New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 31, 1923, Page 3

CITY TO EXTEND GREETINGS 70 1924 Churches, -Dances and Theaters Chief Attractions This Evening — New Yeawh day, January 1, 1924, will be ushered into being in New Britain at midnight tonight under auspicious circumstances. There will be prayer services and jollifications according to the inclination of the individual. Probably one of the biggest events | | of the evening will be the 16th an- | nual ball and concert by the Fire- men's Pension and Relief association at the state armory. The concert will begin at 8 o'clock and continue until 9 when the grand march will begin. Mayor Angelo M. Paonessa will lead the march with Miss Verena Frey, as his partner. Miss Frey is the daughter of William Frey of 560 Arch street, @ member of Engine Co. No. 6, A supper dance will be served to- night at the Shuttle Meadow club to usher in the New Year. Dancing will start early in the evening and supper will be served at midnight. Tn the theaters special programs will be offered with the usual mid- night shows at all three theaters, The Capitol and Lyceum will greatly augmented -vaudeville bills while the Palace has secured an un usually large musical comedy revue, New Britain Elks and their friends will make merry tonight at the Elks club with a dance, supper and cab- aret, It is expected that about 300 will attend, Praise and prayer services at the churches will mark the entrance of the new year by many congregations. | A special musical exadeise will be held at ghe municipal Christmas tree this evening beginning at 7 o'clock by the Ealvation Army band. Following the exercises at the tree there will be special meetings at the army hall at 118-120 Arch street, with a Night service ending at midnight. At the Elim Swedish Baptist church there will be a Wateh Night servies beginning at 10 o'clock, the German Tiaptists will hold a similiar service be- ginning at 9 o'clock; The South Cong- regational church will hold a Wateh Night serviee beginning at 11:15, the Hwedish Bethany church will start its annual Watch Night service at 10 o'clock. A special New Year's opening ser- vice will be held at the S§t. Matthew's German Lutheran church this even- ing at 7:45 o'clock At 10:30 o’clock tonight a Watch Night service will start at the First Lutheran ehurch and 15 minutes later one will start at St. John's German Luthemn church, The Trinity Metho dist church and the A M. B. Zion church will commenee Wateh Night services at 8 o'clock ingaccordance with their annual eustom. The Em- manuel Gospel church will start its WWateh Night service at £ o'clock and | he People’s chureh at 8:30, A Watch Night service will start at 11 p. m, at St. Mark's Episcopal chureh, FOUR STRANGE DEATHS Now Jersey State Police Have Quartet of Tragic Demises Which Are Tak- ing Up Their Attention, Newark, N. J. Dee. 31.--Four deaths, orcuring in different parts of the state over the week.end, were be- ing investigated today by police. In Garfield, Frank Madej, a machi-. nist whe trailed his wife from Bridge port, Conn., when she disappeared with her four ehidren, shot and Killed her as she was walking on the street with another man In Hoboken, BEmil Peterson, Jr, 15, a stodent in the Junior High &chal dicd from wounds recelved when a revolver in the hands of Louis Luei ano, 17, was discharged Tn Atlantic City negro ehair pusher, wa 4 in a fight over 85, William Wash ington, another negro, was arrested In Westvitle, Miss Marcelle Muivi- 11 of Philadelphia was found dead in clubhouse on the Glassbore turn- pike and the authorities are investi. goting o party she attended mes Stone, a whot and kill« 1 GEN. CHRISTMAS IMPROVES, New Orleans, Dee 31.- General 1.ee Christmas, neted Latin-American revolutionary leader, was reported by iis physician today to show great im- provement as a res of a third blood transfusion. He suffering from acute anemia Watch | | | | | have | S ] | A little matter like a links covcred with snow doesn't cool | the ardor of this Toronto golfer. He is one of a coterie of enthu- siasts who keep in form by practicing at Sunnyside Beach, despite | the snowfall. HUERTA PROTESTING SALE OF MUNITIONS | — | (Contlnued from First Page) M. Lewis, commanding the Eight Army Corps area, to turn over the purchased property to Obregon representatives at 8an Antonio, | The exact quantity of material to | be sold has not been rovealed, but it lapparently will be confined to rifies, | ammunition and alrplanes, Tn eonne | tlon with an assertion by represents [tives of the De la Huerta faction in | Mexieo that the Obregon government rlso asked for some light cruisers, at [ tention was called today to the fol {lowing provision in the naval treaty: “Kach of the contracting powers undertakes not to dispose by gift, sale | or any meode of transfer of any ves [ &0l of war in sueh manner that such vessel may hecome a vessel of war in the navy of any foreign power.” The authorized statement obtained Saturday at the state department rela tive to the proposed sale: made no mention of any request to purchas: naval vessels, It is obvious, however, that the United: States government a party to the naval treaty would be foreclosed from selling to Mexico any vessel of war.. The question of payment for the war materials still is to be worked out through the sceretary of war, and it was made plain today that only the question of general policy was con stdered by the state department in eonnection with the transactions In view of the general attitude of the Washington government that it could not avoid assenting to sell the material to the Obregon government | ward without being guilty of an unfriendly | act toward 4 government with which It had just entered inte complete diplomatic accord, 1t ia assumed that the price to be fixed by the war de partment will be baced upon the figure that could have heey obtained at an ordinary surplus war stock sale Competing With Noalh Greenwich, Eng.— Twenty dogs, parrots and 14 chickens were moved from the spinster after her Iy. The woman, widely her kindness, to the poor four-footed and feathered lost her life when her clothing was ignited by flame from a coal-oil lamp. a base the two home of an elderly recent for death here known as wel creatures Seven her. m pups shared quarters with Can't All Be Guilty. A man who broke into a house re cently took nothing but a grapho phone. Al the neighbors are under suspicion Humorist (Lon- don). now | erations Washington | BLECTRIC ROAD REPORTS Carried Over 15 Billion People Dur- | ing Year While Their Motor Busses, Carried 161 Million More. Washington, Dec. 31.- ways of the country carried 15,331,. | 401,801 passengers last year and their & revenues totaled $246,- The gross revenues from op- amounted to $926,477,485, against $678, penses bureau, in mak- ing pu stutistics of the stry the number of gers earried wag an increase of 5.7 per cent over 1817, while revenues inereased 42.3 expensesy 1.1 per cent 7.9 per eent Motor operatde by the com panies carried 161,118,185 passengers Addition of net revenues from aux 1ary operation and Jdeduction of interest and other items redue ®57 operat an in per cent, and net revenues taxes, ed the new income of the ing companies to $57,010,904 crease of only one per cent over 1917 ' SHOT BY BURGLAR Bronx deweler Probably Fatally Woundedd When He Refuses | Open Safe for Yeggmen. 31.-—~Bernard today was York, Brow a Bronx jeweler shot and perhaps mortally by a bandit when he refused to opd@ his safe Brown had just openad his store and was kneeling in front of his safe when a black touring car containing three men drew up and one bandit armed with a pistol entered the ghop As Brown turned around the stranger told him to open the safe and then threw up his hands. Instead of obey. ing the grappled with the robber two shots, Brown dropped with a bullet wound in the | abdome The erates New Dec jeweler who fired intrnder ran ta his confed and fled in the car Conquerings thes Winds, Eima, Wash. -An air motor de igned to move a boat er vehicle directly wind has been invented harles R, Ford [ of fans or windmills mounted on the same shaft and inclosed in a cylinder Between the stationary pieces of metal “ralght- era declares, passing cach sgainst the by a here 1 consists of serics fans are that Ford These, the distribute the through the generates the Prettiest calls “air inventor o rurrents honsing that fan same amount of power wounded | WILLINANTIC MAN FACES GHARGES sne]'m Is Afl'eswd 00 Em-| Brownsvitte, Tex. Dec. 31.—Amert-| *Norwaik, Dec. 31 bezzlement Gount 3 Willimantie, Conn., Dee, 31.—Clity | Sherifft Thomas J. Killourey was ar- | rested here last night by County De- | teetive William E. Jackson on a bench | warrant charging embezziement and |taken to the county jail in Brookiyn to await the fixing of his bond by the {clerk of the Windham county super- |ior court at Putnam. The amount alieged to have been taken by Sheriff Killourey is about 18500, covering a period of several years, according to Detective Jack- | son, the sums ranging from $2 to $20 {which Sheriff Killourey was to have collected for various firms. The «case ‘\\lll come up in the superior court on | Wednepjay. j Sheriti Killourey has served in the capacity of town constable for over 12 | vears and in addition to his efficial duties is employed at the union sta- |tion where he was arrested. The in- | vestigation of the sheriff's accounts is | believed to have been in progress sev- eral months .and when confronted with the bench warrant Sheriff Kil- lourey is said to have admitted the | charges. ROBBERS DYNAMITE SAVE. Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. 31.——Robbers | dynamited a safe in the Capitol the- ater in South Park avenue and es- | caped with $600 in cash after daylight this morning. They failed to reach an inner compartment containing $500. They strung a wire from the theater sawitchboard to ignite the ex. | plosive MORE JOIN REVOLT. Vera Cr ain Rrownsiille, patches today hat. General Lindoro Hernandez and Lieutenant Colonel Trinidad Del Rio, operating in the state of Puebla, joined the revelution with 1,000 men. Electric ratl- in operating ex- | Your watch crystal you say is cracked? Read the classified— then a. It may be trite, but it i everlastingly true tha the home is the corner stone of our civilization. Better homes, more at tractive homes, hofie whose occupants will find and in- J edu- cation and eulture—such true refreshment real inspiration to creased efforts for homes are the one & | FIGHT O R GRANDE | American Army Officers report Mexi- | % cans and Rebels in Conflict Along | Border Line. can army officers at Fort Ringgold |today reported fighting between ' Mexlcan federal and rebel troops at Camargo, on the Rio Grande, forty miles above Matamoros. The town is garrisoned by a small detachment of federal troops from Matamoros. No report on the results of the battle were obtained at noon, but American military officers state that the firing, | which started before daylight, wao very heavy. According to a report of the Cam- argo affray, received today by Emili- ano Fernandez, immigration officer at Matamoros, the rebel force crossed the Rio Grande from the American side. The garrison, joined by the federal employes, succeeded in routing the | !rebels, forcing them to retire across the Rio Grande into Texas near Ran- | cho La Grulla between Sam Fordyce ‘and Rio Grande city, The reports stated that the rebels were compelled to abandon all equip- ment in their flight. NO POLITIC! ! says., | Foreman of Grand Jury Declares His | Men Will Not Become Involved. Hartford, Dec. 3l.-—Benedict M Holden, foreman of the grand jury, declared today that “the grand jury has not, and will not have any con- cern with matters politica and, in commenting on the controversy be- | tween Geovernor Templeton and Ma- ! jor John Buckley over medical legis- lation at the last session of the gen- eral assembly, asserted that “the| grand jury is not concerned in politi- cal controversies irrespective of the personality of the gentlemen engaged therein BESSIE CLAYTON N. J., Dec a dancer today a divoree from Julian mer New York stage ! playwright, for desertion. DIVORCLED City 31.—Bessie was granted Mitchell, for manager and A daughter Claytor wag given into the custody of Mr. Mit. fehell, who is 70 years old. | been 2 i They had married thirty rs, Crawford Adams | and Company Violinist, Pianist and Reader Auspices of Central Junior High School Parents and Teachers' Association In New Britain February 9 Feb. 11—Charles €, Keith, lec. turer, March 8—Dr. David D. Vanghn, Speaker, April Gorst Crawford he Bird Man." Series of Vour for The KILLED ON TURNPIKE Norwalk Man, 58, Run Down This Morning But Death Car Could Not Be Identified By Witnesses, —Bernard Con nolly, 58, was struck and killed by an in the vehicle automobile on the turnpike suburbs yesterday but the which caused the death.was not iden- tified. There was no actual eyewit- ness of the accident but the police were given numbers of twe aiftomo biles which it was claimed had bheen seen on the turnpike just hefore the body was found The police communicated with per sons who owned the machines which had the registry numbers but in one instance, that of o Hristol man, it was said the machine had not been out of the garage for a month and in the other instance, that of a Thompson ville owner, the machine had not been in use for a week he state police then came into the case in an effort to locate the machine responsible Connolly who lived Allview nue, close by, was crossing the ay. About a month ago his James was struck by a machine whils also crossing the road and was laid up in the hospital for several wecks. Bernard Connolly's skull was crushed, a leg broken and his hody hurt. Death was probably instantan ous. ave high s07 CHATKIND-MILKOWITZ The wedding of Miss Sarah Milkows itz, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Isaac Milkowitz of 107 Bassett street, and { Harry (‘haikind, sen of Mr. and Mrs. rob Chaikind of 46 Sylvan avenue, v Haven, took place yesterday af- ternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of the bride’s parents. Rabbi Aaronson |officiated. The couple was unattend- ed. Following the ceremony they left on a wedding trip to Canada and upon their return will reside in Cleveland, Ohio, where the groom is engaged in the dry goods business. KRYETOK THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS A New Year’s Resolution. Resolve to have better vision. Our examination and the result= ing lens prescription will give you that vision with comfort. A. PINKUS [ 300 Main St. Tel 570, | 331 This Is a Message of Thanks to All OQur Friends Before we welcome the rosy-cheeked babe of 1921, we want to bid a hearty farewell to the old gentleman of 19 23. Thereisa fresh happy picture before us of that eventful Octo- ber day when we opened our new home here at 196-206 Trum- bull. Thousands of people from Hartford and surrounding towns t s preciation. We w friends hestowed upon us. old and new greeted us on that opening day, and called our home ful and unusual furniture store. 1 we could individually a beauti- Three months have passed since that very hearty response, and as 1923 goes into history, we want to record our grateful ap- thank each of our for the increasing patronage they have assure greatest to our institu- security which stability tions, greatest to our society. WARREN G. HARDING GREETINGS TO OUR PATRONS AND FRIENDS 2 We have labored hard during 1923, striving to please and serve. It is our intention to double our ef- forts in the same direction for the next year. We wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year, Morans & Sons NEW BRITAIN HARTFORD Now, Claire Scott holds the spot Tigh! New York's prettiest girl She won a recent beauty contest and | catured in a new don’t 365 MXIN ST. 1083 MAIN ST. on rainly & out they? i 196-206 TRUMBULL ST., Hartford We are in their service, not simply as home-furnishers, but as home-builders. To us the home is the greatest investment, and it is our pleasure and duty to help our friends obtain from it large and lasting returns in comfort and happiness. For their substantial interest, for their unbounded confidence in us, we hope to offer even greater rewards in 1924, l}*zm‘ in 1923. To all our friends, then, may 1921 be a year of bountiful 0. joy and prosperity! INCDRPORATED Between Pratt and Asylum “Hartford’s Leading Furniture Store”