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New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
Decreased Production by Farmers
 Will Bring This About
FARMERS ARE DISSATISFIED
James l. iBlakeslec Reads Report Summarizing Conditions as Farmers Hours, and Small Returns.

Washington, Jan. 60.-Decreased farm production next year and q con- sequent increase ill the cost of living were predicted before the senate post office committee today by James |. Blakeslee, fourth assistant post ster-general. More than 40,000 answers to 200. 900 questionnaires sent to farm CTS, he said, indicate d condi- ton ''disquieting and portentious of disa strous consequences
 Reads Report.
 A report summarizing the contents of the farmers answers prepared by George L. Wood, superintendent of the division of rural mails, was read by MT. BlakesIee. Declaring that the farmers were tired of receiving loT returns for long, hard peIiods of toll, while city dWellers lived in ease and comfort with high wages and short hours,' the report said that the re- plies received indicated that hun dredS Of farmers had resolved either to quit the farm entirely or greatly decrease production.
 Complaint was made in a majority of the replies, the report said, of the high prices paid by consumers as compared with the low return to the farmer, indica ting an entirely dispro- portionate profit for the middleman. Many farmers, the report said, drew comparisons between the hours of lab Dor required of the farmer and his compensation with those of labor," which the farmer bitterly complains of. setting forth the soft and luXuri- Ous living of the latter as compared with the hard and bare living of the farmer, who is no longer willing 10 toll and produce for the striker, the profteer and the short hours, high wage man.
 Bunch of BolsIleyists.'
 4 member of the committee re- marked that the replies seemed to be mostly from bunch of Bolshe- vists" which prompted MT. BlakesIee to say that, in his opinion, the sit17a- tior was extremely serious.
 Ina bility.to obtain farm labor was another complaint of the farmers. Declaring that the shortage Of farp1 labor was 'causing great anta gonism on the part of the producer toward the city dWeller," the report said the great demand in the cities for labor with high pay and short hours is driving the farm hired help and the farmers boys and girls to the city.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
WOMEN LAUNCH FIGHT
Connecticut's Fair Price Committee to Turn Its Attention to Bringing Down Cost of Clothes.


 Hartford, Jan. 3o.-Means to lessen high prices of necessaries of life to be decided by the women's committee of the state fair price committee will be directed first against clothing. it was stated today. It is also proposed to draw up a program for the general campaign on the prices and submit it to the women of the state within a fortnight. /
 To promote united effort ! in the counties, Mrs. J. J. Grace, the chair man, has named the following as- Sistants:
 Hartford county. Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Mrs. Samuel O. PrentiSs and Mrs H. M. Barnard; New Haven county, Mrs. Winchester Bennett of New Haven; New London county, Mrs. Sydney Miner of New London; Fairfield county, Mrs. P. W. Flack. and Mrs. F. L. Wilder. of Bridgeport; Windham county, Miss Rosamond Danielson of Putnam; Litchheid county, Mrs. John L. Buel; Middlesex county, Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., of Middletown; Holland county, Mrs. "A. H. Benton of Andover and Miss EstelIa Sprague of Storrs. 7
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
U. s. Consul Starts to
 Procure Release of Ayiators

Laredo. Tex, Jan. 30.--Randolph Robertson. U. $. consul at Nueva Laredo at the request of Mexican authorities today was route to Guerrero. Mex, to secure the rev lease of Lieuts. G. l.. Grimes and l.. r. Davis, American aViators detained at that place. He travelled by auto mobile and planned to enter Mexico at Zapata. Texas. Consul Robert son said the request came by tele- phone from Guerrero and that he had been informed the aviators would be detained only long enough to com plete certain formalities.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
MEXICAN RAILWAYS
 INJURED BY BANDITS
sixty-four Instances of Attacks, De- railing and DynamitiI1g Shown
 During Last Year.

Washington. Jan. 3O.-Sixty-four instances of attacks, deraiiments and dynauIiting of trains in Mexico dur ing the last year are classified as se- riouS in an official report, a copy of which reached Washington today. The instances reported were chiefly in the northern part of the country and on the Mexican line between Mexico City and Vera Cruz and the isthmus line.
 The report makes a point of the fact that most of these wrecks as a result of rebel activities occurred during the first half of the year and officials here regard this SIS due to the refusal of the United States to permit shipments of arms and muni- tions including dynamite, into MeXi- co during the second half of the year.
 The decrease in the number of these outrages wHs credited in the re- port, however, to changes in the per sonnel of the railroad administration, the appointment of Gen. Manager Fontes to handle the railroads and his activities on inspection trips in various parts of the country. The building of a, series of blockhouseS along the Vera Cruz-MeXico City line occupied by soldiers is given q reason for the decrease on that line.
 The railroads suffered losses of S50.000, eight locomotives and TO freight and Fpasseng ger cars as d re- suit of the rebel raids. the report said. In addition to this more than $250,- 900 worth of freight and baggage was reported to have been destroyed or stolen hy rebels.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
The Very Idea :!
 It's ScandaIous

Florence, Jan. 29.-Father Alfani, director of the Ximenian observatory in this city, said to- day that to spread rumors re- lative to interchange of mes sages between planets was lab aOIuLe!y sLdAQatuuS.
 What has been observed at wireless stations at London and New York" he declared has been caused by atm ospheric discharges, which have always interfered with radio communi- cation"
 He added that William Mar conf, inventor of the wireless telegraph system. should 'sue for libel" the man who inter viewed him recently and quoted him as believing that faint signals picked up by wireless stations might como from scources outside the earth.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
COMMANDERS STEEL,

Washington, Jan. 30.-At the re- quest of the Railroad dministra tion. Acting -Se cretary Crowell, of the War department, today signed an order communicating 12O,00O tons of steel rails to be allotted among rail mills on the basis of their productive ca- pacity. Compensa tion in most cases will be decided later on the basis of actual cost plus a specified profit, but in few cases price agreements wien the producers already have been reached.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
UNION MFG. GO. ANNUAL
Stockholders Elect Same Board of Directors at Meeting This After noon-Officers Are all Reelected.

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Union Manufacturing company was held this afternoon. The Following directors were re-clected: Albert F. Corbin, NJ. l.. Bailey. A. J. SIoper. l.. C. Clark. F. J. Porter, IT. H. Wheeler. C. r. Ncumann, w H. Corbin and J. E. Minor. The direc- tors at q subsequent meeting re-elect- ed the following officers: President. \. r. Corbin: treasurer, NJ. L. Bailey; secretary, II. H. Wheeler; assistan mt secretary, (. r. Neuruanu.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
Presence of Influenza
 Is Felt in High

Twenty-Five new cases or i and no deaths is today's re the epidemic. The total nul sufferers is 291, according health boards figures. At Il school. the presence of the IS being felt with Principal Shade. Sub1nastcr Clinton Fl of the Academic building anI six teachers away from dutj Principal James C. Moody charge. At the gre 1lluaer schoI uation exercises this morningI pionlus were not claimed, .tot having been confined to thCi b.- the disease.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
MASONS WANT S9 \ DAY.

Hartford. Jan. 3O.--Demand Tor an hourly wage of $1.12 F beginning May 1 was made upon employers by Unionized masons, bricklayers and plastorers of Hartford today. They arc now receiving S1 an hour for m eight-hour day. Within the past 10 days carpenters, painters ana plum b CTS have presented danIand5 for Sl 2n hour effective May l.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
They Lunch" All
 Day At the Capital

Washington, Jan. 30.-Cabi- net officers eat too much; Representative Fucker, demo- crat, Missouri sad in q speech in the house today opposing appropriation of s1O,n00 for repair and upkeep of automo- hiles for official use by state department officials.
 f"These officers and their chief clerks arc always at lunch" said Mir. Fucker. You call at II q. m. and they are at lunch, you return at 5 D. m. and they are still at lunch. They eat too much"
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
Ludwig C. A. K. M
 tens Also PromiI to Divulge Commu cations With Rusl Might Get Othera
 TrouAe''
ARRANGED SALES
 WITH 941 HOU

Washington, Jan. 30.-An of present the Senate; Committee tigating Bolshevik propaganda l United States with true copid all communications between hi ana the Russian soviet goverj was made today by Ludwig c. Martens, Bolshevik representa- this country. Former Senator WICK of Georgia, Martens att1 said, however, that it was desirey some of the letters be consideI executive session as they mighI VolHe others, far beyond the s| trouble. He explained that ! terred to those who assisted in taining the communication be| the self-styIed ambassador and soviet chiefs in Russia. Cha Moses reserved decision as to , ecutive session.
 want to take up with ycI matter of the list of 941 odd can business concerns, with Martens said Soviet Russia transact business" said the cha We asked for a list of thosa cerns which have contracts vii Martens and for. the amount commodities involved. You gs a list of concerns which were to do business !, Presents Contracts.
 MT. Hardwick then rresen statement of contracts showins items, the largest a contract 100000 of printing presses giv Lehigh Machine Co, Lel1ighto| Elias Berton, New York cont / according to the list. to sell $ oe0 worth of shoes; Fischma Co., New York, s3,000, 900 wo underwear; weinberg and New York, s3,o00,0o worth chine tools; and Eabroff c Milwaukee, S1,4oo,oe0 in shoe machines.
 Morris & Co.,, Chicago. pack January p, executed an agreen furnish 50.o0o,0o0 pounds of products" at prevailing market according to the statement. OI tract for S10,00o,000 given u tional Storage Co.. of New Yo ''merchandise" had been abrog. was said.
 All the contracts. Marten plained. were conditional upo| state department issuing exp censes to the firms mentioned.
 No Payments Made.
 "1 have made no payments O contracts except small ones to tent of $10,o00" Martens said were orders rather than contra
 As he was unable to ship St Russia. Martens said, ths col lively small orders delivered had been stored.
 Questioned as to how he his funds, Martens said courie sent from Moscow several til month.
 Were they interrupted Chairman Moses asked.
 Several were caught and Finland" the witness said. and were captured in Germany
 Senator Brandegee, Conn dShSd HOW uldily CSuT4cTS 2d sent. After some hesitation, ! said about 20 had started fros COW and ten had reached him
 Refused Names.
 Martens refused to tell Ilo couriers passed customs lines give the names of tho courie to him or by him to Russia. however. that so far as he kne was an American citizen.
 Attorney Hardwick appealed committee declaring the matte cate No more questions on ject were asked but before $ Martens said some of the mes had passports.
 About go per cent failed through Germany" he said, that ten courierS had tried tha He intimated that the northerl were safer
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
Irish Cheer When
 Municipal Council Meets

Dublin, Jan. 30.-When the new municipal council, composed mostly of Sim Feiners, met for the first time today it was greeted with the great est enthusiasm by huge crowds as the republican flag was hoisted on the city hall.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
POLICE COMMISSION WANTS $I38,496.25 Estimates Compiled by That
 Board Snow Increases SALARY RAISES ARE S22,O0C

Patrolmen Are Affected By In
 creases-GaIage Item is Included
 Cabelus Named to Succeed Murphy
 An increase of over $3O,00O is not ed in the estimates of the police de- partment compiled today to be sub mitted to the board of finance and taxation for action. The board will request all appropriation of S13S, 496.25 with which to conduct the affairs of the department for the coming year. whereas the amount granted for police work last year was $10S,275. The amount asked for last year was several thousand in excess of the ap propriation made by the board of finance and taxation.
 Items under the caption of "extras'' include a request of s1,0OO for re- pairs in the police and city court room, the court office of the judge and the office of Probation Officer E. C. Connolly; an item of $5,475 for the hiring of three additional patrolmen for regular duty and third item that will hencefortt be a fixed eX- pense of the department, that of $660 as the police commissions share for
 
 The expenses of the garage will be paid, it has been decided by the com mittee in charge of that enterprise, jointly by those city departments making use of the building.
 Salary Increases.
 Salary increases amount to S22,0Oo, that amount including the increased pay for the supernumerary force, which was also affected by the recent grants Supernumerary policemen will henceforth receive the same pay as officers of the first year grade.
 The incidental fund is increased from $1,2O0 to $1.sO0 and the emer- gency fund from $500 to s1,000. h. creases have been requested in prac- tically every item and in no branch of the work has the board seen it's way clear to recommend 8 smaller appro- priation for the year.
 Figures compiled by the board with items from last years appro- priation for the purpose of compari- son are:
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
PUBLISHER FINED.

Nv York. Jan. @0.-Clinton r. Dlainaru. president of Harper and Bros and sc cr6tary Of the extraor- dina-y grand jury seeking an over shadoNln=5 crime" was fined $t.v00 to- day for Duulishins q. book which tine court regarded as immoral. The com rany 7taS fined the san2e amount
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
COLONEL. THOMPSON IMPROVED

Tho condition of Colonel A. l.. Thon pson. who ;s undergoing treat mont in the local hospital following q hcartstrokc. is reported as consiG = erably improved this morning. Tie patient passed d comfortable night.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30

Exclusive of the salary increases. garage rental and pay for three new men, the commission seeks about s2,00O more than last year.
 At last nights meeting Peter Cabelus was named a regular patrol man and the resignation of Officer William Murphy was accepted.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30

Though Onward March "f S1li:| Forces Continues in Many DirCC- 
 tiOnS-Th0ugh Reports Show Tom porary Defeats in OtIlcrS-GGncTaI Yudcnitch Said to Be Rclcascd
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30
WE%TILEls.

Hartford. Jan. 30.-Eorccast for New Britain and NiCinity:. Generally fair tonight and Sat uretny; cpIdcr saturday.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-30

London. Jan. 30.-Geu Nicholas Yudenitch commander of the Rus sian northwest army in the offensive 6 last fall against Petro5rad. whose arrest was reported here yesterday in advices from Reyal is said tn semi
 iConrtnued on Eleventh Pags)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-11
Business Houses and Textile
Plants Figure in Colos-
sal Concern
CUT DOWN SALES COST
Charter Has Been Obtained in Mary
land by Company of Prominent
Capitalists.

Richmond, Feb. Information
If probably the greatest mercantile
corporation in the world with three
quarters of a billion dollars capital,
which will own and control vast
numbers cf manufacturing plants,
distributing jcbbing establishments
md general merchandise retail stores
,ecame known here yesterday
through statements by Norman H.
Johnson, secretary cf the Southern
Wholesale Dry Goods Association.
For weeks the work of buying
scores of stores, textile and manu-
'acturing plants throughout the
country, and particularly in the
South. has teen under way and when
he complete consolidation is affect
Il it is estimated that there will be
yearly 5000 retail stores in the chain
20 be formed.
According to the information, the
massive consolidation move has be-
lind it George j. Wheeling of the
United Cigar Stores, the United Re-
all Stores Corporation, and James
3. Duke, of the American Tobacco
company, besides score Of other
prominent capitalists.
1t is understood that under the
present plan the great corporation
yill open general stores in practi-
ally every city where there IS now
} United Cigar Store.
1t is understood that the corpora
ion has already purchased several
:,rge textile mills and that negotia-
.icns are underway for many more.
The corporation proposes to operate
on the cash and carry basis and it is
planned to cut prices by taking the
product from the raw direct to the
consumer. through the system of
manufacturing plants, distributing,
jobbing stations, ana retail stores.
Elimination cf the entire whole
sale machinery is the plan, of the
1ew corporation, thus cutting down
sales costs. :,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-11
MAY OPPOSE EXTRADITIoN
Wilsen>is Expected to Restate Posi-
ticn in Reply, 70 Message From.
= ,Crcwn Prince

Washington, Feb. 11.-President'
Wilson had before him last night
personal cablegram. from FREDERICK
Wilhelm, former. Grown Prince :.Scf
Germany, suggesting IF the '.Ailied
md associated Governments want a
y:ctim% let them take me instead of.
:he 900 Germans who have commit
led no other offense than that of
serving their country in the war.
Officials here were inclined to view
Frederick .Wilhelm's act as a "grand-
stand play" His war record. they
asserted, precludes any belief that
he is genuinely heroic.
What action tie President might
lake on the message, which, presum-
ably, was identical with that report
ID in Amsterdam dispatches as, sent
. the rulers and Presidents of other
powers opposed to Germany in the
war, was not disclosed. There was
a suggestion at the White House
that he might reply, making his
message the vehicle for re-expres-
sion Of the opposition to trial of the
former German Emperor or other en-
emy officials expressed by American
delegates, at Paris. In ,sor:e quar-
tiers. however, the opinion prevailed
that he would not even acknowledge
it's receipt since, it was pointed out,
the United States!is not party to
the treaty or Il member of the
League of Nations, and has no legal
voice in any proceedings as to ex-
tradition of German officials or off
GERS for trial.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-11
BASKET BALL MONDAY

The "Invincible Six defeated the
'Peps" Monday night by score Of
% to 6. The work CT the guards
was good, causing the score to be
small. The players en- the winning
.eam was as follows: Center, lsa-
3ella Noble; side center, Inez Ayers;
guards, Mary Davis and Isabella
Aibramson; forwards, Teresa Con-
dell; captain, and Catherine Baum
'rardner. The HPebs were: clnEcf,
Margaret Armstrong; side center,
Courtney Nueent; guards, Theresa
Boyd and Margaret Griffith; for
wards, Lillian Fanncn and Mary
Hamilton.
Margaret Griffith and Lillian
Fannon played well for the losers,
while Catherine Baumgardner shot
the most goals and Teresa Connell
I'D fine team work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-11
SILVER STAR CLUB q.
To Give Minstrel and Tableaux To7

To Give Minstrel ana iaoieduA lo'
night
Tonight at o'clock at Christ
Church parish hall, the Silver Star
Club will give an entertainment.
The club was organized last sum-
mer by some of the overseas soldiers
Of Christ Church parish and has
among other activities instructed the
Younger boys in excellent chorus work
as one can Judge by tonights per-
formance.
The program will consist of selee-
IONS by an instrumental quartet, fol-
lowed by tableaux, two from Req
Cross posters. Several solos will be
rendered and minstrel show will con-
clude the program.
The proceeds of the entertainment
are to purchase athletic equipment
for the club. Both the Washington
ind Columbus street gates will be
open.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-11
ACCUSED OF INTIMIDATION
Tennessee sheriff, His Wife and Two
Orhers Held fer Trial

Nashville. Tenn, Feb. ll.-Sher-
;ff s. p. Warren, his wife, Mrs.
Nav Warren, and FLOYD Cummings
we're bound over under $4,000 bonds
at the close of the hearing at the
Eedera! court at CockesvIl!e, yester-
day. John Rufus Raine, IS, was
nut under bond for $1,000. TheT
are charged with intimidation of I
United States witness in connection
with the death of Fred Murphy
whose body was found hanging IL
the jail at MrMinnville January "a.
The case will be tried in the Uni
ted States district court here at th-
March term.
Counsel for the defense attemptei
to discredit much of the testimony
introduced by the government BY
attacking the character of certain OF
the witnesses. Sheriff Warren vas
on the witness stand nearly three
hours.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-11
MRS. AUGUSTA RAMMEL DIES
For Many Years Proprietor of He
tel Hcre-Bcay tc be Brought
Here Tomorrow


Mrs. Augusta A. Rammel, widow
nf Ignatius Ranmel. died at 11:5O
o'clock this morning at Montreal, N !.
c., where she had been. visiting
relatives fer SONG time gast.
The deceased had been in failing
health for more thar a year past.
Her condition, however, did not be-
come critical until . few days ago.
The deceased for many years was
proprietor Of the Hotel Rammel in
this city having succeeded her hus-
band in the hotel business here. She
enjoyed a wide circle of friends who
viii regret to hear of her death.
Mrs. Rammel is survived by two
sons. Ernest O.. and William l..
Pammel.
The body will. be brought here to-
morrow morning and taken :tr
Wheatley's nortuary chapel and
prepared frf burial. ~ =.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-11
.sON TRIAL FOR KILLING TWO
tFairmont. CIV. Ya:O Man Shot Wife
And Her ParamCur, is
Charge

! Fairmcnt, w. Va, Feb. 1.-THE
trial of Nick Bostic, charged with
me murder of his wife and Joe
Spataforc two months ago at the
Iatter's home here, was begun IN
Criminal Court Monday 1t required
some time to impanel a jury. Bostic
IS represented by Major NJ. NJ. Nee
ly.
Bcstic shot and killed his wife
and Spatafore, the defense claims, in
desperation over separation from his
wife, who had gone tc live with
s2atafore during Bostic's absence
overseas in army service. On his
return his wife refused to live with
him, it is said, and continued to stay
with Spatafore. Evidence today
was to the effect that while overseas
Bostic sent money to his wife for
the education of their child and that
the money was turned over to Spat-
afore, who used it in buying a home
for himself and Mrs. Bostic. The
defense is also trying to show that
Bostic shot his wife accidentally
while trying to kill Spatafore.