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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
BODY OF MARION'S SON RECEIVED BY HOME FOLKS; BELLS TOLL OUT
Trains of Country To Stop Five
 Minutes Tomorrow

CHICAGO. Aug. 9-The West ern Railway General Managers Association announced today that all train service in the country will be suspended for five min ntes. from ? o'clock to 2;05 o'clock, Central Standard time, tomorrow afternoon out of last respect to Harding.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
CAPT. 0'BRIEN GOES SOUTH.

Capt. John A. OBrien, well known steamboat captain of the North Pa cific Coast, and who is an oldtimer on the Alaska run, passed through Juneau on the Admiral Evans en- route to Seattle He accompanied Capt. Lane, master of the Buford, as far as Cordova on that ship, taking the Evans south from there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
ARTHUR FERTE IS MUCH
 BETTER: LETTER RECEIVED

Arthur Ferte, former well known Juneau painter. who has been in the States for several years recover ing his health, writing from Ellens- burg, Wash, to l.. R. Smith says he is now in fine health. Ferte says his eyesight is the only thing that is now troubling him.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
Whitfield and Bilbo Are
 To Run Race for Governor

JACKSON, Miss. Aug. 9.--Unof- ficial returns from Tuesdays Demo- critic primaries indicated H. l.. Whitfield and former Governor Theodore q. Bilbo would enter the second primary on August 2S to de- termine the gubernatorial nomina- tion which is equivalent to cleo ton. Bilbo entered the race while serving a jail term of contempt of court.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
FALL OF MOURNING.

MARION, Ohio, Aug. g. This city today wears a pail of mourning with business houses and residences draped in black and white crepe from the roofs to the street levels.
 Last night the streets were be- ginning to seethe with persons com- ing from distant places for the fun eral of the late President to be held here tomorrow afternoon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
Plan Air Mail Service
 From Coast to Coast

MITCHELL FIELD, Aug. 1.-The five day test of 28 hour transconti- mental air mail service which the government proposes to fnaugurate betweeen New York and San Fran cisco. will be made beginning August 21 This was tho announcement to- day.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
Seattle Elks to Erect Bronze Statue of Harding

SEATTLE, Aug. 9-The Elks of Seattle will raise a fund of $25,000 to erect a bronze statue of the late President Harding on the exact spot in Woodland Park where on July 27 he gave the oath of allegiance to 50,0OO boys.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
Convicted Germans Denied
 Appeal by French Court

PARIS, Aug. 9. - The high court today rejected the appeal of Baron Krupp ,on Bohlen, head Of the krupp plant at Essen, and other directors of the Krupp Company, from sentences imposed by the French courtmart.al for alleged sab otage, fa
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
Honor Former President;
 Mountain Is Called Adams

WASHINGTON, Aug. g. The Geographic Board has official an- nounced mountain on the Alaska Canadian border Mt. Quincy Adams thus honoring former President. This was the announcement made here today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
TO PHoToeRAPH SUN ECLIPSE

ENSENADA, Lower California, Aug 9.-Astronomers from University of California will make photographs and gather observation records of the total eclipse of the sun here Sep tember 10, according to word receiv. ed from university officials at Berke- icy. Calf. Dr. William F. Meyer will head the expedition,
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
Flaherty Is Reelected
 By Knights of Columbus

MONTREAL, Aug 9-James A. Flaherty, of Philadelphia. has been unanimously pe-elected Supreme Knight by the Knights of Colambus in the annual convention in session here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-09
Claims Divorce Habit Gravely
 Menacing Life of This Nation

WINONA LAKE, Ind, Aug. 9-(By Associated Press)-Divorees are granted in America at the rate of one every four minutes throughout the year, and are more numerous here annually in proportion to total popu- lation than in any othsf country which records marriage statistics. The annual total of decrees for the AS states is in the neighborhood of 160000 and is increasing three times as fast as the population Such are the conclusions of Judge W. II. Thomas of Santa Ana, California, former associate justice of the Cali fornia District Court of Appeals, drawn from a world survey of mar riage and divorce figures in prepara- tion for an American campaign for a national code governing marital re- lations.
 Goes Far Back
 Judge Thomas survey included 54 countries, and the summary of his study, made public here. reaches back into the domestic relatiors of ancient Rome, Greece and Babylon. In his conclusions is the suggestion that our national life is seriously threatened by the present status of our family relationships. Much of our trouble, he believes, is chargeable to the chaotic state of our marriage laws, and his recommendation is a uniform law, applicable to all American terri tory, based on wisdom and experi- ence.
 "In contrast witAa6ur records, one divorce for every nine marriages Judge Thomas said, those of France and Germany, our closest competitors, dwindle into insignificance. We have only one rival, Japan Until recently that nation has been grinding out di- yorces faster than our own. Now, however, the United States Census Bureau discloses a rapidly mounting table of divorce which far outstrips the ratio of increase in population. Our rate of increase in divorces be- tween 1870 and 1917. was for the en- tire country. exactly 400 per cent" In 1S70," he said, I've had 2S divorces for every 100000 of population; in 1916 the figure was IA for each 100 900.
 Downward Procession
 "Our country heads the list among the nations of the world in this down ward procession. In 1890 there were 33,107 diyorces here; in 1916 there were 112,000. In Canada in the whole year of 1913 there were 59 divorces."
 Judge Thomas came here recently Lo present his findings to officers of the National Reform Association at .he organizations international Con ference on Christian Citizenship.
 Seventeen states in the Union fix ,O or,.ia hlo aua ho nointed ont
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New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
IREGOLA NERI, PROMINENT
 BUSINESSMAN, IS DEAD
Owner of Fruit Stores in This City and PIain,ille Victim of Heart
 Failure Following Operation

Regola Neri, prominent Main street business man, died at the Hartford hospital yesterday after noon at about o'clock of heart fail- ure. He was 45 years old. MT. Neri underwent an operation at the Hart ford institute last Saturday for gall stones and was reported as greatly improved when he was suddenly talk en with the heart attack.
 He was a member of the firm of Neri Brothers, fruit and confection- cry store owners in this city and in Plainville. He spent most of his time at the local store where he always met his customers with a congenial and happy smile.
 Besides his wife he is survived by lis mother, three brothers, one sister and six children. The children are Mrs. Thomas A. Reno, Miss Ebba Neri, a teacher at the Monroe street school, Roalo, lola, Ada and Enc all of this city.
 The funeral will be held from his late home at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and interment will be in Fairview cemetery
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
|BERLIN'S OLDEST RESIDENT
 PASSES ON AT AGE OF 96
Mrs. Betsy Priest Gould Had Been Invalid Since Breaking Her
 Hip Year Ago.

Mrs. Betsy Priest Gould, widow of
 Dr. Austin K. Gould and for the past few years known as the oldest resi-
 dent in Berlin. died at, the home of
 Mrs. c. J. Thompson in that town late last night at the age of 96 years. She
 was born in Gardner. Mass. on June Is, 1926. but spent the greater part of her life in Berlin.
 About one year ago Mrs. Gould fell on an icy sidewalk and broke her hip. She was confined at the New Britain General hospital for period of several weeks and since that time has been unable to walk.
 Upon being discharged from the hospital she went to the home of Mrs. Thompson where she has been living.
 She has outlived all of her children but is survived by one daughter-in- law, Mrs. F. L. Elton of Southington; one granddaughter, Mrs. Frank Crat- ty of Rockville: two grandsons, Harry E. Gould of Berlin and Walter Gould of New Britain.
 The funeral will be held from the B, c. Porter undertaking parlors Thursday afternoon at o'clock. Rev. s. A. Fiske, pastor of the Berlin Con- gregational church will officiate and will be in Maple cemetery, Berlin.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
BILL TO LICENSE BASEBALL
 AND FOOTBALL GAMES AFTER
 PPM. SUNDAYS IS DRAFTED
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Lash Motor Co. Auto Wrecked at Curtis St.
 Railroad Crossing

George Bayer. employed as a driver by The Lash Motor O.. had very narrow escape this morning al about 7:?0 o'clock. when large Mack truck he was driving. was struck by a west bound passenger train at the Curtis street railroad crossing Bayer saved himself by jumping. The truck which was recently purchased by John F.. Lash. president of the company. was badly wrecked. Mir. Lash placed the damage at about s5.00o.
 Tho train was travelling along at a fast clip at the time. and the auto. mobile was knocked from the crossing against the shanty used by the gate tender. doing some damage to the structure. According to Mir. Lash's version of the affair. as he learned through an investigation, the gates at the crossing have not been operated and at the time that the accident happened the crossing was unguarded.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
SEQUEL IN COURT
 TO ROW OVER BABY
George Demos Fined S25 for As.
 sault on His Wife
DISPUTE IN SANIYARIUM
Nurses Testify That Restaurant Own. CT Created Disturbance and Inter- rupted Operation When He Rushed Into Private Hospital.

Tn the case Of George Demos. charged with assaulting his wife. Laura. and Miss Marion Butler. a nurse. and with breach Of the peace. Prosecutor J. G. Woods and Defense Counsel John II. Kirkham agreed 10 submit statements to the court this morning. but after numerous con- ficts in facts had arisen, Judge George W. Klctt ordered that the ev- idencc be presented to supplement the statements. Demos was found guilty and was fined s25 and costs. Judge Kirkham announced an appeal to the superior court in bonds of si0o.
 About 10:30 o'clock. in the evening of January 10. Demos went to his home on South Main street. and found his wife, his baby. his housekeeper and numerous articles of furniture missing. He went to Mrs. Demos' sanitarium on Court street, and despite objections of his wife. took the baby and ran to the St. Clair candy kitchen on Main street. where he was placed under arrest by Po- liceman Thomas Feeney.
 lSuASNc c0y AhuSunAfQ uuCItN NHt.
 Mrs. Jennie Daly, the housekeeper, and Misses Butler and Lillian Ihle, nurses at the sanitarium, testified in of Mrs. Demos claim that her husband had punched her and knocked her to the floor twice when she attempted to restrain him from carrying off the child. This, he denied.
 Mrs. Demos said the child has been under doctors care since it's birth, eight months ago. She told her hus- band that she was going to take the ,hild to the sanitarium so that special sts might examine it. she said.
 Interrupted Operation.
 At the time when Demos made his entry into the place and caused the ,lleged disturbance there was an operation going on and every effort vas heinE made t5 preserve silence, he witnesses for the state testified.
 Patrolman Feeney told the court hat large crowd gathered after the hase through the street. He also estified as to alleged abusive lan- uage on the part of Demos.
 The defense submitted that Demos ad equal rights to the child, his only ffense being lack of judgment in sserting that right. He denied strik-
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
Germans Remain Loyal to Berlin, Saying They Prefer French Jail to Rowing to Will of In- vaders
Teutons' Spokesman Brands
 Gen. Simon's Arraign.
 ment as a Lie" and With draws From Session.

Ducsseldorf. Jan. i7. (By Associat- ed Press)-Rnhr valley coal opera tors had before them today the French ultimatum that if deliveries were not resumed this morning the military authorities would take such measures as were deemed necessary.
 The attitude Of the German mag mates. however. seemed 10 be epitom- ized in remark made by Herr Thom- as. representative Of the Stinnes' in- terests at Gelsenkirchen. He said:
 Prefer Jail To Submission. We are perfectly willing to go to jail, but under no conditions shall we resume deliveries" At the conference here yesterday between the French authorities and the operators. Gen. Simon said to the Germans:
 We have not summoned you here for discussion, but to transmit to you the orders of our government If you do not see fit to obey them you will be prosecuted before court martial, condemned and imprisoned"
 The industrial leaders filed out of the room without utterng a word but once outside of the conference hall they made no secret of their deter imitation to go to ssai rather than submit.
 Thirty-two labor leaders, represent- ing all the districts and all the trades in the Ruhr including the Catholic. socialist and communist syndicates of miners, railroadmen and steel and iron workers. were introduced. Dr. Groetzner. Prussian governor of Dues seldorf province acted as their spokes- man.
 French Blame Germany.
 Gen. Simon told the labor leaders France was the friend of the work ingman. The German government. he declared, was responsible for the re- cent events and was willing to sacri- flee the workingmen to its imperialis- tic policy. It had permitted the food stocks to become depleted and cared little whether its own nationals starv- ad or not.
 Dr. Goetzner laboring under great emotion rose and said:
 Calls Statement A Lie.
 T cannot listen to such lies, to 'uch an unjust arraignment of my government, I withdraw"
 He then left the conference.
 Gen. simon, continuing, requested he labor men to get into touch with heir comrades in the Duesseldorf and )uisberg zones, which had been un- Ter French occupation for two years nd learn how well the workingmen ad been treated.
 Experts are at work on a plan for peratng the mines with German la or and French engineers. Addition engineers have been instructed to ome from France immediately and re expected to arrive by tonight. hey number 200 men---less than one ,r every pit head in the Ruhr
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
By Using Herald" Coupon You Can Get Credit for S1-Plan to Encourage Thrift.

Are you thrifty? Have you a sav- ings account? Do you want to start an account thereby encouraging the habit of thrift which should grow upon you once the seed is planted every day and in every way? Having answered all of these questions in the affirmative, we shall now explain the reason for the above. If yoii are pessmistic individual, with no wish for a bank balance, or a bloated plu- tocrat with an old whale of savings account there is no reason for you reading further--iust glance at an- other column where VIC tell of the ac- tions of the world, or the business in the stock market and leave this to those who have not cash, but desire to have.
 Having weeded out the undesir- ables, the plutocrats and the pessi- mists,we proceed. This is Thrift Week. Of course you have read that fact somewhere else--but, keep on. The Herald" has arranged with the Bur ritt Savings Bank for n fitting ob- l
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New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
S39 Suicides Occur in
 Past Year in New York

New York, Jan. 17.-0f the S39 persons who killed themselves in New York last year. 5s6 were males and 253 were females. according to the annual report of Chief Medical Ex- aminer Norris. Married folks were in the majority. 3t5 married men and Al married women taking their own lives. Between 50 and SO years was the fatal decade for the greater num- Der of the men-134 being listed. suicide between the ages of 35 and
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
Await French Move

Essen, Jan. 17 (By the Associated | |Press)-Directors of German coal
 mines having reiterated that they would abide by the order of tho fed eral coal commissar to deliver no more fuel on the reparations account, were apparently waiting early today to see what the next of the threatened French penalties would be.
 It was suggested at French head quarters that the mine owners or their representatives might either be arrested or subjected to heavy fines.
 Other penalties said to be in pros- pect were the occupation of further territory and possibly the confiscation of the mine properties and seizure of the records.
 It is intimated that French circles in Essen are finding the situation perplexing but feel that even should the mines cease operations temporari- ly the burden of suffering would fall upon the Germans while the occup- ing forces could continue applying penalties until their demands were met.
 Meanwhile tho French authorities are taking steps to control the movc- ment Of coal and have established stations at Essen. Werden, Bottrop and Oborhausen, which will also direct the use of rob- ling stock
 Ii is considered significant that al- though announcement posted at rail- road stations in the Ruhr district tn- licatc that more than 20,0n0 rail trucks had been dispatched within 2f hours none has yet been returned. It S reported the Berlin government has that coal cars be not re- turned to the Rnhr.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
ATTACKED KLANSMAN
Daytona Man Shot by ChiCf of Police For Intcrference-Chief Himself Badly Beaten by Mob.

Daytona. Fla, Jan. 17.-Charles Pent, a former policeman, was shot through the arm by Police Chief Jo- seph Osborne last night when Pent and companion resisted arrest after disrobing two Of a band of approxi- mately 900 klansmen who were parad- ing.
 Pent and his companion, it was said, leaped from an automobile and seized the klansmen. disrobing them. The kansmen ran into the crowd that lined the streets and their identity was not disclosed.
 Chief Osborne was set upon by the crowd and beaten. The other klans- men did not cffer to help their com rades, it was said.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
Defendant Policemen Win Suit
 Based on Fiedorowicz Arrest
Action Was Brought by Husband and Wife After Missing $500, Fur Coats and Tobacco.
libnr,
Allyn l.. Brown in superior IS announced a finding in the

Allyn l.. Brown in superior
 IS announced a finding in the Anthony and Josephine Fie- doragtx ys, Sergeant George q. El- finger. Patrolmen Gustav Heilherg and Peter eabelus and ek-Patrolman Patrick Howley. Fiedorowiez sought damages Of si0.000 for the alleged unlawful seizure Of $500 in cash. two fur coats and a quantity Of cigars and cigarettes at his home. and his wife claimed si.00o damages for an alleged assault. The suits were based on alleged actions Of the four policemen during the arrest Of the plaintiffs son. Frank. on charges of assault and search Of the premises for brass knuckles. which they had information were used in fight in which he figured. Tho coats were taken to the station for an investiga- ton into their ownership. but were returned shortly afterward.
 The younger Ficdorowicz was found guilty in the local police court. Short ly afterward suit was brought by the Fiedorowicz couple against the po- licemen and poperty Of cx-Policeman Howley on South Main street was placed under attachment.
 Corporation Counsel John II. Kirk ham represented the policemen and Lawyer Robert r. Butler Of Hartford for the plaintiffs.
 Following is a memorandum of the finding handed down in the case Of the husband:
 Upon all. of the evidence in the ease I am satisfied that the defend lnts did not and that none of them ook $500 belonging to the plaintiffs.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
Matthew Hogan, Inventor
 and Politician, Is Dead

Hartford, Jan. 17-Matthew Hogan, inventor, state politician and propri- etor of one of the oldest plumbing establishments in Connecticut died carly this morning at his home here after a short illness. Mir. Hogan was born in Ireland S4 years ago and came to Hartford as a boy. He held between SO and 70 patents, and Of types of steam boilers, fire hy- drants ball cocks, flushing valves and a pneumatic press for preserving ale and beer. He was a member of the state legislature from 1905 to 1907.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
Govt. to Guarantee All
 Whiskey in Drug Stores

New York. Jan. 17.-CBy Associat- cd Press)-To protect the public from poisonous whiskey bought at drug stores on prescriptions. the govern ment has decided to bottle all bulk liquors now held in bond and to guarantee them as to proof and quail ity.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
300 Buildings Destroyed
 By Great Fire in Japan

Tokio, Jan. 17.-(By Associated Press.) - Fire at Fukuoka destroyed five hundred buildings this morning and was still burning at noon. A large number of public buildings, two the aters, the telephone exchange, and a department store were burned
 Fukuoka is acity at the mouth of the river Naka, on the Bay of Ha- kata. Its population is S2,1O6.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
BALTIMORE THREATENED
Devastating Fire Like That of 1904 Feared When HaM Million Dollar Blaze Occurs Today.

Baltimore, Jan. 17.--A repetition of the conflagration of 1904 when prac- tically the entire downtown section of this city was destroyed. was threat ened early today when two five-story brick buildings in the heart of the clothing and warehouse district were burned. The loss was estimated at s500,000.
 The fire started in a building at the corner of Lombard and Sharp streets, a short distance from the 1904 disaster. The building was occupied by the drygoods and clothing firms of the Wearwell Pants Co.,, Furst Bros. and the Hopkins Army and Navy Co., Famed by high wind. the blaze spread to an adjacent building occu- pied by the Joyner-Witz Co.,, manu- facturers of hats.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
COURT ANNULS MARRIAGE
Ties That Bound Norman r. Bacon and Ethel Lockery Bacon Arc LoOsed By Judge w. M. Maltbic.

Judge William M. Maltbe in su- perior court has annulled the mar riage of Norman r. Bacon and Ethel Lockery Bacon, both of this city. and in his decision finds that Bacon's de- nial of parental relationship to the young woman's baby is founded on fact
 The matter came before the su- perior court on Bacons suit for an- nulment. brought by Judge George w. Klett. The young woman was repre- scented by Judge w. r. Mangan.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
s4TH ANNIVERSARY

The 34th anniversary of the open ing Of a Salvation army barracks in New Britain will be celebrated here Friday evening. Staff Captain Tom Of Boston will have charge Of the exercises. An orchestra from Hartford will be present and will furnish music.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
NEW LONDON GIRL MISSING
Miss Claire Rogers, IS, Columbia Stu dent, Strangely Disappears in New York City.

New York, Jan. 17.--Police have been asked to look for Miss Claire Rogers, s year old student at Col umbia university, who has been miss ing since Monday night. Miss Rogers cousin of Eugene O'Neill, the play wright. came to New York last fall after graduating from her school in Her home city. New London, Conn. She was last seen about o'clock Monday evening when she parted from two fellow students at Broad way and 116th street.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
Babe Ruth Undergoes
 Operation in New York

New York, Jan. 17.--Babe Ruth ltn- derwent an operation for removal of g small ulcer from his left forearm at St. Vincent's hospital today. He appeared unexpectedly in New York from his farm at { Sudbury, Mass, shortly after midnight and went at once to the hospital. He went to a hotel after the operation.