New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1923, Page 1

NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABUSHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, - PREDICTS TRUMBULL Fire Board Hostie to Noble's WILL BE GOYERNOR Head of State W. C. T. U. Says| She Has Heard It “From Inside” |Chier of Now Britain mn‘ | Unable to As-| BUOKEY OMBCTIUT 355 sume e Respnui NIEVAS sume New Responsibili- Mrs. Wilon Woull “Hate o Have | ties, Commission Will Sly.i Him for An P.nm;"—l\mi “Dry" Ja and’ Europe B, 1980==! Anticipating the appointment of | Y wisi v, |Chief W, J, Noble of the fire depart- Opposes Modification, |ment as fuel administrator for this! __|eity because of the fact that he is the | N":":_" J:::":‘_:"' :M::’;‘:‘f",‘:xl'.‘;:‘-uy- fire marshal, and viewing with | W, ¢, T, U, yesterday afternoon by | |disfaver any movement to that end, | Mrs, Mary B, Wilson, state prelhlem‘"" board of fire. commissioners at a of the W, C, T, U',, were: meeting lust night voted to commun- | p- ate with Buperintendent Itobert Hur- llrnllll"or i ‘f";" l'rumbnll' ley of the state police in an attempt the "(‘n\':rn;n:u:' s almane to avold burdening the fire ehief with ohn Buckley, leader of the the duties of fuel administrator, The action was taken on motion of house '"_,‘M ral assembly, I8 | oo missionor George Gans, seconded | the real “boss™ and can block any |y "eommissioner Walter Blalr, Chalr- measure which does not suit him, Connecticut's representatives In congress should be kept in office, Former saloonkeepers are “'poor sports™ for trying to reclaim part of the money they pald for liquor licenses which expired when pro- hibition became effective, Europe and Japan will be “dry” by 1930; England may be “dry" before that time, Members of the should work against any move- ment to modify restrictions on the sale of alcoholic bevera Work to Do While World Lasts. Mrs. Wilson opened her talk by telling of the service rendered by the W. C. T. U. She said that besides being true Christlans the members of for board instructed Clerk John J, Keogh | to prepare a letter to the head of the state police den;rlunn-ull and send I" copy to Mayor A, M, Paonessa, The letters will be sent out today. Chief Noble Disapproves, Chief Noble was present at about assuming the duties of a fuel [administrator, He explained has all he can do to attend to the | business of the department, He In--' lived that the proposal of the state police to have fire marshals Ilundlr' to small towns where there is not 0 much other work; and in cities | Jewelry Appointment as Fuel Boss Here; Letter Will be PIURLEY ASKS . . TO ACCEPT OPFICE w. FUEL ADMININTRATOR bos S (Bpecial 12 The Heral), Hartford, Web, 14.—Huperis tendent Hurley of the state po- live informed a “Herald" re- porter this afternoon that a let. ter asking Chief William J. Noble of the New Hritain fire department to serve as fuel ad. ministrator in that eity was malled last night, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, 'WANTS EMBARGO ON NONE OF RUSSIAN | | 'llemulm' Rogers Belioves in | FEBRUARY 14, 1923, —FOURT COAL FOR CANADA JEWELS IN GRAVE Iucugmm Would cmnodyoumrlun Seaman Ex-| lor mmlm First humed fo sauo Gonlmersy T!STIF!ES BEFORB I C. C./GEMS WORTH FOUR MILLION soldiers Guard Cemetery As Corpse s Taken From | Caring Vor Americans First——says Groumd w~Canada Has Not Any Shortage At Present, New York, Feb, 14, —Nepresentative |4. 4. Rogers, of Mass, asked for a & Hoax, New York, Ieb, 14N Russian crown jewels was found e of the FIRE THREATENS HISTORIC ST, JOHN'S CHURCH IN N. Y. man John E. R, Keevers of thb fire | Makden Lane Office Bullding Destroy- ol While Police Guard Two Millions In Gems New York, Feb, 14.—Historic St John's church, erected in 1768, was the threatened with destruction by flames {meeting and was asked how he felt| | wifich burned out an officg bullding in Maiden Lane, New York's famous to the | street of gems, early today. The dam- commission that the chief of a fire | age to this bullding and fixtures is put department the size of New Britain's | at $100,000, Four alarms called firemen to the blaze, while detectives and patrolmen from ten precincts, reinforced by 100 private policemen, blocked all streets ' fuel complaints, ete, was acceptable | in the financlal district to all except fighters and newspaper men, valued at more than two mil- fire the coffin of Sewman James Jones when the body, buried in the national cemetery at Cypress Hills, was dis- intered today by the government, exhumation had been ordered to settie the question whether $4 000,000 worth of gems once belon ing to Czar Nicholas had been smuggled into the United Btates in 1920 on the army transport Edellyn, It had been reported that the smug- glers had concealed the jewels in the coflin of Jones, {tar while the transport was on its way from Viadivostok. Newspapermen permanent embargo on coal shipments Inte Canada today in testiftying before Interstate Commeree commissioners who ecommenced hearing arguments |on the coal shortage In Northern New York and New England Canada has always been ly to declare embargoes on shipments of ! various articles into the United States, notably wood pulp, Mr. Rogers sald, and declared he did not believe there & coal shortage in Cunada, nada had plenty of coal for ity needs in 1 he sald, and she has because of heavy | ing the disinterment, Soldiers on Guard, Early this morning the coffin was exposed, The casket, however, was| not lifted out of the ground until after a compauny of soldlers had arrived from Fort Hamilton and been sta- tioned around the grounds. Grave diggers then carried the casket to the mortuary where the shroud was removed. Nearly three- quarters of an hour was spent in ex- amining the mody, the clothing and| the lining of the coffin, Tells of Agreement James 8. Hrenn, member of the Penna, fuel commission, sald that the commission had entered Into an agreement with the Canadian govern- ment last April to supply Canada with two million tons of hard coal during the coal year, an amount equal to sixty per cent of the pre-war ship- ments to the dominion, W. D. B. Alney, chairman of the Penna. fuel commission said that shipments to Canada now were about five-sixths of the amount she would Searched, Thus Provieg Story nulyl in| who died at Gibral-| were barred from the cemetery dur-; e —— | Average Daily Cireulation vy 1008 9y 189 || Fehruary EEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS FRENCH DO NOT INTEND TO TAKE HAMBURG, OFFICIAL PARIS STA TEMENT AVERS fillw WAVE FROM WEST Severe Penalties How- 5 DUE HERE. lefi“T ever Are Likely to be Im on Germans Because of Saboh(e '‘More Than a Dozen Train Loads of Coal Sent Out of Ruhr—Feeling of Resist- ance Grows Stronger, [Storms and Freezing Wea-/| ther Hampers Traffic—32 Below in Montana Chicago, Veb, 14.—Winter today spread its flercest grip of the season over the upper Mississippi valley, plain states and the Great Lakes re- gion, already having embraced the Northern Rocky Mountain region and the Northwest, The sweoping chill from Alaska A and the Canadian Northwest was con- Parls, Fob, 14, = (By Associated tinuing and was forecast to extend to|l’ress) — I'rince has no intention of the eastern half of the country and|occupying Hamburg, it was officially southwest by tonight or tomorrow, MI:lud by the foreign office today, tumbling temperatures in all section The report that such an intention xeepting Florida, l' \I‘ll"nl published in the (}unu.‘n‘ press Reports from throughout the storm | ‘:'“':':" I“’l': :""r ;“":;" 0:. :h" l:re(nch area indicating seven deaths ul!rlbut-"“'“!‘ :':1 ;"'”'n"(h" r\:‘_ l|""x nfi::j: :;u able to the severe weather, At Pine iaiad drication > Minn, four children were 2 A to death when their home| | was fired by an overheated stove, At Seattie, Washington, one man died| lrrom inhaling smoke while trying to thaw frozen water pipes. An elderly woman and a boy were killed in a fire | 182 nAkips, il . {communication with Paris. In the wake of the storm in the | ‘giyiiqr penaities, it is said, will be northwest trains were reported stalled | cffected at Bochum because. the Ger- by snow drifts and tramsportation and| ., yuthorities there have refused to | communication generally demoralized, [ permit the French to requisition mo- At Lewiston, Mont,, a reading of [, . oyne far, 140 cars have been | 32 below was reported to have set a| ppropriate The French are paying | | | More Penalties Likely Gelsenkirchen, Feb, 14, — It is re- ported in French circles that severe penalties are to be imposed because of sabotage which has caused inter- terence in telegraph and telephone like Hartford where the chief has six|lions of dollars was stored in vaults deputies, it can also be handled with|in the burning building and in nearby eas | structures in Maiden Lane. Experts Chief Noble has only one deputy who| are sure the gems will be found in- are willing to do work that is not popular with the public and that makes the service rendered by them greater. “This is an organization of Body 1s Removed. In the presence of army officers and officials of the treasury department the body was removed from the cuk-; get under the agreement. He said he did not know that coal substitutes were ever used In Canada, when qugs- tioned by Mr. Rogers. record for several years. St. Paul|yo grivers 35 francs a day. and Omaha reported 20 below. The shops have reopened at Gelsen- A Denver and Rio Grande Western | yjrohen, the I'rench agreeing not to railroad passenger train stalléd in}, ..y roodstufls, examination. | service that. has no end and there :::)I:ldlmln:lzfl( s‘l?o du?d:‘ long as the |4ion work, alone. If the fuel admin- | In & way the organizatidh is popu 4’|ntrnth'l' tasks were to be assumed, e tated the peater, Todi op ': * the services of two clerks would prob- : POPUIAT|ap 1y he needed, the chief said, and he added that Mayor Paomessa had | in the sense that it is in the popular e “’}::[d°"'¥rh"c' I‘]’[‘:fl|‘]"‘;‘"’“ hut of ltold him that it would require almost roaponslble‘ for the 1§th unr:c-m;ll;i(my S S puvetochsiiisdconipRiite It didn't do it all, but it did the pre. that are coming into his office daily. liminary work, she said. Mrs. Wilson told of the work done (Continued on MSurtecnth Page). by the women at the ports of entry in this country, how they were large- ly responsible for the closing of bars [;IVIB LEAG”E WII4I4 at the immigration stations, She also | is kept fairly busy with fire preven-|tact. |a restaurant when the fire | Several were removed A dozen firemen and police officers were injured in a back draft which swept from the first floor occupied by fighters broke their ways through the doors, to hospitals The firemen with minor injuries. fought the flames from floor to floor, | but were ordered from the building on reaching the fifth story. Just as the | {last man left the building the walls | and floores collapsed. St. John's church separated the burning buildings by a four foot | alley way was several times in danger. Streams of water were played over the ancient walls and firemen directed other water attacks on the flumes from | et to permit complete Then it was lifted back into the cof- fin and replaced in the ground. After Would Suspend ‘Traffic Suspension of all railroad traffic, even passenger service if necessary, to clear the way for the movement of coal hetween the Pennsylvania fields and the distributing points in New York, New Jersey and New Tngland was asked by Senator Walsh, demo- crat, Mass, in a letter today to the | interstate commerce commission. HAD SLEEPING SICKNESS That and Not Punch Received in Box- ing Match Caused Death of Yale Col. J. J. Gallagher, the army supply base in made this terse statement: *“There is nothing to report. jewels were found.” KOPERNIK'S ANNIVERSARY WILL BE OBSERVED HERE Polish Brooklyn No Famous Astronomer Proved that the military guard was lifted and | commander of | | Marshall Pass, near the top of the! Roports from Essen assert that a continental divide, was released last| trike is in progress at two of the night by 12 locomotives. Stinnes mines in consequence of the Little effort was made yesterday OF|,prest of the directors. last night to send out snow plows to clear railways in the central north- | | Coal Is Sent Ouf Paris, Feb. 14 (By the Associated Press)—More than a dozen trains with coal from the Ruhr left yester- day for various destinations, it was stated in advices reaching here to- day. Five trains of coal and one of coke were destined for France and Belgium, two coal trains for Italy, two for Switzerland and five for Hol- land. Thirty-two arrests were made i Getenzewheck in. connection with the I"rench soldier there | west as the thin snow would be blown | back quickly by the winds | i which reached 50 miles or more an hour in most sections. At Montevideo, Minn., where the coast train on the Chicago, Milwau- kee and St. Paul railroad was strand- ed, the passengers were entertained at a dance at the Commercial club. Passengers on a great Northern train were taken to hotels and private homes whm lt could not proceed be- Tifes in * [ . T TIRN Wheory Thet Eseths Moves Arouud souy wounding of a Student. . New Haven, I'cb. 14.=-Elbridge C. | Day of Minneapolis, Minn.,, a senior }ln Yale died of sleeping sickness said | & statement issued today by Dr. Wil- (liam C. Rappleye, superintendent of the New Haven hospital. After the death of Day vesterday, the cause was given as inflammation of the brain, and it was said that the student had complained of pains in head follow- ing participation in a boxing match in the Yale gymn on January 26, He had been in the hospital since Feb. 1 The student's father, Dr, Lester W, Day, arrived here yesterday. The body will be shipped to Baltimore for burial. Day prepared for Yale at Shat- tuck Military Academy, Minnesota, Supt. Rappleye said that any blows Day might have received in a college | boxing match could not have brought on the attack of sleeping sickness. Predicts “Dry" Japan in 1930. That the Unfon should do more work in forcign countries was the opinion of the speaker, although what has already been done is almost un- believable. She said that due to the work of the Japanese women they | were confident that Japan would be dry by 1930, Mrs. Wilson gave that date as the time when Europe would be dry, adding that she would not be surprised if Great Britain came in be- fore that time, | from the windows. l‘onllnulng snow fall in the Pacific northwest and in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, led to pre- dictions today of one of the heaviest storms in history. A violent windstorm did consider- able damage in the towns of Tnde- i pendence, Keeler, Lone Pine and Car- tago, demolishing cottages and dam- 1aging soda ash plant at Cartago and bringing down telephone, telegraph and electric power lines at various | points. * Monday. The prisoners were mostly members of the German security po- lice int civilian attire, Fine Due Today Dueseldorf, Feb. 14,-—One hundred million marks, representing the fine levied on Gelsenkirschen as a result o fthe clash between German police and French troops on Monday, are due from the town today, while the French retain in custody several of- ficials arrested in connection with the incident. One report from German sources declares that thé men arrested in- cluding the burgomaster and the chief of police, were subjected to a beating. Resistance Stronger This city has been considerably in convenienced by the patriotism of German telephone girls, who walked out rather than work with a IFrench operator whom the officials brought to the exchange. The e northern New York and New Iingland. Xpulsion of German function- {aries for rcfusing to carry out the DEATH OF MRS. LEE Widow of Police Captain Dies at 4\,'.'0’ Vohwinkel. The burgomaster anc | the chief of police have been forced tu leave town, FUNERAL OF J. M. DOYLE Friends Sun—Bom 450 Years Ago, told of how the women went aboard | One Hundred Selected Men incoming ships and aided lonely girls | by giving them advice and attention, Are Invited to Become Members On February 19, Poland, as well as the rest of the civilized world, will observe the 450th anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Kopernik (Coperni-, cus) one of the most famous astron- omers of all time$, who was the first| to advance the theory that the earth| moved around the sun, Nicholas Kopernik was 1473 in' Torun, Poland. Finishing high school in Torun, he went to Krakow to study. Then he attended schools in other countries. After tak- ing honors in several universities he decided to take up theology and was ordained a priest. He showed deep interest in the study of hysics, mathematics and astronomy and it is said that many of his nights wers spent observing the moon and planets. Up to the 15th century, astron- omers accepted the Qrecian theory that the world was flat and that the sun and moon moved around it.! Kopernik had different ideas and . when he told his fellow astronomers that the earth moved around the sun | he was laughed at. Despite the hu-| miliations to which hé was subjected, he refained constant to his convic- | tions and worked quietly to prove his | theory. It was not until he died that | his writings appeared in book {orm.4 When his theory was accepted, the study of astronomy was revolution- iz The Polish people of New Britain will celebrate the anniversary of Kop- ernik's birth Tuesday evening, IFeb- |ruary 20, at the Sacred Heart of Jesus school hall with special exer- Former Associates and At- tend Solemn High Mass of Requiem | for Deceased Editor of “Record.” of the Civic| at the The first meeting League of 100 will be held Y. M. C. A, this evening at T7:45 o'clock. The purpose of the league In speaking of affairs in Washing- | will be to emphasize the teaching of :or(nl shodsx;ld thntthln 4:}'\\"&)' they urld‘lluw abiding habits throughout the| bad and in another they are good. | city. She sald that she had the greatest| A letter of invitation sent out to a respect for the senators from Conn- | gejceted group of 100 men stated that ‘i‘;‘::‘:"'ev:l;m:‘:: ”':l;; (;"“‘s n"dm en- | “A number of people having the wel- ‘ 0. Say.|farc of New Britain at heart have These men haye studied the situation | gotermined to call a mecting of those ?:;: ::;hl?go:flt(i‘c::nal;ou‘l:loo:;gll::e:: ;';:‘:‘(: interested in forming a Civic League ’ ! b i of 100. people know as much about the mat- “This league,” the letter states, :;l" 3\" """l:f"'.ha" ”’;" io!flc:?.ls 40. | will organize and plan such ecduca- G apnion hat the | fionat and inspiriational, undenomina- on our siden cntually come OVEr| tional and inter-racial activities as o i shall bring to pass a greater respect! ™ support AL Washington | for federal state and local laws, and, dins °}’m; ol R A 1 olaon |1t need be, seek for hetter law and | guards bvmusz the representatives do | ordinances to safeguard American not do just as the people say,” she ”h,‘:r“"f‘ fibie whio : T declared. She urged the women to Lhie uommitivo which, 1s sponsoving, use judgment and common senge in |{NC movement consists of George H. regard to the representatives. “We Dyson, Oscar A. Marsh, Rev. Dr. Abel| Waiitedt vl must make the men there better than | Ahlauist, B. B, Bassett, Rev. Henry| Yea was taken to.mpan that reprosenta- W. Maier, John Sloa Rev, John L. |tributes, and scores of friends of the | " . Maier, John Sloan, Rev. Jo f lal drg: ti 1 they are now and influence them to Dax Ay J. M.|deccased editor, including business as- {tives of labor drganiza ions, anc i e L e i l;fi;::'cllmr?m(sy CJ::-an:n'l ) N:‘“f Hovt | sociates and city officlals in large |Pecially of the striking shépmen on S e . and OV, o b v | o 4 i numbers, attended the services at St. (the system, would reply to statements | | made by General Manager C. L. Bar- son. If five new representatives were put | Dr. George W. C. Hill. Johits oinirch e grg : {do two wecks ago. The attendance Dr. Lee Issues Warning [did not promise to be as large as on into the Housc from Connecticut, al- On Influenza Situation [the previous occasion. though they might be the finest tem- Aa ol o perance advocates in thc world, they While, he feels that the influenza | R situation is daily growing better, Dr. 1$50,000 Hotel for Dogs, leises will bo held. Ttev. 8. A. Iciek | will deliver a eulogy on the astron- would be put at the tail end of the GET $17,000 IN BOOZE Frederick . Leo, superintendent of Ty “Ith Rooms With Baths il - list and would be supposed to keep their mouths shut for the first year, e said. .hOnu sees headlines in the papers, [the health department, warns that, Stabsana Local, Betige, uss, Taloavle Los Angeles, I°ch. 14.—A hotel for i f the Polist B there is still, danger of further spread . % 3 A PaOth in ¥ Pty At the last meeting of the Polish- s1id Ha sl ViR FAhRE: probac attention|. SNy of Liqude. T fn St 'fi;E{l\':i‘n;; h(i:on',’i,‘.,', f:t',',' ‘[,,"j ..,‘,'":2:,“" \merican Citizens' club, it was voted {be given at the first signs of cold. ford—Bootlegger's Den, | 000, he announced. 3 1 \\'ilil chtor “n to request the board of education to The prevalence ‘of colds and grip, | the tourist trade in dogdom and its call the attention of school children which is now considered as influenza,| Stratford, Ieh. 14.—-State police and At § may hmve rooms \\NI; 1 ”’ |to the life and works of Kopernik, lis attributed by the health superin.|local officers raided the home of I’mula“’ iy IR aths | e of the greatest men since the ¥ or without, as their owners decide. h . creation of the world, |tondont to weather conditions. Sud-‘hmc‘lnofll here last night, seizing li- England’s Premier Does jden changes and numerous snows and quor W hich they valued at $17,000. Not Favor World Meeting ALLIES MUST LEAVE rains are conducive to colds, “flu’ Sorchiotti was held for appearance in | London, Feb, 14 (By the Associated Says | | Funeral services for James M. born 1] late editor of the New Britain d,” were held this morning at ! ck at the Church of St. John the Fyangelist, with a solemn high mass of requiem. Rev. Thomas, J. lLaden, pastor of St. Johns church, was celebrant; Rev. John T. Winters, or of St s church, was| deacon, and Rev. Edward V. Grikis, pastor of St. Andrew’s church, was sub-deacon. Ifather Winters read | the committal service at St. Mary's cemet ry. The pall bearers were: Timbrell, Charles W. Smedley, Ber- | nard G. Kranowitz, Edmond Doyle and Waiter Doyle of the *“Record”| staff, and Kerin English. The flower Learers were: John W. Lockett of the “Record,” Hurlbut A. Griswold | and James J. Butler of the “Herald "} A 3 4 and William J. Fallon. afternoon. The opportunity was to be There were many ‘gl\m\ the public to speak, and this Washington, Ieb. 14.—Cold weath- er will spread over all sections east of the Migsissippi river except south- ern Florida by late today according to a weather bureau forecast which says the cold snap will continue the remainder of the week. TLocal snows are in store for the TLake region, Second Hean ing on N, H. Road Service on Today Hartford, 1%eb, 14.—The hearing on the resolution before the rallroad committee on service of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road was resumed at the capitol this Howard A, | of 85 Years—Uived in New Britain 79 Years. More Than Mrs. Mary J. Lee, aged 85 years,| widow of the late Patrick Lee, for many vears captain in the New Brit- ain police department, died late BOUGHT DIAMOND RING, ain potice acpeiment aica wio vox | [SSUED WORTHLESS CHECK dent of this city for over 79 years, |Jeweler Decided To Hold Up Delive coming here from Dublin, Ireland, her birthplace, when she was six years old. She was one of the oldest most respected Irish residents of this city. She is survived by a daughter,| A slick stranger was foiled in an Miss Margaret C. Lee son, James|attempt to pass a worthless check at Lee, and a sister, Mrs. Eliza Walsh, (the jewelry store conducted by Him- of this city, and a brother, James R.|berg & Horn at 392 Main strect on Kelly, of New Haven. The funcral|last Monday, the police made known | Will be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow [today. The stranger entered the store morning at St. Joseph's church./on Monday and engaged Mr. Horn in Friends are asked to omit flowers. | c rsation relatives to the purchase The burial will be in St. Mary's new and a stick pin | cemetery, |amounting to $58. When he had de- {cided on a purchase the man drew a | eheckbook from his pocket and wrote jout the amount, signing the name E. ‘1 Cowles ou a check drawn on the T0 PLEAD INSANITY Lillian Raizen Is Expected Tn‘““"""« ery of Goods Until He Investi- gated Customer’s Standing (Continued on Page Hleven) ACCUSED OF MURDER Companion of Man Mysteriously shot | | a diamond ring in Auto Is Arrested in Connection a4 in some cases pneumonia results, | town court tomorrow. The rald was | Press)—Prime Minister Bonar Law, it is explained. ixmd to have been made at the direc- | | tion of the state’s attorney’s office. | Constantinople Dispatch That | 1 rs. “'lth His Death, Lodi, N. J.,, Feb. let, fired from a speeding' automobile which the police believed occupied by | hootleggers, killed louis Berkowitz of Patterson, as he drove through here early today. John Hulley, who was with Berko- | ‘witz, sald when they reached the out- ! skirts of Lodi a heavy motor truck forced them to drive slowdy. ‘Then a close car passed to the left of them, there was a pistol flash and Berkowitz fell forward. Hackensack, N. J., Feb. 14.—John Hulley of Passaic, companion of Louis Berkowitz of Patterson, when the lat- ter was shot and killed early today was forma'ly 'charged with murder today. BILL TO EXEMPT Chief William C. Hait said this af- ternoon that the matter of the exemp- tion of personal tax for policemen, which is scheduled to come up for a hearing in the General Assembly to- morrow afternoon, will be jeft entire- Iy with the me:a in the départment As yel, no action has been talke them in the matier of heing repre- seuted at tomorrow’s hearing. |Many Revisions in Land Value Report Are Needed | | bis home to a gang of bootleggers for { A. McCarthy is mdl\lng\*loragv‘ purposes. inspections about the city as a result | 14.—A pistol bul-|J Assessor . of claims made by taxpayers that the land valuations adopted this year are | in some respects faulty, The basic| rates employed in making up this year's grand list were recommended by a special committee on land valu- ations. Assessor McCarthy finds that | there are a number of revisions ad- visable, but feels on the whole that the plan is a very good one. Mus. Ann Degnan Dies At Home on Beaver Street Mrs. Ann Degnan, a resident of this city for many years, digd this morn- ing at her home, an illness incident to old age. She was born in Ireland. She Iéfives rourq sons, James, John, . Joseph and} Charles, and four haugn%. Mrs. | William Ahern, Mrs. Levi n of! Plainville, and Sadie and Deg- nan. The funeralwill be held at §:30 o'clock Friday morning from home of her son, James Degnan, of 70| Talcott street. The service will be at 9 o'clock in St. Mary's church. Burial will be in St. Mary's new cemetery. | home, privately. 237 Beaver street, 0”|mswr of St. John's German Lutheran The police believe that he did not own the liquor, but rented space in Pneumonia Is Fatal to Herman R. G. Ledder Herman R, G. Ledder, aged 61, died | | this morning at the New Britain gen- hospital after an illness with pneumonia. He is survived by his wife and four children, Hazel, of Hartford; Mrs. John Trehy of this city, and (‘nrl and George Ledder of | Hanover, H., and two grandchil- | dren. runeml services will be held tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock from the John A. Andrews funeral Rev. M. W. Gaudian, eral church, will officiate and the remains will be taken to Hanover, N. H., for interment. LABOR BILL HEARING Hartford, Feb. 14.—The first big the hearing on labor measures in the leg- isiature will be on the 50 hour a week bill, in the hall of the house of rep- resentatives, Friday, March 2, at 2:15 ». m. replying today in the house of com- mons to the suggestion made by a labor member, Mr, Turner, that Great Britin initiate the calling of a worfd | congress, including representatives of | America, Germany and Russia, with a view to preventing another war said he thought the proposal was imprac- | ticable. | Turkey Will Refuse to Permit War- ships to Remain, A Exchange Constantinople, Feb.1 4, gram from Angora to the Telegraph says the decision of the Turks to close the ports of Smyrna and Ismid to the ailies is irrevocable, and that their warships must leave the harbors. The entry of Greek merchant ves- gels into Turkish ports has been for- bidden, the telegram ad Mus. Stanlev Tied fm' Third in Gun Tourney | (8pecial to The Herald). Pinehurst, N. C., Feb. 14.—All pre- vious records were broken at the Pinehurst Gun club yesterday Mrs, Lawrence Barr of and Pittsburgh scored a target of 149 out of a possible 150 points, course of the weekly rifle tourney for womes. Mrs. R C. Riancke of sex Falls, N. J., finished the tourney as runner up to Mrs. Barr score of 143. Mrs. A. W. Stanley of New Britain and Mrs. Alvin Hutzler |§of Richmona tied for third place at ——— 1 JCKS brop Chicago, Feb. 14.—Armour and company preferred shares dropped $7 in value today to $86, with trading | in the stock the most active ever known. Selling of the shares was in- fluenced by announcement that the control of J. Ogden Armour's interest in the packing industry had been transferred to hgnk"rs for a period of five years. DRSS ARMOUR * WEATHER —pn Hartford, Feb., 14.—<Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair. colder tonight and Thursday. continued cold, strong westerly winds, « THE e tele- | when | Larchmont | with a | Take Stand in Her Own Late This Afternoon, New York, I'eb. 14.—Mrs, |8, Raizen, ch |dered Dr. A, {lyn office a year |to take the stand (today. indicated was expected Ago, » | ing officials. n her own defense Defense Lillian rged with having mur- Glickstein in his Brook- A defense of insanity has been |lice and Sergeant George C. Mr. Horn became suspicious of the actions of the stranger, who decided he would make the purchase of the (ring, despite the fact that it did not fit him. Accepting the check, but withholding the goods, Mr. Horn in- formed his customer that he would get in communication with the bank- He also notified the po- Ellinger | was detailed to the case. Today there The defendant spent a restiess night | came a notification from the New Ha- in the Raymond strect | floor and moaning. A glass of milk and ‘rnm]mflul her breakfast. | some Scottish Rite Masons Rome, Feb. cil of Scottih Rite Free t(l'lrmg that the decision of | Masonic members to « f ti and Freé Masofiry refer to the Scottish Rite body {to the Oissident Free Maso which there are large numbers italy. ail pacing the toast ven bank that the check was a forg- ery and that the checkbook had been stolen from a students at Yale uni- versity recently owles” has yet to call for the goods he tried to pur- chase, Not Hit by Mussolini Giovernors of Banks in 14.—The supreme coun- | Masons in in the |ltaly today fssued a communique de-| grand | Press)—The German government has Hs- | fascisti council last night asking its|asked the Reichs banks to throw 350, ose between | 000,000 gold marks on the market in does not | order to stabilize exchange, says but | Havas of |and the governors of the bank, con- in| vinced of the futility of the propeosal, Germany Have Resigned Paris, Feb. 14 (By the Associated despatch from Berlin today, resigned.