New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1924, Page 1

l\ews of the World By Associated Press CON NECTICUT | | | ALL CITY FIRE APPARATUS lWATER BOARD CAN'T | ' INCREASE CHARGES USED IN FIGHTING FLAMES AL lN CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT Finance Board and Gommon ; ;WET’ NEW YEAR'S EVE '\ Gouncil Must Approve Rate Blaze is in Poli Block in MainStreead Sweep - PARTY 10 GIST Jgps "4 115 tnin Through Four Stores in Corporation Counsel Quotes Ch Same Building To Prove Commission Lacks thority Out Program | Which Includes “Service Charge” | to Carry Nine in \'ew York Veter-i ans’ Bureau Office Face | Dismissal as Penalty | | | i The board of water commtssioncm, | has no right to increase its water rates or establish a “service charge” | unless the board of finance and taxa- {bureau face dismissal proceedings to- | tlon approves and the common coun- | Also Suffey Great Dam- i s and tho commen oot | o' y W. F. cil coucurs, Corporal on ‘ounse ‘ohn | v age From Dense Clouds . cmbrutlnx hl‘“ York, New Jersey nnd,”’d" ard ¥. Hall of the board of fi- Of Smoke—Damage Not!connecticut, that a “wet party” wag Pance and faxation in reply to a . '® query by Mr, Hall. o heid 1n the New York bureau offlces | % . 'wove) hoara gave the ‘council | Estimated. New Years' Eve. Business Houses Nearby New York, Jan, 5.—Nine employes of the local office of the Veterans'| ~ v notice at the last meeting of its in- | Framk J, Cummings, manager f\temlon to increase rates and place a O e O D sy | ‘Wervice charge” and in his explana- DBridgeport, Jan. 5.~-Fire originat- apre under suspension, and !e‘m«lou tq the common council, Chair-+ ing shortly after noon in the cellar of | gthers, four men and three women | D&% w. L._Hf\tvh of.lhe water board | i G. and G. Shoe Repairing Co. at are at their desks under charges. |said he hf'"f\t’fi it va_s not necessary 80 Main street, swept through four, Major Lent, it was reported, wem.;"’ appear before the council, but that stores in the Poli building and for n.m Washington yesterday to lay the water board could proceed m time menaced the entire three Story|oharges against the employes before |Make the changes. Tho board, he | structure and other buildings in the | Jjirector Hines after being informed center of tlie city. 4 tf‘,f“mn'v' s 2ter, being informod | the council informed. ; At 1:15 o'clock IFiro Chief Daniel | whiskey was drunk, Manager Cum. |, Judse Kirkham quotes smmmr E. Johnson declared the firé under mings and the woman employe mq_ifrom the charter which show that the control. Chief Johnson could not es-| yanded with him have been sum- | board of finance must fix the water | timate the damage at that hour. He | ,oneq to Washington, it was. said. ;""‘fl each year and that no changes | declared that the loss from smoKe| Cummings, who has retained coun- | % h‘*‘ made until the board approves ‘ would probably be as heavy as that!| sel. declared that Be 418 Major “,““nml the common council takes similar from the fire itself. Many stores| .4 ‘Leen friends until last fall when |2CtHo™ ucross tho strect suffered damage bY ypoy gisagreed over certaln charges | smoke, which rolled from the burn-|yyot were -never inquired into, He ST Lk o 'r‘;;rfl‘;':“;‘f“r tus ang | M that he had written a letter to ivery piece o aratus and tled for more than an hour before the | oo 4 jast September. by & hurmul}‘, mmissione ra‘: during the mmnh oy’ flames were controlled, oificas Trom . WasHItiston. bruary in uu:h year present to the veral Stores Dumaged. Major Letit' charged that at feast | 0814 Of fluancs end tazation a de. ¥ ] and G. Shoe Repair-| 0 0 0 bers of the local bureau | .l'-! vnt‘hnutr of its income and ex- Ing Co., stores which were damaged woro in the New Years' party and ‘I'};"dll"'«f for the ensuing vear, and | by fiames Included a fruit store own- that they dran! sevacki {that said board of finunce and taxa- | Kirkham's Opinion The opinion by the corporation | counsel follows: “The charter, special acts of 1911, Infuriated Beast Crushes in His Chest, Breaks His Ribs and Other- wise Batters Helpless Vietim Waterbuey, Jun."8E Yopp Anker- sen, 51, an employr of the Avalon farms at Middtebury, died at 7 o'clock lust night at a local hospital as a re- | sult of Injuries sustained by him yes- | terduy on the farm when a buil at- tacked him. Death was due to a | crushed chest and erushed ribs, Ank- crsen was found outside the bull's | puddock, lying on the ground, grodn- 1ing. A physiclan was called who or- dered the man taken to the hospigal. It was found that Ankersen Was bottles of d by Frank Cuneo, the Thomas Mo- tion shall hear sald board of water ‘A:x ’:nn'cr :ll‘:rfl et (:'m\t)‘ s i | Whiskey. e h ':'",_‘:'(":',‘"“"l Tty |commissioners upon said estimates Lunch room. The tailor shop ow: ::""T"ll to mm': Sl\ll‘ ng :) h o Wl'u) and receipts and expenditures and e Sl Finkelsteln. on the. see. | Ut made no complaint regurding its | shull approve, disapprove or revise ond floor, tho Louls Burnstein Jeur |98y the same wholly or In part; that such 8hop and the Holland Billlard Par- ' * ostimates as revised or otherwise ap- | lors, also on the second floor, suffered M[DDLEBURY FARM HAND | proved by sald board shall be pub- slight damage by fire and heavy dam- |lished and shall be submitted to the age by smoke. GORED To DEATH BY BUII | common council for approval or re- The Poll bullding, erected about ten | vision in same manner as other city years ago, was built at the same time |departments, and said common coun- that the Poll theater was constructed | ell may further alter or may lwrow’ for B. Z. Poli. An areaway separates ' sald estimates, and that the estimates the theater from the bullding which| of receipts to be approved as afore- | was hurned today, The afternoon sald, shall Include the rates proposed | performance in the theater today was [to be churged for the use of water or | sancelléd other water charges to be rnnmvd[ |by or for the use of mid water do- partment and sald water .nmmh.m"‘[ ers shall, during such year, charge | LEAVING NEWSPAPER WORK 70 STUDY FOR MINISTR the water rates or charges 8o approv- ed by the board of finance and taxa- | {tion and the common couneil, but no | such rates or charge shall be less than the actual cost, The act further provides: ‘If at any time during the year for whieh such estimates of receipts and expendi- tures are made shall be desirable in . sulfering from & crushed right chest, |the opinion of the water commission Hurlbut A. Griswold of 76 Francls| e, e or" five crughed ribs, sealp | 'S to change the same sald board of street, police reporter for the New | wounds, and severe brulses about the | Water commissioners shall prepare a Britain “Herald," has resigned his po- |,y whoulders, face and head. Death | Sipplemental estimate which shall be | sition, effective January 19, He whl] o0l B night as a result of the | Submitted to the board of finanee and | leave soon nfter that date for A\“mm_\l”‘”w" et and ribs, taxation and to the common councit dal-On-Hudson where he will enter -2 ¢ of sald eity for approval in ilke man Bt. Stephen's college to prepare 1o “\.o s‘hi “ ("llhfl ifl ner as herebefore provided and No Shirts” C Berlin Work Out Well study for the pricsthood of the Fpls. | when such estimates are approved copal church sald board may make the expenditure terlin, Jan. 5.—The “no shirt” OF collect the recelpts or charges so clubs formed here have forced the | approved.! Mr., Griswold s a graduate New Britain High school and been connected with the “Herald” for the ey jaundrymen to reduce their "It therefore appears that the past threo years, starting as the Ber-| iuoos ondhave proven far more ef. | WAter ratos to be fixed cach yeas lin reporter, Jater being transferred | s ive than the blue, brown and black DY the board of finance and taxation to eity work and then to the police | g organisations in other parts of and by the common council on pre beat which he has becn covering 4, world in achieving this end. <The S¢htation of estimates In the month for the past yoar. Since the INSUEY- | Gorman Laberdashers now sell under. ' °f Vebruary to the board of finance ion of the Saturday theatrical page oo™ cin regular collarbands on A0d taxation by the water commis he has written the “Stage and Bereen™ y,0m 16 which collars of any sort may | 10n¢Ts, that the rates may he column for those editions. » buttoned, and the q"m‘iy necktics Changed by the same procedure or at Mr. Griswold hus been actively con- | oo uaioiiee suitable for concealing | 1Y Other time if in the opinton of nected with St. Mark®s chureh in this o0 0 "0, Tt was when the | (18 board of water commissioners it price of laundering shirts rose uu‘l"'h:“g:'_"!’",”‘ to have the rates bigh as twenty-five cents each that “ E eity and during the past fall and win- ter scasons has conducted a Sunday - German men rebelled and took up various means of avoiding laundry bubmarme S—47 Takes to Water at Quincy Today school Lo He is also one of the five Neensed lay readers at the church and has assisted in conducting servi 'y (T Gone this so gener- ally that the laundries now are widely advertising lower priu- Quiney, Mass, Jan. ~The sub- marine 8.47, the last of six construct- ed at the Fore River yards of the fces at Bt Gabriel’s church in Bast Berlin Peruvian Paper Appl‘O\ €S | Bethiehem Shipbullding Corp. from Selling Arms to Mexico aesigns vy the Biectric Toat o, was Lima, Peru, Ja la Prenza, in launched today. sponsor was Mrs | an editorial today approving the Morris Gilme of |'..mm,.nq., tion of the United States government Gilmors, 1 of m in selling arms and munitions to the chinery at the N don Ship and Mexican government, says Engine Co. plant 847 has a “Pence is the supreme eruising radius of eight thousand | all the American pations. Constitu- | miles without replenishing fuel and is tional governments like that of Mexi- | designed for a specd of 14 knots an co should be fully assisted to preserve hour on the surface and 12 kinots sub- the principal function of all govern-, merged. After final touches here, she ments—the maintenance public | will be taken to Ngw London to have order.” . propulsion equipment installed Murlburt A, Griswold To Study For Pricsthood in Episcopal Church in New York, of the and 50 b. Boy Burglars Gave Rich Jewels to Girl Friends Rutherford, N. J., Jan. ~ Two young boys arrested here for 30 or 40 burglaries declared they gave dia- monds and jeweiry to their boy and girl friends. Loot valued at more! than $1,000 has been recovered. The boys are James Bright, 15, and his brother, Edward, 11, of Lyndhurst. In Jam: pocket was found a loaded revoiver. He told police that he ex- pected to be shot and killed sooner or later. Rings, handbags and jew- eiry valued at $700 were found in l! hiding place pear the porch of the | boys’ home. The elder boy carrie rings valued at $200, according to the | police. 14 Year Old Boy Squirts lodine 'in Girls’ l"aces Democrats Plan Attack on Tax Bill, Especially Surtax Slash tion pletares, 14 year old Schuyler |House Leaders of Minority Party Object to Reduction to Finch said today he squirted iodine on | the faces of girls and women here in ‘ Minimum of 25 Per Cent On Net Incomes Over $100,- 000—Also Would Wipe (znt Nuisance Taxes. w necessity of the past few days while riding past them on & bicyele. He was arrested after six women had complained of being burned. FInfR nodded his head affirmatively in court when the complaint was read. He said be used an ordipary bottle with a hole bored in the cork. He was released in his | mother's custody for further hearing. The the om administratio ot of & series ¢ democrats on the com- mittee and Representative Garrett, the minority leader. The group is said 10 be united as to what changes should be made in the biil and is counting on the support of the In- surgent republicans Among other amendments faver- ed by the democrats is said to be one providing for more sweeping re- veal of nuisance taxes J Washington, Jan. 5. —Democratic of exce leaders of the house are preparing 10 launch a fight again®t a number of the important provisions of the Mel- lon tax bill, among them the proposal to reduce surtax rates to a maximum of 25 per cent on et incomes ex- ceeding $100,000 Minority members of the ways and means committee are understood to have agreed that the maximum sur- tax rate should be 44 per cent of In- comes in excess of $92,000. Existing |1aw fizes the maximum at 50 per cent has been 1 conferences b FRESH PGGS ©p. Chicago, Jan. Fresh eggs rose 2 1-2 cents a dezen In Chicago today because of the cold which has re- duced production. The weather also prevented arrivals and caused & ro- duction in buying. Some trains from the northwest were as much as four “aurs bebind echedu'e today. SATURDAY, May Bar.Normand From Screen Her: Moving pictures in which Ma- bel Normand plags a part may be banned in local theaters at the request of Mayor M. Paonessa, the executive intimat- ed this morning. Following the footsteps of mayor in middle western cities who ordered no more Normand pictures shown following the recent scandal, Mayor Paonessa is conducting an investigation. The case ap- pears to be one in which many “undesirables” figured, the mayor said, and he intimated that action will be taken locally within a few days. TAX REDUCTION BUT WITHOUT ANY BONUS, This Is Stand Taken by Senator Defeat Any Party That I'jmlurq\\nh" Borah in New York Address TONE CANNOT HAVE BOTH {sald, thought a better policy to keep | Declares That Bonus Program Would | It—Pleads For Falr Deal For The American Farming Public, By New York, M-I por \\'| | dress today ) t ‘pul;llt‘un club of New York, said this| .. . the house iss ste a right to be for the honus or he a he b The Associated Press. Jan, b.~Declaring him f in favor of tax reduction and op- sed to the soldier bonus, Senator Borah of Idaho, bhefore the National in an ad- Re- lllam B, ue could not be avoided or side- “pped, “One ls either for tux reduetion or is against it,” he said. “One has has right to be for tax reduction. Bue cannot be for hoth “You cammot take off a temporary rden of $140,000,000, or $150,000,. » and lay on a p?mm-\nl burden obligation of 060,000,000 to Second Page) (Continued on LEGION LEADER ASKS N VETS T0 BACK BONUS ew York State Command- er Claims 16,700,000 Votes o re K« of at ca try ac co ab die te th Mr. M ev na 1o, LIGION ADJUTANT Bo A | Will Sway Election \ New York, Jar tary of the Tre duction y 5 wvard B. Spafford the American legion, ir the New York republic lled up ex-ser men o to defeat t at the p 14 Mellon's tax legislation, comm jer address coun- rted ared they 1 bring isury state an th Toe votes tion nid sway a out re' W bo “Every r the s isi [ w m - of this u‘mk the and 1 lues the by the w kit and cre masses of r 08¢ i Spafl on p or the tior ome 4.4 per mar with ced 8o his single f « savi ma and a $2 direct saving «a hildre ith the with ted on Second vage) RESHAAS heri ) nnounce position New ¥ THE WEATHER Hartiond. Jan ~1 orecast for New Britain and vicinity: Snow this afternoon and to- night, cold wave Sundas * JANUARY 1924. —SIXTEEN RYAN CONFESSES T0 BEERS' HOME BREAK ‘Tells Police How He and Pal Broke Into Pearl St. House LEARNED COAST WAS CLEAR: , Used to Telephone to Discover Wheth- Family Was Home—Had Dispute in Hotel Over Division of Jewelry They Took. William Ryan of Rockwell avenue, mhongn entering a plea of not guilty when arraigned in police court this mmnmg on a charge of burglary, day is alleged to have confessed to the police that he was with Albert Cope- land on the night of December 15 | when the home of William E. Beers on Pear! strect was entered. Accord- ing to Ryan’s confession he and Cope- land had planned the burglary for | some time. Called Beers Home on Phor In his confession Ryan is alieged to have said that he and Copeland ente d a Ghurch street restaurant night 'In question and called up the Beers home *he telephone. As there was se they decided | that no ofe~ 'l,o me and then started / d entrance. rom t' ‘aurant are " a Main street | asked the propric. “borrow” a screw ae, that they wanted to take, bottle, . [ a Disput Over Swag. serew driver s what ing open a window at the was used house, The In p! Ryan is further alleged to have said | away ! were frightened after they had secu went from New | Britain to the voy hotel in Hart- ford. Here, it is claimed, they had an argument over the division of the | spoils. Articles that were considered | worthless were wrapped in a news- | paper and thrown into a catch basin | | in front of the hotel. Ryan “Held Out” Diamo | At the hotel, it became suspicious of Rya | the latter If he wouldn't search him (to see if he had any articles of jew- elry other than the pleces which had been divided. Ryan objected to scarching Copeland but the latter in- | sisted on searching Ryan, and in so | doing found a large diamond ring in | his possession,” it is claimed. After | this Ryan left the hotel while Cope- | land remained in Hartford, Ryan ame back to New Britain and was ‘uel apprehended untl after Copeland Implicated him in the erime, Cope- land now awalts trial In the superior | court at lhmonl MORE LIQUOR SGANDAL Name of Forelgn Diplomat Found On that the two ed their loot and 1 Ring. , Copeland List Taken in Washington Raid t\n‘ Hlicit Booze, Washington, Jan Typewrit- ten letter addressed to a diplomat r {lating to the release from a bonded house of three barrels of whis. 'I\r\ was found, police announced on the person of John J. Lynch when was arrested jast night on a chatge of violating the prohibition m ported liquors of various kinds worth between $4,000 $5,000 at boot. leg prices it was said, were scized in a rald le 1a Lyne part. ment and a pencilled list names was taken, Prank himeself as ¢ was arres Lyneh law r oon leseribed of Boston Cecearelli, who fight promoter 4 with Lynch was involved in a ich the name of a legation a little more than a year with him last night a sald to total betweer s similar case in wh also figured ago. He had roll of bills $40,000 and o (Gasoline in Sewer Blows Off Many Manhole Covers' New York, Jan Gasoline accu mulated in the sewer system today blew off every manhole cover in blocks on the upper east side seties of explostons which s} scores of tenement window AT seked traffic for an hour ' ] ON AUTOISTS Arrests the campaign being automobi ad reach d fines imposed the tota MERIDEN DRIVE 5 by waged to enforce lights and markers a total of 3% today ar morning brought law this t $32¢ on the; he | them | being denominations as high as $1,000, | | | = =1 Daily Circulation 10,026 Average Week Ending Dec. 29th P;\(;ES PRICE THREE CL‘\'TS SEVERE COLD WAVE IS DUE HERE DURING NEXT 24 HOURS; 15 BELOW ZERO IN CHICAGO Government Sends Out Emphatic Warning of Radical Drop in Mer- cury All Along East- ern Coast. MRS. ESTHER M. JUDD DIES'IN 91T YEAR Widow of Pioneer Resident 'Observed 90th Birthday in March, 1923 Mrs, Esther M. Judd widow of Andrew J. Judd, in Plainville. Mrs. Judd was born in Bristol, March 19, 1833, She w a dagughter of Elbridge M Ursula Perkins Wightman. In 1851 she was married to Andrew J. Judd, brother of the late Lorin . Judd who was one of the founders of North & Judd Mfg. Co. Mrs, Judd lived in New Haven for many ye her husband being con- | nected with O. B. North & Co. Upon his retirement from business they moved to Stanley Quarter, New Brit- lain. She was a member of tl Baptist church of this city. March, 1923, she celebrated her birthday was the recipient Snow in Prospect for New England — Chicago Re- ports Temperature Drop- ping to -15—Below Zero This Morning. of this died today city and Washington, Jan, —The governs ment weather forecasters brought into of the superlative terms of seientific lexicon today to de- what will happen to the country % in the next 24 hours. 90th | 4 “severe cold wave” was forecast of | for most of the east and far south as many tokens of ecsteem from her|ihe Virgina-North Caroline line, while «rge cirele of friends. She enjoyed {4 o1y wave” with temperatures bes unusual good health and strength for| jow freezing was said to be in store & person of her years { for all the rest of the eastern forecast She leaves besides a brother, Fay-| gigtrict except southern Florida. Tt ette. Wightman Bristol, a number was recorded that the west already of nieces and nephews, among them | wug jy the grip of under zero weather w Wightman, treasurer of the| ynging downward to 34 de be- New Departure Mfg, Co., Bristol, and| 1w at Moorehead, Minn, ow E. M. Wightman, vice president and | park in Canada was 42 at secretary of North & Judd Mfg. Co.| white River, Ont. Funeral services will be held in t he trm Soore ool |mortuary chapel, Fairview cemetery, | soldom cmployed by the on Monday afternoon at o'clocky| 15 explained as indicating a radical BoY, WiiNe Kol iy, and rapid drop in temperature and in cpgeore ey ¢ the present case s expected, to mean ‘CHICAGO BABY BORN IN abgve e ot Bokse wel beiow Bl AUTO IN ZERO WEATHE | Mason-Dixon line Both Mother and Child However, Are play som their scribe and "he below wave” is bureau, It Warmer spell Coming For the most part the weather will fair over the cast but there is snéw in prospect for New England, New York, New Jersey and eastern Penus sylvania, There already have been snow flurries in the luke reglon and at some middle western points further south. There will be some relief from the cold after a day or but throughout the coming week temperas tures are to remain below normal over | the country. be Reported to Be in Comfortable Condition Now Chicago, Jan, b A baby was born | in a police automobile todays with the temperature far below zero Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cordes started i for a hospital but their car froze up in the bitter cold and they applied at & police station for assistance. The station ambulance was out so a police | automobile was pressed into serviee, | Before the hospital was reached | the baby was born, and mother and caaf e ™™ """ " EALTHY M. VERNON MAN | DIANODS VS. RAILROADS 1S SLAIN BY TWO THUGS Shows Signs of Fight whole 15 Below in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 5 cold overs (Continued on Thirteenth Page) 1 Persin to sell Former to Pay for Lat. Shoot When He tor—=Among Collection s the Pa-| =—Dying Victim Despairs of Pol s Great Mogul of 280 Carats, Getting Gunmen Jan, b real n 3 from Edward H egtate broker of died in Lincoin pistol wounds when attacked of the York New Dolge, we Mount Vernor hospital te siffe by York thy Teheran, Persia, jan | dectded to sell part ection | o jewels and in order to construction of of ecrown articles needed railways. Among the | famons Great |ing 280 carats; mond 56 mah, 148 these stones runs int the tay midnight ugs or yint =t ester and ife ebbed certain | us for 1t ey much the New Yoston railroad Mr. 1 attempted 1wetions regardiy Hunts 1 ition « Westc As to give his affs They asked him ad en the clgh- lia- crown Mogul t ewels are liamond, w Darya-1-Nur the of carats, and s of carats. value of o o millions of dol- to describe i, ous uped In a limousine gems b chase have hee to ) as roya of | est colt 1, ing one of the principal ass country. elonging known ctions in the to de- “You'll “What's trying asked ng chased world, constitut. Scrib black lim for several nen, One of the pos Essex County, N, J... hows | iice machin L whe i Big Increase in l)lunks A entered a Newark, N. J., Ja it un e e . 3 her the 1 in a wer |an in oners committed to the fcense d gray ail the figures for Markens, jai al report patients while physiciar today 548 | holist dri | 25 patie The nu a8 increas BANK Ry PORY Vew York, Jar trust of Ating compa xcen More Earthquakes Occur In Districts of Italy 1 onal Drive o Tamplco By Mexicans Under Huerta Feder Heavy Fighting Banner Repulsed s Reporied Pursuing Rebels Toward Border— Believed Being Waged For Pos- session of Leon, Railway Gateway to Capital City, rebel forees de lLara, Tamaulipas, was defeated ing the rebels Hactenda The reports stated that the were fleeting northward toward governor to attack the federa o troops rout rro. the border | Mexico City, Jan. | stated that revels ¥ by -1t is officia commanded 81 Tons of Relics From Tm s Tomb for Washington ~ Ia Fighty the of K gt last amship Crisfield m where they w Washingto Mexica orthw ta proxi Mexico