New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1923, Page 12

DAMAGE BY STORM HEAVY, | BRIDGE IS e | Concrete Structure on Com- monwealth Avenue, Near Stanley Street, Swept From Foundation, Thousa sulted fr of rain 1) yesterday afternc tem being ove that 1 cellars while by tions the low, iay and eve The most from the w hridge N near Btanle) Was ere others in ment of t was y r the rly F SEWEP SYS re we ) gea and highways Yty where the were indated throughou ing. serious damage Ing away of a eoncrete o onwealth aveny The structure| | resulted s by E. C. ted Kilbourr tion with deevioy reinforced | the ety \ t king 1) bridge, t 1 tore up about | teet of w on the east side about 20 feet est side of the | L and vehicular| the street impossible r Joseph D, Willlams es- | timated today that the cost of re ing the bridge would be 100, The arrangements today for a bridge of wood to spar 15 feet. This will make for vehicles to pass thre such time as weather will permit of | the construction of a bridge Fances will be placed along both sides of the bridge and across the struc-| ture to prevent accidents Take Near Idnwood Street In the Linwood and Monroe street section the ecity, several acres of land were covered with water, giving this locality the appearance of a lake Cellars nearby were damaged by | floods. Bridges were covered with| water and traffic was tied up for sev- eral hours. The rush of water down street, toward Gaffney's hridge was of such force that an embankment on| the north side of the highway was| torn away for a distance of about 15 feet and a hole about 10 feet deep re- sulted. The state highway depart- ment had ploughed the snow along the highway casting it up on both sides of the street., The bank of frozen snow and ice held the water for a distance of several hundred feet and when it finally broke through it came with such violence that the em- bankment was quickly washed away. The police department was notified | of the dangerous condition and Street Superintendent Joseph Scheidel plac- ed a warning lantern near the gaping hole. is seetion of th o wre Approxir board of T rks made temporary | possible until | Stanley | Flood at Towers’ Corner The rush of water from South and South Main streets overtaxed the manhole at Towers' corner and the lowland was soon covered with water g0 deep that trolley traffic had to pe suspended. Along the Swamp road the tracks and highway were covered to a de of several inches. Trolley service was afforded from the Berlin depot to the end of the line and from New Britain center to Towers’ corner, but between the city line and the depot no cars passed for a period of several hours. | Willow Brook park, near the town | line, was a miniature lake for the| greater part of the day and as the water gradually flowed off it re- sembled a sea of mud The Allen and Wells street bridges, constructed this year by the hoard of public works, held up well, suffering no damage from the storm, although | both were completely covered with water at times. Storekeepers along Main street and | elsewhere, principally confectioners, suffered from the loss of materials that were watersoaked in a number of instances. City Engineer Williams and Street Superintendent Scheidel made a tour |ate with the lat the Hague on claims arising out of OFF | and at that time reported slight das ger of serious conse nees from the storm. They had every available street | employe on hand to relieve the sity ation d it was felt that the storw rs would take of the ods without baek rushing Flood Roese In An Hour. The actual did net ntil about of the noon and in an hour | me beyond control in several see the towy The reasen ad vanced by Engineer Williams for this fact is: The rain of the first few hours aked into the heavy banks of snow comparatively little flowing in storm sewers. When the snow Lecame saturated te sueh an extent that it eould hold no more, the banks broke away and released flood wa ters that quickly filled the mains ear- rying off the water and inundation re sulted, The sewer system was in good working order, however, and in the yurse of a few hours the streets were safely Jing from the lAlln1 and thaws was the washing away of juantity of snow that otherwise be nacessary to re- with the of ploughs and vels. It is belleved that this will fect a saving to the eity commensur- amount of damage doue to the Commonwealth avenue bridge The cellars of the Leland block at he ecorner of Main and commerclal | streets was badly flooded by thel storm yesterday, John Contaras, proprietor of the Star Confectionary company, reported today that the loss to his stock and the damage to ma- chinery, will amount to about $1,000, an water sew care flonding start the middle a less thar tions of AN €nOrmous might move e HANY MOTHERS DYING Infant Mortality Drops Off, But Ma- ternity Death Rate Is Climbing in United States, Washington, Jan, 2.—Infant mortal- ity has decreased, but the maternity death rate has increased, according to the annual report of Miss Grace Ab- bott, chief of the children’s bureau of the department of labor which was made public today. Maternity deaths, she sald, were more numerous per unit of population in the United States birth registration area in 1620 than in any foreign country for which fig- ures were available and despite the decline of infant mortality, five other countries reported lower rates. Forty-two states, Miss Abbott re- ported have accepted the terms of the maternity and infancy act, 12 through their legislatures and 30 by gover- nors pending sessions of the legisla- ture, To each state accepting the terms of the act $5,000 a year is granted out- right, and an additional $5,000, plus an amount determined on the basis of population is granted if matched by the state's own appropriation. Supreme Court Convenes With Butler as Member Washington, Jan, 2,—After a three weeks' recess, the supreme court met today and began the delivery of opin- fons as soon as Associate Justice Pierce Butler had been inducted into| office. Although he had taken the “ironclad” oath to support and defend the constitution before Judge Booth at St. Paul on December 26, Justice Butler was sworn in today by Chief| Justice Taft with a combination "1r0n-i clad” and “judicial” oath. Washington to Stand by Awards Made by the Hague —The Washing- stand by the by arbitrators Washington, Jan. 2 ton government will award recently made the ‘commandeering of Norwegian ships under construction in this coun- try when the United States entered the war. A White House spokesman said today that there would be no at- tempt to refuse to pay the $12,000,000 of inspection about the city at noon Rogers’ Silverware We have a full line of Dishes, Sugar Bowls, and Table Sets. PEOPLE’S 1 TO 98c STORE 328-332 MAIN ST. |award against the United States. Water Pitchers, Butter Creamers, Syrup Jugs w Britain, Conn. NEW DAILY IRISH FIGHT IN | NEW YORK OFFICE Free Staters and Republicans in Clash New York, Jan, 2.—~Forces of the Irish Free State and of the Irish re. clashed in lower Nassau street day in & renewed struggle for pos- seaslon of the eonsulate surrendered by Daniel J, MeGrath after his life had been threatened by an aneny- mous letter writer using the name of the Irish republican army, Vietory perehed on the banners of BRITAT? ’| the Free Staters, who gained posession of the consuvlate and locked about 60 men and women adherents of the re. publican eause out in the nall Acense Policeman, indignant losers charged foul play, declaring at least one of their number-—=Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, widow of the late Lora Mayor of Cork had been roughly handled by a city detective alding the e Btate rep. resentatives, A delegation of women immediately headed for Mayor Hylan's office to lay against the police a com- plaint of partisanship, The rival factions who began their contest for possession of the consulate last week when cach began trying to sit the other side out had agreed to a truce over the holidays, The truce ended at 9 o'clock this morning. At that hour delegation of Irish republicans, about 60 strong and of both sexes, descried Lindsay Craw- ford, the Free State appointee to suc- ceed MeGrath, coming down the nar- row hall with Theodore Smiddy, Free State envoy to Washington, Lively Scufe sues Witnesses say the republicans barred the passage way seeking to prevent the two men from entering. The Free State men are sald to have tried to push their y through, when | a llvely scuffle ensued. Then police were summoned Crawford and Smiddy and the office organizing a flying wedge bored a passage through the crowd that lana- ed Crawford and Smiday inside the consulate, where they promptly bar- ricaded themeselves behind locked doors, refusing to admit anyone—even reporters, Ejects Mrs. MacSwiney. The republicans clamored vainly for admittance. Finally, according to their claim, a detective seized Mrs. MacSwiney roughly by the shoulder and hustled her toward the elevator. | The republicans immediately appoint- ed a committee headed by Mrs. Mary Collins and Mrs. Vera Finnerty to wait on Mayor Hylan with a protest. Among the republicans left stand- ing in the hall was Michael O'Brien, who according to Arthur Briscoe, Irish republican army officer has been appointed Irish republican consul by Laurence Ginnell, Eamon De Valera’'s | representative in America. Briscoe, a leader in the consulate fight, declared that McGrath whose withdrawal precipitated the trouble, had altered his position putting into writing the statement that he refus- ed to turn the consulate over to Free | State agents but was ready to turn it over to republicans. McGrath, who insisted he was not consul, but was merely acting in that capacity, resigned as a result of a| protest against recent executions by | the Free State government. When he left, however, he turned the offices | over to Crawford. | The She objected, hence the suit, NEW PRIVATE HOSPITAL Medical Cases, by 4 When a little blue-eyed boy, 8% | months old, suffering from a slight attack of eczema, was left at 28 Court self the first patient in the street private hospital, which will open for patients tomorrow morning. The hospital will be in charge of | Mrs. Laura Demos, wife of George Demos of 40 Church street, a trained nurse with wide experience, who will act as superintendent, and who will be assisted by two other registered nurses. The hospital will take only medical cases and those slated for operation. No discased cases or accldent cases will be admitted. There will be no resident physician, but local physi- clans will be enabled to make use of its advantages. Maternity cases will be speclalized in. A nursery will be opened on the second floor and will contain 12 basi- nets. The operating room is on the second floor and is equipped with modern appliances, including the latest type Mayo operating table, the invention of the Mayo Brothers, of Rochester, Iil. Mrs. Demos is a graduate of the Lebonan hospital in New York and has done nursing in the Hartford, Connecticut, and in the Rochester, New York, homeopathic hospital. She has done considerable private nursing in the cities named, as well as New Britain. RADIO CONTROL BILL. Washington, Jan. 2.—The house It is said that though Crater Lake ‘ merchant marine committee began has an altitude of 6,000 feet, its wa- | hearings today on the Kellogg-White ters never freeze, while ice forms on |federal radio control bill, which | the adjacent Klamath likes, which are | would give the department of com- |at a considerable lower altitude. Imerce complete supervision over One Touch of Hunger Makes the animal world kin. This cow in Warrington, Eng- land, has a strange family consisting of a sow and litter of 12 pigs. When the dining hour arrives, the little porkers get their milk direct from headquarters. Mrs., Laura Demos Opens Institution On Court Strect—Will Accept Only street this afternoon, he found him- Court HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1023, “Go to Work,” Hubby Orders When Mrs, Effie Price Graham, New York, was wed, she be- lieved her husband able to support her richly, But, she sets forth in a suit for divorce, he told her she'd have to work if she'd eat. {wlreluu communication In the United States, FIND OIL IN MANILA Scepages in Bed of Montalban River for Exploratory Leases, Manila, P. I, Jan, 2,—Dlscovery of ofl seepages along the bed of the Mon- talban river, about 30 miles east of Manila, has led to the flling of a {number of applications for exploratory |leases with the bureau of lands, The discovery was made by Dr. Roy E. Dickerson, representing a California Petroleum company, The bureau of lands is expected to begin soon the work of making pre- liminary surveys which are necessary before the applications for lease can be approved, The application made by the California company covers nearly one-half of the province of Rizal, These applications, {f ap- proved, will allow the applicants to make geological surveys within the |areas applied for but will not involve any property rights, SEEK FURTHER REDUCTION |Japanese Budget Cut 1,300,000 Yen Not Satisfactory to Newspapers Who Still See Extravagance. 2 Tokio, Jan. 2.—The budget to be introduced in the Diet provides for a reduction of 1,800,000 yen or ten per |cent in the expenditure compared with (last year, but the Japanese papers |appear not to be satisfied. The Asahi, |an influential independent organ, re- grets that the budget should be “so pronouncedly militaristic, for out of the total estimated expenditure of 1,- 350,000,000 yen, military appropria- |tions exceed 200,000,000 yen, while naval costs amount to 276,000,00 yen, these two items together representing the substantial proportion of more than 35 per cent of the total “The amount saved by the adjust- ment of military armaments is sald to be 24,00,000 yen. But even this moderate sum wiil not be a clear gain, fnasmuch as they are going to intro- duce a supplementary budget asking for an appropriation for retirement |allowances. The same tendency is to |be discerned in naval expenses. It is |for this reason that the public has |been disappointed in the saving in naval costs resulting from the Wash- llngtun agreement."” Earliest versions of Roman civil law were essentially religious until 500 B. C. Special Notice The drawing for the prizes given by the B. B. A. took place last night at a social at the home of the sec- | retary on Arch street. The winning numbers were Mr. Walters, Stanley Works, $5.00 in gold. The second prize, Al Cote, Stanley Works, tur- | key. The B. B. A. wishes to thank all who bought tickets. J. W. Thompson, president; G. L. Martin, secretary, and H. Green, treasurer. Please call at Odd, Fellows Hall, | (formerly Turner Hall), Arch street, for prizes. POLLY AND HER PALS wreRE PEANILESS. ROLLY. Paws Gun HiS LasT CesT 2] AMALGAMATED MOPS! P; Mops Up V Well! Well!' At Last in Philippines Leads to Applications| Willimantie will be put forward STATE LEGISLATURE | MEMBERS ASSEMBLE Tonight Various Factions Line up to Decide Committoes Hartford, Jan, 2.~Members-elect of the general assembly who will be in ene or the other of the branches, members who are just going out of office, candidates for the few remain- ing places whieh can be given by the body, and many others active in poll- ties began to gather at the hotels early this afternoon to be on hand for tonight's legislative eancuses, The groups in the hotel lobbies livened up as their membership increased and as greetings of the season changed, The early arrivals sought informa- tion as to the speakership, which lles between Major John Puckley of Unlon and Hartford, and Leonard J, Nicker- son of Cornwall, and which Is expeet- ed, to he settled in the republicar s entiens of the eapital tonight, Fow memlers of the senale had ar- rived up vl peony and there were no Indieations as to the outcome of the rivalry between the veteran senator, John N, Hrooks of Torrington and John H, Trumbull of Pialnville for president pro tem. whieh carries with i it the privilege of naming the senate committees as weoll as the honor of presiding when Lieut-Governor Hiram Bingham is absent, Arrangements for the caucuses fol- low the usual procedure and while & single ballot in the public caucus of the republicans may determine the cholce there are still a possibility of much speech-making and some par- llamentary play. State Chalrman J. Henry Roraback wiil call the caucus to order and usually the senior among the members-clect will take the gavel until the caucus is over. The demo- crats will have their own caucus and in it will be probably the full mem- bership of § Frank P. Fenton of as the democratic candidate for speaker and falllng to win in the organizing of the house tomorrow he will prob- ably assume the floor leadership of the minority, The caucuses tonight will also se- lect candidates for the clerkships. The capitol today was in the hands of workmen who were preparing for the ceremonies tomorrow and a force of cleaners making everything look spick and span for the inauguration, SCOTT: 1UTTE WEDDING Miss Dorothea Schutte of 214 Main street and John Scott were quietly married by Rev, John T. Winters ye terday afternoon. Miss Elizabeth Dy- son acted as bridesmaid and Joseph | Barcella of Berlin was best man. More than 12 per cent of water and five per cent of salt is adulterating butter. Up-to-Date Paris Style| Sport Garb This very striking Paris sport coat was seen at Atlantic City on Madeleine Bayard of Philadelphia. It won many glances of admiration. The .material is blue serge and the white trimmings are kid. It was worn with a blue serge frock. ——— BY CLIFF STERRETT were ex»‘ THE HERALD “WANT ADS” Alphabetically Arvanged For Quick and Ready Reference. LINE RATRS FOR CONSECUTIVE INSERTIONS i L‘Au:' Pn‘:l‘ 1 Hne 1 line 1 line 3 lne 1 line 1 line Hates Count § words to & line, 14 lines to an ineh, Minimum Space, 3 Lines Mintmum Beek Charge, 3§ Cents, No, Ad. 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Christm: | cherry trees 25 up; also Loston fern Very nire plants for $1.00, Adolfo Hane dalle, 218 Oak St, Tel, 689-13, POTTED TLANTE in various sizea at new low prices, Weleh's Flower Shop, 89 West 8 i lony hair, named Teddy lease call §7-5 or call at Horald office, | WRIST WAT | tween Main an noon, Photo on_face, ed to Gertrude Thom ininville, LARGE bunch of keys on ring either left' in P, O box or lost BSunday ovening around 10 o'clock between the Armory and Camp Bt Finder return to Herald and reward ARREST 170 DRUNKS., Toat boe Main 8ta, Saturday Roward If ros 9 Enst 8ty dies, Elgl = Washington Police Have Plenty of New Year's Trouble, Washisgton, Jan., 2.-~Washington | woke up yesterday to find that New Year's eve (and the morning after) had been exciting. Police records showed 170 arrests during the eve- ning and early morning, mostly in | the down-town sectlon. Most of the arre. were for intoxication. Some were for carrying and | others for fighting. | Soldiers, sailors and marines fig« ured in the affrays to a large extent, notwithstanding that the camps sent out a guard to assist the police. At | Child's restaurant a West Point un- dergraduate was in a fight. Among the prisoners were four | men in the evening dress found play- ing put and take in an automobile parked at the curb. Several young women were arrested for drinking in public. Eighty-three of those arrested | falled to appear in police court, for- feiting the collateral they had been ‘:c"qllnrnd to deposit rather than stand | trial. PILOT DIES IN A NOSE DIVE. | Mexia, Tex,, Jan. 2.—Harry Stovall was killed on Sunday afternoon about seven miles. southeast of here, when a plane he was piloting hit the earth In a nose dive. Dr. C. P. McKencle, a passenger, was injured. | | | intoxicants Belgium's coal fields have an area of more than 500 square miles and of the 5,000,000 tons exported, nearly all is taken by France, LEGAL NOTICES At @ Court of Probate holden v Rritafn, within and for the Distriet wp Borlin, In the County of Hartford and £ e of Jonnecticut, o flate of Cometicut, on the 30th day of Present, Bernard F. Gaffney, Tudge Estate of Clara J. Graham, late of Bere lin, In eaid district “deceased. 3 ‘pon the petition of Robert T. Grah of sald Berlin, praying that an instrament in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of sald deceased may be proved, |approved and admitted to probate, as per application on file more fuly appears, it is | Ordered—That said application be heard |and determined at the Probate Ofice, in New Britain, In said district, on the 6th day of January, A, D., 1923 at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, ‘and that notice be given of the [pendency of sald application and the time jand place of hearing thereon, by publishe ing this order in some newsp: |lished in sald New Britain, having a eirs culation in sald District, and by posting & copy thereof, on the public signpost in the |Town of Berlin, in sald District and re- |turn make, BERNARD F. GAFFNEY, i Judge, At a Court of Probate holden at New | Britain, within and for the District of Ber- |lin, In the County of Hartford and State |of "Connecticut, on the 2d day of January, A. D, 1923, . Present, Bernard F. Gaffney, Judge, Estate of Annette Carlson, late of New Britaln, In sald district deceased. Upon the petition of Andrews & Dooe little of sald New Britain representing that |sald firm 18 a creditor and praying that Letters of Administration may he granted |on sald estate, as per application on fila | more fully appears, it s | Ordered—That said application be heard [and determined at the Probate Office in |New Britain, In said district, on the 6th day |of January, A, D., 1923, at 9 o'clock In the forenoon, and that motice be given of the |pendency of said application and the tims |and place of hearing thereon, by publish- |ing this order in some newspaper published |in said New Britain, having a circulation {in sald District, and by posting a copy thereof on the public signpost in the Town of New Britain, in said District, and re |turn make, BERNARD F. GAFFNEY, Judge, NOTICE. The annual meeting of the sharee |holders of the New Britain National |Bank for the choice of directors for the ensuing year and for the tran- |saction of any other business proper to come before said meeting, will be held at their banking house in New Britain on Tuesday, the 9th day of January, 1923. Polls will be open from eleven to twelve a. m. F. 8. CHAMBERLAIN, Cashier, New Britain, Conn. Dec. 9, 1922, CINDERS For All Purposes A. H. HARRIS 1233-3 THE HERALD The A-B-C Paper with the A-B-C Want Ads ' r ¢ \