New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1923, Page 14

ARCHITECTS WILL HONOR SIR WREN To Observe 200th Anniversary of Famous Englishman's Death AL mid Bran ittle Chicago, Jan. 4 arehi tects are prepari Yebruary the death famous English who Ameriea 1e & to ohserve next was 1) niversary of in tl Wren and arehi the AT of Bir Christopher astronomer has left an indelible im- ing ¢ ARTes higs orga teet pression on Ameriean architecture Christopher lied in Londen and is buried in which he planned be in Sir Vebruary Bt Paul's eathedral The American observance will eonsistent with the celebration England where the Royal Institute of Pritish Arehitects has set aside the entire week be g February 26 1823, as commemoration week in honor of Wrer A procession will mareh from Mansion House to 8t Paul's to heold orial services in the cathedral, 1 by the visit to the crypt president of ghe Royal institute Ay & wreath on Wren's tomt Treasures of will be exhibite Wren Spires In this country there eity that does not hoast one Wren spires its churches. The White House listinctly Wren; the national capitol shows his influence; Independent hall, Philadciphia, Pa with his palladium motif of one tall arch window, flanked by square top- ped ones, is Wren. In Boston the state capito esigned by Charles Bullfineh, who drew his inspiration from Wren, and the old South and North churches are among the no ble Wren examples, Christ church, Alexandria, Va where Washington worshipped, is another Wren example, designed by a James Wren, who was said to be a descendant of the man who overthrew the severe Gothic style with the lighter and more graceful French and Italian classic type. The records of Christ church show James Parsons originally contracted to build it A fered and eal Miss Donn solos Wi ing Heler me follow where the ma arned societies juring the week is hardly a or more or is the fee; contract, and it was finally pleted by Col. John Carslyle for additional 220 pounds, making total cost of the adifice less than $4,- 000, Washington paid 36 pounds and 10 shillings for his pew, the only one in the church which remains in its original state. Other Churches New York boasts one of the fine Wren spires in the country on St Paul's chapel, which stands with its face turned away from Broadway. Other noted Wren spires are seen on | Trinity church, Newport; the First Baptist church of Providence; (‘.hr!s& church, Philadelphia; the First Chris- tian church, Hartford; Park street church, Boston, First Congregational | Lyme, Conn., and others. 1In Chica- 2o the best example of the Wren type ig St. Paul's of the Midway. Here, however, the spire has never been completed. 2 Early colonial architecture in New England and the south was practical- 1y all Wren. The Virginia mansions, | with their red brick, stone tr!mm!nz‘ and classic columns followed closely | the same motif Sir Christopher used | in rebuilding Hampden Court, one time home of Cromwell when he was protector of the commonwealth. Originally an astronomer, Christopher Wren, born in 1632,. re-| cetved his opportunity as an architect | when the great fire destroyed most of London in 1666. He designed the | great fire monument known in Eng- | jand simply as “The Monument Lo i | stands at the intersection of Pie cor-| ned and Pudding Lane, where the| fire was supposed to have started. Other Works Besides St. Paul's cathedral, Wren | was the designer of London bridge, | the western towers of Westminster Abbey, the libraries of Trinity college at Cambridge and Queen's college at Oxford, and many of the 53 churches of the old city of London. Tighty- six clty churches were destroyed in the great fire, hut many were not re- built. Eighteen of Wren's city| churches have been destroyed and 19 others have been selected for demoli- tion, because of the lack of congre- gations in the city and the immense value of the ground they occupy. The | finest examples, however, are to be preserved Wren's inspiration for a classic re- vival came from another gri archi tect, Inigo Jones. Wren's work shows more of a French influence, as comparcd to the pure Ttalian of Jones partly due to the fact that Wren was present and studied the building of the Louvre in Paris, while he never| visited Ttaly. Nov. now east the with Sir with 8 that him, age Mrs. ened soon heen Quebec Refers to Ottawa Boston's Request for 1775 Trophy. Quebec, Jan. 4—A request made by Mayor Curley of Boston for the re- turn of the small gun said to have peen captured by the British on June 17, 1775, at the Battie of Bunker Hill, and which now stands on the square at the Quebec Citadel, was referred today to the minister of militia at Ottawa. In Quebec military circles opinion as to the advisabili of returning the gun is divided. Some officials be- lieve it would be a bad precedent, while others consider it a matter to be settled by the department of mil- itia. There is some doubt here as to the origin of the gun, which is a small piece of artillery that could be packed under the arm. There are no au- thentiec records to prove that the gun was ever actually captured at Bunker Hill, but it is shown to touriets as | such, and it has been generally ac- cepted as a trophy of war captured by the British troops. E— e COLD WEATHER NEEDS| We have a full line of new and second-hand stoves, oil heaters, gas| leaters, etc. A. LIPMAN New and Secondhand Furniture. 84 Lafayette St. 4 Tel. 1329.2 ANCHOR BRAND GIRLS Have Canl Party presel and sociability seption each of the features not grams of ces Vater. Huldah Mst was played, the winners he. as follows Stanquist Kinir, consolatior ¢, Ha A tasty "The MeCue Kiniry. SENSATIONAL ONE Defense Seeks to Show Man, ~propriation Is Intended Hemphill, Tex., Jan. 4.—With the | for | reopening here today of the prelimin. | €00 pounds sterling, but threw up the lary hearing of Mrs. com- | charged by complaint with the mur.|uUrgent need for purchasing addition- | an| der of her husband ‘ the | wealthy east Texas | prosecution their trump cards. The defendant were widely known throughout the en- tire section and the case probably has | caused more excitement than has been experienced in this part of the state in decades. Always the subject of com- ment because of her lavish expendi- tures the unusual splendor in which she lived and gifts to workers and the populace in general Mrs It was expected the state would seek immediately to have Mrs. manded to jail without bail to await the March term of the court. The state was expected to introduce today the report of the 21 day oner" The main point regarded as favor- ing the defense was said to be letters written shortly Although her family phy ed Mrs. Knox was suffering from high | blood pressure, she animated appearance, often chatting counsel during yesterday's hearing. husband, serv testified suicide and complained that he had gone through all testified also that Knox has protested lins aw defending Mrs. The testimony of T. C. Carson, sec- retary as probably any taken yesterday. having hought a vial of a powerful sleeping potion at the request of Mrs. Knox. the Hemphill express office for a pack- found. Paris, 4 body has disclosed that d hydrophobia medical circles, inasmuch as it mals are NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1023, Aided Needy, Now in Need fll over & stream hed. The wood was quite fresh. The seclentists, how- ever, assured them that the colossal cypresses grew away bhaek in the | geologic past even before the age of | the last advanee of the great ice sheet that ence eovered the entire north |ern part of the eontinent Many of the trees were of huge dimensions, scores were found in the excavation, whieh covers an area of an aere and a half, that were more | than six feet in diameter Many ranged as large as 14 feet, and the workmen thought stump fragments indicated some of the trees must have been twenty-five feet thick, These, however, it was sald, must have been elumps instead of single trunks, Stumps, knees, trunks, seeds, small branches and even leaves were found intact, The remains were found in three more or less distinet horizental | sones in what was one time a swamp, | Thus it appears that first one, then | another and finally a third generation | of the giant trees, probably 200 years old, followed each other as the swamp gradually filled in, The fibre of the wood was well pre. | served and easily recognizable. Roth | | sapwood and heartwood remained |and in some cases oven the bark | When first taken out, the wood {found to be heavy, being thoroughly saturated with water, It was firm and compact, and split evenly, After a few days' exposure the water evap- orated and the wood became light, dry and cracked, For its records the National Lum- ber Manufacturers Assoclation made | photographs of the discovery and has preserved a number of cross sections of a part of one of the largest trees. One is to be mounted as a “memo- rial” of the find, The preservation through such an immense period s attributed largely to the protection afforded by the water and ooze that once filled the swamp, The trees, after dying, decayed to the water level, which preserved them from that point down. Fossil trees of much greater an- tiquity are not uncommon, it was said, but remains of trees still In thelr original condition after a lapse of so long a period are very rare. Sound wood was found at Pompell, and wooden houses and boats at least a thousand years old have been found elsewhere. they feared they were in & .emu| SOCIAL SUCCESSFUL ‘ Eatertamment and Lancheon With About 10 | Present | guests were the annual the “Anehor The storm had attendance and present aut 70 members and t last evening at winter d Girls’ elub. effeet on the soon forgotten e general round of entertainment The club holds a re winter to the rs Anchor Brand consist f men, The 1928 soclal, It was 1 by all who attended, was the water mark in the history of the vization, combining many social included in the pro. ther years ndid entertainment was of. Bolos were sung by Miss Fran- Mrs. Henry Hill and Miss A Johnson, John J, Kiniry ; p | Crean presented a musi- which was well received Dixon gave a reading and entertained with vielin social of »p John J 14 King Ladies, first, Miss second, Miss Jennie gentiemen, first, John J James RByett The was awarded to H N Martindell; Mrs. Bob Fitzsimmons, widow of the boxer, now wife of Peter | Reiner, Chicago, has been taken to a hospital and now faces pov- luncheon was served erty and sickness. She is said to have given more than $100,000 were directed by | to aid the poor in Sgr prosperous days. R Bl Provides $50,000 to Buy Land j For Addition to Post Office Here refreshments, Miss Katherihe %000 YEAR OLD TREES ARE FOUND Washington Contractors Find Ancient Remains second, prize ammarburg vi committees following |Remainder of $225,000 Ap- Threatened Suicide “ for Extension and Re-| modelling of Building. ‘ ICY SIDEWALKS TAKE TOLL William P. Young, of 252 Market street, has a fractured wrist due to a fall on the sidewalk in front of city hall; William Fall, of LaSalle street, Washington, Jan. 4 (By Asso-|is in the New Britain general hospital clated Press).—When contractors ex- | With a fractured ankle sustained in a = |similar manner and Nathan Google, new hotel 1 07507 East street, has an injured leg, found a strata 2 of carth far below the surface con-|the result of a fall at S5t Havmnest taining the remains of tree stumps, | trunks and roots, they decided they were “out of luck™ and that the foundation would not be firm cnough. But when the discovery was brought to the attention of scientists, the lat- reviews'| ter decided they were in luck for the |the congested situation at 105 cities|trees were the remains of giant where the population has doubled | cypresses that probably grew and and tripled since the federal building d more than 26,000 years ago.| was built or enlarged. It gives esti-|The wood was not fossilized and| mates of cost of new buildings or|could be sawed as easily as newly| new sites and extensions and remod- | .yt trees. | elling necessary at 140 of these cities| The site for the hotel is on lower and states that the s y has Connecticut avenue not far from the been completed for other 25| husiness center of the city, and when CIEE0, the excavators hit the tree remains, Among the 140 cities in addition | to New Britain are Bridgeport, Hart- ford, New lLondon, Torrington and Waterbury. For Hartford, appropriation of $2,- 000,000 is recommended, $1,000,000 for a new site and $1,000,000 for a post office and office building; Tor- rington, $30,000 for a new site and $220,000 for a building; Bridgeport, | §700,000" for a new site and $1,000,- 000 for a new building; New Lon- don, $25,000 for additional iand and $225,000 for extension and remodel- ling, and Waterbury, $300,000 for ad- ditional and § ,000 for extension and remodelling. Congressman Ienn has not duced any bill for an appropriation tor improving the New Britain post office but may now do so in view of the firm recommendation for exten- sion and remodelling made jointly by Postmaster General Work and S tury Mellon. It is now probable this appropria- tion of $225,000 recommended for New Britaln may be included in the omnibus buildings bill it is proposed to have congre pass this session Normal tidal variations of York harbor are about four those of Liverpool 20 feet. Washington, D. C, Jan, 4.-—~The Lillian Knox, | remodel build- of ner- Treas- al land and extending and ling the New Britain post office ing was called to the atte congress today by Postmaster al Work and Secretary of the ury Mellon. They addressed a joint letter to the house recommending appropriation |of $225,000 for this purpose, of which $50,000 is to be spent for purchasing additional ground and $175,000 for extension and remodelling of the | building. The Works-Mellon letter Hiram Knox, lumberman, on both the defense and | to play on 26 last, were expected a large recently cavating for Washington and her husband JACK THE HUGGER, AGAIN? An unidentified woman has com- plained to Lieutenant Samuel Bam- forth, at the police station, that a partly clad man accosted her at the corner of Ellis and Bassett streets, about 9 o'clock Tuesday night. He disappeared when she screamed. o Knox's name is literally on every tongue in Texas. | OYSTERS CLAMS CRAB MEAT SHRIMP SCALLOPS LOBSTERS HONISS’S 24-30 STATE ST. HARTFORD CROWLEY EROS. INC. PAINTERS AND DECORATORS 267 Chapman Street TEL. 755-12 Estimates cheerfully given on all jobs | Knox re- not cor- inquest and investigation into Knox death. Favorable to Accused — allegedly by the Jumberman before his body was found a bullet hole in his head. clan stat- maintained an and smiling at her relatives and and John Hodo, her s in the Knox home, Knox had threatened sie Hodo Mr. intro- his money. Hodo he would either keep Chester Col- y from the Knox home or kill Collins is one of the attorneys Knox. Mrs. the was regarded important of Knox, most Carson admitted to WAITING until the price comes down is a waiting game that doesn’t always pay divi- dends. We are advising “the purchase of real estate now anltil we'll tell you why if you'll call. LT, HONE. Pugo He also testified he called at New | containing a black dress sent to feet Knox on the day the body was LIONESS HAD RABIE § | . An autopsy on the | r | of a young lioness which sick- ° ° 0 | and died of a mysterious disease { — BUILDER — | after its arrival from Abyssinia, | ath was due to 44 Hawley Street | case has stirred ESTIMATES FURNISHED has Jobbing Promptly Attended to generally accepted that wild ani Tel. 2891, Eiae————————— 1 —DRINK-— | iGaIbraith & Pattison !AYERS’ SODA WATER| Carpenters and Joiners l The Take home a large bottle of lemon and lime—somcthing you will like— it's delicious, Three size hottles—ie, | Hardwood Floors and Paneled Ceilings a specialty. 10¢, 15c. Tel. 1493-1 ASHES AND RUBBISH For a very nominal sum we will remove ashes from your premises weekly | First Ward—Monday. Second Ward—Tuesday. Third Ward—Wednesd | Fourth Ward—Thursday Fifth and Sixth Wards—Friday, Let us keep your cellar and yard clean this winter, THE MAGUIRE CO. 102 LINWOOD STRELT PHONE 20574 e S s T 2 30520, S Ay If you would like to ask about a security in- \vestment that has paid nineteen consegutive ‘monthly dividends write Box 22 W. H., Herald. USE SEIBERTS PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM FOR LITTLE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN The upgrowing gener- s ation should be fed on Seibert's Pasteurized Milk. It helps them to grow up sturdy and strong with a real ap- preciation for pure foods. LIS Volz Floral Co. “Your Milkman" & ‘ 92 w‘ Main St- “Say it with Flowers” _PARK STRELT g . PHONE 1720 % Tel. 1116 [ (N POINGARE EXPLAINS HIS VIEW OF PLAN e Prolesses (o See German Plot to Gain Military Strength Paris, Jan, 4 (By Assoclated Press) ~—Premier Poincare sent a cable message today to Ambassador Jusserand in Washington asking him to see Hecretary Hughes in connee- tion with the statement made to the Assoclated Press yesterday by Baron von Rosenberg, the German foreign minister on the German truce pro- posal which Premier Poincare eon- tends showed that the principal ob. ject of the non-war pact proposed by Germany was to obtain the evacua- tion of the Rhineland without the | payment of reparations, Premier Poincare's message asked Ambassador Jusserand in taking up the Rosenberg statement with Recres tary Hughes to make the following else? Who Is Saving Your Money? ARE YOU saving your money or is some one Join OQur Christmas Club and save a little each week in a systematic way. New Britain National Bank “The Only National Bank in New Britain” observation “First, that the object Germany had in view in making the proposi- tion was manifestly, as admitted by Baron ven Rosenberg, “to get the Freneh to evacuate the left bank of the Rthine before the Germans had fulfilled their reparations obligations. “Second, that it is ahsurd to pre- tend that before entering the league of nations Germany is not subjieet to all olauses of the treaty of Versallles that bear Germany's signature, and that she is free teday to attack France, “Phird, that the proposition for non aggression against France, Italy and Great Britain would leave Ger- many entirely free to attack the smaller allies of France, notably Poland and Csechoslovakia and even neutrals such as Denmark, to recover possession of territory ln‘uhlud by Danes and Poles and to begin again to prepare her hegemony over Furope, “We know very well right now, says the prem cable message, that the day Germany will want to make war it will be on the smaller nations that she will throw herself, Her plan of non-aggression would leave her free to do so and Would prohibit us from going to their help.” Cottage at the west end for only $7,500. It has all improvements and is in excellent condition Very desirable 3-family house on Henry St. Wanted to buy good second mortgages. CAMP REAL 272 Main Street FOR NEW COTTAGE—6 ROOMS A Phone 343 ESTATE CO. Rooms 3056 Bank Bidg, SALE v @ GARAGE ALL MODERN E MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE—OWNER L HUMPHREY H. D. 272 MAIN ST.—ROOM 208 THE OLD HOME TOWN | (i l\llll'llfil X s % ATHOREE [ AFTER RUNNING WILDLY FOR SiX BLOCKS, OLD GENERAL GALLOPED UP TO THE FEED STORE AND STOPPED-AUNT SARAH PEABODY | WAS GREATLY RELIEVED TO SEE FREIGHT WAS STILL SAFELY IN E_WA BoOX OF VING TOWN NATIONAL BANK BLDG. For Quick Returns Use Herald Classified Advts. BY STANLEY 7