New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1923, Page 23

SAYSGARLANDCASH 1S HAKING RADICALS Samuel Gompers Makes Sensa- tional Charges in Washington Washington, April 13,—Charges that the fortune of more than $800,- 000 which Charles Garlapd of Boston refused to accept as an inheritance from his father is being" used to “bring togother an interlocking net- work of pacifist and revolutionary or- ganizations of more or less extreme character,” were made last night In a publis statement by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation | of Labor, Along ‘with the statement, Mr, Gompers made public a letter from the American Fund for Public Serv- ice, Inc,, to which Mr, Garland turned over the bulk nf his wealth, refusing to contribut to the Workers' Educa- tion Bureau, a labor federation organ- ization, because the burcau was not “definitely committea 4 a radical pro- || gram,” in tne way of “carrying on the | struggle for the emancipation of their | class in every sphere.” An' investigation of the Garland! | fund, Mr. Gompers said, has served to' | “reveal to some slight extent the ram- " ifications of revolutionary propaganda | and revolutionary influence in the United States,” and “to link the Amer- ' ocan Fund for Public Service with | perhaps 650 or more of the leading | pacifist, pro-holshevist, and parlor | pink organizations.” He declared that i Roger Baldwin, Robert Morss, Lovett, | Scott Nearin, Willlam %. Foster, Sid- | ney Hillman and otheds of the direc- | tors of the Garland fund had been| more or less constantly assoclated | with radigal labor and other organiza- | tions which the American Federation | of Labor considered as “subservise of | the best interests of American citi-| zenship, and the principles upon | which the American Republic and the American Federation of Labor are founded. “It should not be necessary here to declare with emphasis,” Mr. Gompers continued, “that no organization in which the American Federation of Labor is officially interested could ac- cept money from any such source. | The federation, by vote of its conven- tions and by the convictions of its| membership, is unalterable in its sup- | port of democracy and in its hostmty‘ to every subversive movement, wheth- er the movement be ‘Red, Revolu- tionary, Pacifist or Autocratic rnd Re- actionary.” Answer Filed. Néw York, April 13.—The Ameri- can Fund for Public Service, Inc., in answer to the attack of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, on its use of the Charles Garland fortune, made public last night a report by the board of | directors stating that more than $25,- 000 of the fund had been given out- right, and $100,000 loaned to radical and;labor organizations in the first six months of operation The report was issues through Norman M. Thomas, chafrman, and Roger N, Baldwin, sec- retary, In the list of gifts and loans made to 49 out of 167 organizations which applied for help ,a variety of. “pio- neering enterprises” in labor and radi- cal movements appear as beneficiaries, the statement said. In all there were 820 appeals, of which ,114 were re- fused as well as 148 requests for personal aid or for money to invest in inventions or profit-making enter- Prises. Outright gitfts were made as fol- lows: Rand Schoo! for Social Science, New York, for teachérs’ salaries, $5,000; United Mine Workers, district | No. 2, Cresson, Pa., for relief of des- titute families on strike, $2,000; Na- tional Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, New York; the federal anti-lynching bill cam- paign, $3,365.50; League for Indus- trial Democracy, New York, $6,400; | Federated Press, Chicago, for develop- ment of a weekly economic news serv- ice, '$1,820; Workers’ Health Bureau, New York, $1,5600. Among the larger loans United Mine Workars, district No. $25,000, which was repaid; Brook- wood Labor College, Katonah, N. Y., $5,000; New York Call, $10,000; Min- nesota Daily Star, bonds purchased, $25,000; Oklahoma Leader, bonds and mortgage purchases, $17,000; Labor Defense Council, Chicago, for the de- fenseof the Michigan criminal syndi- callst cases, $10,000; Labor Bureau, Inc, New York, for working capital, $7,000. Kaceys’ June Insurance Assessment Is Waived By vote of the supreme council of the Knights of Columbus, with which Daly council of this city is affillated, the 'June assessment on insurance membérship has been walved. Walv- {er of this mssessment was made pos- [sible by the strength of the organiza- tion's finances. Several hundred in- | surance members in this city are af- fected by the ruling. were: 2 GAS RANGE SALE)] Vulcan Smooth Top Gas Ranges | Special prices and ‘terms this month only on the most economical gas range on (J§|| A. A. MILLS 80 WEST MAIN STREET Carlo Aldini, shown here with Violetta Napierska, his leading woman, is called the “Doug of Germany.” he seems to be Fairbanks’ equal. stunt pictures atop the skyscrap “ SHORT CALENDAR COURT Clerk Danberg Arranges Schedule of Cases to Be Heard Monday After- noon At City Court Session. The following cases will come up for consideration at the short calen- dar session of the city court Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock: Ludwig Steinke et al, by William Greenstetn, vs. Adam Freiheit, judgment; Julia Gold et al, by B. F. Gaffney, vs. Nathan H. Gold, statutory continuance; N. B. Jaffe by David L. Nair, vs. Frank Jacobinus, judgment hearing in damages; David S. Benjamin by Michael Sexton, vs. David ENa hy M. D. Saxe, bill of par- ticulars. Oscar Kreissig et al, by H. Roche, vs, Aaron G. Cohen by F. B. Hunger- ford, demurrer; Stanislaw Muter by H. Nowickl vs. Lawrence Muter et al, by Michael Sexton, pleading by plain- tiff; Morris Cohn by H. Roche, vs. New Britain Market Co. by Willlam Greenstein, pleading by defendant; Joe Cantino by Irving Rachlin vs. Gustav Schlagg by H.:'Roche, motion for more specific statement; Pitts- burgh Plate Glass Co. by A. W, Up- son vs. J. Luszietti by Irving RAchlin, motion for inore specific statement; Sisson Drug Co. by Kirkham, Cooper, Hungerford, vs. Aaron 8. Johnson, judgment. SELLS BUSINESS BLOCK. The block on the corner of West Pearl and Arch streets owned by Hy- | man Horwitz for the last 20 years, was sold yesterday to Angelo Blancati, | DRESSING Sheep Manure ........... Bone Meal .............. Top Dressing ..... Any of the above ferti lawn will produce strong green grass. Rackliffe Bros. Inc. Park and Bigelow Sts. earth to use NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, DANGER, LURKS IN DAYLIGHT PERIOD Fow Auto Accidents in New Britain Occur After Dark A peculiar feature of automobile to the accident reports for the weeks ending March 24 and March 31, is the ‘act that the majority of accidents do not happen after dark at night nor do they happen at intersecting street corners, During the week of March 24, in New DBritain there were five acci- the dark, and only one in the everiing dusk, city thoroughfares and two at inter- sccting street corners. In the week ending March 81, the eritical time is placed in the heart of the afternoon, it being between the hours of 3 and 4 p. m. During this week four of the fi accidents re- ported occurred in daylight and only one after dark. Four of them occur- red on city thoroughfares and one at street intersections. In the week ending March 24, the five aceldents, peculiarly enough, were all different in nature. Both weeks show a decrease over New Britain’s former average of 12 cases per week, making a clear drop of over 58 per cent. In both weeks New Britain is rated at 85 per cent. Nearly 1,000 serious accidents have occurred in the seven large Connecti- cut cities during the last three months, aceording to a statement just fssued by the department of motor vehicles. The statistical burcau of the de- partment compiles exceptionally de- tailed figures on the automobile ac- cidents which occur in Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, New London, New Britain, Watrbury and Meriden. From a review of these figures, it has been discovered that there were 953 serious automobile accidents in these cities during the first three months of this year. Hartford heads the list with 259 of these major collisions, New Haven follows as a close second with 237, The other five cities are listed in the following order: Bridgeport 173, Waterbury 113, New Britain 75, Mer- In muscles, at least, They are in New York to make ers. proprietor of the barber shop on Church street, for $32,000, There. are three stores and a number of tene- ments in the building. “SLEEPING SICKNESS” FATAL Thomas Controvelle Dies At Hartford Hospital After Three Months’ Il1- ness With Mysterious Malady. Thomas Controvelle of 198 Com- mercial street, died yesterday after- noon at the Hartford hospital where | he had been confined for a period of | three months with “'sleeping sickness."” |He was 43 years of age and leaves besides his wife, four children. | At one time he was proprietor of |a coffee house conducted at the Hotel Bronson but he was forced to give | up this business because of illness. | The funeral will be held on Satur- day afternoon and interment will be in Fairview cemetery. | MISS CRABTREE BETTER Boston, April 13.—Miss Lotta Crab- |tree, 80 year ago known throughout the country at Lotta, comedy actress, has recovered from a severe illness land is able to go outdoors again daily. | Miss Crabtree, who after her re- |tirement from the stage, developed large real estate holdings, for many years has dived in a suite in the Hotel Brewster in this city, which she owns. She is reputed to be one of the most wealthy women in Boston. She was born in New York in 1847 and her stage career began when she was seven years old. ... $3.00 per 100 pounds ... $3.50 per 100 pounds ... $3.60 per 100 pounds lizers applied to your Phone 1075 give. PHONE 381 22 MAIN STREET dents of which only one occurred in| Three of the five occurred on | FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1923, lden The department has further estab- lished a grading system, whereby each city has its popylation and total au- tomoblle registration averaged, and, on the basls of this average, an feel- city, A mark of 100 would signify a no-accident record and accordingly the Jower the grade the poorer the ac« }cuu-m record, | Bridgeport, for the quarter, has had | the best general average with a mark | of 84.4. Waterbury follows second | with 83,1, and then New Britain 82.7, New Haven 82, Meriden 80, New Lon- |average of 79, { | A | .~ SECTION 42 AGAIN | Police Continue Campaign to Force | Truck Owners to Print Weight and | Capacity on Side of Machines, | | Pasqualle Prisco of New Haven and | |Lulgga D'Antonia, arrested yesterday | for violating Section 42 of the motor | vehicle laws, were ordered to pay the |costs in their respective cases and the {same charge against Samuel Ribicoff was dismissed by Judge George W. | Klett in police court this morning. Meyer Rosenholtz, owner of the truck |which was driven by his son on Wed- nesday and who was arrested on that | day, was fined $5 and costs for vio-| |lating Section 42 which requires truck | |owners to print the welght and capa- |city on the side of their machines. The case of Willlam Mazzlotta of |Hartford was continued until tomor- [row morning. Mazziotta was arrested at about 12:30 o'clock this morning |for operating a motor vehicle without | |an operator's license and without| | possessing a registration card. | He sald that the car was not reg- |istered because it belongs to an auto- | { mobile dealer and is on the market |for sale. The dealer will also be ar- |raigned in court tomorrow. WAGES TO BE RAISED | Navy Yard Workers Now Seem As- sured of Adjustments in Pay Washington, April 13.—A net in- crease in navy yard wage scale will {result from the approval by Assist. Secretary Roosevelt of a report on the hject placed before him by the wage |board headed by Read Admiral Jos- leph Strauss. Mr. Roosevelt {s ex- | pected to act this week aithough the ‘revised scales may not go into effect Can You Afford | BUY AUSEDCAR when we can sell you a New Ford for the small initial payment of $50.007 1 remarkable offer and are “driving while they pay” and enjoying the freedom from trouble that only a new car can Ask us how you can “DRIVE WHILE YOU PAY.” e P ————— ELMER AUTOMORBILE CO. bef same base wage as paid to similar| crafts fn,the same locality, dent marlk 1s given each week to each ! result in moderate decreases in sor instancos, but the gencral offect it 18 | Meaghoer that capital restitution ;’:;‘;’.‘-a‘fisl be to Increase the navy yard [heen arranged the prison sentence Former Village Treasurer | G. accidents in New Britain, according don 79.7, and Hartford with the worst | treasurer at Readsboro, Vt, was yes- | washed ashore on the Scilly Islands. |terday afternoon sentenced to not d of the fiscal ye have [more than eight years in the state rstood to e 4 The board is und adopted as its policy the decision that [prison at. Windsor, following a plea navy yard artisans will receive the |of guilty to the charge of having ems= {bezzled town and village funds to the This will [amount of $18,000, Upon presenta= tion to Municipal Judge William J. had was suspended and Brown was placed ’upon probation. Sentenced for Eight Years| arter aritting for 12 menths, & Bennington, Vt, April 1 Clifford | whistling buoy which broke loose Brown, former town and village from its American waters has been FOXES That Follow Fashion’s Newest Shades and CHOKERS In All the Desired Furs STYLE QUALITY PRICE High Grade Repairing and Remodeling Telephone 770 HUDSON FUR SHOP 13 FRANKLIN SQUARE New Britain, Conn. to Hundreds have taken advantage of this s O NEW BRITAIN L T R