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New Britain herald., 1922-12-16

jumped from 7b.eb7 10 1oe,4so for the entire year, 1t was believed the high-water mark had been reached, as nothing comparable to that figure had ever before been attained in the history of the office.
 In 1921. however. the number rose to 1o7,6oo. and in the fiscal year end cd last June 1t reached the total of 113.b97. according to tho annual re- port of the Commissioner of Patents, just published.
 The business Of the Patent office is in excess of what the present force can dispose of adequately and effi- ciently, Commissioner Robertson re- ported and the work has fallen so considerably in arrears that substan-
New Britain herald., 1922-12-16
NEW STREETS PROPOSED

City Plan Commission Recommends New Thoroughfares.t to Serve School on Ca1nody Property.
 The city plan commission re-elect-
 ed Mayor A. NJ. Paonessa chairman, and City Engineer J. D. Williams sec retary, at a meeting yesterday after
 noon. The commission received the following report from special com mittec relative to the construction of
 new streets leading to the school now
 under construction on the, Carmody site:
 special committee, appointed to work with the city engineer on a study of layouts of streets to serve the school being built on the Carmody property, have examined the actual ground and the maps prepared by the city en- gineer, and recommend that CD High street be extended by a reverse curve to join Moffitt street at Miller street. the west line passing through a point about 85 feet distant from the north east corner, of the school build- ing; CD A new street be laid out from the junction of Washington street, Beaver street and Pennington avenue to High street, giving as direct an approach to the center of the building as feasible: (3) Miller street be opened through from Pennington avenue to Burritt street and worked as city street: (G Gold street be. extended from it's end at Carmody street, to Miller street, in line with the proposed street north of Brown street: (5) A topographic map be prepared of the area bounded by Lyman street (extended to Burritt street, Burritt street, Miller street, the school and Gold street, and studied to secure an easier and more direct access to the school from Bur- ritt street; (6) Grove street and Car mody street iayouts as passed the council be carried out"
 The commission adopted items 1 g. 3 and 5. Action on Item was held up until topographic map is prepared.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-16

business manager. L. A. Cotter; prop. n"4. manager and major William J Sullivan.
 unvwing is the roeter: Pliers James J. Bonney, leader James F Murphy, assistant leader; William Lowe, William Sullivan, Jr., Thomas Lowe, John Meskill, John Cronin. George Beckett, Thomas Heath and Edward O'Reily; drummers, George J. Talbot, 1st sergeant; w. J. Began. End sergeant: Senefa Cadrain, s. Schmidt. James Cronin, William n Burns, Zigmund F. Parker, w. D. Doyle; base drummers, L. A. Cotter and Thomas Saunders; cymbal player. Thomas Donlon; major, William J. Sullivan.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-16
ARRIVE
 HOME AT l.45 A. M.
Engine Breaks Down Near Gene tery--Many Trains Of Schedule

Commuters between New. Britain
 and Hartford nthe New York, New
 Haven and Hartford railroad are find
 ing 1t difficult task to get to their places of employment on time with
 thc service which Is being furnished
 by the New Haven" road. Despite
 complaints which are made at practi-
 cally every station on the line the
 service Is very poor and 1t Is com
 mon occurrence for passengers to i have to wait for hours in stations un- ' ti their trains arrive or depart. ' For some unknown reason the 11:S0 o'clock train out of Hartford last evening which did not leave the Capital city until 11:55 o'clock was stalled for a period of 40 minutes near Fairview cemetery in this city. Passengers became restless and many got off and walked in preference to waiting until the train should start again. The conductor, when asked what was delaying the train, said that the engineer found it necessary 10 wait until he could "get up steam" before he could proceed. The train finally arrived at the local station at 1:26 o'clock, one hour and 25 minutes late when it is but 20 minute run from Hartford to New Britains
 X This morning the commuters were beginning to gather at the station for the 1855 o'clock. express to Hartford, which most workers in this city take, when the 1:30 o'clock train arrived 25 minutes late. Those who were fcr- tunate enough to be at the station succeeded in riding in this train willie the others were obliged to wait sev- eral more minutes.
 Recently the 5:07 o'clock express to Waterbury was bulletined as 40 minutes late and the 5s22 local as 20 minutes late. The local pulled into the New Britain station at. o'clock. , backed onto the Berlin siding to all low the express to pass and then fol- lowed it into Bristol.
 Last Saturday evening the 9:o7 o'clock train from Hartford to Water- bury left the former city at 1:15 o'clock Sunday morning and reached | Now Britain at :45 o'clock. A large | number of people anxious to go To dances, theaters and to visit in Hart | 1Ord last evening WaIteu untll 70 l o'clock for the 7:13 o'clock train but when it did not arrive at that time they left the station. and male the trip by trolley.
 Complaints have also been received i of trains on the main line 1t Berlin Junction being several minutes and hours late so that the people cannot rely on making connections by taking the Berlin. .dinky'' from New Britain.
 A casual observer mentioned last evening that if there was q leavy
New Britain herald., 1922-12-16

etts as well as in this state. In- dividual prizes were taken by Major William J. Sullivan for appearance on two occasions and by JamessJ. Bonney for best fling.
 The corps has two charter mem- bers, William and Thomas Lowe. On the goth anniversary, which was ob- served last year, each was presente. with gold watch. The Lowe broth CTS have both been given 25 year membership medals by the T. A. B. society.
 Thomas J. Lowe; vice. president, Will liam S. Lowe; secretary, William D. Boyle; treasurer, James P. Murphys sergeant at arms, Edward J. O'Reilly;
New Britain herald., 1922-12-16

the next meeting. December 2S. Aft CT Thursday nights meeting whist was held with the following winning prizes Mrs. J. J. Mulvihill Mrs. Homan, Mrs B.. Johnson, M. Pfeffer c. Holmes and J. J rcbert.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-16

tial provision for more employees was recommended.
 Until three years ago. MT. Robert son declared the office received about 5000 trademark applications a year. but in the year just closed over 17.000 applications were received.
 The Patent Office was one of the few government departments show ing n surplus of receipts over ex- penses for the year. Cash receipts totaled $2,S94.2S6. and total expenses after paying s196. 900 as bonus, left a net surplus of $l72,0S1.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-16
PATENTS IN 1922
 EXCEED RECORDS
Something New seems to be Invent ed Each Day in, Order to Keep
 Officials Busy.

Washington, Dc. le.-seventy of eighty years ago an official of the Enited States Patent office resigned, saying there would be no more use for the office since everything in- ventable had been invented" In 1920, when applications for new patents
New Britain herald., 1922-12-16

snow storm the trains would he much later but conductor politely inform ed him that the service then could not be much worse than it is now.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-16

Christmas is near--a word to the wise, take look at the Christmas Gift Suggestion page in tonights Herald
New Britain herald., 1922-12-16
PRIDE CIRCLE TO ELECT.

Pride Circle, Lady Foresters will bold a Christmas tree party, grab bag social and will elect officers at
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-25
Judge Heck at Close of Carlson Pardon Hear
ing Held Tuesday Discounts Testi-
mOny of Gunnard Hansen.
FIRST HEARING OF KIND HELD HERE
Referee Hearing in Carlson Case Only Second of Kind
in History Of State - Heck to Present Rec
Ommendation to Blaine Soon

Three important witnesses in the
Carlson pardon hearing turned the
scales of fate Tuesday afternoon to a
balance favorable to Carl o. Carlson
when they gave testimony which
indicated that Earl Loveday and not
Carlson was the actual slayer of Pa
trolman Tony Pingatore on the early
morning of March 81, 1919, just after
the robbery of the American Brass.
They were Sergeant of Detectives
Charles Rock, officer Louis Kauten-
burg and Police Secretary Emil F.
Meissner.
Judge Heck announced at the close
of the hearing that he would give
his findings in a few days, for the
benefit of Governor Blaine, but in
Dictated that he would not find that
Carlson was the slayer of Pingatore.
81 will find that Loveday shot the Off
cer," he said.
Hansen Identified Others
District Attorney Symmonds declared
Tuesday morning that the testimony
would show that another than Love-
day was the actual murderer, and Wit
ness Gunnard Hansen confirmed this
declaration by stating positively that
it was at the hand of Carl 0. Carlson
that Patrolman Pingatore met his
death.
Rock and Kautenburg, however,
testified that Hansen two years ago,
when confronted with Carlson together
with about ten other men in the police
station had been unable to identify him
as the man who shot Pingatore and in
stead picked out an entirely different
person, man who had nothing to do
with the affair. Meissner testified
that on another occasion Gunnard Han
sen picked out one of three federal
agents, government campaigners
against the barberry bush, as Pinga-
torres murderer.
Earl Loveday, now serving sentence
for the Staying of Pingatore was asked
by Detective Rock on the train when
brought back from Detroit, in 1920, why
he shot the patrolman, and Loveday
answered, according to Rock, eff the
Damn 1901 ndun pulleu MS gun ne
wouldn't have been shot.
Loveday the Gun Man of Trio
Garrison told me-" continued Rock,
chat it was Loveday's game, that he
always did the shooting, and that he
was the gun-man of their crowd. Love
day never denied having shot the Off
Ger but Carlson always denied it."
Attorney Zisch, appearing in Carl
sons behalf, sought to probe into
Loveday's past history, declaring that
he wanted to show that "Loveday had
a few notches in his gun already be-
fore he killed Pingatore", but was de-
MED this examination.
Secretary Meissner testified that
shortly after the night of combined
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-25

Mquiring Reporter
TODAY,S QUESTION.

Should the South join the North in
a universal celebration of Memorial
Day on May 80 instead of celebrating
on April 26, May 10 and June 3 as
some southern states do?
ANSWERS:
Nathan Bedford Forrest, command
er-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans - The people of the south
gladly honor the heroes of the World
war and pay fitting tribute to them,
but do not believe that a single
southerner would advocate doing away
with southern Memorial Day, on April
70, May 10, or June 8 as the case may
be in different states. Many southern
patriotic organizations have gone on
record as opposing any merger or 9TH
er move to do away with southern Me-
mortal Day, although they are not OPP
posed to observing May 80 as Memorial
Day for World War veterans.
]. Hogan, Bristol, demonstration -
was born down in Georgia where the
people would no more think of chang
ing their Memorial Day than they
would of changing Christmas. 1t would
be well for the south to join the north
in the celebration on May 80 but 1
think it best to let them have their
own Memorial Day on the day they
deem best.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-25
SEE BADGER STATE
AS STORM CENTER
General Counsel for the Anti-SaloOn
League Sees Effort to Break
Prohibition in Wisconsin.
(Bv Associated Press Leased wire.)

(By Associated Press Leased Wire.l
Milwaukee, Wis.-Wisconsln Will be
the storm center for an attack upon
prohibition this year," Wayne B.
Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti
Saloon league, told delegates at the
second day meeting of the Wisconsin
Law Enforcement convention. New
Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Cali
fornia, he declared, will also receive
strong attacks from the "wets."
District Attorney Frank S. Sym
monds of Kenosha county, pointed
out to delegates that, although there
are various ways to secure law en-
forcement, public sentiment must be
obtained before any great or lasting
good will be accomplished by enforce
ment officials.
Cooperation on the part of the dry
people, local officials and a live prohi-
bition commissioner, who believes in
law and wants it enforced, can con-
troll the whiskey traffic anywhere, said
IT. M. Hare, state organizer enforce
ment leagues, Ohio, and formerly
superintendent of the Wisconsin Anti
Saloon league.
eve can use the mop to wipe up
along our international borders for the
next hundred years, or we can by
proper assistance use the moral force
of these several counties in helping
to turn off the spigot on the other
side" said DR.. E. H. Cherrington Wes-
terville, Ohio, general secretary of the
World League against alcoholism, in
his address before the convention.
The smuggling of liquor into the
United States from Mexico, Canada and
extensive astern and western coast
lir has assumed large proportions,
u lerrington brought out in his talk.
J. P. Koeller, Oshkosh, told dele
gates that it was only a matter of
time before moonshiners would be
completely wiped out. He believes
that continuation of raids through
out the state and country will have
every bootlegger and moonshiner run
ming soft drink parlors before long.
In speaking of the "wets" position
on the stand of light wines and beers,
DR.. Wheeler said: "They will ask for
light beer today, strong beer tomor-
row; whiskey will follow and the de-
bauchery which comes from the traf-
ic will inevitable"
He added: "The whole bootleg, rum
running, law defying army is concen-
trating for an attack on the constitu-
ton by means of beer and wine
amendment. We have met them thus
fer both in Congress and in the state
legislature and have uniformly defeated
this effort to destroy the prohibition
amendment and its enforcement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-25
Police Nab First
Happer of Season

whats this you have brought in,
Leo?' asked the secretary of police of
Motorcycle Officer Buchanan, as the
latter appeared before the new railing
in the police station with specimen
which the secretary could not recog-
nize as land-lubber or sea-fowl The
secretary hesitated with pencil aloft,
uncertain how to book the article.
"This," said the motorcycle officer
impressively, "is flapper. Put it
down that Buchanan has brought in
the first flapper of the season"
Her hair was black and why and
stood out from her head like that of
an Australian bushman's. Needless to
say, it was bobbed. Her pose was
perky like that of a perky little wren
and she hummed little tune to show
how much she cared. Her garters
were pink and she displayed them gem
erously as she took her seat at the
waiting bench and crossed her pretty
legs, which were long and slim and
bird-like. Other articles of apparel
which not so far back as the days our
mothers were young were referred to
discreetly as "unmentionables" and
which now the world frankly knows
and talks of as boomers, were visible
or displayed and they were not the
color of the pink Of the calf of an
embarrassed nymph but were holder
"Did you fall into the flour
bin ?" she was asked. "No," she said,
81 landed in the barrel"
Just turned sixteen, home and school
had dispaired Of the specimen. Her
runaway escapades defeated all of the
efforts Of worried parent in her be-
half. Last night afte it had been re
ported that she was out all night, the
police had orders to pick her up and
turn her over to the truant officer. He
called for her this morning at the po-
lice station and she joined him with a
careless swagger which showed how
much she worried.
$50 long," she said at the door, I'LL
see you all in the funny pictures!"
Mildred Heintz~ was ordered sent t.
the House of Good Shepherd this morn
ing for period of FIVE years, or until
she is ri years of age.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-25
BANKERS DISCUSS
EUROPEAN FINANCE
], P. Morgan is Leader in Meeting
Which May Bring Some
Settlement.

by Associated FTeSS 4[SaSeu EhS.J
Paris-Leading bankers from many
nations, with J. P. Morgan as the
American representative, were in Paris
today to discuss financial means means
for the settlement of the European
economic situation with loan to
Germany considered as one of the first
measures necessary.
Informal discussions among the fin
anciers preliminary to the meeting
indicated that a loan to Germany
must be of considerable magnitude to
bring about a real settlement and as
sure that fresh crisis will not spring
up within few months.
The figures mentioned range from
$500, 100000 to $2,OOO,OOo,OOO, the lat
ter apparently meeting with the most
favor. Such loan, however, would
be contingent, it is understood, upon a
decisive revision downward in the cash
reparation payments demanded from
Germany.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-25
Judgments Totaling Over
$4,000 Filed Against AL
legged Leaders.
OTHERS MAY FOLLOW
Walter M. Burke, Arthur Birk,
Lyman Gordon, Joel Jacob
son Named in Judgments.

transcripts of judgments totaling
$27, 1891 were filed for record with the
clerk of the circuit court of Kenosha
county this morning. The list includ
ed four judgments and the costs. The
judgments are in the name of the
United States court for the eastern
district of Wisconsin as plaintiffs and
the men named as defendants are men
who were alleged to have BEEN active
in the operations of the so-called liquor
ring in Kenosha county. 1t is under
stood that this action has been taken
by the federal government to insure
the collection Of vast sums assessed
as fines against the defendants nam
ed in the judgments.
The defendants named in the trans
scripts Of judgment and the amount
claimed are as follows: Walter M.
Burke, judgment for $14,5O0 ard costs
in the amount of $37829; Arthur Birk,
judgment of $1,000 and costs in the
amount of $113.39; Hyman Gordon,
Judgment for $4,000, and Joel Jacob
son, judgment for $4,000
All Assessed as Fines.
All of the amounts named in the
transcripts were assessed as fines
aAgainst the men named in the United
States court in Milwaukee 1t is be-
lieyed that the filing of these trans
scripts means that the government is
going to take this way of levying on
any property held by the defendants
for the collection of the fines. Walter
NJ. Burke has appealed from the deci-
sion of the jury in the United States
court and he is now at liberty pending
the hearing of the appeal. Prison
sentences were imposed on these men
in addition to the fines named in the
judgments. Hyman Gordon and Arthur
Birk have been serving their sentences
and Joel Jacobson is expected to leave
for Fit. Leavenworth within the next
few days. He was granted stay of
thirty days in the execution of his
sentence on account of the condition
of his health, but it is understood
that he will be ready to submit him
self to the government to pay his pen
atty at the conclusion of the stay.
Others Have Paid Fines.
Several of the Kenosha men named
in the federal court cases have paid
the fines assessed against them by the
court. Peter Gales and Charles Muir
ray paid their fines before leaving for
the federal prison at FIT. Leavenworth
and as no other transcripts of judg-
ment have been filed it is understood
that the other Kenosha men have
made the financial settlements de-
manded by the court.
What action will be taken to collect
the judgments as filed for record must
be shown later after the men have
been released from penal servitude.
The Burke appeal is expected to be
taken up in the United States court
of appeals in Chicago later in the sum
mer, but it is not known just when the
case will be reached. A rumor that
Burke had accepted the sentence of the
court and that he would abandon the
appeal, has not been confirmed and it
is understood that his attorneys have
announced a willingness to carry the
case to the supreme court of the Unit
ed States.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-25
Racine Mother
Sees Son Killed

Racine, Wis. Richard Carlson,
taxi driver was killed this morning
when the cab he was driving collided
with street car in West Boulevard. H.
H. Atkinson, Chicago, passenger,
sustained severe injuries about the
head and is in hospital.
Carlson's mother was a passenger on
the street car. Two of his brothers
were killed on the railroad here sever
al years ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-25
E,X 'II{{A!! !.
FIVE MEET DEATH
IN MILWAUKEE SHAFT
Three Firemen and Two Sewer Work.
ers Die When Overcome by
Gas Fumes Today.

Milwaukee, Wis. Three city fire
men and two tunnel workers were kill
ed by gas and electricity at the bottom
of 52-foot shaft of the intercepting
sewer system at National and Tween
tieth avenues this morning. Nearly a
score of firemen were overcome by gas
fumes and six seriously hurt.
The dead:
Matthias Wambach, 26, pipeman en-
CINE company No. 26.
Anton Krafcheck, 81, pipeman, en-
CINE company No. &c.
Paul ]. Winsaur, "a, member rescue
squad, fire department.
John Schleck, tunnel workers.
Unidentified tunnel worker.
The fremen were at the bottom of
the shaft to rescue two tunnel work
ers who had been overcome.
Workers Had Never Complained.
Workers had never complained of
gas" said Superintendent Koch of the
sewer construction work. Everything
worked smoothly until this morning.
just what was wrong is hard to determ-
inc. John Sehleck found dead, was gen
orally the first one to go down into
the shaft each morning to start the
pumps. The pumps not only supplied
air, but kept the water level from
rising. The gas must have generated
during the night. Fortunately the
accident did not happen later in the
day when, nearly hundred men would
have been in the shaft or tunnel"
With the pumps in the tunnel stop
ped by the cutting of the electric
wires, because of live wires, water
flooded the shaft and before the last
victim was taken from he bottom five
feet of water covered the floor of the
tunnel.
The first man into the shaft was
Schleck, tunnel worker. Ten, fifteen,
twenty minutes elasped and he failed
to return. Then new man, now an
unidentified corpse at the morgue went
down after Schleck to learn what was
wrong.
Believed Carbon Dioxide.
A peculiar feature of the tragedy is
actly what sort Of gas caused the
death of the five. 1t was not illumin-
ating gas from a broken main as at
first supposed. 1t is generally be-
lieved to have been carbon dioxide.
An alarm was sent to the fire de-
partment Matthias Wambech, hero of
the world war, was the first fireman
down the shaft. By this time Chief
Murphy had arrived and Immediately
sounded a special call for truck COM
panies with respirators and gas masks.
This brought trucks No. 1, 2, 4 and g.,
to the scene, together with the rescue
squad with five oxygen helmets and
pulmotors.
Pipeman Wambech went down with
a gas mask. Behind him was Anton
Krafchek They were down five min
utes before scores of other fremen fol-
lowed into the shaft under the direc-
ton of Chiefs Peterson, Murphy and
Captain Hendricks.
"The sight at the bottom of the
shaft was Undesirable" said Chief
Peterson, after the last body was
drawn to the surface with ropes. II
found Matt Wambech against live
wire. He was horribly burned. Near
him was the body of one of the tun-
mel workers he went to save. His gas
mask was torn from his face. 1t ap-
pears that he felt hampered by this
protection and tore it away from him
to work better. Tony Krafchek was
near by"