New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1923, Page 1

lessons. . T —————) News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 GOVT. KEEPS WITHIN INCOME, PAYS OFF DEFICIT AND HAS OVER 175 MILLION SURPLUS Reports on U. S, Finances |} AITING STATIIJN Hm Show That Great War-| Time Debt is in Man- ageable Shape e I Common Council When the Fiscal Year Start- I cpeiirsinaint ed, Financial Statemenu Councllman Clifford W Hellberg o he third ward will introduce a resolu Show: ed \ccountu to BC unn into the common council Wednes- Iday evening requesting the appoint- $823,000,000 to the Bad. One at Meeting of [ment of a committee of five member |10 consider and report on the at Central park. Waahington, June 18.—Heads of de- | The councilman's plan is to have goant George C. ENlinger of the New partments and hureans constituting 'the city construet and maintain the Britain volios departmint visited the “the business orgnnization” of the station, renting it to the Conneeticut|pacat yWashington on March 8 and government were called together to-|sompany. reized a large quantity of liquor. The day to hear formal announcement by It Is expected that the third ward-| gollowing day. Mr. Halloran, pro. President Harding, its head, and Di-| ap'g jden will meet the approval of the ! peictor of the hotal: was Nnvmi under rector Lord of the budget, that the | mayor who has repeatedly urg arrest gn a charge of vielating the government has lived within its in. upon the trolley compuny the iquor law " come during the past 12 months. The!tablishment nf » - y He was given a hearing before meeting also was expected to proceed At u|.rc°nn¢etieut to a discussion of plans for the forth- | with 1. Dep! torbett at Iartford a few days af- coming year and to hear an outline of enmp Ad" o Cfll" srward, when his ease was confinued, what the president expects the gov. was “Ifl‘ord' pwny | A8 case was continued at several ernment to accomplish since it has|was e i a position tolsubsequent hearings until Judge overcome the prospective deflelt, | buim £ Ifll”"K station and ,mgmn"Thmuuu announced that the llquor Although the governmental ma-{was done. would be peturned and the case chinery has two weeks to run on funds| Councilman . Hellberg believes that|&gainst Halloran dismissed. appropriated for the current year, |the comfort and convenience of those IR Fie treasury officlals have figured con-|who have occasion to use the trolleys ' TO TAKE HIS SEAT fidently that a surplus of above $178.-/and who are without sheter at Cen-| New Haven, June 18.—Judge L. J.| 000,000 would be rung up when busi- | ness closes June 30, | At the beginning of the fiscal year| last July 1, an apparent deficit of | tral park warrants pains, TROLLEY PASSENGERS| City to Be Asked to Erect con- struction of a public waiting station state Library. the construection| Nickerson will of a waiting station by the city, he ex- NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, LIQUOR RETURNED 10J. R, HALLORAN v& | Beverages Sdud on March 8 Re- JUNE 18, 102 AMHERST TRUSTEES WILL MAKE REPORT TOMORROW [Have Reen Investigating ( harges Made Against President Meikle john—=Seniors Rack N stored {0 o'mr h’ Fdonl Jndge Amberst, June 15.—The committee of the Amherst college board of trus. B tees whieh has heen investigating re perts of dissatisfaction in certain VALUE sA'D To nE ”m quarters with the administration of CRED'TORS TAKE AG‘”ON FPresident Alexander Meikieiohn was — {understond to be ocenpled taday with e — - consideration as to what repert it Announcement From Bench That should make. The eommities has' FiFm Alio Has Oficos in Many Other Case Is Dismissvl Al Goods heard representatives of the faculty ' cyjes Ineluding New York, Chi (and students and has interviewed seizedd Given Back to Hotel Mane | President Meikleiohn, 1t 18 expected cago, Demver, Los Angeles, Seattle Raid Made by Prohibition Officers. and Portland, Ore, Liquor valued at $4,000, which wus San Francisco, June 18, -The San ¢ | selzed in a4 cellar in the building oc- Francisco office of A, W, Coote & Co,, L eupied by the Hotel Washington at sald to he the largest independent the corner of Washington and Lafay firm of brokers on the Paei const ette atreets on March §, 1023, by fed. falled to open ita doors today A eral authorities, was returned to the owner, James It. Halloran, this morn. ing by the order of Judge Thomas of the federal ecourt at Hartford Fedaral men accompanied by Ser. 'nited States Commissioner Frederic take his seat on the | superior court hench during the court | session here in September, £623,000,000 confronted the treasury, The accomplishment of bringing ex- penditures within the amount avall- able to pay them is regarded at the | treasury as more significant than! merely elimination of a dl’“l‘" It means, a treasury spokesman has sald, | that the great debt piled up dunnx' war-time and immediately th"rl‘altl’r‘ is now in manageahle shapee Questions of the government's financial status naturally are closely related to those of taxation and the certain surplus in thiz fiscal vear, \\‘"h‘ the repeated assertion by the presi- | dent that the budget will at least he | balanced next vear, has given the F(-[ perts new lines on which to work in | thelr study of ways and means of 1ift- | ing the tax burden. | KLAN IN DARIEN CHURCH Present Flag to Clergyman and An- nounce Order is Nefther Anti-Colore], | Anti-Catholic Nor Anti-Hebrew, ien, Conn., June 18, deint service of the First tlonal and Methodist churches, in! the latter's edifice last night in rec- ognition of Bunker Hill Day, tiarec figures in the white robes of the i Klux Klan scddenly appeared and presented Rev. Dr. J. Morgan of the Methodist church with a large Am- erican flag. One of the men served as spokes- | man and he said that the organization ‘'was not anti-colored, Anti-Catholic or anti-Hebrew." He said the ovgani- ~During a Congrega- Breg; g zatlon did not believe in inter-mar riage of white and negroes nor in placing the negro on par with the | white race. He aiso added that “the organization cannot be anti-Catholic, or anti-Hebrew unless something is done which is against the American flag or American principles.” The robed figures then church, left the MISSING HILD FOUND WIiLLFAM TANCRID Three Year Old Hartford Youngster Lost in Swamp Near Colchester, " FULLER MAY “SQURAL” ‘»Bu\kmpt New York Broker Lspected Kidnapping First Feared, Hartford, lice and ma June 18 —The state po v residents between Col- | chester and Salem were hunting Sun- day night for \Mamie Stoklio, three vear old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Max Stoklio of 202 Walnut street, this city which was on a visit with her| parents to a friend of the family in Colchester. At first It was feared the child had been kidnapped but this afternoon she was found in a swamp where she had wandered and nppnt the night. FREE SWIMMING LESSONS Hero of Yesterday's Rescue Today Helps Instruct 120 School Boys in to Give Information Against Men | | Higher Up in Alleged Crooked Deal. New York, June 18.—Edward M. Fuller of the bankrupt brokerage firm with bucketlng stock orders was taken |from Ludlow street jail today and | questioned by 17, 8. Dist. Attorney | Hayward while armed deputy mar- !shals guarded the doors. Fuller was produced on order of Judge Goddard. Officlals indicated Fuller might dis- close the men higher up to whom the assets of his company were sald to | have been turned over on the eve of the faflure Fuller and his partner, W. Frank Aquatic Maneuvers at “Y". Five years is the maximum penalty but they cannot begin serving [term until they have cleared them- selves of the federal contempt of court charges which put them behind About 80 boys showed up at the physical department of the Y. M. C. A. this morning to take advantage of the free swimming lessons offered to school boys by the association. They | were divided into six classes, each Ay THIN TIVAEY" tWO EHOHIRE W9 class belng given a 200 minute period ohyeica director, and wintam Tanc: | KOPF DECIDES TO QUIT GAM. red, assistant physical director and an | Cincinnati, June 18 — Larry expert swimmer who yesterday saved Kopf, Boston Nationals shortstop, the life of 10 year old Esther Swan- son of 309 Stanley street when she arrived in Cincinnati today - and ’ announced that he had quit the was drowning at Willow Brook park, instruct aiternate classes. | This afternoon about 40 boys from the Children's Home were given first Braves and would retire from | baseball. | He saild he notified the Boston | management two weeks ago that he intended to retire from baseball | permanently to devote his time to his ofl and gasoline station here. | pid FIRE IN CINCINNATI Cincinnati, June 18.-~Firemen were buttling this afternoon to confine a| gasoline fire at the plant of the Ohlo Refg. Co. in Bord Hill to the ten| tenks afire. Four Girls and Boy Saved From Drowning by Troop 4 Boy Scouts in Pool at Willow Brook Park fSkir;ner. Tancred and Erickson Rescue Swanson and isters and Lad When Raft is Overturned. {of E. M. Fuller and Co. who pleaded | ‘gumv to an indictment charging him | McGee, are to be sentenced tomorrow. | their | | tank's discount rate will be increased | Kohtinsky, Herolsm on the part of Scout- | master Dwight Skinner, Eagle Scout | William Tancred and ' 'Tenderfoot | Scout John Erickson of Troop 4, Boy Scouts, yesterday saved the lives of | four Stanley street girls and a boy | when a raft upon which they were riding on a pond in Willow Brook {park tipped over and plunged the | quintet Sunday afternoon. The girls’ were FEsther Swanson, aged 10 years, and Helen Swanson, wwed 12 years, daughters of Mr. and . Andrew anson of 309 Stanley street, and Etta Marfe Smith, aged !1 years, and Leona Smith, aged 138 years, daughters of Mrs. Pearl B. vmith of the same address. The boy ege was not identified. One of the girls had gone down for the last time when rescued by Tan- cred, The other three girls were puiled out by M boy was rescued by Erickson. The Scouts were members of Troop 4 of the Center church. 'With Scout- master Skinner of 104 Camp street, a foreman at the Stanley Works and | gon of E. J. Skinner, president of the | 8kinner Chuck Co., they were out for !a Sunday afternoon hike. They had spent some time playing Scout games and had gone for a drink. to where water pipe leads from a spring when they heard shouts for help ncarby. They rushed to a nearby water- hole where they found the four girls and the boy struggling in the water. | The boy had gone under for the first time and Isther Swanson had gone down for the third time, while the others were struggling nearer the | skore, The water was too muddy to see through but Mr. Skinner and the two boys unhesitatingly jumped into the | | pond without stopping to remove any clothing. Tancred, who, although only 20 years old, is assistant phys- ical director at the Y. M. C. A., and a Red Cross life saver and a“tmmlng | (Continued on Fle\eneh Page.) $30,617 FOR ONE DOLLAR At Pre-War Figures, This Is What One Iron Man Will Buy Today in German Marks—FLowest Yet, New York, June 18—German marks were quoted here today at .00067% cents, a new low récord. At today's | price the American dollar would pur- chase 145,450 German marks, Be- fore the war, these 145,450 marks | would have been worth $20,617. Ry The Associated Press, Rerlin, June 18—The mark fell to 1143,000 to the dollar at noon today, \cauuing serious concern in financial lnd business quarters, The rata | opened at 130,000 and had advanced | more than 10,000 within an hour. A report is current that the Reichs- shortly from 18 to 30 per cent. Hartfnrd Grocer Bankrupt, | New Haven, June 18.—Morris | a Hartford grocer, in a bankruptcy petition today gives lia- bilitles of $46,799 and no assets. Of the former flgure $24,000 is due for | Owes $46,799, Has Nothmg re—— l | into 10 feet of muddy water | who apparently was only six years of | Skinner while the| | Rudolph, a {and fined $150 and costs today. A po- notice was posted announcing that an involuntary petition in bankruptey had been filed by creditors Other ofMces of the concern are A Los Angeles, 8an Diego, Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Portland, Ore,, Chi. cago, Denver, New York eity, Phoenix, Ariz., Oatman, Ariz, and Seattle PRIEST MALTREATED BY CHINESE BANDITS Father Vlalotla Held as | Captive—British Mis- sionaries Besieged | *Hy The Associated Press, Hankow, China, June 18.—Five { hundred brigands who kidnapped an Itallan priest ll-‘nlhcr Malotto, about 100 miles north of here on Sat- urday maltreated the prelate before | ‘DI I they carried him oft. N MEIKLEJO ARRGA Dl,’i S J aak The outlaws also seized and bore »vhat ‘n wlll submit its findings at the | away several hundred native prisoners | |annual meeting of the trustees xn.|ncmrd|ng to reports brought here morrow, | today. A large number of alumni are in| The same or another gang of bri- town and it is considered likely that| gands is reported to have surrounded the controversy will figure in the pro- a British missionary compound at ceedings of the alumni meeting to- Tsaochih, about 50 miles northwest of | {morrow. Members of the senior and | Hankow. All women connected with ‘J\lnmr classes are awaiting the out-|the mission however had previously come of the trustees meeting before | | been gent to a safer place. The men adoption of a resolution by the sonlqr; |class yesterday declaring its anphr" of President Meiklejohn. NEW YORK HOLD-UPS Jeweler Toses 83150 But Saves $1500 JUST RECOVERED, ELOPES Ring by Sw‘pllowlng it~—Big Garage | y Wit] Fract: ‘\ow Girl Who, With u‘m"d} Held up and $300 Taken. Spine Lived Year Strapped to Board Weds First Day Cured. San Francisco, June 18.-—Miss Jean Strang, whose spine was fractured in an automobile accident last year and who since has lived strapped to a| board, was able to leave the board for the first time since last week-end and seized the occasion to elope with George Franklin, who was her flance before the accldent. | They were married at Burlingame after the bridgroom had carried the bride in his arms to the altar. | Each {s 19 years old. Mrs. Pauline Franklin, mother of the bridegroom said that she would seek to have the marriage annulled. Mrs. Rebecca Strang, mother of the girl also is said to favor an annulment. Police were asked to search for the couple, armed with revolvers early today held up Samuel Lowey, a jeweler, robbed him of jewels worth $2,830 and $300 in cash and esceped in a motor car who was in a taxicab in front of his home in the Bronx swallowed a ring proached. New York, June 18.—Twelve armed bandits today held up 50 chauffeurs, | garage while confederates robbed a | safe of $3,000. Nothing was taken from the employes. automobiles. They arrived at the the cashier the receipts of the night. In their haste, the bandits overlook- ed a large sum in the safe. | Chicago Motorman Forgets | Train Watching Baseball Chicago, June 18.—A motorman of | an elevated train yesterday held up L" traffic on the north side for half | an hour when hé abandoned his train full of passengers to take a peek at! the Chicago-FPhiladelphia ball game at | the Cubs' park. When trains became MORE INDICTMENTS ASKED | | Other Officials of the Bankrupt L. R.| | Steel Co,, Are to Be Prosecuted by Buffalo District Attorney. " Buffalo, June _1X.v~lnd|ctmenta‘ | against several former officers of the| bankrupt .. R. Steel Co., will be asked, District Attorney Moore de-| badly blocked, a search was instituted clared today as he began presentation| And he was found absorbed in the to a grand jury of evidence covering| Eame. / the collection of alleged illegal stock | i commissions. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY Included among those who prob- The police nave been notified that ably will be called during the grand|sometime between Saturday noon and Jury Investigation are Walter M. Wil- | kins, former general counsel for the steel companies and later chairman | of the board of control; Francls J.| removed from one of the windows and Roher, former president of the steelftha geal of a refrigerator car was Realty Development Co.; Gerald K.|broken, director who resigned | enter the Andrews, Swift & Co. plant on Commercial street. A screen was taking any definite action beyond the | of the mission still are at their posts. | New York, June 18.—Two bandits driven by a third highwayman. Lowey | worth $1600 when the bandits ap-| helpers and washers in an east side The bandits escaped in a fleet of | hour when the chauffeurs turn in to| this morning an attempt was made to | NEW BRITAIN HERALD 3, =FOURTEEN PAGES, LARGEST BROKERAGE MOLTEN LAVA RUSHING DOWN IN WEST IS CLOSED FROM MOUNT ETNA REPORTED San Fraciso Ofss of A, W, DESTROYIIVG SICILIAN TOWN Goote & CO INO Banknlptcy Unconfirmed News Story Tells of Complete Destruction of Linguaglossa—River lages At Rate of 300 Feet An Hour—People Fleeing in Panic—Stricken Place Has 15000 Inhabitants, POLAR PLIGHT REPORTED ABANDONED BY EXPLORER o Assaciated Pres London, June 18 from Christiana, afternoon Roald Amundsen has abandoned Mght across the A dispaten Norway, this that Captain the explorer, his proposgd Pole by air BAYS | \ssn | Press Christiania, June 18, —Cap. tain Roald Amundsen, has aban- doned his proposed fiight across the North Pole by airplane it was announced this afternoon by the Norwegian minister of defense I(IRKHAM SEEKS COPY OF REAL TIME LAW \MII vot Proceed to Tes Enforcement Act Until He Reads It. Judge John H. Kirkham, corpora- |tion counsel, has written the clerk of bills of ¢he general assembly request- ing & copy of the anti-daylight sav- ing statute passed at the last session so that he may examine it preparatory to drafting recommendations relative to the mayor's proposed test case to determine the validity of the statute. The mayor announced several days ago that he was not in sympathy with the idea of making it a criminal of- fense to show daylight saving time on |a publiely displayed clock, and that | he would gladly entertain a resolution at the next common council session to have this city start a test case, He conferred with the corporation | counsel twice thoroughly and report on the ad- visability of this city fostering litiga- tion in an effort to suppress the sta. tute: | examine an official copy of the statute, Judge Kirkham declined this morning to make any statement relative to the proposed test of the law. " CAPTURE TURKISH SHIP British Destroyer Takes Vessel in Sea | of Marmora Which Was Carrying Guns From Thrace, Constantinople, June 18.—The Brit- | ish destroyer Splendid has seized a Turkish transport in the Sea of Mar- *‘mora which was cfrr\lng a cargo of s'um: from Thrace. The capture is the result of plans ‘of the British authorities who had re- ceived information that the anku 'v\ere endeavoring to remove frnm Thrace guns‘and troops clandestinely sent there in violation of the Mudania armistice when the resumption of hos- tilities with Greece was threatened. [Mrs. Anna Buzzi on Trial For Murder of Schneider York, April 18.—Mrs. Anna \BunI was placed on trial today for the murder of Frederick Schneider, wealthy contractor who was shot to death in his automobile on a lonely | road in the Bronx, February 25. It was expected a jury wounld be com- pleted this afternoon. Mrs. Buzzi who | admitted having lived with Schneider for several vears is alleged to have | slain him because of jealousy. more than a year ago; George G.| Speer, former state senator of Ken- | tucky and James H. Nicholson of/ Belmont. His Wife and Six Children | See Aviator Fall to Death | Washington, June 18.—Before the | eves of his wife and six small chil-| dren, Aaron T. Rossignol, 36, of| Clarendon, Va., met death yesterday when he dived frem an airplane into | the Potomac river, 60 feet helow. Rossignol who struck on his back, went down before help could reach him. Wednesday of this week stores in New Britain will be day. Wednesday sales which in pas during the summer months, t Third Offender Gets Jail Sentence in Bridgeport Bridgeport, June 18.-—Herman Son- nenberg of Fairfield, arrested for a third offense against the prohibition laws was sentenced to jail for ten days public on Wednesday that it st Thrifty shoppers will do on his home Baturday night whiskey and mash. Nce rald | revealed stores are open for business. In all lines there will be pl | THE WEATHER oo ™ Hartford, June 18.—Forccast Fair. warmer tonight. Tuesday tions. rent on a lease. Herbert L. painter, of Manchester, in a similar petition has debts of $6,011 and assets of $1,789. Fortune, || increasing cloudiness. Moderate | for New Britain and vicinity: ' southerly winds. ’ have arranged for the shoppin, ’ 0Old Fashioned Dollar Day Wednesday is the last Wednesday the open all day until, Fall. Be- ginning next week the stores will close at noon on Wednes- To give the people of New Britain and vicinity an op- portunity to get some real bargains and to introduce the t years have been so popular he merchants have arranged for a bang-up old-fashioned Dollar Day to be held in all stores on Wednesday of this week. While the dollar has shrunk considerably since the war New Britain merchants are going to demonstrate to the ill can go a long way. Prices are going to be generally slashed for Wednesday and the counters in all stores will fairly teem with bargains. well to start their shopping lists right now and be ready to get down town early Wed- nesday as there will undoubtedly be a rush as soon as the enty of bargains as the mer- chants will sacrifice profits to make this Dollar Day the big- gest trading day in the history of the city. Read the advertisements In tomorrow night's Herald. They will tell the story of Wednesday’s Dollar Day attrac- Then make up your mind to get down town early and be prepared for the bargain sll)llrprises the merchants g public. l -—u.fl_f-—.,‘wmmv-.wmmw. Bt v-wwfl o A g R g and Judge Kirkham has promised to go into the matter | Since he had not an opportunity to Daily Cireulation 9,293 PRICE THREE CENTS hon&o lun 16th of Five Speeds Toward Vil Ny The Assaciated Pregs, Londen, June 1% An Exchange Telegraph ageney dispateh from Ros quotes an unconfirmed message re. cefved by the Naples newspapers to the effect that the town of Lingua- Klossa has been totally destroyed by lava from Mount Etna OfMicial l;rpl\fl Rome The great streams of lava flowing from Mount Etna have reached point only one kilometer from Linguaglossa and Castiglione | both of which are heing avacuated, ae- | cording to dispatehes from Catania. . R. Station Destroyed The lava stream upproaching the former town however is reported tto | have divded into channels and will probably not damage the village, The raflway station at Castiglione has been destroyed The lava stream headed toward Linguaglossa, befora dividing was 250 vards wide and was advancing at & speed of 300 yards an hour, Implore Didine Afld The inhabitants of the villages ad- lacent to the base of the volcano are terror stricken. Yesterday they gath- ered in the church and organized pro- cesslons imploring divine intervention, and they spent the night watehing the approach of the lava streams which, as they advanced engulfed and incinerated trees, bushes and vine- yard, Linguaglossa has a population of 15,000 and Castiglione 10,000, Cantania, June 18.-—Mount Etna is active today. Several eruptions of the voleano during the night were herald- ed by loud explosions followed by stream of lava that over-ran a nume ber of cultivated flelds and woods, The station at Castiglione has been destroyed and the railway near the mountain obstrueted while a lava stream 300 metres wide threatens the district about Linguaglossa, ‘ HARTFORD SLAYER PLEADS SELF DEFENSE IN GOURT Joseph Webb, Colored, Charged With Manslaughter For Stabbing Companion To Death Hartford, June 18.—Joseph Webb, 24, colored, was in police court today on the charge of manslaughter in causing the death by stabbing of George King, 28, colored, during a quarrel Sunday. The case was con- tinued to Friday. A charge of mur- der on which Webb was arrested was changed to the less serious allegation. Webb claims to have acted in self defense after King had mauled and |abused him and had been warned to desist. Webb's. body shows many bruises and abrasions to back his | statements, $300,000,000 LAWSUIT Accused By Standard Universal Oil Co. of Infringing on Patents in Production of Gasoline. San [rancisco, June 18.—Patent rights covering the “cracking" pro- cess of manufacturing gasoline is the issue of litigation between the Uni- {versal Ol Co. and the Standard Oil |Co. of Indlana sald to involve $300,- (00,000 which will be heard here to- day before Federal Judge Hall of Se- dalia, Mo. The Universal Ofl Co. contends that {the Dubbs process--owned by the Uni. versal Oil Co.—1s the basic patent for the manufacture of high test gasoline by ‘“cracking’ and that the Burton | process—owned by the Standard Ofl ;'(‘n of Indiana--is an infringement on }'hn patent rights of the Dubbs process. It is said that approximately half |of the world's production of high test gasoline is manufactured by either the Dubbs or the Burton process. The |Universal Oil Co. is owned principally by Ogden Armour of Chicago. BERGDOLL T0 60 FREE | 1lis Mother Anxious For Him to Re. 0Oil Company | turmn—She's Going to Germany to | Visit Listle Grover. Philadelphia, June 18.—Mrs. Emma | tergdoll, mother of thed raft dodg- ing Bergdoll brothers, was busy today preparing for the home coming of who will be released from the | Frwin, | disciplinary barracks, leavenworth, | Kas., on Wednesday after serving more than two years. | Last week she sent hi ma substan- Itial check and saw to it that be had [plenty of clothes. “I am anxious to ket him home to look after my place so T can go to Germany to see Grov- |er,” Mrs. Bergdoll declared. | Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Has Resigned | Washington, June 18.—Charles W, | Pugsiey of Lincoln, Neb., aseistant secretary of agriculture for the past | two vears, has presented his resigna- ["on to Becretary Wallace and has ac- | cepted the presidency of the South = | Dakota college of agriculture and me- chanical arts. He will assume his lll duties September 30. oy ¥ &