New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1923, Page 12

faances were nel ia shape 9 war: Fabl the adoplion of the system. Crttictsnd Lawyers. | MeMahon has long been noled for' his expressing of opinions of people, | and it made no differente to him ahat | thrown on the foer is theught 1o A‘ P. NEws wan[R & estimated at between §4.008 and 1] o A collision of autemoblles belong- ing to John Manasek of 82 Olark street and Robert Heiser of 25 Holt VISITS IN ESSEN|.. e e x| OF WMAHON ESTATE Gives Account of Conditions To- day in That Locality A (By 22 ated the Ruhbr alley today vain mist making the as hasy as appears to b outeome of the Fran- ort 1o forge reparations ey against the gorernment der the feet y Berlin is of midoight yminissioners. ieaders sent to and Fascn, Press ) hung atmosphers the immediats eo-Belgian deliveries fr wishes of the How 1o take eoal from u of A people whe heed ov eausing muech burning ol on the part of the ¢ engineers and military the Rubr fr Paris, Rome The present themsely prived they exlstenes E m the val Germa m Hrussels Germans' main difficulty at ies in their having throwr yt of work and thus de- selves of the means of f interest centered this fore \ removal of the Fre patre the doors of the Reichsbank branch here. On learn- rowds gathered be banks anxious to get institutions. Al were still unopen ed for bhusiness up to early this after. noon awaiting the outcome of the ne gotiations betw Reichsbank diree tors and the authorit oceupation It was discovered meanwhile that, al- though the patro bank door. way had been withdrawn, a garrison guard had been ostablished across the street. It was stated in German cireles to day that the French had notified the rafliway, postal and banking adminis trations that they did intend to disturb the international operations of these services on account of the neces sity of their functioning. Find Men Working Motoring this morning throughout where the seizures of the owned mines oceurred last week t found all the pla juer, Langenbochum, and Gelsenkirchen y at work although In some ins & Inquiries revealed that the lod 1 cars we climbing from the pits at inter: frequent than usual. None of the mines visited was occupied the troops having becn removed during the past two days. At one of the Buer mines when the correspondent asked to sce the direc- torate he was referred to the workers' council. The counciilors present were | eight har el syed, outspoken miners averaging about years in age. They gestured emphatically in declaring that bread was absolutely essential in the miners’ homes ana that the men would continue to work even if the mine directors were ar- rested but that the moment a Frencn | or a Belgian soldier set foot in ths place to stand guard all the wheels would stop turning. FIRE IN MAIN STREET STORE Damage of Between $1,000 and $5,000 the state the in th Rockli districts | rresponder coal Caused by Blaze in Tamraz & | Oshana Establishment. | The fire department was called out shortly after 11 o'clock on Saturday by an alarm from Box 42 at the cor- ner of Main and East Main street, | for a fire in a store conducted by Tamraz & Oshana at 512 Main street. | The store was closed a short time be- | fore the fire was discovered, and| when the firemen arrived at the scene, heavy volumes of smoke were | issuing from the building. The fire was finéd mostly to the rear of the | building. A cigar or a cigarette THE HERALD The A-B-C Paper with the A-B-C Want Ads slarm from Box 41, o the house swned by Harry Badrigian ot 18 Lee The blaze was i & plle of No damage was sieel wood in the eellar done Engine Company Neo. 2 was calied out at about 6 o'clock last night, extinguish & fire in & trolley ear at the commer of Bigelow and Chestaut strest fire was caused by a short eireuit DE HAVILAND PLANE FLIES 110 MILES IN 48 MINOTES Capt, Drayton Makes Recond From Pine Valley, Near Canwlon, 10 Mitchel Wield, " 2 The New York, Jan —~Capt. Henry Dayton of Mitehel ¥ield, L. 1., flew rom the Pine Valley Fisld near Cam- len, N. J., to Mitehe? Wield yesterday in record time, eovemiug the 110 miles in 42 minutes, or at the rate of 153% miles an hour, according to officers at Mitehel Field Capt, Drayton, in & De Haviland plane, made the fight in the'ordin- ary course of duty and, due to pre- pitious air currents found at an alti. tude of 4,000 feet, was enabled to break service records for the distance. He sald while a steady wind was be- hind him practically all the way, the alr was “rough” and his motor stailes four or five times, 100 NEW DEPOSITORS Many Take Advantage of “Herald" Thrift Coupon to Receive $1 for 50 Cents at Savings Bank, Approximately 100 new accounts have beéen opened at the Burritt Sav- ings bank, since the beginning of Thrift Wegk, by people who took ad- vantage of the “Herald" thrift cou- .| pon and received a dollar for 50 cents, This opportunity is still open. Any person who desires to open a new account may do so by simply cutting the coupon out of the “Herald” and depositing it, properly filled out, with 50 cents, receiving credit for $1.00, N. B. TRUST ELECTS Present Staff of Officers is Continued in Office by Trustees at Meeting This Morning. At a meeting of the trustees of the New Britain Trust Co., held this morning, the following officers were reelected for the coming year: President, W. E. Atwood; vice- president and secretary, F. G. Vib- berts; treasurer, F. W, Macomber; assistant treasurer, Charles J. Law; |trust officers, F. G. Vibberts and H. CAPTAIN KELLY ON DUTY “Smiling George” Enters Upon New Work at Police Headquarters—On Duty From 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Captain George J. Kelly of the police department, today commenced upon his new duties, taking the 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. shift. Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth returned to his regular shift from 4 p. m. to mid- night, and Sergeant John J. King, will be desk sergeant from 12 o'clock midnight to 8 a. m. until different ar- rangements are made by the chief of the department. Captain Kelly was the n@@ipient of many congratulations both from the men in the department and citizens today, on assuming his new command in the department. COAL DEALERS MEET TODAY. Fuel Administrator Harry C. Brown said today that the meeting of coal dealers, which was scheduled for to- morrow night at the Chamber of Commerce, would be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Dry Goods—Notions Big line of above Merchandise at our January Sale at greatly reduced prices. PEOPLE’S 1°TO 98c STORE 328-332 MAIN ST. New Britain, Conn. POLLY AND HER PALS SorRRY ™M LATE, 1S ALICE HERE SET? Yee! 15 GAAIA W The (Continued from First Page) business. He interested Frank A Keeney, one of the big theatrical managers of Brookiyn, in the preject It was always said that Mr. Keeney had 1o be shown but after learning of McMahon's past suceess in every business veature that he undertook he decided to align himself with the local man, with the result that vaude- ville and moving pietures were in- stalled as the fora® of entertainment in the theater, which was named Keeney's theater. Aequainting him- self thoreughly with the theatrieal business, MeMahon, a few years later, purchased control of the playhouse, and under his own management he made a suecess of it, About three years ago, he disposed of the place to the Contares Brothers and Peter Perokas, He also owned at one time the Empire theater at Hartford, one of the largest of its kind at the time in the Capital eity, He was also in terested in past years in theaters in New York state, Having so far made a success of about everything he had tried, Me- Mahon turned to farming. He bought @ farm in Berlin and through his ef- forts it was converted into ene of the finest of its Kind in these parts It was here that he could often be found working as hard as any of the employes, Some of the finest cattle in Connecticut was raised there, Became Interested in Tax Rate, In all his busy career, "I, 8" never devoted much time to polities until about five years ago when the ques- tion of high taxation became oné of the chief topies of the day., Many will recall the famous city meeting at the State armory during Mayor Quigley's regime, Thousands of in- terested taxpayers jammed their way into the hall on that occasion, and among those who were prominent on the stage was McMahon. Some talk had been heard previous to the meet. ing, that a local organization would fight for a lower tax rate. The meet- ing broke up in disorder but it “made” McMahon leader of a new political force. He worked day and night for the assoclation which became known as the New Britain Taxpayers' associa- tion. Prominent with him in the fight were the late Isadore Simons and John P. Sweeney. The result of their efforts was that a much lower tax rate than that agreed upon by the board of finance and taxation was adopted for the next two years, McMahon, a life long democrat, rose from a political obscurity into the frong ranks of his party, through his efforts in the Fourth ward. He was first named on the town commit- tee and later ran as a candidate for alderman, meeting defeat in a ward that was overwhelmingly republican. Supported O. F. Curtis. He was undaunted by the reverse, one of the first that he had suffered litically. During several campaigns n recent years, he couid be found on the public platform spell binding in the interest of the democratic party. He was a bitter political enemy of George A. Quigley. During the cam- paign that resulted in Orson F'. Curtis/ being elected mayor, he was often heard expréssing his admiration for the “old man.” It was generally .accepted last spring that McMahon entertained some ambition to head the democratic party in the mayoralty fight. When A. M. Paonessa, then alderman from the sixth ward, entered ghe lists and won over Quigley, the r‘llcan can- didate, McMahon expre: great sat- isfaction. On election night, the democrats held a street parade in celebration of | the success of Mayor Paonessa, and in the front line of the procession was! “P. 8.” with his customary smile, and a big cigar tilted upward. Beaten in Race for Senate. Last fall he was nominated for: state senator, opposing Richard Co- vert, the republican candidate. He waged a never-to-be-forgotten cam- paign, and sensation was sprung by him during his factory talks. He was beaten by Mr. Covert, one of the best vote getters in the local ranks of the G. 0. P. When the change was made in the local government from, the old method of city meetings to the city meeting board, McMahon was named a mem- ber from the fourth ward. Last spring he was named a member of the charter revision committee. In this work he was a strong advocate lof the city employing a purchasing |agent, and the retention of the civil service system of selecting members | of the police and fire departments. He also favored legislation which would curb the powers of the school board, making it necessary for this hoard to purchase all its supplies through the | proposed agent, and to submit all bills to the common council, the same as other city departments and boards. McMahen had also opposed very strenuously the adoption of the two- platoon system in the fire department. He has maintained that he would do | everything in his power to block this plan, it being his contention that city Station in life they eoeccupied, If he had somelhing 1o say he just sald it Recently he came inte the lmelight by & threatened expose of the deal- ings of two local lawyers in connee: tion with & fee paid by Mrs Muter, who eonduects a Jltney bus line Fraternally MeMahon was identified with the Young Mea's Tetal Abstin ance and Benevolent soclely for many years He was also a member of Daly councll, Knights of Celumbus He alse was a member of the Hely Name society of 8t. Mary's chureh Surviving him are his wife, four sons, William, a student at Yale; John, George W., a student at #t John's sehool, at Danvers, Mass, and Patrick MeMahon, Jr.; two daughters Miss Noreen and Margaret MoMahon, and two step-brethers Dennis MeMa- hon, of this city and Edward MeMa- hon, of New York a It is said that MeMahen developed a cold early last week and despite his conditien went to the firé at the cor- ner of Main and Lafayotte streets last Wednesday night without an over- coat. The following day he realised that he was seriously ill and calied in a physieian. MeMahon was conscious up to the moment of his death and was su. premely econfident that he would sur- vive his sickness, WHO'LL PAY BILLS WHEN DUKE MARRIES Question Agitates Britain and Parliament Row IS Likely e 22 London, Jan, 22.—(By Assoclated Press, —The coming marriage of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, brings before the Brit- ish people for the first time in many years a question which has been sometimes a point of bitter feeling between Crown and Parliament. This question is the financing of a younger member of the Royal family. The Prince of Wales has estates appertaining to his title sufficient for support and Princess Mary married one of the richest men in the King- dom, Viscount Lascelles, so there was no difficulty in her case. The King's younger sons, however, in starting houscholds, must have subsidies appropriate to their stations., and Parliament either must make grants for them or their father must finance them. Although King George's wealth is a matter of guess- work, he probably can afford easily to aid his sons, but custom, strong in England, entitles him to expect the National Exchequer to provide for them. Can't Go To Work. Custom forbids the King's sons to work except in such employment as I."nl. Terryville, oceurred late |Saturday night on West Main street, west of the Black Roek bridge. The headlights on both machines were slightly damaged, A lunch eart condugted by Rebert Hudde on Commercial street was en- tered Saturday night and §10 was stolen, Detbetive Sergeant W, P. Me. Cue, ‘whoe investigated the break, found that the entrance had been effected through a rear window, Policeman Patriek O'Mara suffered & slight injury on duty at a fire on Main street, was given medical attention and eon- tinued gn his work, A soh was horn on Satugday night to Mr, and Mrs, Harry A, Witkin of 71 Woleott street, Miss Corinne Erickson, formerly stenographer in the office of the clerk of the eity and police ecourt, today commenced her new duties in one of the offices at the state capitol, Harry Hatsing of the New Britain National bank and Carl Johnson of the Bristol Trust Co, will attend the banquet of the Hartford chapter, Am- orican Institute of Banking, at the Hotel Bond in Hartford tomorrow night, WEEK AT Y. M.C. A, “Something Doing Every Night" Is Slogan—Employed Boys' Club Leads Off Tomorrow Evening, Secretary C, H. Barnes and his staff of officlals at the Y, M, C, A, have planned a busy week, Tomor- row evening will be “Employed Boys' Night,” when the Employed Boys' club ‘will meet, Wednesday evening will be Methodist ehurch night, when members of the Methodist church will frolic and make merry as guests of the “Y." A play “The Whole Truth" will be presented and there wilt be volley ball, musie, ete, Thursday evening the John L. Davis Bible class will meet for supper at 6:30 o'clock and will adjourn at 7:30, TFollowing the class sessions the New Britain Industrial councll will hold a foreman's night, when George B. Chandler, state compensa- (tion commissioner, will speak on “Compensation.” There will be refreshments, enter- tainment and music at this meeting. ¥Friday evening the White army of Everyman's Bible class will hold a banquet at which all members of the lexecutive committee have been invit- |ed. Rev. John L. Davis will talk on class organization, Rev. Raymond N. Giilman, chaplain of the army will talk on the Near East, on which sub- {ect he is an expert; Rev. A. B. Taylor will talk; Walter Fletcher, general of {the Blue army and Harold Seaburg, general of the Red army, will give brief addresses, as will Dr. J. E. Con- ger, general of the White army. \ Former Water Commissioner W. W. , Rossberg will tell of his recent trip the army or navy, where pay is in-;to the battlefields of Europe and an- significant. theless, to live up to their positions. The ambarrassing duty fell on Queen Victoria of asking Parliament for grants for her younger children and her grandchildren, daughters of King Edward. On every occasion there was opposition in Parliament, which irritated the Queen. Even in those days there were radicals in Commons who asked what _ these members of the royal family for the nation to earn their upkes With labor members now sti- tuting the second part in Commons, and with more than a million unem- ployed in the coutry, any proposals to finance the Duke of York on a prince- ly scale is certain to bring debate. The Duke has no great fortune of his own, nor has his bride-to-be, whose family wealth is mostly in tradition and castles, and even for the latter there is a poor market today, there being far more castles on sale than buyers. There was gossip a year ago that the Duke of York sought the hand of Edwina Ashley, who inherited mil- lions, but she married the Duke's cousin, Lord Mountbatten. ADOPT TRADE NAME. David 8. Segal of 339 Chestnut street and Edward Meshken of 27 Hart street have filed with City Clerk A. L. Thompson a notice of their:in- tent to do business in this city under the name of the “Whip-O-Top Co." The notice is filed under the provi- sions of the fictitious trade name law. HELD FOR PERJURY. Bridgeport, Jan. 22.—Joseph Cohen, for whom a warrant was issued Fri- day on a charge of perjury in the bankruptcy court here, surrendered to the police today. He was released in bonds of $1,000 for arraignment in the city court tomorrow. » CAPTURED BY NATIONALS Dublin, Jan. 22 (By the Associated Press)—The staff of the first southern division of irregular mlilitary forces together with all its records for the last six months have been captured by a column of national troops operating from Macroom County Cork. —_— it Was a Reality to Ashur | DREAMED AT | PrOmSED T THE HANDSOMEST Gue IMAGINABLE ! It compels them, never-|other speaker will tell of incidents in the life of a newspaper reporter. SINCLAIR HEARING No Fireworks Occur at Today's Ses- sion — LaFollette Takes But Littl Part in Proceedings. . ‘Washington, Jan. 22.—Examinatior of Harry F. Sinclair under the senat oil investigating committee under thc subpoena issued last week, proceeded smoothly during the first hour toda: and it appeared that an expected clash between the witness and the committee would be averted. Chairman LaFollette who clashed with the witness last week, took lit tle part in the questioning. The examination had to do almosi entirely with disposition through the Hyva Corp., a Sinclair-owned invest ment company of stock of the Mam moth Oil Co., the concern operating the lease to the Teapot Dome Navo! oll reserve obtained from the govern- ment by Mr. Sinclair. The questions were readily answered by Mr. Sinclair from his rrecords, as they related al- ost entirely to matters about which e had said he willingly would testify. Measles Situation Is Showing Improvement Indication that the measles situa- tion is becoming better is seen in the daily report of the local health de- partment, showing but seven cases of that disease reported over the week- end. For several weeks measles has been prevalent with daily reports averaging 15 cases. RETURNS FROM DETROIT M. D. Honeyman, wocal agent for Essex and Hudson cars, has returned from a trip to Detroit, where he at- tended a banquet, at which dealers in those cars were present from all parts of the country. Mr. Honeyman also went on a tour of inspection through the factories and learned how auto- moblles are assembled. WORK AT $1G00 Also Weds Girl Who Worked 8 Years (0 Get Him Froed New York, Jan, 22.—~Three weeks cut of prison and twenty-four hours after his honeymoon had begun in the Pickwiek Arms hotel, Greenwieh, Conn,, Louis Vietor Eytinge. whe serv. ed sixteen years for murf r \ the! Arizona State Prison, stood yesterday | with his arm around Mrs. Pauline Diver Eytinge, who worked and walt- ed for him elght years, and told the romance which began in a busi- ness correspondance and became his inspiration and achievement; talked eagerly, convincingly of the future and s high hopes and plans for prison education and reform, The ex-conviet who made a na- tional reputation as af advertising ex- pert while serving his sentence, is at his $10,000 a year advertising job, in & Fifth avenue building, and Mrs, Eytinge is back at her work as di- rector in publishing ecorporations. Each week-end they hope to slip away for another instalment of the honeymoon they intend shall last a lifetime, Wife May Give Up Her Work Later Mrs, Eytinge may give up her Job, The bridegroom says she will, She refuses to commit herself, Doth assent that work is the most impor. tant thing In life, Dut he his plans for her by raying she wili have “other duties."” This country's entire prison syste.y Is condemned, not bitterly, but as the result of experience and study by Eytinge, “No man ever came out of prison bettered except by his own efforts,” he sald yesterday. “Our prison s tem dulls & man's brains througi. endless routine and turns him out lacking initiative, with no prospects, and $7 with which to buy a suit o clothes.” Prisons must be taken out of poli- tics; trained intelligent men substi- tuted for ward heelers as prison of- ficlals and guards, and the public e¢du- cated in facts, not fed sentiment, Eyetinge says, before we can cut down the billion sof prison expense becauvse of those who are sentenced time after time., He intends to use his writing abllity to further this cause, He Defends Hollywod. Eytinge also is a successful scen- ario writer. He was offcred a posi- tion in Hollywood, but chose New York because “it was easier for me to come here than to persuade ‘Polly’ to go to Lo sAngeles.” He had considerable to say about Hollywood morals, which he claims are far better than those of Los An- geles. Reports of orgies are great- ly exaggerated, he said. Hollywood has led in the crusade against dope. “There was no woman mixed up ip the Taylor mffrder,” he sald, “It was the work of a gunman under orders from the dope ring higher up, because Taylor was fighting the ring.” The romance of the convict Wwho pulled himeelf out of a tubercular condition and a life of petty crime be- gan when Miss Diver heard of - his sales letters and had him do some work for her. She met him at the prison in December, 1914, one year after they began corresponding. “There were no more business let- ters after that,” Eytinge said. “We have had & mutual understanding ever since that time." Miss Diver met him when he ar- rived here Mcenday. They were mar- ried Saturday in Greenwich, They will live at the Martinique hotel. ANTI-FRENCH ORDE: Essen, Jan. 22, (By Associated Press)—An order received from the central government in Berlin forbids the canal employes in the occupied territory to tow any coal barges seiz- ed by the French or to open sluices for their passage. Hearing Tomorrow on Eli Maietta Appeal The appeal of Eli Maietta from the order of the probate court, granting custgdy of his eight year old daugh- ter Mr. and Mrs. Fred Atwater of Plainville, will be heard by Judge W. M. Maltbie in superior court tomor- row mornihg. VISIT POPE'S TOMB. Jan. 22. (By Associated Many people today visited the tomb of Pope Benedict XV in the crypt of St. Peter’'s on the first an- niversary of his death. Olive branches as symbolical of his effgrts in favor of peace were distributed and masses were celebrated by various bishops. A solemn requiem mass was sung in the Sistine chapel by Cardinal Cagliero in the presence of Pope Pius, who from his throne gave absolution. HIT BY EXPRESS Bridgeport, Jan. 22.—William Alban, 78, a Georgetown resident who was struck by an express train on the New Haven rallroad tracks here yes- terday was reported to be in a criti- cal condition at the Bridgeport hospi- tal today. BY CLIFF STERRETT defends | " ¢ i [T S— = : 13 - Oount & 'u.[..l‘:‘ " . Minimus Book Charee 3 Centa No. Ad Accouted Afier 1 1 Ba h hinymznu ans E-;u".-:G*fl' and granite; all grades - o1y arrangements made, lots eared ete. John ""M n lu:“ul Werka, LY < ____Florista, REENHOUAR - Uul~ flowera, and all varieties of planta _dalle, 215 Oak 8t N et FOPTED PLANTS T vanious sises & Vi Plower S and WAT=Trown Teatlier, loai, containing (hers mos battle, Vinder hlease return to A, G, wher's store, 13 Elm 8t BANRTOOR “lost, Commercial Trum Co, savings pass book, Ne, #1717, Return (o _Commercial Trust Co. Dominie Demigrics o T, male losi, Finder returi (o 237 Maple 8t, or Phone 513-14, Res AIN VEN ot Vriday on Main 8l during noon hour, Finder return to lers DINAT, grey, with valusbles, dear (o the owner, Ruitable reward if returned to 197 r_l(_ I{llllvllla'l. ENT gold with Initinle "L, B.® s und Rockwell Ave, Please return to Herald. turday night Letween § betwoen Alling Jtub 8tore, Call 6! FOLDER with sum of money Roward if found, Address 78 TERRONS having constipation or indi- tion should try our whole grain wheat, ta little, Does much to relieve theso complainte. Nature's food. Am. Mdse. Unlon, 321 Park St M y and February, ot $6 on every ¥, custom tallor, CUTLER AUTO PARTS MOVED FROM 23 OAK STREET TO 36 1IARTFORD AVE- NUE. TELEPHONE 27¢l. TATS cicanvd, Z5e, and reblocked, 500} new ribl 7 7 and new sweat band $1. In other words—a new hat for $1.00. Seo Conrad at 43 Broad NOW is the time to have your camera looked over. We repalr and exchange cameras and kodaks of all makes. Ar- cade Studio, LITTLE SISTERS DEAD Margaret and Ruth Birmingham Die Within Few Hours of Each Other at Rockwell Avenuc Home. Two young sisters, Margaret Birm- ingham, age five months and three days, and Ruth Birmingham, age two years and six months, died within one day of each other at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Birmingham of 104 Rockwell avenue, victims of pneumonia, Ruth, the younger of the two girls, died Saturday morning and Margaret was claimed by death Sunday after- noon.” Each girl had been ill but a short time, contracting the sickness early in the week. A double funeral was held this aft- ernoon at 2 o'clock from the home on Rockwell avenue. Interment was in St. Mary’'s new cemetery. CONFESSES, THEN DENIES Jesse Murphy is on Trial For Murder For Which Another Man is Alrcady Serving a Sentence. Boston, Jan, 22.—Jesse Murphy, ex- tradited from a Pennsylvania peni- tentiary as a result of a confession which he subsequently retracted, was nlaced on trial today charged with the nurder of two chain store managers here in 1917, In each instance anoth- 'r man is under conviction for tite crime, Charles Rollins serving a life sentence for the killing of ®dwin T. Foley on February' 17, 1917 and George Rollins, his brother awaiting electrocution for the murder of Ord- way W. Hall four days later. It was said by prosecuting officials that Murphy's statdments and other evidence would be introduced to show that he was one of a gang that took part in the holdups which led to the two murders. No Soft Coal Strike, Is Promise of Both Sides New York, Jan. 22.—Philip H. Penna, Indiana, operator, issued a statement in which he renewed assur- ances of his fellow operators that there would be no strike in the soft coal industry this year when the joint sub-committee of bituminous oper- ators and union miners today resumed their discussions of 1923 wage scales, to become effective April 1. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine ‘Workers of America was equally op- timistic. REFUSE PROPERTY RETURN ‘Washington, Jan. 22.—A proposie tion for legislation authorizing im- mediate return to their owners of all trusts held by the alien property cus- todian was rejected today by the ' house commerce committee. CINDERS | For All A.H.HA 1233-3