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NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT. SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, I92I. TWpLVEJPAGES
InilET RUNS INTO TOO MUCH
OPPOSITION AND IS UNABLE
.m,
TO ASSEMBLE
t ident Poincaire Of
France To Agree To
Crogram Believed To Be
.argely Responsible
'controversy with
v VATICAN ANOTHER
: ' i
2x-Premicr Briand is Now'
(. f
r. Called Upon and is Expect-
to Accept Task of Form
ing Cabinet
(Farts, Jan. IB. Raoul Peret, who
as asked yesterday to head a new
lnlstry Of France In succession or
2 one whtch resigned on Wednes
fy , appeared before President Mil
Vuid today and declined the form
.cabinet.
VPerefa failure to create a mln
wm duo largely to the rofusal
Snnir President Polncare to en
m combination except under
jlons thai made It difflcutt for
, ; fret to carry out. his program.
: Polncare, it was understood, de-
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"iSSi.TS: TJL" Si
VC. rr.lVr.. .; : -I t
.re jbecause of his qualities as a ne
fiator and hia strength with the
European chancellery.
v! s Polncafe Insistent
M. Polncare waa desired by M.
rt to act as finance minister but
JreX-prtmler waa-unwilling to take
jlM post unlww h also had a say aa
i tt' nation's foreign affairs. He de-
ik!ol ; that Former Premier v i vi-
Premier yivi
V U assigned to, the forctgn office
M. Vlvunl refuted ta accept ny
auther . obucle. wa -the ctcr-
UUon of the radicals, not to pcr
I. a, member of thl group to enter
blnrt unlca It agreed that
w government would withdraw
;tWa senate the neaure passed
..e chamber of deputies rf lnstat
kVhe French' .diplomatic reprv-
ntation at the Vatican.
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1 liokA ; Like Brtand -Ex-Prcmter
.Briand called at the
caidcntlal residence this afternoon.
visit followed, one to President
) rand by M. Poret during which
( yCtter presented M. BrUnd's name
I ni possible successor in the effort
I form a ministry. k
M. BrUnd left the palace after con
Sig with President Mlllerand. He
(be would return at o'clock, the
icatlona being that he will accept
taslc of forming a new cabinet.
VSI1IGER C0. CUTS PAY
s at Olaabcth, Bridgeport and
linl Are Affected Dlchl Mfg. Co,
OCs Ukewte.
"mbeth. N. J.. Jn. 15. The
r Mfg. Company, makers of
"""N machine, employing 8,000
Tat Its main plant here today
-unced a ( reduction In wages of
per cent. The decrease will be
1 effective at once. - It will not
t nalarled employes. " ,
:ie lower 'wage' schedule applies
:ie other Singer plants at Brldge
, Conn., and Flint, Michigan.
V.Dteht. manufacturing company
Announced u. 50 per cent wao
Uon today .among the 1,500
loyes of its dynamo and motor
,t here. . f . - .- '" '
0D3ERS STEAL $5,000
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, OetMer ami Knock Out Guant
r akey Wrench- In isst Sth
Vw York. '
tk, Jan. 15-Carlos Oun
r 6f the Manhattan Brass
i shot, through the chest
.1 . knocked senseless by a
a monkey wrench, when .
-ttacked In Cast 29th.
ty two daylight hold-up
' rvith $5,000 In cash.
-1 jths company's,
-n drawn from
"r was
NE V MINISTRY
PNEUMONIA IS FATAL
TO EX-REP. R. V. MAGEE
Member of State Board of
Finance Dies at His Home
In Watertown.
Watertown. Conn.. Jan- 15. -Rob-
ert V. Magee, member of the state
board of finance, and former member
'of the general assembly, died early
oy imeumoma.
Mr. Magee served in the house
Mr. Ma ree served in the house in
1009, 1911 and 1913 and was in the
senate In 1916, and while serving waa
appointed to the first state board of
finance. His reappointment Was until
the first Monday of January. 1925.
In 1913 he was house chairman of
' the committee on appropriations and
' the next session he was selected chair
man of the same committee which
made him well fitted for the finance
board which had as its first task the
planning of a form for a state budg
et and carrying the plan through in
the 1917 session. The budget is now
a part of the state's, financial admin
istration- In the 1909 session Mr.
Magee was house chairman
committee on new counties
of .the !
and a
member of the committee on legls-
latlve cxpenne and In the 1911 ses-
I alon house chairman of the committee I
'n ro4l(ia midges and rivers-
Mr. Magee was exceptionally well
known among those who attended the
legislature. He was also and had
,'been or some years, secretary of the
Qtate Firemen a association.
Mr. Magee was born In Tyrone, Ire
land. July 12. 1866, and came to this
country in 1885.1 He had lived here
throughout and 'waa engaged In the
fire .Insurance . and .real estate busi
ness. Ilia political connections in
w tvara mnv Am a 1
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an C;k4 . Forester and a Pythian.
Invest kiting cor,ir,ntreE sought
BY GOODRICH IN QUARANTINE CASE
Husband of Victim Makes
First Charge Against De
partment of Health in Let-
. - . .
' ter to Mayor Today.
Charles W. Goodrich, wife of Mrs.
Klizabeth Goodrich whose death came
shortly after the enforcement ot a
quarantine upon the Goodrich home ln
Barnesdaie several weeks ago, has
asked tht mayor to appoint an Inves
tigating committee to look Into the
I cause of the death. The following let
ter, a copy of which has been sent
to the mayor, explains his stand in the
matter:
Hon. O. F. Curtis.
Mayor of City of New Britain.
Dear Sir:
The petition of the undersigned
respectfully shows:
That I am a citizen and taxpayer of
the City of New Britain.
That on December 30. 1920, my
wife Klizabeth Goodrich, died ln the
city ot New Britain and her death
wni occasioned by the negligence and
Indifference of the health department
of the city of New Britain.
That raid health department with
out having reasonablo grounds there
for placed and enforced a strict quar
antine at a time when my wife was
confined In childbirth;, refused to per
mit a nurso to enter the premises for
the purpose of caring for my said wife
and then neglected to visit or Inspect
the premises or to take action on any
of the repeated calls for emergency
asnistsnce.
That because of the reasons above
set forth and that for this reason the
efforts of the physician which I em
ployed, and the members of my family
and others were greatly hampered; my
wife was subjected to needless pain
and suffering, and her death was occa
sioned by the unwarranted, unjusti
fiable, careless and - Indifferent con
duct on. the part of the officials of the
health depaitment ot the city of New
Britain.
I hereby respectfully petition your
Honor to lay this matter before
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the
COATES AND LEWITT
PASS EXAMINATIONS
Two Local Law Students Among
18 Admitted to Legal Fraternity
18 OUT OF 48 ACCEPTED;
Dorothy Annette Cohen of Bridgeport,
Only Woman to Take Exams, Passes
Successfully To Be Sworn In on
January 18.
Hartford, Conn.. Jan. 15. There
were fifty applicants for the state bar
examination last December, but only
48 appeared and 18 have passed, ac
cording to announcement of the
examining committee this afternoon.
The Hartford men are William Walter
Bernstein, William Joseph Burke and
Edward Saul Dragat. The successful
candidates will be sworn in as members
of the bar at the superior court in
Hartford Tuesday, January 18, at
i 10 a. m.
Besides the Hartford men there are J
G. H. Glover Campbell of Windsor
Locks, Robert Lee Coates and Alfred
Lewitt of New Britain, Joseph A.
Cushing of Southington and Wilfred I.
Rothrock of Washington, D. C.
Woman Passes Tests.
Dorothy Annette Cohen of Bridge
port, the only woman to take the
; examinations, passed successfully and
I is one of the three Fairfield county
f.an(.?ntca (n An s TVio ntVlprs fir ft
Hush Thomas Lavery of Bridgeport
and William A. Klnsella of Fairfield.
New Haven County.
In New Haven coxmty those who
passed were: Israel W. Cutler, Joseph
John Massa, Charles Gereson Roth,
William Henry Wicker of New Haven,
Selig Schwartz and James Lee Dalton
of Meriden. George James Grocicchia
of New London was the only success
ful candidate In his county.
Illinois Atty. General .
Launches Booze Drive
J Chicago. Jan." 15. Edward J.
' Brundage, ' attorney general of Illinois,
launched another drive at prohibition
law violators today. In motions pre-
sented before Judge, K. M. Landis in
federal district court'he askfd, that 18
' additional ', Injunctions ,bs'' 'issued
. against jRaloonkeepera and that eleven
' others be .puxUshe-for contempt e
j cause of alleged . violations of similar
'injunctions Issued some time ago-
HOOVER FUND NOV
TOTALS $14,082.08
Woman's Committee Still
Heads Contributions With
$592.57 Ends Monday.
The New Britain fund for European
relief today reached the total of $14,
082.08, with $1,329.20 being added
since yesterday- The woman's com
mittee still leads the field ln the
amount of contributions, having
brought in $592.57 since the noon re
ports of Friday.
Special contributions have been re
ceived through several sources and
there is more money coming into this
classification that has not yet been
officially reported upon. One of the
donations announced , today was that
of $33.03 from the Swedish Baptist
church, congregation. Notices of sev
eral more, which have not yet been
added to the total, will be found in
this evening's Herald.
The team captains reporting today
and the amounts are:
Woman's committee $ 592.57
C. W- Upson 239-00
E. M. Wightman 53.00
J. B. Comstock 5. 00
Special contributions 439.63
Total 1,329.20
Total to date $14,082.08
The campaign will be brought to
a close Monday with a luncheon at
the Elks' club,-at which time it is
hoped that the announcement that
New Britain has again, gone over the
top will be possible. This means,
however, that team leaders will have
to put forth their best endeavors to
morrow and Monday morning. .
THREAT FROir RUSSIA l
KRAMER ADMITS HE
HAS DIFFICULT JOB
Bootleggers Greatest Problem,
Enforcement Oriel Declares
HOME BREW NO TROUBLE
Four Big Problems Are Shipments
From Warehouses Diversion of
Commercial ' Alcohol, Drinking of
"3IedJcinc8?' and Smuggling.
Hartford Jan. 16. John F. Kra
mer, national prohibition enforce
ment commissioner, who is here for
two days to attend the mid-winter
banquet of the Connecticut Prohibi
tion party and to consult with fed-,
eral officials who are trying to make
the Volstead act more effective in
this vicinity, admits that making .the
United States unsafe for bootleggers
is a long job. . v
How About Home Brew.
"How about home brew ?"; the com
missioner was asked.
"That is a problem which will set
tle itself," he replied.
"It is not causing us any worry,
for we know that in time it will cease
to exist in practically every section
of the country- All you have to do
is to look at the folks who are try
ing to brew their own drink today to
know that the custom wjll never grow
very widespread. The home brew
problem and the sale of malt and
hops by drug stores are two phases
of our work which will be settled
and settled satisfactorily by the com
munities themselves in response to
public opinion-"
"What are the things that are
giving you the most trouble?" Mr.
Kramer was asked.
Four Big Problems.
"There are four problems that are
very real, and that are dally making
it impossible to enforce the Volstead
act as It should be enforced. There
are the shipment of liquor from
warehouses, the diversion of alcohol
from Industrial purposes into bev
erages, the use of medicines contain
ing' alcohol as beverages, and the
smuggling of liquor across our nor
thern and southern borders." '
, Commissioner Kramer went on . to
explain that shipping of liquor ;m
trucks, which Is carried en to a, con
siderable C extent., ln thto ..stated wias.
due to the illegal ,rovar bt" wet J
goods rrom warenouses in Boston,
Providence and New . TorK. .. He., ex
plained that it was the, aim of the
federal authorities to stop . this re
moval and -thereby do away with the
automobile booze runners.
Commissioner Kramer said that the
thing most needed tn this locality was
state legislation that would help to
sustain the Volstead act.
FINDS MISSING CHILD
Hartford Man Re-United
With
Daughter Whom He Lost on Train
15 Years Ago.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 15. Donald
McRae and his wife who live at 121
Pearl street, both have been seeking1
children by previous marriages who
have' been missing for many years.
Today Mr. McRae is re-united with
his daughter, Mrs. M. J. Murphy of
941. South State street, Syracuse, N.
Y., who ran away from her guardian
fifteen years ago when she was ten
years old. They had lost all trace of
one another and no correspondence
has passed between them. She was
accidentally located by a brother, a.
traveling salesman.
Mrs. McRae, his second wife has
been searching for her son for twenty
years. He was taken away from an
orphan asylum in Ottawa, Canada,
but by whom she never has been able
to learn.
15 GASES OF LIQUOR
This Is What Federal Agents Found
m An Automobile They Stopped at
Stamford Iiast Night.
Stamford. Jan. Ij-An automobile
stopped by federal prohibition en
forcement officers during the night
yielded fifteen cases of whiskey.
Michael Attala, an Egyptian, who
said 'he belonged at 134 Shrewsbury
street, Worcester, and Alexander
Fanor, a Syrian, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
were arrested and held in $500 bonds
for a hearing. Officers claimed that
the men tried to Induce them to with
hold arrest by promise of cash.
I
JITNKL'K IS ARRESTED.
Louis Groski. a jitney driver of a
bus on the West Main street line,
was arrested this afternoon by Officer
nrw 1st urn
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IHLAN'AMI tl'
CALLED INTO
He? York Officials SnbpoetiiD
Alleged Connpdon' Probe "
RESIGNATION IS DENIED
: v "..y
Mayor Brands as False Report "That
His Police Commissioner Is to Quit
Another Is That He Stay Be Re
Moved by Governor. .
New York, -Jan. 16. Mayor Hylan
and Police Commissioner Enright
today were subpoenaed to. appear next
Monday as witnesses before the grand
jury In the inquiry into alleged official
corruption, being conducted toy Form
er Governor Charles S. - Whitman.
. Humors Are 'Denied. . .,;
Rumors that Police Commissioner
Enright has resigned, effective Febru
ary 2, were being run down' by Newi
X one newspapers loa&y. mere was
a sequel to reports last night that
Governor Miller may be asked to re-
move him from office for alleged 're
fusal to aid inquiry into alleged cor-
ruption in the city administration.
Commissioner- Enright, In a Jovial
mood, sent out word to reporters that
reports of his resignation were "very
much exaggerated." !
There is absolutely nothing to it,"
Mayor Hyland declared in denying the
rumors that Mr. Enright has resigned.
CHARGE SI1II1 FEIN PLOT
London Police Uncover Alleged Irish
Conspiracy To Kill Police and De
stroy Property In City.
.
Ixndon, Jan. 15. What the police
allege to be another trig ' Sinn Fein
plot to destroy property in London
was uncovered in court this morning
when' Patrick Kenny, an Irishman,
was charged with being .' concerned
with other men not yet arrested in at
tempting to murder two policemen
and tfQng to set on fire barrels of oil
on the premises of the Vacuum Oil
company.
The company's, plant - Is at Wands
worth, Southwest London, and 60,000
barrels, containing 2,5 0 0,0 00 gallons of
oil are stored thjs.-,H:.l-;(f :j v.'
tA one,joelock,..thl foxnta g t three;
polemtn &3bvered fifteen men lurk
inc near tbe Vacuum eompaiiysrem
ises.. They charged the group and a
(fierce flght followed in which it is al
leged' several' sChots were"lred by the
civilians. ' . -'
Kenny was arrested but the others
escaped. The police claim .to have
discovered later that elaborate prep
arations " had 'been made within the
company's yards for firing the oil.
DIVIDEND DECLARED
1
Polish Investment and Lfcmn Associa
tion Declares Regnlar 12 P. C. and
8 P. C. Special Vote $122
Hoover Fund.
for
At a meeting of the Polish Invest
ment and Loan Association, held last
night, the directors voted to declare
the regular dividend of 12 per cent,
and a special dividend of 8 per cent.
The directors, also ' pledged to turn
over $122 to the local treasurer of the
European Relief Fund.
The following were elected direc
tors for the coming year: Antony
Ciezynski, John Guncara, Stanley
SymoIoR, John Partyka, Matthew
Papciak, Stanley Traceski, Henry
Nowicki, Alex Brzozwy and Klemens
Kolkowski.
HUNGER STRIKER PARTAKES OF FOOD;
MRS. HARRINGTON MUCH UPSET WHEN
DOCTOR DOUBTS HER LONG FASTING
Calls It "Attempt to Cheat God of Glory of Reserving
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My Body Until Victory is Won" Her Husband Un
kind Enough to Laugh When, He Says; One of Her
Spiritual Messages "Got Sidetracked." -
Danville, 111-, Jan. 15.tr-.Mrs. Ernest
S. Harrington, who claimed to have
been fasting for 48 days to influence
her husband to join a church, ended
lier hunger strike today ; upon being
advised by the Rev. G: S.
Eldorado to vtake food.V
: The.: : oft) ivosr'''
doubt J"
as
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TAMDISAk
CITY IIAS VASTED v
- 522,500 IN BLOOD
Slaughter House Product
Not Marketed Since Its
-Construction. .
Approximately $22,600 worth of
blood has been wasted at the muni
cipal slaughter house since the place
began its ' operations, figures com
piled by, 'Dr. J. R. Harris superin-.
tendent of' the board of health,1 show.
The waste -represents 300,000, pounds
of blood marketing at an average Of
seven and 4ne half cents a pound.
The present market calls for ten
cents a pound on all blood gathered
under sanitary conditions and which
is clean ; five cents a pound is - paid
for blood not so clean. - :
In the line of estimated expensed
and income for next year, Dr. Har
ris will recommend j to : the special
budget committee of the health board
than v an appropriation be made- for
the installation of necessary appara
tus for collecting and drying blood.'
This will consist of a series of gal
vanized tanks to be placed under the
present flooring and an extension of
the present steam drying system. The
costs of installing will not be very
great, it is explained and the money
netted from the sales of the first year;
will pay the orginal cost. It is ex
pected. There are three uses to which the
blood may be put, The highest quali
ty is used for human consumption as
food, being sold to sausage makers;
a second grade is made into food for
animals and poultry, while the third
grade is used for, fertiliser.. The abili
ty to collect the blood in a sanitary
manner and put It through the vari
ous operatldns . without endangering
its purity will determine the class In
to which a dfty'e product may be
placed., . . i' '
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Sflm X0;H03PfTiIr
Meriden Institution Given 5,000 by
. Will ef JDale Henrietta Eliza Wins
low Brother Gets Balk.
Meriden, Conn., Jan. 15. The Meri
den hospital is left $5,000 and Center
Congregational church $3,0 00 ' by the
win offered for' probate today of Hen
rietta Eliza Wlnslow, widow ot
Charles N. Wlnslow, for many years
Meriden . manager of the Adams Ex
press Company. Practically all of the
remainder of her $55,000 estate goes to
a brother, Judson H. Baldwin, and a
niece, Mrs. L. T. Hutton both of
Southington. .
GEDDES CALLED HOME
Washington, Jan. 15. Sir Auck
land Geddes, the British ambassador,
has been summoned home for a con
ference with Premier Lloyd .; George,
and Earl Curzon, British secretary of
state for foreign affairs, it was an
nounced today at the British embas
sy. He sailed from New York today
for London and expects to return ln
February. During the. absence of Sir
Auckland, R. Leslie Craigie, first sec
retary of the embassy, will act aa
ambassador.
woman's condition virtually-'vwas nor
mal. . "t '"f : '
When asked if sho did not' fear
she would die, if she persisted in fast
ing, Mrs. Harrington said: -;
"Death? Why no, I have never
Myen that a thought. , I know, how-
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