New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1923, Page 15

ANDREWS LEGION MEMBER OF MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Wil Represent Eddy-Glover Post— Fund Will be ¥stablished to Decor. dte Graves in Franco Joseph C, Andrews has been ap- pointed to represent Eddy-Glover post, American Legion, on the mayor's committee arranging for a permanent memorial, The management of Fox's theater gave a private showing of the picture “Skin Deep” for the benefit of the . members of Eddy-Glover post last night, The picture has been endosed by the Ameriean Legion, Fddy-Glover post will send to na- tional headquarters part of the money which will be collected on “poppy day.”” This fund will be held in trust by mational headquarters and the in- terest will be used to decoratp the graves of New RBritaln men who gave their lives in the war and whose graves are in France, The rest of the money collected here will he used to decorate the graves of men who are buried in this city, The idei of send- ing part of the “poppy day' collection to l.egion headquarters was suggested by C. Harry Barton, who is in Colora- do and who backed up his recommen- dation with a check. LEAGUE ASKS RULING AWants The Hague to Decide Whether Or Not Sovict-Finland Agreement Is a Binding One, Geneva, April 21, (By Associated Press).—The council of the league of nations has asked the international court of justice at The Hague to clarify the status of ecastern Karelia by deciding whether the peace treaty between the soviets and Finland signed at Dorpat on October 14, 1920, constitutes an international engage- ment of a nature requiring Russia to exccute articles ten and eleven re- garding the autonomy of the district. The counecil in this temporarily dis- posing of the question made it clear that the league has no power to com- pel the soviets to adopt any given course and cannot obligate itself to execute the court's decisions. The council also ordered’that all documents bearing on Bulgaria's com- plaint that the Greeks are driving the Bulgarians from Thrace be sent to the various governments in the hope that the problem can be solved be- tween the governments. 10 REYIVE DEAD SEA Canal Project {s Likely to Tum That District Into Thriving Farming Country Again. London, April 21.—The Dead Sea will soon come to life and the land which in’ Joshua's time “flowed with milk and honey” is to come into its own again, according to Albert Hiorth, outlining a scheme for the irrigation cf the plain of Jordan between the FOX’S NEXT MON. “THE TOWN THAT FORGOT GOD” NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928, Hagenbeck Recuperating lake of Genesaroth and the Dead fe to the members of the Victoria ine stitute here, Wide areas are covering with fer. tlle soil suitable for cultivation, and only Irrigation is needed, Tt is pros posed to bulld canals on both sldes of the river Jordan, A hydro-electric plant Is planned on the western shore of the Dead Sea which would receive its energy from the Mediterranean through & tunnel under Jerusalem, 70 TELL OF WHIPPINGS —— Florida Prison (| With Other, p Case Continues, Each Side Contradicting Tallahassee, 1la, April 21-~Pre. fpared to hear eight more witnesses to be presented by North Dakota repra- sentatives in the case of Martin Ta- bert, North Dakota youth, the legisla- tive committee investigating Tabert's death, which it is alleged, was the re- sult of a flogging in a lumber camp met here today after a recess of one day. ’ The witnesses swill Capers Jones who prepared. Tabert for burial and who previously told the committes that Tabert was suf- fering from a serious akin disease which superinduced pneumonia, and T. Baugn of Tallahassee who examin- ed Tabert here when he was arrested for beating his way on a freight train, Dr, Baugn's testimony will be to the effect that Tabert when. arrested was not suffering from the skin disease referred to by Dr. Jones, Other witnesses will be called to support testimony previously given that Tabert received as many as 100 or more lashes from the whip of Wal- ter Higginbotham, the camp whipping boss. include Dr, T. WIFE IS SOLE HEIR Judge B.urpt-r- Rules That Widow s Entitled to All of Husband's Estate if He Has No Children, New Haven, April 21.-—Among five decisions filed by the Connecticut su- preme court today was one in the case of Alice B. Beach vs. the Meriden Trust and Safe Deposit Co. The de- cision written by Justice Burpee, ad- vises the superior court that each question at law reserved for consider- ation by the court shall be answered in the affirmative. The case involved the question whether a wife is the sole heir of her hushand if there are no surviving children, NEW COTTON RECORD More Than Nine and One-Half Billion Active Spindle Hours During Moath of March. ‘Washington, April 21.—Cotton spin- ning set a new record in March reach- ing more than nine and one-half bil. lion active smpindle hours, the census bureau's monthly report today show- ed. In cotton growing states spin- ning activities exceeded five billion active spindle hours for the fire time. The spindle hours for March for the country were 9,531,002,951, or an average of 255 hours for each spindle in place, compared with 8,449,376,685, or an average of 227 hours per spin- dle in I'ebrwary this year and 7,769,- 741,174 or an average of 211 in March last year. Your U.S. Victory Bonds Will Mature May 20th (] Interest on your Bonds will stop May 20th. ( To induce you to put this money in a Mutual Savings Bank, paying 43%, we will credit to your account the full amount of the Bond and the * full amount of the coupon on presentation. ’ qIf presented for credit at this Bank before May 6—Inter- est will start on the amount de- posited, as of_ May lst ( This offer is worth your careful consideration as there is nothing for you to lose and one month’s interest for you to gain. Burritt Savings Bank | ‘Open Tonight—7 to 9 The war ruined the wild animal business of Karl Hagenbeck, and his cages at Stellingen, Germany, were empty. Here he is with his first two animals for shipment to America since the war, two baby elephants, City items Loren E. Baker has returned to Doston after spending a few days with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. I.. C. Baker of Brighton street. Seven. bids were health department this morning for the garbage romoval contracts, The bids will be opened some day next week, Mr. and Mrs, William H. Allan of West Main street, left yesterday for Boston where they will make their future home, Mr. Allan originally came from Boston and has been em- ployed for the past few years in the office of the Connecticut Electric Light & Power Co.,, on West Main street. He has taken a similar posi- tion in Boston. PLAN “KIDDIE PARTY” Y. W. C. A, Sports Club Members to received by the Hark Back to Days of Childhood on Tuesday Fvoning. The Sports club of the Y. W. €. A, will have a “kiddy party” on Tuesday, at 8 o'clock, at which time all mem- bers will appear dressed like children and the games and refreshments will be appropriate for the occasion. This meeting wilk wind up the which has been going on between the “Sticks’ and “Dumbbells” for three months. Both sides will compete Tuesday Mght in the final stunts and club songs as the climax to the contest. The losing side will have an oppor- tunity to show the winning side what a. good program it can give at the next meeting in May., PROTEST AGAINST TAX Warsaw, April 21.—Movie tickets in Warsaw are taxed 100 per cent, and as a protest to the authorities all the movie houses recently got together and closed. The government is losing 20,000,000 Polish marks a day as result. The authorities came back with an order on the movie men to reopen at once, or have their premises confis- cated for use as schools. Publie opin- ion, however, is with the picture Again we to come in and secure a Safe Deposit Box for your papers--your deeds and bonds ance policies Isn’t It Worth To There is one for you alone contest | | Boston, April 21.—The sale of stock al men, and it is belleved the dispute will be compromised by the collection of a 50 per cent tax. \s Popular Actress Given Banquet by Classmates Miss ldna Richards of the Lyceum theater company was the recipient of a large bouquet of flowers last eve- ning from former classmates at Mount Saint Joseph academy, Misses Anna Sliney, Hazel Sullivan, Helen Lynch, Lillian McEnroe, Katherine Doyle and Margaret Conway. HOUSE OF DAVID LOS Lansing, Mich., April 21.-—A motion by the Isracl House of David that the state’'s quo warranto proceedings against it be quashed was denied in circuit court here today. “If the or- ganization is being used as a cloak for fraud and deceit,” Judge Leland Carr declared, “I am not impressed with the argument that the state cannot in- quire into its activitics or that the Ingham couny (Lansing) court has no Jurisdiction.” PAYAK RIPORTS New York, April 21.—The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows an excess in reverse of $15,096,740, This 18 an increase of $3,503,440. SALE IS FORBIDDEN in this state of Climax Spar and Radium Co. of Colorado was forbid- den by the department of public utili- tles today. Gross misrepresentation of the financial condition of the com- pany was charged. London, April 21.—During the dis- {cussion in the House of Commons of |l.ady Astor's temperance bill, W. A. 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The German gov- ernment has established an officlal and insur- One éent a Day You? department known as the dispatching department for stamp collectors, which supplies stamps to subscribers as soon as they are {ssued and at- tempts to revive as many of the old issues as possible for sale purposes. NAMED LIBRARIAN AT BROWN Providence, April 21.—Lawrence C Wroth of the Enoch Pratt free li- brary in Baltimore, has been appoint. ed librarian of the John Carter Brown library in Boston university according to announcement made today by Pres. ident W. H. P. Faunce. Mr. Wroth is a graduate of Johns Hopkins univer. sity. g an——— THREE KILLED IN CAVE-IN Raleigh, N. C., April: 21, =< Three persons were killed when a tale mine owned by the Standard Mineral Co., in Moore county, caved in today, ac- cording to information received by the Norfolk Southern rallroad officials here from their agent at Hemp. 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