New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1930, Page 13

s . ! . . . . . . " CHINESE BANDITS LAY HONAN WASTE Towns Racked, Residents Tor- tured By Cruel Conquerors Peiping, Sept. 12. (UP)—While Chinese politicians in the north are psing the Communist uprisings south of the'Yangtze as a pretext to attack | General Chang Kai-shek for per- mitting them, reliable reports from Honan province, largely controlled | by the northern coalition, show that conditions in Honan, although they | have_not been so widely advertiscd, | are just as bad or worse than those in Hunan and Kiangsi provinces The situation in Honan closely | parallels that in Hunan and Kiang- €. The civil war' compelled General Chiang Kai-shek ‘to withdraw troops from the southern provinces, giving the Communists their chance. In precisely the same manner, the civil war compelled Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang to withdraw his troops from western and northern Honan, giving bandits in this province an opportunity to loot, burn and kill, which they have used to full adyan- fage: =i Situation Appalling ~Reports from missionaries and Chipese travellers in Honan reveal a situation so appalling that it can/| hardly be comprehended in the west, where such conditions have not existed since the Middle Ages. Scores of towns and villages have been cap- tured, looted and burned this sum- mer, and thousands of Chinese have been killed with Yorture, or carried | off for ransom. It is estimated. that between 40 | end 50 fajrly well-organized bandit | gangs are active in western Honan et present, and few cities and towns have escaped their ferocity. An eye-witness describes the cap- ture of Yikingpu, a good-sized town about 30 miles east of Loyang, which is fairly typical t, dozens of similar outrages 1n Honan. A robber band numbering~about 5,000 descended upon Yikingpu and surrounding vil- | lages. First the villages were looted | thoroughly, hundreds of Chinese were killed after slow torture to | learn where their money was hidden, and finally the villages were burn- ed to the ground. They are a heap | of ashes. | 500 Killed, 2,000 Wounded | The robbers then attacked and captured the town, where they re- | CORBIN AVENUE BRIDGE NARROWER THA STREE Proposed as is Consid- Widening of Span Highway Cordition ered Dangerous. A conference will be held soon, it is expected between representatives of the N. Y., N. H. & H.®R. Co,, the public works-board and the railroad committee of the common council relative to the proposed widening of the Corbin avenue bridge. The city officials goncerned are desirous of having the work done this fall, as the recent work on the highway has left a dangerous condition in that the bridge is much narrower than the rest of the traveled way. According to Mayor Quigley, only half a bridge was constructed’ on Corbin avenues about 15 years ago when the grade cgpssing was elim- inated and the increasing use of the avenue makes it imperative that the structure be widened and strength- ened. FAVOR STATE LAW T0 BAN FIREWORKS Ordinance Committes Believes Statute Should Be Adopted The common council committee on ordinances went on record last night in favor of action by the state legis- ture to prohibit the sale and use of fireworks in Connecticut and voted te recommend to the council that the semator and representatives from New Britain introduce a, bill at the coming session to this end. The com- mittee also voted to return to the|’ council unapproved a petition calle ing for an ordinance to prohibit the sale and use -of fireworks in New Britain, the reason being that it would be unwise to have such a ban in this city when Plainville, Berlin? Newington and Farmington allow fireworks. New Britain residents |could go across the line into those towns and make their purchases, it was pointed out Councilman W. G. Gibney, who has been opposed to a sweeping ban since the matter was originally pro- posed.’ said he would introduce a resolution at the council meeting next week to provide for a regula- i NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930. it some noise and celebration in the distinctive way to which the coun< try has become accustomed were not permjtted. 2 Cotincilman W. 8. Scheuy sald he had come to the conclusion that the sweeping ban should be put into op- eration because of the great danger from fireworks, not enly to chil- dren but to boys and girls over 14 vears of age and their elders, also. He' doubted that the legislature would enact a law such as the com- mittee favored and if it is rejected in January or February, dealers in fireworks will be/ justified in com- plaining that the city should not put on the ban at a time when the vear's stock is being ordered or has been contracted for. Two Vote Against Action Councilman Scheuy and Council- man Luther Abrahamson were the only members present to vote against Councilman .Gibney's motion to return the petition unapproved. Alderman J. Gustave Johnson, chairman of the committee, brought up a recommendation from the building commission that the heat- ing code, which has been in com- mittee for about two years, be acted on. After a" discussion, it was de- cided to consider the matter at the next meeting, many of the members being unfamiliar with"it because of not having been on the committee when it was being investigated. Councilman H. S. Hanes spoke of the situation brought about by the ference of opinion between city of- ficials and attorneys having arisen derman Johnson ruled that inas- much as the common council had not referred the matter to the com- | mittee, it had no place in the meet- ing. Mayor Quigley, who attended | the meeting, said he believed the in- tent of the zoning ordinance was to | require the board of adjustment to| over the procedure taken, but Al-| |hold public hearings on zone changes, although Corporation Coun- |sel Kirkham ruled that the or- |dinance committee was also requir- {ed to give ch hearings. TWO STRANGE EPITAPHS Obscure English Village of Bolsover Boasts of Two of Weirdest Tombstone Inscriptions. zone change on Myrtle street, a dif- | Bolsover, England, Sept. 12 (UP) —The proudest boast of this ob- scure village is that one of the quaintest epitaphs in England is in scribed in its churchyard. The epitaph is that of a watch maker buried nearly 100 years ago. It reads: * “Here lies in a horizontal posi- tion the outside case of Thomas Hinde, clock and watchmaker—who | departed this life wound up, in hope | |ot being taken in hand by his Maker, and being thoroughly clean- | ed, repaired and set going in the [ J | world to come on the 15th of Au- gust, 1836, in the 19th year of his 2 l | age.” Nearby is this two-line epigram of a butcher: { CLASSES BEGIN MONDAY, SEPT. 15 “Here lies the body, of poor at the == | Moody School A famous man for killing pigs.” FINDS OLD PAPER Now is the Time to Add to Your Education. | Blytheville, Ark., Sept. 12 (UP)— | Blytheville Plain Dealer, issued A copy of the seventh issue of the Dec. }0, 1898, was found drifting n the muddy waters of Big Lake, 14 miles west of here. It was found by Woodrow Hughes, 15, who was \fishing on the lake. The print was not hgrmed by the exposure and the piper was brought here for dis- | play. Office Open Evenings, 7 to 8 For Enrollments | tion prohibitiing the sale and use of |blank’ cartridges, blank cartridge | pistols, large cannon crackers and | salutes. He made the point that there |is no way of knowing in advance of |the session of the legislature what | disposition will be made of the pro- posed bill’ and the public of New Britain would probably be better | pleased to know that the, local of- |ficials are doing something to.alle- | viate the dangerous condition pre- | vailing every year on account of the mained for two days, looting and killing. The deaths are estimated at 500, while 2,000 men, women and children were wounded by the rob- bers, who hacked at anyone they en- countered. The robbers rounded up everyone suspected of having money, and carried them off for ransom. The cye-witness declares the bandits were incrédibly cruel. He daclares they nailed small children to walls, and left them hanging alive . v + - gend in agony. - Northern Honan is the tradition- B home of professional robbers, who have survived for generations in the mountains. Encouraged by the withdrawal of Feng Yu-Msiang's 1roops, these gangs are now all ac- tive, and have devastated wide areus. They e now seized the “govérn- ment,” und impose “taxes” on the people which are nothing more than extortions. One of the bandit leaders has called himself ‘“‘emperor” and set up a miniature court. Because of bandit activities in Honan, crops have been destroyed or never planted, and the province faces the prospect of another fam- ine either this winter or inm the early CHAMPION MELON Hope, Ark., Sept. 12 (UP)—"Jum- bo" giant of the melon patch, re- clined today in the best appointed window in this cigg ‘awaiting what | honorary disposition that might ba accorded a watermelon. The water- melon, the product of A..B. 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