New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1923, Page 13

HARBIN GAY GITY RATHER THAN SINFUL ‘thc shopkeepers here seems to be sit- ting down. There are many women and girls from the grottos of Moscow and Pe- trograd and from nearer cities who are here to amuse and be amused, but above all to get in this wild, new place a livelihood or perhaps a small fortune which some day they hope to take back to relatives, But there FOOD PRICES HIGH INMASSAGHUSETTS Bay State Pays 16.2 p. ¢. More Reported as Last Outpost of Sin +Found to Be Vain Harbin, Nov. 17.—This city, reputed to b® the last outpost of sin, open and unabashed, has been found to be less wicked than supposed. Those morally atrocious but some- times alluring forms of amusement that have given to the world the phrase, “demi-monde,” and long since found to have ahandoned their tradi- tional haunts in Paris, Vienna, f#lavana and Buenos Aires, were su posed to have found refuge in Harbi Even 8hanghai, known as a man’s town and a port which rumor has por- trayed s a city of lotus and poppy where people do as they please, been given second place to Harbin in | the matter of immoral doings. T €ruth is, neither Shanghai nor Harbin resemble Babylon to any great de- gree, In Shanghai the public is all worked up over the question: Cam a cabaret girl be good? In Harbin the problem is to get cabaret girls. Harbin is a young and foreign town. It is Russian rather than Chinese. It 1s a mixture of village and metropolis; of crudeness and elegance amd of gaudy gaiety and of pursuits common to the Wolfvilles and Main streets of every country, There is no drainage and fin wet weather horses lunge through. the water dragging doshkies up to theé axles. The principal occupation of are plenty of good women, too. fresh peasants or the daughters of anta abound. of all new towns who have menfolk and children to care for they work hard. sordid places where men and women meet to drink and dance and sing as a means of escaping reality there is plenty of vanity. portion to the feminine population, perhaps, as was to be found at the old French courts, opportunities con- sidered. manage to obtain a lip-stick, many lips here are far too erimson to be the work of wind and sun. had | huginess alone play and wait, keeping what peace he | with the Chinese authorities and hop- ing the make things worse. of ex-Congressman Bryan F. is to be held at his late home at 189 Broad street, o’clock with solemn requiem mass a Star of the Sea church at| The active bearers will | be employes of the post office, where lie was postmaster for seven years, and the honorary clude men, prominent in here. those stirdier | 8t. 10 o'clock. The lately peas- And like the women ruddy faces of women Even in this mud and in these As much in pro- too young to And No girl is. And so the people not bent on smile and they can “Reds” will not come to FUNERAL OF BRYAN F. MAHAN New London, Nov. Mahan Monday morning at 9:15 Mary will in- civie bearers 17.—~The funeral | life | Than in Other Parts of U. §. Boston, Nov. 17.—Retail food costs are 16.2 per cent higher in the cities of Massachusetts than in the average city outside of New England, accord- ing to an exhaustive study recently completed by Professor R. J. McFall of the Massachusetts Argicultural col- lege, the-results of which are pub- lished today in the Boston “Evening Transcript.” Wholesale food prices, on the other hand, are only 1.2 per cent higher in Massachusetts than in other states, he reports, The additional price margin paid by |the Massachusetts consumer amounts, | he says, to nearly $75 a year for each normal lahorer’s family, and to some- where between fifty and sixty million dollars a year for the whole popu- lation of the state. He blames faulty methods of distribution for most of I!ho spread, “In the last decade,” he says, “the farms of the nation have increased their output by about 16 per cent, al- though the number of farmers has fallen off by over 10 per cent. This | result is due to greater efficlency in | production arising from educational work hased upon systematic study of the problems of farming. What has heen done for the production of food can be done for its distribution. ““The Massachusetts price of food to the consumer should not be laid to profiteering; it is connected with the inefficiency of distribution. System- atic study of these problems of dis- tribution and broad public education policies based thertupon should at least remove our handicap of 16 per vr‘n' in retall food-costs.” When we spoke of your getting a safe place for your valuable papers, stock certificates, Liberty Bonds, etc. — did you think it over and decide you should do this for your own protection? Prob- ably you did, but you just didn’t attend to it. We still urge you to come in and select a box—Have a place that you can come to privately—a place that you really know is safe. The small cost of 1c a day is well within your reach and is the best kind of in- surance. Let us show them to you. So Many Times You Hgge.&_id-“l must begin and Save,” but for one rea. son and another you have not actually made the start. It is all a matter of just putting aside that first $1.00. Yes —we will open an account with even that small sum — it gives you a Savings Book—a place to come to put away the spare dollars and best of all, makes them earn 439 for you. Get the habit this next week. Bring in that first Dollar. BURRITT MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK EMPLOY”ES RON BUSINESS Head of Automobile Agency Who Turned Affairs Over to Employes Says They Have Increased Profits. Chicage, Nov. 17.—Glenn E. Holmes, head of a Chicago automo- bile agency, is convinced that execu- tives are not the only ones who know how profitably to operate a business. Two weeks of actual demonstration, he says, have shown that employes, properly interested, can. run their own affairs and those of a business at the same time and to the advan- tage of both An employes’ committee, choseff by the workers themselves, has man- aged his ageney at an increased profit, Mr., Holmes said. “One negro porter, who never imagined that he was a salesman, has been making sales; stenographers are selling; clerks are selling; they all are showing an initiative that up to the present at least has been most favorable,” the company president sald. Employe management of the con- cern will eontinue four months, Dur- ing that time the workers get the profits. (‘O'fl‘ 0"' th\f’ Cheaper to (m Along Here Than in France Paris, Nov, 17.—Comparative tables showing the cost of llving in the United States and France reveal that it takes considerably less money to live in America today than in this country. French government statis- ticians taking the cost of living in July 1014, as 100, found that the index number for September was 149 for the United States as compased with 830 for Paris. In October the index for the French capital increased to 349 or slightly less than the average for the whole country. SPEED. “gam, 1’1l give you a pint of Scoteh if you'll hurry over to my house and get my grip. Hurry, now! ., . What! Haven't you gone yet?” “Gone? Boss, I's back!"- Tennesscan Nashville | | RUPPRECHT STANDS BY, KWAITS CALL T0 THRONE, “When The Bavarian People Want Me 1 Shall Be Ready,” He Declares | By The Associated Press. | Munich, Nov. 17.—Former Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria is stand- ing apart from the grave political agitations now shaking Munich, an intensely watchful observer, appar- ently waiting a suitable opportunity to | recover the kingdom his family ruled for 10 centuries, but it is declared | that he does not regard the present as the moment to act. He is in seclusion at his villa in Berchtesgaden where he daily receives reports on the situation from Baron von Soden Fraunhofen. Rupprecht recently received in audience some of the heads of the old Bavarian noble houses who waited on him to pledge their fealty anew, and he is reported as saying to them in substance: “When the Bavarian people want me to be their king I shall be ready, but the zero hour has not struck. I am deeply gratified at knowing that the great families of Bavaria who for hundreds of years have been associat- ed with the Wittelsbcahs in governing this country still look to us as¢he sov- ereign who can bring peace and order out of trouble, and to know also that the mass of our people contrast the present confusion and misery with the justice and happiness of other daya. NEW POLISH WIRELESS President Coolidge And Wojciechow- ski Wxchange Felicitations Over Communications Station. Washington, Nov. 17.—An exchange of hopeful predictions that the epen- ing of the Warsaw radiotelegraphic | station, establishing another means of | communication between Poland and | the Upited States, will strengthen | friendly relations of the two countries | and lead to a more intimate acquaint ance of the two peoples, took place today between President Coolidge and President Wojciechowski of Poland, marking the beginning of operations of new communication systems. Similar messages were exchanged between the respective cabinets and other administration officials of the Warsaw and Washington governments and between the Polish journalist as- sociation and the National Press club. HELD FOR WOMAN'S DEATH Roomer, Mull of Moonshine, Said to Have Violently Treated land- lady in New Haven, New Haven, Nov. 17.~Adam Bien, roomer in the house, was today found by Coroner Mix to be criminally re- sponsible for the death of Mrs. Henry Kortsep, 67, whose body was found in bed ewly last Saturday. Bien, the evidence showed had been drinking “moonshine” whiskey of late and while intoxicated was very trouble- some, When Mrs. Kortsep's body was found there were marks on her neck Indicating death by wviolence. Bien claimed at the time of his arrest that he did not recall any happenings on the night of Mrs. Kortsep's death. His friends sought a writ of habeas oorpus but the proceedings were stopped by lssuance of a coroner's warrant. $1,300 FOR RED CROSS Boy Scouts Doing Their Share To Make Roll Call Successful—Several Troops Report. A total of $1.500.50 has been col- tected for the Red Cross roll eall, it was announced today by Leon A Sprague, treasurcr. Today's receipts include $16 from the American Le- glon, $41; from Rev. Bojnowski and $16 from New Britain friends. To this is added the eollection of Boy Scouts Troop 2 sent $17; troop 4, $6; troop 9, $10; troop 10, $11: troop 14, $20; troop 19, $39; troop 20, §5. making a total of $108 from the Boy Scouts Previously riv-n $1,102.50. MAY ’I‘R\ DR. 1El(.¥rn Berlin, Nov, 17.—Tt is reported that Dr. Zeigner, who headed the com- munist-socialist cabinet in Saxony re. cently deposed by the central govern. ment, 1s to be tried on a charge of abusing his power for personal! ends while i office. Scnsational evidence is promised if he is brought 1o trial WIRTH EXPECTED TO RECOVER Berlin, Nov, 17.<The condition of former Chancellor Wirth today was reported to indicate the possibility of his recovery from the apoplectie stroke with which he was seized yes WALL STREET STOCK | EXCHANGE REPORTS, Wall street—=Stock prices displayed a reactionary tone at the opening of today's market in response to what| was apparently extensive liquidation | by investors alarmoed over the recent | political developments in Enrope. Baldwin. one of the strong spots yes- terday broke 1% while U, 8. Steel and | other industrial leaders yielded frac- tionally. | Wall street—Good support was | | forthcoming for Baldwin which rallied | a point from its early low, but the rest of the list continued heavy. Stew- art-Warner and Davison Chemiecal each dropped more than 2 points and Josses of 1 to 1 1-2 points were record- | ed by Mack Truck, U. 8. Rubber first | preferred, Congolenm, Marine prefer- red, Cuba Cane Sugar preferred, Atchison and Texas & Pacific. Foreign exchanges opened steady. High Am Smit & Ref. Am Sug Rf com 54 Am Tel & Tel 1233 Am Tob Am Wool Anaconda Cop.. Ateh T & 8§ ¥ At Guif & W 1 Baldwin T.oco Ralt & Ohin .. Beth Steel B Consel Tex Can Pacific Ches & Ohoi .. Chi Ml & 8 P Chi Rek T & P. Chino Copper Chile Copper Consol Gas Corn Prod Ref Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sug Erie Erie 1st pfd ten Electric Gen Motors Goodrick B | Gt Northern pf Insp Copper Int Mer Mar pf Allis-Chal Pacific Oil Int Paper Ky Spgd Tr . Ken Copper Lehigh Vailey . Middle States Oil Missouri Pac .. N Y Central ..101 NYNHA&HI13% Norfolk & West 105 5% North Pacifie 2% Pure Oil .. 161 Pan Am P& T . 7% Penn R R .... 41Y% Pierce Arrow ' Pitts Coal 60 Ray Con Cop .. 13% Reading ......... 77 Rep 1 & 8 ... 45 E Royal D, N Y 467 460 Binclair Ol Ref 183 181 Bouth Pacific R6 iy 861, South Rail ELEN 5% Studebaker Co .101% 100% Texas Co . 38% 1L Tex & Pae .... 18% 19 Tob Products .. §8 8T Trans Ofl 2% 2 U'nion Pacific 1301 1501 U 8 Indus Aleco . h7& bTY | U 8 Rubber Co 84% 1 4% U 8 Steel . 0% 028 U 8 Steel pfd . .119% 118% Utah Copper .. 62 Willys Overland % Westinghouse .. 57% (Putnam & Co.) Bid 465 6014 Actna Life Ins ...ne Am Hardware . Am Hosiery Bige Hfd Carpet com . Billings & Spencer com Billings & Spencer pfd.. Bristol Brass ... Colts Arms .., Conn It & Powe Eagle Lock .. Fafnir Bearing Hart & Cooley . Htd Elee Light . Landers Frary & Clark J M Montgomery com J R Montgomery pfd N R Gas .. LR N R Machine veswe N B Machine pfd ., Niles-Bemt-Pond North & Judd se 4679 Peck Btow & Wileox., 2% Nussall Mfg Co ... 5 Scovil - 8 N ¥ Teelphone .. Standard Screw Staniey Works Btanleay Works pfd Torrington Co ¢om . Traut & Hine o Travelers Ins Co . Union \l'z Co . 160 com TODAY'S TRI \\| l.\ ne l'll"l U, 8. Treasury—Balance $206, "R(W"" CENSORSHIP Bavarian Dictator However, Bans Al | News of Arretss Being Made terday, Mrs. Tattlie—1'm rather hard to please Have you had much experi. cnee as a maid? Applicant — I worked for Mrs | Neighbour for six months before she and her husband parted Mre. Tattle—1'1! engage tell me all about it —Exchange you. Now Want a salesman right away? Want Ads find them every day. Munich, Bavaria Nov. 17.—An| order was issued today by Dr Veon Kahr, the military dictator, forbidding publication of news of arrests of the ion t concerned in the recent rebe trials and sentences, or of the sear ng made censorship by xe tee o journaiis right The as the M paper which foreed to suspend showld tion. This permitt to resume publica will probably be TO PISCUSs ¥ \|l(\l(l.”l . A general discussio ¢ bargoes which and th might winter of the rate-making depar Intereoastal Jines from San Francisco w peatures of the the New Britain New Britain club TICRET SCALPING CRARGED New Haven, N The « " arr : for & PUTNAM & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange Members Hartford Stock Exchange Ktanley R. Eddy, Manages 31 West Main St., Tel. 2040 We Offer: 50 New Britain Machine PREFERRED N e JUDD & CO. MEMBE HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Members New York Stock Exchange Hartford: Hartforg-Conn. Trust Bidg., Tel. 3-6320 New Britain: 23 West Main Street, Tel. 1815. 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