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The Washington herald., 1922-08-06

an1 pai1 with . smile. when yog
lift. boys."
stilIsd 10 the Saturday might
"around- -shs goes and whst-is-it'' Of
the roulette wheel and not now d
heard the TIL see that and add q
ltttle- u the stud soker artists bui
still present 30 the recently. familiar
Are you with him7 Hes a dandy
the z"you can't via IL you won't bet
mem" the NH up the line. boys;'
the 'ft won't grow In your hand
followed by the "are you all down;
here he goes: shoot 'em shooter"
And then one hears. II that
shooter is lucky. seven Cor eleven),
winner. let It ride. he's a rea
shooter" or, IL he's unlucky. some
thing like this, two aces Cor, trey
or two sixes). q loser. back IL uS
and double IL up. he can't do II
again: 1t was a crap. eight for one
IL you call It. boys"
Plea for More Action.
Or. n the shooter comes out with
q point. four. FIVE. six. eight. nine
or ten we hear something on this
order: Mine. he threw nine: big six
and eight, the field. tae come. the
hardways. now is the time to get
'em In; nine for a number, boys.
All this the stickman says while he
gently rakes the dice backward and
forward Ia the csn.sr nf the table
with his sawed-on Whip .: give the
players q chance &c lay bets On their
lunches. Taer. with an ''an down
boys: here he goes" back to he
shooter the dice are swept
Musical language indeed becomes
the drone OF a good stickman with
his frequent admonitions TO Watch
that field. men. action In the field
on every roll" and his Il can tell
you. but / can't bet for you" and
his six, the easy way (with an
sce-hve or deuce-fourD. your hard-
way bet lost. ill il up again: those
treys are there" and his six. with
q pair. pay that gentleman ten
cashier. on the hardway. or will
you leave il ride. mister. il looks
like a repeater: yes. very much like
n repeater: a hundred for one you
draw IL IL shows again"
Too. there are still those house.
men who roam around with a fire.
quent polite Crowd up closer. men.
and let these new shooters in. here's
room for one" and their step back
81 you're not shooting. boys. and
let those players in and their
make room for players. boys. car
going in"
And now that the player has lost
that days pay which he was going
to run up into a lmonstrous bank
roll, he leaves for home with q Yes
sir. there's room for one more In
that car going in" showing him
out.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
HILLTOP IN FULL
BLAST AS BOYS
CROWD IN GAMES
Hardway, Miami Shore
and Jimmy's Show Dark
House Still.
ALL-NIGHT SESSION
Car After Car Long Before
Dusk Wend Way to
Gambling Dens.

Silent and deserted again last
night were the "Hardway." Miami
Shore" and "Jimmy's." that is. so
far as the "clubrooms'' for gam
blers 10 concerned. But far difker.
ent was the scene out beyond Deca.
tur the right Of the road to Ardwick.
the Defense Highway.
Action was the order OF the night,
and activity ran rampant. Yester-
day. even before dusk, car after
car wended its way toward the top
Of the hill towards the Hilltop"
Later car after car wended thetr
way back to. Washington. Back
and forth. all night long. the pro.
cession each way kept going.
To use a slang phrase. this place
has adopted the policy OF getting
1t while the getting is good" and
without doubt, II certainly is'"get-
ting it." Giving not a thought to
the fact that even when IL lost the
house raked in a large percentage
on every one OF the "hardway" bets
the "naturals." the craps" and the
field. the "get-rich- quick" boys
tossed in their shekels all night
long with a sangfroid beautiful to
behold.
Musical Language OF stickmen.
Many a big silver dollar was lost
on the twelves and the aces. Thirty
for one when you call them, boys
think Of 1t. thirty for one" in ths
language of the stickmen; on tn.
ace-deuces fifteen for one, boys
on the elevens and sevens. "fifteer
or hve for one. boys. IL you cal
them; take your choice and Ia,
your bets. boys" on the hardwa,
four. six. eight and ten. Made with
pair. and nobody there" The,
are running in pairs. boys" 'ter
for one On the six and eight: eigh
for one on the four and ten: how
do We do 1t. boys, how do we do it,
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
C.TRAFFIC COURT
Has LIGHT SESSION

Work in the District Traffic
Cottt was extremely light yester-
o%s re.u'ssG d in Eases fine sss Of $40 risa
d-tNinG an auto past a standing
street car and one af SO for not
having proper lights on an auto.
An9other cases were continued.
Al collateral list of feighty-seven
uarlies was called and only one
res1onse resulted. This response
waS by "A young lady who caused
a dit of mirth by answering,
Here. .".,as soon as the ,bailiff read
"Fohrths r+ecinct,''- and before he
hads called her name. She did
not. wait to be tried and forfeited
heg, collateral -'
The District was S575 richer by
reason of forfeited collateral
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
CITIZENS CONTINUE
10 NAME
new KEY BRIDGE
Federation Win Bring
Pressure to Bear on
Congress.

Efforts 20 have Congress pas, On.
joint resolution changing the name
Of the new bridge over the Potomac
River at Georgetown from the
''Georgetown Bridge" 20 the Fran
els Scott Key Bridge" viii be nnsae
by the FEDERATION OF cItisens' Asso-
Citations. &c became known isst
night.
The federation went on record IN
favor OF the latter name al their
June meeting.
Despite the report of secretsrv
OF War Weeks. sent yesterday 20
Representative Kahn. Of the Hons.
Military Affairs Committee, IN when
he declares he 10 not in favor Of
changing the name 10 the Francis
Scott Key Bridge. Charles s. Baker.
president of the federation. said
that the federation will continue It's
efforts to have the resolution passc,,
which win give the bridge that
name.
In his report Mr.. week. erpl,in.d
that the bridge had been informsIly
given the name OF Francis Scott Kew
Bridge. but IN making an sppropr-
alton in June. 1920. for continuia.
work on the bridge. Congress hsd
directed that Il should thereafter
be known az the 'oeorgetovn
Bridge"
Congress. therefore, the report
stated. "'is on record az having dts
approved the name OF Francis sc..tt
Key Bridge and stated that it pre-
ferred the name OF -GeorFetown
Brdge' Under these circumstances
Il seems insdvisable 60 make any
change and I do mot see my way
ds tion for passage OF the pending
bill"
The report submitted by Mr.
Weeks. who has jurisdiction over
the bridge. was in reply TO q request
from Representative Kahn for a re-
port on the joipt resolution provd =
ine for the change in name.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
Officials Predict Shut Down
OF Industries By September

A nationwide shut down of non-
essential industries will come by
September l, unless the coal strike
is settled, government officials
keeping a close watch on the rap
idly-growing fuel shortage said
last night.
The huge coal reserve of $1,000
900 tons which existed when the
strike began on April /, now is
virtually exhausted and production
is only about half of the, country's
normal requirements.
Production increased 100000 tons
during the last week, according
to figures made public by the
United States Geological Survey,
but this is comparatively small
amount.
Due to Transportation.
1t was said TO be due to better
TRANSPORTATION facilities in the mid =
die Appalachian coal fields and
not to the reopening of more
mines -
The number of mines that have
re-opened under the Presidents
plan Of troop protection Is ex-
tremelys small, probably not more
thdh htttcH. dctoTutnS 10 reports
to government officials.
While President Harding and his
advisers are looking hopefully to-
ward the miners-operators con-
ference called by President John
l.. Lewis of the miners. in Cleve-
land tomorrow, the fear is openly
expressed here in official quarters
that II may not succeed Miner
ieasers here, however, are confident
of success. although the only. oper-
ators expected to attend are some
groups from Ohio and possibly a
few from Western Pennsylvania.
Prevents Profiteering.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover
declared that the Federal govern
ment has been successful in a.its
efforts to prevent profteeriaK In
coal. Federal Fuel Administrator
Spencer in instructions to State
governors revealed that the Fed
eral government would rely ON. the
states to control the distribution
Of coal within their boundaries,
the national authorities supervis-
ing only the interstate movement
of fuel.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06

%o"efHotu TTO" fugG OUe.
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many will furnish productive guar
antees. Otherwise. France will act
alone. ii. Poincare is driven to
drastic action by the state of French
finances. and also his own position
The French government frankly
admits that Germany is bankrupt
financially. but contends that Ger
many is rich economically. France
insists that Germany will allow IT.
self to reemain financially bankrup.
for many years in the hope of es.
Gaping reParations, or at least the
hope of a new reparations settle
ment at the time Germany is at the
lowest ebb. France wishes stric,
allied control of Germany
The question of French sanctions
must inevitably come up In Londo'
because Belgium fears stoppage
OF the reparations payment.
Copyright. lse2.)
L Germasy Braces for shock. l.
BERLIN. Aug. 5.-Germany braced
herself tonight Tor the shock OF
French punitive measures.
RunOrs reached the government
that French were marching, but II
" 40 uhucTstbOu pen
alties for German failure to agree
to pay pre-war commercial debts by
August 15 were to be confined to
economic measures.
The Cologne branch of the Reichs
Bank sent an urgent call for
1000 hundred mark rotes. Its sup
plies were exhausted and trouble
was feared because of lack of money
to pay workers. Through error the
banks supplies were depleted By
payments to armies of occupation.
Aside from crisis which French
direct action, believed to involve
confiscation of German properties
sequestered In France, will bring
on. the government tonight faced
fresh trouble in Bavaria. whore Pre-,
mier Lerchenfeli's cabinet still hes
itated to ayop- complete allegiance
TO the republic.
The mark exhi5ited q stronger
tesds ncy today. being aa.ied at 40
to the dollar.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06

This is the first and final reduction of
summer suits from our regular stock,
priced for the purpose of quick clearance
at less than cost. All are suits that will
Naturally men wait for this sale, and as
the quantity is limited to 465 suits it is
evident that you'll have to get busy if
you want to get bargain!
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
Peeress to Hunt in Canada,

NEW YORK. Aug. 5.-Lady Yule
one of Englsnd's best known sports.
women. is in United States to hunt
big game in Alaska.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
Luncheons for Pupils.

ST. LOUIS. Aug 5.-serying of 5
and 1o-cent plate luncheons will be
started by the public schools In
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
FRANCE EXACTS
STERN FORFEIT
FROM GERMANY

Continued From PAGE One.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
PROHIBITION FILES
ROBBED; FOUR MEN
TAKEN IN CUSTODY

Continued From Pare Que.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-06
RAIL UNION HEADS
STANDING FIRM IN
TALK WITH HARDING

Continued From Page Que.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
CARD OF THANKS.

We hereby wish to express our most heartfelt thanks to friends and relatives for sympathy shown us dur ing the illness and death of our be- loved wife and daughter. Mrs. Anna Bessie Williams. Also for beautiful floral tributes.
 NEWTON WILLIAMS.
 MRS. LENA DIETRICH.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
LISTENS ID RADIO
 AS SURGEONS WORK
Spinal AnaeSthesia Used While Two Operations Are Performed

Philadelphia, June 1.-Two recent inventions, one surgical and tho oth- CT electrical. enabled a girl at Sa- maritan hospital to undergo two dan gerous operations and remain smiling throughout
 One was method of spinal anaes- thesia, which numbed the girls body from her shoulders downward, mak- ing her oblivious to physical agony The other was the radiophone, through which she heard Mccormack, Paderewski and other artists.
 The experiment was conducted by Dr. John Howard Prick, in an effort to alleviate the mental torture which his patient, a naturally nervous per son, would ordinarily have had to endure under the knife.
 During the first operation, for ap- pendicitis. the girl remained obvious of the surgeons. The radio receiver strapped over her cars her only com fectly" the strains of music coming through space.
 The second operation was for the removal of Rallstones. Through 1t the patient entertained the nurses with laughing comment on the good ex- ecution" of the artist who was trans hitting Chopin for her. She even offered occasional criticisms when, she said, the pedaling was at fault
 She was on the operating table 45 minutes. Her pulse remained con- stant throughout, Dr, Prick asserted at the end of the experiment.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
WALL STREET STOCK
 EXCHANGE REPORTS
Following quotations furnished b Putnam & Co.,:


 lo;3o |. m.--Renewed covering of short contracts WIS prompted at the opening os. today's stock market in the unexpected reduction Of the Bank Of England discount rAts. Stakeholder was again the most conspicuous fea. ture. three thousand shares changing hands at m extreme advance Of one point. Mexican Petrolun, Coca Cola, Mack trucks and several Of the junior rails. including New York. Chicago and St. Louis and Peoria and Eastern also strengthened. Mercantile Marine preferred was the only weak issue, making further decline of 1-4 points on the uhfAvorable outlook for the shipping trade.-
 Noon.--Oils and some Of the trac. tiohs ana utilities retained the bet. ter part Of their early gains. In ac. tive specialties, such As American Whiting Paper preferred. American Agricultural Chemical and General Cigar also strengthened. Selling of shippings continued, however, later extending to equipments motor spe. cialties and miscellaneous shares. Mercantile Marine preferred. lost al. most three points and the common l S-4 points. Rails held firm on moder- ate trading. St. Louis and San Fran cisco preferred, Atchison and Rutland preferred gaining 1 to 11s points Be fore noon the market became unset tied On heavy selling of Mexican Pc. troleum and Studebaker. Call money AAApAd At AL rn. .>~%
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
BIG FIRE IN so. NORWALK
Loss Is Estimated At Between s50.. 900 And $75,0O0 When Meek CT Foundry Company Burns.

South Norwalk, June 15.-Damare of between $5o,ooo and s75.ooo was done by an early morning fire which completely destroyed the Meeker foundry in this city, and the cause Of which has not been ascertained Five buildings, one of which housed valu- able molds and patterns constituted the foundry holdings and were de- stroyed. It Is believed the fire started 4 in the moulding room. Lack of hose and poor water supply hampered the firemen. Four firemen were injured by falling walls, but none seriously hurt. They were buried beneath the debris, but were rescued by their com. pantons and resumed their work The loss is covered by insurance. The plant, which started in 1887, will he rebuilt immediately, it was stated to. day by Edward S. Meeker, the prin- cipal stock holder.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
City Items

A surprise party was tendered Mrs Elizabeth saunnson at the home of Mrs. Carl Berg of 1s Rhodes street Monday evening, in honor of Mrs sanunnson's b7th birthday, A must. cal program was rendered and re- treatments were served.
 Chamberlain Council. Jr. 0. U. A. N. will decorate thA sravcc of their deceased members on Sunday, June 18th. Members arc asked to brint flowers to Jr. 0. U. A. Nj. clubroomt before 9 o'clock next Sunday.
 daughter was born today at the New Britain General hospital to Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Bergeson of n East Main street, rlainville.
 The St. Mary's girls baseball team will meet At 6:45 o'clock to- night at the playsrounds for prac- tice. All members of last years team and candidates are requested to be on hand this evening.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
McGOLDRICK-COD Pretty Wedding Solemnized at St. Jo-
 eebh's Church.

A pretty wedding was solem1ized yesterday morning at 10 o'clock in St. Joseph's church, when Miss Mary E. Cody of 222 kensington avenue be- came the bride of George T. McGold- rick of s1 North First street. Meriden The nuptial knot was tied by Rev. J Leo Sullivan The attendants were Miss Margaret Mcintyre, cousin of the bride, and James M. McGodrick, of Meriden, a cousin of the groom.
 The brides gown was of gray crepe romaine with a hat to match. She carried a corsage of bridal roses. Miss Mcintyre wore dress of tangerine canton crepe, blue taffeta hat, and a corsage of ophelia roses. Following a reception. the couple left on a we'd ding trip to Canton. o. Mir McGold- rick is employed at Landers, Frary & Clark company. The bride was for merly employed in the office of the internal revenue collector at Hart ford
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
SIXTY YOUNGSTERS
 MEET IN CHURCH
Recits Sing, Fish, Eat Ice Cream
 and Celebrate

About 90 happy younksters, all un. der four yeArt of age. some of them As much AA three and q half yesry under, held . meeting at the FirSt Congregational church yesterday. Al. ter their. meeting they went fishine and . history of the fishing trip say, the pond of real water was depleted entirely before the juvenile fishermen n and fisherwornen were through.
 Program By Older Members.
 During the course of the meetins Miss Virginia Gibboney. daughter of MT. and Mrs Morton H. Gibboney and Miss Evelyn seibert, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Arthur seibert, sang . duet. Compared to the rest Of the party. these young ladies are quite grown up. each one being IS much as four years old.
 Miss Grace Vivian Holstein. daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs. Edward Hol- stein, who has just passed her third birthday anniversary. recited.
 Regular IxaAk Walton Style.
 large tank. placed in the center of the chapel and filled with real wa ter, was used as fish pond and the tiny tots ished Artificial fish, ducks and much enjoyment out Of the water.
 A collection taken among the youngsters produced sum from their own personal savings Of close to $1oo and all indications are that 1t will exceed the $1oo at the final count.
 Brought Their Mothers.
 Some Of the youngsters took their parents Along. most Of them at least brought their mothers, while a few had invited other adult friends. Rev. Henry W. Maier was guest of hon. or. Ice cream was a popular feature of tho program.
 The occasion was the annual cradle roll party and was under the direc- ton Of Miss Mary whittlesey, super Of the department. These children save their pennies and ev- cry year about this time they hold their meeting in the chapel where the years savings are turned over to the church treasury. Last year the total sum was $1oo. This year 1t is ex- pected to go beyond that.
 There are 236 members of this de- pArtment, said to be the largest Sum- day school cradle roll in the state of
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. George F. Bancroft.

Mrs. Henrietta Jane Bancroft, utd- ow of the late George E. Bancroft of Al Pennington avenue. Bristol. died yesterday afternoon after a prolonged illness. She was 72 years of age and | native of this city. Funeral serv- ices were held from the late home this afternoon at ? o'clock and burial was in west cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
MAYOR PA0NESSA IS
 STILL UNDECIDED
Fire Board Muddle Is Not Yet
 Smoothed Out by His Honor

| With Mayor A. M. Paoflessa assert. ing that he has not yet made up hii mind whether or not to request the resignAtions Of Chairman John R Keevers and Commissioner John Rogers of the board of fire comnais. sicners, prominent republicans and democrats alike today summed up the fire board nhuddle as follows: Either Mayor Paonessa must allow an opin. ion to prevail that he had part in the displacement of ex-Chairman Hjerpe by Chairman Keevers; or he must assert himself and by requiring both Keevers and Rogers to leave the board, prove that the tactics alleged to have been employed do not meet with his approval.
 Mayor Paonessa declined to con- ment upon the situation today other than to state that he has not decided upon what action to take.
 Following publication in Tuesday evenings Herald of the objections voiced by many that there is too much Smith" in city governmental matters, the connection of even more members of Smith family, either re- lated by blood or marriage, than was first reported, has become apparent. The objection of many is that Demo- cratic Registrar of Voters T. J. Smith, who started the present mayor in politics, was being rewarded too free fly with the placing of his relatives and friends in city commissions.
 Included are the following:
 T. J. Smith, democratic registrar 4 voters.
 John keevere brother-in.law of MT Smith, chairman of the board of fire commissioners.
 Capt. Michael Butler of the fire de- pArtn, >nt, cousin of MT. Smith, re- ported possible candidate for position of "drtismAster and inspector" under Keevers' two platoon plan.
 Rober Grace, brother-in-law of Mir. Smith. mentioned for sealer of weights ant measures.
 James P. Niniry. secretary to the mayor. dist;.ntly related to MT. Smith.
 Chairman Edward A. Mccarthy of the board of assessors related through marriage to N!r. Smith.
 John Butlar, reported several weeks ago as slated for place on board Of finance and taxation, cousin of MT. "~1ith He was not appointed.
 f. ! s.nith, most prominently mentioned candidate for superintend. ent of charities, related to Mr. T. J. Smith. He was not.
 F. Howard Smith, councilman from the fifth ward, a son of P. w. Smith and related to the democratic regis. trar.
 Joseph M. o'Bren who was once mentioned to succeed George H. Johnson as secretary of the board Of public works, dista1tly related.
 John F kiniry, nominee Of the democratic party for comptroller, a distant relative of Mr. Smith.
 Mercy Borlen, nominee of demo- cratic party for city treasurer. said by friends of Mir. Smith to be distAntly related to the democratic registrar.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
WHISKEY STARTS RIOT
Fight On Steamer Between 4OO Ex- cursioG.istS Results in Ono Death and Score Injured.

Washington. J une 15.-pispute over a quart Of whiskey was said to have started the riot on a steamer plying between Washington and a Po- tomac river resort last night in which zoo excursionists took part, one man waA Killed and a score injured, one probably fatally, before the disorder ended, when one of the contendinC factions left the vessel at Alexandria, Va.
 Pop bottles ana knives inflicted most Of the injuries. A number of arrests were made by police who met the steamer on its return here and also at Alexandria.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
MUST KEEP OFF STREETS
Troops Enforcing Drastic Orders Il
 Pawtuxet Strike District

Providence, June IS. = National guard troops on strike duty in Paw tuxet Valley villages where several textile mills have re-opened, today put into effect rule under which all per. sons except mill employees are forbid. den the use of the streets between the hours of six and seven in the morning.
 The rule, it was said, was designed to prevent strike synpathizers from interfering with those going to work in the mills.
 The streets In the vicinity of the mills this morning were deserted ex. cept for what workers went to the plants and for the heavy details of troops patrolling the district.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
GIRLS' SUMMER GROUNDS
New Britain and Hartford Scouts Will Join In Having Recreation Center At NewtnEton-Office to Close.

Owing to the fact that the ofiice of the New BntAin Girl Scouts will be closAd after July. Mrs. Leon sprAgue, scout commissioner, has se- cured, through the kindness of the Hartford commissioner the privilege of using their recreation grounds in Newington.
 Mrs. P. GArvan has allowed the use ot her country estate to the New Bri.- ain and Hartford girls for each wed. nesday from 10 o'clock in the morn. ing until o'clock at night. An ex- pert supervisor will be in charge to teach swimming, rowing, baseball basketball and other games. The girls will be asked to register with the supervisor upon entering the grounds.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-15
(Putaan1 < Co.)

NEW YORK CLEARING HOUSE REPORT Exchanges ............ $40, 900 900
 Balances ............... S2,700, 900