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New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
Modified Plan Provides 19
New Men, Costing $16,79O
For Rest of Fisal Year.

Practical assurance Is given for a
two platoon system fer the fire de-
partment without a cut in pay by the
statements of Councilman Henry
Rice. Michael +. King and Joseph
MIynarski. representing n majority or
tho ordinance committee. that they
will favor such n recommendation
when the matter comes before the
committee tonight.
Councilman Henry Rice will intro
duce n plan which provides for the
addition OF 10 permanent men, and
the dropping of five call men.
leaving force of So men as
against 72 at present. The cost for
Installing and carrying out this plan
for tho remainder of the fiscal year
will be S16.790. which figure is far
below that OF any other plan yet pro-
duced which embodies a system for
the entire department. Under his
plan. four permanent men and two
call men will be available in each
company with the exception OF the
aerial truck and service ladder COM
panies, both having men on each
shift. saving OF $1,000 will be
effected by the dropping OF Ave call
men.
Under tho present system there are
81 permanent men and II call men.
exclusive OF the chief. assistant chief.
mechanic and driver. Under the new
plan there would be so permanent
men. Is call men. eight captains. eight
Iieutenants and the four officials men
toned above.
Tho cost over and above the present
figure for running each OF the several
companies is:-No. 1, one man, $3.50:
No. 2. two men, $3.50: No. 3. two
men. s3640: No. 4, two men, $3.50:
No. 6, three men. $500: No. 6, three
men, $500: Aerial Ladder company.
s72so; service ladder company. $500.
Under tho aerial ladder company's
iEure. provision IN made for a vacan-
cy which has existed for several
months. and which, those who favor
this plan argue, should come under
the present cost of running the de-
partment
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
TWO MILLION DOLLAR,
BOND ISSUE ORDERED
State Board of Control Au.
thOrizes Issuance of 5
Per Cent Paper.

Hartford. Sept. 1.-THE state
board of control. at its meeting to-
day, authorized State Treasurer
G. Harold Gilpatric to issue state
bonds to the amount of 100000.
the bonds to bear interest at per
cent. The present bonded indebted
ness of the state is S14,291.100. The
treasurer was also authorized to ad-
vertise for bids for the bonds, the
bids to be submitted to the board Of
control by IL o'clock next Tuesday.
Treasurer Gilpatric in explaining to
the board the necessity of issuing the
new bonds said the present was an
advantageous time for the state to
sell bonds and he believed that with
the rate at per cent. they could be
sold at a premium. There are a
number of large payments pending
he said. He had been told by the
highway com mmissioner that he would
soon make demand on the treasury
for $3.50, 900 and it was necessary to
have funds to pay taxes of 5000, 366,
to be distributed among the towns.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
CURRAN ROMPS AWAY
AS G. 0. P. CANDIDATE
New York Primaries Develop
Many Fights-Gunmen
Also Called In.

New York, Sept. 14.-Henry H.
Curran tionist-republican now
presiden of the borough of Manhattan
will be Mayor Hylan's opponent at the
polls next November
Curran won the republican nomina-
ton in the primary yesterday polling
31,0S4 more votes than the combined
votes of his three rivals. His total vote
was 103,174 while f. H. La Guardia,
president of the board of alderman,
his nearest opponent polled $3.50
Judge Reuben L. Haskell, who advo-
Gated referendum on prohibition, re-
ceived 29,46S and former State Senator
w. M. Bennett was last with 4,742.
Whilc the republican campaign
produced some verbal thrills it re-
mained for the democrats to furnish
the real excitement of primary day.
James j. Hines went to the polls as
candidate for the democratic
nomination for president of the
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New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
LOWER TAX RATES
ARE AGREED UPON
Levfes On Freight, Passenger and
Pullman Cars Will Be But Half
of Present Demands.

Washington, Sept. 14.-Retention
for the calendar year 1922 Of the
transportation taxes on freight, pas
senger and pullman accommodations,
but at one-half the present rate,
was agreed upon today by the SEN
ate finance committee. The COM
mittee also voted finally to amend
the provision of the house bill so as
to retain the full tax on express
packages and on oil transported by
pipe line.
The house rates on cereal bevera ges
and other soft drinks were adopted
but it was explained that some of
these might be subject to change.
The committee passed over the inheri-
tance tax and decided to take up at
a later session today sales taxes on
candy, jewelry, furs, sporting goods
and number of other items.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
TWO PLATOON SYSTEM WITHOUT PAY
CUT SEEMS NOW PRACTICALLY SURE
BABSON'S REPORT

BEGINNING SATURDAY, SEP
TENDER II. THE HERALD
WILL. START a WEEKLY
SERIES OF ARTICLES COM
PILED BY ROGER w. BABSON,
THE FAMOUS ECONOMIC ENGI-
NEER. BUSINESS MEN ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY HAVE
TAKEN BABSON AS AN AU-
THORITY BY WHICH TO BASE
FUTURE COMMERCIAL ACTIV-
ITY. HE FEELS THE PULSE OF
TRADE THROUGH A DELICATE
MATHEMATICAL SYSTEM AND
GIVES OUR READERS THE AD-
VANTAGE OF HIS KNOWL-
EDGE OF CONDITIONS. PAST,
PRESENT AND FUTURE.
THIS REMARKABLE SERIES
OF BABSON ARTICLES WILL
APPEAR SATURDAY IN THE
NEW BRITAIN HERALD.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
SHOE SHINE MEN IN
DRIVE AGAINST BOYS
Broadsides Aimed SquareIy at Young
stcIs Who Garry Stands of
Their Own.

Through their attorney, David l..
Nair, the Gagliardi Brothers of 80
Main street ,proprietors of several shoe
shine parlors, are taking steps in an
attempt to prohibit the shining of
shoes on the streets, as practiced by
boys. A meeting will be called at At
torney Nair's office next Monday night
to discuss the matter and all shoe
shine men have been requested to at
tend. The purpose is to form plans
of petitioning the city to prohibit this
procedure of the striving youths.
In view of the fact that the shoe
shine dealers have to pay taxes and
rents, they claim that the practice of
shining shoes on the streets is unfair
competition and already feel the loss.
The boys shine for five cents while
the others charge 10 cents.
OF late the streets have had many
of these ambitious bootblacks. One
citizen, standing at the center, counted
no less than Is at ono time.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
Sensation Dash For Liberty
At Joliet Penitentiary-
Sing Sing Prisoner Makes
Getaway.

Joliet, Ill, Sept. 14.-One man was
shot to death and two were wounded
in a sensational dash for liberty at the
Joliet penitentiary today, in which
Carl Stepina, said to be a well known
Chicago gunman and Edward Thorpe,
also of Chicago, escaped.
Theodore Schiller, 25 years old, was
dropped by the rifle of a guard as he
was scaling the wall after the quintet
had escaped from their cells. John
Koch, serving ten years to life, and
George Williams, under the same SEN
tence were wounded seriously.
Prominent Jail Breaker.
The break was engineered by Ste
pima, who has figured in several es-
capes from Chicago police in the past.
He obtained his freedom by filing the
bolts of the cell lock apart. Then he
picked the locks of his companions
cells and the five made their way to
the upper tier where they cut a hole
in the roof with tools stolen from ma
chine shops.
Guard Opens Fire.
Escaping from the roof to the prison
yard. the f1eeting convicts were seen
by prison guards who opened fire.
Stepina was well known in Chicago
police circles. Last winter he was
shot by Horace Odell, chauffeur for
.(Continued on Seventh page.l
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
Even With Estimated
5,735,OOO Out OF Work
Now, Situation Is Not
AS Bad AS In 1914
Report Shows Cotton, Wool
en- and Silk Manufacture
ing Concerns Are Already
Having Increased Business

Washington, Sept. 14.-Those who
are disturbed over the 5,735,O00 unen1-
ployed of today, overlook that in 1914
there were 100000 out of work, a
larger percentage of whom were
men and actual bread winners than
in the present unemployed, Secretary
Davis said today in a statement.
Declaring that the country has just
past through a period when every ef-
fort was made to induce men and
others who had not worked for wages
or salaries before to work and save
starving Europe" Mr.. Davis said pres
ent unemployme figures include
great numbers Of persons upon whose
earnings no one is actually dependent.
100000 Are at Work
while we have our unemployed let
us not forget the 100000 who are
still at work. the statement said. "A
further encouraging fact is that $780,
100000 is now available about the
country in the form of bonds already
issued or appropriated by the state,
county and municipal governments
for public works: Undoubtedly this
will be organized intelligently."
Positive signs of business recovery
have been furnished by the commis-
sioner of labor Statistics Secre. Try
Davis declared, adding:
Signs of Recovery
Some of these signs have an aspect
of their own. I put them out for
others to interpret as they please.
One must have his head very much in
the air, these days, not to notice the
growing prevalence of silk hosiery and
the use of silks in general"
"A stir was caused all over the
country" the statement said when
Senator Mccormick called for the ac-
tual figures on current unemployment
and these figures, as supplied by the
bureau of labor statistics in the de-
partment of labor were found to be
5,735, 900. Those figures stand as the
best estimate available. but they need
to be read in relation to the sit
tuation of seven years ago, as well as
in the light of the facts Of today.
Better Than in 1914
Take this fact, for instance. In
1920 the number of persons in the
United States employed as wage earn
ers or working for someone other
than them selves reached the total Of
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New Britain herald., 1921-09-14

New York, Sept. 14.-Mrs. Roscoe
Arbuckle who was known profession
ally as Minta Durfee, left New York
today for San Francisco to help her
husband if possible, although she has
been separated from him for five
years.
II am going to him because I think
it is my duty to be mean him" she
said. Il want to help him in every way
1 can. 1 don't know just how I can
be of service to him, but many things
will turn up that / can do.
when we were married j was z
and my husband was 81. That was
back in 1908. Five year ago we agreed
to disagree and / received a separate
maintenance. Unfortunately-or per-
haps fortunately, as you please
there are no children. We were not
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
.ARBUCKLE INDICTED
FOR MANSLAUGHTER
Comedian Will Also Be Prose,
Cuted Under Murder charge
IS NOT PERMITTED BAIL
Prosecutor Declares That Until More
Serious Charge is Cleared Up,
Jail.

San Francisco, Sept. 1.-two
charges today had been placed against
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, motion pic
ture star, in connection with the death
of Miss Virginia Rape, film actress.
Mansiaughter Indictment
The San Francisco county grand
jury late last night voted an indict-
ment charging manslaughter; but Dis
trict Attorney Matthew Brady declared
that prosecution on a murder COM
plant already under way in the justice
court would not be halted.
The grand jury indictment does not
come within the province of the JUS
tice court but goes direct to the super
ior court where it is returnable next
Thursday. A warrant for the film
comedians arrest on the manslaughter
charge is expectedto be issued Friday,
this district attorney said.
Murder Complaint
The murder complaint was sworn to
Monday by Mrs. Bambino belmont
a close friend of Miss Rape.
The grand jury indictment came
after two sessions, each lasting many
hours.
The grand jury's voting of an indict-
ment charging a lesser offense than
murder will not make Arbuckle eligi-
BILE for bail at once, the district at
torney declared.
No Bail just Yet
He will not be able to obtain tenn
porary liberty on bail until the charge
of murder is disposed Of" Brady said.
IF the murder charge is withdrawn
he will be able to obtain his freedom
pending hearing on the manslaughter
charge"
Witnesses Called
Among witnesses before the grand
jury, some of whom later testified at
the second days proceedings of the
Continued en- Third Page).
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
STATE BOXING RULES
License Fees For Officials and Others
Are Ffxed-Promotor Must Pay $25
-S5 For Rubbers.

New Haven, Sept. 1.-THE state
boxing commission has fixed a sched-
ule of license fees for officials and
others who take part in boxing meets.
The promoters " license will cost
$25, as will that of a referee or mana
ger of a boxer, while $40 will have
to be paid by would-be announcers or
physician who examines the con-
testants. The permit to be in a fight
er's corner as a handler or rubber will
be SIS. The license taken out will be
good for year. Information and
blanks were received here today from
the state commission
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
ATTACHED MORTGAGE.

Veronica Skaruska, of SO Broad
street. has been sued by Valentine
Stephen, the latter claiming that Yer
onica illegally took and disposed of a
l.. S. Liberty bond. which was his
property. The suit will be heard in
city court the fourth Monday in Sep
tember. Constable Wrinkle this morn
ing attached the second mortgage on
property owned by Mrs. Mary WisK
and held by Mrs. Skaruka.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14

London, Sept. 14.-Eliphterios Ven
izelos former premier of Greece and
Miss Helena Schilizzi. daughter of a
Greek business man in London. were
married ut the registry office here this
forenoon. NJ. Venizelos is "a years Did
and his bride is 10 years his junior.
The religious ceremony will take
place tomorrow at Highgate. After n
fortnight's honeymoon in Brittany the
couple will start for America for a
six months tour. during which NJ.
Venizelos expects to spend a part of
his time speaking in the interests of
the league of nations.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14

bitter against each other. We simply
decided that we would remain good
friends. Mr. Arbuckle has been very
generous in his treatment Of me in re-
gard to finances. I have not had to
work during these years, and last
February he made me a present of a
fine automobile.
"A reconciliation THAT depends
upon whether 1 find that my place is
with him or whether he finds that he
Is ready for a return to the life we
led when we were married, when
was his inspiration. All 1 know now is
that 1 am going to a friend who needs
every bit of help he can get"
Mrs. Arbuckle was accompanied
on the trip to San Francisco by her
mother, Mrs. Flora Durfee of Los
Angeles.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14

Boston, Sept. 14,-Urbain Ledoux.
returning here from New York today
to take UP again his activities in the
interests of Boston's unemployed, said
he intended to inaugurate the auction
block for the jobless in New York next
week Notwithstanding objections an
nounced by public officials and others.
The services of men and women would
be offered to the best bidders, he said
in dictated statement unless remedial
measures were taken to care for those
out of work. He told of a night which
he spent in Metropolitan parks, Mon
day, when he counted 562 men sleep
ing out of doors and said there were
additional multitudes shelterless in Cen
trail park. q.
+ Up To New York.
LAS with Boston," his statement said,
1.-The sale of the slaves of unemployment
in New York depends upon the civic
conscience. Should New York fail to
take care of the shelterless and. hun
cry who sleep and ramble in it's parks
without employment and with loss of
hope in self and faith in the commun-
ity, the sale will surely take place.
If adequate measures are taken then,
of course, the auction block becomes
unnecessary. For this a week should
suffice.
Concerning Women.
II am not the one to decide wheth-
er women shall be sold on the block in
New York. This suggestion. came from
women themselves, when I appeared in
New York, where / have served four
years in social welfare work. They
said many were without work and no
attention was being paid to their plight.
Would 1 help them? Would 1 do as
much for them as / had for the men?
If necessary, would. 1 sell them on the
block? / said 1 would. And, if neces-
sary 1 would have them stripped to the
waist as the men who went to auction
here were stripped. ---
81 slept and roamed in New York
parks all of Monday night and found
the following conditions: y
Homeless i'm Parks. '
''In Bryant park 315 hungry and
shelterless. men; Madison Square, 1O4;
Union Square, rs: Peter Cooper Square
%, and huddled in the doorway of the
Cooper Union, 13. Ex-service men in
uniform were sleeping there. The vast
majority of all these men were under
80 years and half were certainly war
veterans.
These figures do not include the
multitudes that were sleeping in Cen
trail Park under the hedges, in the
pavilions, on the lawns and even in the
lavatories.''
. Brice Takes Hand.
Ledoux said his campaign in New
York to rehabilitate the jobless would
be financed in large part by w. Kirk
patrick Brice of that city as ''big
brother of the uhfortunates.
Brice, he said, was to have a con-
ference with Mayor Peters of Boston
regarding conditions here next Friday.
Plans To Go West. go
At the close of the New York cam
paign on Sunday. September 25, Mr..
Ledoux expects to take up similar work
in Buffalo, Detroit and Chicago. In all
these cities, he said, the same methods
would be employed as in Boston. A few
days in. advance of the opening of his
campaign in each city he would sleep
in the parks and live with the urem-
ployed, he added.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
U. s. SENDS OUT LIST
Questions To Be Taken Up At Coming
Washington Conference as Dispatch
ed to Foreign Powers.

Washington, Sept. 14.-The Ameri-
can government has sent to the gov
ernments of all the powers invited to
participate in the conference on the
limitation of armaments and Far East
ern questions a list Of the topics sug-
gested for discussion.
Officials of the state department re-
fused today to comment on the nature
of the suggested program but it was
understood that the offered list of SUBJ
jects was nothing more than tentative
and calculated to serve merely for the
basis of agreement. The list of topics
which was sent to the invited nations
by Secretary Hughes is understood.
however, to be the first concrete sug-
gestion as to the conference program
submitted to all the prospective parti-
cipants.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
ONE KILLED, TWO WOUNDED AND TWO
ESCAPE AS CONNCTS BREAK PRISON
NEBRASKA WOMAN, Al,
GIVES BIRTH TO HER
TWENTY-SECOND CHILD

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 14.-Mrs.
Earl M. Rowray, Al, gave birth
to her 22d child yesterday. Mrs.
Rowray became a bride at IA
and a mother at II. She has
been married twice. By her
first husband she had 20 chill
dren. Four years ago he died
and she married a man 20 years
her junior and since then two
children have been born to
them.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
Radium Worth $4,000
Missing i'm Worcester

Worcester, Mass, Sept. IA
tube of radium valued a $4,000 has
mysteriously disappeared from the
Worcester city hospital according to
admissions made today by officials.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
DEMPSEY VS.. JOHNSON
Mass. War Veterans Association
Wants No Decision Bout On Oc-
tobcr IL to Aid Disabled Soldiers.

Boston. Sept. IA proposal to
hold here on October IL a six-round
no-decision bout between Jack Demp-
sey and Jack Johnson was announced
by George J. Highan. state adjutant
OF the disabled American veterans Of
the world war. Johnson he said.
had agreed. and il was believed
Dempsey would do so. Highan said
he was drawing up a formal appli-
cation to the state boxing commits
sion. The proceeds would be used
for the relief of disabled soldiers.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
Kills Three Policemen,
Then Commits Syicide

Hibbing, Mimi, Sept. 14.-John
Webb who shot and killed three MEM
bers of the Hibbing police force last
Thursday night, shot and killed HIM
self this morning in a shack, one mile
east of Hibbing. when surrounded by a
police posse.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
Louisiana Negro Is
Lynched By Angry Mob

Columbia, L., Sept 14.-Gilman
Holmes, was lynched here last night
for an alleged attack OH Sieney N.
Mannheim, station agent at this place.
Mannheim was reported today to be
in dying condition.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
PERSHING SAILS TO-DAY

New York. Sept. 14.-Cheered by
hundreds. Gen. Pershing sailed today
for France on the Paris to bestow
posthumously on an unknown French
poilu the congressional medal of honor
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
CHARGED WITH MURDER.

Canaan, Conn. Sept. 14.-Peter
Pilmerosto. of Waterbury, was
hound over to the superior court by
Justice q. w. Ford this afternoon on
the charge OF murder of John Sies-
seri on the night of August 3.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
FIVE PRISONERS ESCAPE

Salt Lake City. Sept. t4.-Five
prisoners escaped today from the
Utah state prison after overpowering
che prison guards.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
JOHN MOORE, COLUMBIA
PROFESSOR, IS PICKED
Elected Justice of Interna-
fp
tiOnal Court of
Justice.

Geneva. Sept. IA, (By Associated
United States WAS elected a judge of
the international court of justice by
the assembly of the league of nations
on the second ballot in the voting
for members sof the court which be-
gan here at ten o'clock this morn
ing.
Mr.. Moore's election was confirmed
by the council of the league.
DR.. Rafaele Altamira Crevea of
Spain, DIR. Ruy Barbosa of Brazil,
Viscount Robert Finlay of Great Brit
ain, Dr.. Alexandra Alvarez of Chile,
DR.. Anton-J S. de Bustamente of
DR.. Yorozu Oda of Japan, Dr.. B. T.
c. Loder of Holland and, Commando
tore DioEisio Anzilotti of Italy were
elected by the assembly on the first
ballot.
New York, Sept. 14.-John Bassett
Moore announced at his residence
here today that he would accept cleo
ton to the international court of JUS
tice. He is in his 61st year. Mr..
Moore has been professor of inter-
national law and diplomacy at Co
iumbia university for 20 years and
has had a varied public service in
volving international relations. He has
been a member of the permanent
court. at The Hague since 1914 and
has written many books dealing with
relations.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
Lloyd George, Dissatisfied
With De Valera's S Reply,
Tells His Couriers To
Go Back Home
In Meantime Dali Eireann
Designates Five Delegates,
Headed By Arthur Griffith,
Sim Fein Founder.

London. Sept. II, (By Associated
Press) no actual hitch has
occurred in the Irish negotiations"
gaid the Evening Standard today. the
premier was so dissatisfied with
Eamon Devalera's reply that he
asked the couriers sent to Scotland to
return Immediately to Dublin to con-
vey to Mr.. Dc Valera tho premier's
views on the points raised"
I'm view of the indefinite charac-
ter of the Sim Fein proposals. con-
tinues the newspaper. the couriers
were In effect told to go home and
produce something better. Mr.. De
Valera's note was so full of reserva-
tions as to precipitate all sorts of
difficulties were they not cleared up
In advance of the full conference.
Conditions Not Accepted.
These reservations, also. did not
accept Mr.. Lloyd Georges first con-
dition--thnt the basis OF the whole
conference must be acceptance of Ire
lands inclusion within the empire
"It In believed the points at issue
will be cleared up I'm sufficient time
for the conference to open next Tues
day" continues the newspaper.
THE premier" IL adds, lis acting
within tho powers conferred upon him
personally to conduct the interim ne
Eotiations In order that nothing
might Interfere with the holding OF
tho conference Tuesday"
New Britain herald., 1921-09-14
Delegates Named


Dublin, Sept. i4.-tBy the Associat-
od Press)-The appointment OF
pIenipotentiaries to the proposed con-
ference at Inverness with British
representatives to discuss the settle
ment OF the Irish question was ap-
proved by the Dali Eirann at its ses-
sion hero today.
The appointments OF nienipotentiar-
les approved were those of the FOL
lowing:
Arthur Grifith. founder OF the Sim
T'nin and foreign minister of the Dali
r~t 'rct, chairman.
'~fael Collins. finance minister.
bert c. Barton. who has been one
OF tho leading figures in the prelimin-
nry negotiations.
Eamon Duggan. Sin Fein member Of
parliament and n leading figure In the
arrangements of the Irish truce.
George Gavan Duffy. who served
abroad as representative of the Sim
Tein.