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New Britain herald., 1922-02-11
LIQUOR V|OLA70RS
 GIVEN HEAVY FINES Ka]koWski Gets SSoo on Two
 Counts; Spenneski $150 PLAN SCHOOL ADDITION
School Board Extension Committee Met Last Evening to Prepare Re port-Scouts Rerganize-Cartcr in Accident-I}ricf Items.

klemens kalkowski of New Britain was found guilty by Judge Griswold in the town court last night on a charge Of manufacturing intoxicating liquor and keeping it with intent to sell. He was fined S200 on each of the counts, and in addition was given a thirty day jail sentence, the latter being suspended on condition that he does not appear in court again on a similar charge. The fines totaled $400.
 John Spenneski of Hartford was found guilty of having the T1quor with intent to sell and was fined $150. His fine and costs of prosecution amount ed to $1so.94.
 Meridcn Police Testify
 Max Cohen, Mrs. Anna Cohen of Meriden and Constable Brown of this town testified against the accused. MT. Cohen testified that he owned the building in kensington which was raided by the local authorities and where a still, 20 gallons of moon shine, eight gallons of mash and other ingredients were found.
 Mir. Cohen stated that a man came lO HIS llI NtIlutIl iDout " weeks ago and asked if he could rent the place. Cohen agreed to the proposition and received the rent for one month. He did not ask the name of the person who rented the place but learned he was from New Britain l Cohen also stated that the man who | rented the place, who later proved to l be kalkowski, said that he would buy l the property if he liked it.
 Cohen Recognizes Kall<owski
 On the Saturday morning following | the arrest Kalkowski was brought to the office of Prosecutor Lewis in !, Kensington where he denied the fact that he rented the place or had any thing to do with it. Spenneski came into the office and took all of the blame. He said that kalkowski was not implicated in the affair. Mir Lewis later brought Mir. Cohen into the office, it was testified, and he i'm mediately recognized Kalkowski as the ono who rented the place in Blue Hills.
 Appeal is Taken. Following the testimony, Judge Griswold imposed the fine. Lawyer Michae, Sexton, representing kalkow- { ski, filed notice of an appeal of the 2 case which will come up before the . March session of the superior court ]
 Cohen Tn Accident. :. While on his way to attend the ( nearing in the local court Mir. Cohen s igured in an automobile accident in ront of the Clark homestead on the Berlin turnpike. MT. Cohen was driS | ng north when the left front wheel l f his machine struck the left front wheel Of an automobile owned by 2
New Britain herald., 1922-02-11
MCCORMICK WITH NEW FIRM

Councilman T. Frank Mccormick, who has been taking up the study of undertaking under the federal board for vocational training. has been plsc- ed by district supervisor Bissette with the Erickson and Carlson Co.,, of Main street, He has been with Blo- cos' 'owski and Co.,, Of Broad street for the past six months and Is a graduate Of the Renard Training school In New York city
New Britain herald., 1922-02-11
ADJUSTING FINANCES
McAico's Monetary Troubles Will Be All Settled By Next Week, Treasury Officials Say.

Mexico City, Feb. I. - (8y Asso- ciated Press) --M Mexico's financial af- fairs will be settled by tho end of next week, according to information given the correspondent by high of icial of the treasury department. The settlement involves adjustment of the nations foreign debt. q pro gram of national rehabilitation and reorganization, and definite under- standing with the American oil men regarding oil taxes and their pay mcnt.
 The adjustment Of Mexico's foreign debt is closely linked with payment of expert taxes by the American oil men jnasmuch as the government has announced that the sums received un- der this tax would be applied to the debt. Although these taxes are all ready overdue, payment is being held in abeyance with the consent of the government until the debt question is settled.
 Miguel Alessio Robles has been ap- pointed secretary of commerce, indus try and labor. He resigned earlier in the week as minister to Spain.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-11

FROM NOW ON Mr. ". T. Dexter will have for sale Pnnaclerok Jcr. sey milk. from the farm of MT. Henry Trumbull.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-11

John Wesley, Jru will be presented by Rev, Mir Tanner,
 PlainNiIle Baptist church -lO;t5 a, ma Ownership Acknowledged" will be the pastors theme; Sunday school following the morning service; D. m, Young Peoples Service. D. m, 'Slrengi hened for Service" will be the pastors theme; 7ih D, m,, Thursday the prayer meeting.
 Episcopal Church Of our Saviour! Sundny, February la, Septuagesima o'clock, Holy Communion: lo o'clock Church school; N o'clock, Morning prayer and sermon; { o'clock Confirmation instruction for boys an,l girls; ! o'clock, Confirmation natruc- lion for men and women; o'clock, ENcnsong and sermon
 PlninNillr i,ricrs.
 Al, sturgeon of Church street is a patient at the New Britain General hospital
 X son has been born 10 Mir. and Mrs Joseph RohidouN Of Pierce si
 liessIe Dyer Is i'll with pneumonia at the St, Francis hospitatl Tt Hart ford.
 A number of members of the Ep- worth leaguc attended the group rally held at the Asbury Methodist church in Forestvile last night.
 Pythan lodge, Knights of pythias held social time at the rooms last evening when an oyster supper was served, A class Of seven candidates were conferred the rank Of knight.
 Mrs. Ralph Roberts of Forestville avenue Is confined to hc- home with a severe lfress.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-11
W A R MIN G!

He careful what you take for . cold. Many so-called "cold cures" cough balsams." etc., contain opium, morphine or other poisonous drugs. Remember that Father Johns Medt- cine is absolutely free from dangerous drugs, and has had more than sixty i've years success for colds and throat troubles.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-11
SEEKS PRISONERS' RELEASE

London. Feb. lI.-tBy Associated Press)--Thc colonial office announce cd today that pursuant 10 authority granted by the British cabinet steps were being taken to release the pris- oners who were taken into custody for offenses committed in England from Irish political motives prisv to the Irish truce.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-11
CASHIER GETS 10 YEARS.

Mcadville, Pa, Feb, 11.--Judson r. Snodgrass, cashier of the Conne- cautvllle bank, which failed two weeks ago, was sentenced to serve not less than 10 nor more than 12 years in prison for embedding the banks funds.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-11
BICYCLES IN IRELAND.

Washington, Feb. England ap- pears to have discovered Ireland as market for bicycles, according to a report to the commerce department from London today which declared that British salesmen were early seeking business on the island.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-11

Bill 10 prohibit women from smok- ing in hotels and restaurants has been introduced in the Massachusetts leg islature.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-11

WindmilIe in the possession of one family more than century still stands in BriXton, London.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
R0TAR|ANS WILL
GIVE k|DD|ES
+: BIC DAY
Four Thousand Youngsters
Expected at Christmas
Fete for Poor.

Four thousand poor and homeless
children will be feted to an "entire
day with Santa Claus" on December
20, when the annual Kiddies' Christ.
mas party will be held by the Wash
ington Rotary Club at the New vii.
lard Hotel.
Bullying bags of presents for every
child attending will be distributed,
while entertainers from local
theaters will make merry with the
children about a huge Christmas
tree which will be placed in the cen.
ter OF the ballroom.
Invitations will be mailed today to
every institution head and church
pastor in the District urging them
10 supply the names Of needy chill.
dren they desire to send to the party.
Last year 1900 children were cared
for.
Henry Bittinger Is chairman OF
the committee on arrangements
tom, of baby" Rotarians, or men
elected to membership during the
year other members followed: DR..
Frank Ballou. Frank N. Grigg,
Roland Whitehurst, Robert Law.
renee, Robert II. Hay, DR.. Chester
d. Swope. Thomas Bones, Hugh
saum, Wymond Bradbury, W., L.
Radcliffe, DIR. j. r. Stewart. Robert
v. Mann, DIR. J. A. Talbot, w. c.
Wimsatt. w. E. Griffith, A. @. Herr.
mann, Warren F. Brenizer, DIR. e.
@. Breeding, Albert Schulteis and
DIR. A. c. Simpson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
HUSBAND: HELD
ANDEATH.0F
PRINCE
w. PETIT Charged With Killing
Man in Wife's
Apartment.
BY International News Service.

DETROIT, Mich, Nov. pa
post-mortem was to be conducted
today to determine the cause Of
the mysterious death of Fred w.
Prince, New York city, a publicity
man, at 1924 Clairmont avenue,
shortly after midnight. Prince,
employed by the Western Electric
Company, was about forty-five.
Wesley Petit, of the Hotel Stat
Ter, in whose wife's apartment
Prince died, is in custody on. a
murder charge.
Five others were booked as wit
nesses. They are Mrs. lrma Pett'
Susan Turner, Mrs. Bernice Handy
Forest Applegate, and Albert Dobble'
hoff.
Prince was found unconscious at
midnight in the hallway on the first
floor of the apartment house at the
Clairmont avenue address.
No marks indicating violence were
found on Princes body, yet he IL
known to have been in apparent bub'
bling spirits and excellent health but
a few moments prior to his death.
mTS. Tett tOiu ttlib otoiS' ASsS~
tives say:
II was alone in my apartment
when / heard a noise. l feared IT
was my husband, against whom l
began divorce proceedings two weeks
ago, and with whom / was not Nv
ing coming to annoy me. l tele'
phoned my fears to Mrs. Handy. a
friend, and she said she would come
over, which she did soon, accom-.
panied by Mr.. Prince, Miss Turner,
Mr.. Apologize, and Mr.. Dobblehoff
They had been In my apartment only
brief time when there was a pound
ing on the door.
"Inquiring who was there, and
receiving the answer, It's a taxi,
1 opened the door a few inches,
and peering through. the small
space between the door and the
casing, saw my husband. He
damned his foot against the door to
prevent me from closing It. Then,
when / refused to release the night
chain, he broke the door down.
Coming inside, he demanded that
all my guests leave the room. Mr..
Prince obeyed, the others stayed
My husband followed him. That's
all I know of the unfortunate night
except that Prince was found UNI
conscious in the hallway and died
later"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
BOY HUNTING FOR RABBITS
KILLS HUGE BLACK BEAR

sTRoUDsBURG, Pa, Nov. "a
Becoming separated from his party,
Oscar Dippre, 10, hunting for rab.
bits and pheasants. killed a 600.
pound black bear. one Of the largest
OF It's Kind ever shot In that sec
tion, The young man had only
single-ha'f cartridge for his gun,
and had he failed to kill the bear
with the one shot his own predicn.
ment might have become terrible.
There is an old apple tree In the
region, and the bear had been cot.
Ing the frult II was leaving the
tree when the boy discovered II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
BANDITS WRECK
BANK, STEAL
$4,000
Six Desperadoes Bind Mar
shall, Cut Wires and Then
Blow Safe.
by Intsrna tionaI News Service

CALLAHAN, Mo-. Nov. 23.-
Three men are seriously wounded.
the First National Banks here is
wrecked, telephone and telegraph
wires are all out, and $4,000 Is
missing from the bank safe here
as the result of activities early to-
day OF six desperate bank robbers.
The bandits were discovered at
work by John Chamberlin, town
marshal, at o'clock while robbing
the safe. Binding him, the bandits
set off two powerful explosions of
nitroglicerine. wrecking the bank.
The force of the explosion hurled
chairs In all directions, wrecked
partitions, and blew out windows.
tearing the heavy safe apart as II
II were pasteboard.
Chamberlain, meantime working
loose from his bonds. opened fire
on the bandits. One of the bandits,
however, shot him down. He is
in a serious condition
Attracted by the explosion towns
folk came running from all direc-
tons.
Mayor Joseph Tale, who arrived
first on the scene, fell before u
volley of slugs fired by the bandits.
The bandits had hoped to get
all of the 100000 kept In the bank.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL IS SHORT
OVER $4,000
Special Appeal Made to citi-
zens to Help Reach the
$4,000 Quota
.sfiss1T,o~4 slss Ma

A personal appeal il to be made
to the business firms Of Washing
ton as we'll as it's citizens to get
behind the sixth annual roll call
Of the District chapter OF the
American Red Cross and bring II
"over the top" to its quota OF $40
600 which il absolutely necessary
II the chapter is to function at full
strength for the coming year.
Chairman John H. Clapp Of the
roll call announced today that there
was grave danger of deficit in
the quota. probably amounting to
$25, 900. OF the $4,000 needed only
a little more than s12, 900 has been
subscribed. At that rate only about
500 nOC will he realized by No.
yember 80 at the end Of the roll
,ag, leaving III" chapter $500"
short of the amount needed to
carry 1t on for another yea.
There would be no funds for dis
aster work, such as the knicker.
booker horror.
A splendid staff Of volunteer work
ers have been toiling night and day.
1t Is pointed out that the roll call
is the only appeal made by the local
Red Cross during the year, and that
most of the money will be spent with
in the District.
Chairman Clapp urges $1,000 citi.
zens to step forward with their dol
lar bills, and the roll call will 60
over in great shape. This dollar
can be given in either at the Red
Cross booths. in banks. stores, hotels,
theaters and other public places. or
may be sent either to District Chap
ter, 16 Jackson place northwest. or
to Red Cross Roll Call headquarters.
1414 + street northwest.
"One hundred per cent Red Cross
was the cheering report brought In
from the Naval Hospital today by
II. j. Davis, field director, detailed to
the hospital. Mr.. Davis reported that
the patients as we'll as the staff of
the hospital had displayed much
eagerness to contribute.
AS the sixth annual roll call OF
the District Chapter, American Red
Cross, nears its close. company COM
manders of the fire department are
making a determined effort to en-
list every man who has not yet sub
scribed under the banner OF the Red
Cross, and give the department the
record of 100 per cent enrolment
for the first time in history.
Out of the thirty-eight companies,
twenty-five have reported returns
so far. and eleven of this number
have been 100 per cent. The others
have submitted returns that were
close to that mark,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
PoSTMASTERS FOR TWO
VIRGINIA CITIES NAMED

President Harding sent TO the
Senate yesterday the following
nominations:
To be postmasters: Bedford Ind,
Benjamin +. Pittman; trankfort
Ind, Edward a. Spray; Monticello
Ind, Ben Price. jr., Lansing Mich
Walter @. Rogers; Dayton. OHIO
Linaen c. Weimer; Richmond, Va,
Joseph w. Stewart; Portsmouth,
Va, Patrick j. Riley.
To be collector of customs for
district No. As. with headquarters
at st. Louis. Mo-, Louis II. Han.
To be collector Of customs for
district No. II. with headquarters
at Savannah. Ca. George V. Denny
To>be controller Of customs for
district No. 90, with headquarters
at New Orleans. Walter l.. Cohen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
Get Auto Tags Now
To Avoid Delay
Later

Somebody is gonna haf' to
stand"
This is the warning of Wade
H. Coombs, dispenser of 1928
automobile tags in the District
building.
To date only 1000 autoists
have secured their new licenses.
They can be secured now with
out inconvenience or waiting
in lire, but a little later on,
Mr.. Coombs warns, somebody
is going to have to stand in
line for couple of hours to
get their tags"
Come early and avoid the
rush, is his plea to the ninety
odd thousand automobiles who
must secure their tags before
6 o'clock December 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
TURK CHAMP SPEEDS FOR
HARDING THANKSGIVING

Supreme III. who is to the
turkeys OF America what Mustapha
Renal is to the Turks of Asia
Minor, is coming East. He is to
visit the President - be with him
and his family at Thanksgiving din.
ner. in fact-but Supreme III won't
know anything about that
Scaling forty pounds coopside,
Supreme III is the gift to the Presi.
dental banqueting board of the
Harding Girls Club of Morris & Co.,
Chicago packers. who presented the
first Harding turkey for the Novem.
Der festival of plenty. He will be
brought from Chicago to Washing
ton In a one.ton GMC truck. fur.
nished by the General Motors Truck
Company, and the trip will be made
without a stop. two drivers alternat.
ing at the wheel.
The merry villagers en- route will
be apprised Of the approach Of the
sacrificial chariot by loud screams
from a fire siren. attached to It,.
The executioner will be in readiness
when Supreme III, modishly CARRIED
in a black-and-gold motor coat and
helmet. steps from the truck in
Washington. his last journey done.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
BI ASST BI AIMED ON RUNAWAY CAR BREAKING ELECTRIC WRl
Presidents Program

1880 q. m.-Senator Borah
of Idaho. and Congressman
Winslow OF Massachusetts,.
l0:40 a. m.-Congressman-elect
Victor Berger OF Wisconsin.
l0:45 =. m.-Senator Kellogg
OF Minnesota, to present Mr..
Murphy.
IL a. m.-Senator Shortridge
OF California.
Has a. m.-Senator Spencer
OF Missouri.
ll:20 a. m.-Senator Ball OF
Delaware.
1880 a. m.-Mrs. Harriet
Taylor Upton, of Ohio.
1i:45 a. m.-Committee from
National Association of State
Railroad Commission.
IL noon-Senator Pepper OF
Pennsylvania, and Howard
Heinz. OF Pittsburgh
l2l5 p. m.-Johnston Il.
Campbell. Interstate Commerce
Commissioner.
1890 y. m.-Miss Ann Morgan.
1885 p. m.-Dr. Strecker
and party to pay respects.
1910 p. m.-Harry II. Schlacht,
of New York, to present flag
made by East Side Gold Star
Mothers.
Land Grant College presi.
dents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
CHARGES PLACIARY
IN WORK OF ARTIST

CHICAGO. Nov. 23.-Chicago's
art colony is stirred today by
charges Of plagiarism by Carl
Hoeckner against Gerald Frank in
connection with Franks figures in
his "Scheherezade" in the all.Amer.
ican exhibit at the Art Institute.
Hoeckner charges that at lea st
two OF the figures by Frank were
copies OF work by Barber, French
painter. Hoeckner took his charges
to Rudolph lingerie, president Of
the Chicago Society of Artists, and
to Robert Harshe, director Of the
Art Institute.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
WOMAN SPY On
HALL : TRAIL,
BELIEF
Police Seek Man Friend When
Suspect Proves Defiant
Under Questioning.
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the authorities believe that some.
thing had occurred between DIR. and
Mrs. Hall just about that time to
arouse the resentment of the latter
When the couple departed for home
Mrs. Hall seemed to be disturbed.
Rector Seemed Excited.
There was to be a wedding at DIR.
Halls home the same evening. the
principals being. Howard Eden and
Miss Marie Koch. The time was 7
o'clock. and DIR. Hall, upon reaching
home. telephoned to Mr.. Eden and
Miss Koch to be sure to be on time,
as he had an important engage
ment."
In the excitement OF the ceremony,
Miss Koch tainted. The authorities
have been told that DR.. Hall was
apparently greatly disturbed over
the delay.
DR.. Hall had been known among
his friends as a very methodical
person and deliberate in his move
ments. But upon this night, ac.
cording to Information said to he
in the hands Of detectives he threw
off his vestments and bolted out
the front door as quickly as pos.
sible.
There is supposition on the
part of the authorities that DR.. Hall
may have had an engagement with
Mrs. Mills possibly to talk over
with her incidents which had arisen
when Mrs. Mills accompanied DR..
and Mrs. Hall on their outing to
Lake Hopatcong a short time be.
fore.
The object Of the detectives in
obtaining this apparently irrelevant
Information is to establish whether
Mrs. Hall knew of the relations of
her husband and Mrs. Mills before
the murder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
ONE ARMED AUTO DRIVING
RULED WITHIN THE LAW

If persons permanently deprived of
an arm can qualify to operate an au.
tomobile in Washington then the
local swain who temporarily parks
one Of his arms about his "sweety's"
neck should not be liable, to arrest
for reckless driving.
This is the opinion of Inspector AL
bert J. Headley,, head Of the police
traffic bureau, who reminds, how.
ever, that one hand must always re-
main on the steering wheel.
Inspector Headley's attitude Is in
contrast to that Of Magistrate Stray.
Tor, OF the Baltimore traffic court,
who yesterday placed a fine Of So
and costs on n young man who fell
within this category and was charged
with reckless driving.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
81 BODIES
AIKEN
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that a disaster in the shaft was
mazda lo..llx. IL al..

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that a disaster in the shaft was
made doubly shocking.
Air currents have been estab.
hshed In the mine and all parts
can be entered safely.
The mine was considered one of
the most modern in the Birmingham
section.
while the loss Of life is terrible,
We are indeed grateful that more
of the large number of workmen
did not suffer-" Frank Crockard,
president of the Woodward Iron
Works. said.
This was the second explosion of
the kind ever recorded in mining
history, according to c. II. Nesbitt,
Alabama mining inspector.
or those killed nearly all were
white. More negroes than white
were injured, however. OF about
seventy men, electricians and sub,
foreman for the most part, who
were at work in the switch yard
at the time Of the explosion, only
one is known to have come out
Uninjured.
Rescued Horror. Stricken.
About sixty men employed in the
wings were injured by fire and
burns and fire damp, although but
Few OF them were seriously injured.
The first entrance to the mine
was reached at 4:45 o'clock yester.
day afternoon, rescue workers going
through mine No. 2. Shortly after
more than 100 men had been
brought to the surface, very few of
whom were injured.
One of these, horror-stricken at
what he had seen. shouted:
Il saw men killed before my
eyes. They were flung here and
there in the main entrance"
AS soon as word of the expio.
sion was passed around a crowd es-
tmated at $500 gathered in front of
the mine. Many Of these were wo-
men and children, wives, mothers
and daughters and sons Of the en-.
tombed men. Their screams and
prayers were mingled with the fran
tic cries of commands from these
directing the work Of rescue.
Ambulances from Birmingham
and Bessemer started for the scene
at once. Doctors, nurses and every
available rescue squad followed in
automobiles. Thousands of citi.
Gems, some curious others anxious
to be of service started.
The fire department was called
out to assist in putting out the
flames on the tipple but were un.
able to make any substantial head.
way.
Superintendent T. W., True. with
four negro workmen, was on the
tipple at the time Of the explosion.
All five were seriously injured, and
were rushed to hospitals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-23
SIX MONTHS IN JAIL
FOR TOTING PISTOL

James II. Gross, colored, who
said he had worked every day Of
his life except six m"1ths he spent
at Occoquan for slapping a girl,
will deduct six months more from
his working record as a result OF
his arraignment in Police Court for
carrying a pistol.
Gross was arrested in a restaur-
ant i'm the colored section Of Sew
enth street. He is said 10 have
asked for a cigarette and when re-
fused. drew the gun. saying: IF I
don't get the cigarette, you'll get
this"
Judge Harrison sentenced him to
six months in jail.