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New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
Bill Making It Misdemea- nor To Hamper With Clocks And Watches To Be Contested In Upper House
>vernor Lake Calls Atten- ton to State Finances Not Enough Available to Pay Current Expenses, He Shows.
Especial to The Herald

tEpoctnl 10 The HcFald.l
 Hartford, May 10.--Opposition Is
 growing hourly in the Senate at Hart ford to tho bill introduced In the house of representatives whereby it
 would bo crimo to tamper with a watch to make tho so-called daylight saving. The house bill would severe ly hinder the people of the cities in tis state If a law was enacted to Hue person for moving the hands of his clock ahead. n
 Senator "Cy'' Seymour of the First senatorial district of Hartford, one |of tho leaders of the opposition, has frnmed n Ioker amendment for action he bill whom it gets to the senate. the amendment is adopted, the action on tho house bill will die an automatic death. The following |tmendmont will be introduced in the senate and will net as straw vote in Lordor to get tho consensus of opinion
 tmone the members of the upper house: 1a--. = Section S. A commission of five watch supervisors is hereby created l Innd constituted, who shall hold officc during good behavior and whoso duty 1t shall be to make monthly inspec- Idons Of all watches and clocks Throughout tho state. Each member of the commission shall draw a sai- |ary of 5000 per annum and may also draw hls order on the comptroller for Inecssaary trayaiing expensoA@ not to jrxocod s25.000 per annum. Any mem- khor 0f tho board is hereby granted Hun authority to call on the State Guard or either company of the Gov Iarnor's Foot Guard to enforce this |watch Inv. The Honorable George Fox Of New Haven ls hereby designat- rd as supervisor of "Old Fashioned jfimc." Colonel Lucius B. Barbour is hereby designated as Supervisor of 1''Procrustination Time Colonel
 Benedlct M. Holden is hereby appoint |"1La member of thls board and placed command Of the Department ot Nf1at Time Colonel Charles w.
 Burpee shall be in command of mo time ut all." Representative wads- worth Is appointed "Ragtime Mar
 phai'' and overscer of the several de-
 pnrtments. Vacancies as fast as they
 occur shall be filled by the governor.
 Section 4.f All clocks and watches
 not found to be in absolute accord
 with Standard Time shall be confiscat- bd and eschoat to tho state.
 Section 5. The sum of $500, 900 Is
 hereby appropriated for a watch and
 iock museum.
 Section {. This act shall not take
 rRcct until Friday. the 23rd day of July. 1889.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
TEL. STOCK AT PAR.

Boston, May 10.-The board of di- rectors of the American Telephone & Telegraph company at a meeting here today voted to offer about $90,0o0, 900 new stock at par to the company's 151,000 stockholders. The issue will be in the proportion of one share of new stock for each five shares of stock now outstanding. The stock now outstanding amounts to approxi- mately s445, 100000.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
SINSKIE LEASES STORE.

Morris Cohn has leased a store at I Main street, to Luke Sinskie for a period of one year from June l. The rental is to be $1 POO per annum, pay able in monthly installments of S1O0 each. Mir. Sinskie plans to conduct a store for the sale of fruits, vegetables. candy, ice cream, soda water. cigars, cigarettes, etc.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
Prohibition Agent Fl
 For Violating D

Milwaukee, Wis. May 1l Herzog, in charge Of tn ment of prohibition in
 and the eastern district of was arrested today on a fe rant charging conspiracy the prohibition :Sot by the
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
APPROPRIATION DELAYED.

Action in the Senate today on the s750.o00 appropriation for a new nor nal school was held up until We'd nesday or Thursday of this week. The measure was not starred on the call endar for action, but it was printed in order to give the members of the legislature time to discuss it
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
WzR7H, FORMER GERMAN MINISTER OF FINANCE,
 AT HEAD OF NEW CAB
QUADRUPLETS BORN TO COUPLE IN NEW HAVEN; SEVEN OTHER CHILDREN.

New Haven, May 10.-Quad- ruplets-three sons and one daughter-were born yesterday to MT. and Mrs. Michael Sal 20 of this city. Mir. and Mrs. Salzo have seven other chil- dren. The gradruplets are said to be healthy and weigh between four and one-half and five pounds each.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
FORGED MONEY ORDERS.

New York, May 10.-Three men were under arrest here and Il more were held in other cities today by fed eral officers who accuse them of com. plicity in stealing 444 money order blanks from New York postoffice sta tions and cashing some of them in various parts of the country, C.leve.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
Accordance Expe<

Acceptance ExpecI
 Berlin, May 10, (By Tn Press).-Acceptance of th timatum relative to repa expected in the reichstag when that body convened trists and the majority q a result of their confere] day were believed to haJ aligned themselves in flaw ing to the entente demand the democratic and Gern parties held a long sessioI debating the matter, it vi opposition to the allied
 rapidly dwindling.
 Resigned to Inevit|
 The peoples party head tav Stresemann, was red night to have become resi- inevitable and it was sal join the majority socialid siring to antagonizel the a ing up the government \
 The majority socialists resolution pledging their "every sincere effort to the terms presented at ! view of the military cod violence with which GI threatened"
 Bavaria Must Diss|
 The resolution declared of the ultimatum would real purpose if Bavaria di| an unequivocal declaratio| was prepared to disarm d her civilian guards by JJ center party yielded to presented by Dr. Wilhelm man ambassador to Paris it was believed today, giv| support to a resolution Germany's acceptance of demands.
 French Note E6ec
 The French note inforl many that the sending of troops into Upper Silesia considered by France as of the Versailles treaty, several deputies to join tl ready to accept tho allied The communication was viewed here as betrayinl zealous desire to stimuli reichstag parties oppositit ing the entente terms.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
U. S. MEXICAN POLICY.

Washington, May 1O.-The adminis- tration's policy toward Mexico has been .'very well determined" it was stated today authoritatively, but officials are not yet ready to enunciate it.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
Lake on Finances.

Hartford. May i0.--Governor Lake sent to general asse's bly today a calling attention to ! he present situation of tho state reaaury 90 far as it concerns funds vniiabic for the payment of current xponses of tho state and it's institu- ions.
 l .Ihere is available in tho state
 Fury 10 meet current expenses M sum Of ft12,35G.f5. There iA due 'or the absolutely necessary nnd or- kinary expenses of state departments nd institutions and particularly the raEes of employees of the Connecti- Ut industrial school for girls at Mid Istown. ithe Mansfield state training chool and hospitals for the connecti- ! ut schopl for boys at Meriden, a sum Do exreraI of ti1t,200. These expenses nd particularly these wages must be net and jshouid be paid promptly.
 Either an appropriation must be peetncafty mado to meet them or ac- lon taken on senate bill s3s now In he house. The governor said tho sit- ation needed immediate attention.
 Tn the house tho bill to prohibit tho ollution of inland waters was reject d afterl Leader Buckley said the Ju- lciary dommittee had been unable to raw bill which was equally fair to he manufacturers and the municipal les. The bill rejected. MT. Buckley aid, provided penalty for dumping actory wastes ny manufacturers into treams nfter period Of six years. treama arc now polluted by munich alltica. Individuals institutions and thers. and the committee had strug- - to meet this situation.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
TRAFFIC BUREAU LUNCHEON

G- q Woodruff of New York Central
 Railroad to Speak Tomorrow Noon
 at Shuttle Meadow Club.
 G. c. Woodruff, general freight agent of the New York Central rail- road at New York city, will address the members of the traffic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce at Shuttle Meadow club tomorrow noon. The traffic bureau has extended an invi- tatiQn to all local manufacturers and traffic men to attend. MT. Woodruff will speak on the proposed new ar rangements of the N, Y. Central road and the service to be rendered. The luncheon will be held at 12 o'clock. The traffic bureau will meet at the commerce rooms at 1 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
THE WEATHER

Hartford, May 1O.-Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and probably We'd uesday. no change in ten,neraturo
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
fercidrs Successor is
 Given Chair At Harvard

cnmbffdwe. Mass. May lO.--The |ppoint1nent of Maurice de wulf. Car- inai afkrcier's successor in the chair
 |f phil@sophy at Louvain university.
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10

Ratibor, Upper Silesia. May 10.- German patrols crossed the Oder riv- CT into Upper Silesia just before day. light yesterday morning and captured six Poles, one of whom was suspected of killing number of Germans.
 Italian troops here declare they have lost severely in recent fighting against the Poles and appear to be greatly incensed. ..
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
BAKER GETS APPOINTMENT.

Arthur A. Baker has received an appointment on the IT. s. Geological Survey and leaves today for Innis- kin Bay, Alaska, where the party
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
Vice President of Stanley Works Passes Away at Roosevelt
 Hospital
DEATH COMES AS SHOCK
 TO HIS MANY ASSOCIATES
Had Been HI But Few Days and But Few Had Known of Serious Nature of His Ailment-Had Long Been Identified with Manufacturing In- tcrests in This City.

Robert Nelson Peck, vice-president of the Stanley Works, died at II o'clock this morning at the Roosevelt hospital, New York, following a brief illness. The news of his death was received with surprise and profound regret in this city this afternoon by his friends.
 He was born in 1866 in Bridgeport, his family moving soon after to New town. His early business life was spent in New York city. where he rep resented the Stanley Rule and Level company He later moved to New Britain, and for the past IS years has been a director and vice-president of the Stanley Rule and Level company.
 With the merger of the Stanley Rule and Level company with the Stanley Works, MT. Peck was elect ed director and vice-president of the latter company, and has been respon- sible for the direction of its sales. He was a member and warden of St. Marks Episcopal church and recent lv had devoted much time and thought to the plans for the erection of the new church.
 Mir Peck is survived by his wife; a son. Dr. Eugene Peck, of New Or leans, La: two daughters, Misses Louise and Margaret Peck, and two brothers, pr. Charles Peck and A. w. Peck, both of New York; and a sister. Mrs James Minor. of Portchester, N. Y.
 The arrangements for the funeral are incomplete
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
Agrees To Atten
 nation Of New l French Official Germany Will OItilmatum Ten
Berlin Reports Sh pOnents to Allied
 Resigning Them
 What They Con Inevitable.

Berlin, May 10, (By Tn, Press).-Dr. Wirth, form ter of finance in the cabin cellor Fehrenbach today
 attempt to form a new c,
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
RRTBERY IS FELONY.

Sacramento, Cal, May 10.--A bill making bribery of baseball players or
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
AFFECTING POSTMASTERS
Harding Motiifies wilson's Order for Selecting First, Second and Third- Class Ofice Heads.

Washington, May 10.-President Wilson's order for selection of first, second and third-class postmasters under civil service requirements was modified today by President Harding to give a wider field from which post masters may be chosen.
 Instead of being required to select the candidate standing highest in a civil service examination for any spe- cific postmastership. the administra- tion may under today's order give the place to any one of the three at the head of the qualified list
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10

Paris, May 10. (By Ths 'Press}.-News received 1 this morning led Frei circles to expect that Gerl accept all the ultimatum|
New Britain herald., 1921-05-10
POLES CAPTURE TOWN

Insurgents Take Kosei in Upper Si-
 man Patrols Also Take Hand.
 Oppeln, Upper Silesia, May 10 (By the Associated PreS) ).--Insurgen Polish forces have crossed the Oder and captured the town of Kosel after hard fighting. The population is flee ing in panic. sss.|. s#
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03
CUSTOMS PENALTY OF
ALLIES ON GERMANY
WILL BE ENFORCED

COblenZ, ApflI 2.-FTenCh Gus
toms officials numbering $50 and
fifty Belgians arrived today and
Immediately departed for the limits
of the zones of occupation. They
will be ready to begin enforcement
of the allied customs penalty on
Germany.
British, French and Belgian rep
resentatives will handle the Amer
lean zone, it is announced.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03
ALSCHULER RESUMES
DUTIES AS ARBlTER

chicago, April 3.-Fedefal Judge
Samuel Alschuler today resumed
arbitration of disputes between the
stockyard packers and their en-
ployes, effecting a settlement of
the strike of thirteen hundred EN-
ployes of the Independent and
William Davies Packing COM
panies.
The conference was the first at
which judge Alschuler presided
since the big packers abrogated
the AlschuleF war time arbitration
agreement and later at the Wash
ington conferences held by Secre-
tary Davis, have agreed to a six
months extension of the agree
ment
Officials of the strikers union,
who ordered the men out because
of alleged violation by the packers
Of the seniority and wage clauses
of the Alschuler agreement, said
they would order the men to re-
turn Monday.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03


led ito reduce duties" This they
plainly did, for the salt tax was
placed at 10 cents a bushel Con-
gress was fruitful of enactments
ito release from duty iron prepared
for railways and the like
Reciprocity With Holy See.
Presidential prOClamations re-
duced schedules even further. One
dated February 25, 1853, noted that
vessels and subjects of his holiness
the pope were no longer to he
charged higher customs rates, be.
cause reciprocity with the holy see
had been arranged.
But the tariff came back with
the beginning of the civil war Con-
gress on March 2, 1861, passed IAN
act to provide for payment of out
standing treasury notes" 1t was
composed of twenty-siX pages of
tariff schedules. This length fore
Swallowed the modern era.
With misplaced optimism, on
July IA, 1862, congress asserted it
had passed IAN act increasing.
temporarily the duties on imports. -
ilV ouNNtNhAllS wal tliuNAilltIlln
took the word temporary complete
ly out of the congressional tax-lay-
ing vocabulary.
With the end of the civil war,
acts reducing import duties went
into effect, but on March 3, 1888,
when the modern political contro-
versy over tariff was well under
way, the title was almost as po-
litely evasive as the version about
the Barbary pirates. 1t was called
IAN act to reduce internal taxa
ton"
One or two measures designed as
reductions interviewed and then con.
gress came back, after a century,
to speak as straightforwardly under
President Mckinley, in 1897, as It
had under President Washington.
The tariff label officially was IAN
act to encourage the indus
tries of the United States" The
Payne-Aldrich law, enacted some
sixteen years later, used almost ex-
actly the same words, while pre-
liminary drafts of majority propo-
sails to come before the new con-
gross which meets a week hence,
indicate that the Mckinley Wash
ington precedent will be respected
again.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03
ESTANC|A Gets
CAVALRY TROOP
IN j. s. GUARD
IS Men Enlist in Unit of N.
N. N. G. at Valley Town:
Business Closes During
Recruiting Drive

With fifty-six men enlisted the
| first day that recruiting opened,
Estancia has obtained n troop of
cavalry in the New Mexico national
guard Adjutant General Henry
louise, Capt, Royal b. Tracy and
Sergeant II. @. Claggett returned
yesterday from the valley town
after assisting in the organization
of the unit to be known as Troop f.
Captain Tracy. medical officer
for Troop A of Albuquerque, de-
tailed an Estancia physician to con-
GuCt the examinations of the re-
cruits.
Estancia business houses closed
for an hour and half during the
afternoon and dozens of men, wom-
en- and children went to the court
house where the organization meet
ing was held. Senator Fred Fl,
Ayers addressed the crowd and was
followed by Sergeant Claggett, who
outlined some of the benefits the
town would receive from the estab-
lishment of the troop. AdJutant
General Brown spoke for more
than q half hour, outlining the ma
tional defense act. its purposes and
operation, and ended by giving de-
tailed instructions as to the method
of recruiting and conducting the
troop.
When enlistments We're asked
fifty-six men responded and We're
Immediately signed up" This Is
six men over the minimum strength
of fifty that is required before a
unit is mustered into federal serv-
ice. acquisitions will be made I'M
mediately for the equipment and
horses for the troop.
Major Toulouse and Sergeant
Claggett were in Estancia Friday
assisting in preliminary arrange
ments for yesterdays meeting.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03
A.T.S.F. MEN To
PARKER RITES
IN SPECIAL CAR

Santa Fe officials of Albuquer-
cue and points between here and
FL Paso and Amarillo left IN a
special car last night for Topeka
to attend funeral services Monday
for r. j. Parker, general mama
ger of the western lines, who died
at Topeka Friday. Other officials
will join the party at points en-
route.
Plans We're we'll under way when
the party left Albuquerque last
night to have a large floral offer
ing as the token of respect the
railroad men have for their former
chief. Albuquerque employees of
the Santa Fee had raised $500 to-
ward the floral offering fund.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03
"GRUMPY" PLEASES A BIG AUDIENCE
90 90 90 % 90 90 % % %
1T is A SUGAR-C0ATED MELODRANA
90 90 20 % 90 % 20 90 20
THE SANTA FE PLAYERS SCORE A HIT
BY GILBERT COSULICH.

uckless hero; serpentine villain, carrying SUI
per-Koh-noor in his pocket instead of mortgage; de-
ceived heroine who just in time jumps back from the
yawnng precipceor perhaps the cliffs of Dover might
be more appropriate figure; diamond dealer OF shady
reputation and Shyock accent; servants galoresome
true others faithess and still others merely Britshy
correct; mysterious through the doorway scuffe
lin the dark sickening thud, hollow groan-and you
have of the ngreGien.s for regular comedy dra
ina" of the good old stock-company days
Add to this the figures of shrewd criminal lawyer,
with the eye of detective and the temper of dyspepc
and you have-"Grumpy."
This is the vehicle that put the talented young Santa
Fe players such test at the high school audi
tnrium last night.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03

was cast as Mrs. Maclaren. Oscar
Marinoff as DR.. Maclareb ana
Meridew, DR.. John r. Sackrider, OF
Albuquerque, as Keble, Maurice
Lesemann as Dawson and Isaac
Wolfe the latter a strong charac-
ter bit; and Ashley POND, as Rud-
dock.
The settings were meager, and
particularly disappointing was the
lack of transparency of the part OF
the room repeatedly referred to ms
the French window" which in
reality was a decidedly Opaque dou-
BILE door.
Grumpy" was presented in AL
buquerque by the Drama league OF
the Santa Fe Woman's club, upon
invitation of the associated stu
dents of the state university. The
following We're in charge of the
production:
Director. Mrs. b. j, Q, Nord
feldt; stage carpentry. by the In
dian school; stage settings, MI. w.
d. Ewart and Mr.. James Seligman.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03
SALVATION ARMY MAN
HERE TO PUT BODY ON
GOOD FINANCIAL BASIS

]. p. Myers, of Seattle, Wash,
civilian representative of the Sal
walton Army, has opened perman-
ent financial headquarters here.
Mr.. Myers has procured offices at
room 2, Stern building.
at is our idea" said Mr.. Myers,
ito organize a permanent and eff
ficient financial system for the
Salvation Army in New Mexico
which will command the conf
dence and sympathy of every man
and woman in the state"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03
DINNER Is HELD BY
ORDER OF ELEPHANT
(By The Associated Press. }

Washington, April 2.--Marion
local number l, Order of the
Elephant. an organization of is
newspaper men whose member
ship roll includes the name
Warren G. Harding of the Mar
ion Daily Star" held it's semi-an-
nual dinner tonight at the white
house.
Besides Mr.. Harding other MEM
bers are correspondents of metro
politan dailies and press associa-
tons who went through last
years presidential campaign with
him. The president is Chief
Mahout.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03
ROBERTSON SILENT
ON HOUSES ACTION
lnx Ths AssocIated Press.l

Oklahoma City, OkIa., AprlI .
Governor j. 3. A. Robertson today
still declined to make a statement
on the action taken late yesterday
by the house in refusing to adopt
u report of the Investigations COM
mittee recommending his impeach-
ment The vote on the report was
AZ to AZ
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03
$4,000 FIRE DAMAGE
AT WILCOX, ARIZONA

Wilcox, Ariz., April Fire
which threatened the city broke
out in the rear of Taylor's meat
market, destroyed several business
houses and threatened the new
Riggs bank today.
The loss is estimated at $4,000