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NEW EEITAIN DAILY HETttLD, Y'EDXESDAY, DECEMBER 2fl. 1P2:. THREEJOLLED Little CMta Die at Erie, Pa., YuletHe Festivities Krlo, l'a., Deo. 13. .T) The Joy fill Christinas holiday lias hem aud liTily tinned Into a ifiiod of srim tragi-dy 11 tlii-oo Krlo home, where today mothers, fathers, brothers and slater nro nioiirnlpg the untimely termination of three llttlo lives the deiiths of a trio of youthful Yulctide i-elebrants who were crushed to death In a panic at a community tree I'lttirvanoe here late yesterday. Swell others wire Injured. The dead: William Warner, .". Kileen Itiekrode, 8. Raymond Kutjotzlnskl. i:. i'lvo thousand children of grade sehool age had fratlicri'il In the Erie arena, tlielr whole demeanor bestow iiiB nn air of mirth and the place filled with the htim of childish chat ter, when suddenly the support:! of a bench collapsed and with It came a crash and the screams of several i lllldreil who had been precipitated to 1 lie tloor. In an instant there was a panic wild shhdiliiR. horror-stricken cries and a mad dash for exits. Attend ants and policemen strove vainly to stay the rush but their gestures and imouls only added to the confusion. And then, after -15 minutes, when :ho arena was finally cleared, the bodies of the three youngsters -were found, the last spark of life trampled from them. The injured were rush ed to a hospilal, and today it was said that all would prfobahly re cover. Excited mnl hers heard of the fatalities and gathered on tile scene, inquiring as to the well bein;r of their offspring, known to have been in Ihe building, Many of the mothers had to tie held by police and could not be quieted until the names of the dead and injured had been learned. Tile celebration was part of a local newspaper's Christmas pro gram for the children of Krlo. and just as the accident occurred a dozen robust Pallia Clauses had started out, .".inong the tots to distribute toys i.nd candy. CONN. GIRL PRESIDES Dnnhury Miss Tnkea rnrt In Exex. ctwt I nvclllng Statue of Nathan iel Hawthorne At Pnlcm. Salem, Mass., Dec. !3 UP) This city today unveils a siatuo to Its most celebrated literary tlgure, Na thaniel llnwthorne. llosomond Mikkolsen of Danbury, Conn., 1I year old grout granddaughter of the writer has been chosen to preside al the exercises In Hawthorne lioulo vaid. With Miss Miltkelscn Is her broth er, J. Hawthorne .Mikkelsen. They are the children of Mrs. M. A. Mik kelsen who was tJwendolyn, daugh ter of Julian, u son of the anther. The statute formerly stood in the doorway of the art museum In Ties ton and was purchased for $:'0,eM0 by the Hawthorne Memorial associa tion. Harlan I'. Keisey, secretary of the association, lias been chosen to make the presentation and .Mayor Ucorgo J. Bab's the acceptance on behalf of the city. Will Continue Work of Salvaging Sub in Spring Newport, U, I., Pec. :s lPi At ! mpls to salvage the T'nited States I submarine 8-51, sunk In a collision with the steamer City of Home off Block Island last September, will be resumed next spring, it was indicat ed today by orders received at the naval statloi here from the navy do. paitment at Washington. Tho orders, which tame from tV:e bureau of navigation, directed that all the personnel actively engaged in tile previous efforts to raise the wrecked submarine lie kept intact with the view to resuming tho work as soon as weather permits. While the men will be assigned to various duties during the winter, they will pay particular attention to the study of problems concerned in i lie salv age work, the order directs. mysteries of co-operatUe marketing. "Wo desire to assure the secretary tliut. It Is not Information wu need i but a fair price. As a matter of fact we never had so much. I Creation of u permanent stutlstl- i eal department to lm localed here, j which will havu for its object tho j determining of the costs of produc tion of various farm commodities is called for in one of the resolutions, Hints of a nnv export corporation in the process of boiiiff drawn by farmers themselves wore contained in one of the resolutions which read: "In the near future we will agree upon a measure which will present the export corporation' Idea In the i simplest form with effectiveness and i which will protde a stimulus to tho 1 great co-operative movement; and j having agreed upon the terms of this measure we will ask the farm organ izations In the I'niled States to join us in asking for Its passage by the 03th congress." , Postponement of farther consid eration of agricultural relief bills that have bo-n or will be introduced ; In congress Is asked until the new export, corporation can be worked out and presented. CRITICIZES PRES. Attitude on Fordney-McCumber Bill Draws Objections I'es Moines, Iowa, Hec. 23 (P) The export corporation plan for the disposal of farm surplus received ap. proval, while the administration's agricultural relief bill brought an expression of "amusement" In reso lutions adopted by the executive committee of the American Council of Agriculture and the corn belt committee of farm organizations. Closing a two day session tho joint committee which claims to ii present more than a million mid west farmers yesterday criticized President Coolidge's recent address es touching on agriculture, asserted that it did not "concede that the Kordncy-McCuinber tariff is of great benefit, to agriculture as a wohle" and announced that an export mea sure was being prepared for sub mission to congress. "Wo will soon agree," the resolu tion read, "upon a measure which will present the export corporation idea, in the simplest form compat ible with effectiveness and will pro vide a stimulus to the great co-operative movement." When terms for such a measure are airreed upon, the committee will ask farm organizations of tho coun try to join In asking for its passage by the sixty-ninth congress. T'ntil such time the committee ex presses a wish that congress hold up dred pounds for the potatoes. The iurther consideration of agricultural ! potatoes were graded in conformity New Entrants in U. S. Potato Markets Winnipeg, Man., Pec. 13 W An experiment to determine whether Manitoba and Saskatchewan, despite the long haulage necessary, can compete in the potato market of the t'nited states, has begun with tho ( shipment of "."i carloads of potatoes from Winnipeg to Pittsburgh. Tho freight to that city is 78 cents per hundred pounds and the duty 50 cents for the same amount, In ad dition to a payment of $2.oo a hun- X.MAS LIMITS IN I'AHIS Paris, Pec. 23 P) "Srmrls of light" are adding cheer to the Yule tide, in Paris this y;:ar. In several important thoroughfares there tiro brilliantly lighted arcades fashioned I'rom many thousands of bulbs of i:':tra eandlepower. Tho experiment proved successful in the avenue De I. 'Opera, last year and nil the fash ionable streets in the vieiuiiy of the Madeleine are decorated with lights. This year the Uue Tronchet, which I? celebrati;' .- its centenary, is hand Mmiely ','eoorated. Arnstein Wants to Help "Renovate" Leavenworth Kansas City, Mo,, Pec. 23 (P) .lutes "Nicky" Arnstein, who was re leased yesterday from Leavenworth federal prison after serving a two ear sentence for participation ill a S;i,(iOii,ikio bond theft in New York city, declared 1ha he was going to devote the remainder of his life "to renoNating the I ,e,a veuworth institu tion. "in the interests of the poor devils confined there," said Arnstein, "1 am going to consecrate my future to renovating lhat prison. I'm going to carry lite fight to the president if nocossay. My wife, if need be, can carry i to 3,nim persons a week from the stage." Canny Brice, vaudeville and musi cal comedy star, is Arnstcin's wife, SO .Mi; TONM I, TWISTI US Boston. Dec. 'jr. ifPh A sliipnieio f animals whose names would do iadit to ihe ha rle-M ro; u)rd puz le has just been approved for tin- Park Zoo. elude-. 1 in tlif t'haploiin ..'lv: vilgai antelopes, i rid an emu. l-'runkl lie w colic lion are f Indian aoildad oi.ii timuis ruNti; Uo.t.oit. Pee, 2;; ,4) Guests at the i Copley Plaza hot' I may soon be Mlaneing tho Selio'tische, Quadrille or ; Port' and Fancy, if plans announced lie tiie munauvmeiit today are car i ried through, Tho ,iftzz and the -lat.sai't will hold Ue-ir place but, ! those who hold with lb nry Ford j and Melii" Dunham that the old- fashioned dance is tiie thine will have their chance with just a fiddle i or two to play for them. relief bills. Concerning the existing Kordney McCnmber tariff, the resolutions i stated that "staggering burdens im- posed on consumers of the country ' through this act fall as heavily on I tiie farmer as on any other class, j "while on one hand the farmer pays his share of tariff tribute on prac- iically everything lie buys and on the i other hand the price of his great ! surplus of commodities is fixed in I the world markets." I "The farmers note with a decree I of amusement that the new measure sponsored by Secretary Jar-line is to prove a means of salvation to the j farmers by supplying him with an i expert fund of information about I tho mysteries of co-operative mar j keting." Farmers, Ihe resolution ;says, have more information than .they need, and want "a fair price 'lather than more information." Congress was warned that "in idustry" should not blame the funn ier if they invoke the principle of ' self-preservation and declare war on 1 the protective tariff. This "war" is promised, if indus try insisis that it cannot exist wth ' out the tariff and refuses to grant agriculture like protection. ' The resolutions declared that ad ditional information which would be provided by tiie administration ' agricultural bill which has just boon introduced is not necessary. "It is with a degree of amusement," a for mal statement said, "that we note that the new measure sponsored by Secretary Jardino is to prove a, means of salvation to the fanner by supplying him with a new and ex pert fund of information about the with 1'nited S'ates requirements, Kemal Blocks Increase In Deputies' Salaries Constantinople. Pec. 23 (P Presi dent Kemal has unofficially Indicat ed his 11 rm opposition to members of his parliament at. Angora boost- ling their salaries. Although no bill I has been laid before the assembly, j the deputies have been planning to ! double their salaries, which at pres j cut amount to "no lire (about $ 1 7 a per month. Such is the president's I prestige, that, is believed his unoffi cial disapproval will prevent the bill ( from even being framed. President j Kemal has also Indicated his disap - proval of a telegram from the popu lace of Castamonl requesting the as sembly to make him president for life. i! II Zh, EftHlKflliAEIiltftBflyKGil Save ihe i Coupons j) and get Limoges China Company Dishes and Oneida Community Silver Them's a D-sh Coupon and a Silver Coupon in every pack see of Wdg. v- ood Batter, Parktdale EfttB and Berry dale Sealed Ettrrt. Send 20 Dish Coupona and $5.00 and get lovclv forty -two piece dinner act of Limoges China Com puny Dishes with fold handle and stripes. Send twentr Silver Coupons and $6.50 and vet a beautify twenty-nine piece set of Otiua Community Par Plate Silverware. When yo get these fine premiums, then yon can use more coupons to help ret y u still more dishea and silver until you finally have a maa-niftcent din dw service of one hundred and twelve piece made fey Limoges China Company and eiahty'Cieht pieces in all of tho greatly admired Oneida Community Silverware. Old Coupon which yam mow hacm will b rwoVtmetf mt wmt ret m$ new one. Full details on Coupons in Every Package Use sealed eggs and have a better Christmas dinner For your Christmas cooking, use Berrydale Sealed Eggs For this day of days you want the bes? and that means Berry dales. Every one of these eggs is sealed with an air-tight coating of pure paraffin whyrh closes all the pores of the shell That keeps all i he goodness in the eggi. Nothing can get into them. Nothing can get out of them until you break the sealed shells in vour own kitchen. These wonderfully fine eggs are remarkably economical in price. Use plenty of them for Christmas. Valuable Dish Coupon and Oneida Community Silver Coupon are packed with each dozen. P. BERRY & SONS, Incorporated, HARTFORD, CONN. Sol Di$ tribu to r for New England State errijctaie Sealed OAKLAND COACH Demonstrator Gone 3,000 Miles Practically New $795 OAKLAND SEDAN Reconditioid and Repainted. A Bargain at Use of American Flag j In Bermuda Restricted ! Hamilton, T?ermula. tV'C. IS W j American residents of Hrnnucla who i I p. the past liave flown the stars and : stripes at their homos here arc for ! hidden to do this hy an act passed Ivy the local house of assembly. Un- der the act no foreign Hat; may be j ilown unless a P.ritish flag of similar i size and condition is alongside It on lano'lier staff, and if flown frDm the j same staff the Rritis'ii flag must be i run up tirsi. It has been the custom of hotel and hoarding house keeper." to tly the American flag, perhaps as as nn advertisement to attract tin- arriving American tourist. This le-j to the passage of the act. $275 OAKLAND ROADSTER A good car to knock about From December 23 to 31 BUY NOW and SAVE MONEY For ONE WEEK ONLY do we offer Extraor dinary Bargains in I'scd Cars in good run ning order. $95 Six Cylinder GRANT COUPE four passenger Hill give good service for a long time. $235 This is your chance to buy a good I'sed Car at a saving of SI 00 or more. (iet your choice of these good cars by buying early. Come and look them over. If you need a car there is no question but you will buy one here. If you will see for yourself the quality of cars we arc offering. THIS IS YOl'R OPPORTUNITY! DON'T MISS IT! BUY EARLY! STAR SEDAN This is a chance to buy a car worth $100 for $295 Only MAXWELL TOURING in tip-top shape. Newly painted $295 OAKLAND ROADSTER Model 6-11 Thoroughly overhauled, repainted, new tires all around. $395 FORI) TUDOR SEDAN 1923 $145 SAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY BY TIIE EASY TIME PAYMENT PLAN ON USED CARS OFFERED BY GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION The Hardware City Motor Co. 4-6 ELM STREET Oakland Sales and Service OPEN EVENINGS PHONE 2724 BRENNAN'S STORES: New Haven-Bridg eport-Waterbury-Hartford-New Britain New London and Norwich Spri ngfield, Mass. Fitchburg, Mass. 1 l j v UjJ- STUNNING STYLES IN MEN'S and WOMEN'S WINTER CLOTHING OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS NEWEST STYLES FOR ALL THE FAMILY AND EASY WEEKLY PAYMENTS Eggs 47 Main Street, New Britain