New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1923, Page 11

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BONLERS AVARDED PRI Dinner and Theater Party Mark End of First Tournament The Universal elub wound up its first howling tournament of the fall end winter season Saturday evening with a dinner at the elub rooms fol- lowed by attendapce at Parsons’ thes ater, Hartford, At 5 o'cloek sharp 60 bowlers sat down to a turkey dinner with all the fixings, served by M, Kronholm, where the “"Washing Machines" main- . tained the lead they had gained in bowling and made a new quantity and speed record in the upiversal art of eating, As the cigars were lighted Jack Hartney, chalrman of the bowling committee, with a few forceful and appropriate remarks introduced Past President H, A, Traver, who took charge of the post-prandial aetivities of the now gentle heroes of many a hard fought battle on the alleys, David Olson, president of the eclub was first Introduced and he presented to the bowlers the prizes for their su. periority, First prizes of carving sets were presented to the “Washing Ma. chines,” “Jack"” Crowley, captain; Charles Fagan, W. Jurgen, Irving Willlams and Chagles Cooper, See- ond prizes of pocket knives went to the “Toasters,” Edward Curlich, cap- tain; A, J. Tuttle, G, Peterson, W, Humason and W. Hine, The record for the season and for high single, which broke all previous scores, went to Captain Crowley of the “Washing Machines,” who rolled 142, Mr. Crowley also captured the high three record of 349, The “Washing Machines” won high single with 517 and high string of three games with 1427. Honorable mention for high averages went to I3, Vol- hardt 103, P. Thompson 100, James Fagan 98, A. Siefel 96, J. Mattson 93, C. E. Penniman 93, J. Crowley 93, E. Curlich 32, W. Hine 92, E. Per- kins 92, G. Peterson 01, I*, Smith 90, E. Davis 90, H, Blankenburg 90, Roger Brewin, general chairmap of the club soclal committec briefly com- mended the work and spirit of the bowling teams and announced a pot roast dinner to be served by Mrs. Kronholm for the February business m2eting, with a special entertainment; and the club minstrel show to be held in February, for which rehearsals have been started. ,Toastmaster Traver proceeded to toast and roast with humorous anecdotes of the per- sonal experiences of some of the members particularly J. Mattson, who is still wondering how his private af- fairs had become so well known,” Mr. Traver demonstrated with a chart Jjust how Ben Holt figured to play on a winning team, showing relative valués and startling methods of cal- culdtion. Charles Cooper responded with a clever poem of his own invention that established the author firmly in the realm - of art. *J. .0, Eimer the "G laddy of them all’ gave some a 7 serious’»ahd - otherwis¢ to young, bowlers. . (At T o'clock*a special trolley’ was filled ' with' the enthusiastic members who proceeded to -Hartford, with . 1. Gronback acting as -tralley con- duetor, and what the show left to be desired in the way of entertainment was supplied by the gang as an im- pramptu choral club, while in transit, The new tousnament has started already and 10 teams are bowling Wednesday nights at the Rogers recreation building determined fo “bust all previous scores.” MAY BAR PLAYERS 1'ive Aspirants For Positions on U, of Wisconsin Bascball Team Charged With Professionalism. Madison, Wis., Jan. 15.—Five can- didates for places on the University of Wisconsin 1923 baseball team face charges of professionalism and may be barred from conference competi- tion it has developed as the result of action by John L. Griffith, “big ten" athletic commissioner, to establish the status of the players. Those who are to be called to ex- plain charges include Captain Ruedi- ger, the Badger third baseman, and Hoffman, a star pitcher. NEW WINTER CLASSES Schedule Will Start at the Y. W. C. A. on Wednesday of Next Week— Lecture in Hartford. Swimming classes for the winter term at the Y. W. C. A. begin on Wednesday of mext week and regis- trations for this class must be re- ceived by Saturday of this week, the officials of the institute say. Many other classes will also start next weck. Miss Moore's class in applied psy- chology will meet on Wednesday eve- ning’s from 7:45 until 8:45 o'clock. There will be eight lectures beginning on January 31, A large number from the local Y. W. C. A, are planning to attend a fec- ture to be given under the auspices of the Hartford Y. W. C. Al at Foot Guard hall on January 24, by Miss Maude Royden. PRESENT DAMAGE CLAIMS Many Petitions Are Received for Ac- tion By Claims Committee of Com- mon Council. Included among the claims for damages resulting from falls on icy sidewalks, which this year outnumber those of any previous year, are the following: Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, sprained ankle in fail at 221 Main strect, January 6; Axel Dahigren claiming damages for his wife who fell December 19, in front of the Kast street school; Mrs. Jane Hughes, com- pound fracture of the leg, in fall at P'ine and Cherry streets, December 20 Willlam T. Young, broken wrist, in fall ot 253 Market street on January 5, Bophie Googel, fracture of the leg, January 2, 494 East street; Mes. Mary Russell, petition for third hearing on damages for fall on Park street; Mrs, Eben Strong, fall at 31 Celumbia street, December 27, breaking left wrist; Mrs. John Del Monti, fall in (ront of Hurritt school on Main street, Jahuary 87 Mrs. lobert Johnson, fall #t 441 Chureh' street, January 3. ASSIGNED 70 PETROGRAD Representative of Great Britain Place ol In That City For First Time Nince World War, Washington, Jan, 15,—For the first tme since the war an officlal repre- sentative of Great Hritain has been assigned permanently to Petrograd, aceording to official dispatches reach- ing Washington, He will have notar- ial powers and will be authorized to settle transport questions and Issue visas to travelers, He will not have powers to handle affairs concerning the protection of British citizens, HIGH SCHOOL NOTES, Next Vriday the junior mid-year class of the High school will hold its promenade, The affair promises to be an enjoyable one, Music for danc- ing will be furnished by the Trinity | Bacchanalian orchestra of Trinity col- | lege, Dancing will be from 8§ until! 11 o'clock, Miss Margaret Glover is| the class adviser. The following are | the officers: President, Joseph Cu fono; vice-president, Bessie Kiamer; secretary, Renl Neri; treasurer, Har- old Roberts, There will be a special time sched- ulo Tuesday and Wednesday after- neon and Thursday morning. Achievement tests in Latin will be taken by all Latin puplls in rooms 2, 4 and 6, Achievement tésts will be taken by pupils taking French at the end of the fourth period Wednesday. On Thurs- day morning there will be an assem- bly to hear an address on thrift by Dan Frazier of Hartford. At the senior class assembly this morning Charles Covert spoke to the students “Right Habit Making is Character Building.” Miss M. Travers recited Kipling's poem, “I{" Their efforts were well received by the seniors, CHANGE IN RULES A\ Elimination of 1,000 Registered Tar- get Restrictions Announced. Spokane, Jan. 15.—Announcement of elimination of the 1,000 registered target restrictions for the grand Am- crican handicap trap shoot and change in the name of the national amateur trapshooting organization was made here today by Frank D, Stoop, ‘president of ‘the national or- ganization. » By a mail and telegraph vote the amateurs have decided to return to the old rule requiring an average on five Hundred tatgets before entrance to the national handicap is allowed, Mr. Stoop stated. TO PROBE WHIPPING. Houston, Tex., Jan. 16.—The grand jury today was instructed to cease in- vestigations into ‘petty thievery and burglary” and devote its whole at- tention to those responsible for the whipping of Mrs. R. H. Harrison and R. A. Armand, at Goose Creek ten days ago. PUBLISHERS’ FUNERAL New York, Jan. 15.—Leading mem- bers of the newspaper and business world crowded St. Stephens Episcopal church today to attend funeral serv- ices for Ervin Wardman, vice-presi- dent of the Sun Printing and Publish- ing Co., of the New York Herald Co., who died here Saturday. NEW R. R. LINE. | ‘Washington, Jan. 15.—One of the| largest railroad construction projects which the interstate commerce com- mission has been called upon to au- thorize in recent years, received the approval of the commission today. It involves the construction in Florida during the next five years by the Florida East Coast railroad of a 133- mile line between Okeechobee and | Lemon City. The cost is estimated at | $4,839,500. Construction of the new | llne, the commission was told, will provide transportation for 1,671,000 acres of land, The project will be financed by the Flagler interests. CANTON CRI EASED Money Found With Which To Pay Chiung-Ming’s Revolting Troops Hong Kong, Jan. 15. (By Associat- ed Press)—The situation at Canton which arose from the revolt of some of the troops under Gen. Chen Chi- ung-Ming last week has been eased | as a result of Chen finding money ! with which to pay the troops accord- ing to advices received here today. Business conditions are returning to normal and it is believed the city can repel the projected attack by adher- ents of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. FIRE THREY SHOTS. Bullets Enter Home of George Nelson, State’s Witness in Herrin Case. Marion, I1l,, Jan 15 (By Associated Press) —C. W. Middlekauff, assistant attorney general, announced in court today that three bullets were fired aturday night into the home of George Nelson, a witness for the state in the trial of five men charged with murder, in connection with the Her- | rin massacre. | The shots were fired by a party of | men in three automobiles. No one/ was injured. WEATHER FORECAST | Prediction Is Fair Weather Tonight | and Tuesday—Tonight Colder. For Connecticut: Fair tonight Tuesday; slightly colder tonight. Conditions: A trough of low pres- sure extending from Ontario south- ecastward to Nantucket, Mass, has| caused smow or rain during the last 24 hours in nearly all districts east of the Mississippi river. It will proh- ably move out to sea today. 'l'ho-I temperature is above normal aud along the northern berder from Montana to Maine, Conditions favor for this vicinity generally fair weather and not much change in temperature, | pendents, as distinguished & WAR CLOUDS LOOM UPINEUROPE TODAY (Continued from First Page) —_— this afternoon, has sent instruetions to the German Industrialists aot (o co-operate with France in deliveries of coal This information was conveyed fto M, Coste head of the industrial mis- slon in the Ruhr, by representatives of the German capitalists in the re. glon, while he was awaiting the ar. rival of the mine owners at his hotel to continue the coal negotiations opened last week, . The arders from Berlin, M, Coste was told were absolute, Delivories of coal to France and Helgium were for- bidden under it, no matter what con- ditions might be offered, M, Coste accepted this statement as @& complete rupture of the negotiations and Gen, Degoutte ordered the exten- sion of the eceupation movement in the Bochum region, HOT AVTE French Deputies Want to Prosecute Member for Communist Activities, Paris, Jan, 15, = (By Assoclated Press, —The commission of the cham- ber of deputies which has cousidered charges aguinst Deputy Marcel Ca- chin that he had been engaged in communistic activities In the Ruhr, instructed 15 reporter today to draft @ report recommending that the dep. uty's parliamentary immunity be Jift- €d, The commission heard Cachin himseif before making its recommen- dation, It CACHIN, to admit of Cachin's prosecution by the government on the charge of con- spiring against the security of the state In connection with plans to call a general strike In the Rubr and in French cities as a protest against the French seizure of the Ruhr, SUBMITTED HUGHES' PLAN Paris, Jan. 15. — (By Assoclated Press) — Roland W. Boyden, United States representative with the repara- tions commission, informed the Asso- ciated Press this afternoon that a plan for a settlement of the repara- tions problem approved by Secretary of State Hughes and drawn up last fall was submitted by him (Boyden) to the reparations commission after its return from Berlin early in No- vember, UNIVERSITY BESEIGED Strike Commiittee of Students at Ha- vana University Post Sentincls Havana, Jan. -15.—Havana univer- sity was declared under a state of siege today by striking students, The strike committee of the stu- dents’ federation, which ordered a walkout last Thursday to enfarce de- mands for sweeping administrative and, pedagogic reforms posted sen- tinels at every point of appreach to the university grounds with orders to allow nobody to pass. It sent a committee to petition President Alfredo Zayas for a decree effecting the school PLEAD FOR L SLATION. Vanishing Pueblo Race. Washington, Jan. 15.—Draped in gaudy blankets and wearing beaded moccasins and feathered headdresses, a dozen Pueblo Indians from New Mexico appeared today before a sen- ate public lands sub-committee plead- ing for legislation in behalf of the vanishing Pueblo. Their petition was reinforced by a number of witnesses representing various organizations in- terested’in Tndian legislation. The sub-committee had before it several bills affecting Pueblo lands. The Indians representatives appeared to opopse the bill of Senator Bursum, republican, New Mexico, to validate title of certain settlers on Pueblo | lands. BAR TO MEET IN MINN. Hot Springs, Ark., Jan. 15.—Min- neapolis was selected for the 1923 an- nual convention of the American Bar association by the executive commit- tee today. J IS NAMED CAPTAIN Edward P. Dunne of this city has been named captain of Company H, 169th Infantry, according to orders issued today from the adjutant gen- eral's office in Hartford. MEMEL SITUATION, Copenhagen, Jan. 15.—It is report- ed from Memel that the insurgent commander there has handed the al- lied high commissioner a note de- claring the insurgent action was di- rected exclusively against the Ger- man government “which was proving itself intolerable.” The commander asked that the French troops refrain from hostile acts, and he was willing to guarantec the safety of the inhabi- tants and the officials. TREATY IS SIGNED. ‘Washington, Jan. 15.—In the pres- ence of Secretary Hughes and officials of the Pan-American Union and the Chilean and Peruvian ambassadors exchanged ratifications today finally validating the Tacna-Arica arbitration protocol. NO INDEPENDENCE L. V. Nichols Appears Before Senate Investigating Committee Washington, Jan. 15.—The senate oil investigating committee today was told by L. V. Nichols of Omaha, president of the National Petroleum Marketers association that “there is no real independence in the oil indus- try.” “Competition in the oil industry,” said Mr. Nichols “is dependent on a type of transportation and on a sys- tem of prices over which we inde- from the Standard group have no control. If we start competition we go up against a series of reprisals that discourages one against trying the experiment more than once.” Woman, Ill in Bed, and 3 Children Die in Flames Fort Frances, Ont, Jan. 15.—Mrs. Daniel Matheson, ill in bed and her three grandchildren were burned to death when fire destroyed the Mathe- son farm house today. The Iifting of the immunity will be | Indians Want Action in Favor of the NEW BR&MN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JARUARY 15, 1923 " City items In a recent article in The “Herald" concerning the Velunteers of Ameri- ca, It was stated that the Volunteers have ne organization in Ameriea, This was & misprint and should have said, “No organisation in New Heltain." Mrs. D, Dube of 24 Gilhert street is convaleseing at her home after being lconfined to the St Franeis' hospital | Iter & month, | Miss Lena Wood, factory nurse at |North & Judd's factory, is confined to her home on East Main street with an attack of grip, Walter Kurasiehski, a New Canaan farmer, and Miss Nellle Korytke of | 194 High street were granted a mar- viage license today, The Philathea class of the Metho- dist chureh will give a party to the Girls' Friendship club this evening Bupper will be served at 6:30 o'clock, Peter Lucasewien ‘of New Rritain underwent an operation at the Court street private hospital this morning, The dafeing classes at the 1, and P, W, elub will resume this evening aftor having been suspended over the holidays, Clerk Joseph McGrail of the police commission said this afternoon that a |meeting of the commission would probably be held on Wednesday night to name a new captain and a new sergeant, Louls I, Bundgren was arrested this afternoon by Motoreycle Ioliceman Willlam 8. Btrolls, charged with oper- ating a motor vehicle without a li- cense and with improper markoers, Walter Smith, who formerly lived on Bassett street, this city, has been |appointed county engineer of Pimo county, Arizona, relatives in this city have been notified. The new dressmaking class will | meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the | Blue Triangle club room on Main street, < The Luther league of the Swedish Lutheran church will hold a sleigh ride on Thursday evening. The sleighs will leave the church at 7:30 o'clock. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Mrs, Stanley Mazurek Mrs. Stanislawa Mazurek, aged 32 yeary, wife of Stanley Mazurck of Kensington, died at her home yester- day imorning, She leaves two chil- dren, besides her husband. The fun- eral will be held at 7:45 o’clock to- morrow morning at the church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Burial will be in the Bacred Heatt cemetery. Aristedes Tyropolis. Aristedes Tyropolis, infant son of | Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tyropolis of 47 | Spring street, died yesterday after- | noon at his home. The funeral was held this afternoon at 3 o’'clock from the undertaking parlors of lLaraia & Sagarino on Spring street, and burial was in Fairview cemetery, Ottavio Moroni. Ottavio Moroni, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ottavio Moroni of 83 Spring street, died Saturday evening at his home. The funeral was held this morning at 9 o'clock and burial was in 8t. Mary's cemetery. Mrs. Herman Schroedel. The funeral of Mrs. Herman Schroedel was held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from St. Matthew's Ger. man Lutheran church. Rev. A, C. Theodore ~ Steege, pastor of the | church, officiated and interment was in Fairview cemetery. Special Council Meeting To Fill 5th Ward Vacancy Mayor A. M. Paonessa signed a warrant this afternoon for a special meeting of the common eouncil to be held next Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, preceding the regular council session, for the election of a council- man to fill a vacancy in the fifth ward. Matthew Papciak, a real estate and insurance man, is reported to be the selection of the fifth warders. Child B;rncd Saturday Succumbs at Hospital Victoria Rogoal, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ro- goal of 33 Lawl!or street, died this morning at the New Britain geenral hospital from burns received when her clothing caught fire from a gas stove at her home Saturday afternoon. RUM VESSEL IN TOW Rritish Schooner “Dortn” Aided by Coast Guard Cutter “Tampa’ Today Boston, Jan, 15. — The British schooner Dorin, believed to have had a cargo of whiskey, was in tow of the coast guard cutter Tampa today, heading over the Nantucket Shoals for New London, Conn. The Dorin now is said to be bound from Halifax, N. 8, for New York was described as on a voyage from St. Pierre for Penarth, when her troubles with dis- abled engines and food shortage first | developed several weeks ago. The | Tampa picked her up yesterday and |sent her position today as about 50 miles southeeast of Nantucket. The coast guard cutter Acushnet was on the way from Woods Hole to relieve the steamer Sarcoxie which is towing the disabled steamer Liberty |bound from Rotterdam for New York. DIES IN SYRIA. Westfield, Mass, Jan. was received here today by relatives of the death in Beirut, Syria, of Rev. Dr. Harvey Porter, for more than 50 years connected with the American University of Beirut, occupying the chair of history and psychology. He was made professor emeritus of his- tory in 1914, He was a graduate of | Amherst college and a veteran of the Civil war. AUTOMOBILE TIPS OVER. Passengers on an inbound car from Hartford this morning were forced to alight at Market and Dwight streets| to assist the driver of a bakery au-| tomobile to right his machine. The auto tipped over onto the car tracks and blockéd the progress of the trol-| ley. The driver was thrown out but| was not injured. | ‘T(DRTI'RI} MACHINE NOT FOUND, Bastrop, Jan. 15.—George 8. Guioa, assistant state attorney general, stat- ed today to his department, he had no information to show that the |N B Machine ... | WALLSTREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS furnvhed by Putnam Close 81% 183 138y (1) ™ 2% 122% 161 % 5% " 10 Ny LELE 4% Quotations & Compauy, Low ny 158 High Am Lid ) Am Cr & Fdy, 188 Am Loeg ..., 104% Am Bm & Re,, bhly Am Bug Rf em, 78 Am Bum Tobh ,,, 28 Am Tel & Tel,.123 Am Tob ., 164 Am Wool ,,,,,. #6% Ana Cop e 40% Ate Tp & 8 ¥, 101% At Guif & W1, 21y Baldwin lLeco .. 136 Balti & Ohio ., 1% Reth Steel B Can Pacifio , Cen Leather Ches & Ohio Chi Mil & 8 P, Chi Rek Is & P, Chile Copper .. 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Bid Aetna Tife Ins Co .....660 Am Hardware eses B1 Am Hosiery . veee 80 Bige-Hfd Cpt Co com ..136 Billings and Spencer com Billings and Spencer pfd Bristol Brass Colt's Arms ....... Conn Lt & Pow pfd Eagle Lock Fafnir Bearing . Hart and Cooley .. Hfd Kleec Light ... Landers, I 70 J R Montgomery com .. 90 J R Montgomery pfd ..108 N B Gas .. . Asked 670 53 50 139 20 23 18 24 115 76 66 80 160 72 J113 T4 .. 62 1 .. 156 36 4 35 51 54 Niles-Be-Pond com North and Judd Peck, Stow and Wilcox Russell Mfg Co . Scovill Mfg Co Southern N E Tel Standard Screw . Stanley Works .. Stanley Works pfd . Torrington Co com .... Traut and Hine Travelers Ins Co . Union Mfg Co ... Counter}:iters Jnil;i for One Year in Hartford Hartford, Jan. 15.—Sammy Bright, colored, of New York, was today sen- tenced to one year in jail by Judge Thomas in the U. 8. district court for circulating counterfeit notes. Bright raised two dollar bills to twenties. | He has already heen shut up nine months, and sentence imposed today starts at the beginning of his impris- onment., HUGHES ASKS GUARANTEE. Washington, Jan. 15.—Secretary Hughes in letters read before the house commerce committee today said he could not approve the bil for return of the smaller trusts held by the alien property custodian uniess | it was understood that enough prop- | erty would be retained to constitute a security for American claims against Germany. GIVEN 30 DAY SENTENCE, Charged on three counts of viola- tion of the liquor laws, Staniey Os- | trowski, former proprietor of a res- taurant at 292 Park street, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge | Kellogg in superior court. His place | was raided last November. He was sentenced in the local court and ap- | pealed, In superior court he pleaded | guilty. by < < e | 1,000 ARE VICTIMIZED, | Springfield, Mass., Jan. 15—Depart- ment of justice agents said today that | at least 1,000 persons in this 1mmr~»| diate vicinity have been victimized by the United Buyers association of | Grand Rapids, Mich,, against which a | government fraud order has been is- | sued. These persons had bought nemberships in the asseciation at 82' a year. | ROAD BUILDI TALKS “torture machine” alleged to have been used to inflict punishment on Watt Daniel and Thomas Richard, victims of a band of black hooded kidnappers, had been found. Chicago, Jan. 15.——Latest methods in road building maintenance and| finance will be considered by the na- | PUTNAM & CO Members New York Stock Jous Sio Fachange N (Successors 1o Michier & Co) Stanley 1. Eddy, Manager We Offer 100 shs Stanley Works Pfd. v JUDD Members New Yo MEMBERS HARTFOR 81 Wost Maln 8¢, Tel. 2000 ok Stock Exchange D STOCK EXCHANGE HARTFOKD: Hartford-Conn, Trust BL;, Tel, 3-0320 NEW BRITAIN; 23 West Main 6t Telephone 1818 We Offer: RUSSELL MFG. CO. STOCK T Yie 8.80% New Britaln Natioual Bank Bldg. Telephone 2580 Members Hartford Stock Exchange Donald R. Hart, Mgr, 50 Shares NORTH & JUDD 50 Shares LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK 50 Shares AMERICAN HARDWARE 50 Shares STANLEY WORKS COMMON ‘We Do Not Accept Margin Accounts, JOHN P. KEOGH Member Consolidated Stock Exchauge of New York Waterbury Danbury Middletown STOCKS BONDS Bri New Hiaven Springfield Direct Private Wire to New York and Boston G. F. GROFF, Mgr.—~Room 309, FLoongm FEARED Resident of Genesee Valley in York State Drifts 25 I'cet Decp—Houses Burned. Rochester, N. Y, Jan. 15.—Resi- dents of the Genesee valley who to- day are digging themselves out of of one of the deepest snowstorms in many years, expressed fears of a big flood in the spring unless there is a gradual thaw. Farmers in the vicinity of Mount Morris, a village near here. virtually snowbounil since early in the month report drifts to a depth of 25 feet in some places due to the suecession of blizzards Which hdve visited western New York in the past two wecks, Several houses at White's Hollow near Mount Morris, . have been covered from view by the drifts. COST OF LEXINGTON CAR WILL ADVANCE “Effective February fifth, all Lex- ington prices will advance $100.” A telegram to this effect has just been received by C. A. Bence, local Lex- ington dealer, from the factory at Connersville, Ind. ‘When interviewed this morning, Mr. Bence had the following comment to make: ‘‘Advices covering a price change were not altogether unex- pected. For some time I have known that Lexington cars were being pro- duced on a constantly narrowing mar- gin, owing to the increase of ma- terial prices in all lines. It is, in- deed, quite remarkable that car of our value should even be sold as low as $1795, plus freight and tax. “Numerous other .big producers have already announced price ad- vances, and I am sure that the Lex- ington Motor company has withheld such an advance just as long as it was possible.” MEETING IS POSTPONED Between British and will Negotiations American Debt” Commissions Be Resumed Tomorrow, Washington, Jan. 1 ‘The meeting called for today to ime negotia- tions between the British end Amer- ican debt eommissions was postponed until late tomorrow at the request of the British who said they were await- ing instructions from London. At the Jast meeting of the two com- } missions on Ifriday the conversations had reached a point where it was indicated that the next step would be a discussion of actual terms of sct- tiement. Propose New Composition For Fierstein Creditors Following allegations Saturday aft- ernoon that a creditors’ committee had found a large amount of mer- chandise concealed in Edward Fier-| stein’s cellar on Arch street after Fier- stein had gone into bankruptey and had ofercd a 30 per cent composition to his creditors, a counter proposition tional good roads show and good roads congress opening here tonight. was made to Fierstein for a 35 per cent composition. This is contingent N. B. Not'l Bank Bldg.—Tel. 1018 upon favorable action by other cred- itors. The proposition calls for a 20 per cent cash payment and 15 per cent in endorsed notes. The proposal was accepted by Fierstein through his attorney, Judge I". B. Hungerford. Farm Credits Measure Is Temporarily Blocked Today Washington, Jan. 15.—The plan of administration senate leaders to be- sin consideration of the farm credits program worked out by the banking committee was blocked temporarily today by Senator Norris, republican, Nebraska, chairman of the agricul- tural committee, who insisted that the senate take up instead his bill for creation of a government corporation empowered to buy and sell farm pro- ducts. TRCUBLE IS EXAGGERATED. Washington, Jan. 15.—Published reports of differences. between the Rumanian and Hungarian govern- ments were said in official advices re- ceived by the state department from its representative at Budapest to be “much exaggerated.” The dispatch intimated that there was little serious danger of war between the nations. STEAMER IN DISTRESS. Halifax, N. 8., Jan., 15.—The Nor- wegian freight steamer Helder, en- route from Norfolk, Va. to Aalborg, Sweden, reported today by wireless that she was in distress about 700 miles south of Cape Race. The oil tanker Joseph Scep sent word that she was proceeding to the Helder's as- sistance. y E. C. CONNOLLY TO SPEAR. Probation Officer E. C. Connolly will speak at a meeting of the Ger- man Lutheran church Brotherhood tomorrow etening at 8 o'clock. The probation officer will talk on his work in connection with the local court. MISERAS—LEVICKRUTE nley Miseras of Torrington and Mi Anna Levickrute of 72 Spring street were married at 8 o'clock this morning in St. Andrew’s Lithuanian church by Rev. Edward V. Grikis, the pastor. John Gridas and Miss Anna Kardoskas were the attendants. CHILL GETS THE AIR, Chicago, Jan. 15.—Ollie Chill, ques- I tioned by Cleveland police in connecs |tion with the death of Kdward J. McGregor, is through as a big league umpire, Ban Johnson, president of the American league, declared today. “We are no longer interested in Chill,” Mr. Johnson said. *“I had made up my mind to make a change jand have already selected Chill's suc- cessor.” GERMAN MARKS DROP. London, Jan. 15.—German marks [ sold 55,000 to the pound sterling, the | lowest figure on record in London. I'rench francs were steadier at 67.5 to the pound, which was attributed to the French finance minister's pro- posal to increase taxation FRIEND OF NEGRO DIES, Philadelphia, Jan. 15—Bishop Ben- jamin T. Tanner, §7, for many years one of the leaders in the advance- | ment of the negro race, died today. | For 24 years he was editor of “The Christian Recorder.”