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New Britain herald., 1919-01-08
MISS BIRMINGHAM GRADUATES

Miss Agnes Birmingham, of 31 Dwight street, this city, was g. mem- Der of the graduating class of nurses at St. Francis hospital yesterday. The graduation exercises were held ln the hospital yesterday morning, and Miss Birmingham, having com pleted her course of training at the school was given her certificate as graduate nurse. After spending the day at her home here, she returned to the hospital this morning to take up her duties as nurse. She will be attached to the staff at St Francis hospital.
New Britain herald., 1919-01-08

the St. Onge girl, he said, about one week and met her while taking par ties from Hartford to WiIlimantic. He makes trips to New Britain frequent ly, ho said.
 Boy Burglars Committed.
 A considerable portion of the cause of the epidemic of burglaries Is believed to have been discovered in the arrest and punishment of Charles Ross, aged IS, Edward Corbett aged IS and Peter McKenna, aged Is. Tn the police court this morning Ross and Corbett were sent to the reform atory and McKenna was committed to the Meriden school for boys. The trio were arrested in connection with the robbery of Peter Stankewicz's East Main street store. The arrest followed investigation by Sergeant Richardson of the complaint lodged with the police on the morning of De- cember 21, by Stankewicz. Jewelry valued at $175 was taken from the store, consisting of 20 watches, IT women's watches, 25 rings, six laval Heres, Il lockets, three bracelets, IT necklaces, seven bar pins, three re- volvers, and four sets of cuff links.
 The store is at 75 Elm street, and entrance was gained through a eel lar window in the rear. McKenna. ad mitted cutting %A~~ wire protection
 over the window and leading the way through the cellar into the store. A lock on the show case was broken and tho jewelry taken out of the case. Sergeant Richardson arrested Ross on Main street last night and short 1y after found Corbett on East Main street and McKenna at his home. Stantewicz, the proprietor, stated this morning that the jewelry was I worth far more than the valuation of | it given the police. Tn several in | stances, he said, customers have | charged him three times the value of l the watches taken; Most of the l watches taken by the young burglars | were watches left for repairs.
 Celebrated Russian Christmas. l As yesterday was Russian Christ l mas, Peter Comas objected to Walter
New Britain herald., 1919-01-08
FOREMEN'S CLUB TOURNEY.

The Forernen's club of the Corbin screw Corporation will open a pin ochIe tournament Thursday night at the clubrooms. The tourney will run TOT ten weeks. The club is open to challenges from other foremen' S clubs. The following officers have been elected: President, Charles Bar rows; vice-p president, Jacob Heck; secretary, William Daly; treasurer, Ernest Pearson,
New Britain herald., 1919-01-08
POPE SORRY TO HEAR
 OF ROOSEVELT'S DEATH

Rome. Jan. Y-Pope Benedict, when informed Of Theodore Roose- velts death this morning by Cardinal Gasparri, Papal secretary of state, expressed profound regret. The Pom UT said that as president, MT. Roose- welt was most favorable to Catho- hcs, one of his cabinet members be- Ing of that faith.
New Britain herald., 1919-01-08
NEWSPAPER EDITOR
 KILLED IN ACTION,

Columbia, $. C., Jan. S.--Lieut. John S. Reynolds, formerly news eoltor or the Columbia State and Sec retary of the the Atlantic Coast Cir cult association of The Asso ciated Fress' died in France, October 10, rom wounds received in action, &C., corolng to message received from the war department bv his wife.
New Britain herald., 1919-01-08

the St. Onge girl, he said, about one week and met her while taking par ties from Hartford to Wi1limantic. He makes trips to New Britain frequent lv ha said,
The sun., 1919-08-10

policy games and the lottery conces-
sions-all the wars. that is, with the
exception Of the big war between the
Four Brothers and the On Leongs,
which was due to the murder of Bow
Kun and to nothing else. When this
war broke out the Four brothers
hatchet men narrowly missed killing
the great Tom Lee himself. They did,
in fact, come so near to accomplishing
the feat that a bullet fired by one Of
them shattered the alarm clock that
always rested on a shelf beside Lees
bed. and on the same night one of
Lees most intimate friends, a man
high up In the councils of the On
Leongs, was shot to death in the Chi
nese theatre.
But it must be said for Tom Lee that
all his life in Chinatown he worked to
bring peace TO the warning tongs.
although naturally he wanted the sort
of peace that would benefit the On
Leongs. He nearly obtained peace in
1906 when Warren w. Foster, then a
Judge OF the General Sessions, got
Lee and the leader OF the Hip Sings to
his home and made them sign a treaty.
Under the terms of the Foster peace
the On Leong Tong was to be supreme
in Mott street and the Hip Sings
were to have full sway in Pell street,
while Doyers street, and particularly
the Chinese theatre, was TO be neu-
tral ground. A great celebration was
held in the Port Arthur restaurant TO
celebrate the signing OF the peace,
and in honor Of the occasion Tom Lee
drank 107 cups OF rice wine. Yellow
and red strips of paper were plastered
all over Chinatown announcing the end
dt the tong war and proclaiming
peace in Chinatown. This was after
Mock Duck had done so many things
that he was In bad odor with the
police and had been arrested several
times on various charges and finally
had been sentenced to prison for hav-
ing policy slips in his possession.
But the ink was hardly dry before
gunman Of the Hip Sings took a
shot at an On Leong man In the
crook Of Doyers street, and the rusty
.44's of the tongs were soon whang-
ing away merrily and the hatchetf
and dirks were brought out and pol
ished and sharpened-and another
war was on, with its many dead
Cinnamon and general decentralization
of business In the Chinese quarter
But both Tom Lee and Judge Foster
persevered, and between them. and
with tbe help OF the Chinese Minister
20 theI United States and leading Chi
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many unpleasant things. He was
caught by the "white devils" several
times, once when he tried to bribe a
policeman to allow his cousin to go
after being caught In a raid on a Pell
street gambling house, and again
when he was found with policy slips in
his pockets.
He was sentenced to Sing Sing for
the latter. and that was the only time
that Mock Dock ever felt the power
Of white law. And since then no has
made little or no trouble, but has de-
voted himself to making money, and
to-day is probably one of the wealth.
lest Cinnamon in New York.
OF Mock Duck In his palmy days the
Hip Sing men used to say He is a
decent. law abiding young Chinese boy
OF 20 who has been bounded from pill.
lar to post by his arch enemies, the
followers OF Tom Lee. At times, it Is
true. he has shot. but only in self
defence. and II two or three On Leong
Tong notches are on his gun. they are
there for men who deserved to die. In
his laundry uptown he attends to busi-
ness, and comes to Mott or Doyers
street on pleasure bent or to attend
meetings OF his beloved Hip Sing So
ciety, which was organized only to
further the interests of reform In
Chinatown. He Is no highbinder, he
wears no shirt Of mail and he would
never think OF starting n riot"
But Mock Ducks enemies, the On
Leongs. gave this description OF him:
HE Is a cruel, crafty. mysterious.
bad man-the worst Chinaman in
New York. There Is murder In his
bright eye, his stern lips, his firm
chin. There is duplicity and treachery
in every feature. Mock Duck is the
active leader OF a gang of highbinders
who want to kill off all the respect
able Cinnamon and run Chinatown
for their own immoral purposes. The
troubles from time immemorial in Pell
street and the other streets OF China
town are directly traceable to the
Hip Sing Tong. OF which Mock Duck
is the avowed leader. He is not to be
trusted in any way"
Mock Duck was a bad man who
stopped at nothing.
Under the leadership of Tom Lee.
who vies with Mock Duck for the
honor OF having been the most talked
Of Chinaman in New York--Tom Lee
died last January--the On Leong Tong
had waxed rich and powerful. It
had gradually obtained almost a mo-
nopoly OF the gambling and opium
privileges OF Chinatown. and the
money loving soul of Mock Duck was
wroth when he saw the Golfers Of the
On Leongs filling steadily with the
| coin OF the white devils while he and
his Hip Sings were in comparative
| poverty. So Mock Duck became a re-
former. He went to Dr. Charles II.
Parkhurst, then the principal cru
sader in New York, and told him
| dolefully Of the wicked doings OF the
On Leong Tong. He convinced both
DR.. Parkhurst and Frank Moss. the
agent OF the Parkhurst society that
the On I,eongs were villains, whereas
the Hip Sings were little Chinese
saints whose hearts were breaking
over the villainy of Chinatown.
DIR. Parkhurst and Mr.. Moss lis
tened and believed They began ia
raid the places OF the On Leongs, the
opium hangouts and the gambling
! joints, and all on testimony furnished
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by the virtuous Mock Duck and his
Hip Sings. 1t wasn't long before the
On Leongs had no place to lay their
wicked heads. while as fast as the
Parkhurst society raided and closed
an On Leong gambling joint Mock
Duck and his Hip bings cheerfully
opened Hip Sing place and began to
garner some OF the riches that hith-
erto had gone principally to the On
Leongs. Therefore the On Leongs
yearned for revenge, and they set out
to get 1t. Hatchet men were i'm
ported from San Francisco, Boston
and other cities, the On Leong killers
sharpened their hatchets and their
knives. the Hip Sings looked we'll to
their armament. and then began one
OF the most ferocious OF all the tong
wars.
Mock Duck a stormy Petrel.
It was a long time before there was
anything like peace and quiet in
Chinatown. Scores OF Cinnamon were
killed and many wounded. Several
times things got so hot for Mock Duck
either the law of the white devils
threatened him or else the killers of
the On Leongs came too close for COM
fort-that he had TO leave town for q
time. Usually when he had left thers
was a halt in the killings and the war
fare, but 1t always broke out afresh
when Mock Duck returned and
spurred the men OF the Hip Sing Tong
to further efforts-and then dead
Cinnamon were found lying huddled
in the dark doorways and in the cor
ners OF the dingy alleys and lying in
their hunks surrounded by the fumes
OF opium and Of gas.
Affairs became so strenuous after a
while that neither Tom Lee nor Mock
Duck. leaders OF the On Leongs and
the Hip Sings, would stir aboard from
their fortified houses unless they were
accompanied by lobbygows and gun
bearers and unless they wore the shirt
OF mail which each of them had had
carefully fitted to his body. 1t has
been said that for many years Tom
Lee so feared the gunner and the
hatchet men OF the Hip Sings and the
Four Brothers that he wore his steel
shirt both night and day and removed
it only during the last few months
before he died.
Tom Lee used to admit to his friends
! that the wars that were forever blaz-
I ing up between the On Leong Tong
and the Hip Sing Tong We're gam
blers' wars waged for the privilege
! Of keeping the fantan houses and the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
SOLDIERS TROUBLES
WILL BE HEARD
Insurance Officer Ready to
Receive Complaints.

Any doughboy now out OF the service
who has grave doubts concerning the
honesty Of the United States Government
because II withheld his allotment from
his people after he had signed away
large parts of his $40 a month may get
Justice and a speedy cash settlement OF
his difficulties over at the Port OF De-
barkation, Hoboken.
Capt. Rexford Shaffer, U. 8. A., insur-
ance officer at the big army station. an
nounced yesterday that he is prepared
to tackle any and all allotment troubles
from feather to heavyweight and smooth
them out without delay. Although
Capt. Shaffer will not admit he Is a
mental giant, II Is said that he under
stands the filling out of an income tax
form. Moreover. he requires the filling
ont of only one blank. without any ques-
tons about the distance to the moon or
the birth rate OF Peoria upon H.
As soon as the necessary information
is supplied Capt. Shaffer himself goes
to Washington to straighten out a batch
OF allotment tangles at the Bureau OF
War Risk Insurance. or, In cases of
great need, can generally arrive at a
solution over the long distance tele-
phone.
Therefore. II you threw UP a good
Job to fight for democracy and then lost
half your pay in the clutches OF the octo-
pus redtapus 60 to Hoboken or call
Hoboken 5000, extension $50. on the
phone.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
THREE SAFEBLOWERS
TRAPPED IN FIGHT
Detectives Make Neat job of
Arrest.

An attempt to blow the safe of Max
Boardman, manufacturer OF ONCE furni-
ture OF 305 Broadway. Brooklyn, was
baked yesterday morning and three men
engaged in the plot were arrested after
a chase in which many shots were fred.
According to Detectives James Gray
and Frank MaringellA OF the safe and
loft squad. they were on the trail OF the
band for several hours and were watch
ing when they broke into Boardman's
place
They called in Detectives Stephen
Thornton and Joseph Miller and Patrol
man Boyle and divided their party 80
that they could prevent an escape from
the rear of the building. They then
covered one OF the men who was acting
as lookout" and handcuffed him.
Several shots were then fired purposely
in the rear OF the building. Dropping
their tools two burglars ran through the
front, where three detectives were wait
ing. After chase and revolver fusil-
lade they surrendered.
The accused men described themselves
as Harry Miller. 20 years old. OF 220
Keap street, Brooklyn; Meyer Levine,
20, GIL Alabama avenue, Brooklyn. and
Joseph Dim, 20. SO Montgomery street,
Manhattan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
STEAL WHISKEY. FILL
BARRELS WITH WATER
Railroad Thieves Glue Saloon
Mon a Surprise.

John Basar a saloon keeper. Of Is1
Ackerman avenue, Clifton. ". j., re-
Gently ordered through Newark agent
two half barrels Of whiskey from one of
the leading distilleries In Kentucky.
They were some time coming, but Mr..
Basar was happy. for he was almost out
of "the stuff" He lost no time tapping
the barrels
IT flowed with a sparkle but had
no color. A thousand thoughts crept
through Basar's mind. He hadn't or
dered white whiskey Maybe he was
seeing things. To make certain he was
in his own cellar and not on a flight Of
fancy he tasted the stuff
But It wasn't any Of the stuff' at ALL
1t was just plain water. II flowed like
water. It tasted like water and his
friends treasured him II was water.
The two half barrels had cost him
$3.50, 30 he let the agent know about
the water as quickly as telegraph wires
would do so. He was advised that
when 'the stun was started on its
journey to Clifton II was real honest to
goodness whiskey
But there are a number of dry"
spots between the particular part of
Kentucky from which the booze came
and Clifton. Barrels have often been
drained before they ever reached their
destination. but this IL the first time on
record that they have been renlled with
water.
Tho railroad oficials are puzzled by
the latest ruse OF the whiskey thieves.
for they don't know Just where to start
their hunt. Mr.. Baear is looking to them
10 make good that $3.50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
TWO KILLED AS CAR
HITS AN ICE WAGON
Victims Swept From Running
Board-Many Injured.

Two persons were killed. three seri-
ously injured and more than a score
cut and bruised yesterday when a
crowded trolley car crashed into an ice
wagon at Third avenue and Baltic
street, Brooklyn. The dead are:
Theodore McDermott, 80. a shipyard
worker, 4 Granite street, and Salvatore
Anastasio. 20, 1870 Dean street.
The seriously injured are James Sui
Ivan, 81, 45 Suydam street, Internal
injuries and Commissions OF the body;
Thomas Bove, 16. As Hillary street. con-
tusions and decorations, and Richard
Hall, 81. Columbus avenue and Eighty
first street Manhattan, internal injuries
and Commissions.
According to the police, both the car
and wagon were proceeding in the Same
direction. The driver OF the wagon.
Charles Benson, 29s Butler street, at
tempted TO turn his vehicle into Baltic
street. He saw too late that he could
not make the turn in safety and swerved
his horses sufficiently to avoid the fun
force OF the fast travelling trolley car
which was Of tho open type, with n
side step. The car struck the wagon
and those injured were swept from lha
running board by the side of the wagon
Several women in the car tainted
Ambuances were summoned from Rroolt-
Ign and Holy Family hospitals and malice
reserves from Bergen street station
The car was in charge OF Motorman
Harris Borden. 3Ss Fifty-sevcnth street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
AMMONIA BLINDS
IN STEAMERS HOLD
Explosion Victims Saued by
Fire Chief and Driver.

The explosion OF a tank OF ammonia
In the hold of the Ward Liner Guam
tanamo, at the foot of Joralemon street,
Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon, impri-
soned seven men and made them tenn
porarily blind from the fumes They
were carried on deck by James Heffer-
nan. battalion fire chief, and his chauf-
feur, Fireman Martin J. Mcnamara, and
were taken 10 the Morse Dry Dock and
Long Island hospitals. None was SER
iously' hurt.
Thirty-two men were in the hold at
the time tho top of tho ammonia tank
blew out. twenty-five OF them at work
on the condenser and the others repair
ing broken propeller shaft. Those
working on the condenser were able to
run up the companionway, holding their
hands over their eyes, and escaped in
jury Tho other seven ran into a back
chamber and closed the door. but the
fumes seeped IN.
Chief Heffernan and Fireman Nc
Namara were let down into the hold by
members of the ships crew. The men
saved were: Emmanuel lopez. 372 West
l1lth street c, Zemmer, IS Market
street Ferdinand Amida, so Columbia
place, Brooklyn; William Bracket, en-
gineer Of the steamer - De Calannio
~ Market street; Z. Caras, 4S Madison
street, and George Little, 1924 East
Seventeenth street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
BABY CAB CENTRE
OF HARLEM RIOT
Meat Boycoffers Attack
Woman and Child.

A baby carriage was the centre Of q
riot led yesterday by women strikers
who are boycotting the kosher meat
shops In Harlem and The Bronx. The
vehicle was being propelled past the
corner of Madison avenue and 11Sth
street when Mrs. Dora Levine Of 10l
East 115th street and a band OF other
women held II UP and accused the mother
of the child with having concealed IN
the carriage some meat from one of
the boycotted shops,
Patrolman John Haugh rescued the
infants perambulator from the wrath
of the mob. He then found that Mrs.
Levine had a can of kerosene In her pos
session. She was accused of carrying
this for the purpose of destroying meat.
which charge she denied. Magistrate
Sweetser in the Harlem Court fined
her $40.
Mrs. Katie Zambinsky of 1871 Lexing-
ton avenue later caused the arrest OF
one Of the strikers who she said had
forcibly invaded her home to search for
meat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
LINERS TO BE DRY
IN 3 MILE LIMIT
French to Serue No Wine or
Beer on This Side.

Commodore Marius Poirot Of tho
French Line. who arrived yesterday by
the steamship Espagne on q tour Of IN
spection OF all the lines property and
business in North American and other
ports, said that the greatest Of French
merchantmen. the Paris, work on which
was stopped by the war. would be COM
pleted and the ship would be in COM
mission in July. 1920. He said she would
be equal to anything In seagoing luxury
afioat She will have nine decks. quad
ripple turbines that will give her a speed
of "a knots, theatre. palm garden
and open air cafe.
Commodore Poirot was we'll known to
patrons Of the French Line more than
twenty-five years ago. when he COM
manded in turn the best ships that came
TO this port, including the Normandie.
He lost two sons, one an aviator, in the
war. He has not been here in many
years and was surprised to learn that
the prohibition law OF America, probably
after June 30. would force the lines
ships TO abandon wine with meals when
within three miles of Sandy Hook.
Capt. Amig of the Espagne, who was
also unaware Of the approach OF a dry
season in American ports for all liners,
discussed the new law with the Commo-
dore as II It were in the nature Of an
American Joke and incomprehensible to
them as American Jokes are supposed to
be to Scotsmen and other Britons.
Capt. Amig had read something about
the dry law. but did not suppose that It
would affect French ships while they
were in American ports. An agent of
the line who was with the two shippers
at the table explained to them that he
feared the light wines and beers that
travellers might consume aboard French
ships at sea could not be taken within
the three mile limit, and thus hopeful
Americans boarding at Quarantine the
French and other ships flying foreign
flags expecting to have drinks with
meals in the dry season. would be disap-
pointed.
The Espagne will not be back in this
harbor until after June 80, the period
appointed for putting the country on a
dry basis, Like ships OF other foreign
lines she will not cease to carry wines
and beers for such voyagers as may de-
sire them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-17
SEPTEMBER MORN
ARRESTED IN JUNE
Cop Finds Woman Bather
Wrapped in Thought.

A lady bathing in a brook, a lady clad
In nothing and very little OF that, was
the spectacle that caught the eye of Pa
trolman Jameson OF the Nutley, y. j.,
police force last Saturday afternoon as
he tramped along the hot and dusty road
on his way TO police headquarters The
brook was between Hillside and Franklin
avenues. Nutley. near the Fortnightly
Club. and had about a foot and a half
of water In II, hardly enough to c~ver
the nothing that the lady had on, let
alone the lady.
The lady was standing up when Pa
trolrnan Jameson first saw her. but as
soon as she saw him she sat down hur-
riedly and tried to hide behind a bit OF
weed. meanwhile unostentatiously splash
ing water over her toes
What are you doing there" asked the
policeman.
Bathing" replied the lady.
You come out OF that and put your
clothes on" ordered Patrolman Jane
son sternly. You're disgracing your
self"
The lady said she wouldn't do It, and
the policeman didn't know how to make
her. So he telephoned for a patrol
wagon. and IL came presently with Re-
serve Patrolman Brown. But still the
lady refused to put her clothes on. and
the task appeared too much entirely for
couple of policemen. So they sum-
moned various OF the feminine populace
of Nutley and these ladies formed a
screen and helped the bathing lady on
with her clothes. while the policemen
studied astronomy.
Before Recorder Post the lady of the
brook said she was Miss Marion Grey
son, 23 years old. OF Rome street, New
ark. although the residents OF that street
say they know her not. The Recorder
sent her TO Jail for ten days!