New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1927, Page 18

RIGID GASTE LINES OBSERVED IN JAPAN Miss MocGregor, Social Service Worker, Describes Situation Miss Grace McGregor was the i principal speaker at a tea given at the home of Mrs. Phillip B. Stanley {his afternoon in connection with the opening of the Y. W. C. A. drive for [ its $15,500 goal which starts today. Miss McGregor, who has come to this city to assist in the drive, brings with her a wide circle of experience in Japaun, where she has ate for the past seven ars in Y. W. C A. work in Kok ohservations I ““White wings' and others dolr o most menial duties In K 1 been 1 other large cities in Japan ha such a lowly b that 11 nfldren are not wed in P chonls without registrat S estrictions are clo: nember of this group rarely, i ries outside of his own class fr lot is a wretchedly poor a ard one, “Although Japan has no caste sys- » vie £ most am, th ar e people 1 gid lines and live in di s by emeelv o t) tration fer t school 1 prohibitive for m, the education of their children iffers. Failure to r nith means real hardship wh reach school 2 Butchers who kill s in leather, reet ands nimals, work- 15 W (wooden o imp I landlord by omplished by the Y. W Jistrict, that tinue to use his bt setween these worke es is complete. h wever, s many 1 in Kobe voung girls in their tec for Girl Res work and ho wives who come to study I ind American cooking. In Jubs have activitles represer nost as many different types of Before going to Kobe in 192( McGregor was with the Y. W. C zive Buddhist is only one of ve port for her phase of Wo. \s largely raised by a private donor and the girls of the Duluth associ- ition who seek to share their o American advantages for good times and self development with their fc low members in far away J Turner Continues to Go Without Any Food Portland, Maine, Feb. ~ 16 (P— Benjamin H. Turner, convicted mur- derer of James D. Hallen, continued today his refusal to eat anythi set before him in the coun For five days he has taken ng but water. His removal to the Thomaston to begin tence is being dela cision as to whether an ar ba taken to the law court cision was expected at a co; with his counsel today Turner persists in referring to his conviction as an injustic “I had to kill Hallen" he told Harry C. Libby, one of his counscl “It was his life or mine.” pendir This rence Prince of Wales Starts Another Social Fashion London, Feb. 16 (A—The Pr of Wales 1is responsible for another fashion—the “pufi-between-dances" ined t too much igarette. When he comp ordinary cigarettes were for a fow pu someone designed a. for him, hold alf-size smokes. Th the ldea so well that he ordered a supply of ci 1 new all the young men of Mayfair i ind Belgravia who really amount to \nything have their midget cigar- otte cases with small c ise at dances and partic ase ANOTHER BATTL] Nicaraguan Rival Forces Believed to Be Preparing to Fight. Managua, Nicaragua, Feb, 1 General Arguello, in com [ the conservative garri zalpa, who withdrew Monday in t belief 3 were greatly ov idvancing liber: Framm. that oity that his for by t ported to b numbered servat imately 1, 3 armies is lo 1 4 erals an attempt 1o i ! nite possession of ) hope of eventu 4 conservative stre old Tar A | i Grandmother s not Knew hro neck, as g, T b congestio: p y lumt e ,__.‘,_;w-»-n-» 5 A i i NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1927. [ OUR SCHOOLS [A " AIDS NEW ENGLAND Postmaster Erwin Says It Is More Than Half Boon to Business Postmaster Herbert in, ap- | pearing before the New Britain Ex change club last evenirg, explained | the discrepancles and merits of the | Dyson Says. southwest which was caused fciency of operations be- roment planes and con- a vember. were pay n gov tract routes, the entire system was The ting was t now open for bidding for contract held in the evening. companies which would do away | the men more time to ROY W. ADAMS with the mixups now noticeable, subjects considered, t Head, General Education Depart- | “Progress follows speed,” declared | was smaller than the last meeting me ade School. Mr. Erwin, “and in the air mail we held in the forenoon. Roy W. Adams had a wide rang have the possibilities Cha of a greater | irman before b | degree of speed in our mail handling. | vice-president of tiie ) the State | There was a time when New Eng- | Commerce, opened th 3 land ruled supreme in the manu- | stating that, while the iremon facture and marketing of certain |called togcther to di gradual commodities. Lately New England |closing hours, there we of th has lost that postition through com- | thin tr Britain app nt | there. Tt will be possible soon to en- CODLIDGE AS WELL Chicago firm as soon as the Chicago Senafor Reed Criticizes Both the activities of the d mercantile bureau, Tk Commerce an import mmunity, next nt. The ber of Commerc for a number merged into manufacturer, using regular service, will reach the customer in the same city."” The postmaster pointed out the improvements in the service whi had been accomplished lately, enum- erating the beacon lights and the | schedule changes which, in a short time will give the New York to Bos- existel ing ation. had our u [now we are having " downs. Tt S i iy ton to Chicago route one of the mo: ‘Q\?,‘»‘,]"m 'm“‘;g b’:.k"m“ g of the parcel post serv-| = ~ b ice, Postmaster Erwin stated that he he is question in the local post office and how the unusnal flux was handled this y The special handling service, a new feature in the department, was then\| POsters and character: explained by the postmaster. The ne: 0 SULBYEOn IROLC AN stamp costing 25 cents means that | the little fellow, ation, sident d in the interest in | frame chants, as the ican o the package will receive the atten-| ‘‘When fakirs come to town the| 0f the $3,300 outstanding in old %5 ‘the D S tie asso. | tion given letters and will leave the |Chamber of Commerce looks up /gy $1,934.87 are mercantile dues. ki qualified | office of the d fon on the first | their record, and we have been in- The chamber directors recently drop- e I would be |outhound truck. Special delivery, the | strumental in driving out of the ¢ity | per 20 imembers from the rolls b T angelic choir.” | Postmaster explained, means special [many characters who come here to | cause of non-payment, which tak Mr. Coo ihe senator said, |Service only at the point of destin- [put something of a questionable na-|§949 from the amount due, leaving AT it he could tol|ation |ture over on the merchants. Wela total of $085.57 still outstanding bring o fustice those involved in| A hOWl was sent up from the Ex-|expose solicitors for fake funds, ads|on unpaid mercantile ducs. Since Teapot Dome and ju de- | Changites on the possibility of stop- | for programs and so on too numer- [ November 1, $185.95 of this amount | S et scaiins. | ping the tie and handkerchief mail- |ous to mention. has been collected. “I declare within my judgment |C'S from carrying out their practices. 'here is not a man in this room| Of the current dues of $14,000, (hat if the presilent had acted |Several of the members were suffer- (who docsn’t want to see a going|there was a total of 36,0 me 4 el g from the avalanche of the|Chamber of Commer this city. | cantile dues. Resignations and mem- 2 1 |articles and were reassured by the | lvery merchant bers dropped made a difference in en put to | Postmaster that they had no obliga- |a good Chamber of C mercantile dues of $80 Y ving a men mow | 10ns to the mailers and that the |get i balance of $3,216.93 due. Of this| x : he walls | Vaste basket was probably the { financial amount, there have been paid t b s 1 place for the wonderful bar; \ins‘ omplaints are coming to Mr. mercantile members just $2,505.50, D S which came through the mail. Uncle | Benson or myself on something or | leaving a balance of $2,711.43 or o purai ted, is unable to prevent |another almost every day, that more than half the amount, unpaid | mailing packages, g |or other. We make no publ i those on our books, it is not a dark ufacturers of the goods include | yhis, but it is our du t said: tu stag Fiiahe re ‘v"_f" 1‘«1' e. Hes prevent it | $2,711.43 could be counted up, with | tact th ey EEaf i ‘"L"’d”“‘d L “1f merchants live up to their a reasonable proportion of old due: some $38,000 g | Grover Steele. Howard Sherman of | clause on advertising on score cards, | we could almost raise tha £6,000.” ety he Rofary club was presented as a |y, ozmams, etc., they would save three| “We have recefved altogether this of the zuest. Reports of officials were ap- | - ! v cration of the Missouri vote in the |jroccs 232k AP~ |or four times what they pay invear about $8,000 in dues. We should oncomin republican ntiol I 2 b-o% i\,'h:'n of Commerce dues. have received §11,000 or $12,000. We | 0 Meilverant io T waen hy ST “It's up to the mercantile bureau |are like a man trying to operate a cxpo it transaetion - naa | Jealous Wife Shoots of the C or of Commerce to raise | 8004 automobile withort tires, of overnor | 0[)61‘3. Singer Husband | $8.000 to put the Chamber of Com- added the secretary. an PR i Cieoen. |MEFCe 0N @ first class working 3 Lowder || Jienna Feg. 16 UR—Trajan Grosa- | {1UE% ® inquired how many member - vescu, tenor of the Vienna National | PUI5¢! ine Mercantile bureau had. He was told e R s The f committee, consisting s s CLAIMS WIFEYS CRUELTY jop l’“'f““"l-h"' ":“("h"l is wife Mot w el s e of which 64 are delinquent in a fit of jealousy a! e moment the | % A R L e s their dues. where the singer was to fill an en- | DOOKS of S % s ‘;r sl("afi(: At this point Chairman Dyson call gement. and rep Grosavescu was most popular wit the Viennese public. He sang ma roles with Marie Jeritza the Au trian operatic singer, is needed to put t al Reno Capitalist Wants Divorce, Son good st basis stant an $4,000 and urers Would Be His Guardian, Wife 2 banks Wants Heart Balm. Expected From Source Has Not Come in, George H. e wanted to say that organization | the old New Britain Businessa s needed. What Is Chamber Doing? keeping out s, particularly e chamber on a IR MAIL SERVICE ' Biggest Handicap of C. of C. Is Failure to Receive Dues Ch mber of Commerce is primarily a merchants’ organization, and it is of Money This 100, | " “Are we going to let the chamber go by default because we lack civic interest? I believe the businessmen are patriotic enough to get back of anything that is for the betterment ew Briain. Millions to Hartford lir mail service to the enlightenment | |4 Chamber of Commerce cannot | «yijllions of dollars are going out % an andience which Mad heon i |[ACtON unless ‘its members DAY o New Britain to Hartford. The thaldaxi nevionsly aboiit such mats | oL auestsEhistves’ ine Sisty of s virordmenahan (s arel Eoing after rs. i g %% | the speeches at a meeting of the ¢ Britain business. Last fall the The postmaster declared that al- | croaatile bureawof the * chamber|New Brifain Chamber of Commerce ough there was much lacking in | oot SYening: in- Ghamber ofiCom-i;anted 101 billboards, The Hartford ot e kg i crod gt when thos: A G R O G particularly fo. . Chicago and |Présent were told that approximately boards to direct Hartford L o half the members have not yet paid New Britain. Mr. Leven- | able last No- iculty getting the money to finance these boards, and the he first to be!Chamber of Commerce directors While it gave eed to underwrite the expen discuss the attendance r promised contributions were not forthcoming. e chamber needs an assistant for Mr. Benson. Now there is only one young woman in the office, and the mass of detail work keeps the secretary at his degk when he ought to be out mingling with the mem- bers. “The directors feel that the sec- retary should have an assistant. Mr. he Dyson, first Chamber of e meeting by men had been S uniform °re some other in connec- 1er train- | potition in the Middle West. Now, | tion with the chamber. Benson is the first secretary the New by the state with a large part of Ne ngland’s| “Very few men who are members Britain Chamber of Commerce has "'-l"-y"" ";‘"";“" markets in Chl(":l;:o.aml the vicinity, the Chamber of Commerce,” be- had for years who is a mercantile R eon e 1¢ | the air mail will give this section a 1 the chairman, “and very few |merchant’s man. He had experience 1 suy Ision e ac- | closer touch to the pulse of business | who are not members, appreciate in the mercantile bureau at Spring- irectors of the he Chamber of ant adjunct to to the city New Britain e has been in of years, hav-' fleld. will enable Mr. Benson to have an assistant.” YFinancial Status The whole problem seems to re- solve itself into a collection of dues, according to Secretary Ralph ‘H. Benson, who reported on the finan- {clal status of the organization. At the close of the fiscal year, Oc- tober 31, 1926, the chamber had an operating deficit of $1,595.45 and a bank indebtedness of $4,000. Old dues receivable still amounted to $3,300. Additional dues ps and downs; | one of our| me when the of everybod often asked, | apolis, Ind., Feb. 16 (UP) |had mapped and figured the average | .. R il | receivable Nov. 1, 1926, amounted to e called “the of parcel post activities and his | " At I8 the Chamber of Commerce 14, making an apparent in- fonk 1n thie wepiih was handling parcel post 24 | 1087 ‘What do I get out of it? | ome of approximately $17,000. tor James A. houfs carlier than had previously | L OU B¢t out what you put in and| g cpamper set up a budget of rded as a|been accomplished. He explained |10 more. 'The activitics of thejggzip wwe are finding out every 1925 | his duties during the Christmas rush | Chambér are varied. We have been 4,y tyat 5 large part of the old and instrumental in having ordinances!| . " some of lectabl i, ifself into a question whether or n | we will be able to collect $10,000,” | he added. dues are uncol- the secretary. the new £ th SO reported fakirs, come in m im- ty to try and | picture,” said Mr. Benson. “If the ed upon A. J. Leventhal to report for | the uniform hours committee, of which he was chairman. The rec- ommendations of the committee were The | adopted with but one objection, | 1 subscribe $1,000, - Geor SKIPPY W. Carroll, Sr, Norwich, Conn, , filed suit for divorce here i I(v'»"mui period of and claimed swas no cor ity property n,‘ ¥ i ", POLLY AND HER PALS ' Jon oEart 1\ [Wimh 5AM SCHWARTZMAN) ‘ [HOPE THE || DEFENDING HIM 2 DONT | 1 JUDGE WONT HAD STOLEN AUTO S i -\ to the merchants to ratse the “If the bureau can raise $6,000 it | outstanding | tead of $17,000 it has resolved | which was not sustained. They were as follows: Regular closing hours for Mon- day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | and Priday 6 p. m. Saturday 9 p. m. | Evening before holidays observed, {6 p.m. December 21, 22, 23 and 24 at 9 | p. m. E. J. Porter objected to the | 9 p. m. on December 24, saying he favored closing at 7 p. m. the night before Christmas. With his one ex- ception the vote was.unanimous to approve the committee's action. Simme half holidays will be | Wednesday afternoons from July 6 | to August 31 inclusive. At this point | A."A. Mills, former chairman, stated | tha: he did not oppose any action taken by the bureau but that he wished it understood that merchants who also do contract work, such as plumbers, electricians and_others, whose men worked all day Wednes- day and had Saturday afternoon off, were not disloyal to the chamber if | they remained open Wednesday and closed Saturday afternoon. Mr. Pc-ter commented that last ar there were 16 firms which did this and he understood they intended to continue doing so. Holidays will be observed when the stores will closc all day New ! Years, Washington’s Birth Me ! morial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, | Thanksgiving and Christma: | _ Stores will close a half day Good | Friday. | A recommendation tha announcement cards notifying cus- itomers of closing hours, be printed, | was referred to the committee for { action. 5 | Take Pro | uniform ises Lightly Francis C. Kelly, cashier of the City National bank and a director of the mer tile bureau delivered a brief address in which he |city without a Chamber of Com- merce is like a ship without a rud- der. He said he came he: as a newcomer and was surprised to learn what the Chamber of Com- merce has done. He mentioned the eeping out of auction sales apd un- fair competition. “The Chamber of “ommerce is the scat to which all can bring their troubles and ideas” he said. “‘The merchants should get behind the Chamber and help it to work. To give Mr. Benson the help | he needs it is necessary to pay dues. | To date only 50 per ¢ of the dues have been paid. Then go to your Chamber and tell the secretary what you want, don’t stay in your stores and criticise.” He said he was dis- appointed in the size ot the crowd because he had been promised that there would be at least 25 men from the vicinity of M when in reality only four or five from that section were present. Those who attended included Chairman Dyson, Secretary Benso A. J. Leventhal of the Davidson Leventhal stores, Steve Robb, of th» |John Boyle C H. C. Wagner of the 8. Kresge Co., H. J. Donnelly of the H. J. Donnelly Co., IH. I Mills, E. J. Porter, A. A. Milis, Congdon of the Alling bber . mes A. Spinetta, A. H. och, Morton Mag of N. E. Mag & | Sons, S. H. Woods, A. E. Siderowf of the National Paper Co., Geo H. Peterson, I. Berkovitz of the Ar- o studio, Edward Feldman of the ! Boston Clothing Co., Francis €. K Milo Jugan of the Hanover re and Lester B. Hershon of Outlet Millinery Co. | ca hor the TO GIVE “IRISH FATR DAY" The St, P 's night entertain- ment committee held a meeting last tric evening in St, Joseph's parish I with Rev. J. J. Keane presiding. It was decided to call the affair “An Irish Fair Day” to take place i he Y. M. T. A. ium. B.'s new auditor- The following local talent } been secured: Mrs. Mary Fitzger- | 0ld, Mrs. Mary T. Crean, Mrs. Kath- leen Crowley Solomon, Miss Helen | Brennan, Matthew Callaha James | ullivan, Charles rmer, rrence | Fagan and Thomas Clinch. Out of | radio monologist, a trio of dancers from Miss Lamponi's dancing school of Hartford, of which one of the | memebrs is Miss Mary McCrann of this Mrs. Catherine McCue and !'the Misses English, Reynolds, O'Neil and Coleman of Middletown, Wil liam Farrer and John Coates of | Portland and the Conley Harmonica | players of Hartford. aid a | | Governor Austin Peay, critically ill| MERGHANT FINED ON SELLING COUNT {Goldberg, Church St. Business Man, Assessed $150 Adolph Goldberg, aged 48, of 113 Mapleton street, Hartford, proprietor of the Military and Naval store et 136 Church street, pleaded nolo con- | tendere to one count of violation of | the liquor law and was fined $150 |and costs by Judge W. C. Hunger- ford in police court this morning. | Prosecuting Attorney J. G. Woods SOLD FOR $4,010,000 Block of Western Maryland Stock, Held By Alien Custodian, Changes Hands l(flflly. Washington, Feb. 16 (A—A largd | block ot stock in the Western Mary« land Rallroad, seized by the alien property custodian during the World War, has been sold to the Bank of | Manhattan Company of New York, representing other interests. Howard Sutherland, alien proper= ty custodian, said the consideration was $4,010,000. He declared he did not know for whom the New York bank company was acting. The stock, 55,000 shares of com« mon and 19,070 shares of first pre« I nolled the count of reputation, in|ferred, was the property of the consideration of the plea on the|Deutsch Bank, of Berlin. M. | other count, which was sclling and | Sutherland said that he had the | keeping with intent to sell. written consent of the . owners to Officer John C. Stadler festified | Sell. By refusing to sell the same that a police “agent” purchased a | Shares one year ago, he sald he had | bottle of allegea liquor in the store | Botten —approximately $2,000,000 for §2 and a raid was made by Of-|more than was possible at that time, ficers Stadler, Cosgrove and Feeney, with the result that a small quan- tity of alleged liquor was taken.| Goldberg admitted selling, Officer adler said. Attorney David L. Nair told the court Goldberg has never been ar- rested on any charge and his repu- tation as a merchant is good. The story told him by Goldberg was that a customer left the liquor in the | store and instructed Goldberg to give it to someone else. The attorney The consent of the Deutsch banl I was not given in the previous in4 | stance. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANT! ———————————————— OTICE OF HEARING ON FINAU ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT Probate Court, District of Berlin, as New Britain, February 16, A. D. 1927, Estate of John T. Molumphy, late of | Berlin, said District deceased. 1 he advised Goldberg to throw| The lwevulm 1hmlng (-xh!hmlzd v.ht*’!; i S oy t, [Anal administration account with said himself on the mercy of the court.|fuel AgmiNStaton Socoit BUA Sl He felt sure the court would not have | Ordercd—That the 23d day of Febru- Goldberg in again. ary, A. D. 1827, at 10 o'clock in_the | forenoon, at the Probate Office In New | The charge of violation of the law { relative to adulterated milk against amuel Falk, aged 41, of 106 Wil- w street, was nolled. Attorney | Alfred LeWitt, representing Falk, | told the court ¥alk has gons yut of he milk busine: | Joseph Glowacki, aged 37, of 99 | Beaver street, was ordered to pay his | wife $15 weckly towards her support and that of their 10 and 12 year old sons, and to furnish a bond of 18300 or go to jail for 30 days. Mrs. Glowacki testified that she has been | working in # local factory for the past two years and her husband carns $50 per week but does not support her and the children. She ioes not want him sent to jail, but ie feels he should contribute to ir support. Glowacki, in his own defense, said gave his wife $12 last S-uday. He charged her with tellliig ffes to lave him arrested. In reply to Prosccuting Attorney Woods, how- cver, he admitted he was formerly in the fur business but drank him- out of it and is now in the cmploy of his brother, who formerly worked for him. He has an auto- mobile for which he is paying on time. He said his wife works out of choice, and he is ready and will- ing to support her and the children. ph Negrelli, aged 23, of 1620 ch street, Bristol, and Vincent | Dagata, aged of 475 Myrtle| street, were fined $10 and costs each | on the charge of violation of the law relative to the rental of storage ries. Police Commissioner M. W. Bannon testified that Negrelli| rented a battery May 17, 1926, from | Neil Tire and Battery Co. and ' Dagata rented one from the same | company July 13, 1924, Neither he battery has been returned, although | |notices have been sent in both in- stances, Mr. Bannon said. RY ILL Tenn., Feb. 18 (A— ! with pneumonia, was reported to [be in a slightly improved condition | The governor spent |xh s morning. a fairly restful night, his physician |said, and his temperature was H. J. Donnelly of the Donnelly Co., | town entertainers include Touis | around 103, pulse 110 with heart ac- | the | Howard of Meriden, a well known |tion well sus ined. | Britain bo and the samo is asslgned for |2 hearing on the allowance of sald final | administration account with sald Estats |and this Court directs the Executors to |cite all persons interested therein to |appear at said time and place, by pgb- | lishing this order in some newspaper | published in New Britain and having a | circulation in seld District, and by post= |ing 2 copy on the public sign-post im said Town of Berlin, nearest where tha deceased last dwelt, and by malling a | copy of this order to all heirs-at-law and return make. | BERNARD F. GAFFNEY, Judge. TIMITATION OF CLAIMS | At a Court of Probate holden at New | Britain within and for the District of | Berlin, tn the County of Hartford and | State o Connecticut, on the 15th day | of February A. D. 192 | Present, Bernard F s Gaftney, Judge,, On motion of Anna O. Hillstrand of said New Britain, as Executrix of the |last will and testament of Berger M. Hillstrand, late of New Britaln, within |sald district deceased. | This Court doth decres that six | months be allowed for the creditors of sald estate to exhibit r claims against the same to the Executrix and directs that public motice be given of his order Ly advertising in a newss | paper published in said New Britain, |and having & circulation in sald dis= by posting a copy thereof onm sign post In sald town of nearest the placa where last dwelt and retwn make | Certified from Record. BERNARD F. GAFFNEY, FIRE! FIRE! They occur every day some- where, but last evening’s fire was near home. If your home burned to the ground, what would be your loss? Judgs. Insure and eliminate the chance of a loss. The Kenneth Tuttle Agency 259 Main St. Real Estate JRoom 215-216 General Insurance “We Serve Our Clients to Their Satisfaction.” —_— || Frank E. Goodwin EYESIGHT SPECIALIST M=ain St Tel. 1903 32 - LOST . Large Tiger Cat | Male, white nose and vest. Large whitd paws with six toes. $25 reward. Return [to 201 Vine St, or phone 1876, By (oHO's BEEN PUTTIN' MOTH-BALCS IN THIS TuB ? PERCY CROSBY. YouR HONOR, MY CLIENT IS PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE OF BEATING UP THIS 15 N N X N NS THE HARDER THEY FALL® MY MOTTO. JUDGE !