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New Britain herald., 1923-09-12
WEBSTER STREET
 HEARING TONIGHT
Residents Seeking to Have Why
 Accepted by the Town
LEGI0NNAIRES ARE BUSY
Swell Relief Fund Woman's Federation Supper Democrats to Caucus Monday night -operated on at Hospital.

The town plan commission will hold hearing this evening at s o'clock in the Town hall for the residents Of Webster street who have circulated a petition and submitted II 10 the town officials. asking that the street be ac- cepted as a thoronghfare by the town. The commission. will discuss street lines. curb lines. building lines and grading.
 Webster streets runs from Broad to Washington street and will open mp a new avenue to Bristol for residents in that section. II has been in use for some time and the residents feel that the future work on it should he un- dertaken by the town. Al one point H Is very narrow but for the most part It's width measures about a feet. The official width is 50 feet. Ii is expected that large number Of the residents will he present at the hear ing to air their views on the subject and members of the town plan com mission stated today that they view the petition with favor.
 Legion Preparations
 The committee of Brock Barnes post. American Legion. planning for the Plainville representation in the state convention parade in New Britain Saturday. is stirring up inter- est in the event. Judging from tho response accorded their solicitations. Plainville will have a large turnout. A circular letter.is being mailed to 150 men who saw service in the late war and an appeal is made to have them attend.
 Stress is laid on the fact that all even if they are not con- nected with the Legion post. are in- vited to turn out. Plans have been made to have an honor guard of sail ors to escort the flag. The letter being sent out today reads as follows:
 Brush up the old uniform. polish up the medals and get the spirals ready. If you were gob' break out the dress blues and leggins and practice up on your best sea stride. "A Hi Yu time is coming and every he man should be there. Big parade, eats and renewal of old ac- ,uaintances Your 'buddies' from all over the s,are will be there and when the roll is called we want to hear your he yui,'
 "The state department of the Am ,rican Legion ends it's annual con- ! rention Saturday, September Is. NAnd isten Buddy this big, time is in New Britain and there will be free trans- ,ortation for all. No excuses If you Ire A. W. O. l.. it will mean a week ,n the wood pile.
 When we do an eyes right who To you suppose you will see in the eviewing stand giving you the once ver'? None other than our old buddy Major General Edwards. We gather in front of the Legion ooms on Whiting street at ? p. m. leaving for New Britain in automobiles. Do not forget the time, he place and date.
 This is not a legion affair but for Il service men. Show your old stuff and let us ] how New Britain and our out of : own 'buddies' that we are still going. "See you Saturday,
 HARRY FISHER,
 FRANK HE vASSEUR,
 CECIL BEDFORD,
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12
Iienis of Interest

MT. and Mrs. R. F. Tryon and son are at the Methodist camp grounds Tor two weeks.
 MrA. Alice steed and Elizabeth Hutchinson are in Chicago visiting their brother. Norman Hutchinson.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12

Mir. and Mrs. A. F. Wright of ii Washington street left Monday morn. ing for Colorado where they will spend the next few months visiting Mir. Wright's sister in Denver. They will visit Colorado Springs, Cripple Creek and other points of interest in the state.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12

of the Home Wet Wash Laundry Co,
 of New Britain. Before her marriage Mrs. Fitzgerald was employed in the office of the Berlin Construction Co.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-12

Relief Fund Growing
 The Japanese relief fund is rapidly growing within the past few days. Several contributions yesterday swelled the total from $100 to $153, and promises from several have been made to assure the Red Cross com mittee that the fund will reach into several hundreds before the campaign is finished The fact that the na- tional body of the Red Cross has dis covered that the situation in Japan will call for more relief than was at first thought, has stirred Plainville residents to greater deeds. The same spirit of cooperation is being shown | now as was shown during the World | war when Plainville ranked high | with the other towns of the country l in aiding the Red Cross. Additional | contributions may be given to the | members of the local committee. Donations received yesterday are as follows Swedish Congregational Young Peoples society s10, Mrs. Martha Brastow s10, Rev. John E. Fay s5. C. R. sherman s5. R. l.. Sey- mour s5 and William J. Johnson and family SS.
 Woman's Federation Supper
 The Woman's Federation of the Congregational church will hold church supper in the church parlors tomorrow evening at 6:30 o'clock. The society will have as its guests the boys and girls of the parish who are leaving to intend school A large numher ie planning to attend in a
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16

Hart Fenn, now congressman, Jo- seph w. Alsop now a public utilities commissioner Arthur W. Marsden, who is still in the general assembly, Frank c. Woodruff, Charles W. Barnum and John. c. Brinsmade of Washington, Dennis A. Blakeslee was ieutenant-governor and Lyman A. Tingier, later lieutenant governor, was democratic Header in the house and Fred A. Scott was speaker.
 The general assembly of 1911 was regarded as one of the most interest ing of any ever held. It was the last one to sit without a definite time for adjournment which was not taken until September 26, a record date. Mr. Mahan was an outstanding figure in the session and participated in many vigorous debates usually with Senator Judson leading the republican side It was also session in which there was much social courtesy when political lineups were forgotten.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16

1 ter of the city is an old idea, he said.
 Tn adopting changes along these lines
 New England is "fcarfully conserva- 1 tive" the speaker told his listeners. Traffic problems must also be con- i sidered. The need for more and for
 wider streets must be given consider ation in zOning a city.
 Some Observations.
 In an observation tour of the city this afternoon. Mir Shurtleff notices the presence of many three deckers" in congested districts and this em- phasized in his mind the need for playgrounds in the city's layout. He told of finding by one student of ju- Venile delinquency which proved that 45 per cent Of the juvenile lelin- queney comes from the districts in which the children have little. or no opportunity for organized play in playground systems.
 The things that zoning tends to keep out of residential sections are commercial garages, junk yards, Corpses Of automobiles that have been laid but not buried in vacant lots, coal yards, three and four deck" houses. and too many stores.
 Ioning keeps real estate values on a sound level. Violent fluctuations. jumps and drops are avoided, Mr. Shurtleff argued.
 From large map that hung in the council chamber the speaker selected stretch Of land in the locality of Seymour park. There is long area hn Aroil developed. This, he said. should be held for manufacturing purposes, only comparatively small band being al- lowed while to the west a residential section is advisable. In Belvidere he found three or four small stores. These. he would have remain as a hucleus of a small business district. To keep stores out of such district as BeiVidere would be unreasonable.
 Stores in Residential District At this point, the speaker stressed the Importance of having a reasonable lonlng ordinance. If people are not furnished with a neighborhood store within reasonable reach the courts are likely to frown on the ordinance, he warned.
 But on the other hand. a store is likely to do harm to itself in a resi- dential district as well as it is to do harm in the district. It mars the beauty Of the district. Had it been placed where there are other stores and where people naturally go when seeking the commodities offered. it's profits would probably he greater.
 Unless there are restrictive ordi- nances, it is possible for some light manufacturing company that trucks its goods to points Of shipment to leave the area served by railroad tracks and locate in the city's most beautiful residential sections, pro- vided the land can be bought. he pointed out. He has found no in- stances of this in New Britain, but he cited the possibility that ever ex- ists when the city is not zoned.
 New Britain, he felt, should have
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16

andeimmediately took mp the practice of law in this vicinity.
 MT. Mahan has always taken an &C., tive part in local and state politics having been one of the leaders of the democratic party in the state for many years. He was elected a rep resentative to the general assmbly from this city in the session of 1882 and 1883 and was member of the state senate in the session of 1911- 1912 In the senate he was mem Der of the important judiciary com mittee and also of the committee on rules and was largely instrumental during the session in securing the passage of a bill by which the state appropriated s1.0OO,OOO for develop ment of the harbor of New London.
 Mir. Mahan was elected from the second Connecticut district as mem Der of congress on the democratic. ticket and served in the 63rd congress during the two-year term from 1913- 15. He was first appointed postmas- ter by President Wilson and was re- appointed for a second term, which would have expired in about year.
 Besides his service as mayor of the city MT. Mahan had been prescott ing attorney of the city during the early years of his political career and had also held other local offices.
 Mir. Mahan is survived by his wife and seven children.
 The death of Mr Mahan calls at- tention to the senate of 1911 of which he was not only a member but as democratic leader notable figure. Other members of it whom death has removed were Stiles Judson of Strat- ford, Edward w. Hooker. c, ord, Amos Dickerman of ven, John F. Shanley of New ! wis A. Platt of Waterbury g H. Lounsbury of Seymour. m- bers who have been polit., t,. nrC.li- nent in the intervening y. were Jeremiah Donovan of Norwalk, Archi- bald McNeil, Jr.. of Bridgeport, Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford. E.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16

an industrial zone. This should be kept along the railroad line.
 The business district of this city is HOW well defined, but provision should be made for expansion along the cen tral streets.
 Residential. Districts
 In considering the residential sec ton problem question arises: Whether it is advisable to have one residential district for one and two family houses and apartments, or have one district for one and two family houses and one for apartments. it can get the approval of the courts. He urged that the judges of supreme court be consulted in this matter, al- though he advised that if it was in- cluded and found unconstitutional, the ordinance could be so worded that this fact would not render the entire ordinance unconstitutional.
 If it is not possible to get the or dinance through as desired. the city can pass d rule that in certain sec tions only a certain percentage of the lot can be occupied by building. This brings about the same result, New York city.
 There is no fear. he assured, that d law will be passed which will place an ironclad restriction on the city and prevent expansion. An amendment can be made at any time. Amend ments are not made too easy, because opposition by 20 per cent of the land owners will prevent a change unless the council unanimously, or by four fifths vote, the mode to be decided by the city, votes to pass the amendment.
 Three Ways to Zone.
 There are three ways to zone a city, the speaker pointed out. com mission can be appointed to prepare an ordinance and this commission can hire any one of about 10 zoning experts now operating in various parts of the country. This method would cost from s6,000 to sS,o00, though it probably could be done for less than s7,50O. The first thing to do would be to get three maps of the city. On the first, the density of population would be fixed; on the second the uses of buildings in diff ferent districts would be chartcd, and on the third land values Would be recorded. The data now in the as- sessor's office and the office Of the city engineer could be advantageous ly utilized,
 A second plan would be to have the city engineer do the work. Be cause of the abundance of data on hand here the work would be com paratively easy, the only expense be- ing that of additional draftsmen and incidentals.
 A third plan would be to have the city engineer work in. conjunction with anaeNpert who could be a zoner or combination Of a zoner and an attorney.
 The assessors office could furnish all the data for the use" and land
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16

value maps and the population fig ures would probably be available in some other office, he felt sure.
 With all this material available, Mir Shurtleff felt it would be shame not to kill two birds with one stone by zoning now
 With a -city properly zoned, it is possible for school committees, city engineers. manufacturers, public util- ities and city departments to know just what recommendation as to eX- it possible to look into the future and provides a definiteness that it is not possible to attain otherwise,
 Noning, the speaker said, makes a city attractive. He pointed out that the fundamental object that brings a man to city iss to make a living; there is manufacturing in New Brit ain, but there Is also manufacturing elsewhere. and all other things being equal a man is going where he can have surroundings that are pleasing to the eye, where his children can be educated in schools that not only have good teachers. but which are properly housed. If zoned. New Brit ain will not become beautiful over night but beauty will grow with zon- ing, he assured.
 In closing his remarks, the speaker said he was convinced that many in this city are sold" on the idea of zoning and he expressed hope that the city will proceed.
 Mayor A. NJ. Paonessa who had in- troduced the speaker. thanked him at the close of his talk. The mayor assured him that the city was pro- gressive and had gone into the Zoning question in a serious vein of mind and that he too hoped that .zoning would be adopted very soon.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16
MUST CLOSE SALOONS
Philadelphia Property Owners Order ed To Dust Saloonkeeper Tenants or Suffer Under Paddock Law.

Philadelphia, Nov. 16.-Encourage ged by their victories in having several up- state saloons ''padlocked" for one year and in obtaining temporary re- straining orders against four Phila- dclphia saloonkecpers federal author ities today aimed a new blow against retail liquor dealers.
 Federal Attorney George w. Coles announced that he had sent notices to 70 owners of property being used as saloons that they must abate the saloon nuisance" by ridding them selves of the present tenants within 30 days or face paddock" proceed ings.
 This new method" said MT. Coles, has been adopted not only to give the property owners a chance, but also to make our case against all defend ants that much stronger when such saloons are brought into court on in- junction proceedings"
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16
SHURTLEFF TALKS
 ON CITY zONING
Expert Gives Views as Applied to
 New Britain
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Flaviel Shurtlcff, secretary of the national zoning commission, told a gathering of interested citizens in the common council chamber last night that calculated on the theory of decreasing percentages, New Brit aims population in 1850 will be 100,- 900 and the school population will be 17,000, and he advised that with the ultimate adoption of zoning here that year and those increases in popu- lation be kept in mind.
 He advised the gathering that this city is in a much better position to adopt Zoning than n majority Of the cities of the country by reason of the fact that the assessors office is now in possession of an abundance of data that is necessary in the prepa ration of q zoning ordinance. and because the city has not yet suffered greatly from the difficulties that zoning is calculated to overcome. These prob lems arise, he said. while the city is passing from one of 6O,OO0 popula- tion to one of 100000 population.
 The very first considerable in zon- ing, the speaker said, is to guess. as shrewdly as possible, what the popu- lation will be at some future time. He pointed out that New Britain was city Of 4S,OOO in 1910 and is now a community of 59,000 inhabitants.
 Increase by Momentum.
 He said the period has passed when the population increase comes hard and that increase will now be carried on by momentum, and that a one- third increase can be reasonably ex- pected each 10 years. Figured on this basis, MT Shurtleff estimated that in l950 the population will be 100000 and the school population, TOW about 10000, will be approxi- mately I7,000,
 One Of the greatest errors that New Britain and other New England communities make is providing too little land when school buildings are erected. and also locating the school buildings in the center of the city when they should be on the outskirts. This IS particularly true of senior and Junior high schools. He cited an in- stance in Flint, Michigan, where the high school was built on a 40 acre tract of land in the outskirts of the city Spacious playgrounds and a. football field was made possible and there is a forest for experimental pur- poses, should one be desires The be- lief that schools should be fn the cen-
New Britain herald., 1923-11-16
B.F. MAHAN, FORMER
 CONGRESSMAN, DIES.
Prominent Politician Also Was
 Ex.Mayor of New London


 New London, Nov. 16.-Bryan F. Mahan, postmaster of this city, for mer congressman and one of the best known residents of eastern Connecti- cut died here early today following an illness of many months duration. Besides serving his last year of his second term as postmaster of this city and his service in congress, MT. Mahan has been a member of the state legislature having served in the house and senate, and was mayor Of this city for two terms. He was 67 years old.
 Health Had Been Failing
 Mr Mahan's health has been fail ing for the past two years and he had frequently found it necessary to give up his duties as postmaster tenn porarily on this account. He was taken to the Lawrence and Memorial Associated hospital during the latter part of October for treatment but failed to respond.
 Mir. Mahan was born in this city on May l, 1856. the son of, Andrew and Dora Dougherty Mahan. He at tended the public schools of this city and graduated from the Bartlett high school.
 After leaving school he studied law in the office of Judge Ralph Wheeler who later was a member of the su- preme court of the state. In 1881 Mir. Mahan took his degree of bache- Tor of laws at the Albany law school
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-17
La veridica historic de Pancho Villa

middleton De Ia fatalidad. De la ca
sualidad. Del infortunio
La poiicia no pudo rrenderle. Mejor,
70 quiso prenderle. En- Canadian viva
Pablo Valenzuela, TN viejo amigo uel
padre va muerto de Arrange, Ia l.
Huencia de valenzue.a salvo al nifio de
Ia carcel.
Valenzuela quiso que Sc disipara e,
dolor de aquel drama, inici6 Doro
teo en- ell corte y acarreo de lena
Despues de cortar lena todo Ell dla,
Doroteo amasaba en- las noches las tor
tillas que Sill madre echaria veade.
ria a la mafiana siguiente.
Doroteo era Ell mayor de los hernia
nos y va aspiraba convertirse en- 81
amo de la casa
-Quiero-le dijo un dia a don fabla
-aprender sumar.
-Pues observa---le respondi6 vael-
2uela--esas tablas con bolitas lo les
chino,
En- Canadian unos chinos expenaiI|
pan. Sobre Ell mostrador mugroso sc al
2aba una caprichosa pizarra crp2asla
.por tiras de MADEIRA por las que su
sve2 corrian unas belitas de gonna. Cada
bolita signifcaba una cifra. Los as&
t-cos tenian en- tales artefactos su ma
quina registradora.
Villa Sc resolvio aprender sumar
en- la maquina de los asiaticcs.
(continraral.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-17
NINA DEsAPAREcIDA

Nos informa la Sra. Encarnacion
Brenes, residente en- la Gale de San Sc
bastian, ntlnero SO, de esta Capital,
que en- la mafana de aver desapareci6
de su casa una hija suya, ignorandose
hasta ahora su paradero.
La nina desapareeida responde al
nonbrc de Lucia Montilla, hija de Jo-
Sc Montila de Encarnaci6n Brenes,
triguefia,. pelo castafio, y como de 12
13 aiios de edad. Viva con su ma
Dire en- la calle y. casa citadas.
Sc ruega quienes tengan noticias
de Ia nina desaparecida que informen
al Quartet oe Ia Policfa de San Jtlan,
Ia Sra. Encarnaci6n Brenes en- la
direction antes citada.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-17
FLORES NATURALEs

lQuiere I'd. conseguir Hermosos
Bouquets7 Bonitas Coronas otros
trabajos artisticos en- flores natura-
les Lame al telefono 800 Santurce,
(Stop 80, Martin Peiia) serA aten-
lido Dor In Sra. ISABEL PARSf
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-17
LA. coRTE DE RIO PIEDRAs RE
sUELvE. QUE sELE ENTREGUE, A u.
JOSE SILVA, SIS BoTELLAs DE
BEBIDAS FINAS

Aver Sc VIC ante e. cdez de Ia Cor
te Municipal de Rio Piedras, Lcdo
Tiaz Viera, quien actua interinamente
en sustitucion del Juez Marchand, Ell
case de don Jose Silva quien Ia
detective lie ocupo en- su residencia de
Hato Rey, 43 botellas de brandy, Is
&c vermouth de wiskey.
Como recordaran nuestros lectores ia
casa del Sr. Silva fue allanada haec
algunas semanas por los detectives Al
varado Lopez, quienes haliaron la
leferida bebida denunciando su due
no por violar la ley de la Prohibition.
Ell juez Diaz Viera despues dc oir las
ieclaraciones de los detectives y demas
autoridades que cooperaron en- la con-
fsca de los liccres, asi como al abo-
gado defensor quien present6 una mo-
c;6n para que las botellas les fueran
devueltas a su cliente resolvio que la
corte no tenia jurisdiction en- dicho
case Y ordeno a la detective cue en-
tregara toda la bebida, absolviendo al
acusado.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-08-17
LA OPINION DEL sE. rrzoL


El Lcdo, Don Jose de JESUS Tizol
mienbro de Ia nlayo.ia en- ell comite
de Hacienda de la c&mars. uno de
los representatives que mas atenci6n ha
puesto al problema econ6mico de Ia IS
la, ssi como al desenvolvimiento de 10
que el llama el desarrollo de la. co,onia
en- Puerto Rico, nos expreso su opinion
contraria, en- parte, dicho proyecto
de Ley.
Aunque el sr. Tizol Sc neg6 a dar-
nos declaraciones en- reiaci6n con su
manera de pensa1 en- este asunto, pues
desea hacerlo antes de manera Official
ante Ia Camara, es 10 cierto que nos
dijo que su oposici6n consistia EN- que
el entendia que por medic ole esa le-
gislaci6n Sc derogaba la hermosisima
legislation que ell Partido Unionista hi
20 en- ell aflo 1921.
Isl nosotros aprobamos- dijo
e. sr. Tizol-ese Proyecto derogamos
toda aquella otra legis aci6n entire la
Que hay una emission de bonos por
seis milloncs de dolares para empr6sti
tos municipales. Ia cual de haberse
emitido hubiera salvado la situaci6 !
de les muuicipios sancionamos y apro-
bamos la desobediencia. del Gobernador
Reilly, Quien Sc neg6 ejecutir todas
esas leves del 1921
Ell plan oel sr. Tizol es ell de que
gravando IL propiedad, por un periodo
de dos amos, en- una decima del upo
por c!ento, Sc conseguir$n 500 mil do
lares, con los cua1es puede construiise
la Penitenciaria el Manicomio una
vez hecha la obra vender los edifcios
que Sc estan utilizando ahora y en-
prender cor ese dinero una nueva obra
asi, sucesivamente, puede hacer9e
todos los amos, sin que tengamos que
agotar Ell margen de credito compro-
meter. de pna vez, y por veinte amos
la buena fe de lei Pueblo de Puerto
Rico
Ell S.. Tizol tiene ell proposito, segdn
nos dijo. de presentar I'm Proyecto Sus-
tituto. contentivo de esas ideas, para
que en- case de que no sea aprobado,
dejar, EN- record, sus actuaciones en- e.
asunto.