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NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1921. TEN PAGES.
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JiOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
! VOTES A GAINST INCREASING
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ITS MEMBERSHIP BEYOND 435
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faulted Appropria-
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, YcrIs Reported Today
iJDGET SLASHED
; OVER 19 MILLION
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.V ft t CJ.. n
Appear Before Senate Com-
Tmittec to Oppose Govt'
' 1 "Regulation Of Their In-J
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;5ustry.'
Waahlnrten. Jan. It. The house
W representatives voted today against
increasing It memberhlp, now41S.
An -amendment to the reappor-
lament bill wask adopted under
yeh It seats would be shifted from
.11 fo I states.
' The vote to keep the membership
it Hi was Its for, to 77 against,
) s x Will Loc FooU
. TV vote . for, , adoption of the
mtnt Wft ,0 overwhelming
rulvocatea of a bigger, house aald
r realised It would stand.
:2rh amendment i mcana that the
.Mowing states will loee seats two
All hence:
.Mtnsoart S. and Indiana. Iowa,
tnana, Kentucky, Loutalana. Maine,
.laalaalppl Nebraska, Hhode Island
d, Vermont one each, California
.lr rain three; Mkhlran 2; Ohio 2.
id Connecticut, New Jersey, North
irollna, Texas and Washington one
eh.. ...
i. Appropriation Bill,. .
The agricultural appropriation .bill
rrylng $SS.Sl7,45t. for the next
al year, 119.511.923 less than the
f .1inateif, wm reported today to the
MtNoTht total exceeds that for. the
rrent year bar f 1.101,1TB. ; i
The bulk ' of the appropriation is,
v use by the department, of . agrt
Iturt. 11.000,000 was authorised for
9 tiattooal forest ' reservation com
on for acquisition of additional
j!ifct headwaters of navl ruble
ns. The commission asked for
..4 committee added half a mil
i dollars to the, appropriation for
a eradication of animal tubercu-
The sum. of tlSO.000 was provided
fighting the brown tall and gypsy
the, rampant in ; New Jersey, and
m sylvan U.
t - Coal Mew Oppotrd
. rUlon of onntnlsed coal oper
ri te the Calder bill propoelns; fed
t regulation of the coal Industry
"voiced , before the senate man
Jurers committee by J. D. Mor
lce president of the national
A association. He prefaced his
jtnent on the bill with the state
:t that the mine operator trener
'Nad not taken exceas profits dur
the Coal shortajre taet year.
We have' collected sutlstlcs upon
j.OOO.OOO tons of production made
i4j to October 1" he said, "which
w the arersre selllns; price at the
to have.been $?.47 a ton and the
. of producing $2.7. That left a
-sin of 71 cents which does not
-esent profit, because the over-
1 1 costs, depletion charges and
xfe to come out of It."
Intm told the committee
figures would have been
complete "except for the action
-he, Calder committee In sending
irents to take papers out of our
,e. which with attendant publicity
mi dour members to cease report-
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OLICE GET MURDERERS
fesnbers of Toledo Cans; That
, - ' '
lrl DetccUvew and S(olo Money
i Behind Dan.
Vtedo, O., Jan. It. -Ilreaklnx up
Se fans; of gunmen which killed
raallroad detectives Monday, has
, nccorapllwhed police say.
rn allesjed membere of the band
In Mlt One of these, Edward
V of Denver ewnd Omah has
xseed and has 1m d! ion. ted Ubyce
(ardaon, a negro, also under ar-
v -d two others, both white, or
police detectives of Pittsburgh
''Cleveland are conductlnjc . a
V negro woman. Vivian Larrl
arrested Monday.'.. alao has ad
i the police that Hichardson
white men divided their
fJORE THAN 100 DIE
AS TWO DAMS BREAK
200 More Injured in Disaster at
Parlinna. Hnirn
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THftllSAHnS ARE HOMELESS
1 '
IScveral Mines Am Flooded ajxI Death
' U1 U Kiwrtl Grow As Debris
Poisoned.
Mexico aty, Jan. 19. More than
100 persona were drowned and more
than 200 others, were injured In the
disaster yesterday at" Pachuoa when
two dams above the city broke and
torrent of water swept through the
lower sections of the bis; mining, cen
ter, according; to latest reports. A
thousand persons were rendered home
less. Several mines were flooded and it
Is believed the death list will be added
to considerably when the shafts are
cleared.
The dams held back water used In
the chemical treatment of ores, and
many of the deaths were due to the
victims being; poisoned by swallowing
this water. ,
HINTON TESTIFIES
FARRELL VAS WEAK
Says He Consulted With
KJoor About Disarm-
a.
ing: Hinn
tneckaway. N.. TJ.: Jan. 'lt -IJeut.
Walter Ulnton. testifying this; : after
noon at tho Inquiry into the specta-
cuiar balloon flight here rocerttly
made -.Into Canada with two other
American naval officers, declared that
at one time while they were lost in
the woods he had consulted his com
mander regarding the advisability of.
disarming L.!eut. 9tephn A. Parrell.
I Unto n gave ' the following testi
mony to. the court of Inquiry regard
ing the struggle for existence waged
by Fmrrell, Lieut. Kloor and himself
after they had landed on the shores
of Hudson Bay.
At 12:20 , on December 16. Lieut.
Farrell fell from exhaustion. It would
be unfarr for me to state In his ex
haunted and fainting condition the
remarks that were passed, but I called
LJeut. Kloor and consulted him as to
the advisability of taking the knife
from Lieut. Farrel and going on as
signified by htm only with the hope
that we would find assistance-
"My conviction was that we were
on the stream that emptied Into the
river upon which was the house
which we had seen from the air just
after hearing a dog bark. I fully
believed that the house was just
round the comer."
iO PER CENT. INCREASE
Man u fact nrrra' AsMM-tatlon of Bridge
port FlgurcH This As Fair Estimate
of Added Working Hours.
Bridgeport, Jan. 19. The manufac
turers' association of Bridgeport today
estimated that there has been a ten
per cent, increase in total working
hours In local plana in the last two
week.
A soup kitchen to provide one meal
a day for unemployed persons was
opened today by the Bridgeport metal
trades union. A band of seven pieces
furnished music.
FAVOR PIECE WORK.
Chicago. Jan. 19.- Testimony In sup.
port of the railroad's contention that
the piece wrk system Is more effic
ient than the hour basts In wage com
putation, was given . today by C. B.
HadellfTe, general car. foreman of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad before
the railroad labor board which is hear-
ing tne rules ana wonting conditions hard coal was reduced from $18 to
dispute between rail employes and the $17 a ton today by several local coal
roads. dealers-
Steam Heater in New Haven Road Pay Car Blows
ITr Uii.i:n WetiK 17.1.. 11 n:A.r.i.
vp iuiuujj nmmij; aiUjJlUjrcp iU Ml mi.umitt ;
SERIES OF MYSTERIOUS FIRES DO
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT ONE
MILLION DOLLARS AT WORCESTER
City Department Unable to
Cope With Situation and
Apparatus is Sent From
Boston. Clinton. Miilbory
and Westboro.
FIRST BLAZE ALARM
SOUNDED AT 3 A. M.
Two Business Buildings With Mer
chandise, on Alain Street Burned
and Score of Tenement Structures
AIho Catch Fire Hotel Bancroft
Saved Little Evidence of IncJ
diartsm. Worcester, Mass., Jan. 19. This
city was spotted by Arcs early today
with a loss that ran upwards of
$1,000,000.
Two business buildings on Main
street heavily stocked with mer
chandise were burned out. a score
of tenement structures were over-run
by sparks that caused roof biases,
and guests at thto Bancroft and New
Park hotels which were situated be
tween the business and the tenement
district fires stood ready to follow tho
tenement dwellers into the zero tem
perature of the street. The hotels
were saved however.
$100,000 IKrt at One
While this epidemic of fires to thi
south engaged all the city's apparatus
another fiery spot developed several
blocks to the north where the wood
working plant of the M, K. Smlth
Corp. was burned with a loss of
$100,000. . . ,
The origin of none of the principal
fires was determined definitely but
the police said they had only the
faintest suspicion that incendiarism
was involved.
Fire Starts at 3 a. m.
Fire started shortly . . before threo
o'clock In the Seven Stores Knowles
building here, destroyed that build
ing and spread to nineteen other
Places wtfhln a radius of a mile. .
Toe ism u n uorp. nr oegan in me
rear of one -of tho wood . working
firm's structures, and In the adjoining
building 'firemen. fouud'a eultcaae.'
ablaxe In the front dooyVtV - whish
led to the belief that the second .Ore:
was the work of a firebug, -
As far as known there was no loss
of life.
Boston Sends Aid
The fire area was too great to be
adequately . covered by the city's flro
fighting resource and Boston, Clin
.ton, Mlllbury 'and Westboro were
called on to send additional appar- :
atus. All responded, engine 26, a
motorlsed unit, coming over 44 mllos
of bleak mad from Boston n quick
time.
Newspaper Plant Damaged,
The flames skirted the building of
the Worcester Evening Post but' were
kept away by a curtain of water. The
consequent cellar flood however put
the paper's press out of commission
and spoiled a large quantity of news
print paper. ,'
50 Places Dcvastcd
Fifty business places including six
retail stores, six manufacturing
plants and a large number of offices
of dentists, doctors, music teachers
and others were wiped out.
The Bijou theater building caught
fire but the damage was slight.
NORTH S JUDD SHOVS
SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT
Working: Schedule is In
creased From 24 to 32
Hours Starts Jan. 24.
Announeement was made to its em
ployees today by North & Judd Manu
facturing company that the working
schedule would be tne-reueted from
twenty-four to thirty-two hours a
week, effective Monday, January 24.
8ome departments will be operated
on a more extensive schedule.
It is also announced that wages
will bo reduced about ten per -cent.
This will likewise become effective
op January 24.
COAL $17 A TON.
New 'Haven, Jan. 19. The price of
RE-ELECT DAVISON
AT SAVINGS BANK
Officers and Directors Named a
Annual Meeting Today
YEAR'S EARNINGS $619,253
Volume of Business Handled in Main
Street Banking IIou.sc Was Groatet
In Its History 21,002 Depositors ou
January 1.
At the annual meeting of the incor
porators of the Savings Bank ef New
Britain, held this afternoon at
o'clock at the banking .house on Main
street, the following directors were
named for the ensuing year, all be
ing re-elections: C. B. Oldershaw, H.
D. Humphrey, E. H. Davison, E. N.
Stanley, a. W. Traut, C. F. Smith. J.
A. Andrews, E. A. Moore, C. J.
Parker, C. B. Parsons, J. B. Minor, P.
F. McDonough, I. D. Russell. Noah
Lucas and H.S.Hart. Following
the meeting of the incorporators the
directors held their annual meeting
and re-elected the following officers
E. II . Davison, president; C. F.
Smith, vice president; E. N. Stanley,
treasurer; C. B. Oldenshaw, assistant
treasurer and secretary; Noah Lucas,
assistant treasurer.
Report of Treairer. -
The annual report of Treasurer
Stanley showed the business of the
bank for the last year to have been
the greatest in the institution's history
Four and one-half per cent interest
amounting to $515,211.21, was paid out
of the net earnings of $619,253.41.
Deposits during tho year totalled $6,-
011,214.33. while withdrawals amunt-
ed to $4,058,382.40 the net IncoiSj in
deposits for the ar being $1,952,831.
93. The total deposits on January 1,
were $12,436,451,114, and the total as
sets $14,080,863.07. The number of
open accounts January 1, was 21,602.
1,502,000 In Mortgages. " .
Loans . kn H rst mo igar s in tho
eommunltjr realched a total of $1,582, -
lfc00' during the year United States
bonds of the par value of $1,564,000
are owned by the bank and tho United
State Certificates of Indebtedness to
the amount of $100,000 arc Hold. Th.
surplus fund was Increased $80,000
during the year and $79. .177. 50 was
charged from Jt he values at. which the
bonds owned by the bank were carried
on the books.
J1TNEUR DEFENDANT
IN $15,000 LAW SUIT
i
Frank Ott of 43 Union Street
Sues
Fair and Harrta and Connec
ticut Company
Frank Ott of 43 Union street,
through his counsel," Judge William
F. Mangnn, haw brought suit for
$15,000 aRalnst Joseph Farr, Arthur
II. Harris and the Connecticut com
pany. The suit Is the aftermath of a
collision which occurred on October
27, 1920, at Stanley Quarter, when
the Jitney bus, owned by Messrs. Farr
and Harris, was struck by' the North
End trolley. Ott was a passenger in
the Jitney at the time, and has sinco
that time been a patient at the New
Britain General hospital with injuries
which the complaint alleges were re
ceived in the crash. Tho writ was
served on the defendants today by
Deputy Sheriff M. I. Stockwell, and
is returnable In the superior court
on tho first Tuesday in February.
WOMAN JUDGE'S VERDICT
Florence K. Allen Sentences Murderer
to Life Imprisonment on Second
Degree CI targe.
Columbus, O., Jan. 19, Common
pleas Judge Florence E. Allen today
sentenced Robert Nomera to life Im
prisonment after a Jury containing
three women found Momera guilty of
second degree murder for the slaying
of Henry Thompson last Thanksgiv
ing Day.
Judge Allen was the nrt woman
Judge in Ohio to pass sentence in a
murder case.
The three women on the Jury held
out for conviction from the start, they
declared. Four ballots were taken.
EYE IS REMOVED.
Physicians at tho New Britain
. ......
. uenerai nosptiai mis uuernoon re-
I mivwl thA Inlilriid Vfl of Burtnn o
Cl"k of Hartford, who figured in the
ntomobiif gmaghiinit-tnmo
EX-SERVICE
ORGANIZE
BENEFIT
O'CALLAGHAN ORDERED SURRENDERED
TO NORFOLK IMMIGRATION OFFICERS
De Valera's Secretary Hints
There is Doubt That This '
Edict of Secretary of Labor
JVill Be Complied Witji.
Washington, Jan. 19. Counsel for J
Donal O'Callaghan. lord mayor ot
Cork, who arrived in this country re- ,
cently, without a passport, was di-J
rected today by Secretary Wilson to I
deliver the lord mayor "promptly" to, 'Hartford, Jan. 19. Former Senator
the Immigration inspector at Nor- j Oeorge W. Klett, of New Britain, lead
folk, i er ,of the last senate where he was
The secretary of labor's order was (Chairman of the Judiciary committee
described by labor department offic-' was by senate resolution today mado
lals as merely the formal notification
to Judge Lawless, in whose custody
O'Callaghan was placed, of the secre
tary's decision last week that O'Cal
laghan was a "seaman" and as such
should reship on a vessel bound
abroad.
President Ih NcutraL
. It was understood however that in
directing the prompt surrender of the
lord mayor, Secretary Wilson was in
fluemd by a conference v yesterday
with ' Acting Secretary Davis of the
state department. This conference
was held after the regular meeting of
President Wilson's cabinet, but it was
reiterated tea resident had re-affirmed
his decision not to interfere in the
controversy ' between the two depart
ments. ' ' . .' ; ;- '"
Roland Has Doubta. . rv
New York, Jan. 19. -Harry Bolartd.
aeeretry to Eamonn De Valera. "pres
ident of the Irish republic. said to
day: 'there might "too some' doubt,
whether . Donal O'Callaghan,1 lord may
or of Cork, would be surrendered to
the lmmiETation authorlties at Norfolk
as ordered fey, Secretary ' of Lofcor Wil
son. .4 5 . -V ';' . :fN ' ":' ;:'? vV.'
Mr. Bolanp said the decision vested
with 'O'CTaliaghanti- counsel., who had
protested against deportation of , the
lord mkvor:.j-fv:'' :!-rvy:S($J.
O'Callaghan waa registered at a' New
York hotel today, tout' he" could not be
found there this noon," ..
HARDWARE LOAN CORP.
REDUCES RENTALS $5
39 flliree-Tenement Houses
Are Affected By Order
of Association.
Beginning next month, tenants of
the Hardware City Loan corporation.
will be given a reduction in rent of
$5 which is equivalent in a majority
of eases to a 15 or 20 per centfeut.
The reduction is one of the first mado
in the city since the labor depres
sion with its resulting cuts has been
felt, and as far as Is known is tho
only instance of a' large combine
making so great a reduction, effective
for so great a number of families.
The corporation now owns 39 three-
tenement houses in different sections
of the city, . principally in tho south
western . end. One hundred, and
seventeen families are affected by the
order.
The Hardware Olty Loan corpora
tion was organized toward the end
of the war to take care of the hous
ing situation which at that time ap
peared acute. It is composed of fac
tory heads and others interested.. The
purpose of the association was to
build or finance the building of
houses for employes of local con
cerns, in anaiuon io inai wurs, me
corporation undertook the construc
tion of a number of three-tenement
houses, some of which were later
disposed of. Tho remaining houses.
39 in number, are rented out to em
ployes of factories under the direc
tion of H. J. Folren, agent of the
organization, the rent being kept as
low as is possible having regard to
the costs of upkeep land interest
upon investment.
R. R. BUSINESS BAD
Falling Off Make Necessary Rocluc-
tlon of employes oilV 'i-
RatlroJuL Cte-
MEN IN LE(
TO PUSH ME.
OF GREA T Wk
SENATE PICKS KLETT
FOR JUDGESHIP HERE
Resolution Passes and
Sent to House Ailing
is
For Deputy.
Judge , at, .New Britain. Attorney
A. o
W1
jtiK;r.c.ixnonw.tiL.
Klett' s aTD01ntment. Is. to" fill thu va.
v s
chancy paused y the "resignation of 5 Senaor
4udefJtohn Hi Kirkham, who '.will; to
nighV.be named corporation counsel of
'tho -Hardware .clty,;'-';u".it'.--, . ,.''
Benjamin Wf Ailing wrio. lncidental
.ly, la Attorney Klett's law partner in
the firm of Klett Ailing, wojh also
confirmed aa asslstant Judgic. I ftesoi'u-,
tlona forjudge Klett and;J,Hd;XUlng
for i the', regular j term also ".Went1 Into
the house. ;
The appointment undenwhlch Judge
Ailing is how deputy Judge of the city
ana ponce court in IsVw.Brltan was as the
to fill out the term of Judge Kirkham,
former deputy Judge elevated to Judge
ship on the death of the late Judgo
James T. Meskill.
5,720 ARE CONVICTED
; i in.' . i
0,250 Oases StUI Pending Where War- , 0fTeredhto
lime Iaus Wpm. vtninti rw,. 1 tion law,
of Justice Has 17,900-
Washington, Jan. 19. Convictions
have been obtained in 5,720 of the
17,900 cases prosecuted by the depart
ment of Justice under war-time laws
and 9,259 of the oases still are pend-
Inc Attomev (Jn. Pnlmr tn.v tnM '
. wv. t-v.iv sation wou
the senate Judiciary committee, which 520 weekt
is considering proposals for general WAi.,
amnesty for persons convicted under s I
the espionage and other war acts. A ii iii.v,i)
total of 2,929 cases "were disposed : "V
of otherwise than by convictions," the
attorney general added. ,
MOTHER KILLS CHILDREN
Winchester,", Pa., Woman, Temporarily
Insane After Flu, Murders Three
and Then Commits Suicide.
Winchester, Va., Jan. 19. Mrs.
Mary Glenn Hicks, wife of Stanley H.
Hicks, shot and killed three - - of her
four children early today " at her
home, near here, then killed herself.
She is believed to have, been men
tally deranged, due to a recent attack
of Influenza.
FIRE IN PROVIDENCE
Firemen Have to Battle In Frigid IuJbIic 11
wrauier u vueii so,uvo max In
Lumber Yards. 1
Providence, Jan. 19. Fighting in
fiigld ir-J',-",dued a Are
: Lumber
L
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Be
Funds
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INTO'
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EmploY
WeeklV
pensat
HarUord,'
nlon of Uu
service mer
of either
organised
B. Payne
man and
Dunn of II
purpose of)
ganizatlon j
tentlon to J
mas urea at
Thomas j
Legion hea
.this newly j
ed the Le;
aald that j
committee j
favoring; r
vis; Itetent
crease of i
bonus. )
v v Represe:
Stamford
th..atat-.
Britain,
tlon com:,
the" upper,
funds . of j
exempt frcj
At a mc
committee,
"VT D.I.J
paperman.
clerk.
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from the
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small, boti
opening hi
main InteV
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the Conne
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average
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per cent o
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cent of U
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Senator
rights bin
against pe
somewhat
yesterday
the 9th.
A bill i
authority J
outside th4
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while the
sion-
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nominatiCy
vorable rt
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Frederick')
Cheney a
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to the bo'
was mad'
senate
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