New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1922, Page 3

EASTERN FARMERS HAVING BAD LUCK Government Reports Show Apple, Po- tato, Hay and Truck Growers Discouraged With Results, Washington, Dec, 9.-~The general agricultural situation in the United States has Improved slightly, as in- dicated by the monthly agricultural review of the department of agricul- ture, Cotton, grain and livestock products prices as well ag prices 'of things farm- ers have to buy have risen slowly, the October price index on ten farm pro- ducts being 101 compared with 100 for 1013, “This has put a little money Into the pockets of some farmers, put heart into many more and has done both for those who carry farm pro- ducts through the channels of trade,” the review says, The price the farm- er pays for other than food products according to the wholesale price index has risen to 169 compared with 100 in 1913. Thus a unit of farm pro- ducts will purchase 35 per cent less of other commodities as it would in @13, November, figures indicate an ab- normal movement of populations of people from farm towns. Agricultural conditions in the ecast are relatively poorer. Potato, apple, hay and truck growers are thorough- 1y discouraged, the report says. Some poultry men are doing fairly well, but; most dairy men are having all they can do to break even. The cotton belt shows the best general recovery of any region as a whole. Wheat' belt "ghippers have been hampered by an almost unprecedent- ed shortage of freight cars. Winter wheat stands are reported generally fairly good. Search Being Made for o PR Missing Army Aviators San Diego, Cal, Dec. 9.—Thorough earch of the deserts of Arizona for the two missing army officers from Rockwell fleld who are believed to fhave made a forced landing, was un- der way today. Three army planes from San Diego were in Arizona and five more were due from Fort Bliss, Texas. The missing officers, Col. Francis C. Marshall and Lieut. Charles T. Webber, left Rockwell field in a plane Thursday morning and were lust reported at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon passing oven Es- trella, Ariz. Smith at Frisco to Make Ready for World Flight san Francisco, Dec. 9.—Sir Keith Smith, famous British aviator, has arrived here to prepare for a round- the-world flight he proposes to make next spring. The course will be from London to Egypt and 'Mesopotamia, over. India and Burma. up the China coast ‘and across Japan thence to the Aleutian islands, Alaska and Van- couver, across Canada to New York, vp to Newfoundland and finally to London, 20,000 Frencl—l—Soldiers Buried in One Cemetery Paris, Dec. 9 -(By the Associated Press)—Twenty thousand French sol- diers who died in Germany as pris- oners of war are to be buried in a great cemetery at Sarrebourg, near the frontier, according to an arrange- ment concluded by the minister of war with the municipality. Sarrebourg requested the honor of providing a last resting place “for those unhappy hernes. whose lives were sacrificed in ecaptivity.' FATAL EXPLOSION, Four Dead and Several Injured at Black Diamond Powder Mill, + Scranton, Pa., Dec. 9.—Four per- #ons'are known to be dead and sev- eral were injured today in an explo- sion which destroyed. ‘the mills of the Black Diamond Powder Co., near Dupont, Pa., about eight miles south of Scranton. The explo- sion was felt at Carbondale, Pa., 25 miles away. One of the dead was Ralph Brumm of Pittston, son of E. B. Brumm, president and general manager of the Black Diamond Co, There were 2,000 bags of powder in the glazing mill, each of contained 25 pounds. Immediately after the first explosion four other buildings blew up. b SETTLEMENT NEAR. Turks and Allies Probably Will Reach Agrecement. Lausanne, Dec. 9, (By Associated Fress).—Optimism reigned supreme in lausanne today for the Near East conference had weathered what was probably its most difficult session to cdate. Ismet Pasha'’s statement yesterday of the Turkish views on the Darda- nelles question and the reply it brought from Lord Curzon resulted in a gen- eral clearing of the conference atmos- phere. Turkey has apparently broken away from Russian control and For- clgn Minister Tchitcherin and his as- gociates, although resentful of Tur- key's failure to bid out for complete autonomy in the stralts, are accept- ing the situation. NAMING POLISH PRESIDENT. Warsaw, Dec. 9.—Prof. Casimir Morawaski, president of the Polish academy of science and former presi- dent of the University of Cracow had 8 large following as the national as- sembly met today to elect a president for Poland. —— BANKING STATEMENT. New York, Dec. 9.-—~The actual eondition_of clefring house banks and trusf compfnies for the week shows that they hold $23,146,410 in ‘oxcess of legal requirements. This is &n increase in Teserves of $30,618,- 600. OUSTED FROM C. 8, CHURCH. Boston, Dec. 9—David B. Ogden,| formerly trustee of the Christtan Sci- ence Publishing soclety, has been dropped from membership 'in ‘the mother church by the board of direstors, it became known today. ithe part of Miss Birkhead at a dance glazing | which | City ltems Business Men's Luncheon 46c, Home cooked meats and pastry, Crowell's, —advt, A regular meeting of the Y. M. T, A, & B, society will be held tomorrow | afternoon at 2:30 o'clock | Headquarters for Cirls' | Besse-Leland's of course~—udvt, Women's Exchange Xmas Electric Light office, Tuesday, 12th.~advt, Office assoclates at the New Britain Machine company were entertalned | A. Beatty, Miss Edith Benson and Miss Bertha Larson of Stanley street. Mrs. A, Beatty, Mis Edith Benson and Miss Ethel Pindar entertalned with vocal numbers, Finala, 6-day race tonight, Pilz's.— advt, | Coata, | wale. Dee. SINGER ACGUSES HUBBY Mme, Matzenauer Claims That Her Chauffeursfiusband Has Not Been Faithful to Her, 8an Francisco, Dec. 9.—Mme. Mar- garet Matzenauer, opera star, in a for- mal answer and cross complaint to the divorce suit of her chauffeur-hus- band, Floyd Glotzbach, entered a general denial of charges against her | and asked that she be awarded a decree on grounds of cruelty and in- fidelity. Her counsel announced he would introduce in court three cancelled checks for a total of $357 which, he said, were given by Mme. Matzenauer | to Glotzbach and forwarded by the husband without the singer's knowl- edge to Mrs. Lottle Fraties of Carmel, Cal. One $100 check, it is set forth, was sent to the Fraties woman by Glotzbach six days before he and the opera star were married on June 18, 1921, Glotzbach’s alleged correspondence with Lottle Fraties were responsible for the marital troubles, Mme. Matzenauer asserted. PRINCE EXPLAINS STAND Deposed Greck Official Denies That He Ever Disobeyed Orders at Bat- relations and tle Front. Paris, Dec. 9.-—Prince Andrew of Greece is quoted by the Paris Herald as saying that the charges of dis- obedience of orders preferred against him in his recent trial are unfounded. “1 was under no orders,” he told the newspaper. The prince added that he was treated with much cour- tesy during his trial. « “Greece today is neither bolshevist, revolutionary nor republican as the recent ghastly events in Athens might lead the world to believe,” the prince | said. “I do not consider that the king s in danger, although his posi- tion is a difficult one.” Queen Mother Olga of Greece, who had planned to sail for:the . United States next Wednesday with Prince Christopher and his wife, the former Mrs, Willlam B. Leeds has decided instead to accompany Prince Andrew to London. HAS A “PAST” LIFE - This Is Evidence Against Miss Birk- head in Her Suit Against Governor of Mississippi. Oxford, Miss, Dec. 9.—~A dozen witnesses in the trial of Miss Frances Birkhead's suit for $100,000 dam- ages from Lee M. Russell, governor of Mississippi, remained to be heard to- day. Testimony yesterday dealt pally with alleged improprieties princi- on near Dover, Miss, during her earlier life; later in Pearsall, Texas, and during recent years in Louisiana and Mississippi; and of threats she is al- leged to have made in Jackson in 1920, :One witness testified that he had been engaged to Miss Birkhead at one time. Cross-examination. of Russell consisted almost repetition of denials of tions by Miss Birkhead including a charge of seduction and an aleged promise to obtain a divorce and marry her. Governor entirely ‘of the allega- Florfda Town Quiet After Burning Negro at Stake | Perry, Fla,, Dec. 9—Quiet prevailed here today after the burning at the stake of Charlie Wright, negro, last night, by a mob estimated at several thousand men, after he i3 said to have | i confessed he killed Miss Ruby. Hen- dry, a school teacher. The authori- ties still neld Albert Young, negro, who was arrested in Georgla yester- day after he had been tralled six days. | Wright exonerated Young, but said onother negro, whose name he did not give, robbed Miss Hendry after he (Wright) had cut her throat. SHIP SAILS LIGHT Strike Prevents Filling to Capacity of Liner Andania Boston, Dec. 9.—The Cunard liner Andania will sail for Halifax and Liv- erpool late today 12,000 tons short in cargo, and the Cunard freighter Cel-! lavia will be delayed a day or two in i sallidg for Portland, Me. and London as a result of a walkout of 60 long- shoremen on the former vessel today. Gangs from the Vellavia were used to trim the Andanla's cargo to allow her to sail on schedule with her 300 passengers. FLORIDA TO PLAY ARMY. Gainesville, Fla., Dec. 9.-—The Uni- versity of Florida football team will meet the Army team at West Point! next October 6, it was definitely an- nounced by university officials today. The announcement followed recelpt of a telegram from officials of the gervice academy confirming Florida's acceptance of the date. i | UNFILLED STEEL ORDERS. New York, Dec. 9.—Unfiled orders of the U. 8. Steel corp. on November 30 totalled 6,840,242 tons, a decrease of 62,045 tonssfrom October 31, it was announced today. ! who for many years was one of the NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1922. Lnely Wives nere are three of the beauties from the harem of the deposed Turk sul- tan, Mohammed IV. These beauties, with 147 other wives of the sujtan, were tossed on their own resources when their ex-husband boarded a British warship. They are described by the new rulers, who are puzzled by the ladies’ predicament, as “beau- tiful, religious and affectionate.” Christmas Tree Shortage Hits England This Year London, Dec. 9.—Christmas trees will be scarce in England this year. The trees have been cut in such large numbers of late that it ‘has been found necessary to reduce the supply in order to save them from extermi- nation. Yuletide fruits and nuts, im- ported from the colonies, are par- ticularly plentiful and the prices are the lowest since the war. GAME, BUT FOOLISH, Football Player With DBroken Ribs Runs Away From Hospital. Springfield, Mass., Dec. 9.—Suffer- ing from four broken ribs, but de- termined to see the final game of his team with Malden High school foot- ball team in that city today, Fred Sheets, 18, quarterback of the Waite High school team of Toledo, O., left a hospital in that city and made his way as far as this city in the effort to reach Malden, He was taken into custody. by officers on a charge of evading his raliroad fare, but on hear- ing his story the officers got n touch with the Toledo team manager, “Dutch” Stamman, in a hotel. Stam- mn guaranteed Sheet's railroad fare and the boy was put on a Boston train. He received medical attention before continuing his journey. LACK OF OXYGEN FATAL. Gas Heater Burning in Room Causes Death of Old Man, Thompsonville, Dac. 9—John Sloan, 70, who was found unconscious his home yesterday after relatives had forced an entrance died today. His daughter, Mrs. Isabella O'Don- nell, who also was unconscious, is re- covering. The town officers believed that the condition of both was due to gas from a heater which was left burning Thursday night. The oxygen had been exhausted from the air of the bedrooms while Sloan and Mrs, O'Donnell were asleep, in their opinion. 3 N.. W. RATHBUN DIES. Was One of East Haddam's Best Known Residents, 9. — Norris farmer East Haddam, Dec. Wheeler = Rathbun, retired town’'s best known residents, died of heart trouble at his home here today. He was in the legislature in 1899, was town treasurer for a long period and had held other offices, being secretary of the town school committee and trustee of the High school fund at the time of his.death. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Krances L. Emmons, daughter of a legislator, who served in the house many years. g WASHINGTON SILENT. Has Nothing to Say Regarding Allicd Conference in London. Washington, Dec. 9.—(By Associat- ed Press.)—It can be stated on ‘the highest authority that the Washing- ton govarnment has no suggestion to make to the allled premiers in con- nection with their meeting in London. American ambassadors Roughton and Fletcher and 8enator McCormick, whose presence in London is referred to in the British press as having some connection with the conference,. all went to the British capital on their own volition. Their presence there tegether was said in officlal quarters to be a pure coincidence. ASK HOLIDAY AT P. O, New Haven, Dec. 9.—The Connecti- cut federation of postal workers has received work from New York that the Lord's Day Alliance will send to Fresident Harding a resolution faver- ing a full holiday Christmas Day as well as favoring the ending of all but necessary work on Sinday, it was an- nounced here today. The federation will ask pastors of churches In the state to advocate strict observance of Bunday in the postal service. A g COX 18 DADDY NOW Dayton, O., Dec. 9.— James M. Cox, defeated democratic candidate for president in. 1920, is the father of a nine pound baby girl born last night at his home, Trail's End. Mrs Cox TMny B. Ford, charged with plotting to | 0| court, before which she. pleaded not | PAIRBANKS LOSES 00T REPRISALS CERTAIN RESULT IN IRELAND Nowspaper Writers Report That Bloody Regime Is Feared, Fol- lowing Fxecutions, London, Dec. 9 (By Assoclated Press) ~~Reports from Dublin say that there was promiscuous firing in that city last night. There whs no suggestion that it was of unusual in- tensity, The expectation that yesterday's executions in Dublin will be followed by further shootings, s expressed to- day In some of the Dublin dispatches to the London newspapers, These correspondents are convinced that a chain of: reprisals will continue, The Dafly Mall's Dublin corre- spondent quotes a I'ree State officlal as saying that there are at least 100 desperate men in the city who, hav- ing no care for their own lives, will follow the behest of their leaders and endeavor to assassinate members of the government and of the Irish parliament. The correspondent remarks that the authorities still have in custody saveral republican leaders who were captured under certain circumstances bringing them within the scope of the recent proclamation proscribing a summary military trial and execu- tion for persons found to possess bombs, explosives or firearms. These prisoners include Tom Hales, brother of Sean Hales, the deputy shot on/ Thursday and Michael Kilroy, Sean Russell and Tom Maguire, DEATHS AND FUNEKALS Mrs. Ruth Molyneux. The funeral of Mrs. Ruth Molyneux was held from St. Mark's Episcopal church this afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe officiating. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Emma Andruss, The funeral of Mrs. Emma Andruss was held from her late home at 46 Madison street this afternoon. Serv- ices were private. Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill officlated. Interment was fu Fairview cemetery. Henry Hall Mason. Henry Hall Mason, age 66 years, dled at his home in Farmington early this morning. Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. H. W. Wells of Farmington and Mrs. John L. Ingraham of Springfield,Mass. and one son, Thomas D, Mason of Farmington. The funeral will be held on Mon- day afternoon probably from _the Fpiscopal church in that town. Tew. C. E. Roberts will officiate and i terment ‘will be in Riverside ceme- tery, 1 ington. Salvatore Passanano, ‘ Salvatore Passanano, aged one year, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Passanano, 185 High street, died last night at his heme, The funeral was held this, afternoon at 3 o'clock from his late bome, and burial was in St. Mary's new cemetery. » HRS. FORD INSANE? This Will Be Plea of Detroit Woman Accused of Asking Gunman to Kill ‘Wealthy Husband. 9.—Friends of Mrs. Detroit, Dec. slay her estranged husband, Ney J. Ford, a wealthy farmer, renewed their efforts today to obtain freedom for the prisoner. Mrs. ¥ord spent last| night in jail unable to raise the $25,~ 000 bond required by the recorder’s guilty yesterday. The defense of Mrs, Ford, should! she be brought to trial, is expected to be based on her statement ‘to the| prosecutor that she was subject to in- termittent loss of memory. ,of tem- porary insanity. She did not remem- ber, she declared, that she ever sought to ‘engage a gunman to slay her wealthy husband that she might gain possession of the estate as charged. RISBERG LOSES WIFE Former White Sox Player Is Divorced Former Mate Also Gets Custody of Two Children. 8an Francisco, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Agnés Risberg was granted a divorce in the superior court here yesterday from Charles ‘“Swede” Risberg, former Chicago White Sox ball player. Mrs. Risberg won the decree on the grounds that her husband was cruel and neglected her. She was given custody of their two children but her plea of $100 monthly alimony was denied on technical grounds, Risberg being out of the jurisdiction of the court. Since he was ousted from organized baseball, Risberg has been playing ball in the outlaw leagues under the name of Jack Maples, Mrs. Risberg said. i Court Rules That Movie Company Hla' ; Right to Make Changes in His Film Texts. New York, Dec. 9.—The plea of Douglas Fairbanks to restrain Hyman Winik and others from re-vamping films in which Falirbanks appeared several years ago was denied by Su- preme Court Justice Warner yester- day. The court held that Fairbanks' was but an employe of the company that made the flims and producers | had a right to make changes in a commodity they had hired him to; help produce. The decision may affect old films ot a number of other motion picture actors and actresses who have be- ' come stars since the older pictures were made. FOOTBALL GAME TODAY Malden, Mass, Dec. 8.—The Waite High school team of Toledo, O., was here today to meet ‘Malden High school in an intersectional football contest, probably the last of the sea- | e in the east. Mild weather pre- ' was Miss Margaret Blair of Chicago. valled. SRS Speakin of Snrplxers Enid Wentworth wins the international love championship in the stenographers’ league. There are 30 males on the staff of the London business house where she is employed. In the ten yars she has worked there—Enid is 26—she has been engaged to each one of them. Now she is marrying the owner and all her old lov- ers will be at the church to wish her well. The 80 engagement rings, which she returned, have been inset in a clock which the firm is presenting her as a reminder of her adventures in romance. 6 DAY RACE I ——— Brocco-Coburn and Goulet- With Lap To the Good. New York, Dec, 9.—The last day the six day bicycle race at Mad Square Garden found the Bi burn and Goulet-Belloni teams tied for the lead. At 8 a. m. they had covered 2,213 miles and § laps The Egg-Eaton combination was & lap behind. The contest closes late tonight, Grenda-McNamara, Madden. Horan-Fitzsimmons and Grimm. man were two laps to the rear, while the following trailed at three laps: \ McBeath-Rutt, Taylor-Lands, Spels- sens-Eckman, Hill-Verra and Bello- Gaffney, Kopsky and Azzeni were behind four laps and Gremo and Gay were last, six laps. & Legion Leader Defends Concert by Mme. Gadski San Francisco, Dec. 9.—Activities of Mme. Gadski, concert and opera sing- er, during the recent war were “en- tirely honorable" according to a state- ment {ssued by Seth Millington, com- mander of the American Legion 'de- partment of California. “There is no reason why ex-service men should take offense at any proposed concert given by Mme. Gadski,” Commander Millington stated. A telegram has been dispatched to Los Angeles re- questing that the council of the Am- erican Legion rescind their action concerning Mme. 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