New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 PASTOR OF CENTER CHURCH TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION AFTER 17 YEARS SERVICE | Rev. Henry W. Maier Tells Congregation Il Health Makes It Ad- visable For Him To Retire. Was Ordained to Ministry Nearly 32 Years Ago and Once Roamed Prairies Sunday School Teacher. The resignation of Rev, Henry W Maier, as pastor of the First church of Christ, Congregational, was read to the congregation yesterday by Judge W. C. Hungerford, clerk of the church. The resignation came as a surprise and a shock to the majority of those present, although the fact that it was In contemplation was sensed by a few for several days last week, Rev, Mr. Maier had planned to continue his activities as pastor of the church, which is one of the largest in the city, until he reached the age of 60 years, which would be in August, 1926, but his health has forced his resignation sooner than he hoped. The letter, which is as follows, was read by Judge Hungerford withour comment, except to state that no ac- tion would be taken at this time. “To the First Church of Christ, New Britain, “From the Pastor, Henry W. “Greeting “Clonsulting physiclans have eided that I, longer continue my labors with you. Some of the after effects of the ac- cident through which I passed five years ago are such that it makes it expedient that I should relinquish my work. “The interest of the church, which requires the full strength of a man who can give unimpaired service, makes it necessary that I.should re- sign as pastor of the First church. ‘1 therefore present to you, through the clerk of the church, my resignation as pastor, to take effect at the church's convenience. “I cannot refrain from thanking you, the members of the church ana congregation for your unfalling goodness, kindness, cooperation ana helpfulness during the almost eigh teen years that we have been to- gether, “May Maler, de- the blessing of God rest upon you and your always. “Your Pastor, “HENRY W. MAIER.” No Action Taken on Letter No action was taken on the letter yesterday, but it will be acted upon at a meeting of the congregation soon. The date has not yet been set hds a long record of ac- He was born eneca Fall York, August 8, 1866. He received his early educa- tion in the Seneca Falls school, gra- duating from the high school of that town and spending the next five rs in the employ of a ore. To his mercantile exp he attributes many valuable featurcs of his carly education. Ordained in 1893 aving the grocery business he Hamilton college and later cuse university, graduating in from the Auburn Theological seminary. On April 19, 1893 he was ordained to the ministry at Oak’s Corners, in the town of Phelps, New York. A stngular colncldence in this connection is the fact that his ord- nation k place 135 years to the very day after the first meeting of what later was to become his charge, the First Congregational New Bri This was the first reli- glous organization in New Britain. Tn 1891 Mr. Maire went west as & y pilot"” i labored for five | mo"” s among the Indians and cow- boys of South Dakota and Wyoming ‘While not employed as a cowboy, he rode horse b: from one ranch to o eral (Continued on Page 13) our pastor, should not | ’ | the church of | Resigns Pastorate as | REV. HENRY W. MAIER HOD GARRIERS DEMAND INCREASE IN WAGES Want 87 1-2 Cents an Hour on April 1, 1925—Now Get 70 Cents Building contractors who employ hod-carriers today received a copy of a resolution passed at a meeting of the hod-carriers’ union, in which a demand fs de for an increase in wages amounting to 17'; cents an hour. T hod-carriers now cents an hour, and the which i8 proposed for adoption on April 1, 1925, provides an hourly wage of 8733 cents Copies of the resolution after a lengthy dis today over the grade Bianchi, president of union. In the building trades it is customary to give several months' notice to contractors before new schedule | adopted sion ware sent signature of the ule in operation. 8ho i dissatisfaction on the { employers, bly be submitted for arbitration. t of GRANDMOTHER DIES Bridgeport Woman. Shot By Grand- <on on November 11, Passes Away Dec. 1. s Mrs. Margar- this city, on No Pl by he old gra n, Charle 1 today at St. Vinee g occl en young Margeson took from a atelpiece loaded ibre re- volver which he to be his 'toy cap pisto}, it at trigger, spine. Coroner Phelan will hold quest, the date for which been set. Train Derailed But Wires Bridgeport, ot Margeson, was shot ght Margeson, di | e shooti hospi a point e the piercing an 18 Are Down; No Information || Manchester, N. H., Dec. 1.— Pas- sengers on a southbound Valley railroad traig are between Barnstead and Center Barn stead accord to reports reachir here. The and two coaches of a mixed traln were de- ralled this morning. Wire service to | Barnstead and points north has been interrupted by the week-end <'mrm |so that complete detalls are lackir According to reports received 1‘-. | nobody was injured. locomotive TE \l HER A SUICIDE ton, N. J., Dec. 1 structor of ¥ Tre Napols 2 Ml k‘!l L] lmnsr” with a revolver .m]. Judd & Co. Offers $450,000 For Property Of Cen Firm Makes Proposal Brokerage Formal for Purchase of Choice Cen- | tral Realty. That the site of the First Congre. gational church may be sold in the near future, became known possibility today when it was nounced that an offer of close half miilfoa dollars had been celved frojn Judd & Co., brokers. This building {8 the th site of the First Congregational church which 1ecently celebrated its 165th anniversary. The offer is for ap proximately $450,000 and will be ac cepted or rejected on Thursday eve- ning of next week, when a special eting of the congregation will be held. The offer has been kep \ome time, but 1t was learned today hat it was made to the First Cecles pt quiet for ter Cong Clxurch stastical society in tim clety to take action on N The committee vot matter before a joint ms astical soc ing committee of tt view to determining property should b proposition made by Jud | satisfactory and if not tisfactory p ety an church et or that the { satisfa ed, and that the ocngregat | Judge W, ( has calle evening, Dec ok be brought up fc ing of the F be held immediate of the co o' at w t clesias Mil. it is proposed to put a new wags sched- 4 there be the | the question will proba- | At Hospital as Result of Wounds , NEW BRITAIN L()NNELTILUT MONDAY DECEMBLR 1 1‘#"4 —SIX'I FIVE PERSONS Motorman, New York, Dec. 1.—~Two women and three men lost their lives today in a fire which a flve-story rooming house in West Sixty-third | street, near Columbus avenue. Eleven other persons were Injured, five of them seriously, One of the women Victims was kilted in leaping from the roof of the burning building. The bodies of a woman and two men were found in the haliways of the upper floors, Mrs. Mary Donne! 45 years old, died after she had been lowered by her husband from the top floor by means of a rope, Several of the injured persons were hurt in jumping from window ledges after the flames had spread throughout the huilding, cutting oft retreat by the stairways. Numerous rescues were made hy firemen, who ralsed aerfal ladders to the top { loor window ledges. swept IN GOTHAM TENEMENT FIRE One Killed in Leap From Roof, Others Suffocate When ' Retreat is Cut Off—Dozen Injured—Firemen Ham- pered When Trolley Car Cuts Hose and Police Hunt LOSE LIVES The first company of firemen to arrive at the blaze were handicapped | lin combatting the fire when a trol- | ley car ran over and cut & fire hose | | which had been laid across Colum- | |bus avenue, Tiy the tinie a new lino | |was laid the flames had spread up | {the stalrways from the ground floor | to the top of the building. The po- lice started a search for the motor- man whose car cut the hose, The bodies of the other woman and two men who perished in the building had not been identified five hours after the fire. Jack Reld, 38 years old, was identified as the fifth |victim of the flames. He died of burns and internal Injuries soon after being taken to a hospital, With the flames scorching thdr backs, §r. and Mrs. Lawrence Coop ar sat on one of the upper window ledges and waited until firemen had ralsed a ladder. They were pain- fully burned. [Log of Ship Indicates That It May Have Been For- mer Navy Entry Made Only Two Hours Before Debris Is Found. Cutty Mass,, Dec. 1, | Wreckage vashed ashors here yes- hunk, terday, been damaged or lost, identified today. An address ical officer, U. §. 8, Camden,” which appeared on a case of navy medical supplies, was explained, as all ves- sels of that name were apparently | accounted for, and the-name did not appear on log book, or chart house which were included in the wreckage. From a description of the st and grey color of the shattercd house, navy and coast guard said 1t appeared 1o have avy vessel, but suggestions advanced it might have | been sold and converted into rum- | running or other purposes Mysteries Unexplained. This the however, for entries in the log which referred to move- “navy yard” on Nov. he fact that the vessel way,” on Nov. various navy ast failed to 1 from these refer try on Oct. 11 lad left indicating that a vessel had was still un- “med- is ‘}Mv‘rv 0 been that water- at vards 1 ce 1 8 or ) saying New Haven on of navy mark at 180 medical of origin New been supplies, it t the T.ondon, bought was have as 18 war ex- 1de broken the It was in as to Indicate that rn a f whether by collislon art he chest. | such conaiti ) n loose only ew | explc | came 1shor Coast in ition of the ‘ineyard for any f the wreek lebris Visitor at Navy Yard Rer M o ed and blotte other wreckage ach of Cutty- d that the Jost to the Brook- srding to Captain th Cuttyhu with H. w who first fou here for able to y came were fathoms nor tt Identity Of Vessel, Wreckage Of Which Goes Ashore Off Mass., Mysterwasly Baffles Naval flen | Craft—Last | d4id not ac- 1‘11\‘ stores, YORK STATE FARMERS IN FEAR OF WILD DEERj Supposedly Docile Animal Attack- tng and Killing Horses—State Protection Sought Nanticoke, N. Y., Dec. 1.—Farm- érs of this Broome county town have appealed to the state conservation commission for protection against a vicious deer which has gored a nber of horses so that it was ary to shoot them and has re- peatedly chased others. The com- mission authorized Inspector Slatter of Binghamton to kill the deer and turn the carcass over to some chari- table institution to be used as food. Supervisor Willlam E. Flock of Nanticoke reported to the commis-| buek atfacked a mare and | mutilating them so that they | Hartford county as a whols sion the a colt, had to be killed; gored another| (horse so that its recovery is doubt- | hooked two other horses badly; and repeatedly chased still other horses which were able to escape his | tossing antlers. T ported the deer unrest in the ful; © supervisor re- d caused much vicinity; that farmers ere forced to go out night after u t to protect their ok and at it was felt no horse was on the HOLT'S NAME ARRIVES Democratic Candidate's Certificate Late In Arriying—Officials Await- ing Formal Decision i Hamilt Woodsoc party’s n for 1 The the 1y and to Attor- special el¢ TH0 DRIVERS HELD Tinds That Both Motorists Had Part In Death New Haven Coroner Of Aged Woman, ewis 13 1 'Senator Moses Coming to ( onn. to Help Bmzham Der or 11 rman the re rial THE WEATHER Hartford, Dec. 1.—Forecast for New Britatn and vicinity Fair tonight and Tuesday colder tonight * | | Bridgeport, | ot r«—n:r- to | status o HONF SWEET HONE 15 ANTHEN ’) New Britafhu m.,, 0} “Own Your Own” hg""' OCCUPANTS OWN 37 .P. C. n County Outranked by Record Hrro—; Third Ward in First Place and Fifth Ward Last—Census Statis- tcs Bases for Conclusions. 3T G (Washingto Washing! families own thelr New Britain, Conn,, the total numbe any other la Nearly 3 of New Brit occupants, it is of cen. year census per the census of 1920, by atatisticlans of ment of Commer; . Herald) ) Degc, own homes in in proportion to mes, than {n the state, d !mmt\ rof is disciosed in an an- d covered by 15t completed e U. 8. Depart As compared with the 37 per mm,,m‘ e s of the to! are own them In Ne fi'\')‘ claim 2 number of homes which by the families living in per cent of its homes helr occupants; Nety aim only 28 per cent; a little less than 24 per cent; and Water not quite per cent 12,07 The of t tist Haven can Families, 6,109 Dwellings. nily is taken as the basis ne by the government sta- iane, in making their calcula- There e 12,072 famllies in H— aln at the time of comple 'lvr\ of the 1920 census, it is declar- ed, but at that t'me there were o 6,109 dwelling places erected in it is indicated, a | familles were *‘dou increases the proportion home-ownere. The number of homes owner by occupants was declared by th sus bureau to be 3,458, famllies rented ir places of Significant figures as to t omes in | disclosed by the federal officials. Of the 3,458 owned homes wit the corporate limits of the city, only 433 were free from debt, it was declared, while 2,792 were found to by obligations, cen- 8,516 abode. ot cumbered census takers were unable to the debt situation in 53 homes, The learn and | | 98 homes were reported as “tenure | unknown.” New Britam Outranks County The city of New Britain outranks matter of home ownership. Of the total number of homes in the county, approximately 33 per cent are owned by the occupants, as compared with The total number of amilies in Hartford clared to bs , ot rent their ni; helr own homes. occupants in Hartford ported to be ore en 1tus of 242 of 6 free from debt, while was undetermined he tenur T r of homes for the 1 process of liqu New Britain By Wards Detalied f r the of New Britai ment of con six wards bt the d as follows Home W W Autos and Trucks Killed inN. Y.in \momher Neow ) ork, Dee. 1 in the state caused by tr \unda\ School Teacher Drops Dead in ( hulch New London, Conn mbers of Epis this city droppe Martin's trouble Py " years ago. ed at ship ¢ as & carpenter r 1,—~More | | sus returns during the | | Britain, Hartford can | | text from | do a mean, o debt | ™ w Britafn were | be en- | in the | REV. DR. HILL HITS |Calls Them Petty and Vile CEN PAGES, Average Daily Circulation For Week hndlnL 11 461 Nov. 29th PRICE THREE CENTS JONES, S, NOT WATSON, IS SENATE WHIP; SIXTY EIGHTH CONGRESS ASSEMBLES BUTADJOURNS UNTIL TUES. MORNING SHEATSLEY RETURNS TO RELIGIOUS CLASS Resumes Tea('hinu Tomor- row—~(omments Furnace Mystery AT SCANDAL MONGERS and Stories Damnable Slander on G chara without ¢ 50k (R tional chu denounced delight in questiona | ing w damnable ople who declared cleared family tid bits of | 4°° ut tty, m Saiile clergyman, Dr. Hill story, Hearth," moving pictur: the where to th “Gash rom Dick- <2t on the wn on H he said | astir, | volce (It has t iah sar servant saying ST mu in tha tioned, his prophet 2 emiah, m t G only thing ! he e where his is where it dir to spread scandal,” | have falthf thelr ¥ to discl respective “That etory might have of New Britain, It mig RIoUERE nocent mig good name M. to justic Helghbo preserved ¥ go8 ar who started 1t, but You get to th Thess mean, petty, d things that st nob Sheatsley'e never choice bit ad to do ;:r)'\i\p to ite s h the breaking down a good w word of truth § “There ¢ soma time or other been this thing. Somet Greenwich Police Believe That “fan happin mise in d These able “If'a roying mea Killed Wrecked His Own Car and Was Not Hit By Truck and 1 can go any attention 1t it may be n someone will You're just the persc and then t! 1 sorpeiing you elge.” wn by st mes h witho 'Chinamen Here Profess No Fear Of Tong War But All Seem Wary; War Clouds Rlsmg In Waterburv Laundry A\re Showing Extreme (au- Prnprleum tion in Brass Hartford Police Think | They Have Murder Pis- tol. City— | Senator Chosen To Assist Leaders In Maintain- ing Quorum—Indiana Man Is Curtis’ Aide. ‘Washington ther House Will Get Down Work Until After President’s Mes- sage Is Read Wednesday —Budget Ready o Thurs- ator Ington to- 1 whip in by Sena- the newly @ senate as whip it 1ssist the ymbine ¢ party plar was Congress Assembl congress as- farewell for the ant busi- annual sident, e senate, use, Brief <sions Are £ brief, 1 and \ was v members named to inform i that tih 85 inistered t mritt Prest s were g the pted. ut of parted noon Budget Thursday