New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1922, Page 12

INHERITS HUNDRED MILLION IN WILL Parls Woman Proves That She Heir of Miss Lillian Fair Heller of Boston Parls, Dec. 22 (By Assoclated Press)—An Inquiry Into the story told by Mme. Liotardy that she was the sole legatee of the estate of Miss Lilllan Tair Heller of Boston, esti- mated at $100,000,000, has revealed Mias Heller's will in a Paris bank and has resulted In the dismissal of fraud charges brought agalnst Mme, Lio- tardy by a banker*who advanced her 15,000 francs on the strength of her contention. Mme, Liotardy sought the loan to .pay the legal expenses of probating the will, M. Bogg, the banker, was at first skeptical but Mme. Liotardy explained that the testator was nlece and heir of Mr. and Mrs, Charles L. Fair, who were killed in an auto accident in France many years ago. Mme. Lio- tardy sald that she met Miss Heller at Nice and that the two became great friands. Eventually she sald, Miss Heller in- formed her that she would make Mme. Liotardy her heir on the con- dition that she look after several animals in which the testator was in- terested. Miss Heller dled on August 21, 1921, on the yacht “Old Chap” in the Mediterranean Sea. Mme. Liottardy said that the will was in a Paris bank but that she had been unable to get formal proof of Miss Heller’s death after she had ap- plled to the dead woman's sister, Mme. Cattaul, the wife of a Calro banker. M. Bogg advanced Mme. Liotardy 15,000 francs but on her al- leged failure to repay that sum he flled a charge of fraud. An inquiry was started and the will was found. Mme. Liotardy then repaid the money and M. Bogg withdrew the charge. The examining magistrate is con- tinuing his, investigation to determine whether the woman obtained other loans on the strength of the will. SPEAKER RANKS SECOND Hlouse of Representatives Speaker in Philippine Islands Has Second Li- Is cense Plate to be Issued for Autos. Manila, P. I, Dec. 22. — Senate President Manuel L. Quezon's auto- miobile license number today is num- ber two, that of the governor general éing number one as formerly. Here- ofore, the license number of the au- tomobile of the speaker of the house of representatives has been number two, but the claim was made that the president of the .senate should out- rank the speaker, At official social functions the speaker of the house also has been glven precedence over the president the senate. The qudlition of pre- dence became the cause of much ssion but it was finally dcided at the following order should pre- 1: Governor general, vice-governor, sident of the senate and speaker the house. " ROBBER SUSPECPS HELD Two Chicago Men Arrested For Com- plicity in Thefts regating ABout & Half Million lars. %hlcngo, Dec. 22.'— Two men, al- leged members of a gang of robhers which the police say has obtained $500,000 in operations throughout the Mississippi valley were under arrest here today. , Assoclates of the men were being sought. More than $70,000 in Liberty bonds, stocks, warehouse receipts for whis- key and bonds were recovered. One man, police said had a complete plan of the state penitentlary at Joliet, IIl. Chief of Detectives Hughes asserted information given by the men in cus- tody implicated seven others. MAIL ORDER SALES GROW. Sears, Rocbuck & Co. Up 30 Per Cent and Montgomery Ward & Co. 50, Chicago, Dec. 22.—Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s sales for December are ex- pected to show an increase of from 30 to 35 per cent. over a year ago. Those of Montgomery Ward & Co. are expected to show a gain of nearly 50 per cent above December, 1921. It was reported that Sears, Roe- buck & Co. would close 1922 with $17,000,000 debts and in April would call their $16,600,000 notes due next October, but President Rosenwald said: "“We have had no such plan in mind.” “We have had a large business,” he added, “the heaviest for December, at least in respect to the number of orders, on record. In the first two and a half weeks we averaged at the rate of more than 1,000,000 orders weekly in the four stores. Prices averaged a little less than year ago.” a All New and up to Date Stock A visit to the Church street Jewelry Store will convince you that this is the right place to buy Watches, Jewel Pens, Pencils and Ivory Sets at the right prices, You will also find something new and different in Christmas Cards. Open Evenings Until Christmas. Wm. S. Levine Jeweler 55 CHURCH STREET New Britain, Conn, Reantv Damased RUM PIPE LINE IS FOUND BY AGENTS - Dry \Sleuths Find Regular Route of Bootleggers Around New Orleans, i New Orleans, Dec. 22.—Agents of the bureau of internal revenue have discovered a new “rum pipe line” with headquarters in’ New Orleans and branches in seven states, it was said here today. The “line” operated by a syndicate of bootleggers with a regular schedule of shipments has been in operation several months and has transported millions of dollars worth of liquor, federal agents sald. Two other ‘“rum rings,” one of which established a receiving station in Chi- cago and specialized on train porters carrying suitcase lots and the other operating by means of express ship- ments transporting cases of liquor in tin cases as well a§ in trunks have been disbanded as. a result of inves- tigation by federal agents the author- itles claimed the new syndicate em- ploys regular salesmen who travel from New Orleans and branch sta- tions scattered throughout Texas and in Chicago, St. Louls, Kansas City, Cincinncti, Memphis, Nashville and Birmingham. Each agent federal of- ficers sald pose as a traveling sales- man and carries large “sample cases.” Arrests will be made sBn the fed- eral men announced. MOVE AGAINST COMPOSER Injunction Granted to Prevent Father Lorenzo Perosi From Disposing of His Property. . Rome, Dec. (By Assoclated Press).—An injunction was granted in court here today against Father Lor- enzo Perosi, noted composer of church musie, restraining him from disposing of hig property. This was done at the request of Abbe Perosl’s family with 2 ing his famous oratorios and -other musical compositions. Only three of these have been published, the man- uscripts of the remainder being in his personal possession, and consid- ered by his family to be unsafe, owing to his mental condition which was de- scribed as growing worse. Rome dispatches last May an- nounced that Abbe Perosi had been examined by three physicians, called in consultation by his family and that the doctors had issued a statement saying they had prescribed fsolation and rest for him after having found him subject to wandering ideas. Veteran Brooklyn Star Is Placed on Mgfl(fl ZACH WHEAT Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 18,—The mag- nate and the manager look for youth. |Only in rare cases is the athlete, star that he may have been, regarded as| an asset when he approaches the ragged edge of the 35-year mark. Of course, there are Cyrus Young, Honus Wagner and others but they are the rare examples. Zachary Davis Wheat is about to pass out from the Brooklyn Super- bas. Wheat, In his palmy days, was without a sffperior, all parts of the !game considered. When he was in ‘his middle 20's he could do every- {thin—bat, field, run and throw. In 1918 he was the leading batter with an averagegef .335 and in other years he always was pressing the lead- er and included In the list of .300 | tence-busters. Wheat will be 35 years of age next May 23. The Brooklyn Superbas are tottering of old age in the opinion of Owner Ebbets and Manager Robinson, therefore youth must be served and Wheat is to move ‘along to make room for the spry, actlve youngsters. Ebbets has announced that he is in a receptive mood where Wheat is concerned and trade negotiations al- ready have been opened by several National league clubs. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1922, “Wome » n’s” Gift Hosiery When In Doubt, Give Hosiery—It’s Always Acceptable WOMEN’S SILK HOSIERY Gotham Phoenix Gordon Triple A $195 Quaglia Leon, skating champion of France; is shown here suc- a view, it was explained, to_protect-| cessfully defending his title in the first race of the season at Chamonix where annually society from all parts of ‘the world gathers to enjoy the winter sports’in the shadows of towering Alps. MRS. HIRSCH FREED IN SHOOTING CASE Jury Decides Husband Was Shot as She Tried to Prevent Suicide, Mineola, N. Y., Dec. 22.—Mrs. Hazel Hirsch, charged with shooting her husband 'after a party last sum- mer at the home of Miss Reine Davies, motion picture actress, last night was acquitted by a jury, which accepted her defense that Hirsch was shot accidentally when she tried to prevent him from committing suicide. The jury was out an hour and elgh- ten minutes. ‘When Mrs. Hirsch heard the ver- dict, she fell forward with arms out- stretched across the table of her counsel and sobbed. Her husband, Oscar A. Hirsch, sitting beside her, also broke into tears. moment later she flung her arms around his neck and kissed him repeatedly. “I am very, very happy,” Mrs. Hirsch exclaimed. “I shall show by my future life how I appreciate and deserve the verdict.” Before the case was given to the jury, Hirsch testified that he shot himself accidentally when his wife tried to prevent him from committipg suicide. He declared that h eand his wife drank considerable liquor, that he went out on the lawn and sat under a tree, where he was “‘overcome with melancholia” drawing his revolver, he sat with it in his hand, wondering whether he should shoot himself. “My wife came toward me,” he tes- tified, “I told her I was going to kill myself. She selzed the gun and wrestled with me for possession of it. The gun was discharged.” GIVES DINNER PARTY AND SHOOTS HIMSELF Pittsburgh Host Starts the Player- Piano As Guests Dine, Then Takes His Own Life Pittsburgh, Dec. -22.—A dinner party at the home of C. K. Kehn, in honor of Edward Peterson, had a tragic finale last night. While the last course was being served Peterson excused himself. “I want to put a piece player-plano,” he explained. A moment later came the notes of “Let the Rest of the World Go By," and then the report 'of a revolver. veterson, with a bullet through his brain, was found leaning aghinst the plano dead. “Je have not learned the cause,” said the Coroner. on the RESCUES PUPILS BY CHOKING MAD DOG 'gla Harrington, Teacher Bitten On Both Hands—Two Boys Attacked New York, Dec. 22.—Miss Georgia Harrington, a teacher in the Madison School of Newark, was bitten on both hands by a mad dog.yesterday after she had bravely rescued three of her young boy pupils from the animal. The children were being marshaled |{ into the hallway for their Christmas exercises when the mad dog ran in and began snapping at the youngsters. Before Miss Harrington could reach the dog, Harold Schorr, 13, was bitten on the right cheek and Harold Stev- ens, 12, on both his hands. The dog then jumped for the throat of Francls Booker, 6, just as Miss Harrington went to the resoue. Shouting to the children to get a policeman, Miss MHarrington got a strangle hold on the dog after a struggle in which she was bitten on each hand. She was holding the dog on the floor with a firm grip when the policeman arrived. The policeman hit the animal on the head with the butt of his revolver and rendered it insensible. Miss Harrington then walked to a telephone and summoned a physician, who on her insistence treated the children before her wounds were cauterized. After the children were sent home Miss Harrington continued her school dutfes. The dog, owned by Benjamin Kes- ner pf 712 Springfield avenue, is being examined by the Newark health de- partment to determine whether he has rabies. BRITISH PRESS IS UNUSUALLY CAUTIOUS Even Frank Skepticlsm Marks Dis- cussion of Press of Proposed American Reljef. London, Dee. 22.—Considerable cau- tion amounting sometimes to frank skepticism is manifested by this morn- ing's newspapers in the discussion of the proposal for an American com- mission to visit Germany. - Some of the papers bring forward semi-offi- clal denials that Great Britain has re- celved confirmation of the proposal and warn against putting facts in these American “canards.” In_quarters where it is admitted as probable that Germany initiated such WOMEN’S WQOOL AND SILK AND WOOL HOSIERY $1.95 nd $2.95 All Hosiery Boxed a proposal the idea is received with a strong suspicion of Teutonic motive. “It would be most unwise,” writes the financial editor of the Post “to allow these constant rumors of Am- erican intervention to divert attention from the one undoubted fact of the situation namely, that the next cash installment of the reparations is due January 15 and that it behooves the allies to come to a definite conclusion in the meantime regarding the course to be adopted unless Germany previ- ously presents satisfactory proposals.” BACK T0 NORMAL Living Costs in Canada Are Nearing Pre-War Level According to Sta- tistics Published by Government. Montreal, P. Q., Dec. 22.—Living costs in Canada are nearing pre-war levels, the average cost of the weekly family budget, according to govern- ment statistics, now being $10.28 as compared with $11.82 last year and $15.956 in 1920. The index of wholesale prices is lower than it has heen in years. Fi- nancial experts point out that the de- cline in commodity prices has been accompanied by a remarkable révival of business throughout the Dominion. ‘The past year, they say, has been the llast struggle in the transition from the period of post-war depression, Unemployment virtually has dis- appeared. The harvest in the west drained the east of workers and cre- ated a temporary labor ’hormgs in several lines of industry. ¥ The in- crease in construction industries is furnishing work to thousands. “Improved foreign trade has been a big factor in the revival,” says the statement of approximately $32,000,- 000, as compared with an adverse trade balance of about $35,000,000 a year aga. Since.the war, the Domin- ion has risen from ninth to fourth place among the exporting nations of the world and now leads all the coun- tries in the per capita volume of ex- ported goods."” Use Want Ads Every Day Use Them for RESULTS Read Them for Profit - Service Convenience 925 Is the qqlber WOMEN’S SILK HOSIERY Gotham Phoenix McCallum Onyx (Pointex) G $2.45 ordon and $2.a5 grave, leaned over and softly touched his'father’s cold hands. The detective prepared to report ‘“a suicide in Greenlawn cemetery.” OOKED FOOD SHOP MUTUAL BUILDING 118 MAIN STREET NEW YORK UNCOVERS PITIFUL TRAGEDY Grandfather, Christmas Time Suicide at Grave of Granddaughter He Innocently Slew. New York, Dec. 22.—Two men hur- ried along the quiet paths in Green- lawn cemetery yesterday bent for the grave of a little girl. One was a de- tective, the other the father of the little girl. They turned in the path and saw the grave. Upon it was sprawled the body of an old man, a bullet through the temple. A pistol, one cartridge gone, lay beside him. {1 Neither of the men spoke, 'but as the detective, unconsciously “profes- sional, picked up the pistol, his com- panion stared at the body, quiéthy, not seeing. Instead a picture of his home, one night months ago, came to him. i Six years old Emma Fuchs had dressed as a gypsy, to give !grandpa some fun when he came 'home.” Grandpa knocked at the door, . and Emma scurried beneath the . tablg: Grandpa came in, and smiling, coun- terfeited fear of the little stranger who popped- from beneath the table. To add to the acting, he playfully point- ed a pistol he had, picked from & dresser, at the little gypsy. There was a shot. The little girl fell, When the police came, Grandpa was holding Emma, the “little gypsy” in his arms. She was dead. The man standing by the grave saw the drama again, and he saw Grand- pa as he had been since that day, lonely, brooding, thoughtful. Even a day or two ago, Grandpa, no longer a grandpa, but just Ernest Fuchs, had glanced in the windows of toy shops, more than ordinarily rich with Christ- mas gifts. Then the man by the grave saw grandpa leaving the house yesterday for a visit to Greenlawn cemetery.” And Charles Fuchs with the detec- tive beside him stoppéd staring at the We are prepared to cater to your wants for Christmas. Sal- {ads, Olives, Pickles, Walnut Meats, Almonds, in fact, every- thing—even Roast Stuffed Tur- [teys! TURKEYS ~ TURKEYS Don’t worry about the high cost of Turkeys. You can get one here Roasted and Stuffed, all ready for the table, 6 lbs. aver- " $3.75 Each SATURDAY MORNING SPECIALS—9 to 12 ONLY Short Cut Smoked Shoulders, 22¢ Ib. Lard, 2 1bs. 25c¢. Mince Meats, 22¢ ]b. Brookfield Butter, 48c Ib. Home Made Sausage, 25¢ b, ALL DAY SPECIALS Stuffed Pig, 38c¢ 1b. Fresh Native Eggs, 85¢ doz. Best Mixed Tea, 39¢ 1b. 0. P. Ceylon Tea, 50¢ Ib. Walnut Meats (broken) 68c 1b. Almond Meal.ts, 75¢ 1b. 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