New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1923, Page 1

(News of the World By Associated Press L ——— ’STABLISHED 1870 INEW BRIT. IN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1023, —SIXTEEN PAGES. - Average Daily Cireulation Week Ending 9,2 71 April 14th = PRICE THREE CENTS DRASTIC FEDERAL ACTION TODAY - TO STOP SPECULATING IN SUGAR LEGISLATORS UNWILLING TO GIVE OLD PEOPLE $1 A DAY | Before Lexington Patriots Fired ASAID TO A 0ld Age Pensions Goes| Down To Defeat, 26 To 6, With Senator Covert Voting Against It Dog Vaccination Bill Causes Hot Debate—90,000 Stray Canines Roaming About State, Is Report. Hartford, April 19.—The bill which| would provide old age pensions of a dellar a day for persons over 70 was rejectad in the senate by a vote of 26 to 6 after an unfavorable report had been received. The bill was intro- duced by Senator Harter and was sup- ported by the democrats. Those voting to reject the bill were | Doty, ~Bidwell, Trumbull, Covert, Christoph, Beers, Golden, Beisiegel, | I5)ls, Kogers, Park, Wilder, Challeng- | er, Atchison, Platt, Kenealy, Child, Ash, Brooks, Rudd, French, Pierson, DePeyster. Those voting to reject the commit- fee's unfavorable report were: Dig- | nam, Tone, Clyne, McGrath, and Harter, Too Great a Burden. Senator Klls in reporting the bill, Jdeclared that while it had a wm'lhyi motive it would impose an enormous| burden on the state. He told of the hearing when ex-Congressman La | (fuardia, of New York, had appeared in its favor. or Harter spoke briefly, de- ciaring that the report way meost un-| fertunate. e said the bill only asked for ane dellar a day for the aged to Keep them from the alms- house, McGrath Champions Bill, nator McGrath supported the bill, declaring that it would “put a pad- lock on the almshouses of the state.” He said it had been put into operation in other states and was favored by so- cial workers throughout the state. He | declared that the state could well af- ford to assume the burden of proper-) 1y caring for its aged. !’ “It is a means to help the needy | and nnfortunate and will let them die [und $1,000 in cash was taken by ban-| continue to reside among their friends rather than |n| the poor house." ! | | | AIRSHIPS START ON JOURNEY OF RELIEF Carrying Food to T(;n— Starving on Lake Michigan Island TALE OF GREAT SUFFERING Three Men, Cold, Exhausted and Half | Starved, Battle 48 Hours Through Ice and Water to Bring Slush, Message to Civilization. Northport, Mich.,, April 19.—(By, Associated Press.)—Cold, exhausted | and half starved, three men who for 48 hours battled their way through| slush, ice and open water, reached| the mainland yesterday bearing news| that ten others—nine men and a woman-—are starving on Ifox island, 18 miles from here in lLake Michi- gan. Airships To The Rescue. As a result of their story—a story | of a battle against odds in which hu-| fan lives were constantly at the mer-| cy of sweeping gales and shifting ice | pack—two army airships are driving| Britain at that time. through the sky today to carry food to the marooned party. The party went to the island laat sufficient for several months. prolonged winter, however, did not' enter into their calculations, Three weeks ago all food supplies except- ing some frozen potatoes were gone. Start Off On Foot. With death from starvation facing the little colony, an attempt was made by four men to cross to the mainlangl. They started on foot, but two miles from the island the ice broke up and two of the men narrowly escaped| death by drowning before the retujn to the island was accomplished. A week later the men started again but when two miles out they were caught (Continued on Third Page) | Kansas City L’:andifi Get Safe With $1,000 in Cash | Kansas City, Mo., April 19.~—A safe | containing about $17,000 in | | dits here today from a truck of thu| American Expreds Co. The handits! First Church Organiz NTI-PAUPERISM The ‘Shot Heard Ecclesiastical Society Is 165 Years Old—Rev. H. W, Maier Ordained to Minis- try 30 Years Ago. It is a far cry from riding the praries on horseback like a second “8ky Pilot” and preaching religion to Cowboys and Indians, to the pastoratc of New Britain's oldest and one of its most dignified Protestant churches. it is a far cry from the first meeting house in a little hamlet nearly 20 years before the Revolutionary war, to one of the wealthiest of a scorc or more churches in a clty of 60,000 people, 165 years later, Such in brief is the history of the First Congregational church, or First Church of Christ, and its pastor, in New Britain. It seems a fitting coin- cidence that this historical church should today observe its 165th anni- versary on the same day as its popu- lar pastor celebrates the 30th anniver- sary of his ordination to the minis- try. First Mceting House Here April 19, 1758 a small group of people assembled in Smalley park, or what was later known as Paradise Park, and dedicated to a Divine Pres- ence, the first meeting house in New Britain. There was no town of New The meeting house was in the southern part o IFarmington in the period. The residents were the sub- Gibbs | ; 4! fall to cut timber, carrying provisions Jects of the king of Great Britain and The ministers in churches regularly prayed ! for the welfare of the royal ruler (Continued on Eleventh Fage.) WALTER TROOP PRESIDENT OF CLEVELAND, 0., CO'PANY P A Belvidere Resident Resigns as Assist- ant Sales Manager of North & Judd Manufacturing Co. Walter Troop, for the past vears associated with the sales de- partment of North & Judd Mfg. Co., severed his connections with that firm yesterday, resigning as assistant sales manager. the presidency of a manufacturing compayy in Cleveland, Ohio, and has accepted, He will leave New Britain checks| puyy week, although his family will | the dis- here until schools close in June, and will pose of his home, | early Colonial nine | Mr. Troop has been offered | ol 17 Years Ro!md the World’ REV. HENRY W. TROTS 88 HRS. 18 MIN, BEATS GIRL'S REGORD Arthur Klein Sets New World Dance Mark in Cleveland Contests fAIER | | Cleveland, April 19—A new world's | record for continuous dancing, §8 'hours and 18 minuates, was set here ! this morning by Arthur How | Klein, when he quit dancing at 6:14 a.m. at a Cleveland Heights dancing academy. Klein, wearing a ol g o at 2 pum, &t 1 Landingym another haiitliss ¥, dred Duvalle, 20, a stenographer, was ! still going at 7:46 a. m. at which | time she had passed the record of 77 | hours and 45 minutes set by Miss yl{oac Smith at the same hall. Miss Smith quit at 7:05 a. m. because her feet hurt her. Miss .Smith, before | quitting, had broken the record of |76 hours and 10 minltes sot by Miss Margaret Gerrick here last night. At 9 a. m. Miss Duvalle and M June Curry we ill dancing at the same hall in an effort to breai all marathon dancing records. They were the last of the Cleveland con- testants, At that hour Miss Duvail { had danced 79 hours and 20 minutes and Miss Curry 78 hours, d | Both were | | Mr. Troop is one of the most popu- | Senator Dignam moved that the bill [ fired several shots before escaping in he tabled, but the motion was Jost hy jan automohile but no one was wound- I (Continued on Twelfth Page) ed, They did not attempt to open the safe, but took it with them. Five Persons lalled and One Mi;sing in Fire at Ly(m, Ma Five Story Apartment' House in Center of City Is Destroyed by Flames Early Today. ~ Lynn, Mass, April 19.—Five per- sons were killed in a fire which de- stroyed the Essex castle, a five-story brick apartment house on Ellis street in the center of the city early today. At least one other is missing and many occupants sustained burns and other injuries. The known dend Frank Tozier, George Philipot, Mrs, Antoinette Hanlon, Miss Margaret J. Nutter and Harry Fairchild. Miss Alma Gilman is missing. Po- lice and firemen this forenoon were making every effort to determine whether there were other bodies in the ruins. Start On Lower Flgor. The fire started on one of floors and almost immediately the interior of the building burst into flames. The 150 persons living in the 49 suites were quickly aroused, some by the crackling of the flames and some by the warning cries of other occupants. A few were able to make their way down the stairways before these were cut off by fire and smoke. Many jumped from the windows and others were taken down ladders by | the firemen. Painfully Burned. Most of those injured were burned about the face or hands in battling their way through flame-filled rooms. It was belleved that none of the in- Juries would prove fatal. Absence of wind aided the firemen in fighting the fire, which menaced the business district, They were able to confine it to the apartment house which was ruined. There were many narrow escapes when the roof fell in, Karly in the day the authorities had found nothing tangible upon which they conld base any theory as to the wause of the fire lower $S. | WINS AGAINST DEATH Speed Man Half Way Across Continent From New York Airplanes to See His Dying Sister. Springfield, Mo.,, April 19.-—Avia-| tion won over death in a thrilling| race half way across the continent, when Major Cleverly of San Antonio, | Texas, rushed in three relays yester- | day from New York city to the bed-| slde ¢f his mother at the Texas city. | The final “hop” was from Springfield | to his destination, which was reached before dark, according to .a message received here. | The first airplane left city early in the morning and flew to Indianapolis. The second airplane left the Indiana city at about 10/ o'clock and landed at the local fleld| at 1:30 o'clock. The third ship, which had come here grom Muskogee, | Okla., to meet the officer, arose in a few minutes and headed southwest at| great speed, reaching San Antonio| while still daylight. | New York | L. F. & C. PROPERTY BURNS | New Hartford House Destroyed— Comes As Climax to Fire Depart ment There. | New Hartford, April 19.—Just as the New Hartford fire department was winding up its six nights' fair last midnight the house of Thomas M. Heavy was seen to he on fire. The department responded and was assist- ed by Winsted firemen who had been guests at the fair. The house could, not be saved but adjoining property was protected. The loss was about| $5,000. Tanders, Frary and Clark of New Britain own the property. THREE INCHES OF SNOW. Winsted, April 19.-—The Litchfield hills were white with snow ecarly this morning three inches falling in Nor- folk and one inch here. J lof the lar residents of the Belvidere section and his friends will be pleased learn of the new opportunity offered him in a larger field. During his residence here he has been president Sixth Ward Republican club, chairman of the civil service commis- | sion, president of the Stanley School | Parents and Teachers' association, and vice-president of the United Par-| ents and Teachers’ association. He is recognized as one of the foremost salesmen in New England. BOYS TOOK TWO $20 BILLS FROM POCKETS OF AUTO There Was $68 at Hand But Young- sters Were Satisfied to Take $10 —Lectured By Chief Hart. Two small boys, one five years of age and the other six years old, were | brought before Chief William C. Hart at police headquarters this aft- ernoon by Scrgeant George P. Ellifi- | ger, after a complaint had been re- ceided from an employe at the Fafnir Bearing Co. that some money had been stolen from the pockets of an automobile left in the factory vyard yesterday afternoon. The youths admitted having taken two bills from the car, which were found in their possession. They said that there were more in the pockets of the automobile but they did not take them all. Upon investigation it was learned that they had stolen two $20 bills from a number of bills totaling $68 which the owner bhad left in his new Paige machine. The | boys, thinking they had $10 bills were | Four Big Mar endeavoring to make a purchase at a store when the police were notified. They were reprimanded by Chief | Hart and the money was returned to its owner, [, SERIOUSLY SHOCKED uth Norwalk Man Badly Injured When He Comes Into Contact With High Tension Wires, Bridgeport, April 19—Richard Hag- | | gerty, of South Norwalk, employed by | the New Haven railroad is in 8t. Vin- |cent's hospital in a serious condition | from shock and burns he received to- day when he came in contact with high voltage feed lines, while working at the Central avenue viaduct, to | (Continued on Third Page). MANGHESTER STRIKE SEEMS 70 BE NEARER SETTLEMENT | Company Offers to Take Up Griev- ances and Remedy Conditions If Justified. Manchester, April 19.—Prospects of settling the strike at the Cheney Bros. silk mills, where about 2,00 employes have walked out appearcd brighter today when it was announce at a meeting of strikers that officlals of the company had offered to take up the subject of grievances and remedy the conditions if they found dissatisfaction with them was justi- fied, A committee of eight composel of two delegates from each of tha dee purtments cted by the strike was named to s a conference with of. ficials of Cheney Bros. It was expect e a conference would be arranged for s this afternoon The committeae las power to sign sreeme nt At the mecting spokesmen for the various departiments announced that they had agreed at committee sessions vesterday to ask for 20 per cent flat wage increase and abolishment of the bonusg eystem now in effect in the mills. A few additional workers from the dressing department joined the strike this morning. CROSECOKTlfiEfii‘TRIP an Bombers Start Urom San Diego for Quantico, Va., This Morning. fan Diego, Cal, April 19.—Four big Martin bombing machines man- ned by eight officers and five enlisted (men of the United States Marine Corps hopped oft at the North island navy training station today at 9:15 o'clock for a cross-continent flight to Quantico, Va. * THE WEATHER - s ! Hartford, April 19.—)orecast L w Britain and vicinity: ¥ nd warmer tonight and Friday; westerly winds, | — P CIVIC LEAGUE BACK OF CHERRY ST. CASE Member Complained and Cobbler Is Fined $150 and Costs DRUGGISTS ARE DISCHARGED No Sale Proved Against Noveck and | | | | | | scherp Although Plenty of Liquor | Was Found—Boy's Testimony to be | Investigated. Iiquor, assault and breach of peace cases occupied the attention of Judge | icorge W. Klett In police court this| norning. Ibert Vasseline of I ‘herry street, arrested on a complaint, received from a member of the Civie| a charge of violating the , was fined $150 and costs. man John C. Stadler testified | that a raid was made in a cobbling shop conducted at 76 Cherry street condueted by Vasseline on Saturday afternoon of last week on a complaint ! received by Sergeant J. J. King from | the Civic League. Liquor and empty bottles wers found in the store and {in the celiar the policeman said that| l}m found a ten gallon keg of wine. | Vasseline when called to the stand | | testified that he owned the liquor but said that he had it to put in his | coffee which he had for breakfast and sometimes at night, Noveck and Scherp Discharged. Nathan Noveck and Charles Scherp charged with violating the 18th amendment, were discharged by | Judge Klett who, in passing judg-| | ment, stated that there 1d been no evidence produced in court that there | 1 wasg liquor in the bottle which police- ! men testified they saw pass from the kands of an employe of the firm to a | customer. | Both men were arested following a {raid on Noveck's apartment at the| corner of Hart and Arch streets in 5 ' a block in which Noveck conducts a The raid was made on 14 by Detective Ser- (Continued on Page Seven.) , drug store. Saturday, April | L. Damon of 250 West Main| strect, for many years president of the W. . Damon Coal Co. at 263 Church street, is In a critical condi- | tion at his home following a paralytic | stroke. | Mr. Damon failed to W, for | this c appear breakfast at his usual time morning and his daughter, Mrs, W. Vivian, went upstairs to inve gate. She found her father on hi bed unconscious and immediately summoned Dr, George W. Dunn who diagnosed the case a paralytic as DAMON w. 1 Vivian, who about for Hartford to attend the dental convention in scssion there, was forced to cancel his plans because the condition of Mr. Da- mon, which is said to be critical, At 1 this afternoon stricken man had recovered sciousness at several intervals, to lapsc again into unconsciousness. So far as is known this Mr. Damon’s first stroke. He has been in remarkably good health despite the 't that he is 74 years of age. Mr. Damon Is a well known resi- dent of this city. He has been promi- nent in politics, being an active demo- crat and was a member of the board { of public works under former Mayor Joseph M. Halloran. He is promi- | nent in Masonic circles and was a coal and lumber dealer for more | than half a eentury, selling his place of business recently to the Stanley Works which now is erecting an eight-story factory buliding on the | site. stroke. Dr. to state leave of o'clock the is gherty Agree In Asking In- junction To Prevent Futures Trading—Spec- ulators Made $900,000 In February—Most Sweeping Action Ever Taken By Govern- ment Against Food Gamblers—Market Falls Off 50 Points. Washington, April 19. proceedings to completely instituted in New ‘Harding And Dau (By Associated Press)—Injunetion p shut off trading in sugar futures were York today by the federal government. ¢ Would Stop Futures Sales The government’s bill prepared under the personal direction of Attorney General Daugherty after consultation with President Hafdmg asks the cowrt to permanently prevent the New York coffee and sugar exchange from entering into or permitting any transactions in sugar “unless the person purporting to make such sale has in his possession or under his control a supply of sugar adequate to meet the requirements of such transaction.” .. $900,000 Gain In Speculations. i The action is requested, the government says, as a result of tax;h«'n'gy of specul;:;noxll" which has driven up the price of sugar 0 the consumer and which during Februar i - books of brokers by $900,000. . A v J . Conspiracy Is Charged. A “conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce” is charged and officials of the exchange and of the New York coffee afd sugar clearing house association against which the injunction would be directed jointly with the exchange are asked to appear in court and answer the government’s allegations. ANNUAL MEETING OF ROTARY GLUB HELD s e % | as a means of contracting and specu- = |lating.” As a result, it was ed, BORI‘d oi Dlrecmrs Is Elected at Lr’i‘cflm'vl: are ns1n]l(xlis'h‘fld whl::daga Noon Luncheon Today - Prices Are “Fixed.” The court was advised in the bill that the exchange and the clearing house association serve no legitimate or useful purposec in the marketing in Wwholly speculative and artificial. Most Sweeping Action. . The proceedings are the most | sweeping ever instituted by the fed- eral government in its efforts to curb speculation in the necessities of life. The injunction petition was decided {on after the whole subject including | evidence gathered in New York and elsewhere by department of justice | agents had been discussed % {stal iy [’Pres(dmvt Harding and his cabinet fand after Attorney Gen. Daugherty, | who is 1Il at Ashville, N. €., had re- vised and approved the bill of coms plaint, May Have Criminal Action, Although the action today was & | civil suit Assistant Attorney Gen. Sey- | mour announced the government also was considering criminal proeceedings | under the Sherman law and was pur- | suing an investigation along that line. Mr. Seymour said further that the | government probably would request | the courts to declare invand the indi- | vidual contract involved in the specu- ;mtinn complained of and issue an or- der preventing settlements between traders. |OFFICERS 10 BE CHOSEN | President. Spragwe Raticss and Suc- W. L. DAMON SUFFERS | PARALYTIC STROKE {Coal Dealer for Over Half | Century Is in Critical | Condition cessor Will Re Named Next Week— Reports Describe Activity of Or- ganization, E. J. Porter, Sprague, Krnes I7. Corbin, Leon A. W. Pelton, William H. Crowell, A, Mills, George C. togers, K. Clayton Goodwin and I 0. Rackliffe were clected to serve as directors of the New Britain Rotary club for the ensuing year, at the an- nual meeting of the club held this noon at the Elks' club on Washington street, The directors will meet next week to choose the new officers of the club. President Sprague, retary Rackliffe and Treasurer Mills sub- mitted their reports at the luncheon this noon. Dr. IFred P. Lee, chairman of the ;crmplod children’s committee report- | ed that six children have been sup- plied with glasses by the club and | plans are now under way to have a prominent physiclan operate upon a | New Britain youth who has a par- alyzed leg which can be made useful, | Members of the club granted Dr. Lee permission to go uhead with the plans made and all expenses will be paid by the Rotary ciub, Report of President Sprague. The report of President Spraguoc follows: “The New Brituin Rotary club has now heen in cxistence for two years and three months, In this twenty- seven months one hundred and five meetings have been Id Most of FOR THE THIRD TIME sentative business men of the city to- gether where they could mingle one with the other for closer friendship. Second, where knowledge 1 under Melrose Athlete Closely Followed by Frank Zuna of New York standing of conditions that surround | | | Sugar Market Falls, New York, April 19.—Raw sugar futures took a perpendicular drop of | approximately 50 points on the New | York coffee and sugar exchange to- | day on receipt of word of the govern- ment’s suit to enjoin trading in sugae futures. Heavy gencral selling developed as soon as news of the injunction sult reached the floor. Drops ranged from |30 to T4 points, but were followed by a rally which carried prices back 33 points Cuban raw sugar, however, sold at a new high record gince 1920. A gala of 5,500 bags was made to one oper- jator at 6% cents, cost and freight {ecual to §.16 for centrifugal. (Continued on Twelfth Page). us were driven home by men engaged (Continued on Twelfth Page) Mrs. Jane Morey, Former Well Known 19, (By Associated American marathon voad race was won today by Clarenee f Melrose the first three in the 27 year history of His success like that of last year, was in a driving finish in | which he overtook Albert P. Michel« |son of Stamford, Conn., about three miles from the end De Mar's official time was 2 1-5: Frank Zuna, Millrose A York, finished second. Wallie Carlson of Chicago, third, Zuna's official time 2 hours, 25 minute seconds; Carle son's, 2 hours, 27 minutes, 10 seconds. Resident of This City, Passes Away _I_\\T‘”' he At Wollaston, Mass, Morey, age 97 years, died at Wollaston, Mass, yesterday. She was a former resident of New Britain and the body wili be brought here for burial Saturday on the train due to arrive in New Britain at 12:09 o'clock. Services will be held at the ave in Fajrview cemetory at 12:30 o'cloek Rev. William Ross, pastor of the First Baptist will oftficiate. Mrs Morey one son, Frederick Morey Raid Drug- Slo-re: Mecca LOf N. Y. Wealthy Classes New York, April ~Federal of- ficers raided an upper Kast side tene- | ment early today and seized $69,000 | worth of narcotics. They arreste custodian alleged to be one of a & L of addicts who have been conducting [a drug rendezvous patronized by hun- dreds of wealthy men and women. Attention was attracted to the pl by long lines om moter cars befe the building at all hours of the day ‘and night Mrs. Jane time victor the event. finished was 2 leaves French Undertakers Go On Strike for More Pay Paris, April 19.—~The French une certakers’ union has called a general strike throughout the country to sups port the wage demands of its meme bers in the Paris suburbs, who for the st month have sought an increass of five francs a day. The city of Paris is not affected by ihe strike order, in- asmuch as undertaking here is & mus nicipal monopoly. 19.-