New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1923, Page 12

12 E. B, C. OFFICIALS RECEIVE SURPRISE Fake Wire From D. McMillan In- terrupted by Latter's Appearance, “Please sing ‘Sweet Adeline’,” read a message which Secretary ¥, M, Pre ble and Assistant Secretary B, I Armstrong of Fveryman's Bible class, had written and which they proposod | to read at the Red army banquet last night. But the telegram never was read, The message, which was faked for the occasion, was supposed to be from Dugald McMillan, first general of the Red army, who spent the win- ter in IMlorida. - “Sweet Adeline” is known wherever Mr, McMillan s Kknown, as his favorite selection Oliver Nicholl's Bible class orches- tra had just started to play the selec-| tion and Mr. Preble was standing up| to read the me ¢, when the door opened and in walked Mr. McMillan, who had just arrived and was only a| half hour in the city. The fact that| the laugh was on the jokers, coupled | with Mr. McMillan's popularity in the | army, combined to give the former pusiness man one of the greatest ova- tions he has receiyed for a long time. | About members of the Red | army were present, as were members of the executive committee of the class and officers of the other two ar- mies. Each guest wore a red rose| and the tables were decorated with red crepe paper and red carnations. | There was vocal and instrumental | music. Addresses were delivered by Rev. John L. Davis and Rev. I J. Kennedy of New Haven. Other speeches were delivered by Harold Seaburg, general of the Red army;| R. B. Skinner, president of the cl Dr, J. E. Conger, general of the White army; J. E. Lukens, secretary of the Blue army; Walter Fletcher, general of the Blue army, and Mr. McMillan, The Stanley Works quartet and Mr. Rich, of the Red army, sang. WESLEYAN GETS WIL | Document Drafted by John Wesley on April 27, 1768, is Given to Middle- town University. | Middletown, ~March 14.—A will| made by John Weslgy, dated April 27, | 1768, when the great divine was 65 years old, has been presented to Wes- | leyan University by acting President | Stephen H. Olin. While the will is| not the final testament of Wesley, it| is probably the only one written in| the methodical handwriting of thel testator. | Following is the description of the! will as advertised for sale by a firm | of manuscript dealers in London: | “Holograph will of John Wesl written on one page, . foolscap size, mounted on linen, signed in full and sealed; dated 27th of April, 1768, wit- nessed by William Smith and Thomas Simpson. Price 50 guineas.” DEFENDS CRIMF NEWS. Walter Lipmann Says It's the Duty of Newspapers to Print It. Cleveland, March 14.—Declaring | censorship of news is unwise, Walter Lippman, New York eritor, in an address here before the Chamber of Commerce, said that it was the duty of the modern newspaper to print crime news as well as every other kind. The editor who yielded to the temptation to censor crime news might find justification to censor financial news and proceed from that to a policy of trying to censor all news, Mr. Lippman said. “Crime news part of the pic- ture of life as it he asserted. “The danger is not so much in publishing it 18 In the newspaper prosecutor and crime turning Judge: Advertising has littie effect on edi- torial policy, Mr. Lippman sald, in the large papers the influence being relatively insignificant “The advertiser needs the newspa- per & great deal more than the ne paper needs him," he continued, editor can say to himself; ‘If 1 can hold the reader the advertiser will come to me, and it I cannot hold the reader the advertiser will not come to me anyway,' " news a detective, he TRY FOSIER BY NIGHT This Morning St. Joseph, Mich, March 14, (By Associated Press)—With ten men and two women tentatively accepted as Jurors by the defense and all but one approved by the state, attorneys for both sides predicted that the jury to try William Z Foster on charges ot ceriming yndicalism would be com- pleted today The charge against Foster, the first of 76 alleged radicals to be placed on trial here is the outgrowth of the convention of the communist party held in the dunes and near here last August. Discovery yesterday that two of the men in the jury box had received de- tense propaganda through the mails when they went home Monday caused Judge Charles White to warn the jurors against reading newspaper re- ports or anything relative to the case. The circulars were mailed from New York by the American civil liberties union on stationery which® showed that both Foster and Frank P, Walsh, his chief counsel, are national com- mitteemen of the organization. Mr. Walsh explained, to the court that he had no knowledge of the sending of the letters and did not approve of it. The state claims 15,000 copies 'of the letter and two enclosed pamphlets e mailed to Berrien county citizens so that they would be deliv- ered Monday, the day the trial open- ed. It also was claimed that while the letters bore the return address of the civil liberties union the envelopes were purchased, printed and address- ed here, and that the labor defense council of Chicago paid for the work. Foster also is an officer of the Chicago organization. VETS' OFFICIAL A SUICIDE C. F. Cramer, Former Counsel, Found | | With Bullet in Body—Police Say | Wounds Were Self Inflicted. | Washington, March 14.—Charles F. | Cramer, who resigned a few wecks ago as general counsel for the veter- ns' bureau, was found dead here to- ¢ and thé police reported that he ad committed suicide, Mr. Cramer’s body was found in his home here and his death, the police said, apparently was due to self inflicted bullet ! wounds. He was 45 years old. He came here from San Francisco in | 1921 to become general counsel of the bureau. Mr. Cramer had accompanied Mrs. Cramer to the Union station at mid- night, when she boarded a train for New York, and then had returned home and left orders for the maid to| call him at § o’cloek. When the maid went to his room, she told the police, she found that he hdd entered the | bathroom and locked the door. The | police were summoned, and when they broke the lock they found Mr. Cramer on the floor with a bullet in his brain. Mr. Cramer's resignation from the veterans' bureau was accept- ed by Director Forbes shortly before he himself quit office in February, and during the time when the bureau | was under fire of members of con-| gress. I WILLINGNESS TO SERVE Every man, woman and child who has had dealings with this store is im- pressed with the willingness of our salespeople to serve. The young married couple buying their first furniture receive helpful ad- vice. The fallacy of buying cheap, inferior goods is dwelt on—the advisability of investing in good, dependable period furniture is suggested. are explained and every assistance is offered in the furnishing of the new home. And this service costs nothing. The matron ‘who is perplexed with some household problem comes to us. She relies on our experience and suggestions and goes away well satisfied. The man of the house, wishing something for a surprise for the home on the anniversary or for Christmas, asks for our help in the choosing—and.he gets it. . The woman who needs furniture and has a limited amount to spend, is given just as much consideration as the woman of means. It is a duty and a pleasure with us to serve all alike. C. C. FULLER CO. 40-56 FORD STREET , NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1928, 67 Years « of Success . MEDICINE “Fer,Couqghs ~and Colds- B. & P. W, CLUB MAY SEND MEMBER WEST! National Federation Will Hold' Convention fn Portland, Oregon | New Britain will be represented at | the convenution of the National Fed-| eration of Business and Professional ‘Women's clubs, to be held in Portland Oregon, next July. Last vear the local club sent a delegate to the convention at Chattanooga, Tenn. | At the meeting last evening a nom- | inating committee to bring in a list! of candidates for office at tite annual | election next month, was elected by ballott as follows: Margaret Sheehan, chairman; Ruth Larson, Mary Preis- sel, Ella Fergngon and Dr. Georgianna Monks, The election will take place at the annual meeting, April 10. An Easter food sale will be heid March 24, in charge of Miss Marjorie Stanley. It was voted to continue the Sun- day evening waffle suppers, but to alter the menu so as to take the form of salad suppers, sandwiches, etc. It was announced that the club would hold its annual May dance at the Shuttle Meadow club in May After the meeting a minstrel show was staged. There were solos and dancing, etc. Miss Mary Meyer was interlocutor. Abbie Dawson, Eva Ra- ber, Grace Hatton, Zoe Lahar, Ange- line MacCarthy, Maude McCarroll, Mildred Anderson and Dorothy La- tham took part. ANDERSON'S STATEMENT says Wets Have Read Much Into League That is Not There New York, March 14.—William H. Anderson, state superintendent of the anti-saloon league, in a statement to- day regarding the decision that the league must account for all moneys expended for campaign purposes de- clared that the “wets have evidently read into the decision must that is not there.” “In case the decision stands, it will be the decision of the court and not the interpretation of that decision by the press and the wets, that will be binding*upon the league,” the state- ment said. BANKER IS ACCUSED. Chicago, March 14.—David Wied- mann, Jr., vice-president of the Lo- gan Square Trust and Savings Bank, which has been under investigation since the suicide several days ago of President Frank Hopp, was charged with larceny and forgery in a true bill voted today by the grand jury. Furniture styles HARTFORD Extraordinary Attraction “Inspiration” et “An inspiration to all who feel they labor under insuperable difficulties, is the tribute paid to B. A. Jones of Burlington Junction, Mo., by post of- fice authorities, Jones, born without legs, serves a 25 1-2 mile mail route and has missed but four days since he was appointed in 1901, GOVERNOR INVITED. Hartford, March 14 —— The governo today invited the general assembly to attend the dedication of the new buildings of the American School for the Deaf, in Hartford, on March 24. HEARING SET FOR MARCH 20 Hartford, March 14—The public utilities commission today fixed March 20 as the date for a hearing to North Haven petitioners to have train No. 80 stop at that station. 16,000 COAL MINERS IN RUHR ZONE ARE STRIKING Workers in Recklinghausen District Protesting Against Occupa- tion By French Easen, March 14, (By Associated Press)—8ixteen thousand coal miners of the three government mines in the Recklinghausen district of the Ruhr are on strike in protest against the occupation of the state coke plant near Westerhold, according to German estimates today. The plant was selz- |ed yesterday by a party of engineers escorted by a battallon of French in- }l‘nntry. The Krench authorities ex- | press belief that the strike will last lonly a few days. German hostages were today for the first time placed on the locomotives of trains operated by the French and Belglans. This move was the outcomo of repeated sabotage operations. The hostages so employed were in most | cases burgomasters or other municipal | officials of the various districts. Re- lays of them will ride on all train§ | both day and night. The most scrious case of sabotage reported today was the destruction {over night of a section of railroad | track east of Essen. | THE SECRET 1S OUT | Governor Templeton's Middle Name is i Discovered—Augustus Hartford, March 14—The bom- bardment of the executive offices at | the capitol with inquiries as to the | middle name of Governor Templeton has been explained. Three weeks ago girl scouts on their test papers were asked to glve the governor's full name, His family tree gave no clue and Executlve Secretary McCook and Executive Clerk Rood were kept on the dance answering questions, The governer's full name is Charles Au- gustus Templeton. MODELS and PRICES Four Passenger Coupe $1835 Five Passenger Sedan $1885 New Phaeton Reo $1645 Seven Passenger Touring $1485 Reo Speed Wagon, Chassis $1295 F. 0. B, Lansing, Mich. Endurinig ruggedness is assured by the double- framed chassis, where power units are cradled in their inner frame mounting. The huge steel bridge spanning the Erie and Lehigh Valley tracks at Elmira, N. Y., crashed to the ground after one of the steel girders had been wrecked by a box car which jumped th tracks. REPUDIATION OF SUGAR CONTRACTS HITS DIVIDEND This Is Given As Reason American Sugar Refining Co. Paid None On Its Common Stock Washington, March 14.—Repudla- tion of sugar contracts in 1020 was blamed by President Earl D). Babst for failure of the American Sugar Re- fining Co. to earn dividends on its common stock in 1922 according to the company's annual report made public today. An operating profit of $10,088,832 or about quarter of a cent a pound was shown for the year the entire earnings over and above fixed charges preferred dividends and depreciation being devoted to meeting the com- T i P At the Automobile Show Jester’s Hall All This Week You are cordially invited to visit our display at Jester’s Hall and inspect the complete exhibit of REO MOTOR CARS— representing a model for every motoring need and typifying automobile goodness at peak’ point. pany's losses during 1920, Melting of 1,660,000 tons of raw sugar during the year were the larg- ¢st in the history of the company, The company pald the government in 1022 on its imports of raw sugar the sum of $48,000,000. An operating deficit of $2,177,276 was shown in the company's report for the year 1921, ANOTHER SNOW STORM. Chicago, March 14—Another March snow storm is headed eastward, the weather bureau said today. Lower temperatures, strong winds and snow are in prospect tonight and tomorrow for the Great Lakes and upper Mis- sissippi valley regions. BRIAND'S FRIEND DIES Paris, March 14.—(By the Assoclat- ed Press)—Alfred Chatin, personal friend and political advisor of for« .im‘umfl mer Premier Briand, died today. A guarantee of power and fleetness is the famous 50 h. p. six-cylinder Reo motor, which—with intake valves in head,—large exhaust ports,—a 4-bearing crankshaft, balanced dynomically and statically, coolinge y fliciencyy _aluminum alloy pistons,—unusual —and wonderful accessibility— Is truly a remarkable achievement in automobile engine design and manufacture. KENNETH M. SEARLE & CO. REO MOTOR CARS AND TRUC! New Brit Cor. El VALENTINO'S ORCHESTRA m and Park § K The Official Dance Orchestra of Rodolph Valentino! With Mary Lee and Fred Kelly, Dance Soloists