New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1923, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1923, -SIXTEEN PAGES, GRAND LIST TOTAL IS $93,907,531; BELGIUM AND FRANCE TO PRESENT FINAL ULTIMATUM, CALLING UPON GERMANY TO FULFILL REPARATIONS Great Britain Decides to Accept Mlndltory Message Will be Given to Teuton Government at 6 P. M. Insisting on Treaty Ex- ecution Too Germans, on Other Hand,| Are Reported Determined | to Convince Poincare| That His Present Policy Is Useless. | Brussels, Jan. 31 (By Asso- ciated Press) — Belgium and France will present to the Ger- man government in Berlin at 6 o’'clock tonight an ultimatum de- | manding for the last time that Germany fulfill the reparations| program and execute the treaty, of Versailles, it was nnnounced‘ here this afternoon. Paris, Jan. 31.—France and Belgium will tighten their hold! around the Ruhr valley tomor- row and shut off shipments of coal and coke to unoccupied Germany. This decision will be announced to Germany this eve-| ning at Berlin by the French and Belgian ambassadors. Germany's: Aim, ; Berlin, Jan, 31.—An apparently in—‘r spired statement issued @y a semi- | official news agency says it is the| task of the German people to reduce| Premier Poincare’s calculations to an absurdity. The statement conclude: “Not until TFrance realizes that| Poincare's action in the Ruhr is not| only unjust but also a mistake whic! In must be made good, can the path tu‘ Girl i ‘/e Zase war T CATHERINE L. LITTAUER Paris, Jan, 31.—(By the Associated Press)—Col, William A. Littauer filed an appeal today against yesterday's decision of the first Paris civil court rejecting his suit to prevent the mar- riage of his daughter, Catherine Louis to iWlliam E. Doeller, an auto- mobile dealer of Columbus, O. The appeal will be heard soon. Meanwhile it will be imposible for the wedding to take place. RAINSFORD ACGUSED ' OF ATTEMPTED MURDER I'V"M e 3 Per Cent for s and 3%; Per Cent Thereafter — Notify Congress of Need- ed Legislation, London, Jan. 81, (By Assoclated Preas) —Great Britaln has decided to accept the American offer in regard to the funding of the British war debt to the United States. iy government's reached at a cabinet afternoon, ‘There was a full attendance of the ministers and apparently they entered the meeting with the decision already formed to follow the recommendations of the chancellor of the exchequer as the session lasted only a few min- utes, declsion meeting was | th Iu The Terms, The terms are three per cent for ten years and three and one-half per cent thercafter. No reservation was made regarding Great Britain's being allowed to pay the total sum after the ten year period. The Times today prints a letter from Sir Roderick Jones, prominent in the newspaper world as chairman of Reuters, Ltd., on the subject of the British debt in which he says: “Our place among the natlons, our honor, our self respect, our good name—these require that we pay our debts like men. We are not mendi- cants or bankrupts. We must not allow any argument whatever its ma- terial or pretended moral foundation to induce us to imitate the whimper of the one or the shifts of the other. Our duty is plain—to pay America, to pay promptly and with dignity.” Congress to Be-Advised. Washington, Jan. 31, (By Asgociat- e¢d Press).—The British decision to accept the American debt funding suggestions was said today by Secre- Harding to | | | The BERLIN JUDGES ARE Griswold and Mildrum Named by, llom-l)dlolwcy Bill Adopted : \0THER ‘ America’s Terms on Debt Funding | Ws i One Provide That Farmington Coun. | try Olub Issue $150,000 in Bonds to Make Genoral Improvements——Fd. ucational and Citizenship Bills, Hartford, Jan, 31.—Governor T pleton notified the general assembly today that the federal government on November 24 last transferred to the #tate of Connecticut at Fort Hale, Now Haven to be & public park forever and | to be known as the Nathan Hale Park, communication was ordered printed in the journal and it was sent to the committee on state parks Upon favorable reports from the | Judiclary committee the house sus- pended the rules and elected the fol- lowing, Griswold and Mildrum Archibald Duffield, deputy, and Al- fred C. Baldwin, judge at Derby; 8. Harris Warner, judge and Carl 1, Anderson assoclate, at Middletown; Edwin R. Kelsey judge, and 1. B,/ Zacher deputy at Branford; Nehemiah . (Continued on Thirteenth Page) GRAHAM AND GOODRICH COUNTY- COMMISSIONERS Sufficld and Glastonbury Men Nom- - inated .in Place of Messrs, Stecle * and Douglas Hartford, Jan. 31.—The Hartford ated Samuel H. Graham of Suffield and Charles A. Goodrich of Glaston- bury for county caqmmissioners in Andrew Steele and Junius C, Douglas. On the first ballot, # Graham beat Steel, 26 to 15, and on the second ballot Goodrich beat Douglas 27 to 14. The Windham county meeting veted to lay a tax of $50,000 and appro- priated $26,000 for an addition to the county home and furnishings for it. The Litchfield county meeting chose George Sturgis, republican of Wood- bury and G. A. Judson, democrat, for eounty auditors, Homer P. Deming place of the present commissioners,y Average Daily Cirenlation Week Ending 9’071 January 27th PRICE THREE C FORMALLY ELECTED| JZNCREASE OVER 21 OF $3,443,995; COHN CONTINUES INDIVIDUAL LEAD ASSESSMENT RECAPITULATION Dwelling houses Barns, sheds, ice and houses, garages, eto House lots and building lots Btores, shops, theaters, offices, ete, ... Mills, nmnulutmmu -nnl dlmlr leries, including water power, dams and machinery od lLands (acres) Horses and mules . Neat cattle Sheep, angora .'OIlA lwlm- und poultry Dogs Carriages, wu:on- unn hlryrlu Automobiles and motor vehicles Watches, diamonds and other Jewelry Y Furniture, libraries un-l mumcll instruments Farming implements und chanics’ tools ....... Goods of merchants, ‘traders and manufacturers . ........ Cables, wires, poles, under- ground mains, conduits, pipes, store- Excess of credits of marchamn bonds, notesand other credits Money at interest, on hand and on” deposit All taxable property not tioned Ten per cent nd‘mlonll . men- Deductions on account of blind- ness . Deductions on account of war.. Number Asscaainents 6,001 824,671,440 56,675 21,064,202 2,888 14,086% 620 7,173,950 17,865,470 509,89 36,825 10,285 6, orm 18,625 1,064,650 17,003,020 642,400 2 20 21,819 10,619 386,908 9,000 309,977 318,977 Total Grand List for 1921...... Excess over 1921 county caucus this afternoon nomin- | 93,351,526 89,907,631 3,443,905 'BANKERS ACCUSED OF FINANCING RUM TRIP Greenwich Trust Co. Said to Have Provided Money for Booze Smuggling SALVATION ARMY BARRED FROM COMMUNITY CORP. Not Given For Adverse De- cision—Jr. Achievement will Re- ceive Between $4.000 and $5,000 The Junior Achievement council of this city will be inciuded in the budg- et of the New Britain Community | 1921 | of Assessor Edward A. ‘American Hardware | Corp. Pays Largest Tax | For Manufacturers— ' Landers, Frary & Clark | Cut Million |Peter Perokas and Contaras Brothers Second Among Individuals—Fred Beloin in Third Place. New Dritain's grand list for 1522 is 893,907 figu [ od this morning at the MeC: reports office rthy at City Pall show. The grand list tor 1923, npon which the current year's taxes were calculated, was $50,361,- 626, Morris Cohn continues to be the city's highest assessed individual with | properties amounting to 3462,100 recorded against his name onsthe us- |sessors’ books. His ussesment is $190 less than that of last year. Properties owned jointly by Paucr Perokas and the Contaras brothers, who conduct two playhouses and coii= | fectionery establishments in this ecity (as well as owning a third theater, are $£345,000, this figure being slightly less than ‘twice their assessment (ast year. The big increase is occasioned, by the {fact that they only recently took over the I'ox theater building on West Main street, Fred Beloin, former proprietor of the Beloin hotel and owner of many valuable pieces of real estate about is listed this year for $323,- which is $22,525 more than, he was assessed last year. For severxl years Mr. Beloin was the city’s larg- est individual taxpayer. The Horace Booth estate, as has been the case for several years past, is the heaviest assessed estate with a valuation of T 5 on its proper- ties. last y « assessments were $575,275, ting a slight reduc- tion thi comp! was chosen a member of the state board of agriculture. <I'rank Wilcox s on Manufacturers sessments of manufactur- tary Mellon to open the way for im- mediate drafting of recommendations *|Churity corporation this conting yeu: negotiations become free.” but the Salvation Army will not. This May Warn Borlin. London, Jan. 31, (By Associated| Press). — Apparently basing their | statements upon General Degoutte's warning to Germany, some of the Eng- lish correspondents at Duesseldorf as- | sert that the French almost imme- diately will send Berlin a notifieation, equivalent in spirit if not in form to an ultimatum demanding reversal of Wilhemstrasse's policy regarding the Ruhr. Germany is to be told, the Post's Duesseldorf correspondent says, that France will not tolerate passive hos- tility supported and financed by thel German government and that if a satisfactory reply is not given drastic measures will be taken exceeding any already in operation. Dispatches to the Telegraph say that this notification will probably be (forwarded to Germany this evening. "rhe correspondent adds that it is not known what form the threatened measures will take, but says that they are not likely to involve further oc- cupation of territory. | Many Being Deported. Amsterdam, Jan. 31.—Dispatches to the Ixchange Telegraph Co. from Duesseldorf give details regarding the expulsions of German officials. | At Essen the president of the rail- way board and the police president were arrested and transported under strong escort to an unknown place. In many cases the deported men, it (Continued on Thirteenth Page.) PLAN RIF HOOT The Corbin-Russwin Small Arms | club will compete with the New Brit- ain Rifle club tomorrow evening on | Corbin range. The shoot is the second j in which two teams of 10 men t‘u(‘h‘ representing the clubs have participat- ed. In the ghoot held last week the New Britain Rifle club was the win- ner. | bound over in $10,000 | He jenl deirst Former I\e\\ Britain War Veteran Also Faces Rob- ' bery Count in Meriden Meriden, Js Wilbur T. Rains- ford, 24, of this c and Edgar J. Lestage, 19, of Great Neck, L. I, were by the local court today on charges of assault with intent to murder and robbery. Rains- ford admitted that he shot Josepnh Skryznara in the car, when three men held the marketman up in his store at 404 Willow street last Saturdey night and escaped with $2 from the till. Rainsford said that Lawrence Mikowski, of 2 Hart street this city, now held for a similar robbery in New Haven and for shooting at a po- liceman, acted as lookout in the hold-* up here. Rainsford is well known in th% having until a few months ago led {n the block at the corner of Bigelow and street, He has « police record in this city, having been arrested for an offense in connections with a young girl while he wa member of the United States navy. s a veteran of the World War, having served during the entire con- Mlict with the 26th division, originally ting in, 15 company of the ola Connecticut Infantry. Also, within the past few months he was {an applicant for a position as super- | numerary DOIIC(-m.m. |52 Arrests in Januar Traced to J. Barleycorn Captain George J. Keily of the po- lice department, announced today that during the month of January, 14.‘[ arrests had been made. Or this num- ber 32 were for violation of the liguer law, and 20 arrests were made for drunkenness. Allies Near Split on Question of Giving Turks Time Extension | Ismet Pasha Asks Delay of Two Weeks—France and Italy Willing But England Wan Lausanne, Jan. 31. (By Associated Press)—Ismet Pasha, lead of the Turkish delegation to the Near Kast| conference asked the conference today | for a delay of two weeks before the signature of peace and a delay of eight days before a meeting of the conference commission. The interval would be employed, he explained, in striving by every means to reach an agreement. . After a recess, Lord Curzon an- nounced it would be impossible com- pletely to satisfy the Turkish require- ments as to time, but personllly he | was ready to remain at Lausanne un- | til Sunday evening. French Willing To Wait. The French delegation’s announce- ment that it would stay here as long as there were prospects 6f agreement with Turkey led to complications amon® the allies. The French were wnderstood to have the support of the Fwtian delegation. The British re- |80 back to their homes. ts Sunday As Final Date. ceived the French announcement as a violation of an understanding that if Turkey did not sign the treaty upon its presentation the powers would withdraw. Curzon’s Speech. Lord Curzon in a long speech today said the primary ol was to bring to an and devastating war w nd the terrible ch had deso- |lated eastern Europe and large areas of Asia for more than eight years and thus enable all the various armies, | whether allied, Turkish or Greek to The treaty also was designed to enable the Turk- ish state which was vanquished in the war with the allies, but over Greece, to resume its place as a consolidated state and re-enter the | comity of nations. In the third place zon the treaty was intended to build (Continued ou Sccond Page) ject of the treaty | victorious | said lord Cur-| funding law to legalize the terms sug- gested in the American proposition. While the secretary explained that no public move would be made by the American commission pending receipt {Continued on Thirteenth Page) RALPH HENRY GOODRICH DIES AT LENOX PL, HOME Civil War Veteran, Aged 83 Years, Had Been Il Three Months— Fought With California Regt. Ralph Henry Goodrich, 83 years of age, and a veteran of the Civil War, died today at his home, 39 Lenox place, after a three month's illness. Mr. Goodrich was born in Collins- ille, December 25, 1839, a son of Jos- eph J. Goodrich and Welthey Wells Goodrich. He was a member of the Third Regiment, California Volun- teers during the war. Ior the past 30 years he has lived in this city, be- ing formerly employed by the Taplin Mrg. Co. He was a member of Comstock En- 'c..mpm»m and Eureka lodge, I. 0. O. of Southington. Surviving him are sister-in-law, Mrs. Fred Goodrich; wo niec Mrs. Howard Horton and Mrs, Charfes H. Norris, and two nephews, Charles E. Goodrich and Arthur Goodrich. The funeral will be held from the B. . Porter Co., undertaking rooms' on Court street at 2 o'clock Iriday afternoon. Rev. Henry Maier of the Center Congregational church being in charge of the services. Interment will be in Southington. | Richard Bmthelmess Is A Proud Father Today New York, Jan. 31.—A daughter was born here today to Richard Bar- thelmess motion picture actor and his wife, also a motion picture actress, known professionally as Mary Hay. CAPTURE RUM RUNNER. New York, Jan. 81.—The boat Manhattan captured an alleged rum runne rest, around New York harbor in which ' two belts of cartridges from a mu ehine gun were fired at the fleeing | eraft. The sloop and 152 cases | whiskey found aboard were turned | over to the federal authorities. Part of the liquor was the “old smuggler” brand and was obtained from the rum fleet voff the coast. | | DRUG SMUGGLERS CAUGHT. | dred bottles of German morphine | were seized at Gaiveston last night and two sailors from the German steamship Glucksburg were arrested. According to a narcotic the sailors admitted they landed | Bult port. to the president for changes in the ol | large shipment of cocaine atsanother’| of Sharon was chosen a director from the county in the farmers’ organiza- tion. The New London county republican caucus chose Senator Rogers of New | police ‘g' the sloop Jennie N. For- | (o 4y quarters: today after an exciling chase | g69 7155 of | 1500 was $25,786.74. ’ 9 Gayveston, Tex., Jan. 81—Two hun- | | inspector | | London as chairman and Edward Kel- of official notification of the decision [ley of Colchester as clerk and voted to hold a caucus for county commis- sioner a week from today. New Britain Post Office Receipts For Year 1922 Total $301,481 All Records, Even Those Made During War, Are Eclipsed, Postmaster W. F. Delaney Reports. Postmaster W, T%. Delaney of the New Britain post office this afternoon announced that business amounting to $301,481.41 had been done at this office during the year of 1922, This report marks a new record in the his- tory of the local post office, Mr. De- laney states. In commenting upon the report the postmaster said: “It is truly better than 1 expected and is a reflection of the improved business conditions in New Britain. It even surpasses any record established during the war when we thought we obtained high figures. It beats everything we have done and makes New Britain rank as cne of the best of the first class post offices in Connecticut.” At present there are 74 men and women employed at the post office. | 4 Thera are 30 clerks in addition to the postmaster and assistant postmaster, city carriers, two rural carriers, iwo special delivery messengers, seven sub-carriers, three sub-clerks, three janitors. The rural carriers cover mately miles each in approxi- | one day. | They go into Berlin, Newington and | | a small section of Farmington, besides working all country districts in New | Britain. THe financial report by quarters for the past follows: January to March, $70,145.8 April to June, £70,700.99; July to Septemben, $70,- 89.29; October to December, $89,- The parcel post has added| eatly in increasing the revenue. In 1921 business amounted to $269,384.39 with the following reports | January to March, April to June, $63,442.02; uly to September, $60,042.95; Octo- ber to December, $76,180.84. Thirty-two years ago the repott for | In 1900 it was | $45,864.24 and in 1910 it was $104. 993.65. In 1920 it was $291,441.30, r 1 THE WESTHER —a— Hartford, Jan. 31.—Iorecast for New Britain and vicinity: Snow tonight and Thursday, probably turning to Thursday afternoon: not so cold: iariable winds hecoming southerly. | l rain by | | — | lof the speakers. [son T {cured the services of the * Bridgeport, Jan. 31.—Charges that the Greenwich Trust Co. of Green- wich, through its vice-president and secretary A. W. W. Marshall financed a rum running trip to Cuba and re- turn by the schooner Pereze were made in the superior court today by Jacob Levy of Westport in an answer filed to a civil action for $12,000 brought by the trust company against Levy and John A. Montgomery of Norwalk. The trust company alleged | that Levy and Montgomery failed to pay two promissory notes for $5,000 each. In the answer Levy said that in March, 1921, the Greenwich Trust Co. through its vice-president and secre- tary entered into an agreement with Levy, Sterling G. Wincattaw and Sig- mund Rosenfeld for the purchase of a vessel to go to Havana and bring |back whiskey. The liquor was to be digposed of by the trust company through its vice-president and secre- {tary, the answer stated, and the pro- ceeds were to be divided, Levy and Rosenfeld to receive 30 per cent each and Wincattaw and the trust com- pany to get 20 per cent tach. Levy further stated that the trust company purchased the schooner Per- eze and the craft obtained 1,000 cases of whiskey in Cuba, the liquor being brought to Greenwich and sold by the plaintiff, Levy claimed the wote held by the trust company has been paid through an agreement on the purchase of the schooner. NAIR WILL PRESIDE AT ! was decided at a meeting of the trus- tees of the corporation held at o'clock yesterday afternoon at Chamber of Commerce rooms. Iirnest W. Pelton, president of the corporation, stated this morning that it was deemed best by the trustees to admit the Junior Achievement but it the Salvation Army. He would not make public the reason for not including the Salvation Army. In reference to the Junior Achieve- ment, Mr. Peiton said that it will probably secure between $4,000 and $5,000 for the work. A definite date for the campaign to be conducted in March was not set. The methods for conducting the cam- paign were discussed and will be for- mally adopted at a later meeting. This coming year there will be ninc crganizations receiving aid from the corporation instead of eight. Senator Poindexter May Be Ambassador to Peru Washington, Jan. 31. (By Associat- ed Press)—Inquiry has been made by the American government as to wheth- er appointment of Senator Miles Poin- dexter of Washington as American ambassador to Reru would be accept- able to the government of that re- public. Coue Makes Address at Coue, to Jan. 31.—Emil to suggestion was lecture in Woolsey Hall, late New Haven, exponent of CITY FATHERS' BANQUET First Warder to Be Toastmaster at First Annual Afair at Tener This Evening. Attorney David 1. Nair, council- man from the first ward, wHl preside | tonight at the first annual banquet | of the common council members, city officials and employes, to be held at § o'clock at Turner hall on Arch street. Mayor A Paonessa will be one Others who Hhave been.invited and who, if they find it possible to attend, will be called upon for remarks are ex-Mayors Joseph M. Halloran, George A. Quigley and Or- Curtis. ng the dinner, an entertain- ment will be presented. Aldermsan John 1. Gill of the second ward, president pro tem of the common council, and Councilman Arthur Crus- | 'berg of the second ward, are on the program for the vocal numbers. John J. Kiniry, chairman.of the democratic town committee, will also sing. As an added attraction, Chairman Wal- ter Falk of the committee has se- 4 for M IFollo the evening. 250 Miners Reported Trapped in German Mine Berlin, Jan. 31. (By Aseociated Pre: ire damp following an ex- rlosion has cut off 250 miners in the Heinitz mine at Benthen, Polish Sile- , says a Central News message. Sev- ral bodies have been recovered. ‘There is littie hope the message adds of saving any of the imprisoned miners. | tion in introducing in the under the auspices of the Yale uni- \e v dramatic association. b was not thought best to include the Yale University Today | today | ing establishiments, the American Hardware corporation again Jleads with a valuation of $11,336,400 which is $1,100,400 more than last r. The second highest factory, the Staniey Works, is on the books for $§ which is am increase over last $8,140,800 figure. Nearly million dollars has been cut from Landers Frary and Clark's assessment, this year's valuation being $6,394,300 as against 38,400 forldst ye Extra 10 Per Cent Tax The amount of property upon which a 10 per cent penalty was placed for failure to report taxable holdings is larger this year than las h\inp, sm,. 908, as against $301,05 a more than last year, tot: Exemptions granted for military serve ice total $309,977. Last year, ex- servicemen were granted exemptions ‘o the amount of $271,243. Increase in Autos \ big increase in the number of au- omobiles owned in this city is also ndicated in the recapitulation.” Last car there were 3,795 while this year scossments have been made on 4,423 cars. . The increased use of the motor car has not resulted, however, in res duecing the number of horses and mules, 59 more being registered this than last, bringing the total to (Continued on Tenth Page) NE \\ Pl AYE an. 31—The New Hae ven club of the Iastern leaguc today announced the pur se of Frank Goff, catcher and out from the Hanover, Va., club of Blue Ridge league. PURCHASEF New Haven, older, the MILEAGE BOOK SYSTEM, 2,500 MILES AT 20 PER CEIVT LESS IS ORDERED PAONESSA OFFERS AID IN FIGHT FOR P. U. C. BILL Mayor Suggests to tz That Support of Other Officials Be Sought Mayor A. M. ing sent a letter to Schatz .commending him Representative for his bill to have members of the utilities commission elected people, instead of appointe governor. The mayor offers his services in the campaign for the adoption of the bill and suggests that the support of other Connecticut mayors be sought Mayor Paonessa's letter follows— “It has been reported that you are the originator of a bill which was pre- sented to the legislature to amend that the public utility commissioners be elected by the people. “I believe that this bill should be supported by every free thinking, in- dependent citizer of our State. “May I suggest to you to call on me and other mayors of our state so that we may have the opportunity and privilege of supporting this progres- e measure.” public the the by 1 by Representative | | Paonesso this morn- ac- | legislature a | Interstate Commerce Com- mission Votes Re-estab- lishment of Interchange- able Tickets, Abandoned During War. 31.—Railrc the interstate the wadhington, Jan. were ordered today by commerce commission to resume practice of selling interchangeable mileage books good for 0 miles of travel at reductions of 20 per cent from the regular passenger ra The the books ‘must March commission decided number of small railroads wer cluded from the-requirements of order because of their financial ability to meet the reduction. tically all of the class one however must establish the tions. begin A ex- t . the in- Prac- roals reduc« Abandoned During War. Re-establishment of the mileags book system which was abandoned during the war, resuited from passage of a bill introduced by Senator W son, republiean, Indiana, which rected rallroads to again issuc inter- (Continued on loeo_ nd Page).