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New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
PARENTS night AT
PROPORTIONAL
Boys Will Operate Shop in Open
House Demonstration Thursday

Parents night will be observed at
the newly combined Junior High
school shops in the pre-vocational
high school building connected with
the Central Junior High school on
Main and Chestnut streets Thursday
evening of this week. The shops of
the Central Junior High school and
the Elihu Burritt Junior High school
have been consolidated for the sake of
economy and efficiency and all the
machinery has been removed to the
Central Junior High school.
At the latter place about 1000 pu-
pills get instructions in the rudiments
of various occupations and trades
every school day. OF these 500 are
from the Elihu Burritt school, $50
from the Central Junior High and
about so from the Camp school.
The school is divided into two de-
partments One is the household arts
department and the other is the in
dustrial arts department. In the
household arts department are the
following instructors: Cooking, Misses
Ethel Littlehales and Corinne Good
win; housekeeping, Miss Nina Bray
ton. In connection with the house
keeping instructions is a full suite of
rooms, including bed room, dining
room, kitchen, tile bathroom, etc.
Sewing department, Miss Amanda
Wallen; crafts department, Miss Anita
Campbell.
In the industrial arts department.
William GritZmaeher has charge of
the machine shop; James Robinson,
the print shop; Henry Zeigler the
electric shop; Arthur +. Groth the
drafting department and Clifford
Dodge the general shop, Paul T.,
Wiggan is director Of the entire
school Tho shops will be open and
boys will he demonstrating their work
and the machinery Thursday evening
from $50 until o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
PRINTERS ON STRIKE
Employees OF Condo Mast Press at
Sound Beach Walk Out Today As
Result of Trouble Over Hours

Stamford, Nov. 19.-Employes Of
the Condo Mast Press at Sound Beach
went on strike today. The men claim
ed that 60 in the composing room and
40 in the pressroom went out or 90
per cent of the composing room force
and 20 per cent of the pressmen.
w. 3. Britain representative of the
International Typographical union
said the trouble was over both wages
and hours; that the schedule had
been a IS hour one and the union
rules call for a "A hour week. The
concern is said to maintain an open
shop but the strikers are the union
men in It,
A statement by the company said:
The Typographical union at the
instigation of organizers from other
cities and against the vote of the em-
ployes Of our own plant, declared a
strike against the Condo Mast Press
in the composing room. A few press
men also went out. Eighty per cent
of the total number Of employees OF
the plant were working this morning"
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
HONOR MAHAN'S MEMORY
All Business In New London il Sus-
pended During Funeral Hour
Flags Al Half Mast.

New London, Nov. i9.--New Lon
don paused for an hour today to pay
tribute to one of her most distin-
guished citizens, Postmaster Bryan u.
Mahan, former mayor. representative
state senator and L. $. congressman,
whose funeral was held al st. Marys
star OF the Sea church here today
There was a large attendance of
prominent local men and from Hart
ford were present former Congress-
man Augustus c. Lonergan and for
mer Assist 4. S. Attorney Thomas ].
spellaey.
A solemn high requiem mass was
sung by the Rev. Father Alexander
woolschlager, with the Rev. r. NJ.
Crowley as deacon and the Rev Will
liam l.. Fox Of Groton as sub-deacon.
The honorary bearers were Thomas
A. Scott, Theodore Bodenwein, Alton
T. Miner. r. Valentine Chapele. vii
liam T. Connor and p. l.. shea. The
active bearers were post office en-
ployes.
Burial WINS in St Mary's cemetery.
Flags on the post office. City hall.
and other public buildings remained
half masted and many business places
were closed until after the funedal.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
TO CHANGE PLAYHOUSE
Metropolitan Opera House in New
York Is To BE Entirely Remodel
led At End of This season.

New York, Nov. l9.--As soon as
the big golden curtains swing down
on the last performance of the sea-
son next spring. the Metropolitan
Opera House, which has been New
York's home OF Grand Opera and
fashion for four decades, will be re-
modelled,
Plans call for extension by six to
eight feet of the dress circle, balcony
and family circle, to provide 1000 adj
ditiona seats and improve the Nisi-
bility Of the stage from the upper
tiers.
The picturesque orchestra, Ranking
the parquet, and the grand tier boxes,
Just above the famous diamond
horseshoe" may disappear, while
complete redecoration of the house
may change its aspect even more COM
pletely than did its last remodelling
after the fire which wrecked the stage
and auditorium in 1898.
The changes were decided upon 10
meet a demand for lower priced seats,
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
CITY ITEMS.

Seasoned hard wood. sawed i'm stove
and fireplace lengths. Sis per cord. de-
livered. The Shurberg Coal Co., IS
Franklin street. Phone 2250.--advt.
Winthrop Council, S. and ID. of
Liberty, will hold a regular meeting
Wednesday evening at s o'clock i'm o.
U, A. NJ. hall, The first nomination
or officers will take place.
st. Johns fair at state Armory,
opens Friday night.-adyt,
Mrs. Mary Donnelly is critically IN
at her home on South Main street
About 40 members of local Masonic
lodges motored to CRANKY Saturday
evening where they attended session
OF the CRANKY lodge.
Representatives Of the Child We'll
fare Bureau win speak TO the Social
Workers club this evening and 10 an
all day sewing meeting at the First
Baptist church Wednesday in the i'm
terests of the campaign for homes
for children.
Stanley womon's Relief corps will
hold its regular whist party in @. A.
". hall, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
O'Clock.
The Sons Of Veterans Auxiliary will
hold a social and whist In @. A. II.
hall at $ o'clock this evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Ludorf re-
turned yesterday from a wedding trip
during which they visited Miami,
Washington and New York Mrs. Luz
u.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
TELECRAPHIC NEWS FLASHES

Prohibition bureau reports that L.
PCS. 469 liquor prescriptions were filed
in the United States and its territories
in the last fiscal year and that L.
4O0,614 gallons of liquor We're thus
sold on doctors orders.
Rev. DIR. John Kelman of New York
city, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Pres
byterian church at Fifty fifth street,
resigns to accept pastorate of London
church.
Former Justice John IF. Clarke sug-
gests that the United States supreme
court decline to hold unconstitutional
acts of congress whenever several JUS
tees of that tribunal decide that such
acts are valid.
Magnus Johnson, Minnesota United
States Senator elect. tells Chicago fed
Grafton of labor that despite charges
of his uncouthness. he will make him
self understood in the United States
senate and that Henry Cabot Lodge
especially will understand what he
says.
Son of William A. Sunday. Eyange-
list, is reported by the Los Angeles
police to have been overcome by gas.
Death at Pelham Heights, n. Y, of
George Chadbourne Taylor, president
of the American Railway Express Co..
who started as wagon driver.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
FALL WEDDING At
ST. MARY'S CHURCH
Miss Butler TO Become Bride Of
Frank E. LeiSt

A fashionable autumnal wedding
will take place tomorrow morning at
9 O'Clock at St Marys church when
Miss Sadye NJ. Butler, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James NJ, Butler of %
Spring street, will become the bride
of Frank F.. l.eist, son of Mrs. Verena
Leist of l42 Curtis street. Rev. John
T. Winters, pastor OF st. Mary's
church. will be celebrant of the nup-
tial high mass.
The couple will he attended by Miss
Mae NJ. Butler. sister of the bride
as maid OF honor. and Gus Meyers
.lr., Of bridgeport. cousin of the
bridegroom, as best man. Thomas f,
Butler and James ]. Butler brothers
OF the bride will be ushers.
The bride will be dressed in a gown
of white georgette crepe beaded with
pearls, over bridal satin. She will
wear a bridal veil caught with orange
blossoms, and white brocaded Slip
pers. The bride will carry a shower
bouquet of roses and lilies OF the val
ley.
The maid of honor will be gowned
in pearl taffeta trimmed with French
flowers and will wear pearl grey slip
pers. Her hat will be of silver lace.
She will carry bouquet of sweet
heart roses.
During the nuptial mass Organist
John J. Cream will render a musical
program assisted by Mrs. NJ. T. Cream,
soloist.
Following the church ceremony,
wedding reception will he held at the
home OF the brides parents at %
Spring street. Mrs. Roche catering.
More than 125 guests will he in at
tendance, including relatives and
friends from Bridgeport New Haven,
stony Creek, Hartford and East Hart
ford
The Butler home has bern attrac-
lively decorated in color scheme of
green and yellow and with cut flowers.
Miss Butler will present her maid
Of honor with a ruby ring and the
hridegroom's gift TO his attendant
will be gold cuff links. After the re-
ception. the couple will leave on a
wedding trip TO Atlantic City.
Mr.. Ieist is the proprietor of the
f.eist Market at 142 Curtis street,
which business he entered following
his discharge from the navy at the
close OF the war. Miss Butler was
formerly employed in the office OF
the New Britain Machine Co.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19

Premier Poincare. in aggressive
speech, declares France will hold the
Ruhr and Rhineland until all clauses
of Versailles treaty are executed.
German Chancellor Stresemann as
serts Germany will refuse any demand
for surrender of former crown prince;
tells peoples party his efforts have
brought Anglo-Saxons and Italy closer
to Germany.
Firpo, on his arrival at Buenos
Aires, says he was counted out in the
Dempsey fight when he was on the
floor only eight seconds and that
justice was denied him in champion
ship bout.
Owner of Epinard. the French three
year old champion, will sail Deem
Der l from France for New York,
hoping to complete plans that will put
Zey in the International horse race at
Longchamps next May,
Few visitors get past the castle gate
of former crown prince who gives
100000 pounds of potatoes to the poor
of Gels
Two French and Belgian officers of
the allied control commission are ar
rested 10y the Reichswehr and only
freed after insults, French Leipsic
sources declare.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19

10 DAT USED CAR SALE
NOW ON.
we are having one Of the largest
used car sales that New Britain
ever witnessed. There are all makes
and models and all in Al eondi.
tion-Pricss right.
WITH EVERY USED CAR WE
WILL GIVE IS GALLONS GAS
AND 1 GALLON OF OIL GRATIS.
Come early and get your pick!
one 1924 studebsker Special si..
Demonstrated.
Two iSs otuoeoahei SPD GA
one 1875 studebaker Big sii
Touring
one 1922 studebaker Special siI
Touring.
one lzs stuoeosker bsh' eh
Roadster.
,,.. ., -. ~.
coupe.
one 1921 Franklin Sedan.
,..o r.,u. g..
one 1870 Dodge Tourins.
M. ,us p,,cr rou,,,
' ~
ohe isis h"o'0h i0'fins
p,t,t t.,o noasi ? nag. ,o,r,rs
side curtains, in Al condition.
The car is in good running
condition. This is a bargain,
i775. each or terms. We also
give rs gal. Of gas and l gal.
Iaoiiiae TOURING IN Al coho'lon'
po"n' 'Ae ~ W 80
Linerty TOURING sooo tires ana
-, . a..
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
EXCHANGE Up AGAIN

New York. Nov. l9.-Sterling ex-
change, after dropping l SIS eonts TO
s42s ia: a new low record for the
year, at the opening Of today's foreign
exchange market. later jumped . Ia
cents on the announcement that a
break between France and Great Brit
ain apparently had been averted at
today's meeting of the council of ann
bassadors.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
COTTON PRICES AWAY Up

New York, Nov. 19.--Cotton made
new high prices for the season today
on renewed trade buying and rebuy-
ing by recent sellers, who evident.
ly were Influenced by the better Euro
pean political news and the rally in
foreign exchange.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
No FLIGHT TO-DAY.

Lakehurst, n. j., Nov. la.-The
fight of the navy dirigible Shenan-
doah to Boston which had been
scheduled for today after five post
ponements on account of unfavorable
weather, was not made. When the
Boston flight will he made was not
known by the air station officials.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Store Announcements

WE are now located at 70 Church st. with
our complete line of candies at whole-
sale. Alpert & Brill Wholesale Candy Co.,
Opp. Herald Office.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
HOTEL MAN nuss

Providence, Nov. 19.--Fred Mans.
field. proprietor Of the Crown hotel
died here today In his 57th year. He
was born in Cambridge. England, and
was at one time president Of the New
England Hotelmen's association.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-19
80 CENT DIVIDEND

New York, Nov. i9.--The Calumet
& Heela Consolidated Copper Co. to-
day declared an initial divident of so
cents payable December IL to stock
OF record December !
Evening star., 1923-02-04
GERMAN PLANE COMPANY
TO OPERATE IN RUSSIA
Aerial Service From Sweden to
Persia Also Provided in Con-
cessior by Soviet
Hy the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, February Am agree
ment giving the Junker Airplane
Company Of Dessau. Germany, the
right to build and operate planes in
Russia. and also to operate an aerial
service by way Of Russia from Swe-
den to Persia. has been signed by the
council of commissars.
The month OF January has witness
ed concession after concession being
granted by the council.
The economic council has granted
a large concession of land in the Don
river district, near the recently
awarded Krupp concession to an Ital-
ian cooperative farming society AS
in the case of the Sinclair Oil conces-
sion. the British agreements with re-
gard TO Georgia, which still remain to
be signed. the terms of all the new
concessions are favorable TO the Rus
sian government.
The soviet leaders here say that
these agreements show clearly that
Russia. instead of preparing for mill
|tary activity at time when the Ruhr,
Turkish and Balkan affairs threaten
to raise a war cloud for the rest Of
Europe, is turning all her efforts to
reconstruction. They add that the
trip to Toxic Of NJ. Joffe, the soviet
commissioner. indicates an effort at
an agreement for economic co-opera-
tion between Russia and Japan in the
east.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
SPRING STYLES SIMPLE,
BUT PRICES ARE HIGHER
Green and Brown Will Be Most
Popular Colors. Experts
Decree.

PARIS, February 4.-Simplicity and
slightly higher prices" are features
Of the spring and summer offerings
by the leading Paris dressmakers.
who are now showing the world OF
women what they must wear. There
will be a wider variety In the styles
for the duties on exactly what ought
to be worn are growing more elastic.
Green and brown are announced as
the most popular colors. The skirts
will remain a reasonable distance
from the ground, except for evening
gowns, which are extremely long.
These latter will be cut almost to
the waist in the back.
Hats of small size will be worn as
the season opens, with the mode call
ing for larger ones. as the spring
advances. Stockings will be generally
light colored. preferably flesh tints.
Kid shoes in all pastel shades are
crowding out the conventional satin
evening footwear. The gloves will be
of the most fantastic description the
glove makers can imagine, and last
years craze for fancy handkerchief,
attached to the wrist or neck. is being
adopted for evening wear this season.
Some of the kerchiefs will bear a
small portrait, sketched and signed
by the artist, often a painter OF
prominence.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
FRENCH PLAN TO HALT
INCOME TAX EVASIONS
Would Register Coupons of All Sc
curities in Effort to Bal
ance Budget.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 3.-The commits
sion on finances OF the chamber Of
deputies attempted again today to
balance the budget, which has a
deficit Of 800. 100000 franco After
hearing a report by Finance Minister
de Lasteyre, the commission decided
to recommend a scheme for the reg
istIa alton OF the coupons of all securi-
ties. whereby il expects to prevent
amounting to 1.200.000.0G0 francs.
The commission is willing to ac-
cept 10 per cent increase in the
existing taxation, instead of 90 per
cent, as proposed by NJ de Lasteyre.
It also proposes a reduction in the
rate Of interest on national defense
francs off the departmental appro-
priations and. by eliminating the
provision for a loan to balance the
budget, another $50, ,o00, 900 francs in
annual interest would be saved
upon the decision of the senate
finance commission yesterday not to
consider the budget until the chamber
substituted economies or higher tax
alton for the loan project as a means
have meant the necessity of the gov
credit for March, possibly for April
but the chamber commission now
hopes to get the senate to discuss the
$4,000. 100000 budget of 1928 while
awaiting the chambers revised YER
sion
Evening star., 1923-02-04
ALL RUHR TRAFFIC
HALTEDB BY GORDON
German Mine Managers Re-
pairing Property Dur
ing Blockade.
ITALY FEELS INVASION
Supply of Coal Cut Down From
100000 to 100000 Tons
Monthly.
Bf A. IL. DECK Err.
BY Wireless to The Star and Chicago Dairy
News. Copyright. 1923.

BY Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright 1923.
ESSEN. February 3.-The French
coal and coke blockade seems to be
working out we'll. The customs cor
don around the Ruhr area has been
able to control the traffic SO effectively
that the German producers have
ceased refusing to furnish trains ex-
cept within the Ruhr industrial area
On the first day Of the blockade all
trains were stopped. but now the
French are permitting trains to Hol-
land and Italy to pass.
The Italians arranged with the
French to permit Italian coal TO leave
the Ruhr. but Italy Is receiving only
100000 tons a month, as compared
with 100000 formerly. The shipment
or coal to Italy by way of Rotterdam
has not been resumed.
The German mine managers in the
Ruhr district have their own plan for
meeting the French coal blockade
against unoccupied Germany
Extending GaIIeries.
Instead of loading trains to be
seized or halted at the frontiers they
viii utilize their labor forces in ex-
tending the galleries where mining is
snoring and cleaning up generally.
AS the French have not yet attempted
TO control the internal railroad traf-
nc and are not expected to be able to
fnd enough railroad men to regulate
internal shipments. the coal and coke
Will be used as much as possible in
making iron and steel plates castings
and coal tar byproducts such as am
monia. sulpate. color bases and ben
zol.
he
these products they will be exported
to be finished in unoccupied Ger
many. The Germans are preparing
sidings for food trains and if the
congestion is acute lorries Will be
used
Determined TO Enforce blockade.
The French seem absolutely deter
mined TO enforce traffic blockade in
the >Ruhr. While trying to run
through the blockade one train was
halted b. the firing of rife shots
across the pilot OF the locomotive.
The French have established a
military court in Weitmar near
tried. DIR. Grimm. who defended the
German industrialists in Mayence, is
defending the Germans in Weitmar
One case was that of a merchant
food to French soldiers. The French
prosecutor asked for fine of 100000
marks. which the court reduced TO
10000 marks, or about s. One OF
the witnesses for the French soldiers
was an Alsatian who could not talk
French and had to have an inter
prefer.
Another case was that Of a woman
who objected to the French signs
painted on her premises. Another
woman was in court for refusing to
sell coffee. Both the women were
released.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

standing between London and Paris.
IL 10 said. however, this 10 due en-
tirely to false reports. Still. what
ever the final decision of the Turks, it
was essential that they should have
been confronted by a united Europe.
All Europe is a tinder boz and 1T
Is dangerous TO strike Q match
anywhere. The speech Of genator
Reed OF Pennsylvania pleased many
Frcnchmen, first. because of the kind
things he said about Franco and.
secondly, because II gave 70 America .
policy OF non-participation an inter
probation which. in view Of existing
circumstances. seemed very sane.
Cannot Help New.
/ already have explained Why re
ports that America would try to in
tervene on behalf Of Germany caused
alarm. Americas help cannot bs
useful until Europe herself puts hei'
house in some sort OF order. Reed
said the same thing in another way.
What will tomorrow produce Ia So
many uneasy fields? Nobody can gay
The French await the future calmly
Political parties. excepting the com :
munists, OF course. have adopted q
quiet and proper attitude.
Everybody must admit We arc mot
acting like militarists or Imperial
lists. We desire to stabilize the
peace and re-establish our finances.
II this double result can be achieved
France will at last have moral repose,
which she has been seeking for three
years Her ambition is neither exces-
sive nor unjust.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
IN MAMMALIAN HARDEN,
Germany Foremost Publicist.

Br Cable to The Star.
BERLIN. February 3.-The giant
coke war still is raging, but the
ing to regard the situation as a
threat of war" which. according TO
article II of the covenant. enables
the Ass mbly or the council to eXer-
else friendly right and give warn
ing to the disputants.
Equally there are no signs of the
growth of a French party ashamed
Of the clumsy militarist policy. brutal
arrests and soandalous expulsions and
ready 10 protest against the abuse
Of power which shames the victory
"stensibly gained to produce Just
and honorable relations between ma
tions."
Paris supports as an urgent neces-
sity the Ruhr invasion. 1t argued
that the German government allowed
some German mine owners TO with.
hold payment Of taxes. But at nrst
me sum was placed at only $4,000
1000 paper marks. Then it was
said to be thirty or more.
Seventeen Billion Paid.
The facts are that the first figures
we're right and 1900, 900. 900 has al
ready been paid. The object was not
10 keep from paying reparatlons, but
10 aid in tiding over crisis IN the
coal industry.
II France could compel payment OF
oven 2.OO0, 100000 gold marks to ap-
ply on reparations she would rop
The coal mines Of their working eapi-
tai. This would be no more adVan-
tageous to Ger1nany's creditors than
would be the destruction OF her mer-
chant marine by taking the money
,esigned to construct ships 10 take
the ulace of those surrendered TO the
allies.
The boom on the German stock eX-
changes is no proof that GermanE IL
richer than she says she is. The SO
called ',0om Is merely an erort 70
.dju"l values in the face OF the
+:e. ii,y falling mark. When the dol-
lar equals $4,000 marks, pound oi
coffee costs $4,000. as compared with
pre-war quotation of, at the most,
marks Therefore. a share which
rominAlly has risen $4,000 per cent
at bourse prices really has not ad-
vanced TO exceed ninety fold. and is
available to any one who possesses
three twenty-mark gold coins.
Seek safety, Not PROFIT.
The hunt for stable securities is
the result OF fear by the man who
n,s saved paper marks that he VIII
he dragged into Germanys bank
i-artcy, and with his family. will
st:.rve. owing to the unparalleled rise