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New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
99 PERSONS OVERCOME
Large Gas Main Bursts i'm Bridge port in Front of Six Family House and Occupants Are Affected.

Bridgeport. Feb. 20.-Twenty- eight persons were overcome and five of them are in serious condition in St. V1ncent's hospital here today because of the bursting of a large gas main about 3:3O a. m. The man broke in the street outside a six family house and the gas entered in some manner. overcoming every occupant of the house. -aS+->7fa8
 The occupant of the top floor awakening and smelling the gas managed to struggle to the window and later gave the alarm to the Emergency hospital. The am mbulance reinforced by reserves from the third precinct station worked more than two hours applying artificial respira- tion and removing the injured to the hospital. I.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
Reaches North Pole.

It was on the afternoon of Septem- Der 6. 1909 that the following few words reported to the civilized world for the first time this crownine achievement of three centuries of eff fort: f
 ''Indisn Harbors via Cape Ray N F.. Sept. 6.-To the Associated Press New York:
 Stars and Stripes Nailed to North Pole. "PEARY."
 Peary's actual attainment of the Pole had been just five months before on April 6, 1909.
 When this despatch came, the world was, quite unknown to Peary, already praising Dr. Frederick A. Cook zas the discoverer. Only four days previous to the Peary announce ment, Cook, who was on his way back to Copenhagen on board a Danish steamer, had teIegraphed the claim that he reached the Pole on April 21, 1908-nearly a. year ahead of Peary.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
Stores Close Monday,
 WashingtOn's Birthday

Following the usual custom when a holiday falls on Sunday, all local stores, affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce will close Monday in oh- servance of WaShin gton's birthday This is in accordance with the sched- uIe recommended by the mercantile bureau and as is shown on the 1320 cards recently issued by the bureau. The cards have not been given out very freely, but anyone wishing 10 nave one can do so by notifying tie secretary of the chamber.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
Question Cooks Claim.

While Dr. Cooks claim did not go
 for four days at least been widely ac-
 claimed as the discoverer of the Pole.
 With Peary's message there arose
 one of the greatest controversies of
 all ages over the honor of actual first
 discovery. There can be no one who
 has forgotten the dispute. Peary's
 assertions were not seriously ques-
 toned, but among newspaper readers
 there came to be two great camps,
 for and against Cook.
 Peary with his record of seven
 successful trips to the Arctic, his official standing in the United States navy and in scientific circles, easily
 held the commanding position in the
 controversy. But it was only after sifted the evidence and pronounced Cooks claims unfounded that Peary's title as discoverer of the Pole was
 really won.
 Peary Paid Dearly. The bitterness of this episode is only one item in the price which Peary paid for the immortal fam e that is now acknowledged to be his. He spent practically all he had in money, gave all that was in him for hard work and suffered all that the human frame could endure from hun ger. cold and disappointment. He 1 made eight journeys into the Arctic, 1 spent upwards of half a million dol lars and several times he barely es- caped the death which in various forms had been the fate of more than 700 explorers before him.
 Hears Call of the Arctic. The first step that led Peary toward the Pole was taken in Washington one day when he walked into a book store to browse and picked up a fugitive account of Greenland. He be- came an unsuitable reader on the sub- ! ject of the Arctic.
 He was then 30 years old. He was ! born in Cresson, Pa, in 1856. His l father died when he was three years I old, and his mother took him to l Portland, ,e Me, where he spent his i! boyhood. roaming about ,Casco Bay. tConkinued on Eighth Page)
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
TRIES SUICIDE IN COURT

Plymouth, Mass, Man, Sentenced to
 Life in Prison for Murder Makes
 Sensational Scene.
 Plymouth, Mass, Feb. 20.--John Arzenti, after being found guilty to- day of the murder in the second de- gree for the killing of Frank Gen ti1i at Broclzton on July IT last, at tempted suicide in the courtroom He dashed his head against the rail- ing of the prisoners dock when sem tence of life imprisonment was inn posed and latef butted the wall of an ante-room to which he was .re- moved: He will recover.
 Arzenti's young wife, who was in court with their baby, collapsed as she heard the life sentence pro- nounced. The crime was committed during a dispute which followed a card party.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
MILLION DOLLAR SPINDLE
One Man Arrested and Others Impli- cated in Low Grade Spark Plug Conspiracy in Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 20.-One man was under arrest here today and a num- Der of others were sought in connec- ton with what police said was plot to flood the market with low grade spark plugs bearing the trademark and name of a Toledo, O., com pany. The limitations, according to the po- lice and company repreSentallVeS, have been made in Chicago and dis posed of by thousands for four years The alleged sH-iIldIe is said have net ted more than S1.oG0,ooo and to have threatened the existence of the orig inal manufacturing company.
 So nearly perfect in appearance was the imitation that it deceived scores of dealers handling the genuine spark plug, the police said, and many dealers innocently replaced spurious plugs after they quickly wore out Other dealers were charged With "profiteering" when they asked the standard price for the genuine plug after the imitation had been purchas- ed elsewhere at a lower figure.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
Three Girls Injured
 Tn Factory Explosion

New Castle, Pa Feb. 2O.-Three girls were injured and three small buildings of the Cont Powder Co.,, were burned here today following an explosion of fireworks caused when a stove was upset in one of the buildings and fire spread to the others. The loss is estimated at $5.000. Six girls ran home after the explosion and it was first reported that they had been killed. The in jured employees were burned about the face and arms.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
MRS. SWASEYSESTATE
 VALUED AT $l3l,6O5
Inventory Shows Large Holdings of Valuable
 Stocks and Bonds.

Inventory of the estate of the late Mrs. Hope NJ. Swasey shows holdings to the value of $131, 1,605.4S, consist ing chiefly of stocks and bonds. Stocks held by the deceased totalled S74.o20.3S; bonds. $19,514.50; bank deposits, s7,9S2-97, and real estate S22,ooo.
 ors l.. D. Russell and w. L. Hatch, is:
 173 shares Stanley Works, $2O,5s7; 50 American Hardware, S,6OO; lo Pratt and Whitney, S9s0; 10 Ameri- can Hosiery, $95o; 2s Landers, F'rary and Clark, $1.so4; 25 Bigelow-Hart- ford Carpet company, $2,425; 2s Stanley Rule and Level, s12.1so; IS National Fire Insurance, s6,750; 200 New Britain Machine, s1o,soo; 50 United States Steel. sS,G0O, lS Am. erican Tel. and Tel. s1,4s6.ss: IT General Electric s2 :s2s, 25: If Hall Hall Switch and Signal, s12.50; total, S74,o20.Ss. .-.
 Bonds-3,0 900 International Silver, $2,S4O; 4,0OO Potomac Valley R. R., $3,200; 1000 Syracuse and Suburban R. R.. $500: 1000 Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, $7O0; 1000 N. Y. N H. and H., $660; 5000 Southern Pacific, s3,O9o; 5000 First Liberty Loan, S2.S08; $500 Second Liberty Loan, $3,207; 500 Third Liberty Loan. $467.So: 500 Fourth Liberty Loan, s45S.10; 1,500 Fifth Liberty Loan, $1,4s3; total, s19,514.5o.
 Bank Deposits--I Iiddletown Savings Bank, s1,o26. 70; Burritt Savings Bank $1,956.57: Savings Bank of New Brit ain, ss5,ooo; total, s7,ss2.s7; balance in New Britain Trust Co, S730.76; mort gages, s5, 5,00o; household furnish ings, $7S0; jewelry. s1,626.S7; real estate, s22,OoO; grand total, $751; 60548
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
ANOTHER FATAL RAID
One Killed and Two Wounded When Military, With Tank and IArmored Cars. Attack Dublin Quarters.

Dublin, Feb. 20.-With a tank and two arnored cars. the military today carried out a raid near Grafton street where they are reported to have made several arrests The raid followed carly morning fights between civilians and police in which a constable was killed and another constable and ci- william were wounded and several per- sons were arrested It is believed tn g, early orning disturbances were part of an organized plan for a simul- taneous attack upon the police in diff ferent parts of the city. The plan was frustrated for the most part by arrests of suspicious persons, many of whom were found to be heavily
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
Relief Board Making
 Tours of Inspection

The board of relief is holding meet ings every evening to discuss recom- mendations or rejections on abate- ments applied for by taxpayers, and data is being compiled to be submit ted the city government. Yesterday afternoon the board made it's first tour of inspection to properties upon which reductions have been asked. Several similar trips will be necessary before an announcement can be made The next and last public hearing for those claiming abatements will be held Monday, February g.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
No More Bodies Are
 Found in Providence

Providence, Feb. 20.-Firemen to- day had virtually completed their search of the Hotel Lorraine that was burned Wednesday morning with a loss of three lives, and believed no more bodies would be found AL though five of the guests remained officially unaccounted for little doubt was felt that they had escaped, and had merely failed to report the fact to the police.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
APPEAL IS SUSTAINED
Public Utilities Commission Rules Against New Rates Of AnsOma Water Company.

Ansonia, Feb. 20.-The public utilities commission in findings re- ceived here this morning, sustalns the appeal of the city from the new rates put into effect by the Ansonia Water Co. The commission orders the old rates restored with the exception of the meter rates for over 10000 gall Ions quarterly for which the com pany is authorized to fix new and equitable rate. The company is also given permission to apply to the public utilities commission at the close of the fiscal year for a revision of it's rates.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
BACKS JOHN BARLEYCORN
New Jersey Congressman Offers Bill to Permit Sale of 2.75 Beer and 10 Per Cent. Wine.

Washington, Feb. 20.-Amendment of the Volstead prohibition enforce ment act so as to permit the states, by referendum, to authorize sale Of 2.75 per cent. beer and 10 per cent. wine was proposed in a bill intro duced today by Representative Nina ham, democrat, of New Jersey.
 My bil1,'' said MT. Minahan, merely provides for a sane, reason able and logical method of enforcing the prohibition constitutional amend ment
 Ut is utterly repugnant to the Am er-ican spirit to impose arbitrary and rigid restrictions, as to their per sonal habits, upon the American peo- pie in a particular community which are manifestly contrary to the wishes of the people of that comnunity.''
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
Woman Slightly Hurt
 When Hit By Trolley

Mrs. Anna Rapp, of Ash street, sustained scalp wounds when she was struck by a trolley car on Main street, near the triangle, this morn ing. She was standing at the south end of the park when one of the cars started to take the turn and struck her. She was taken to the New Brit ain General hospital.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
Denies He Was Intimate With Count Karl Von Luyburg
WISHED FOR CANCELLATION
But Denies That His Policy Was One of Rapprochement With Germany
 --.Always Thought German Policy
Was Inlpudent.

Paris, Feb. 20.-Joseph Cail1aux, former premier took the witness stand today when his trial was resumed be- fore the senate sitting as 8 high court on the charge of intriguing to bring about a premature and dlSnon- ora ble peace with Germany. The trial which began last Tuesday. was put over until today because of the in- auguration of President Deschanei and the reading of his message to the senate and chamber Wednesday and Thursday. r-.
 Didn't Know Luxburg.
 M. Caillaux was examined with re- gard to his trip to South America and his relations with James Minotto, son. in-law of Louis F. Swift of Chicago. who in 1918 was interned in the s United States alien enemy. He said his pre-war policy, W hich was being termed by his enemies as a policy of rapprochement with Ger many, was not that, but was a pol- icy of "Europea.t conciliation.' He declared that he had never heard of Count Karl Won Luxburg, former German minister to Argentina until five days before he left on his jour ney to South America While in South America, NJ Cailiaux said. he had always told those around him that the Berlin policy was inlpudent and unmannerly.
 A letter from Jean Jules Jusser- and. French am bassador to the Unit ed States, was read at this afternoons session asking that he be excused from appearing personally but that instead, his deposition be read. To this M. Moutet of M. Caillaux's coun- sel, did not object. When a similar request on behalf of AIexandre Con ty, French anbassador to Brazil. however, M. Moutet objected the ground of the importance of M. Con- tvs evidence. s...
 Message Mistranslated.
 The examination of the accused was confined to NJ. Caillaux's activi- ties in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina in December and January ls14-15. The defense argued that there had been a rnistranslation of the phrase capture undesirable'' referring to NJ. Caillaux in the telegram sent by Count von Luxburg to the Berlin government by way of Washington which has been construed to mean that Germany did not desire to in movem ents. It was urged by the att torneys for the accused that this message was Inistranslated in Unit ed States and that it really read: 'Captlre very deSira ble."
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
MECHANICAL IS CAPT
Latest Dispatches From Md
 of Bolshevik Forces Stronghold on White Sea

London, Feb. 2o.-Bolste q have captured ArchanGel White sea. according to a wi patch from Moscow tod whites" abandoned the tov| troops joined the Bolshevikj sage declares.
 The latest adyices to | war office on the north RUs| tion were that on February forces were 70 miles souft angel
 Bolsheyik possession of would mean .t material we the pyina lire.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
Bridegroom Identifies
 Body of His Bride

Trenton. E. J.. Feb. 20.-A body removed today from the ruins of the Salvation Army hotel, near Camp Dix Wrightstown, destroyed yesterday by fire, was identified as that of Mrs. Ruth Williams, of Brewton, Ala. The Identification was made by Private Henry c. Williams, who said he mar ried the young woman at Brew ton on January 31.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
c. F. Hill, Oldest Bank
 Man in Hartford. Dead

Hartford, Feb. 20.---George r. Hill, oldest Of Hartford bankers. presid ent of the State Bank and Trust company, died at his home here today, aged S2 years. Death was due to heart tro1- ble. > He had been in the banking business here 66 years.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
England is Not Pledged
 To Go to Aid of Poland

London, Feb. 20.-Great Britain is not committed in any way to come to the support of Poland with men, IIoney and munitions, if parts of Russia, such as Dvinsk, now occupied by Polish armies, are attacked by the Bolsheviki, Premier Lloyd George de- clared in the house of commons to- day in answer to question.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
MURDER OF MAN WHO SAID TO HE'LL WITH
 U. s. UPHELD BY JURY

Hammond, Ind, Feb. 2o.-It took a Hammond jury bat two minutes to acquit Frank Pe- droni. an Italian by birth but for IT years a naturalized Am erican who admitted he killed Frank Petrich. Pedroni had an argument over Austro- Italian claims with Petrich, who is said to have been an unnaturalized red. During the argument Petrich said ''To hell with the United States" Pe- droni shot him dead.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO KEEP TAXES DOWN TO 25 MILLS; McMAHON TELLS
 HOW THIS PLAN CANBE WORKED OUT
Proposes 21 Mills For Regu-
 lar Expenses and Four More For Salary Increases.
CHALLENGES ANY TO
 DISPROVE STATEMENT

Firing the first broadside of the New Britain Taxpayers association campaign for 1920. P. S. McMahon to- day announced the election of q staff of officers and their decision to pro- pose and agitate for a 25 mill tax for the coming year as q substitute for the 30 mill tax proposed by the board of finance and taxation and approved by the common council. The tax pro- posed by the association is 21 mill rate for the regular expenses of the city and four mills for the salary in- creases which have been 9 product of this year.
 NIcMahon Issues Challenge.
 Incidentally, P. S. McMahon, who is the new chairman of the associa- ton, has hurled a challenge at any one who is not in favor of the 21 mill rate to prove that the tax has not properly carried the expenses of the city during the past year, and he will debate the issue in any public audi toriurn in the city. As proof of this assertion, the chairman has inter viewed Comptroller Hanford L. Cur tis and has been informed, he says, that every department in the city gov ernnent has enough money to carry them through the year with the eN- ception of the school departm ent. The oyerdraft with which that department started its years work has been re-
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
DOVE OF PEACE SIGHTED.

London. Feb. 20.--.A diplomatic dispatch from Berlin today states that undoubtedly the forthcoming negotiations regarding prisoners be-
 tween Germany and Soviet Russia will develop into peace negotiations.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
Two years thereafter he was on.

gineer in charge of the Nicaragua, canal surveys and invented rolling lock gates for the canal the lure of the Arctic was him and he again turned northward. In June, 1891 he led his first big Polar ex- petition in search of the Arctic expe- dition of the Academy of National Science, Philadelphia. In 1913 he was promoted to the rank of rear ad- nira1 in the navy and given the thanks of congress by a special act. Turning his attention to aviation Ad- miraI Peary became strong advocate of aircraft development by the gov- ernment
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
QuCed greatly, he says,
Explains With Figure.

s1 mill rate was adequate and that the 2.1 mill tax later levied was to cover expenses which could not be foreseen last year, MT. McMahon has offered the following figures to show where the moneys received through that channel will be spent: School teachers raises, s4e,ooo;j Old Home f1re-house, s4.ooo to S6,oOo; discount and interest, s34.o00.- The teachers increases have the approval of the association, but the other items have not During the past year the teach ing staffs have changed one-third, he claims.
 Public Meeting Planned.
 A big public meeting will be held som etime next. week at which time the tax situation vii be gone over thoroughly. The city meeting will be held Friday evening in the Grammar school auditorium and the matter of lower tax-rates will be argued. As the tax-rate to be voted on Friday is advertised as 27.9 when it actually amounts to 30 mills, MT. McMahon says the association's rate can be an- nounced 22.9 mills exclusive of the 21 special tax. It is the associations s plan to agitate during the week for the 25 mill rate. and explain the pur- poses of the Taxpayers association.
 Is After school Board.
 Discussing the need for frugality, the chairman attacked several of the city boards, the public works and school commissions in particular. No results had been achieved from tho vast amounts of money allotted to the public works board, and the personnel of the school board must be changed if the city is 10 receive an admlnlstra' ton in that branch of tho government that the people will be satisfied with, he said
 MT. McMahon denies the asse rtion that a cut in department estimates will cripple the operation of any city commission, as Chairman Frederick S.. Cham berlain of the finance and taxa ton board claims. The taxpayers have not gone into the matter in a haphazard manner and are therefore in a position to speak for lower esti- mates with a sound backing, he claims. with the approval of business men upon whose credit you could borrow a million dollars any day" May Cut Salary Boosts. It was intimated that the salary in creases a6opted by the common coun- ci1 are not entirely out of the danger of the 3SSOC13uOn'S axe Ifle a-S- sociation's attorney, Lawyer M. A. 1 Sexton, has quoted the city charter 1 which allows 50 days from the time ] of adoption for 30 taxpayers and four 1 councilrnen to call a city meeting for the purpose of slashinS that branch 1 of the city expenses.
 The association compliments itself ! upon the fact that there is but S35, 5,O49 l in back taxes unpaid. During tn year l it was estimated that $76,00O could be
 raised through that channel and the l amount collected was $S5,293. '1t i was through our agitation alone," Me 1 Mahon says.
 1 So that the real aim of the associa- l tion will not be lost to sight, politics l will be left out of their discussions ] entirely, according to the charman 1 He further claims that there is not a man connected with the organization l who would seek or even accept pub- lie office unless. of course, he felt l it was ] duty thrust upon him.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20
PEARY, NORTH POLE
 D|SCOYERER, DIES American Admiral to Be Buried
 With Full Naval HOnOrS FAMOUS ARCTIC EXPLORER SuccecLed in Reaching Maguetic Rnle
Succeeded in Reaching Magnetic Pole in 1909 After Seven Trips to Frozen Years.


 miral Robert Edwin Peary, retired, Arctic explorer and discoverer of the North Pole, died"at his home here to- day from pernicious anemia, from which he had suffered for several years. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but he will be buried with full naval honors.
 Admiral Peary submitted to, a blood transfusion at a hospital here ten days ago. He later was removed to his home and his condition then was reported as som mewhat improved lie gradually grew weaker, however, and the end came early this morn ing. pr. H. F. Strine, the admirars physician, disclosed that the trans fusion this month was the 35th to which Admiral Peary had submitted within two years.
 Was 64 Years of Age.
 Admiral Peary was 64 years old and entered the navy civil en- gineer on October 26, 1881. He was assistant engineer, Nicaragua ship canal under government orders 1884, S5. Returning to the United States he became interested in Arctic ex- plorations and 34 years ago he made his first trip to the north making a, reconnaissance of the Greenland in land ice cape east of Discobay.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-20

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The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-12-10
ROADS BY WAY OF PRICE
ARE BEST FOR SOME TIME

Coyotes ARE already low down on the
mountain sides among the cednrs in
the tintah BASIN county" sdys Farley
II, Paskett, Paskctt, state supcni nor
of hunting and trapping, has just re-
turned 10 Zon from a trip into the
Basin, going north of Vernnl 30 Little
Mountain. lie reports that he saw
fully four hundred head of deer IN
one week. These also were among the
cedan The snow is deeper than usual
in the mountains al this season, ac,
counting for the presence Of wild life
50 close 30 the valleys. Five hunters
are conducting a vigorous poisoning
campaign In that region, says Pasketl,
aud are meeting the hearty co-opera-
ton Of live stock owners. The state
inspector went into the Basin a few
weeks ago by way of Helper and
Duchesne, He came out on the stage
over the Price 10 Myton road, which
is now being more generally used, This
road is rough in the mountains, though
somewhat smoother ON the summit
where the snow has packed into the
ruis.