New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1923, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 WANTS POSTHASTER SELECTIONS TAKEN FROM POLITIIANS NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1623, —FOURTEEN PAGES, Average Duily Week February Circutation 9,174 PRICE THREE CENTS ARMED UPRISING IN RUHR VALLEY " FORECAST TODAY BY FRENCH WHO RECEIVE HINT OF COMING REVOLT | Postmaster General Work Recom mends That Department Have Sole Power to Appoint Olicials | Retiring Official Submits IMT Proposition and Should be in Hands | of Men Qualified to do this “'llfl(i s rplpnead 1 ALBERT B. FALL Washington, Feb, 28.—Postmaster Who Leaves Cabinet e e Who Led First U.S. Soldiers ident Harding today that selection of Onto French Soil Dies No Consideration of American Embassy at Washington . N _ Yk ok | A Participation in World Court Amomens The & Kty | £ S 2 is to ACome up at 77u';» Sgssionf Reliable Information” - LIS —| Indicating ‘‘Anti=i Se;ato:’ L“:v'l“l'l'{fi“l:;m NEW ENGLAND NOT TO : France” Movement resident Will Hold up - o Mot GET COAL !’RIURITY; b g . e L C. C. Refuses to Lay Em- | | ecomes Postmasier General | "'.g Slgns British Debt bargo Against Exporting | -| Bl | | NO ANTI-KLAN BILL | Anthracite Into Canada at Lisbon | BROUGHT IN TODAY Expected Measure Does Not Ap- pear--Deleat Gertain When It Does P. U. ELEGTION IS KILLED House Rejected Measure, Supported | Occupation Authorities Areg rest Famous German Agi«{ = tator at Essen—B 3 Claim to Confiscaf Money Investigated. DR. HUBERT WORK Heads Interfor Department Washington, Web, 28.--Conditions governing the supply of anthracite conl do not warrant the laying of an Towner of Iowa Named as | embargo against the export Porto Rican Governor— thracite to Canada, the Mondell on War Finance | commerce commission deciured woiny forecast today by the 5 i opy | I0 @ Teport to the senate, embassy which announced thaf Corporation — Ship Bill| The commission further reportea|it had “reliable information” in Finally Killed. sidered a political perquisite of senn- tors and representatives, but should be vested In the post office depart- ment alone, | At the same time the postmaster general, who retired from his present position on March 4 to become secre- tary of the interior, recommended that present regulations requiring cxam-| ination of candidates for postmaster by the civil service commission, also be abandoned, “The post ofMice department s a strictly bus' 58 organization,” sald Dr. Work, “gnd it ought to be aided in putting the right man in the right place, as any private business concern would endeavor to do for its own ad- vancement and not be handicapped either by political consideration or by the restrictions entailed in the present plan requiring examination by the civil service commission, which does not even give civil service status.” Choice is Limited Wshington, Feb, 28— postmasters should no longer be con- s | of an-ityouble in the Ruhr section JCoI. G. Arthur Hadsell of Plainville Had Long Ca- reer in Military Service of Nation. AWAKES, FINDS COFFT ON FRONT DOORST e Clarksburg, W. Va,, Feb, 28.— Antonio Musci, who on Decem- ber 6, last, reported to the po- lice that he had been flogged by i a band of masked men five miles ! finia €oin on the iront poroh ||| Colonel G Asthur Radscll, a na- at his home. Pinned to the cof- tive of Plainville, and a prominent fig- fin was a bit of paper on which ure in army service in the Philippines, had been written, “You are |||is dead at Lisbon, Portugal, according R, 5 to word received in Plainville by his sister, Mrs, Harry Castle of Canal | street, from Washington, D. C. He | died on a steamship in the harbor as that investigution into anthracite sup-| gicating an anti-French mow | plies and methods of distributing, had rear | impelled it to refrain from issuing any ment calculated to culiminate | priority orders governing the move-an “armed uprisinzd-" d th i i " ment of anthracite from mines in| The embass eclare | Washington, Feb. 28.—Formal con- | penngylvania to New England or the the (German {;overnment sideration of President Harding's pro- | northeast section of New York state,| s . be basking th posal for American membership in | where there has been much agitation | KNOWN to acking the en the international court set up by the | ror priority and for embargo. terprise.” It was said that vol. league of dnatlonu a}npar»r:ly fams to] A statement of the reasons which unteers were coming into th an end today for this session of con- have governed the commissions| Ruhr to assist in the “uprising” gres, | course was transmitted to th | After a conference With President| n response to a resolution n;.:::fi,’: and that the French were I:nrdimlt, lfl‘hnlrmun IQthg” ormlh|: for-| A general plan for alloting an. Dared to adopt rigorous eign relations committee sa Was | thracite coal was adopted by produc- | ult. hardly likely that the president would 'ers 4nd national and aumy!:cl dis- Vhenias dues respond before March 4 to the com-|rihutors last fall, the commission’s mittee request for further data. report said, when the five months’ i By Mayor Paonessa—Favorable Re- port on Bill to Kill Ticket Specu- lating—Heavy Penalty for Malicious Attack on Persons. Arrest Agitator. Hartford, Feb. 28.—1It was expected Essen, ¥eb. 28 (By Associate said the questions of In a statement Dr. Work pointed out that the present rule limits the president's choice in each case to three civil service candidates, none of whom may have had any real busf- ness ability, though they might be rted as “good fellows” by their neighbors. He suggested that men trained and experienced in really "big business” could be secured for post- masters only by reversing the method of appointment. Instead of having the HARDING'S FRIENDS WORK 10 GET HIM RENOMINATION President Himself is Not Expected to Make Any Public Announcement in the Near Future Washington, Feb. 28.—(By the As- he was about to sail for the United States. Colonel Madsell was 51 years old and was born in Plainville. He re- ceived his elementary education in the schools here and later attended the Riverview Military academy at Pough- keepsie, N. Y., where he received his first military training. He later went to Sheffield Scientific school, Yale, in the class of 1894, but did not gradu- ate. Senator Lodge asked by the cothmittee were import- ant ones and that before replying the president would consult with Secre- tary Hughes. He added that the pres- ident had told him it was not vital that the proposal be acted on at this session. 2 Harding Signs Debt Bill President Harding today signed the British debt funding bill. Immediately afterward treasury officials began to wind up details of the negotiations today that the bills relating to “sup- pression” of the Ku Klux Klan would be reported into the general assembly, but they did not appear in the sen- ate to which they will come. The judiciary committee is expected to re- port unfavorably on all on the ground that the laws at present can be used to prosecute that organization should it commit acts contrary to public or- | der, Caught Aquinaldo’s Aide. He saw service in the Spanish-Am- erican war as a member of a New candidate seek office, he sald, “the|gociated Press)—Convinced that half office should seek the man and keep|, qn-an aspirants already are making on seeking until its finds the right|sautious overtures to test their -man, to be retained in office a8 10ng 8| y¢rey10th as republican presidential | Britain company of the Connecticut the service Is successfully conducted | poegibilities for 1924, some of tha |Mattonal Guasd, 'Ab the close of the under his management. friande of Preeilent Earding have ve’ |war. he was transferred to the United After a brief speech by Mr. Bell, of Salisbury who lauded the public util- itles commissioners, the house reject- ed the bill providing for election of | the public. utiligies cos misnoners by vote of the people. with Great Britain, Gilbert of the treasary is drafting the formal indenture agreement, { Towner W Porte Rivo embodying lht.Q There sHOUIA" be no more ‘“term appointments” and no partisan poli- tics national or local, in the appoint- ment of postmasters, Dr. Work added. CARPENTERS DEMAND RAISE Pile Request With Employers For In- crease of 12% Cents An Hour— Present Scale Is $1. From $1 to $1.12% an hour will be|in the near future, gun work to assure him a renomina- tion. 5 Thus far the movement on behalf of the president has not reached the proportions of a closely knit organiza- tion, but it has progressed to the point where it promises to make it- self feit in many states hefore the coming summer is well begun. The attitide of Mr. Harding him- self toward a eecond term remains unannounced, and it is considerad fm- probable that he will make any public statement of his Intentions, at least There is quite paid local carpenters next summer, if | general agreement among those on demands made by the local Carpen-|the inner circie of Washington poli- ters’ unfon are granted by local build- | tics, however, that a desire for pub- ers. The carpenters have demanded|lic endorsement of his stewardship a raise of 121 cents an hour to take | will impell him to stand for re-elec- effect June 1. This would mean that | tion, they will earn next summer from $44 It is upon this presumption, at any to $49.50 a week, Tor a {4-hour week, | rate, that those who want to see him working eight hours each day with|remain In the white house for an- only four hours Saturday. other four years are proceeding. League For Law and Order Will Watch Puablic Officials Closely DAYLIGHTISTURNED T0 |“Exposure, Suppression and DARKNESS IN METROPOLIS| Punishment” Promised to New York Oty Compelled to Use Corrupt Office Holders— Memioation All Dey—euperstitions| C13YD00l Criticizes Judges Keep Weatbor Man Dusy. Xew York, Fob, 23 ~New York| The politieal watch dog of New . ke today (o find the heavens ob- Britain, Is what the newly organized by & pall of darkness. The Civic Bafety loague L1 destined to be, s millions, hurrying to their work according to action foken at a meet- in the cavornous cliff Aweilings in|ing at the Y. 3. C. A. The men met lower Manhattan went to office build- | for supper and the transaction of ings and iy scrappers Wiuminated bY | bustness of organizing, electric fights. One of the most imporiaint actions At 10 o'clock It was a8 dark a8 8%,y 0y guring the cvening was that of the adoption of the constitution and announcement of the purpose of the leagne, The parazraph stating that “The purpose of tha ovganization shall he to assist duly slacted offinars in the enforcoment of the law, gloom was sugumented by & mixture of gnow and rain which made pavements glisten under the esloctrie lights to edded to detays in alrcady impaired surface car and ferry serve 128, ’ The usual phenomenon was ecaused by combination of fog, anow, rain and ewoks banked above the city by con trary winds, according to the weain- er man, Ha was kept busy answering telephone inquiries from the nervous and superstitions, Poison Candy Sender Is Adjudged to Be Insane London, Feb, 20 —Waiter Tatam, chi d with sending poleon eandy te r ilam Horwood, head of Meoi- land Yard, was found to ne Inmane by a jury In tha Old Dalley today, Tha polsonsd candy was sene to Hir Wi llam, commigsionar of the matropoil- tan polles, on Novembher 9, from arsenical poisening, but mately recovared, He ate [leaguo will go the limit, even to the some of It and heenme meriously il*|estent of engnging detectves If neces- | Illtl-. | |law, the wupport of faithiul officiale sapecially the prohibition law, and te oasiat 190 making public facts regarding cfflcers and candidates,” was voted flown and the following paragraph, written by 1tev, Dr, Abal Anlquic, pas- tor of the First Lutherad chureh, was adopted: . Declaration of Principles: ""The league shail be a non.partizan organization, to sacura moral and elvie Improvement In the cily of New Pritain, Including the enforcament of in the discharge of their duties, the defeat for re.election of unfaithful in- cumbents of office, the eclection of| honest, capable men Into office, the | exposure, suppression and punish- ment of aorrupt political practices and the goneral welfare of the city.” The declaration was adopted vnanimously and with enthusiasm, It was understood that the wording was to be taken Iliterally and the States infantry 'and was sent to the Philippines, where he spent six years. During his service there he was com- mended for his capture of Pedella. adviser of Aguinaldo. At the close of the Insurrection there, he became judge of mindanao and later collector of customs at Masbate. He then re- turned to this country and was as- signed as an instructor and inspector at Camp Meade, Maryland, being at- tached to the Maryland National Guard. In 1916 he was sent to the Mexican border and served throughout the stay of the American troops there. outbreak of the world war, he was again assigned to the United States regular army and he commanded the first full unit of American troops on French sofl. Returning to this country with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he was at- tached to the staff of General Khun at Camp Meade, Maryland, and was put in charge of entraining and de- training of troops. He was later on transferred to Camp Spartansburg, 8. C., and there, on August 1, 1918, be was promoted to the rank of colonel, A short time ago, he was again transferred to the Philippines and was in charge of a regiment of troops there. A despatch from the Fhilip- pine newspaper recently told of a severe accident which he experienced one morning while making his usual round of inspection. He was riding a horse when he was thrown and he suffered a fractured arm and other bruises. ' He was confined to a hoepi- tal at Manile. for a time and upon his release, he was granied a leave of ab- sence and is thought to have been on this leave when he was overtaken by death in the Portuguese port. Besides his sister, Colonel Hadazel! leaves his wife, a daughter, Mre T. 1. Fay of Washington, D. C., and a sgon, G. Arthur Hadsell, Jr., of West Point. The body will probably be brought to Plainville for burial. Resident of City for 27 Years Dies Today T'rederick W. Blank, age 62 years, died at his home at 101 Cherry street this morning. He had been a resi- dent of New Britain for the past 27 years and was employed at the Btan- ley, Rule and Level factory. Besides his wife he leaves one son, Henry Plank, and one daughter, Helen Blank, and two grandchildre The funeral will be held Friday after- noon at 2:30 o'clock from Bt. Mat- thew’s German Lutheran church. Rev. A. C. Thendore Bteege will officiate and Interment will De In Fairview cemetery. A Smuggling Liquor to Jail, Detroit Youths Arrested Detrolt, Feb, 28.—Five youths were in custody of the sheriff here today as liquor smugglers. Three were detain- ed when deputies found them passing At the ty jall by means of an {mprovised rope, while two were arrested as they were drawing a sled load of beer across the Detroit river [rom Canada. Information given by the boys who were smuggling the liquor Into the (Continued on Twelfth Page) Jull, was cxpected to result in other| arrests, officials stated. Horace H. Towner of Iowa, for years a republican leader in the house of representatives, was nomin- ated today to succeed Emon Reily as governor of Porto Rico. Dwight Davis of Missouri, a direc- tor of the war finance corporation, was nominated to assistant secretary of war in the place of J. Mayhew Wainwright who leaves office March four to hecome a member of the next congress, At the same time the president named Frank W. Mondell, republican floor leader of the present house to The house adopted the bill: “The personal property of any per- son residing within a town having two or more taxing districts shall be as- sessed in the district in which such personal property shall have been lo- cated the greater portion of the tax year next preceding the day on which | such property lists are required to be filed in such towns.” Protest to Railroad. | Train service again troubled some | legislators today, and a group from Danbury and that section waited on Division Superintendent Mitchell here {strike in the producing regions Pennsylavnia ended. | That plan has been followed in| general ever since, and the commis-| sian sald it saw no reason for a| change, since in six weeks the veason | of heavy coal consumption will be| over, | "“No better plan of distribution han; | been brought to our attention” sale| ! “We cannot give our approval to an| |embargo, which if enforced, might| Under Secretary| onoft cortatn communities but which | the prince was a me inevitably would deprive other com- munities of theit allntted anpply or| jdnthracite eoai, which in . pst cages| |13 but sixty per cent of the quuntity | actually needed.” If all shipments from the United States to Canada were stopped during | |the balance of the year the tonnage of anthracite saved from consumption | |in the United States would only in-| ! crease by three per cent the amount now expected to be availabie for con-l | sumption in the United States. | [ | The commission further explained that, while withholding priority or- ders for the northeast, it had taken| steps to obtain voluntary eo-operation by railroads to expedite transporta- | tion. \ | Press).—Prince Friederich Wilhel Von Lippe, German nationalist agi tor, was arrested today by the Frencl authorities who charged that he hi been particularly active in stirring u agitation against the Franco-Belgia troops in the Ruhr. The prince was an active factor imb, the German campaign for the retens tion of Upper Silesia, and papers the report, | | e o | found in his room and confiscated by the French showed, they declare, that mber of a secret order of the Swastika and the no- | torious consul reactionary organizae. The prince came to the Ruhr sews eral days ago on a special ‘missioi, urging the nationalists to a progranmt of ' vergeance, the French declare. The nationalists have been unusu- ally active in the last few days, hold« ing protest meetings, spreading prop= aganda among the strikers and urge ing the calling of other strikes. Nationalists Blamed. The occupational authorities assert the nationalists have been doing their utmost to hinder the carrying out of the Franco-Belgian plan for reorgan« izing the Ruhr. The communists, who oppose the to protest against lack of accommoda- tions. They had travelled to Hart- succeed Mr. Davis as a director of the | | presence of any troops in the Ruhr war finance corporation. land who before the invasion objected .| appearance and the report of Crissinger Approved | he nomination of b, 1. Crissinger, OIRL THREATENED MURDER | comptroller of the currency, to be ’ governor of the federal reserve board was reported favorable today by the | senate banking committee, but ac- judiciary committee report was on the| tion was deferred on the nomination | bill providing that no increase of rates| Of James J. McNary, southwestern| shall be made by a public service cor-| banker, to succeed Mr. Crissinger as| ford in an old car which was over-| crowded, ill-ventilated and uncom- | fortable. Mr. Mitchell promised a| full-size smoking car on the train from Danbury to Hartford hereafter. Another debate precipitated over a | | |15 Year Old Norwalk Girl Arrested | for Going to Jail to Slay Uncle Who | Assaulted Her. (Continued on Twelfth Page) tity Tomorrow—New York State | Search of the exam- Get Facts in Niagara Ins. Case. SEIZE RUM TRUCK | Machine, Thought Ownal in death, ment schools. poration until after a public hearing | comptroller. BRSSOt b "$8e-MAry Vingh, After refusing, by a vote of 48 to‘l‘orto. of Norwalk, who is under sen- Mary came to the jail with others L BANK PROBE STARTED |knew she was there. She said they New York, Feb. searched and a revolver and table disclosed no trace of D. LafayeRe .. .... ag witness in Boston tomorrow |later and the girl was put on proba- | o "Mn of its securitics, for complic Justice Kellogg sentenced him to the| his | B, Marcino, is being sought by the Stam- Buperintendent of Schools Beede 1920; Harry E. Reed and Willlam J. | at which all the commissioners are SHIPPING BILL KILLED. R sty e QISR 6 A, PRt present and until the finding of the| The administration shipping bl field county jall today after she !was finally killed today in the senate.|threatened to kill her uncle, Rocco |36 to send the legislation back to|tence to the state prison for from | committee, the senate voted to lay it|three to eight years for assault on SHORT [N ms AGGOUNTS') |sside and take up the filed milk bill. the girl, ‘ i | taking advantage of visitors’ day and § while In a room waiting to see her New Haven School Principal, Miss- |uncle she was asked if her parents , May De fn Financial Difficul- ; ng, My | Four Warren Men Summoned to Tes- did not and she was asked why she tics, Report Shows. wished to see her uncle. The girl sald she wanted to kill him. She was records of the city medical tork were taken from her. Mrs.| iner and the board of health, as well ginoq61d, Mass, Peb. 28.—Four Charles Vingo, the girl'a mother, and ae Inquiries ,at the morgue toddy, \orren men have been summoned to |a slster of Porto, came to the jail Fiint, a N‘;'\'zd}lavnn nfhuo] ?rlm‘!val‘m the Investigation by the federa! tion In her custody. | rfl?oxrfeg ; EN h;;"’-\( n l\; "“"”‘“‘ )gran/l jury of the looting of the First| Porto was alleged to have assualted | RO (SN EVR YRR WML, | National bank of Warren of $213,-| his neice last October and last week New Haven. Feb. 25.—A story sent|in which Frank L. Taylor, former |Drison term. out from New Haven earlier in the | president, and Abraham Goldman, are | day described the method of his dis- | under arrest in Chicago and Joseph To this was added a state- authorities. The men summoned are | by the superintendent of | Dr. John E. Dalton,first vice-president of the bank since its organization In admitted that certain funds of the Rejl, directors, and Sidney D. Gilli- Junior Red Cross, of which Flint was | gan, who was cashier at the time the jthe head, were unaccounted for. He|Goldman-Marcino interests took con- | ford, Comfiscated By Soldiers At Fort Kearney, Near Providence. Providence, R. 1. . 28.—A truck even to the presence of German troops, are holding meetings to coms= bat the efforts of the nationalists to cause trouble. Communist meetings have been held altely in Dortmund, Bochum and other towns. It is reported in German circles that Karl Radek, chiel of publicity for the Russian Soviet government, hLas been prohibited by the intere allijed high commission at Coblens: from entering the occupicd area. The Belgians have seized 160,000,« 000 marks at Duisburg which they claim was intended for use as a strike fund. The French made a like seizure of 260,000,000 marks at Kupferdreh, Probe British Claim. Cologne, Feb. 28 (By Associated Press).—An official inquiry is pro- ceeding here to ascertain the legality of the British claim to part of the funds seized here last week. Tha , money and the plates are being held | under seal until the question is set tled between Great Britaln and the occupation allies. Policemen Disarmed. Duesseldorf, Peb. 28 (By Asso= ciated Press).—French troops today forcibly entered the barracks of the German security police, at Bochum and disarmed the policemen, accorde ing to a despatch received here. POLES AGAIN ATTACKED Warsaw Dispatches Tell of Additione al Trangressions Committed by made no charges, however, and sald he was awaiting further develop- ments in connection with the report- ed’ death of Flint. The board of edu- cation has made no request to the po- lice to investigate the case, It was reported that Flint had with. trol, when he was ousted by Taylor. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb, 28.--District Attorney Moore announced today that at the instance of the state insurance department he will at once present to the grand jury all of the racts in con- liquor to women inmates of the coun- | drawn personai accounts In five banks here before he left the city. The New | Haven Times-Leader quoted Samuel .Y,' Several phases of the transactions | Brown, ascistant principat of a New | pjon placed the Niagara Life in the York school as saying that he sent 10 | papgs of Joseph Marcino and per- | telegram to this city announcing the | mitted him to juggle with the funds | death of Fiint. of the institution will be investigated. I Sielage Wa “8. 3.] Al evidence in connection with these | Brown. lacts have been turned over to the { | district attorn: Iy J' THE WEA ] |1 —o— [ Hartford, Feb, 28.—Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettiad, posaibly light snow litde | nection with the wrecking of the Niagara Life Insurance company. signed *l Funeral- of H. M. Steele 1 To Be Held Tomorrow The funeral of Howard M. Steete [ wil be held from his late home at 689 Stanley street at 2 o'clock to- morrow afternoon. Rev. Henry W. change in tempeoratare. Maier, pastor of the Center Congre- | | || gational church, will officlate and # burial will be in Fairview ce:fle(rry.'I " tonight and Thuraday, loaded with 100 cases of liquor was seized today by two privates at Fort a garrisoned military reser- Two men ey vation off Raunders Town believed to have been in charge ot the truck made their escape before the privates could arrest them. 1'nder | a seat cushion were found two num- ber plates bearing the Connecticut registration X-6641. It is said this number was given to E. J. Dunning Hauling company of Stamford MUSCLE SHOALS AGAIN. Washington, Feb. 28.—Muscle Shoals would awarded to a cof.- pany to be organized by Representa- tive John Kissell, republican, New York, under a bill introduced today by Representative Hoggan, repub- lican, of New York. be FALL RIVER POSTMASTER. Washington, Feb. 28.—Presicent Harding today nominated Godefroy De Tonnancour to be postmaster at Fall River, Mass. FPorees of Lithuanian Government. Warsaw, Ieb, —(By Associated Press) - ports from the neutral zone state that the Lithuanians yes- terday broke the truce agreed upon between the Polish local authorities and representatives of the Lithuanian forces, Lithuanian bands are reported to have resumed their attacks against the Polish police, entering the terri- tory assigned to Poland, A dispateh from Warsaw on Februe ary 26, said that representatives of the Polish and Lithuanian governments had agreed upon a suspension of hoss tilities pending discussions for the delimitation of the neutral zone. — A Warsaw dis- patch to the H s agency conflrms reports that the Lithuantans have czain attacked Polish advance guards The collisions oceurred at tweo points and in each case the attackers were driven back. Their losses are Dot : Paris, Feb. 28. i known.