New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1923, Page 1

f { ESTABLISHED 1870 WEXLER 70 DIRECT | CONSPIRACY TO BOOST SUGAR PLAVHOUSE CHANGES Wl Rk State Police to Tnspect Playhouses Here THPROVEMENTS _ SUGGESTED s«:l;nw-k Claims He is Victim of Per- sonal Animosity Because Acllu.ln- spector Has Ordered Several Rooms in Stanley Bullding Closed, Acting Bullding Inspector I. Wexler plans to call on the state police de- partment for a complete inspection of the Palace, Lyceum and Fox theaters here, having found in inspections with Plumbing Inspector P, J. Tormay that there are violations of the plumb- ing and building ordinances in all Ahree pllyhfousea, he said this morn- ing. The inspector has instructed Harry Alex, who recently built a dance hall on Arch street not to open the hall until fire escapes arc installed in con- formance with statc laws. Inspector Wexler reports that there is but one ineans of exit from the hall while the taw requires at least two. In a drive against alleged violators of the building laws, the inspector, has ordered Hyman Horwitz, owner of the Hegal hotel, to remove certain parti- tions that block a clear exit to fire escapes, and he has ordered escapes .nstalled on what it known as the Wisg block on Grove street, = now nwned by Birnbaum brothers. | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH, 23, 1923, —~TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICES BEING Acting Attorney General and Secretary Hoover to Confer — Practically No Payments Made Under Excess Earnings Law. Washington, March 23. — Charges that there is a conspiracy in the sugar trade to raise prices were said at the department of justice today to be of sufficient gravity to warrant a prelim- inary inquiry by the federal govern- ment's legal officers. A conference was arranged between acting Attor- ney General Seymour and Secretary Hoover with a view of joint action, So far practically no payments have been made under the law requiring the return of excess earnings. Forms for making up the report were prescribed by the commission and where eatnings in excess of 6 per cent were secured, but no payments IN VESTIQ'A TED WAGER WAS A FRAUD $4,000 Lost By Hall, of Bridgeport, 18 Now Included in wt 6 . Advt, Dept., Hall's bet og Hartford, Conn, ' Wilson would we icsvivuwn wayor of this city in November 1021 when he owed creditors approximately $8,000 ‘“constituted a fraud” upon them, ac- cording to a decision handed down to- day by Judge Edwin 8, Thomas in the U. 8. district court. The decision up- holds the action of Bankruptey Ref- eree John Keogh In declaring that the | money, recovered from the stake- holder, is part of the estate assets, Under the decision, creditors who otherwise would not have received | {anything will get between 80 and 40 per cent, the balance covering the cost of administration of the bankrupt estate, A few days after the election of Mayor Fred Atwater and the inci- Bridgepo made to the government the corpora- tions were required to report disposi- tion of the money. PROMISED GER Are to Try to Take HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS CREDIT IS dental loss of the $4,000 wager by Hall creditors filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against him. MAN INDUSTRIALISTS | French Claim Berlin Govt. Is Financing Campaign of ADMITS SHE OUGHT Esther Hansell Says Benjamin Estate, Ca (onnecticut State Library, T0 BE BEHIND BARS Pprmal! Shonld Be There Too | AER VIOLATE LAW For Thirteen Years, Witness Says, House of David® Head Held Her in Subjugation, Making Her Think His Will Was Rdl‘kml Faith, Grand Rl‘nld‘. March 23.—An ad- mission during cross-examination | that she ‘‘ought to be behind the| bars!” for her acts in behalf of the Israeliteg House of David marked the testimony in federal court here today of Esther Hansell, for 13 years sccre- tary to Benjamin Purnell, head of the | cult, in the suit instituted by her par- ents at law against Purnell. The witness, during cross-examina- | tion, declared she had violated the law for Purnell, “believing it was the faith.” “I was a partner of Benjamin in every crooked and deceitful deal in the colony,” she testified. “I per- jured myself and lled. Benjamin and I both ought to be behind the bars.” BRILL-ALPERT Utica Man to Take Jubilee Street Pty Y Young Woman As Bride This Evc»l NEW CHARTER CHANGE CAUSES DISCUSSION Messrs. Covert, Alling and Christ Want Time to Study It. Hartford, Conn,, March 23,—Noth- ing short of a commotion was pre- clpitated this morning at the capitol when Representative Alling of New Britain appeared with a charter amendment relative to the creating of a garage commission for the city of| New Britain. | All three of the New Britain dele- |gates expressed embarrassment be- cause of the lateness of the amend- ment especially since the legislative committee on cities and boroughs had a hearing, and had practically made its report for the activities of both houses of the legislature. Asked for 'an opinion this morning, Representative Alling said that the {amendment had been given him by Corporation Counsel Kirkham and that he had not had time to think about it. Senator Covert expressed surprise and later indifference but said he Oldest Mason in U. S, Dies; Was Almost 103 Great Barrington, Mass., March 23.~Washington Bissell, sald to be the oldest Mason, oldest college graduate and old- est retired lawyer in the United States, died here today. He would have been 103 years old April 16. He was graduated from Union College, Schenec- tady, N, Y, in the class of 1846 and practiced law in New York state and Connecticut, Mr, Bissell recently said that he had smoked since he was 12 years of age and believed it had helped to prolong his life. He used lquor moderately. YALE T0 HAVE SPAGIOUS QUARTERS FOR ATHLETES | New $350,000 Lapham Field Huuse‘ Will Contain Team Rooms and * | 1,500 Lockers. ; New Haven, March 23.—The new $350,000 Lapham field house for would do whatever his colleagues which ground was broken recently, Average Daily Circulation Week Ending 9,2 1 5 I March 17th PRICE THREE CENTS FORD BUYS VAST COAL FIELDS AND PLANS TO SOLVE NATION'S PROBLEM OF OBTAINING SUFFICIENT SUPPLY Obtains 120,000 Acres Of Undeveloped Min- ing Land, Holding Re- serve Estimated At 500,000,000 Tons His Scheme Will Permit Use of Every Piece of Coal Twice, Once by Factories and Again by Domestic Users. SPECIAL FURNACES MAKE THIS POSSIBLE Detroit, March 23.—(By Associated Press)—Official confirmation today af the offices of Henry Kord at Dear- born that the automobile manufme- turer had purchased 120,000 acres of |wished in presenting the amendment.| will be a great stimulus to Yale ath- He said that should the amendment | be presented it would necessitate al Changes in Théaters At the Palace theater the installa- on of supports where the auditorium nas been found to he weak has been ordered. Part of the stage was also § round to be weak and proper sup- ports must be placed, Mr. Wexler told Contaras brothers and Péter Perokas owners of the theaters. At the Lyceum theater a change in aoilet facilities is ordered. Plumb- “i‘ng Inspector Tormay has reported the present fixtures to be antiquated and out of order. He has also found & break in the boiler that heats the building allowing the escape of much water and he fears that, should the heating plant be neglected for a ] clate. ning—Rabbi Aronson to Offi 3 | undeveloped coal land in Kentuoky letics, said John W. Blossoms, direc-| was coupled with the statement that | tor of athletics at Yale, in a statement| Mir. Ford intended to solve the coun~ irequest being made to the citles and todiy. |try’s coal problem “by using every |borough committee to hold up for| i " {the time being. ! The new field house lo;l"md near | piece o(uilo:‘lmr.:‘;ze. 4 | the Yale Bow! .will contain team, 500, Ton Reserve due attention and that he wished tlmc’ lockers, so that all undergraduates announced, Mr. Ford comes into pos- to consider the merits of the amend- | Ay ¢PEAge in Whikteveiri Bporc Lok} SARan of & VAN DT INID SN ment. '~ He ‘also. wanted titae/ xs did wish to with the prospect of head-\[ands with a reserve coal supply of the other three New Britain legisla- | 1UaFters near at hand. Men taking| 500,000,000 tons, This property add- tor‘s. to crystallize the opinion of his part in the different branches of ed to other coal lands previously pur- maid of honor and the Misses Esther!constituents. | sport will have their common meet- | chased bring the total number of Blumberg and Helen Godfrey of New| After a consultation of the delega- ing place in, the lounge roan:i. ;J'hilz;;‘;x:res rn':llsuch lands owned by the Haven a3 bridesmalds. The flower|tion it was the consensus among tne | C1o%° confact of all teams and of a'l|manufacterse to 165,000, girls will be Miss Sylvia Perry and|New Britainites that nothing should| ndividuals engaged in sport will) Soppis Mac ! | make for a healthier and/broader ath- | these ' holdings Mr. Miss Selma Katz. Mr. Brill will be|be done until next Tuesday at which | oo interest, said Director Blossom. | | | i | Snapshot of Spirit e Passive Resistance in the | R e o R Rllhl‘ |pert of 57 Jubilee street will be the X |scene of a pretty wedding this eve- ‘;nlng when their daughter, Florence Sylvia Alpert, will become the bride of Benjamin Brill, son of Mr. and |Mrs. M. Brill of Utica, New York. The ceremony will take place at 7 o'clock and Rabbi Aronson of Hart- ford will officiate. The bride will be attended by Miss Evelyn Perry as Los Angeles, March 23.—An attempt to photograph the spirit of Mrs. Mary Fairfield McVick- er, associate pastor of the Cen- tral Spiritualist church is planned by her co-religionists at her funeral at 5 o’clock this afternoon. Mrs. McVicker believed her spirit would return at that hour and be so,plainly visible that its photograph could be taken by an ordinary camera. | | Essen, March 23.—(By Associated Press)-—A credit of 400,000,000,000 |marks has been granted the German {coal syndicate by the Berlin govern. men to aid in the continuance of the passive resistance in the Ruhr, ac- cording to a French announcement | today. Additional credits, running into hundreds of billions, likewise have been arranged by the central govern- ment for the Ruhr industrialists gen- * 1 From Ford time a decision would be made wheth- hopa, that witiily o yaaz will: dpihg "longer period than usual, there would be danger of an explosion, erally, it was asserted. attended "by Bernard Alpert as best man. er or not to put the amendment in for “In the future,” he continued, “Yale will be in a position to offer her op- sufficient coal to supply all his fac- tories in every part of the country, all the committee’s consideration. Chairman Park of the cities and boroughs committee said he wanted to see the amendment before com- mitting himself. These credits are being made 0] The gown of the bride will be of the Ruhr coal mine and factory own-|eanton crepe trimmed with Spanish | ers by the German government With jace and roses and she will wear a| |a view to keeping the men employed |¢y11e veil. Her attendants will be and thus preventing unrest and dis-|a¢tired in pink and green canton the factories and mills manufacturing various products for his own concerns as many of the industries in this dis- itrict as care to buy coal from him |and have left fuel sufficiont to supply In the Fox theater changes in toilets will probably be ordered, Mr. Tormay #aid this morning. He and Inspector Wexler will go through the building today and will serve notice on the | ponents the finest headquarters pos- | sible where they will be subjected to only the best of treatment in connec- “tion with team rooms, showers and | rest headquarters, a situation we have PREDERICK E. BARNES DIES [ management that repairs made, Conditions in Stanley Building Inspeetors Wexler and Tormay and Yir. 1. P. Tiee of the health depart- nent have inspected - the Stanley wilding on Main street, opposite «'ommercial strect, owned by the Schupack estate and have ordered improvements, Mr. Wexler has re- guested Dr. l.ee to write the owner of the building ordering that proper housing conditions be required to the extent of closing up several rooms W used as sleeping apartments, In the Stanley building rooms with- out light, heat or ventilation were tound and in some instances®the ceil- ing was about four feet high, the in-| spector reports, Other conditions ob- iected to were the presence of tollets in clothes closets, two floors without teilete, and: the existence of sleeping «uarters in which two legs of the bed ave on hoards extending over a stair- way. Partitions of soiled oileloth and chielken wire were also reported to wve been found. Personal Animosity, Schupack Says Henry Schupack, who manages the ostate that >wns the bullding, said must be| FROM ACCIDENT INJURIES Was Struck by Trolley Car in Hartford March 12. I'rederick E. Barnes, a life long resident of New Britain, died at St, ! Franeie' hospital in Hartford this morning at about 5 o'clock from in- | iuries sustatned in a trolley accident which occurred on Farmington avenue, Hartford, on Monday, March 12, He was 43 years of age and had been employed by the Russell & Er- win Mfg. Co. as a lockmaker for more than 20 years. Tt is not known how the accident occurred but Mr, Barnes was visiting his sister in Hartford and it is be- ileved he got onto the wrong trolley car in returning to New Britain. Relatives believe that he cvidently stepped off one car directly in the path of another trolley. He was re- moved to St. Francis’ hospital, where he had been confined since. He has been unconscious most of the time since the accident and only at inter- vals was he able to recognize mem- | 1 i | | | Eay | Litelong Resident of New Britain i content. ! Not Batisfied The coal syndicate directors' and the indnstrialists are not aitogether | satisfied with the credits, accaptance {of which' 15 obligatory, according to information obtained by the Krench intelligence service. The industrialists and the mine owners contend that the German government should furnish the funds to pay the workers without ! | charging them to the account of the| Ruhr magnates, They feel that the| government ought to bear the burden; of the Ruhr resistance policy. General Strike Called A general strike for one month be- ginning April 1, as a protest against the Ruhr occupation has been called in the Hagen region just outside the| occupied territory. The posters an- nouncing the strike say half the wages | of the men will be paid by the indus- trialists and half by the government. The French declare the strike is in| the nature of camouflage; that the| factories are compelled to close down| because of lack of material from the| Ruhr. The TFrench see in it the ef- fect upon occupied Germany of their |New Haven, New Yark, About 45 guests from Hartford, Utica, N. Y., and thiv, city will be ptesent, The n 54 %e bride has becp very prettlly decoratsd in spring colors and flowers, crepe gowns. BOY, 10, SWINS UNDER ICE IAMERIGAN AUTO ASSH. 1S " NG SUED FOR S1o00 peedway Promoter Claims That Ac- tion Against Him Damaged New York Youngster Pulls Girls to fety But She Dies Later. old boy swam beneath ice to rescue & girl playmate from a pond near Paterson, N..J, after he had saved her two sisters, it was learned yes- terday. She died later in a hospital. The boy, George Casper of Iair- was on his way home from school when he saw Jennie, Lillian and Margaret ‘Wood, sisters, and Mabel hold on the Ruhr and the establish-| the TRYING 70 SAVE CHILD' New York, March 23.—A ten-year- | His Business. Los Angeles, March 23.—(By Asso- | ciated Press.)—The American auto- | mobile association was made defend- {ant in a suit for $750,000 damages filed in superior court here by Wil- Iliam H. Pickens, speedway promoter. Pickens based the action on the al- ration that he was barred from the g esno, Cal, speedway November 7 { t, after being charged with sending o\t false publicity regarding tests of |a racing car. | According to the complaint, H. . | Patterson, manager of the Fresno | sociation's contest hoard stating that | Pickens was disqualified for false; puplicity. The telegram, Pickens Rosewell. ranging in age from seven|charged, led to heavy losses in his reports that they | mever had before.” The inside plans of the building are fashioned not merely for architect. | ural heauty but for practical use. The | exterfor with long high porticoes up- | on each principal facade with gables at each end, and several unbroken jmof areas, and a massive chimney ! stack, makes a design full of, dignity. HOBRYNE AND IS GIRL ENTER NURDER MYSTERY | This Couple May Play Important Part | in Solution of the Chloroform | Slaying. | New York, March 23.—Two more, characters today were added to the rapidly increasing cast of the Dorothy ! lawn, who makes light of the affair, |gpocdway, sent a telegram to the as-| Keenan murder drama. They were listed as “McBryne and his girl.” They were asked to call on | Police Inspector Coughlin to confirm | had breakfasted a part of the domestic Vichiand of the country, T « How To Use n Acpis Mr. Yord; it wae annoiaced, will ask all industrial users af his coul ‘o install furnaces that will remove only the gas and similar substances, leaving only a fuel unimpaired for domestic purposes. . The coal, after this process, would | be sold to heat the home of hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the country, The fuel remaining after the gas had becn taken out would be even more valuable for home heating purposes than it was before, it was explained. SIOUX CITY THREATENED BY RIVER OVERFLOWING Several Drowned and Property Dame age of $100,000 in Outlying Section in Iowa. Sioux City, Ia., March 23.—Held by this morning that the Stanley build- ing is in as good a condition, if not | hetter, than many other Main street| properties including some controlled | by the acting building inspector. He | elaims Mr. Wexler's drive is prompted hy personal animesity resulting from | business relationships. Regarding the alleged improper housing conditions, Mr. Schupack explains that he leases the rooming house and has nothing to do with the -way rooms are rented.| He claims changes have often been ! wade to conform with the building and plumbing rules; in fact, he claims, the tindings of Mr. Wexler followed a request that he look over the bulld- ing and plans for certain improve- nents, He sald inspections are made by the health department almost daily, but there has been no previous somplaint of conditions. ROADS MUST PAY GOVT. bers of the immediate family. Besides his mother he leaves three brothers, KEugene I, Barnes, deputy chief of the New Britain fire depart- ment, William H. Barnes and George W. Barnes, all of this city; three| sisters, Mrs. A, E. Church, and Mrs, George Casey of this city and Mrs, Dewitt Peck of Hartford. Mr. Barnes made his home in this| city with his sister, Mrs. George| vasey, at 80 Dwight street. | i 3 ¢ " Funeral services Avill be conducted | Liverpool, March 23.—(By Associ- tomorrow afternoon at Erwin chapel ated Press.)—Sergeant Murphy, by v . Sutcliffe. Burial | General Symons, out of Rose Graft, finrii‘&nsfifil’f&f cflr:eteryA owned by Stephen Sanford of New AL ki %4 York, won the grand national steeple- Rockville Woolen Mills |chase handicap, valued at approxl- | Evento f English Track. Britain 18 Years and \\’u.e Widely Known | | | | Half of Larnings in Excess of 6 Per| Cent Must Be Split With Uncle Sam, Today's Ruling Orders. Washington, March 23.—An order was i{ssued today by the interstate| commerce commission requiring all ,raflroads to report by May 1 as to their earnings during the year 1922 and to pay over to the government |gave way and they fell into eight| and Cleveland. TIn addition, he de- | the slain model, in his room in a local at Brassfield’s island, south of here, of water. clared, Louis Chevrolet, race driver, hotel, on the morning that Miss|spring flood waters of the Missouri NEW YORK HORSE wms George threw aside his books | dianapolis also were influenced to de- | found in her West 57th strect apart-|through parts of this city. |and jumped into the water. He res-!cline further contracts with him. | ment, Already the backed up water, which Murphy Captures Grand | CU¢d Jennie and Margaret and then - 1 - a friend of Guimares is the only per-| made to break up the gorge by dyna- son found so far who can testify that miting, had caused one death. | face after several attempts. tn the mean time Margaret and| BY DEATH OF SIMON LUDDY ana :15 a. m. on the duy of the|ed drowned and mundreds of heck o | slipped and fell into the water again. | - have occurred after 3 a. m. were carried away. The property The exhausted boy saved them a sec- | Bassett Street Resident Lived in New| McBryne has told the police that|damage was estimated in excess of | ambulance. Lillian died soon after mares room. A waiter however has| Warnings were sent out to all resi- she arrived at the hospital. |stated he carried only two trays. dents along the river south of the { course of about 4% miles at :\1ntr€e\TiSCO, New York Bflnkel', Aifan J].\Izdxly, O s h”ti?os}iflnw IHIW }C,Id[‘”y m]}:mr” Cmong|the orgs Eive way sudfenly thoss known residents of New Britain, died dead model who was in her apartment | directi Rockville, March 23.—Wage in-| today. C ai d P irecting the dynamiting said, the creases of 121 per cent effective| o N B0 nd, and Major Dew. Naples, March 23—(By Assoclated street last evening at 9:35 o'clock. | mains a secret, Vaudeville comedians|stroy property within a wide range. . ; ¥ | Press.) — Francesco Tisbo, the New Mr. Luddy was about all day|have begun bantering with the ‘0 ineffectual ¢ ” . panies operating elght woolen ll"dlhunlts Conjuror was third. Twen- h y al a ay | g g it Two ineffectual attempts were made worsted mills i nthis city. The con- Sergeant Murphy captured this blue | Who is under indictment in that city o'clock complained ot not feeling well. |ous story of Assist. Dist. Attorney|bombs from an hip. Little head- " ) on grand larceny charges, was im- At 8§ o'clock Dr. George Dunn was/ Pecora that “Marshall” won his|wa 2 the Hoapkantum: MillCo, the J. .| Ticbon event ofitiie Kngllih chusing) o Sroraiadtil ‘ way seemed to have been made by Regan Mfg. Co, and the Rock Mfg CO.| u00 ™ gix lengths separated Shaun|denied her frecdom. The police sald sclous.He died at 9:35 o'clock. riage. This official said “Marshall” ool | sons. | other horses finished, and the three|J¢Wels in the couple's baggage. was about 55 years old. He had been |prominent as was generally believed RATES ADJUDGED 0 K —_— other American entries, J. Widener's - - a resident of this city for 18 years. He |but that distinction attached to his S L. C. C. Rules Complaint of New Eng- STEAMER STILL STRANDED. Block Island, R. I, March 23.— ment of the customs barrier. Ito 12, walking across ice. 1t|operation of speedways at Pittsburgh With Alfred Guimares close friend of fan jce gorge five miles long, formed feet Mabel could swim and saved her- and an automobile company of In-| Keenan's choloroformed body Was river today threatened to sweep | sert. ; N | e = According to the police, McBryne,|continued to rise while efforts were Pengoany dived and swam beneath the ice to, 5 | National Steeplechase, Blue Ribbon | find Lillian. He got her to the sur- LEGION OF FRIENDS GRIEVED he was in the hotel between 2 a. m.| Several other persons were reporte | Jennie, watching from the bank, slaying. The murder is believed to|livestock, implements and dwellings ond time and then summoned an | three breakfasts were brought to Gui-{$100,000. | mately 10,000 pounds, run over a The identity of “Mr, Marshall of gorge to abandon their homes. Should Grant Wage Increases 7 Sir Malcolm McAlpine's Shaun Imprlsoned at anles suddenly at his home at 37 Bassett/on the eve of her murder, still re-|tremendous head of water would de- April 3 were announced today by com- “y_p_mm horses ran, | York steamship agent and banker, yesterday as usual and at 6:30| A police official confirmed a previ-| to dynamite the i jam by dropping cerns making the announcement were | season by three lengths after a fine Prisoned today. His wife was also' called Mr. uncon- claim to fame solely through mar- crews setting off dynamite charges They employ several thousand p"‘“Spndah and Conjuror II. Only four they found a considerable quantity of Mr. Luddy was born in Ireland and | was neither so wealthy or socially | Duettiste, Foxhall Keene’s Masterful FOREIGN MINISTER QUITS. first opened a cafe on Main street|wife and her family and for this and A. S. Cochran's Libretto, were not, Peking, March 23.—(By Associated '¢Ar Kast Main street and later on|reason his name was being withheld. The steamship Texan, aground off|among them. Press.)—Huang Iu has submitted hla‘(.“”"h street. While at the last stand o AT S REAL HERO RETIRES Clay Head, remaine dhard and fast, The odds against Sergeant Murphy resignation from the portfolio of For~ ¢ &0 opened a cafe on Elm street, land Cities Against Existing (harges But No Medals Are Accorded Sergeant today and arrangements were made were 100 to 6. The betting on Shaun ' elgn Minister because it was sald of | 1€ retired about three years ago. Be- Is Not Well F under the transportation act one-half|to lighter part of her cargo for the Spadah was 20 to 1 against and on the criticism to which the government '°T¢ entering business Mr. I,'uddy was s Not Well Founded, of the amount by which such earn- | Pacific, coast. The coast guard cut- | Conjuror II 100 to 6 against. has been subjected for its failure to ¢Mmploved at the Stanley Works and | ings exceeded a 6 per cent retlirn on|ter Acushnet came up through the - procure abrogation of the treaty of,\n Fast Berlin. During most of his| the value of the investment. | fog to stand by. 1015 with Japan. years in New Britain Mr. Luddy was C. T. Wang, who formerly nrpax<|n.1“""'1:'z’l'1'2’";‘n‘;:" ldentified ‘with Irish or-| %remier Poincare Calls Berthon Scoundrel And French Chamber Is Scene Of Near Riot | ommits Suicide by Jump : [over the senate of the southern re. SALMUONS L the chamber L] 09 Washington, March Railroad rates on export and import commodi- ties moving hetween central portions of the United States and the ports of Boston, Iall River, New Bedford, New London, Portland, Me, and Provi- dence are just and reasonable, in the opinion of an examiner for the inter- state commerce commission who filed is report on complaints of the New England cities, New England shippers and manue facturers had aileged discrimination by reason of lower rates gives to Philadelphia, Baltimore and other Ate lantic ports. The examiner's report is yet to be passed on by the commission. Tolk, Who with Walter Reed Aid- five daughters, ed in Combating Yellow Fever, From 9th Floor of Hotel public at Canton, is mentioned as “‘Margflrr‘t. Gertrude, Helen, Mildred New York, March 23.—Ellen Son- e nenthal, 22, an elevator operator t‘nm-"po“”,L ’“"”M“_“ {and Grace Luddy; one son, William mitted sulcide today by jumping from | WRESTLERS MEET. | Luddy, all of this city; his mother in a window on the ninth floor of the| Ithaca, N. Y. March 23 —More‘h(‘m"d: two brothers, Patrick and Hotel Astor. v I ? | Thomas, of this city and a sister, Mrs. i e O tan B erte aad ao | Dowln 6 Waterbuty, | seven eastern universities and col-| . o sme DATTLE WITH INDIANS. | ieges, were here today for the 17th |\ wetin & Co. ave ncomplets but | Salt Lake City, March 23.—Worq annual championships of the inter-|iy is'thought the funcral will be held was received here today that in a|collegiate wrestling association under . “\yoa 3 skirmish late yesterday between the |the auspices of Cornell university. | . | renegade Piutes and a white posse | PR O AN ] { near. Washcomb, southeastern Utah, ‘ i Washinglon, March 23.—Army or- ders today revealed the retirement without medals of technical Sergeant Levi B. Folk, who, with Walter Reed was a pioneer in the conquest of yel- low fever. When yellow fever appeared in 1900 among the troops at Columbia barracks, Cuba, said the surgeon gen- eral of the army in a summary of I"olk’s services, Private Folk volun- teered to nurse the patients. He Selectman Gives Consent Y s | served as a volunteer for experimen- So Young ('"l May Marl’) | tation, slept in a room with hodvlh\‘g Because she was but 19 years of | from patients sick with yellow fover, age and is an orphan, Miss Paulino | submitted to inoculation from mos- Germano of 66 Smith street, was re- [ quitoes infeeted with the disease, and quired to secure the signature of [contracted it. On his recovery he Selectman .. W. Lawyer today hcroro‘\\-nn inoculated repvatedly to de- a marriage license could be issued to|termine the poasibilities of reinfection. allow her to marry Sebastian Marino, | Sergeant 1"olk enlisted in 15898 from aged 83, of 420 Main street. "Huul‘h Carolina. Paris, March 23 (By the Associated Press)—Premier Poincare started a scene of wild disorder in the chamber of deputies today when he called Communist Deputy Andre Berthon an “‘abominable scoundrel.” The premier was angered by com- munist insinuations that he was con- troiled by Deputy Leon Daudet, the royalist leader. Bedlam Breaks Loosc The chamber immediately went wild while deputies hammered their desks and the ushers ran about try- ing to restore order, The presiding officer vainly rang his bell for a quarter of an hour to get a hearing and calm down, Calls Him a Liar | “That man” shouted M. Poincare| pointing at Deputy Berthon, “dared| to say he had against me and mine abominable evidence which I feared would be published. “He lied when he said * * the | one Indian was killed and five: braves BiaBabn ABIY ajoonleted. |and four squaws were captured. Premier is Cheered ‘ ‘The deputies, most of whom had | ITALY GETS OIL RIGHTS, not heard M. Berthon's accusation,, Warsaw, March 23, (By Associated jumped to their feet, all with the ex-|Press).—The Polish Diet has rluned| ception of the communists and a few|a 30 year petroleum agreement with it,” PAY. ~All Berkshire MILLS INCRI Pittstield, March 23 woolen manufacturers have decided to increase the wages of workeps 12 er cent beginming April 80, it was announced today. (Twenty-two hundred operatives will receive the advance, Hartford, for New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair and colder to- night and Saturday; strong northwest winds, of the radicals, cheering Poincare|Italy embodying a “most favored ra- ‘mndly. tion” clause. e