New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1924, Page 3

IN 100,000 CLASS Total Population of U, 8, Bsti- mated at 112,078,611 Washington, July 1% have grown inte the 100,000 popula- tion clasa during the last year cities of the country as of July 1, this year, show there are 79 having 100,000 or more, as compared with €5 last year, The census bureau In proparing the estimates did not cal- culate the population of some of the Cpapldly growing cities, such as De. troit, Los Angeles, Beattle, Lenver, Akron, Rridgeport, Houston and Bpo- kane, ‘The population of the country of the country on July 1 is estimated at 112,078,611, The relative rank of some of the cities I8 changed by their newly esti- mated population, New Orleans has passed Cincinnatl, Rochester has out ELEVEN NEW CITIES | | | ¥ Never Con Kleven cities | MAY DROP PROSECUTION | Indications Are That Conspiracy Cases . | n Army Cantonment Scandals May o Trial, Washington, July 18,=The acquittal of four of the men named In Indiet ments eharging conspiracy to defraud the government in the sale of surplus cantonment lumber after the war is looked upon In eourt eroles here as bt | gpjeq mates of population of the puuvlpali [ presaging the dropping of asimilay charges against three others not yet John L, Phillips of Atlanta, formey ghairman of the republican state com miltee of Georgia; Charles Phillips, Jr,, his brother; Frank T, Sullivan of Buftalo, and Charles 8, Shotwell, of Indjanapolis, were the men acquitted of the eharges yesterday by a jury which has been hearing the for }u'u weeks in the Distriet of Columbia | supreme court, John Stephens, of | Jacksonviile, 1Mla, and Froest O Morse, of Cineinnati, who had heey | placed en trial, with them, wer | glven instructed verdicts of acquittal | earlier in the proceedings Four others were named in the in | dietments, Ineluding George M, Cham [ grown Jersey Uity, 8t, Paul has sur- | bers, & government inspee ] { bors, spector, who han passed Providence, Oakland's DO | ho oo Tgion: Gus Eitzor and M. A Iation has grown 80 that it now out= . e 5yl o poneacoln, 1a., and | ranke 8t Paul and Providence, and gl "hoeey or Washington. | Tho indictments, which alleged that Springfield, Mass, has passed (iruml; [the government had been defrauded out of more than $1,000,000, were re- | New York ceeds 6,000,000, PATENT OF'F Improvenient Is 19, 192 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY | n \ | 06 TWINS ARE PARTED Fiie @ the frm lime n wearly two = 2 and o al ¢ that 1} nuliher as fallen below 60,000, and 1 surgical Operation May Save fhe ates that the additi 1 tafe of One Infant=Another Op. | 10000 OF SRATHIIER 18 Reamning 1o eration Considered Necessary Conditiona w th patent uffice howeser, ar Ul ar from salisfa New York, duly 18,=Twin infa tory, but it is eapeeted 1 arther aed at birth by an extrane 5 | improvement in bringing the work up wation were scparated by an opers | to date will by made when the n tion last Batarday at the Borough | appropriation Ret of the depaitiment Park Maternity hospital, 4431 Kif= | of the interior h hecome Mective, teenth avenue, Brooklyn, with what This act provides for an additiop ia anid te be the unpreeedentod result | 1o the examining corps of a tempors ut one of them lived AN operation | ary foreo conasting of three prinel reetity & deformity of the survive| pal examiners and 87 fourth aasists ing child Is te be perforied at the | anta, B0 of these examiners are (o be | hospital today by Dr. Henry M. | taken on at or and the remainder Kalzin and by its extrnordinary char- | as fast as eligibles can be ured roter in cexpected 1o attrict the at-|and space provided tendance of phyasicians and surgeons | In connection It may be noted that from many eitiea of the Last and | the patent office will probably secure | Middle West | the use of about 20,000 square fest of Dee Philip Minimberg, proprietor | additional space in the old land of« of the (nstitution, who performed the | fiee, located across the street 1'hie fiest operation, would not reveal the | will provide the room neccssary to name of the ehildren's parents, accommodate the increased force and Both ehildren were perfoetly form- | will also materially relieve the exist od and robust with the exception of | ing congeation the second, which was without a| 1t has aiso heen proposed by Sec right leg, missing at the hip, Thia| petary of the Interior Work that a chitd died as a consequence of the | committes be appointed to study the aperation, 1t was joined to the other | yattor of simplifying and cutting out from about where its right log should | yed tape from the procedure in the jve hean hy the growth which was | putent office. This committee, which attached to the now living infant, | will be eomposcd of members of the American Bar association and the leading Patent Bar assoclutions In the country, - will submit suggestions which it is hoped will result in bring- L& CONDITIONS, Noted, Says M. G, ¢ o5 s gie WEseme e 8 When an Auto Upset a Train New York has passed the 6,000,000 mark, Chicago is approaching 8,000, 000 and Philadelphia the 2,000,000 mark, while Cleveland s somewhat short of a million, Detroit, for which no estimate was made, likely has passed t million mark, as its popu- lation was estimated at almost 906,- 000 a year ago. The estimates of population of the | 79 cities in the 100,000 class follows: | New York 6,015,604, Chicago 2,939,- 605, Philadelphia 1,951,076, Detroit not estimated, Cleveland 912,602, 8t. T.ouls $12,698, Baltimore 684,983, Roston 776,783, Los Angeles §12,608 estimated, Pittsburgh 625,915, San Tramcisco 548,284, Buffalo 545,278, Milwaukee 492,087, Wash- ington 486,036, Newark 445,600, Minneapolis' 417,280, New Orleans 400,634, Cincinnati 407,835, Kansas City, Mo, 359,650, Seattle not estl- mated. Indianapolis 350,425, Rochester 325,211, Jersey City 312,157, Port- land, Ore., 275,002, Denver not esti- mated, Toledo 276,359, Columbus 266,709, Louisville 258,465, Oakland 246,893, St. Paul 243,946, Providence Now 243.743 Providence 248,745, Akron not esti- mated, Atlanta 227,710, Omaha 208,- 025, Birmingham 193,405, San Antonio 191,398, Syra- cuse 188,060, Dallas 187,862, Rich- mond 183,723, New Haven 175,947, Memphis 172,- 276, Dayton 169,236, Bridgeport not estimated, Norfolk 164,105, Houston not estimated, Hartford 156,167, Youngstown 155,153, Springfield, Mass.,, 148,400, Grand Rapids 148,- 322, Fort Worth 148,107, Des Molnes 145,053, Scranton 141,451, Paterson 140,637, New Bedford 136,602, Tren- ton 129,705, Salt T.ake City 128,564, Camden 126,390, Nashville 123,424, Fall River 121,034, Wilmington, Del., 118,627, Kansas City, T.owell 115,755, Cambridge 111,944, Reading 111,812, Tulsa 111,328, Yon- 119,888, Albany kers 109.618. Spokane not estimated, | 200,785, Worcester | . 117,763, | turned June 17, 19 the first finding of a speclal federal grand jury impanelled after approprintion of $500,000 by congress for investiga- {tion of war frauds by the departmen of justlce, BROOKHART ASKS INQUIRY Senator Wants #0 Look Into Efforts Being Made to Set Aslde So-Called Packers' Consent Decree, Washington, July 18.—Inquiry into consent decree scparating the tributing agencies has heen request- {ed of Chalrman Brookhart of the spe- 'clll senate committee investigating the department of justice by Ben- jamin C. Marsh, managing director of the Farmers’ National union. The council's request calls for in- | vestigation as soon as the committee | 1] jand reasons affecting the entering of |the so-called packer consent dccree, | while A. Mitchell Palmer was at- torney general, and the effdrt made in 1921 by H. M. Daugherty, while attorney gencral, suddenly to sccure the modification or setting aside of {for a public hearing thereon.” | 00D PRICES RISE | 44 Representative Cities of the Coun- try Show Advance Between May 15 | and Junc 15. i I Washington, July 12.-—The average for food in- | creased between May 15 and June 15 lin 44 representative cities, the labor | department announced today, while | family’s expenditure efforts being made to set aside the | big | packing companies and their food dis- | the consent decree without providing | jcan be convened of “the conditions | | ing action by the patent office is Duluth 108.39 declines were reported in seven Utica 105,315, Oklahoma City, | citics. ’ 103,980, Lynn, 105,608, Tacoma, 105,- | The general level of food prices, as 093, Canfon 102,754, Jacksonville, | disclosed by the weighted index of the 102,471, ¥ Paso, 100,624, Schenee- |department’s bureau of labor statis- tady, 100,467, Somerville, Mass., | tics, advanced about one per cent dur- 100,440, | ing the month, leaving the change for R S | the 12 months which ended June 15, | a decline of only 1 1-3 per cent also | POLICEMAN IS SHOT o mnerenss ot 6 per cont sinen 1015 \ was recorded. | ey, Increases ranging up to 5 per cent Bandits Kill Chicago Officer and [on butter, 8 per cent on oranges and Escape With Part of Cement Com- pany Payroll, 19.—Four bandits yesterday shot to death Policeman Frank C. McGlynn when he inter- rupted their attempt to steal the pay roll of the Sterns Lime and Cement company, 2700 Leo street. Fhe ban- dits escaped amid a fusilade of shots with $468 of a 86,000 payroll. Chicago, July McGlynn was shot through the heart when he walked into the of- fices of the plant, accompanied by D. T. Healy, an employe. Healy wase the first to enter and one of the ban- dits shoved a sawed-off shotgun against his head. “Get against the wall with the rest of the brothers,” the bandit commanded. “Nix! A copper,” shouted one of the robbers as McGlynn appeared in a narrow pasesageway leading to the main office of the plant. *‘As soon as the Fuzz puts his foot in the door lay it into him,” erdeved MeGlynn realized and that he faid that it was a hold-up, tried to draw his revolver. But one of the bandits concealed behind a large fitting case opened fire and killed him MeGlynn, who had heen on the force two years, leaves a widow and one-son. AT THEF NG Ome Man Arrestad and Another s Being Sought in Series of Motor Car Thefts in Southern Illinofs, East §t. Louis, 111, July 13.—Leslie Paul Lemon, 26, formerly of Willis- ville, 111, is a federal prisoner in the eity jail here, and Ray N. Slater, 28, of SBt. Louis, telegraph operator at Brooklyn, Iil, for the Wabash rail- road, is in the custody of St. Louis authorities folldwing an investigation into alleged automobile theft rings in southern Illinols and St. Louis. Lemon was arrested when found in' possession of a car helonging to R. W. Barnes of Sikeston, Mo. Charges against Lemon include theft of cloth- ing in Willisville, Til, forgery in Dex- ter, Mo, and bank robbery in Van- deusen, Mo, beside violation of the Dyer act. Slater was arrested etolen from a St. Louis was found at his home. Thirteen automobiles have been re- covered, and six others identified, au- thorities stated. when a car salesroom Tanks were first used in warfare by the British. 14 per cent on potatoes, were listed on 14 articles during the { while declines were registered for 16, | including 10 per cent on sugar and 25 | per cent on cabbage, and 13 items | were unchanged. The greatest general increase by cities, 8 per cent, was reported in Detroit and the greatest decrease 1 per cent, was shared by Rirmingham, Cincinnati, Mobile and New Orleans. HEAT WAVE BROKEN Terrific Hot Spell That Has Hamper- | | ed Olymplc Games Is Ended By Series of Violent Storms in France Paris, July 19.—The heat wave, has been so distressing to the Olym- by a series of violent gales which wrought havoe throughout France and | Belgium. Heavy seas caused damage {to shipping and loss of life in the channel, Two ¥rench yachts, the Incom prise and the Fugenia, hoisted signals Twenty fishing smacks are missing from Ostend and it is feared all are lost, Twenty-six bodies have already been washed up on the beach, Ten more boats are missing from Ports- mouth and 15 persons are reported drowned, The storm seems to have blown itself out and better weather is ,:(frl‘ra!'. - =] “Fixtures for a candy store.” Want ads print such things galore. WRITE A WANTAD month, | pic contestants, was broken up today | of distress and were rescued by tugs. | Manning, Attorney. | ing the work of the burcau nearly to 3 b . a current basis, According to Harold G. 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