrills for prohibition enforcement agents in New York harbor early today. Agents of the customs house special service squad found three bootleggers trying to get 10 cases of liquor off the French freighter, Phoebus and opened fire when they tried to escape in their launch. One of the rum runners tum- bled overboard but was pulled in by his companions and the launch slip- ped away in the darkness. The customs, scout boat Newberry, wallowing in the dark of Sandy Hook, flashed on all her lights when the crew heard the chug-chug of a mo- torboat. Suddenly the boat burst into flames. The Newberry put over a small boat and rescued Willlam White and Steve Gillosky. The Newberry turned hose lines on the burning craft which later was found to contain 40 cases of liquor. ‘White and Gillosky were held on charges of rum running. The Gamma with 2,000 cases of whiskey aboard, was bound from Halifax, N. 8, to Havana. The ship is alleged to have stopped off Mon- tauk Point to transfer part of her cargo to small boats from shore. She was sighted by the dry navy boat Hanson and, according to In- spector Percy Johnson, who was in {charge, attempted to run away when the Hanson approached. She was overhauled after a chort chase and was convoyed to Fort Pond Bay. No arrests were made but the en- tire crew was detained for ques- tioning. Seizure of the Smithfield followed an inspection by prohibition enforce- ment agents, which disclosed eight cases of beer, two pints of whiskey and two pints of gin. FEWER BIRTHS IN U. §. Government Figures Show That Grim Reaper Has Greater Average Than Has the Old Stork. Washington, Aug. 31.—The birth rate is declining and the death rate increasing according te statistics made public today by the census bur- eau covering the first quarter of the year. The birth rate in the states from which comparative figures were avail- able showed an average of 23.3 for each 1,000 of population in the first 253 in 1921 while the mortality average in the first quarter this year was 13.7 against 12.6 in the same period last year. FLIM- FLAMMER WER JAILED Alleged Manipulation Game, Bridgeport Man, to Have Worked Bill Gets Three Months. Derby, Aug. 31.—Robert Marler, of Bridgeport, accused of obtaining money from several Derby merchants under false pretenses last Saturday, was sentenced to three months in jail by Judge Archibald Duffield in city court this morning. Marler pleaded his own case, saying that his acquisi- tion of $10 from each of the mer- chants by a manipulation of change or a $20 bill was all a mistake. It is helieved that Marler has worked the same game in several cities and towns of the state, Woman and Three Men Flee Escaping Police Bullets New York, Aug. 31.—A woman and three men, who attempted to hold up an employee of an ice plant in the Bronx early today, leaped into a waiting automobile when a policeman appeared and escaped after a chase [of 16 blocks over a torn-up street. | Pursuing bluecoats fired five shots. LEAGUES 7 FOR BIG New Haven, Aug. 31.—President Weiss of the New Haven baseball eclub today stated that major league clubs were looking at seven of his players with the idea of buying them. The players are Eddie Eayes, Elmer Bowman, Jimmy Wilson, Harry Ri- conda, Marty Shay, Pinky Hargrave and Frank Woodward. EDDIE HELD LEADS, Toledo, O., Aug. 31 (By Associated Press)—Driving an average of 275 yards and seldom missing a putt of less than 10 feet, Eddie Held of St Louis, had a 3 hole lead on Dick Walsh of New York at the end of 18 holes of their 36 hole match for the national public links golf @haripion- result of the accldent. ship. [ONE ARRESTED FOR MURDER AT HERRIN Union Coal Miner Accused of Slaying C. K. McDowell ATTY. GENERAL IS PLEASED Prisoner Voluntarily Surrendered When Notified of Warrant—Prose- + cutor Feel Progress 1is Being 111, Aug. 31.—(By Associ- —Otis Clark, a union|, *Qa first man indicted by 4 jury investigating W in which 22 per- : "vie. D 6‘ the the r." 9. 8s0ons we. sndered at noon today. Hu | “d with the mur- der of C. K. 4 ,well, superintend- ent of the Les. . strip mine, where the massacre occurred, July 21 and 22. L Attorney Ger. Brundage of Illinois expressed satisfaction with the grand jury's action in voting the true bill with such expedition. MISS LYDALL DIES Former Local Woman Passes Away At Her Home At Montclair—Funer- al Seryice Here Tomorrow. Miss Hattie M. Lydall, aged about 65 years, a former resident of this city for many years, died yesterday at Montclair, N. J. The deceased was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lydall of Maple street, and she left here about 12 years ago, for Montclair, where she had been the housekeeper for her sister, Miss Olive Lydall, who is a school teacher at that place. While a resident of this city Miss Lydall was a member of the Baptist church. She was a sister of the late Mrs. L. S. Johnson, wife of the well known retired minister of 7 New- berry street, Belvidere. The body will reach this city at 8:12 o'clock tomor- row morning, and will be taken to the home of Rev. L. S. Johnson. The funeral service will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with Rev. L. 8. Johnson officiating. The burial will be in Fairview cemetery. NURSE SLAYS DOCTOR Murders Man Be. | cguse Latter's Wife Had Talked About Her, She Says. Arizona \Woman Florence, Ariz;, Aug. 31.—Dr. W. G. Randall, 46, was shot and Kkilled here yesterday by Miss Katherine Encinas, 26, a nurse at the Florence hospital. Officers said she claimed she acted because of remarks by the doctor's wife. Miss Encinas, after the shooting surrendered to the sher- iff. Miss Encinas told the officers she telephoned Dr. Randall and« asked him to call at her home. When he arrived he seated himself in the liv- ing room. Then, Miss Encinas said, she drew a revolver and shot him. The bullet pierced the doctor's heart. Dr. Randall is survived by his wid- ow, one son, 14, and a daughlér 12. TUBE TRAINS N CRASH Twenty Persons Injured in Rear End Collision on the Hudson and Man- hattan Railroad This Morning. Jersey City, Aug. 31.—Twenty per- sons were injured today in a rear-end collision between two tube traips of the Hudson and Manhattan railroad. The accident occurred between Man- hattan transfer and the Summit ave- nue station Some of the injured were brought to this city, where they were convey- ed in ambulances to hospitals. Eight of the injured were taken to the city hospital in Newark, one in an uncon- scious condition Both trains York. were bound for New |© HGR. EDWARDS DEAD Prominent Catholic Clergyman Dies in a Hospital at New York After a Long Tlness. Rt. Rev. Monsignor John Edwards, a brother of James Edwards of this city, died last night at St. Vincent's hospital at New York, following a lingering illness The distinguished clergyman was well known in this city, and visited here at different times with his brother No definite | time has as vet been set for the funeral, but it has been decided that the burial will be at White Plains, v t t Girl Uses Sweetheart’s Pistol to Kill Herself New York, Aug. 81.—Miss Bertha Froelich, 24, a seamstress, killed her- self early today with the pistol of her sweetheart, Willlam Herman a Brooklyn policeman. She lived with Herman's family and the police weré told she took the pistol from a bur- eau drawer while Herman was away. | She was said to have been despon-| dent over chronic lliness THE WEATHER paT Hartford, Aug. for New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair with moderate temperature tonight and Friday 31.—Foreoast I | | | * golf, who used to throw ball” when he played in the back-lot league “back of the hill,"”” came to the in and about the city, much as they choose, providing they have permission of the owner of the lot. much it annoys the neighbors.” were driven through smoke to the street when fire today destroyed the build- ing at 318 State street, John E. DeRarberi’s fruit store living apartments upstairs came through the floor of his room stock of fruit and candy, Barberi said he had $10,000 insurance on his fruit. store from an unknown cause. Renominated for than 65,000 the latest returns the vote in 5,751 of 6,695 precinc ernor Willlam attorney leading Jones by political He has won can be no caviling at the res strength has always been with all the people republicans six States majority times that campaign in any Sergeant department company ages. her 16, Main was struck by a and well as sever. manent unfit fendant in of $2,500 Wm June, to the lockup he was hurt in a through the floor of the lockup. RITAIN CONNE("II(JUT THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1922 -—FOURTEE‘ COAL DEALERS OFFERED 7,500 TllNS o 5 News of the World By Associated Press OF HARD COAL SENT FROM ENGLAND | rdge, Once no Mean Player Himself, Appears As Champion of Back-Lot Boy Baseball Stars Acting Judge W. F. Mangan Rules Youngsters Can Play On Any Vacant Lot, Providing Owner Gives Permission. Acting Judge Willlam F. Mangan, who but a few short years ago was ‘Bill” Mangan, and a ball player of little ability before he took up a ‘“mean no rescue of young America and the great American pastime as it is play- ed, effect, the judge's ruling was: in police court this morning. In “Boys who play ball on empty lots can play as And this, regardless of how At the same time, Judge Mangan handed down a $5 fine to John Lach- inski, who keeps a store at the cor- ner of Millard street and Newington road for assault. The accused was charged with throwing a stone which badly injured eight year old Michael Carbonie, who had to be given medi- cal attention by Dr. Mendel Volken- heim The defense put forth by Lawyer Stanley Traceski, was that Lachinski has been annoyed by the boys playing ball in lots near his store and ap- peals to thapolice have availed noth- ing. “It he is annoyed by ball playing on empty lots, that is his misfortune,” stated Judge Mangan, ‘“If the boys have the permission of the man who owns the lot, they have a perfect right to play ball there. But they have no right to go on any else's property.” The decision has been hailed with delight by the boys of the neighbor- hood and the city in general, but Michael Carbonic ,sr., seems hardly less pleased than Lachineki. The fath- er wants to appeal from the verdict, being disappointed at not being called to the witness stand. Also, he says, he had to pay $7 in doctor's bills. SAVES GRANDMOTHER | AND DOG, LOSES CAT Bridgeport Man Proves Himself a Hero At Fire—Tenants Driven From Their Beds. Bridgeport, Aug. 31.—Four persons from their beds and| below occupied by and Barberi was awakened when flames bed- He carried his grandmother through the smoke and then went back and got a Pomeranian dog. He could not find the family cat. Miss Lena De Barberi and Mrs. Teresa Roraback grouped their way down stairs in the smoke and were un- harmed. In working on the blaze two fire- men were slightly injured. The loss on the building was 4,000 falling upon Mrs. Daisy Raymond and on the $5,500. De The fire started in the HIRAM JOHNSON WINS GREATEST VICTORY| United | States Senate by More Than 65,000 Votes San Francisco, Aug. 31.—Hiram| Johnson today was assured of the re- publican renomination for the United margin of more On the face of States senate by votes. a e Johnson C. C. Moore 208,- nag Friend W. Richardson, state treas- | urer had a lead of 14,738 over Gov-| Stephens for the nomination. | re- | publican gubernatorial The vote was: 9 Richardson 241,062, Stephens 2 224, Thomas Lee Woolwine, prosecuting of T.os Angeles county was his opponent, Mattison B more than 2 for the democratic nomination for governor Johnson headquarters issued the| “This is the greatest victory in the career of Hiram Johnson so decisively that there | ult. His he was nominated by the years ago for United ator he had a scant 15,000 Yesterday he won by five number of votes against| st powerful and sinister in-| “When he m | mite explosion early ®oday, following statement |eral weeks in this city, | rival 'MINERS REJOICE AT RETURN TO LABORS |Happiness Prevails in Cot- tages Where Early Hours Fird Workers Ready Pittsburgh, Aug. 31. (By Associated Press)—Lamp lights flickered early in the homes of thousands of miners in western Pennsylvania as they joy- ously started to the mines to work for the first time in six months. They | grouped about the mine mouths and all expressed satisfaction at the set- tlement of their strike which was made complete yesterday when the lone remaining producer—the Pitts- burgh Coal Co.—accepted the Cleve- land agreement. Before 'dawn broke over the min- ing villages hundreds of mine labor- ers were entering the pits to make way for the remainder of the 45,000 men who are now assured employ- ment. ing cleaned out today. will be hoisting coal miness believed Union leaders today were hurrying to the mines to unionize the unorgan- ized men. The agreement signed with the operators yesterday provided that non-union men be discharged. The tipple at the Schenk mine near Oakmont was destroyed by a dyna- with an estimated loss of $1,500. About the same time the tippie at the mine of A. L. Simpson, not far away, Wi damaged by a similar explosion. Thi mines were said be wagon minge operating on a non-union basis. SEES HER NEPHEW AFTER 36 YEARS Some of these next Monday, Mrs, Adolph Huck of Brook Street, Had Not Seen Him Since He Was 3 Years Old Thirty-six years have elapsed since Mrs. Adolph Huck of 38 Brook street left her parent town of Altlandez, Austria, to cross the ocean for a life to be spent in the United States. The same period of years have expired since she said goodbye to her nephew Adolph Kaspar, who was then a lit- tle tot of three years. Now, Kaspar, with his son, Emil, 10 years old, has just returned to his home in Wil- mette, Tllinois, after having spent sev- visiting with his aunt and other near relatives During the period of years which elapsed since the local woman left her native home, her sister, the mother of Kaspar, died, and Mrs. Huck kept in touch with her nephew through correspondence. She knew of his ar- in this country 19 years ago and of his departure for the west. For 19 years letters have passed between | Wilmette and this city, and ever was expressed the hope that the two would meet again That wish was 'vHfiV‘rT‘ fluences and the most lavish expendi- ever witnessed in any state of the union.” ure of money BRINGS $30,000 SUIT | | tarewell Bridgeport Police Scrgeant Sues Con- | ster necticut Company for Damages— | Sheriff Sues Town for $2,500. Bridgeport, Aug. 31.—Among civil of Detective of the local Connecticut $50,000 alleged dam- claims that on Novem while on traffic duty at Fairfield avenue he car of the company bone broken as He claims per alleged he was was that William Curry against the court today for Curry 1921, street and collar 1 ribe and had h injuries for service The town of Fairfield is made de- another suit to the extent brought by Deputy Sheriff H. Gould, who claims that in 1921, while taking a prisoner | fall suits filed in Fairfield county superior |and relatives in Danbury, noon by the visit of Kaspar to this city. Neither person knew the other and | | there was a tender scene in the Brook | street home when Mrs. Huck greeted | her sister's son, now a full grown man with a family, to whom she said as a three year old young- Kaspar has prospered since arriving in this country and has a comfort- [able business in Wilmette, where he | the retail shoe trade visited with friends | South Nor- is engaged in While here he walk and Manchester. 15 ARE KILLED. Cumberland, B. C., Aug teen men were killed and 16 injured in the explosion late yesterday in No. 4 mine of the Canadian Collieries Dunsmuir coal properties here, a cording to latest reports this after- Al the bodies have been recovered 31.—Fif- of RSONS I\." RPP N Aug. 31.—Six per- injured, one probably | 1 y, early today when a cylinder head blew out of a hydraulic pra;sJ at E. 1. Du Pont de Nemeurs and Co. plant here. Arlington, were | Chamber of Commerce Officials Get Option at $13.50 Per Ton, to Sell Probably at $21—De- livered at New London Purchase, if Made, Would Involve About $130,000 and Necessitate About 150 Freight Cars. Due to the activities of President John C. Loomis and the directors of the Chamber of Commerce, New Brite ain coal dealers shortly before noonm today were offered a chance to pur- chase 7,500 tons of anthracite or Brit- ish hard coal. Mr. Loomis informed the coal dealers that he had an op- tion on that amount, delivered at the docks in New London. $13.50 Per Ton, F. O. B. Whether the local coal dealers will take it or not, is problematical. The coal will be delivered F. O. B. New London at a price of $18.50 a tonm, which figuring coats of handling, de- murrage at both ends of the line, ete., would cost close to $18 or $20 a ton in the yards in New Britain and would have to sell for about $21. On the other hand, anthracite coal from Pennsylvania is expected to be avail- able in small quantities at a price of approximately $22 a ton within & short time. Claim Coal Is Good The correspondence Mr. Loomis had with the British coal dealers contains an analysis of the coal and also a statement claiming that it is equal if not better than Pennsylvania anthra- cite. It would arrive at New London about October 1. The boat now is at | The Netherlands and will load up at | Wales, sometime between September 8 and 15. It would arrive here direct from the mines in sizes ranging all the way from nut coal to egg and in- cluding some broken sizes which are next larger thin egg and two sizes larger than.stave Nothing too large for domestic ies is included in these sizes. It was stated that Princeton univer- sity, the Standard Oil company, the B. R. T., and other large corporations Five hundred mines were be-|are jnterested in this coal. Some Are Optimistic Several dealers were inclined to think that the shortage in New Brit- ain is not so serious but what the anthracite coal which will be released as soon as the strike is settled, will be sufficient to tide the city over, pro- viding the city fuel commission re- quires everyone to use soft coal wher- ever it is possible to do so. Last : | been spring practically every coal yard in the city was filled to capacity. Let- 'ters were sent out by one concern ladvising the people to purchase coal hen they could, other companies gave verbal advice to their customers and similar advice was given in in. terviews published in The Herald. Some Coal in Bins As a result of this, Morris Cohn, of the Cohn Coal company, stated this morning he estimates about 30 per cent of the coal consumers in the city have some coal in their cellars. Doug- las Johnston, of the City Coal and Wood company, stated that there was a qualtity of so-called ‘‘steam sizes" buckwheat and pea coal in storage by the coal companies which will be re- leased as soon as the strike is settled. People who are willing to use thess sizes, he said, would be able to get what they wanted. Those who in- sisted upon stove coal size would be out of luck New England Second It was reported that the coal ship- pers will take care of the Great Takes district first and New England will get second preference. Nathan Berson, who has just returned from an extensive tour of the anthracite re. gions, going through Scranton, Wilkes-Rarre and Hazelton and as fas south as Pottsville and Shamokin, making practically a complete tour of the region, says the anthracite miners will be working next week, he be- lieves. Report Later fn Day It was decided that Mr Berson would get into touch with his man in New York who will see the British coal use, and telephone a report this afternoon, ohtaining a sample {if possible and coming to this city in time for another meeting tomorrow. Purchase of the coal for which the Chamber of Commerce holds an op- tion, would involve an expenditure of about $180,000 and would require something like 150 cars to transport it from New London to New Britain. 1t would mean an average of about $15,000 per dealer Investigating British Coal. Ceal company has been direct communication with coal shippers in England and Scot- land for the past several days and has making strenuous efforts to as- t the quality of the They have had quos firms and expect the next few days. 1f the company gets anything definite, according to M. H. Johnson, it is planned to confer with the other with a view to concerted ac- in The Citizens in certain wk Rritish tations several just coal is from severs' more within dealers tion One communication from a British firm offers anthracite rubbly culm, ranging from nut coal down in an- thracite sizes through small nut, pea, buckwheat, rice, beans, peas and (Continued on Page Twelve)