New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1922, Page 20

DONNELLY, MULLEN CO. TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO DO YOUR XMAS SHOPPING. MAKE THIS STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS WHERE YOU WILL FIND AN ABUN- DANCE OF USEFUL AND PRACTICAL GIFTS FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. EXTRA SPECIAL IN ORDER TO CLEAR OUR COUNTERS OF ALL XMAS GOODS, WE HAVE DECIDED TO REDUCE TO HALF PRICE ALL TOILET SETS, NOVELTIES AND OUR ENTIRE STOCK IN TOYLAND. THEY WILL NOT LAST LONG—SO COME EARLY AND DO NOT BE DlSAPPOlNTED.\ ‘COOLIE SMUGGLING ON THE INCREASE Such Is Report of Labor Secnetary Who Seeks Law Revision Washington, Dec. 22.—Declaring that the present condition under the federal laws restricting Oriental im- migration is “disgraceful” Secretary of Labor Davis proposes.a thorough and comprehensive revision of the laws. The secretary asserted that plots for evading the law are innumerahle and cited instances of widespread schemes to bring prahibited Orienatis into the country. He said: . "It seems to me that the: present situation ‘with reference. ‘to .Oriental ‘/labor under our law 18 simply dis- gracefal. The pressure for entry into . this country is tremendous and appar- ently . well financed. The schemes and plans and plots for circumventing the law are most astute and clever and in numbers are beyond . belief. One of the first acts of the present administration B¢ this department was to cancel an rangement, apparently innocent on its face, for bringing so- _called industrial students to the Ulnited States for the purpose of J stimulating trade relations between ./ the two countries. It ‘was discovered that “those who'had secured this'in- “‘nocent-looking concession had plagned to bring prohibited Orientals into the £5 laborers to the United States at a ' profit to the promoters of the plan of . not.less than $3,000,000. The detalls of the plan were most astounding, far- * repching, and tomplete. Some of the best brains in America had been em- ployed to help carry out the scheme. . ¥or months after the concession had * been cancelled most unusual efforts were made to have it reinstated and to punish those who had a part in canceling it.” Bribery and corruption is reported as resulting from all this ' “in ‘a most astounding degre. “The ‘subject is worthy of the most careful consideration by congress and a most thorough and comprehensive revision of the law. The secretary of Labor pointed out that Orientals coming to the United States as seamen take advantage of the navigation laws permitting them to take shore leave for sixty days while awaiting another berth to re- main permanently. He told of whole crews stowing away for the trip across the Pacific while illicit immi- grants were listed as the bona fide crew of the ship. On this point the report said: “So extensively has this practice grown that the reported desertions at the port of San Francisco alone amount to from 75 to 150 per month. Desertions at Atlantic ports of this same type of seamen have been very extensive. The evidence seems con- clusive that nearly all of these are not real seamen but secure berths as such ‘with the sole view of obtaining shore leave at an American port and rever returning. It is practically im- possible to locate such deserter sea- men of the Oriental races as have reached the section devoted to thelr races in our large cities. It is not an exaggeration to say that prior to the requirement of a bond of $500 there were added to the coolie popu- lation of the United States not less than 150 to 200 per month. In the gummer of 1921 information from various sources reached this office that about 5,000 Chinese seamen were then in New York and that they were becoming a menace to the representa- tives of their own race. Careful in- vestigation showed that there were not less than 2,600 of such seamen in that city. Gradually these have been absorbed in industry. “In addition to these sources which Chinese laborers are added to our population through metheds de- clared unlawful, there is a constant and ever-growing stream of unlawful entry not only of Chinese but also of other excluded races. The thousands of miles of our land horder offer a splendid opportunity for smuggling, and at present there is much of this “ unlawful traffic from the islands of " the sea lying southeast of us. Every year thousands of Chihese pass { around or_ through the United - States * on' thelr way .to Cuba “and other by islands of the West Indies. An inves- tigation made of the situation ' irf Cuba by this department during the current year would indicate that there are 25,000 to 30,000 Chinese coolies in Cuba who are .there for the sole purpose of endeavoring to smuggle into the United States. Quite recent- ly it has been discovered that large numbers of Chinese coolles are being taken to the British West Indles through the Panama Canal, thousands have passed in transit through por- tions of the United States to Mexico and to Cuba, thousands have passed through Canada to advantageous lo- cations in the Atlantic Ocean, and thousands of others have entered Canada and gradually find their way into the United States. The gasoline laupch, the automobile, and now the flying machine are the means for bringing them in. . Our investigations indicate that communication is had between these Orientals in Cuba and other points' near our | border with members of their race lawfully in the United States, and these are drilled in that .they are native-born ricans or ‘dre sons.ef nativés or of, exefnpts: When apprehended after their unlaw- ful entry they are usually ready with a good case. During the past year the smuggling across the Mexican border has been greatly rodauced. and tsrong eftorts have heen made fg curb the flow from Cuba ‘And thé® West Indies. Many hundreds have been apprehended in the act of unlawful entry and have been deported. ‘The problem of deporting Chinese seamen who took” “shroe [ leave and then failed to gepdart, Towever, “has become serious becayse of the want of appropriation. If as a matter of fact there are 5,000 scamen unlawfully in New York, it would require a mini- mum of $500,000 to deport them to China. The hest estimate obtainable places the price higher than that. The appropriation for deportations of all kinds for the current year is but $250,000.” FAILE]_) 10 CLEAR WALKS Two Property Owners Fined $2 For Violation of Ordinance—Patrol- man Doherty “Swedish Policeman” “All my neighbors are Swedish and they diditke ‘me, so they complained to a Swedish policeman and he ar- rested me,” Mrs, Catherine Urano, charged | with failure to remove snow and ‘ice from her sidewaik, explained to Judge G. W. Klett in police court today. The “Swedish policeman” in question js Patrolman William P. Doherty. Mrs. Urano paid a fine of $2 and costs. A similar fine was handed down in the case of Charles F. Anderson of 65 Rocky Hill avenue for failuge to clear his walk. | Thrbugh Judge W. . Mangan, Jos- ephine Ifozotta and Thomas Barberia pleaded not guiity to two counts of liquor law violation at 133 Lafayette street. The case was continued to next Tuesday. Policemen Patrick McAvay, John C. Stadler and Joseph Moore found about 10 gallons of alcohol in Bar- beria's store yesterday afternoon and after breaking down a door leading to an adjoining tenement found the woman destroying more whiskey. Both were arrested. TWO DRY CHIE | Successors to Enforcement Officials Are Named Immediately Washingtorn, Dec. 22.—~Guy W. Gin- | ders, prohibition enforcement chief at Chicago, resigned by telegraph today and General Prohibition Agent Jack Barly was designated to sungeed him. State Prohibition Director id H. Morris of Texas also resigned by tele- graph and Field Supervisor IFrank |Cole was appointed acting director in his place. COTTON SHORTAGE. Mexico City, Dec. 22.—A deficit of 70,000 bales of cotton in the normal stock of 100,000 bales, usually kept in merelal cireles. It is pointed out that at present at least 85,000 bales are in warehouse in Lower California, but are not avallable for Mexico City con- sumption because of lack of transpor- tation facjlities, the essential facts to" ‘fmrnish proof |. l Mexico City, is reported in com-' | Belgium Honors Hoover Belgiim's gratitude to He(bert Hoo- | ver, secretary of commerce, for his rellef work there during the war s symbolized in this statue presented to him recently at Stanford university, California. Senator Lejune of Bel- glum, shown at right, was one of the committee making the presentation. Hoover is showh at left. The statue, carved by Puttéemans, famed Belglan sculptor, represents the Egyptian god- dess Isis” enthroned. Isis typified in mythology the spirit of motherhood and of growing things. CHICAGO FIRE DOES DAMAGE OF $300,000 Eight Railroads Are Homeless After Dearborn Street Station Is Burned. Chicago, ' Dec. 22.—Iire starting at a ‘few minutes before 4 o'clock yes- terday afternoon destroyed the Dear- born' street railroad station, formerly known as the Polk Street Depot, and left eight railroads “homeless in Chi- cago. The building, erected in 1884, was valued at $300,000, but will prob- ably cost more than $1,000,000 to re- place. ¢ Within a little more than an hour after a traffic policeman saw smoke issuing from the roof, the flames swept through the structure, once the pride of railroad men, and left only a smoke blackened brick shell be- hind. Hundreds of passengers and 200 men and women clerks fled to safety, but Mrs. Hazel Locker, 26, a woman clerk, fainted and was trampled on by the wild rush from the upper floors, A policeman found her lying uncon- scious on the stairs and carried her out. Postal clerks with motor trucks rescued 150 tons of holiday mail, and railroad employes saved all passenger cars in the trainsheds. The station was owned by the Chicago and Western Indiana Rail- road, and was used by trains of that line and the Santa Fe, Monon, Erie, Chesapeake and Ohin, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Wabash and Cana- dian Grand Trunk. Crossed wires are belleved to have started the fire. e 171 PARK ST. Open Evenings odel HUNTING GRAVE ROBBERS, Used to Run Down Ghouls WWho Rob the Dead. | . Vienna, Deo. 22.—Ghouls have be- come so active in the great cemeteries of Vienna, according to the press, that ;pollca guards now patrol these rest- }ing places of the dead every night, | accompanied by dogs. | The grave robbers aré disinterring | newly buried bodies and robbing them | of clothing, the little jewelry sou- venirs that loving families have sent with dear ones to the grave, of gold filled teeth, and even shearing ~ thé Jtresscs of women. | Dogs | | A “TAXI OF M " HONORED Last of Flect Which Saved Paris Now in Esplanade d'Invalides Paris, Dee. 22.—Automobile . No. 2862 G-7, one of the 600 “taxls of the Marne,” took its place this. morning among the captured cannon and otheg souvenirs of the war which ocbupy part of the Esplanade d'Invalides, The fleet of cabs which this lone machine represents did yeoman serv: | ice for France, for it was in them re- inforcements were rushed to turn back the Germans in their drive on Paris. i The taxi, shining in a coat of fresh enamel and driven by Louis Gonault, {one of the chauffeurs who served with the taxi fleet in the stirring days of September, 1914, was received upon its entry into the Invalides. by Gen. Maleterre and other prominent mili- tary personages. FORD TO BUILD CHICAGO PLANT Chicago, DPC.'SZ.-Jlflnry Ford is going to build a’ $6,000,000 manufac- turing and assembling plant in Chi- cago, to employ more than 16,000 men, and which, it is predicted, ul- Tel. 1435-3 YOUNG#*FRESH KILLED TURKEYS 35¢c-45¢-50c! FULL LINE OF POULTRY AND NATIVE PORK timately will be one of the world's greatest automobile establishments. Title to a seventy-acre tract in Hege- tisch was taken by the Ford Motor Company today. “BE SON’S P, SAYS CHIEF Parents Can Keep Jails Empty by Plan, Declares Policc Head Gary, Ind., Dec. 22.—Parents’ were advised by Police Chief W. A. Forbis in an addféss that when fathers 'make themselves ‘“real pals” of their sons, and mothers genuine companions of their daughtersy “you will have a lot of empty jalls in the country.” “But police records show only a| small percentage of ex-service men| have ‘gotten into trouble since their RADIO U CRATION. ! discharge,” he said. | Asu i | | Distant Concert ‘Soothes Woman in a Childbirth Case. Minneapolis, Minn,, Dec. R geons yesterday fitted a radio head set to a patient, local anesthesia was ap- plied and a Caesarean operation was performed. he mind of the patient was soothed and distracted from the operation, surgeons said, by the! strains of music from a specially ar- ranged band concert. | Mother and child both recovered | from the operation in fine condition and are resting easily, it was sald. | HOTEL AT ASBURY PARK BURNS. Asbury Park, N, J,, Dec. 22.—The Clarendon Hotel, a four-story struc-| ture at Fifth avenue and Bergh, street, | was destroyed by fire of undetermined orjgin yesterday afternoon. The loss was $60,000. ° The hotel was owned by Morris Levine. It was closed for | the expense of maintaining 6,000 state the season. Thé start of an’ Canadian colleges are’ represente: ter sport. ° ercollegiate ski-race 16 840w in, this pie- {ture taken on the campus of McGill University:in Montreal. ; The d by ‘strong teams in this win- RIOTS COST CHICAGO $500,000 | Chicfgo, Dec. 22—The 1919 race riots will cost Chicago more than $500,000 in addition to its share of | troops nine days, it was estimated here after eighteen decath claims, aggregating $81,000, were approved yesterday. by the city councll’s finance committee. The city previously had paid $20,800 for flve . other deaths. Fifteen death claims remain unSet- tled. Damage, to property was not included in the estimated figure of $500,000. GUILTY OF SLAYING DAUGHTER Kansas City, Dec. 22.-——Toney Donil- lo, on trial for the slaying of his 11 year old daughter, Flora, was found gullty of murder in the second de- gree. The bhodies of Flora: and an- other daughter were found In' sacks in the river herc several months ago. The jury had been out since Monday. U. S. MISSION ARRIVES Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 22.—The Am- erican naval mission to Brazil headed by Rear Admiral Vogelgesang ar- rived here yesterday. EVER OFERED IN ANY THEATER IN THIS CITY ! WE GUARANTEE AND SWEAR TO THE ABOVE STATEMENT! Big Time Keith Vaudeville Acts Featuring THE SYNCOPATED SEVEN Exponents of Jazz Direct from New York’s Palais Royal THORNTON FLYNN Celebrated Irish Tenor McCormack’s only rival | THE DIAMONDS Some Act ! Wait Till You See It Othex"-B_ig. Acts Announced Tomorrow, "NOW OR NEVER’ A laughter Special .RESERVED’ SEATS NOW SELLING