New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1923, Page 20

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY §, 1923, EXILES NOW FACE [S7ith AiD FOR PEERER o FIRE ALARM GONG Socety Balle Writss Phay WISERY ANDDEATH """ FORTRAFFICEORS| 8 Greek and Armenian Relugees' | XN A A e ™™ Warning o Main Stret Polce to Suller Greatly From Storms Be Installed at Box § A large gong, simllar to the fire in- alarm gong, to be used for traffie policemen, will be placed at the cors ner of Main and Commercial streets tomorrow, BesgeLeland €o. BARGAIN BASEMENT STORE GOOD PICKING HERE SATURDAY FOR THRIFTY SHOPPERS Wool Gauntlet Skating Gloves $1.00 values 99 $1.45 values sl »lb Men's Part Wool Shirts and Drawers Heavy weight, $1 values, Saturday 89(: Women's Muslin Gowns Full cut, large sleeves, Hamburg trimmed, Base- ment 9 §E Hartford, Jan, 5,—~With no election of officers, save one member of the executive cammittee whe will prob. ably be re-elected, the ehief business |of the Conneecticut State Grange at its 35th annual session at Foot Guard | hall Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- lap of next week, will be with legis- {lative matters, One matter which will recelve strong support will be The gong arrived at City hall yes. | state aid in some measure for feeder |terday and was taken by Electrical roads, Farm who live off the state | Inspector George Cooley to the police roads and main trunk lines feel that|Station this morning where he had it there should, be improved hum\\'uyu:l‘hflmlflpl"‘d- The photograph will leading to their homes, which will|be sent to the firm which built the enable them to haul loads as heavy |fire alarm equipment and bids will be there as can be hauled on the state Asked on half a dozen more, improved roads. | 'The gong will be attached to the The opening meeting will be Tues. | top of fire alarm box No, 6 It s lay morning at 11:30 with State Mas. | mounted on a cast iron stand and is ter Allen 13, Cook of Niantic presid.|three feet high, surmounted by a 10 ing. | Inch niekel bell, which in turn will be At the afternoon session at 2 o'clock Protected from the weather by an Stdte Master Cook will read his an-| ron protecting roof, nual address. Varlous reports will be| The gong will be attached to the submitted and State Tax Commission- firé alarm system and will record all er William H. Rlodgett will speak on |fire alarms, as well as the noon bell “taxation problems, |and 9 o'clock at night. Its main On Tuesday evening at a public |Purpose Is to notify the traffic police- seasion, Governor Charles A, Temple. | Men in the vicinity of the center of ton and Mayor Richard J. Kinsella of |the city, extending from East Main Hartford will be among the speakers, |10 Arch street and on West Main, of At the sesslon Wednesday a mem- |the location of the alarm and direc- ber of the executive committee for |tion to be taken by fire aparatus. It three years will be elected. Leonard |!8 expected to be of considerable as- H. Healey is the present Incumbent |Sistance in handling of fire traffic, and will probably be re-elected. ‘While it is possible, according to Dedeagateh, Western Thraes §.—Heavy snow, iey winds and termittent rains have wrought great misery and suffering among the half milllon shelteriess refugees scattered over Thrace and Macedonia. Unless help I8 prompt and generous, the QOreek and Armenian exiles in these areas will perish in large numbers. Already the majority are half-naked, starving and diseased, All the ele- mentary needs of life are lacking Food stocks in the towns are growing low, Famine must ensure this winter unleas flour is sent in Human woe and wretchedness sel dom have reached sueh levels, Large numbers are dying dally of exposure and inanition. The condition of the children and bables s pitiful, Infec- tious disease are rampant, Typhus is gaining such headway that it is feared the great epidemic of 1018.1019, whieh began at Cavalla, will recur, Lite in the East always has been cheap, but never so cheap as in this eorner of Furope. Had the popula- tion been permitted to remain In East ern Thraee and faced the Turkish in- vade thelr lot could have been lit. tle worse When The Assoclated Press corres- pondent crossed the little river near Children's Blouses Red twill nel trimmed with white middy braid; 95¢ sizes 8 to 18, Basement Special Boys' Wool Golf Hose with fancy cuff tops, b50¢ values, Saturday Pair 2 (v Women's Union Suits Fleece ribbed, kiee length, elbow sleeve and sleeveless. $1.50 value; sizes 86 to 44, Mrs, Edward Goring Bl; fe of Major Bliss, U, 1, A, and daughter-in-law of Maj. Tasker Bliss has f'uut written a play “Once Punch Agrees With Judy” which will be presented at the Washington theater. Mrs. Bliss is one of the most beautiful ma- Special ....00000 Drama where Paul baptized the first Christian, he was assailed by a band of hunger-maddened Greek women and children who begged piteously for a ocrust of bread. They said they had been on the march for 24 days Raphael’s Clerks Enjoy Sleigh Ride and Dinner Twenty clerks at Raphael's depart- Mr. Cooley, to retire the bell so that it might be used as a police emer- gency call as well, it will not operate as such for the present but will be connected directly with the fire alarm system and will operate automatical- trons in Army society. |Boy Buried in Coal Chute At School Is Uninjured | as scemingly she was slumbering nor- mally. Her heart action became weaker Wednesday, and yesterday 31 .29 Suit Women’s Hose 0dd lots; cottons and lisles. Basement Milinery Department All Dress and Sport Hats. Values to $4.95. Saturday and were subsisting on heetroots, Al- though there was a foot of snow on|ment store enjoyed a sleigh ride last (ly with the balance of the system. g L ~a o | ¥ New York, Jan, 5.—Johnny Ashby|morning, still unconscious, she died. the ground, many were shoeless, coat- The blistered, bleed- Ing feet of the children left red sil- less and hatless. houettes in the snow In spite of many promises of help from the outside, littie has been done to assuage the misery of these help- Most of them are wom- They are sadly in less extles en and children need of help. PEACE NOT SO CERTAIN Canton, Js circulated in Peking earlier in week. WEEK-END SPECIAL GLACE PEANUTS 39c Ib. Try Our Business Men’s Lunch. 65¢ 11:30 to 2:00 Supper a la Carte J%M@ At 289 Main St. . 5.—(By the Associated Press)—Reliable information here in- dicates that the report of a reconcilia- tion between the north and south of China is premature. Such a report was night, going to Elm Tree Inn at Farmington where an excellent din- ner was served. Miss Ginsberg was toastmistress, and the following com- mittee was in charge of entertain- ment: Misses Kenney, Sullivan, O'Dell, Schwartz and Mrs. Madigan. Leo Comis was chairman of the gen- eral committee. The clerks are plan- ning a theater party to be held in the near future. Legion Auxiliary Is Presented With Flag The Ladles' Auxillary to Eddy- Glover Post was presented with a silk flag and staff by the Ladlies’ Aux- {iliary to L. D. Penfield camp, Sons of Veterans, at a meeting last night. | Mrs. Mary Alling made the presentg- tion and Mrs. Case received the fla® on behalf of the auxillary. A short| time ago the donors presented a ffag to the American Legion. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Miss Sadye Duguid, teacher of bi- ology in the Senior high school, re- turned to her duties today after an illness of three weeks, Mrs. Dempsey is in charge o. Miss Ferguson's English classes during the latter's illness. The meeting of the debating club scheduled for yesterday afternoon was posponed until a week from that date. Instead the team met to dis- cuss plans for debates coming within |a few weeks. Another meeting of ll[the team will be held next Tuesday to elect captains. Charles Covert will probably captain one of the teams., As there is no home game for the basketball team, there was no dance in the gymnasium this afternoon. Vice-Principal J. C. Moody of the vocatipnal building has announced that anyone wishing to purchase tickets admitting them to all the home games may do so by seeing Manager George Scheyd in the voca- }tlonal building. Clergyman, 53, to Wed 45 Year Old Heiress New York, Jan. 5.—The Rev. Dr. Robert Lewis Paddock, formerly Pro- | testant Episcopal bishop of missionary district of eastern Oregon, and Miss Helen Aitken, heiress to half of a $2,- 500,000 estate are to be married here next Tuesday. They obtained a license | yesterday. He is 53 years old and the | bride-elect in 45, Men’s Formal Dress Shoes If the new traffic gong proves a success, a price on a half dozen more will be procured and councll will be asked to make an appropriation. The approximate cost is about $85 each. GLASS MEN ACCUSED Sixteen Members of National Asso- clation Said to Have Violated Anti- Trust Law. Cleveland, Jan. 6.—Sixteen mem- bers of the wage committees of the national association of window glass manufacturers and national associa- |tion of window glass association were indicted by a federal grand jury here today on charges of having vio- lated the Sherman anti-trust laws. John M. Stemer, president of the local association of glass workers was named in one indictment. It is alleged the two committees entered into a wage agreement which resulted in closing hand blown glass factories throughout the country for seven and a half to eight months each year. The federal grand jury has been hearing evidence in the case tor nearly a month. IRISH LAND PLANS Proposed Measure Is Said To Be Favorable To Peasants London, Jan. 5.—The Dublin cor- respondent of the Daily Mail says that the Irish Free State government is preparing a measure which will seek to solve Ireland’s land troubles per- manently. The proposed legislation aims to remedy all defects of the pre- vious land acts and will do much to remove landlordism, the dispatch as- serts. It is hoped that the measure will enable every peasant and small farm- er to become a tenant owner, if he so desires. The bill will contain a clause providing for the compulsory sale of land, the purchase price to be spread over a period of seventy years in an- nual instaliments, amounting to less than the present rents. MORE CARS AVAILABLE Washington, Jan. 5.—Freight car shortage which has hampered rail- roads and shippers for many weeks is ports of the car service divislon of was only 99,908 cars below demand of the day. During November current shortages were almost twice as great as the number reported December 23, DEMPSEY BUYS HOUSE Los Angeles, Jan. 5.—Jack Demp- sey, heavyweight boxing champion with his manager, Jack Kearns have closed a deal for an apartment house in the fashionable section of Los Anegles, the price being $250,000, it was announced today. “I am buying this apartment house purely as a speculative venture” said Dempsey. MAJOR CONNER RESIGNS of Major Michael A. Conner, adjutant sion in the Natlonal Guard was ac- headquarters company, 2nd battalion, 169th in- fantry has been given leave of absence with permission to leave the United States. 80 nearly overcome, according to re- | the American railway association that | on December 23 the supply of cars | |R¢ Hartford, Jan. 6.—The resignation | general's department of his commis- | cepted In orders from the adjutant | | general's office yesterday. First Lieut. | William 8. Lyons, Jr., of 630 I'ifth avenue, Brooklyn, step- ped into a manhole in front of public school No, 146, at Eighteenth street and Sixth avenue, Brooklyn yesterday afternoon and went sliding down a coal chute into the basement while the coal continued to pour down the chute until it covered him, The boy yelled just before he was covered and some one sent for the fire department. But school attend{ ants dug Johnny out before the ap- paratus arrived, and an ambulance surgeon sald he had not been hurt, RACE FOR GIRL'S SCALP Torn Off, It is Left Behind When She Is Taken to Hospital Covington, Ky., Jan. b5.—Thelma Baker, sixteen, of Newport, and her scalp are reunited. They were parted for a period of several hours and by a distance of many miles yesterday. Thelma was interested in the work- ing of a corn grinder. She was peer- ing into the machine when her curls got entangled in the grinder. The machine tore the girl's scalp from her head. g She was rushed twenty miles to the Booth Memorial hospitatl here, but in the excitement her scalp was left be- hind. There was a dash at break- neck speed back to the farm and back here again. Surgeons and nurses, by a skilful operation, replaced the scalp on Miss Baker's head, ushing adhesive plasters to bind the wounds. DEATH ENDS 60-HOUR “NAP” Illinois Woman Lies Down in Good Health—Never Wakens Waukegan, Ill., Jan. 5.—Sixty hours of uninterrupted sleep which Mrs William Reiss, 49, began at her home here last Monday, ended yesterday— in death. The woman apparently was in good health when she lay down Monday to ‘“take a nap”. She fell asleep imme- dlately, and all efforts to arouse her were futile. Physiclans were baffled, Physiclans have been unable to agree as to whether her malady 18 akin to African “sleeping sickness” ' RIVAL SHERIFFS RUN JAIL | | Prisoners in Wisconsin Get Six Meals a Day and Like Treatment. ) Marinette, Wis,, Jan. 5.—Prisoners in the Marinette county jail are for once contented with thelr treatment, as former Sheriff John Doberstein re- fuses to surrender the office to Oscar Dahl, sheriff-elect. Both Dahl and Doberstein occupy the jall—and are each feeding the prisoners, giving them six meals a day. Both sides say the Dahl administra- tion will continue until the county board decides the issue. CURTIS HOLDS HIS PULPIT Court Sustains Brookline Pastor Who Baptized a Dog Boston, Jan. 5.—The Rev. Edwin Curtis, who incurred the displeasure of the Boston Presbytery when he baptized a dog and invoked divine blessing on French-fried potatoes, holds the pastorate of the First Pres- byterlan church of Brookline under sanction of the law, the supreme court ruled today in a decision by the full bench. The court dismissed a bill in equity brought by a minority of the church society which sought to restrain use of the church property because Mr. Curtis did not have the approval of the Presbytery. It was ruled that the great majority of the members of the church favored Mr. Curtis’ retention, and so there was no controversy rec- ognizable by the court. RED CROSS GIFT. Berlin, Jan. 5.—The German Red Croes has received $25,000 from the American Red Cross which stipu- lates that the sum be used in chil- dren’s relief work throughout the tountry. The money was turned over to the German organization by American Ambassador Houghton. get good clothes—and doubly so, 30 SUITS FORMERLY PRICED F! $50.00 Now—$40.00 OVERCOATS gaa:fi:;at; ??c'm:- 19¢ $1, $2, $3 'Big Ribbon Sale Saturday in Basement Store Our entire ‘stock of Ribbons, Satins, Taffetas, Moires, Noveltles, Hairbows and Velvet Ribbons. 5¢, 10¢, 15¢vau 79¢ yard. Sale Prices .......... Value 1215¢ to Enough Said—Come Early India Believing More and More in Kemal Pasha London, Jan. 6.—A new doctrine preaching the infallibility of Mus- tapha Kemal Pasha is rapidly gain- ing ground, according to messages India. Kemal's supporters contend that he has been sent to the Turkish people to lead them and that there- fore his policles and aims must be admitted by all Moslems. Agitation has been started favoring the elec- tion of the caliph in the future by an assembly representing the independ- ent Moslem states ontside of Turkey. ARTIST GETS DIVORCE Bridgeport, Jan. 5.—Count. Pompeo Peiri, an artist of Itallan birth who lives in Greenwich, was granted a divorce from Mary Louise Dussaq of France by Judge John W. Banks in superior court today. The libellant set forth that his wife deserted him in Paris in 1913. There was no response from the wife when the case was | heard today. The marriage was in Hoboken in 1901. COMMERCE IMPROVES. ‘Washington, Jan. 5.—The con= tinued advance in commerce and in- quiry is clearly shown in final reports for November recelved by the de- partment of commerce and made public today. Not only was the pro- duction of relative commodities maintained but in ten basic lines, the announcement sald the November output was the greatest of any month since early in 1920. D. J, DRISCOLL TAKEN ILL. Truant Officer D. J. Driscoll ‘was taken suddenly ill on Olive street this morning and was taken to his home at 1094 Stanley street by the. police department. He is not seriously ill. 'FITCH-JONES CO. Get Yourself a Hickey-F reeman or Kuppenheimer Suit at January Sale Savings We don’t have to tell you.a lot about our suits. Most men in New Britain are acquainted with them—know their goodness through wearing t!\em. Re- ductions now on our entire stock. Suits for every man whq knows it pays to when there are savings like these offered. ROM $35 TO 855 ............ NOW $25.00 Hickey-Freeman—Fashion Park—Kuppenheimer $45.00 Now—$38.50 $40.00 Now—§32.50 Beautifully tailored, fine in fabric, plain or fancy, every coat bearing our guarantee of quality and service. $35.00 Now—$28.50 $45.00 Now—$§38.50 $55.00 Now—$§45.00 Special showing of dress oxfords. Let us show you how fine Walk-Over dress shoes fit. Thay are just plain good shoes for dancing, or correct for conventional evening wear. Ask for Devon — fine patent leather, DAVID MANNING'S Uintk-Cuer SHOE STORE—211 MAIN ST. HATS Hats, fi rly priced from $5.00 to $8.00—$1.50. There are still a lot of e b i 6% and 7 left SELZNICK TO MOVE pnatin J,08 Angeles, Jan. 5.—The Selznick Pictures Corp. announced today that ' in the spring its entire distributing | organization known as the Select Pic- tures Corp., its general offices and its eastern producing companies, would be brought from New York and estab- ! lished here. This is said to be the first time any distributing organization has been located in Los Angeles which is the center of production in the moving picture industry. ANXIOUS OVER HOLDINGS. London, Jan. 5 (By Associated Press)—Anxiety regarding the status | of toreign property in Mexico is ex- pressed in British official circles and if present conditions continue, it was sald today to be likely that the Brit- ish government would take new steps to ensure the security of foreign in- | terests there. The recent kiliing of |B | a British subject has served to bring inu situation to the fore. SHIRTS Fancy Madras $4 and $5 Now. ... $2.00 HOSIERY VASSAR UNDERWEAR $7.00 Now ... . $4.50 $5.00 Now ....... $3 PAJAMAS CAPS 1-2 Price GLOVES REDUCED o T7avire TraV /8T8