New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1928, Page 8

1055 BY STRIE WL BE SHAL Production Normal in Haverhill With Operators Now Working Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 2 (UP) — Little loss, either to manufacturer: or employes, will be suffered by the recent shoe strike here, in the opinion of the majority of the man- | ufacturers today. Expected lasses in Taster busi ness were avoided by the early sct- tlement of the strike, with the re of the manufacturers agreed Back at Work With the 9,000 oper: ives bachk at work, production had returned {0 mormal and manufacturers be jicved every order on hand, or which might be received, for Easter business, could be filled. Reports from cities to which sev- eral local shoe plants had moved 10 avoid unionization showed that they had gained little all robability had lost from the trans- for. Worke! turn prices, s, and in had demanded, obtained, the Haverhill and it was felt here that Maverhill's wage rates soon would Le in force in all factories. With a union meeling scheduled in Marlhoro tomorrow night with a niew to organizing shoe labor there, the first step in the extension of organized labor in the shoe in- dustry was forescen, Union leaders felt cortain they would he able to hize the workers in all cities to Haverhil factories I and obtain Laverhill wage wige orge which moved, rates. HOUSE PLANS TO SHELVE JONES BLL Will Seek Substitute Such as Administration Wants — 2 (UP)--llouse laid plans 1es bill passed Washington, ¥eb. administration leaders today to shelve the Joi by the senate {inued government operation of the merchant, fleet. 1t appears they will be guccessful in preventing its re- port from the house merchant ma- rine committee to which it will be referred. ‘They will exert pressure to have the commitice bill looking toward private epera- fion of the government ships. If it develops later that house sentiment is strong enough to pass the Jones Lill as it came from the semate, it is helleved the shipping issue will e laid away quietly. 1f. however, amendments can be tacked on which would modify the bill, leaders may allow paseage in that form. thus throwing the whols matter into the conference hetween the two houses, where it might die or come out in some acceptable form. President Coolidge, who ep- poses the bill, has the veto to kill it. but leaders do not like to put the fssue up to him. Republican Floor Leader Tilson passed the word down today, In a {ormal statement, that Tie wants th Jones measure shelved in favor o. a substitute providing private eper- ation, i possible, and Chairman White of the committee responded with a statement that he is opposed to the Jones bill. He will seek such a measure as the administration wants and announced he will intro- duce a bill in @ few days. “Passage of the Jones bill by the senate is the heaviest blow atruck American ships,” White sa Cosgrave Will Take It Easy Today in New York New York, Feb. 2 (I'T") New York today arranged a less stremi- ous social progr for President William T. Cosgrave of the Trish i'reo State on the sccond day of his three-day sojourn here hefore returning to el Only two events, a luncheon and A dinner, wers program for the visitor, with the Bend elub and the dinner with the Lotos club. Tonight he will appear at an armory to review the 165th regiment Temorrow will hring the end of his two-week tour of the Tnited States and eastern Canada. He will =al Saturday on the liner Olympic he was CIRCULATION DECREASES Rome, Feb. 2. —(TU'P)—The circu- 1ation of paper maney T had decreased by 97.000.000 hire was announced toda publie delt decrease of emher 21 I The 1nternal 10,000,000, in four vears. next time you're blessed with a stiff neck, apply Baume Bengué—then say bye-bye to pain! I (nnt!nw!) workers at the 1926 providing for con- | report a substitute | BRITISH ASK REVISION Say Adoption of 5 Hour Day at Washington Conference Imprac- ticable—Rcfusc Ratification. Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 2 (P— The convention adopted at the Washington labor conference of 1919 limiting the hours of workers to | cight a day is impracticable in the | view of England which wants the onvention revised. | The British governmental member | of the governing board of the inter- | national bureau which met today | gave the board to understand that gland is unable to ratify the con- vention in its present form because | its application would raise formid- ble difficnities. Declaring that the convention had been framed to nastily at Washing- ton, he moved that it be revised the labor confarcnce to be held in { Geneva in 1920, No decision was rcached by the bureau in the matte: Irance ratificd the document con- Gitional upon ratification by England |and Germany. Neither country has ! vet ratified it. ‘;\ged Couple Tell STDry Of Hunger and Abuse A story of alleged suffering has come to light through a suit for and 0| £10,000 brought by Leopold Steinke, | was a bagpipe selection by Pipe Ma- %4, of Terryville, against his brother, | Adolph Steinke, also of Terryville, | through Nair & Nair, New Britain law firm. It is claimed that the plaintiff, a ralytic and unable to read or write English, suffered, with his aged wife, three and a half years of threats, abuse, privations and often hunger at the hands of Adolph Steink after the latter had taken over the plaintif’s home upon promise that he would care for the old couple, It is claimed that they were forced to | live in a single room and that the ! hrother threatened to mail them in the room at one time. | The house was transferred for | 000 after the brother had advised {the sale of the property or the | transfer of it to himself, saying that | hecause of old age and ill health | Leopold could not maintain it | might find himself in the poorhouse. t is claimed that a verbal agre I'ment was rveached whereby the | plaintiff and his wife were to be | cared for during the remainder of their lives and were to be allowed the use of reoms in the house. Tt is claimed that those conditions were to have been incorporated in the transfer deed, but that they were not included. The plaintiff, unable to read, did not know that, depend- ing on his brother's word, it is laimed. Lucky 13 Will Attend Thirteen is not an unlucky num- | ber for the girls who are going to | New TLondon to a Girl Reserve con- | terence under the chaperonage of Mrs. Henry Teich and Mrs. Leon | Kibbe. The thirteen are Helen An- | derson, Doris Barber, Margaret | Alexander, Doris and Edna Kieffer, Barbara Curtin, Elizabeth Walbank, Katherine Wacker. Caroline Ripple. Mary Mautner, Arline Powell, Mil- |dred Reimas, Nina Shavchuk and | Ruth Reynolds. All girls will be taken to the con- ference in cars through the kin ness of John K. Curtin, Mra. H. Jndd. Miss Wacker and Mrs. Ruth Nagot. Activities will banguet on IFriday | Lois Osborne will he | The girls will then go home their hotesses. Saturday’s program will consist of speeches on he Girl Reserve Code and “Victorious Over Self” by Miss Grace Stuff and Mr. Liga followed by discussion and lunch. | Most of the afternoon will be de- voted to recreation and after sup- per the Hartford delegation will give n entertainment. On Sunday girls dressed in their uniforms will attend the 1irst Con- gregational church to hear Re Danforth preach on the “Reserves |of Our Youth Dinner will be | served at the “Y.” The New Haven ' girls will close the conference with o'clock begin with & evening. Miss the speaker. with vespers at 2 Will Receive Increase Unless Appeal Taken Chicago, Feb. 2 (UP)-—Unless an appeal s taken from an order of Federal Judge George A. Carpenter, enginemen and firemen of ivestern railronds will 20 to 3h day ive a effective roc conts tuary 1 Judge the federal inerease, Carpenter concurred with mediation board in granting the wage increase. The |railroads now have ten davs in which to file an appeal. If they ap- | peal and are unsuccessful, the wage increase is retroactive, under fhe order in 12 UNDER DOCTORS | Decatur, Ind, Web. 2 (UP) {Twelve children were under the care of physicians today as a result poisoning they their wav to CARE of carbon monoxide receited in a bus on seliool vesterdsy 3 A leaking cxhaust heater filleg he bus with the fumes and as- rxiation of 20 children narrowly was averted. The leak was discov- lered by John Thatcher, -when he stopped the bus. Several of the children yeere unconscious when taken out of the automobile. tories with rare, delicious seeds, pepper or any other tating ingredient. Nothi; the mellow flavor of G l} and | Girl Reserve Conference | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1028, - (LAN CRLEBRATES FOR ROBERT BURNS Rev. . N. Gillnan Gives Sumng Address on Solch Bard More than 150 members of Clan | Douglas, Order of Scottish .Clans, and their friends from this city and several other points about the state gathered last evening in Red Men's | hall and enjoyed a tasty, old-fash- |ioned Scotch dinner, a musical pro- \gram, and an intcresting talk on | Robert Burns. The occasion was| the 169th anniversary of Burns'| | birth, | | The hall was crowded: to capacity |and the dinner was made to resem- {ble the ordinary meal of the Scotch {houschold. On the table besides |much of the food which has been |adopted in this country were sconcs |and oat cakes. ] Atter the dinner the gathering re- tired to another 'hall when an en. | joyable muysical program was pre- [sented by members.of the organiza- [tion. Those who took part were |forecd to respond to repeated en- | cores. | The first event on the program | {Jor William Miller. He presented a | picturesque appearance, dressed in |the kilts of hix native country. Fred- lerick W, Latham was next on the program. He sang a bass solo “My |Love is Like a Red, Red Rose and for an encore he sang “Chip of the Old Block.” Miss Ibol Grant sang a solo “John Anderson, My Jo." |Thomas Macauley sang “My Ain {Folk.” This had a popular appeal |and the audience joined with bim in | singing. Other numbers on {he were: James Law on the [tina; a popular song by Mrs, W. E. Remington; “Captain Mack,” by Mr. | Macaule: Brae, Tads” by Miss Grant: “My A'in Wee' Hoose™ {by Mr. Latham. Mrs. Remington, | pianist, accompanicd. Dancing fol- lowed the entertainment. | Rev, Mr, Gilman Speaks | Rev. F. N. Gilman, pastor of anley Memorial church, was the |speaker. In opening his talk Mr. Gilman praised the organization for «‘"s fine work in helping those who |arrived from Scotland. He said the | organization has been a great help |in receiving neweomers from the | homeland and introducing them to American life. His talk, in part, follows: “One of the most popular if not {the most popular man in the history |of the world was Robert Burns, Al- {though his home was in Scotland, he holds sway to the hearts of people in all parts of the earth. In Rohert |Burns we have Hcotland expressed in personality | “Burns was born at a time when | the nation was not at its hest. It | was up to Burns to show that it was |not crime to show laughter and jo {He was born at a time when there |vas need of someone to sirike out tyrapny whieh has the country in a bad way. He was born on a stormy day. No wonder onc born under those conditions should be the vie- tim of stormy passions. “He was from the soil. He knew the life of the common peopls mo- alled, but after all they were not s0 commen, His brother, Gilbert, said their father was their only com- | panion. He was educated and could converse with his boys on all sub- jects. His mother was not an edu- | ated woman but she hiad the grace to make her a good mother. | “At an early age Burns received | hin education frem a boy of 15 years. |He learned much from the spelling hook and Rible. He learned prose, poems, and verse, He read all the works of the great authors. How- ever, he could not learn .church music for it did not seem fo have |an appeal for him. He learned by hard knocks. He was doing hard | work at 15, At 18 he knew all the | Scoteh gongs by heart, | “In 1751 he worked In Trving. Tt was during this period that he was |given over to a melancholy spirit. He | was subject. to all moods but on this oceasion he was in the lowest spirit. Tn 1784 his father died. Just be- | fore his death his father sald he was | not sure of the suceess of one of his sons and when Roberf asked him it it were he, his father admitted that such was the case | *“Jnst previous fo hin father's |death he had some of his poems pib- lished and his name was assured. He was asked to go to Edinburgh and have a second edition published, He | went to the great city and enjoyed | nnusual popularity. He was lionized socially. His second group of writ- |ings brought him $25.000 which he | |divided with his brother. He lived | lin a farm for three years, but was Inot a success for he was not cut ont |for tha work. { | “He later, became a collector of [internal revenue. He died in 1726, | leaving a wife and four children who were supported by friende, | “An estimate of his character? He | was never double-faced or mean. He | was honest and warm-hearted, and |was possessed of a high passion |What were the secrets of his pop- {larity? There was something in him that grips us. We see strugzling tvo | forces. We recognize that which is | in us all. He was exceedingly tem- peramental, but we cannot help lik- {ing him. He was like other men in| what he had to tell, but was unlike | other men in that he could tell it.| |He was natural, fresh, spontancous, | program concer- THE full strength of the finest- flavored mustard sceds—sun-rij ened and taken right from tz rich soil. Blended in spotless fac- ces. Never adulterated with inferior irri- like GULDENS original and expressive and had 1o sight. “He had a love of sense of broth- erhood.” He was a genius, had a wonderful mind and great wit. He as mastered by a passionate love for his fellow beings. “Burns was master of the world.” The toastmaster of the evening was Alex Gordon. - The entertain- ment committee consisted of Willlam H. Scott chairman; George Thomp- son, KFrazer Miller, Robert Milier, and Hugh McGovern. The officers of the clan are Hugh J. McGovern, chief; Duncan Mc- Vicar, tanist; Robert Brown, senior henchman; John Stevenson, junior henchman; Frazer Miller, sentinel; Willlam Wallace, sentinel; Hugh W. Miller, chaplain; Duncan Coghill, warden; John B. Miller, secretary; David Brown, financial secretary; David Alexander, treasurer; William Miller, piper. KINGSBURY RECEIVES PACKAGE BY AIRPLANE Headquarters in Hartford Rushes Printed Matter to Local Automobilc Dealer Edward P. Kingsbury of the Kingsbury Motor Sales Co., 250 Arch street, today stood on Walnut Hill park and received by airplane a package from the L. & H. Motor Co. of Hartford, distributors of Hup- mobile automobiles, for which Mr. Kingsbury is agent. It is said that this was the first time in the city's history the airplane has been used for delivering merchandise here. Two airplanes of the L. & H. Air- eraft Co. glided over the city about noon. By arrangement, Mr. Kings- bury was at the park. The pilot of one of the machines came as near the ground as was feasible, leaned over the side of his cockpit and dropped the bundle, In the package was printed mat- ter to be used by Mr. Kingsbury in connection with a plan to interest the public in the Hupmobile. Many local motorists received today from the agency a letter inviting them to participate in the plan by the terms of which a Hupmobile will be given free to a resident of this city. AVORITE IN RACE Tondon, Feb. 2 (P—Sportsmen who saw Billy Barton. owned by Howard Bruce of Baltimore, win a Newbury last week, were 80 cnthu- siastic over his performanco 1t today he became a ten to one fav- orite for the grand mnational on March 30. Bright's Boy was quoted at twelve to one, Spring at sixteen to one and Burgoright at one hun- dred to one. WANTUNIFORNS T0 BE SETTLED FOR Suit Brought Against Co. G of 169th Infantry, C. N. G. Manchester, Feb. P—A writ against Company G, 165th infantry, C. N. G., issued. by William 8. Hyde, counsel, served. yesterday on the company and entered with the town clerk today, is to secure payment of $207 for uniforms and equipment used when the company put a bas- ketball team on the floor in 1924, un- der Captain John Pentland. The suit and attachment are brought by the Manchester Plumb- ing and Supply company. It is ex- plained that the company gave up plumbing to go into the handling of athletic goods. It is claimed the bill was contracted by vote of the com- | pany when it was decided to add 5t to military life by having the mpany meet other companies teams at basketball, But it cost monecy to get other teams here and a deficit resulted and the equipment bill was not paid, Captain Herbert Bisscll, now in |command, refused to pay the bill | When it was presented. The com- | pany will be defended by Lieut, Col. Seymour, judge advocate of the 43rd divislon, in the interest of the state. Mr. Hyde says he does not care how the bill is paid so long as it is paid. I a.judgment should be made in favor of the plaintiff, it is under- | stood that individual members of the | company who were present when the vote was taken to contract the bill can be called upon to make the amount of the judgment. High Winds Again Halt Salvage Work on S-4 Boston, Feb. 2 (—Diving oper: | tions on the sunken submarine S-4 oft Provincetown were halted today by & northwest gale and rough seas, the Boston navy yard was informed. All of the salvage fleet, except the tug Wandank which remaindd on wreck watch, was moved in to Prov- incetown harbor to escape the rough weather, During the day, the message 10 the navy yard siated, ,the divess were to hoard the submarine §-6, at- |tached to the salvage flcet, to study | |ner salvage hatches, which are| rimilar fo thos: on the sunken S-4. “'I'hc mossage said ihat arrangements | have been completed for applying | high pressure air to the how of fhe | S-4 to clear out the external air charging line which appeared clog- ged from disuse. | EENNS PLUMBING sy 5 Change From $17 Quarters _To $150 l(onthk_loo. New York, Feb. 3 Vincent Edward Brown, hotel clerk, and his heiress bride, the former Sybil Bay- er, who had started their 'marital life in 2 $17 & week furnished room, were established today in an Esst Fiftieth street apartment hotel whero a one-room apartment costs $150 a month, « The change for the better in their mode of living led friends to believe there may have been a reconcilia- tion with the bride's parents, but the latter declined to make any state- ment. Mra. Brown is a granddaughter of the late Julius Kayser, glove manu- facturer, ¥ NEWSPAPERMAN DBIES Boston, Feb. 2 UP—Frank C. Bowker, for nearly thirty years a member of thé editorial staff of the Boston Transcript and city editor of that paper for the last ten years, died at his home in Dorchester today after a brief iliness. He was 49 years old. Mr. Bawker was born in Dorchester and began his journal- istic career on a paper there, leav- ing to join the Transcript staff. Do You Know Whata Womanof 30 Should Weigh? 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