New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1923, Page 1

News of the World l\y Assoclated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 CONNECTICUT COMPANY TO REDUCE FARES TO 2 RIDES FOR 15 CENTS City Will Deliver Coal to Sick; Inabiligzaf Dealers to Execute Orde s . " 1 by Mayor v . So that there will be no suffering of 0., iee, for want of coal, Mayor A, M. Pao- | many instances and praetically im- nessa has issued orders that in cases |possible in some cases, Because of where there is sickness in the family |that fact, the mayor has decided upon and dealers are unable to deliver [the policy of having the eity provide coal, the city shall furnish frucks or |4 means of conveyance in more sleighs to convey coal from the yards urgent cases. to the home, lLocal coal dealers report that For several days past therg have there are orders on the books that it been many reports to the mayor lhul‘llll he impossible for them to flll for dealers are so far behind on their several days and in some yards there orders, because of the difficulty in|is an accumulation of orders that will making deliveries, that delays of [take {wo weks to dispose of, are common, In almost | There is sufficient coal In the eity, every instance, offers have been made | Mayor Paonessa reports, the only to NIl late orders If the prospetive ‘mm.wmy at present being in deliver- purchaser can provide his own means |ing it —————————————— MAN WHO HELPED MAKE WAYOR CALLS NEETING ON U.S.DRY TOSPEAK HERE| 400 SOARD YAGANG Dr. Maloney, John J. Khniry, ex-Mayor Wayne B. Wheeler Will ""'",:"n:_.‘;"::’;:“'“' Discuss Prohibition at : Trinity Church Sunday Cat In Rates, Effective All Over State, Will Take Place Either In March Or April, Says Cost of Removing Snow So Great That Lower Rates Cannot Be Put Into Effect During Winter Months, Hartford, Jan, 19.—The Con- necticut Co. will in March or April put into effect a state- de reduction in trolley fares. This was the announcement made today by Chairman Rich- ard T. Higgins of the public utilities commission. ' The new fare rate will be two rides for 15 cents. Bridgeport may not get this new fare rate because of the five cent fare arrangement for city lines. But with this one possi- This is difficult in Mayor A.®. Paoncssa has called u meeting of the democratic members of the common council for tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock for the purposc of selecting, if they see fit, a nominer for membership on the school com mittee ,succeeding Dr. J. E. Martin, Wayne B. Wheeler of Washington will lecture Sunday night at the “Who ble exception Mr. Higgins sa.|d, the reduced cost of trolley ride tokens will be effective in the spring on every Connecticut Co. line in the state. Mr. Higgins said that the cost of snow removal was so great this year it was felt that the three rides for a quarter plan should continue through the winter months. The present rate for three rides became ef- fective last March. Permission to increase flat fare rates from 7 to 10 cents was granted by the public utilities commission in the fall of 1920. Not Seen About Tokens. New Haven, Jan, 19.—President L. 8. Storrs of the Connecticut Co. this arternoon said he was unable to cen- firm the report that trolley fares to be reduced under the token plan. He said the matter had been discussed but he was not prepared to make any announcement. LEGION ESSAY WINNERS Chinesc Boy in Hawali First—Bridge- port Youngster Wins Third Prize in Nation-wide Competition. Indianapolis, Jan. 19.—Ah Sing Chang, of Ewa Oahu, Hawall, a 14 vear old boy of Chinese extraction, won first place in the American Le- gion's essay contest for American school children on the subect ‘“How can the American Legion best serve the nation?” it was announced today. Second prize in the contest, which was open to all the school children between the ages of 12 and 18, was Trinity Methodist church on Made America Dry?" for 25 years the nat fights for temperance gress and the senate. He has been councilor for the Anti-Saloon League in Wash- ington, D, C. and is the man who con- He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and is a graduate ional laws in WAYNE B. WHEELER of Oberlin College and has probably done more than any one man in the country toward making America dry. resigned, Those who will attend the caucus are: Alderman F. L. Conlon, Council- men I, Howard Smith, Elias T. Ring- rose, James J. Dunn, M. F. King, Otto Schmarr and Stephen A, Lynch, Among the candidates mentioned are Dr. M. W, Maloney and John J. Kiniry, chairman of the democratic town committee. Dr.. Maloney was reported to have had the backing of members of the New Britain Medical association for the place left vacant by D. L. Dunn’s resignation severai months ago, Ex-Mayor Joseph M. Halloran and Henry 8. Tallard are also mentioned for the position. In view of the fact that Dr. Mar- tin's term was to have expired in about three months, it has been sug. gested that the vacancy be allowed to continie until the spring elections,. GONN. MAN MENTIONED AS NEW FLOOR LEADER Congressman John Q. Tilson of New Haven Named as Possibility for Position BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of New Britain Herald) Washington, D. C., Jan. 19—The name of Representative John Q. Til- son of New Haven, Conn, has come quite prominently to the front in the past few days in the discussion around the capitol of candidates 'for republican floor leader of the house in the next congress. Frank Mondell, the present leader will not be a member of the next con- ot WITNESS AGCUSES KLAN OF PLAN T0 CLEAN UP FAMILY Relative of Daniel Says Klansman Made h?lmuon Threat ' 1 ‘ ALSO CLAIMS HE KNEW ALL ABOUT KIDNAPPING William 4, MeDonald, 60, Is State's Withess Who Today Describes His Conversation With One lap" Jones, Himself Said to be a Mom. ber of the Hooded Moh, Bastrop, la,, Jan. 19.—(By Asso- ciuted Press)—William J, McDonald, 60, brother-in<law of J. L. Daniel, father of Watt Daniel who, with T, I", Richard, was kidnapped near here August 24 and whose mutilated hodies were found in Lake La Fourchee, tos. tified at the open hearing into the ae- tivities of masked men in Morehouse parish today that “Jap"” Jones had told him the “whole Daniel fumily" wonld be cleaned out hoforp the al. leged attempt to assassinate Dr, 124 M. MeKoin was settied, MeDonald sald Jones did not know he was a relative of Daniel and that after he became aware of it he asked him to forget it Clean 'Em All Ont “Jones maid ‘we are going 10 elean out the whole damned Daniel family before this thing is settled,” Meliwon- ald testified, “He did not seem to realize that 1 was related to the Daniel family, i called his hand and he told me 1 needn't get so mad about it, I told him Dr. McKoin was never shot at.” “Do you know anything about the kidnapping?" Knew of Kidnappinz “Yes sir, I knew it an hour before it happened. You see I was in Jionita at the time. You could hear ali about it except they didn't figure ont the right parties kidnapped. .After the kidnapping Jim Harp .1 I pot to talking in his butcher shop about | the kidnapping and he told r. e they should have killed them the night they caught Daniel, Andrews a 1] Ne lis on the Gallion road and rthey would not have had any more trouble with them. (The Gallion road kidnapping ~c- curred August 17,) Henry Jones, another witness, was interrogated i cofierning theé disap- “I'pearance ot Harole. Tegerstrom time. keeper at the Southern Carbon Co. plant at Spyker who was reported to have becn kidnapped and later to have escapgd from his captors. Tegerstrom came to his house on the Sunday evening after he left the plant, Jones said. “He said he had been bothered a great deal by United States detectives™ the witness testified. ‘‘He said that on Friday night a man called him out of the office and told him he wanted to| talk with him. The man took him to an automobile which he said hao several men inside and he grew sus- picious and broke away and ran. That is the reason he gave for hiding | out. He changed clothes, put on my hat, shoes and overcoat to change his identity and left in two hours.” ““Have you received anything from him ? “Yes I got my watch which ¥ loaned him because his watch had hls| initials on it. It came in the mail. “It appeared to you he was trying EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1923, ~TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES, NEW BRITAIN HERALD PRICE THRE® CENTS Average Daily Cireulation Week Ending ,863 January 13th ————— \FRENCH MAKE GOOD THEIR THREATS - BY TAKING OVER MINES AND BANKS; GERMANS ANSWER BY STRIKE CALL FRENCH TROOPS ON THE MARCH |France Frowns On League Of Nations Mediation Until Re- sult Of Occupation Is Known. {Germany Officially Denies Thought of Sending Mis- sion of Complaint to Treat With England. (By the Associated Press) French threats to enforce rep- arations payments by confisca- First picture reaching this country of French poilus engaged [tions were made good today by in their actual advance into German territory for the occupation|the seizure of several state of the Ruhr region. This picture shows them entering the out-|mines in the Ruhr valley and skirts of Essen, with their full equipment of rifles, helmets and|various Reichsbank branches. even field pieces. ALL ‘D BY JURY HERRIN MINE] FRE! PN Marion, Jan. 19.—All defend- ants in Herrin trial were acquitted today of murder. The jury was |POSSIBLE STARVATION IS ‘ FACING RUHR RESIDENTS | | Official Dispatches Show French Will |Mysterious Meeting in New out since yesterday. i DRY AGENTS ANDU. §. CUSTOMS MEN GONFE lons There. Washington, Jan. 19, (By Associated Press).—Economic aspects of the French occupation of the Ruhr valley |are attracting increasing attention |here and the view is held in some quarters that the economic problem (now confronting the French is noth- ., ing less than a question of how to | prevent starvation among the several | million inhabitants of the valley. Official dispatches indicate that a ;Iood shortage of serious propertions |became evident immediately after the French military authorities moved in and declare that real suffering now exists in many plgees. Those who have knowledge ¢ the industrial con- ditions and the topgraphy of the ve- gion at it bears on {he food supplies view this situation with great alarm. The Rukr valley normally imports approximately 75 per cent of all the York—Rum Fleet Still Off Coast New York, Jan. 19.—A veil of se- crecy was throwyn about a conference on prohibition enforcement in this vi- {cinity held todfly at the custom house between custom officials and prohibi- tion enforeement authorities. It was assumed that the chief topic for discussion would be how to cope with the rum fleet which for more food it uses, according to government than a week has been camping off the|records. The 500,000 miners and sev- Jersey coast, but acting collector of eral hundred thousand other indus- the port Stuart announced that the|trial workers there must tlierefore de- session would be executive and that|pend almost wholly on outside food no statement would be forthcoming sources. at the close. | i Accompanying Mr. Stuart in the| R 4 conference was Deputy Surveyor San-| COL RUSSELL DEAD ders. The dry forces were reported " by E. C. Yellowley acting federal prohibition director for New York| g, o state and John D. Appleby in charge South Norwalk Man, In Command of of marine activities in this zone. 13th Regiment of Brooldm in 1898, Only six casualties have been re-| ported in the rum fleet which al-| Drops Dead of Heart Failure. though varying from day to day main- | Bouth Notwalk, Jan, 19, - Col "43]"” Bh n‘ve.rage s(rer'lgth ot about 'Vo'iGeorgc D. Russell, formerly lieutenant vessels. ['ive craft were captured h"co]onel ol the old ¢t rlazlmenl ot coast guards the first night of "'X'Jthc New \'ork \'ali:final Quard ‘and tensive rum running and a trawler be-| oo o R e 13th Pl lleved to have been a unit of the fleet, | ;.14 ot Brookiyn during the Spanish- burned to the water's edge yester-|,mepican war, died suddenly at his last from heart Mine managers and directors were arrested in some cases. Miners in some of the seized pits threatened to quit if the French entered, it was reported. Additional German resistance to French efforts to ship coal developed in the refusal of the Essen district railway adminis- tration to dispatch coal trains. General Strike Called Orders for a strike of all the freight railwaymen in the Ruhr were received from Berlin and a general strike of these em- ployes was expected before night. Reichshank branches in vari- ous parts of the Ruhr and the Rhineland were seized by the' French who claim the Germans were attempting to remove their funds to unoccupied Ger- many. The French carried out their announced intention to take over the customs districts of the |Rhineland. They took posses- sion of the customs and coal tax funds. The state forests also were seized. ' Reports of possible mediation between the allies and Germany by the league of nations were discounted in Paris where it is said the French feel they cannot consent to such a step until the results of the occupation become apparent. No Appeal to British, London, Jan. 19 (By Associated Press).—Reuter's Berlin correspond- ent says he is officially informed that there is no foundation to the report that Germany contemplates sending a mission to London to obtain British mediation in the Ruhr. ’ French Hold Up Transfer. gress. He was a candidate in t\‘V)vo- to make his getaway and was "Y“‘B!dav a i 1 ming last fall for the senate but was|(, ghield his identity? . [ 2 ontly de. | ROMe here night defeated by Senator-elect Kendrick, a| “That's right.” l.”r; afii’;‘fi “;‘}:f “t"“’"s:]‘““g th‘“_‘ | failure, aged T4 years. He was a for. democrat, He appears to be the lead- 2 iy “°‘h'_“ o r""ft‘d“_ €' mer councilman and police commis- ing candidate to succeed Mr. Fall as "3‘:"’, "mu;)"t ":::’f:' ':"("’"N‘:n?:"";:[’sloner of the city of Norwalk, and for sceretary of the interior. Bastrop, La., Jan. 19.—Machine gun :’[‘;’;"m’: B 8. {0l number of years was proprietor of Mr. Tilson is one of the mosticy [, of the louisiana national guard | ‘:owr:;l Listoni, oMibiale fHaRi Tl s the '.\or\\'mk hotel. Col. Russell is Ipromlnont andpopular membera of | wnicn tas heen on duty héve In con. |, Scveral custor o eemant made [survived by a widow, one son and two the house of which he has been alnection with the Morehouse i"“""“"’“"l’:lt wockathnt‘ ”‘:":"rtm;‘r J?\Mg‘l‘ofi duuflflors;. ;o funeral will be h'n'.r Jaih ' ast we £ on Saturday afternoon, interment b. member for 14 years, except for theltion broke camp today preparatory 16| nad hesn. armod With, mAchinasguns |y i s i ) two years of the 63d congress, When [icaying for New Orleans, its home sta- | wag propaganda to throw fear into| & o S orvalk cometer r‘m-ml:;n; Haven district elected a ::rm “\_\t'ilh trh" fl"r‘flr!u_r@' of lhl'l‘ ""i!jtho smugglers. A vessel bearing the den . he military forces remaining will con- | 18, Lexington has been lyin, for 9, N x He is a member of the ways and|gist of four automatic rifiemen ana | mare than o week at. the Batters, Can’t Go Out Bet\_\een means committee from “'h"fl; the )40 members of the Jennings cavalry|covered with rust and showing no Dances at ngh School leader is usually chosen. If the Te-l{roop, half here and the remainder | machine guns or other weapons. It was announced tat the New Brit- Mayence, Jan. 19 (By Associated Press).—The French have succeeded in preventing removal to the interior of Germany of the funds in the local branch of the Reichsbank which was closed yesterday by the Germans on instructions from Berlin. The funds were confiscated by the occupational authorities. awarded to Miss Pauline Virginlaipre ig a national speaker and will Chastain of Indianapalls. . JosePh|give n lecture in the Majestic theater, Giandonato of Bridgeport, Conn,, Won ! yf rirord, on Sunday afternoon at 3§ third prize. o'clock under the auspices of the Y. WAHLBERG-GRONBACK | Mo i ook New Britain where he will speak ut Today the Trinity Methodist church at Marriage of Local Dentist One Troop to Leave o'clock. At the close of the servi Mr. Wheeler will answer any ques- tions about prohibition conditions in America, NO NEW BRITAIN TEAM IN Announcement Is Made of Take Money and Cars. Duesseldorf, Jan, 19 (By Associated Press)—The French authorities today appropriated the money in the Dues- seldorf branch of the Reichsbank. They also rounded up the automo- and Chestnut Strect Young Woman, A belated announcement was made today of the marriage of Dr. C. V. Custom officials admitted that the|ing High school this morning that in for Wahlberg, a local dentist, and Miss, Mildred L. Gromback of Chestnut| street, formerly secretary to Raymond 1. Gates in the Widows' Pension Fund burcau at the State Capitol. The wedding was performed in New York city at the “Little Church Around the Corner,” on December 16. H. 5. DEBATING LEAGUE Dissention Reported Responsible for | Decision Not to Have Representa- tives in Triangle Contests. Because of dissension in the ranks' publicans should abandon this|at Mer Rouge. | time the rule of seniority and not ' elect Representative Nicholas Long- worth as the next leader, Mr. Til- Banks Mus‘ Sho“~ Accounts | son’s chances appear as good as those | Of Those Asking City Aid |of any of the other candidates for | Superintendent of Charities William | the place. ¥ 1 Mr. Tilson is not making a cam-|Cowlishaw will not attempt to have paign for the place, but is a receptive|introduced at the present session of only craft available last Thursday when the five prizes were captured off Highlands, J., was the small launch Surveyor and that after the Margaret B. and Evelyn W., alleged riéim runners, were caught, she had to be used in making other captures. Custom men pointed out that most the future no one will be allowed to leave the school building and return while promenades and other school socials are being held at the school All those who wish to leave the build, ing must obtain permission from the principal to do so. A special assembly of all the young held biles of depositors who had come fo the bank to draw money from the in- stitution, seized the money with drawn and retained possession of the wtomobiles, A demand was made by the occu- pation authorities for a detail of 40 police to close the strects adjoining the bank, but the municipality re- of their flotilla comprised vessels t0oo women of the school will be arge toschase rum running launches|the High school auditorium during Tt was pointed out, | the opening period of school Wednes- Miss Agnes A, Ward of the High school debaters as a re- sult of which several resignations were received and others threatened, the local institution will not enter a i A . | candidate, and many of his friends are | the legislature the bill to require sav- | boosting him. Tt seems certain that|ings hu,nl;s to disclose accounts of ap- |, he can get the solid vote of the New plicants for aid from any city or town, into shoal water. fused te supply the men. CAT SAVES FAMILY it having been found that there are| o . example, that the cutter Manhat-|day morning Loud Yowling of Kitty Hartford People From Killed By Gas Fumes, Hartford, Jan, 19.—A night gas at- tack in the roomipg house of Mrs, Annie Christensen of No. 78 Temple street resulted in sending Alexander Finneway and Charles Hirst to the Prevents Being team in the Triangle Debating league This is the first time in Britain | this year. number of years that New will not take part. Moses Rosenthal, president, has an- nounced that the club will carry on the exception as in the past. its activities, with interscholastic debating, Two Man Helicopter Is I'ngland delegations, except for those who are already pledged to support Mr. Longworth. On the numerous occasions that Mr. | Tilson has been chosen by Speaker | Gillett to preside over the house he a of | has shown rare qualities of leader- ship and the frankness and fairness lof his decisions has won him many | triends and supporterd. Mr. Tilson served as speaker of the Successful in Flight“"””‘"”"“‘ house of representatives Dayton, O., Jan. 19.—A two man |during the session of 1907, il a helicopter flight was made today at At this moment it appears McCook air ficld here. The De | lepresentative Nicholas Longworth of Bothezat helicopter invented and built| Ohio has a commanding lead for the at McCook fleld, was the machine fepublican leadership over any of the used in the tests, which came a Uttle | Other candidates. The most promi- more than a month after the first|nent opponent of Mr. Longworth at successful flight, when only one man | hresent is Representative William J. Graham of Illinois, who has strong |support from the west, KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE. Conceding that there will be no ex- Chicage, Jan. 19.—Howard B.|tra session of congress right after ad- Jackson, 62, grain broker, former|Jjourning of this congress on March wice-president of the U. 8. Grain rnrp.,i“h- it is improbable that the new re- died today after being struck by an|Publican leader will be elected until automobile. Police arrested Carl|the regular session next December or Kauffman, a chauffeur, in connr‘ctxoni"l"’" the possible convening of with his death, extra session before then. e T— - { Connecticut has never had but one ‘ FATALLY BU D. |speaker of the United States house clurch, will officiate and interment] Torrington, Jan. 19.—leon Nielsky, |of representatives. He was Jonathan will be in Falrview cemeu San- |5, died today of burns which he re- | Trumbull who was speaker of the 24 ley post, G. A. I, will be charge of [eeived when he fell into a tub of beil- [ congress, and served from October 24, the services at the chapel. ing water at his home Wednesday. 1791 to May 8, 1792, Hartford hospital suffering from gas poisoning, making Mrs. Christensdn| ill and caused Miss Clara Christensen | to collapse in the street as she went to telephone for help. The gas poure! into the Christensen home through an retric light wire condnit due to a leak In the gas main near the corner of Market and Temple street The family cat discovercd the pres. ence of gas in the house and warned the occupanis by its loud yowling. wag aboard. Norton Funcral From Center Church Chapel The funcral of Charles Willlam Norton wiil be heid from the chapel of the Center Congregetional church on Faturdey afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Ptv. Henry W. Maler, pustor of the an | statutes at present which cover this matter. The bill was offered at the ! last session by Representative A. N.| tutherford in behalf of the ecity, but| it was rejected. Statutes which the | State Department of Charities found | require banks to disclose deposits pro- vided aid has already been furnished. Harding Better, But Still | Washington, Jan. 19.—President | Harding continued to improve today | but under the doctor's orders will | remain in seclugion at the White | House until he entirely shakes off the | attack of grippe from which he has | been suffering for the past few days. The president is transacting no offi- cial business and continues to spend | most of his time lying down in his room. & - THE WEATHE | g Hartford, Jan. 19.—Forecast " for New Britain and vicinity: i { * Fair and colder tonight. Sat- urday fair, continued cold; fresh northwest winds, tan drew 12 feet and could not be | who is general superintendent of maneuvered close to shore | nurses in the New York department | of public welfare, will talk to the | young women about welfare work FIRE IN ZINMA} Engine Company No. 3 was called out at 2:50 o'clock this afternoon by a still alarm, for a fire in the Zin-| TLondon, Jan. 19 (By A man block at the corner Main | Press).—Lady Coc who was f and Tafayette streets, where the fire| merly Miss Tennessee Claflin of Now of Wednesday night happened. York, widow of Francis Cook it was an TLADY COOK DI Sir night, The ast ture, and was quickly extinguished. Is Confined to His Room |baze was on the roof of the struc- died here I lnov:nrm] today. BILL IS DRAFTED TO PROTECT AUTO TOURISTS FROM Hartford, Jan. 19.-—Among the many regulatory bills which went intc the legisiative hopper the past weok was one drawn to meet the demand of automobilists, that the increasing annoyance of being stopped on town highways and importuned to buy tags, fruit, articles of various sorts and even to give alms, be checked. Un- derlying the bill, however, it is claim- ed, is the principle of safety, automo- bilists claiming that when stopped by signal on a remote highway they never know whether it may be a “BUY A TAG” PESTS robbery, or Automobilists the | holdup or attempt at merely inquiry have been complaining | practice adopted in towns last |summer when they stopped and asked to buy tags, the proceeds from which were to o some worthy ob- 1t ated Sunday last summer automobiles were stop- ped at a town line and those in each |asked to buy tags ew hospital fund and the had with them uniformed officers | Under the bill a $50 fine might be |imposed. an \gainst sor were ect is re that one or a canvassers police | | i | | ovens belonging to the | restriction Take Coke Ovens Recklinghausen, Jan. 19 (By the Associated Press)-—Irench troops to- day took possession of four coke Reich and ar- rested the director, Herr Rochstein, who refused to hand over the records. 19 (By the Asso- The shortage of paper marks 1 ached a critical stage. The ban © refusing to give marks in exchange for amounts of more than fancs, f jollars, or one pound to a person. They say this is made necessary by the the local branch eof the Duesseldorf, Jan d Press) sterling seizire of Reichshank. Coblenz, Jar (By the Associat ed Press)—Five French chief inspec- tors took over the customs districts oy the Rhineland this morning, making a complete ring around the territory. The same will be done in a few days in the Ruhr valley. The inspectors the same time seized the customs funds, forests and coal taxes Call General Strike Jai 1% (By Aswociatea A general strike of the (Continued on Twenty-Fifth Page) Essen, Pr