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New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
STATE COMMERCE CHAMBER
Local Delegates Leave Tomorrow Banquet at Hotel Bond Thursday Evening-ScsstOns last Two Days.

The annual meeting of the Con necticut Chamber of Commerce will be held at the hotel Bond in Hartford tomorrow and Thursday. Delegates from New Britain are, l.. W. Young, Fred o. Rackiffe, R. r. Gaffney, w. c. Hungerford. Dr. F. P. Lee, s. M. Davidson and Curtis l.. Sheldon. AL ternates are A. s. Jourdon, E. M. Hayden, C. l.. Pierce, Dugald Nc Milan, Joseph NJ. Halloran, Abraham Buol, Harry G. Hancock and C. W. Buckey. John C. T.oomis, president and Mary F. Curtin. secretary will be present also.
 At the banquet Thursday evening Leon A. Sprague and E. C. Goodwin will be in attendance.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
Templeton Gets Another Slap as
 House Ouer-Rides 2 More Netoes
Allies Demand
 China Protect
 Railroad Lines

Washington. May i5.-A do- mand that the Chinese govern mont take immediate steps to guard the principal government railways. especially the Ticn Tsin- -Pulsow and the peking- innkow lines, has been made hy the diplomatic corps In Pes king.
 A commission of foreign mili- tary officers has been created to further protect life and prop orty. The commission will in- vestigate measures taken by the Picking government 10 protect the Chinese railways from n re- currencs of outrares similar to that at Linchcng.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
Veteran Clerk Appointed
 Treasury Dept. Official

Washington, May 15.-Willis J. Fowler who entered the government service from Fort Wayne, Ind, in 1886 as 5000 a year clerk today was appointed first deputy comptrol- Ter of the currency and Joseph W. Mcintosh, formerly of Chicago and now director of finance of the emer- gency fleet corporation was named deputy comptroller in charge Of agri- credit corporations.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
HANNA BLOCK SOLD?
s. w. Menus Said tO Have Sold Main Street Property to PhotOg- rapher-Deal Not Confirmed.

It was said in real estate circles to- day that Charles Giedraitis, Beaver street photographer, has secured an option on Hanna's block at 4So 10 40 Main street, near the Palace the atcr, from s. w. Menus. it's present owner. Mir. Giedraitis could not be reached to confirm the report. but MT. Menus told a representative of the Herald" that q transfer might be made about the first of June. AL though the price involved is not known, it is rumored that the prop erty would sell for s115,000. Menus is said to have bought it for sSo.o0o.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
By rhe Assceiated PreEs.

By The Associated Press.
 Shanghai, May 15.--UnIess the for clgn diplomatic representatives in China guarantee by tonight that the Chinese government will carry out all the terms fixed by the Chinese bandits in the Shantllng hills the foreigners held captive will all be killed, Father William Ienfers, an aged rf1est, who conferred with the bandit chicttaln sunday, reported to the American consul at Lincheng today.
 Time Is Extended
 Father l.enfers described the chief tain, called Wang. as "a young man, clean, well dressed, wearing eye gla asses.' The priest persuaded Wang to extend for one day the limit of his lltimatum which had been fixed at two days from Sunday. Wang told him that the pledges of Chinese off, cials meant nothing to the bandits and hence the word of the foreign dip lornats must be given.
 Letter is Presented
 Commander Wang drafted his terms which did not demand money but re- Quired that the Peking government restore all the bandits to the status Of regular soldiers, with d pledge tha they would suffer no reprisals-and Father Lenfers arriving In Linchens after innumerable hardships present l ed Wang's letter to the American con su today.
 The priest said the leader of the . outlaws, quiet toned, cordial. friend t,, .u,, la %l,, possible failure of the Chinese gov ornment and the foreign ministers to do his bidding:
 Will Carry Out Threat
 Do not deceive yourself or believe me soft What I threaten l will car ry out exactly as I promise. You are q missionary and you know that what l say it true"
 Vivid Tale of Conditions
 Immediately after reporting to the ; the priest dispatched letter 10 Max Friedman, brother of Leon Friedman, one of the captives. The letter, which was delivered to the As ; sociated Press in Shanghai today gives Il vivid picture of the priests inter- ( view with the leader of the outlaws. T slept well in the bandit village" he wrote. Ut was nine when mes senger came telling me that the sec ,nd in command was coming. He ar rived with an armed guard of three files and about 20 drawn Mauser pis- ' ols. He ordered me to march with lim. We went over the mountain
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New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
New York Sugar Brokers
 Forced Into Bankruptcy

New York. May 15.--An involun- tary petition in bankruptcy was filed this morning in federal court against Emanuel Stern Co. Inc. sugar brok- CTS who were alleged 10 have been unable to deliver 400 tons of granu- lated sugar purchased last January by Lambern & O.. for delivery in March, or to have been unable to pay an alleged loss Of s15,2sS.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
PEPPER" ON FOREST ST.
F.. W. Pelton and F. \. Searle Con- plain to Police About Man Who Was Annoying Maids.

Complaints were received at police headquarters from two residents of Forest street. claiming that an un- known man was making a nuisance of himself in the presence Of maids in the west end homes. F.. W. Pelton of r Forest street stated that a maid at his home saw man walking around the house and looking in win dows This complaint was received at 10:17 o'clock, At 1o:55 o'clock r. A. Seare Of the same street re- ported that a man was annoying the maids. The police investigated but could find no trace of the man.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
GOVT. BUILDING PROGRAM.

Washington. Mag 15.-Discussion by President Harding and his cabinet today of the situation with respect to housing the government activities principally in Washington led to de- cision to present 10 congress next De- cember q program for construction of more and adequate facilities.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
PROFESSOR A SUICJDE.

Worcester. Mass. May 15.-Arthur Gordon Webster. widely known phys cist at Clark university. committed suicide by shooting himself in Clark library today. He left a note stating that he had been q failure as phys cist and preferred to end it all.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
HARDING DECIDES TO GO

Washington, May i5. -- President Harding has decided definitely tc make his contemplated trip through the west and to Alaska, leaving Washington about June 20 and being absent from the capital about 60 days. it was announced today at the White House.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
REPUBLICANS CAPTURED.

By The Associated Press.
 Dublin. May 15.-The last band of operating in County Wick low was captured this morning after g fierce engagement The leader named Plunkett was shot dead. Two machine guns were taken.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
Flood From Three Sides.

| By The Associated Press.
 | Memphis. Tenn, May 15.--Hot ! Springs. Ark, famous resort and city of many disasters. was stricken last night by flood which swept down | the sides of the three mountains which form triangle about the city. and by fire which broke out in the wreckage. Reports seeping out gen. erally place the loss of life at r, al- though one report relayed over rail- road telegraph lines to Shawnee. Okla, estimated the number killed as high as SO
 Water and Flames.
 Wire communication with Hot Springs from Little Rock, Ark. was restored for a short time early today, but brief news bulletins sent before the wire went down dealt with the attack of the raging water which swirled four to nine feet deep through the entire city splitting it into three parts, and with the fire which fol- lowed, It was stated in that mes sage nobody was in the morgue at 2 o'clock this morning, but 1t was in- dicated the city could not possibly have escaped without loss of life.
 Red Cross Starts Activity.
 Red Cross officials from St. Louis headquarters of the southwestern di- vision are en route to Hot Springs with instructions to use all available disaster relief workers of the organi- zation and draw on the Red Cross emergency relief funds if necessary.
 Hot Springs virtually Is isolated and the meagre information available is had mostly from members of tho train crews who left the stricken city before the flood reached its peak or by intermittent bits of news trans mitted over telegraph wires which failed Immediately.
 May Be CIoudburst
 From sources as widely separated as St. Louis, Kansas City and Joplin. Mo, Muskogee, Oklahoma City and Shawnee, Oklao and Texarkana and Dallas, Tex, along with the mite of information Hot Springs was able to send to Little Rock early today it is gathered that after hours of rain- fall the water coursing down the mountains at whose feet Hot Springs nestles, shortly before dusk became a dangerous current racing through ths principal streets and rapidly increas-
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New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
DECLINES ID PASS SENATE AMENDMENT Upper House Had Voted in Favor
 Of Sabbath Baseball BUCKLEY LEADS ASSAULT
Lower Branch Strong In Opposition To Legaiiying Sunday Ball--Pmyi- ously Scslate Has Rejected Houses Amendment of Week Ago

Hartford, May l5.-The house today adhered to its action in passing the anti Sunday baseball bill which In its form was rejected in the senate where the original bill legalia. Ing Sunday baseball passed. The ac- fion was taken on motion Of House Leader Buckley and the vote was strongly in favor of adherence.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
MISSING MAN RETURNS.

Pittsfeld, Mass. May 15.--Former Mayor George w. Faulkner who had been missing since Saturday and for whom members of the family had asked the police to search returned home this morning. He said he had gone away for a rest.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
INDICTED FOR BRIBERY.

New York. May 15.--Edward ]. McManus, salesman today was in- dicted for bribery and perjury ill the trial of Edward NJ. Fuller. bankrupt broker. charged with bucleting which ended last week in n disagreement.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
WIII4ARD-EIRPO SIGN.

New York, May 15.-Luis Angel Firpo and Jess Willard today signed articles for match near New York not later than July q The winner will be matched against Jack Demp- sey for the worlds title.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
FIRANN ND FLOOD DEVASTATE HOT SPRINGS; HC<<JE WILL NOT PERMIT SUNDAY GAMES;
 CHINESE BANDITS PLAN TO KILL HOSTAGES
All Are Rescued When Marquette Hotel Burns, Brief Message Says;
 Water Il Feet Deep in Streets

Ottumwa la. May l5-A telegram from Charles G. Orr. of the Marquette hotel at Hot Springs, Ark to w. H. Heating of Ottumwa his brohen-aw reports that all guests of the hotel saved from the blaze which destroyed it. The telegram read
 Awful fire and flood Marquette burned All saved Self and wife we'll"
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
Report No Lives Are Lost

Memphis May 15A telegram received from the Western Union at Hot Springs at 030 o'clock this morning said far known lives had been lost but that the Marquette hotel and number of nearby buildings had been destroyed accurate estimate of the property damage available at that hour
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
PAGE MIR. GALLAGHER
Mir. Shean Enlists in T.. s. Medical Corps and is Sent to New Haven to Be Assigned.

Ernest Shean who came to this city a. short time ago from Bridgeport, last evening enlisted in the l.. s. medi- cal corps and was sent by the local recruiting office to New Haven to be assigned. Mir. Shean has had no eX- perience in medical work but is a chemist.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
FOREIGN EMBASSIES MUST MAKE PLEDGE ID SAVE PRISONERS Aged Priest Brings in Ultimatum From Wang, Leader Of Kid.
 mapping Band EXECUTIONS TONIGHT IF
 TERMS ARE NOT ACCEPTED Word of World Powers sought ns Pckins Govt. Cannot he Believed. Message States Not Money. But | Reinstat temcnt Is Price Demanded Clergyman Has Personal Talk With Several.
[. s. TROOPS CALLED
 OUT FOR GUARD DUTY
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Tien Tsin. May l5.---Amorican troops here were called out early Sunday morning to be prepared to guard railway property follow ing reports received at American railway quarters of battle in progress between Chinese troops and brigands at Tansheng, 5b miles west Of here on the pcking- Mukden railway.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
Water Is II Feet Deep

Texarkana. Ark May l5-unoica adyices received here by The Two States Telephone Co from Hot Springs state that the known dead the storm and fire last night would IT, Water running Il feet Central places was reported
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
Stories May Be Exaggerated

Little Rock, Ark, May l5Fragmentary reports received by the Little Rock Democrat from Hot Springs indicate that that there has been heavy loss of life there exaggerated One report however that six eight pershed
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
EX-PRENrIER DIES.

Ey The Associate od Press
 Paris May Former Premier de Freycinit is dead at his home here it was announced this noon.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
Sursins Waters From Hill Tops Sweep Down on City From
 Three Sides
FLAMES THEN BURST OUT
 ADDING TO CATASTROPHE
Two Leading Hotels Entirely Razed-- Wires Being Down Makes Work of Getting Definite Facts Dinlcuit-- Citizens Rush to Hillsides for Safety.
v The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Hot Springs. Ark. May I5.-Hot Springs. city Of many disasters. was stricken last night as never before when water and flames united in & general devastation that left death and disaster in Its wake. How many dead is unknown.
 Water in torrents, raging like mad. split the city into three sections. Flames followed in the path of the flood and at nightfall water covered all sections before n summary could be made. There was not a body re- ported at the morgues late last night. But there were rescuers whose hero ism deserves great praise. And some of the rescuers believe that their ef- forts were not fully effective.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-15
THE, WIs.iTHER

Hartford. May 15.-E'orecast for New Britain and vicinity. Showers and warmer tonight: WcdneSdla. showers, strong ~outhcrly winds.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-03
READY FOR REGATTA
neFhy Puts Oa Holiday Attire Pre- naTing For Rig Baat Raoe Carnival ln He Held saturday,

Derby, Conn, May s,-The Housar tonic river took on the appearance Of the approach of a collegiate regatta today as preparations were completed for the arrival Of the Columbia and Pennsylvania oarsmen who meet Yale Saturday in the first triangular cons test of these universities, Coach Jim Rice and his varsity and junior var sity squads are scheduled to arrive early this afternoon rem New York Joe wrights rowing forces are due 10 reach here soon aftsFward and the four invading eights are expected to get on the river for brisk practice hes fore nightfall
 Coach Ed, Leader of Yale former ly of the University of Washington also will send his crews through drill this afternoon, The visiting crews will have the use of the Yale boat house during their stay here,
 The Yale varsity eight will enter the regatta without its captain in the shell, Bernard N, pelly Of Seattle, Wash. The Blue captain is seated at No, ? in the junior varsity. and Coach Leader has intimated that there will be no changes In the boating, Alfred D. Lindley of Minneapolis is stroke Of tho Yale varsity.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-03
ARE SENT TO PRISON
Two Directors of German Mine and Machine Works Get Five Years and Heavy Fines.

By Tho Associated Press.
 Essen. May 3.-Two directors Of the Heinrichs Mine and Machine Works at Hattingen have been sen fenced by q French court-martial to serve Ave years in prison and pay fines amounting to 250,00o,o00 marks.
 The directors whose names are Jae- ger and Zoellner were charged among other things with having caused the sirens of their plant to sound when occupation troops and officials ap- peared on the property, thus rallying an assembly of workmen which en- dangered the lives of the visiting au- thorities.
 The men were also accused of vio- lating the coal export regulations and with disturbing the public order.
 Their company was alleged to have violated the export order in that it sent coal by an aerial tramway from the mine just inside the occupied area to the machine works which lie im- across the Franco Belgian customs border.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-03
IGOING ID BOTTOM
 ! OF STUDENTS DEATH
Suicide Theory in Northwestern
 Univ. Case Dropped

1 Chicago, May s,-Grand jury inpss- tigatiaR into the death Of Leighton [ Mount, Northwestern university fresh. man who disappeared after class rush on the night of September 2l, lasl, was requested by Robert F, | Grove, states attorney. in formal statement issued jointly last night by I Walter nill Scott, president of tho university and the board of trustees, The statement was made public after a e0rener's inquest had been started over the hleaehed bones which were found under pier on tho lake 1 front in Evasion, the universltys ] home,
 Ont After Students
 colneident with the uniyersity's formal statement came an announce ment of the schools student council that 1t passed resolutions that any stu- dent found guilty by il Of organizing or participating in any form of class rush, supervised or unsuneryised. would be recommended to the faculty for expulsion,
 The university statement said it Ifs determined to ascertain the cause of Leighton Mounts death and fix the responsibility therefor: and seeks the hid Of public authorities having power io subpoena witnesses and take testi- mony under oath" IL directed the uniyersity's counsel 10 take steps necessary to bring all evidence before the grand jury.
 Not Suicide Theory
 Authorities said that the suicide theory has been abandoned as result Of questioning Miss Doris Fuchs. She will be witness before the coroner's jury when It's sessions are resumed.
 Miss Fuchs denied she received note from Mount suggesting he planned to commit suicide, the inves- tlgators say. The note, she ex- plained. said If don't see you again, goodbye" and referred to her in- tended departure from Evanston and not Mounts.
 Miss Fuchs said the letter was in her mail box the morning after Mount disappeared. It bore no stamp and apparently was delivered per- sonally. Although the letter was nn- signed, Miss Fuchs said she was sure it was written by Mount.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-03
CAN'T FOOL US NOW
Absolute Proof Of Ficl<leness Of the Female Bluebird Has Been Estab- Iished by Tests.

Roston, May 3.--The fickleness or the female bluebird has been def1- nitelv established. Bands placed on the legs of birds by observers In ms state formed the tell tale evidence.
 Every band so placed bears num- Der in d regular series so as to en- able the identification of birds from season to season. Last May Rev. George F. Allen of Plainfield, banded with the number 17,236 bluebird which was breeding five young in Il nest box. In July she hatched three more young in another box. Her mate with the last brood was No. 17.243. She returned last month but when Mr. Allen discovered her perched in the box where she matched her last brood her companion was not No. 17,243 but another songster in brilliant blue and orange coat, No. 17,249.
 This is but one of the incidents re- corded by Edward H. Forbush, director of the division of ornithology of the state department of agriculture in his May bulletin. Bird migration this spring, he says, has been cratic and uneven. In some sections birds have been scarce and slow in com ing, while in others they have arrived in large numbers little ahead of their usual dates. Some so outran the season that they suffered from cold and starvation in northern New England and Canada.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-03
BERLIN IS SATISFIED
Majority opinion in German Capitol Is Ina, I.ates, oHer Is Basis far Negotiations,

By The AssOelaisd Press,
 Berlin, May s,-Although the new German separations proposals are criticized in some circles as too pliaE hie. opinion in government quarters holds that the offer affords a start ing point for negotiations
 Newspaper comment is varied the Tagehlatt declaring that Germany has offered ground on which the allies may meat her while Die zeit believes that Germany cannot pay so,ooo,eoe.- n00 gold marks,
 yarwaerts, the socialist journal says that this amount represents inc max imum which can he expected. The democratic and soeialistie press as a whole believes the offer to be the best that could be made at this time.
 Tn referring the proposals to thu state presidents and premiers Cham eeilor cuno. it became known today, asserted that Germany "is ready to end the present period of destruction hut is also ready to hold out 10 the last gasp. which would mean death to any separations,
 We arc ready for this" he cons tinued, because we know that f our proposal is not accepted as Q basis of negotiations the other side Is not aiming at separations but at annexa- ton or destruction. The world hither- to has looked on at this quarrel as spectacle. without particularly in- teresting itself. We once again put to 1t the questions: Does 1t want peace or a continuance of conflict which may lead to unimaginable events? It is for the world to speak,"
New Britain herald., 1923-05-03
MISSING MAN DEAD
Maine Game Warden Who Disap- peared in November Either Drowned or Was Murdered.

Dover-Foxcroft, Me, May 3.--A search which had been in progress since last November was rewarded yesterday when the body of Game Warden Mertley E. Johnson of Pat ten was found in the water at Big Bog dam 40 miles north of Green vile and near the Canadian border. No trace has yet been discovered of David T.. Brown of Greenville, chief game warden for northern Aroostook county who disappeared with John son after the two had started on a hunt for game poachers along the boundary line.
 Bert Dudy and Stanley Allen, two of the eight wardens who have been in the northern woods all winter searching for the missing men and for clues to their suspected saycrs, found Johnson's body. They were able to identify it by the clothing and gen eral appearance. Word was immedi- ately sent to Game Commissioner Will lis Parsons here. The wardens said they could not tell whether Johnson had been drowned or shot.
 The long search has been founded l on the belief that the men had been !! shot by poachers.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-03

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