New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1926, Page 1

FINAL EDITION ‘meo) ‘proy “laq NEYW BRITAIN HERALD 1APY AT IS 1791390u00)) . ESTABLISHED 1870 C0OLIDGE O DRY BIRTHDA Has No Gomment as Prohibitic Starts Seventh Year HOLD TESTIMONIAL DINNER I'rohibitton And Civic Organization: ! L“ ” »Fugitive Holding Celebrations Today And lonight—"Death” Dinner Plans Are Abandoned. Washington, Jan, 16 (#}—~The only White House responge today to an inquiry whether President Coolldge sared to comment on prohibition which went fnto effect just six years «zo, was that he had nothing to say Testimonial Dinners New York, Jan, 16 (A—The sixth | inniversary of prohibition's birth in 1 States is being observed by dinners of interested civic ations and statemeuts from ading prohibitionists praising the esults of the 18th amendment and he Volstead act. Tonight the New York Anti-Sa- on league will hold a “sudden ath” dinner in honor of William “Pussyfoot” Johnson, whose in- iefatigable work as a dry propa- zandist throughout the world Thas ost him an eye, He lost it in a uffle with students in London who eld a demonstration against him. The dinner according to early an- nouncernents was to have been fea- Jred by genuine exhibits of liquor upplied by the federal attorne Wfice, but the “real stuff,” will not ye there, Federal Attorney Buckner leclined to undertake his share of LOUIS MAZZONE Louis Maz arrested here cently by the immigration authori ‘on the allegation that Le entered this country illegally, has disappear- ed, leaving no trace, 1le made his escape at Providence, R, I. He fell into the toils of the police here afte r a shooting affray in a house of 1 mont street, AMERICAN FLEET HOLDS HANEUVERS Intricate Naval Practice Of Goast of Calilornia ne, re- 16 proceedings, “We have no lquor, d ny liquor and if we had it, 2nd It,” he said severa He explained that cver in possession Juor which is usually held b casury department. Plans Are Cancelled. ague offielals immediataly can- Liled that part of the dinner. They 1 planned to have the drinks mix- 1 by some “expericnced wet,” to sknll and crosshones on the /ktail glasses, and to hold & mock al of King Alcohol.” nson will want wouldn't ys ago. offi was confiscated the of mint a "wet ) guests are on ler, in Washi led the anniv prohibition's natal day as tremendous decrease in aleohol I the of the ng- of g o consumption improvement ation and elimination and “pauperiem and ms' around them, he said may well observe of prohibition in this alth of 1 saloons Frope efic ntry. Holds T, ad for Americ 1 nations of Europe m nerica’s example of new frecdom m aleohol's ruie,” he said he only White House resy erday to inquiry whether Presi t Coolidge ecared to comment or annivgrsi SAs Model Wit ployms s del retehed nt nands out- loans, profit was that he ) g to say. in \ ineluding er of Hull memorial ty women, ad w ago. reside t of the politics by hou sent t urging tha dry laws be t enfores ken ont rvice on orms two to be- | memorial that prohibition is now its formative s FRANCIS DEMING LEFT ANESTATE OF $19,169 Report Filed in of Probate Appral Court by De ath was vings bank 59, a ning Wilcox Middlctown road Hartford real es- es Masonic Tem- Terlin per ; two me Buflding assoclation of subscription paid, Hotel, pr re common, $1 iritair iprais res Durrit missions due, $64 in Deming-Mlidrum . 81, + $100 not re- 24 RUN SHIPS SEIZED OF These Captured Between - July and_January, Twenty Were of British Registry, Washington, Jan. r foreign liquor ized between July 16 (®—Twenty- vessels were 1 and Januar; The department of justice vhole of end * [ News, RESERVES' CRUISE PLANS | Three Voyages Tor Practice Are To Take Place Next Summer On Each Coast—New Haven Will Be Base For Two Trips. San Pedro, Ca, J backbone of American and last night wa of Southern ( most intri 16 (A —The power engaged ilifor, mar of navigation in naval practice, |pattle flect convoy sereening, includ- {ing repellir n air attack, Three |divisions of the great dreadnaughts, vesterday off the o in one of the a ~ |a division of submarines, two squad- ro! rier 1 of destroyers, the aircraft car- d aircraft squadro {nire TS, scout cruiser O ha, submarine tenders, mine sweep- and cagle boats representing all availabel forees of the United States battle fleet, participated “ oy st assemblage of naval war ntrated durit the after the morning in a fascinating and spec- he m dreadnang arines, min left the § after vas cone fternoon been spent tacular var body ied hy 1o hoats ul in Pedro wn for battle ot o shortly exercl s, r fore: and , to meet The light s of the floct, destroyer sq ar forces, left San Die hem and give battle, More than 14,0 stations abos Ie arjous wur ft during this exercis | Navel Reserve Cruises, f [ avy for th the naval s ha annnual summer cr reserves, which will take them, prin ripaily on destroyers, to the At and Pacific uvers and rom in the exercises on the where 1he nises ¢ poin cousts fc ma exereises Reservists the lake region At vessels will Long schedules for the have not been ndezvous in Gardiner's B Teland sound. T {complet: const cruises | Three | coasts, nd third |oi the sam n For the Atlantic ecrui “r squadrons and two res ed. or the will b layer destroy first hedule th cru he rom July ses will be held on b from July 1 to 1 t | | from Augus Atlantic coast prog 3 two d light mine stroyers lestroyers s | Hight mine a reserve | i | On the | sc ships will vists Bo altimore, Washir leston, 8. C. and w Orl On the second cruise they from Lynn, Ma New York, New |Haven, Conn., Philadeiphia, | more, Washington, N |Charleston, Mobile and G |On the third, they will | Portland. Maine, Boston {R. T, New Haven New York, Noawark, Pt [T ERitimon Ralti- N ston wport ws leave from Newport, Bridgeport, Conn Hoboken, Jersey ( Iphia. ( Washingtorn Jacksonville Ne Tt Miami and Gal- veston | Tortell Defends Right To Poor Debtor’s Qath John S. R. Torell is begore Judge Haines superior court today {defend his right to take the Mebtor’s oath ir oid court jndgment |to approximate Torel, |iatted for men which Charles & Drobegg within the jail limits by post- bond the in to poor amounting a civil jud Lyment ege student who was ure to meet the was in favor of the secured his re- ¥ lebtor's oath 1 a petition in bank- Trma Drobegg. execu esfate of Charles €. Dro- iled a Mrs X of weg a urt i {iebtor's ¢ aring {down for haa | weepers | ty, | judg- | was set | . HARD COAL STRIKE “finers" Unions Get Report From Sub-Scale Committee — APPEAL 70 PRESIDENT Stnator Copeland Urges Coolklge 1o Interyene In Crisis—Miners Mus Stand Together, According to Mes- sage From Headquarters, Hazleton, Pa., Jan. 16 (- mions throughout the cilon today received report of the Local anthracite in the mails miners' sub-scale immittee which was in conferenc with the hard coal opecrators New York in the futile attempt to draw up a new wage contract, Tt was reand at the fuil scale committee meeting there on Thurs day, but was withheld from publi- cation until it reached the local unions, The report states that the opera- tors in the New York conference “did not change their attitude ch they assumed on Ju 9 at Atlantic City, and they persistently insisted that no settlement that did not provide for a continuous and permanent arbitration of wages and conditions would be considered, Claim Reduetions Demanded The refusal of the operators join in a petition to congress pass legislat dustry gave only desire report to to evidence “that their for arbitration is to re- duce the wages of the mine work- and permit their profits and regulated by them- ers is writing,” the report sa negotiations are off despite every cffort of your negotiating commit- tee fo remain in session in their de- sire to bring about a honorable set- tlement, From now on we can es- t that the anthracite operators will continue in their propaganda intended to demoralize our for and create distrust and among our membership. They ha gone to every extreme in their mac sire to divide the forces of the anthracite mine workers in this struggle, but our lives remain firm and our membership 1s determined that no settlement shall be made or will be made that is not honorable and does mot give our people that measure of justice to which they are entitled, Owners Unfair | rather report to you that a fair s tlement had b fair attitude of the anthracite oper- ators. The struggle must, therefore, continue and we are continue to make sacrifices in order to satisfy the u of the anthracite operators in their desire to force | wage reductions and to tic our hands | thro continuous and permanent ation.” hur forces,” th: statement adds, \ust continue to work in harmon und cooperation to the end that vie- tory may be achieved. Do not per- mit yourselves to be fed away by the siren voice of the disrupter or the propaganda of the operators, 0 matter henee it comes. Your or- ganization is m will continue to do so to provide for the needy as a result of this great industrial confli We ask you to assists your officerg and the various | brs nization is mak- |ing every ¢ che 0 50 to provide for the needy as a result of this great industrial con- flict. We ask you to assist your of- ficers and the various branches of our organization in handling of our affairs in order that we may con- (tinue to carry on until an honorable Copeland’s Proposal Washington, Jan. 16 (f)— ate had before 1y a proposal to request President Coolidge to forego his hands-off policy in the anthracite situatior between miners and operators. ibodies in a resolu ater Copeland, democrat, asks the president to tever action pssary proper to bring ahont an im resumption of anthracite coal |mining.” Urging prompt 2 the nator said the present situation is fraught with imminent danger to public health,” The resolution shartly after it was explained at the White Hot vesterday that the | president regards the government as inable to act in the controversy until coneress provides legislation permit- ing intervention in industrial dis- or was ented pr put 1ator Copeland first resolution empowering the president 1o act but he scrapped it n favor of the simple hich would be ge of the resolution rough 1 legislative chan- nels of both chambers, gressional interest in the coal ion also is evident in the house. o0se members, representing mining districts of Pennsylvania con- vesterday with Secretary Da- the labor department. They ask for specific governm declaring they doubted the of federal intervention. A er of bills and resolutions se¢ ing a solution of the coal problem are pending in the house. MILLER ANTED DIVORCE Ferdinand Miller of this city was rranted a divorce from his ma Pancrou X\ in th ford ye {joint ause of the delay v |entailed in pas: the us effic num oy superior cou y. he claimed t cted their child ran city at his was never other s also Iy They ! 14 Joseph M. Donovan rep he husband arov with were Ti in | to regulate the in- | 26. —SIXTEEN PAGES $7,500 Bequest To Children’s Home The sum of $7,500 is left to the Children’ Britain in a contingent bequest by {[liam A, Erving of Hartford, it was announced today, The life use of the income is left to the widow,the money to go to the local institution upon her death. Asum of $15,000 is [1left to the Newington Home for Crippled Children under the same conditions. EYOLUTION FRENZY 1S AFFECTING JUGOSLAYS Man Who Upholds Monkey | Theory Is Ordered for Trial s Home of New the will of the late Wil- Bare Knees for Men Outlined as Sports Styles for Summer o Chicago, Jan. 16—He what & Chicago clothing manufactu pregcribed as the correct att for men on the links for 192 Br shorts—knea length D hich introduce the er's bare knces—and ich go * and semi-Turkish in general are mble The colors must be cedarwood, silver, rust, and onlo; or many patterns deslgned after 8 of the Scottish c Belgrade, Serbla, Jan. 16 (P—The | |evolutionists and fundamentalists in |Jugos are at odds, and there is sherwood [to be a trial at Vranja of a man {Who upholds the theory that man | was descended from monkey. | | Professor Ronislaw Petronjedic, | ____ {one of the country's leading educat- |ors, started the controversy when a |short time ago in delivering a lec- {ture before a large crowd he ex- |pressed the evolution theory. While F |his auditors paid little more than | y passing attention to his remarks, the | | news when it was received {n a small ! Ivillage near Vranja, caused the peo- . . [ple to divide avout factions, | Author Despises Tho: The chiet religious authority and . . his advents formed one faction and ' Who Tell Lies school teacher upheld the evolu- | . [tionists, The clergyman had Kara About Him ic haled to court on a charge of an ttempt by him to undermine re-| ligio ‘l‘ morality, The trial will | -‘"*'-"‘”‘k‘ Jan. 16 () — Rupert 1d at Vranja. It is exciting so ' HUgl much interest that aiready Serbian o 2 novelis: sists that ‘ashington “gambled, swore No Explosion and Big Tank 5| DAMAGE T0' INSTRUMENTS Loss Is ‘T\\H dissension | Your representatives would much | u areived ar, but | News Advocates New Ice that was impossible due to the un- | lled upon to | king every effort and | 1 will continue to lie sen- ! and intervene in the dispute | offered a | request be- | and foreign journalists are proceed- g to Vranja to report the pro- Karadjic apparently is ng himself much worry over o outcome of the case, He de- clares that if he is condemned by th t the minister of education | to it that the sentence ainst him is not put into execu- | er the avia, all religi enjoy the yreck orthodox |ate, with Roman CAMP MENORIAL PLAN 15 PROPOSED AT YALE constitution of Jugo- recognized by me rights, e wtholics predomir atholics second. Rink in Honor of | Former Coach New Haven. Jan, 16 (P—A Yale ice rink to replace the arena, burned more a year ago, is proposed by tk Daily News as a fitting memorial to the late Walter Camp. 1t is pointed out by the News that the Yale hockey team, with no hom of its own, is foreed to depend upon the Athletic association for a great deal of financing and upon the gen- erosity of neighbors for some of the required practice it gets. “Great as was his interest in foot ball.” the says, “Walter Camp | {was much more deeply concerned | {with the general building up of portsmanship and the right physical it of American an he was primaril ing her adm’ new k points his influencs to he ir requirement Camp were hera today |would want more than anything e would Ye a new arena.” BOARDHAN RESIGNS Was ing to a in v meet | | | Meriden Man President And Treasurer of The YVoster Merriam Compang. tion Meriden, Jan, 16 (P —The resigna- was announced today of He ard E. Boardman, as president treasurer of the Foster Merri company, founders and manufact ers of hardware. ! Mr. Boardman said in favor of gor niore directly res connected with th |ing of the comp A speclal stockholders will be held next v k New Brilaili?[nchinc Co. Sells Realty for $60,000 t with | has | Faward Edward will be interest ref 1sible of ay ontage n bought by us, Samuel N | Birnbaum from M cob \ind Co. for a price e rlish "y\rbp- rty withir | INN AT CORBIN'S CORNLR Anof d landmark he very remaining remind early days in this section, razed and suppla lancing pavilion according to an incement by William Dobson. It is the Corbin homestead at Corbin's srner in West Hartford. Mr. Dob- on has purchased the property for approximately $20 000, The homestead was the birthplace of the late Philip Corhin, founder of the P. & F. Corbin Mfg. Co. WOMAN COOPER DIVORCED, Boston, Jan. 16 (P oniy oper a among t Sitor wi d by an inn ¢ o! be nd | played cards and danced ht,"” but he doesn't think any less of him for it Last night he repeated much of at he had said in Washington sday night to the scandal of sonie members of the Sons of the rican Revolution, and only once was interrupted by his audience of 1,000 persons in town hall. That s when he said Washington “stay- ed up all night and danced with the ladies.” ‘Well, what if he did?" shouted a woman in the gallery, who had been gesticulating in indignatio was the father of our couniry! Mr. Hughes ignored th and said that he w. a few truths about W heckling merely telling hington and that he had no intention of inferring X that he was an immoral man. Undoubtedly Washington was a noble man—one of the noblest in history,”” he continued. *“I admire him as much as anyone, but I de- spise those who tell lies about him." The cherry tree story, Mr. Hughes aid, was a lie invented by & clergy- man who wanted to adorn a moral for children. Mr. Hughes quoted from Wa ington's diary to prove that the first president brewed beer, drank freely, gambled, was & “regular sport” and not a “mollyeoddle” as some his torians painted him, A P. MARSH SPEAKS 10 BAY STATE TRUCK OWNERS Motor Transportation Men Vote to Go Into Fight Again Ainey BIll in Congress The Massachusetts Motor Association was organized at Spring- field last evening, following Marsh of htis city, secretary of the Connecticut Motor ruck Association. Truck \ zation was forr operate with throughout the Uni fighting the Ainey bij supervision of i transportation The Connecticut ising & fund of § | when it comc nd & prominent torney ha States for 1te in deral niotor Association s ,000 to fight t up in congr Washington s been engaged. The Ne Britain Cham r of Commerce the New Britain Traffic Bure co-operating in the fight This evening Mr. at New Haven to a gather Connecticut Warchouss vhich he is one and the first pre lio n are of the bill a would seriously ness, SAVED FROM SUFFOGATION Cries of B:" - Alarms Sleepers In Time To Open Window and Sum- | mon Medical Aid Malden, M crying of a two ye auseated by gs lo have saved sons slecping in a here early today maia where the house had fil the hecvy fumes when t Pearl Werlin, ars old b \cther. e cries of 3 awakened The able to throw open a telephone an emergern When two physicians of potice arrived with ar all of the seven childre adults in the house had over come. They vere revived at the of fice of one of the doctors later. a and — | THE WEATHER Hartford, Jan. 16.—Forceast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; Sunday increas- Ing cloudiness: somewhat warmer e e —— ;| WEST HAVEN FIRE ROCKVILLE BLAZE WRECKS A5 PLANT Is Saved Estimated At Between and 40 Thonsand Dollars—Blazc | Ravages Room and Operating Purifying Room of Plant Jan, 16-—Fire irge part of the ildings of the Ro Willin loss beir betw One ed b d by officials at and $40,000, oil conta the main g There was 1o other r was burn- « container w no explosion and property was damaged. o broke out inside the gas 1ilding and swept through “purify- ing roum, Fifteen minutes before a watchman had made his regulas round and he says there was no sign of fire at th e origin was | not determined iminary sur- | vey of the premises, e fir nking opera Last night there was a rubbish fira | in the yard which the department | ou There was no apparent connection between the two fires, Toe oil cont which w led was 20 feet high and 36 f {diamet r, The building which was was of brick walls, wooden and slate roof. Superinten, vid Loree, of Willimantie, charge of the entire plant coi. pany came here with ob 1ge in tion of was half full so that rot entirely The inst ing the ating room were ¢ tent of about " e gas plant was in Maple street, | the center and the strect from the new Ma- school. 0 is in { the men | to clear away the wreck- | liate resump- | One container the city was prived of illuminant, nts used maged to the ex- | Orange Welding Company Plant Burned to Ground This Morning | —ILoss Placed at $25,000, Jan. 16 (P—"The nge Welding com- Orange avenus was gronnd ¥ th loss being estimated at | $25,000. Allingtown fire re- partment was called shortly befors 8 o'clock but the fire had gained | uch headway before the arrival of the firemen: that the building could not be saved Micha said this | | West Haven, | | pany { bu ea Rich morning fires at o 1 that there were aze then. The bui cated on a hill and hundreds of Ipersons were attracted by the blaze filuminated the sky in a r manne TWO DIE IN FIRE Brooklyn Woman And Her Maid he the owner, had banked | k last night no signs of a ling was lo- | L spectac | Suffocated In Blaze At Lakewood, N. 1., Hotel Larly Today, 16 (Br vhose Mrs, Y T N v Har ne ative was given as Mre Wckoff, N. Y. ind Miss Flo A. Lewkowitz were | BOTHERS RADIO RECEPTION | HAY ASK FOR $70000 | "IN COMMUNITY DRIVE W. Young is 1926 Director-Cam- paign Starts March 22 This Year— Call For Budgets Out Today. | turbances, to 2 the or-| While | ely until | oved, it lesired Three More Mexican | Bandits Are Evecuted | texico City, 16 (P—Sum- | n meted out | who last | Ty ex ve of it the 1 the capital ptured b st 1 b reve the bers of the band ocation '« | Three volunteer firem ston Heights com MINERS, TRAPPED " INSHAFT, FOUND STRENGTH Average Daily Circulation For s 12,837 18HO URS INPRAYERS, SURVI VORS SAY Strawberry Plants And Grass Growing At Seward, Alaska O Seward, Strawbe crops are b ) spring-like here. At 8 time last rotary W= plows were fighting snow slides It was rainin there Wwas almost nc snow on ad, except in the taln passes Because of *he for eleds, tie 16.— vea lack contractors of snow e rallrond has or- s of ties from to be shipped to Seward water, THREE FIRENEN DIF AS TRUCK OVERTURNS Wilmington, Del, Volun- teers Figure in Fatal Accident Wilmington, Del, Jan, 16 (P— n of the Cran- any are dead to- 60 Year Old Veteran Led 21 Fellow Pris- oners In Supplications To Almighty — Col- ored Minister Dies a Martyr. | Fairmont Today Planning Funeral Services for the 19 Men Who Lost Their Lives in Underground Blast. Fairmont, W. Va., Jan, 1§ P - When things looked darkest for the 21 men entombed in an air lock fole lowing an explosion in the Jamiesom Coal and Coke company mine near here, their uppermost thoughts wag of God and & greater portion of the 18 hours they spent in their under. ground prison was devoted to discuse slon of the Bible and in prayer, This was revealed by John H, McNell, 60 year old compressor en. glneer, who with Lee Petty, s fore- man, supervised the construction of the baled hay barricade to protect day as a result of injuries sustained last night when the fire engine on | which th of the men, E and David Hoo night and the other Ralph Ogden, the overturned e.gine. The others were thrown clear and with one ex- | 3 cept | bruises. | broken leg, ARCHBISHOP CIEPLAK E price to be placed on solshevik government, will visit this | they will begin plans for a reception, quet when the hour of his arrival is announced. Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights | e present ev Commercial Trust Co. Winkle for $60 N the IMttl, id from the mine gascs which were fatal to 19 of their fele low workmen, All Scemed To Understand Every single man was a perfect Chri N gentleman during the long ordeal,” sald MecNell, who explained that although some of the miners could hardly “understand what the others said, because of the varied nationalities representeq, all seem- ed to comprehend the situation and united when appeals were made for | Divine guidance ang aid, | Originally there were 23 | Broup rescued, but two of them, both | negroes and one a minister, perish- ‘ml in an attempted dash for the | mine shaft soon after the men had ‘lmknn refuge in the air lock, Befor | the minister left them, McNeil sa | he led in prayer. Afterward M Nell served as Jeader, Will Read Bible More 1 “When 1 was down {n )t little dungeon I expressed the intention of reading my Bibie more if 1 ever got out,” McNeil said, and added Fetty and some of the others clared, “Yes, and so am MceNeil ¢ were responding to an m skidded and overturned, Five were injured. Cranston s & suburb of this eity. Two ward Ainsworth, 19, , died last last 0, succumbed today. The victims were pinned beneath | eption all escaped with cuts Leroy Hill, 28, and got a in the COMING HERE FRIDAY nemy of Bolsheviks to Visit Sacred Heart | Parish that de- a robust man whose ex. fence is generally | credited as having been the domin. ating factor in saving the miners, was sald by one of tho rescue group to have given his share of food te younger men who appeared more in need of {t. The lunches of the men were equally portioned when they were first entombed. The smail supply of water was carefully guard- ed but not used until one of the number became faint from the fm. pure air. The sickening man then given a drink as a r All Quickly Revive None of the hay | peric Archbishop Cieplak of and, deeds in furtherance of the | holic faith won recogni- e vatican, and whose | religious work caused a | head by tha | yan Bojnowsk, pastor ot cred Heart church, has ha ommittees in readiness for t} pr te's arrival for several months and | was torative, parade, and possibly a ban- 21 mien appeared to suffered greatly from his ex- ce underground and most without exception they were able to walk from the an emergency Archbishop Cieplak will be in the T a brief visit. It is planned | a committee bring him he e a turnout of the entire Pol olony is planned. A fi institutions erected in 1 Heart parish and a visit ity hall are on the tentative pro- | op of the elevator to hospital located McNeil alone fainted, but vived, whereupon he asked pe. Securing his pipe and als of the 19 | victims of the explosion were being made by relatives and friends today, Whether a combined servics will be held or rites condueted for e | dlvidual has not been defir ded. SKEPTICAL HOUSEWIFE FOILS FAKE CITY AGENT His Credentialy e into world- g the World captured by the e pope had spared. Ile vatican ort- | work com , and it h ine itely 1 States, Demands to See When He Says He is From ) | Health Department Responsible ¥or Erratic Fther | . Conditions of Recent Nights, nepector of comme While the preser ce ol a eve medy hat been found f Sues on Note for $2,698 making inenections. Comm: Co., ugh Judge E Ins' 1ght tion for $3,000 against ward C. nd Dorothy W. Wilson., suit is the result of a note for 2 3 given by Howard C. Wilson nd Dorothy W. Wils which is id to be unpaid ble Fred John P. Thompson primate change was & r, ere of the the actiea anxiety, ok heart is causin . COFFEE W N 8.3 Dyk, head of of James Dyk, New York city, which committee operates a chain of tea and coffes apter, American Red | stores last night in the Pres- will be held Monday after- | byterian hospital. He was §3 years § o'clock { ola MAN. DI —James Van xecutive of the at