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New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
F HR. DAY WILL BE ABOLISHED SHORTLY Within Next Six Weeks Probably, Judge Gary
 Promises

New York, July IA. - Ebert H. Gary head of the U. s. Steel corpora tion today stated that abolishment of the 12 hour day in the steel industry recently pledged President Harding probably will be begun within the next six weeks.
 Speaking through his secretary, MT Gary said:
 we shall probably commence ac- lively taking steps to reduce the num- Der of 12 hour workers within the next six weeks"
 He declined to reveal the n1achin- cry already set in motion to abolish the t2 hour day nor would be esti- mate the number of workers who would be affected within the six weeks period.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
Sensational Escape is Made at Eastern State Penitentiary at Phila- delphia This Morning
Men Clamored Down 40 Foot Wall by Aid of Ropes, Then Held Up Car and Forced Driver to Take Them Away.

Philadelphia July 14.--six convacts escaped from the Eastern state peni- tentiary today after beating guard. They escaped over wall, held up . motor truck and fled in the direction of Fairmont park. All were said to be armed.
 Was Daring Escape
 The escape was one of the most daring in the long history of the in- stitution. A woman living on Corin- thian avenue. whic mounds the east ern side of the institution. was the first person on the outside to see the men. They appeared on the top of the 40 foot wall and lowered two thin ropes. One, 1t was found later, was about the thickness of clothes line. but much stronger; the other was made up of a variety of bed sheetx torn shirts and other scraps. The men lowered themselves swiftly.
 Hold Up Truck Driver
 Across the street was closed car which the convicts tried to steal but found the door locked. About this time small motor truck came along and one of the convicts stopped the driver at the point of a pistol and all piled in.
 The driver was ordered to continue driving and the vehicle sped north and then turned west in the tiireo- ton of Fairmount park.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
MISSING MOTHER OF 8 IS
 ALLEGED WOMAN 'RAFFLES"
New York Police Claim She Is Brains of Burglar Gang Operating
 In City

New York, July IA woman who got into the newspapers a week ago when her husband and children re- ported her missing and asked the po- lice to find her, was arrested in Brooklyn today. the alleged Rallies" of burglar gang.
 Taken into custody at her boarding house apartment, with a Is year old boy and four men. the woman, Mrs. Catherine Buddensick, Is alleged to have directed a dozen jeweIry and drug store robberies in which the loot aggregated s5o,oo0. She said she was 24. the mother of three children and estranged from her husband.
 According to the police, the four men and the boy acted as her scouts and committed the burglaries. she planning the jobs and disposing of the swag.
 When Buddensick appealed to the police to find his wife she had been missing two weeks, he said. News paper stories told how Louis, 5, and Elizabeth, {, were constantly crying for mamma" and 1s months old AL bert IT,. was i'll.
 The woman denied knowing any thing about the burglaries. She de- serted her home, she said, because she tired of the drab life. with not even time or money for the movies or trip to Coney Island.
 'I had just begun to enjoy life and get the things wanted when-this," detectives said she told them.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
DIONNE AND KOWALSKY
 SENT TO REFoRMATORY
Must Serve Year and Day for Theft of Automobile
 June IA
Joseph Dionne and Ignatz Row

Joseph Dionne and Ignatz Row
 sky. both of this city, were sente K. to year and a day in Greenf1s
 formatory yesterday by Judge .sts
 in the United States district
 Boston. and Bruno Poplar ~c,
 seph Kowalsky. also of Y sT {. held for hearing at tb4 .. j the court on charges x1. ~ the Dyer act by transr " cN3 SS toler automobile from .e VA across the border line " gdsetts.
 Michael A. IS city. They pleaded not were released in bonds of } 3ach. Immedi- ately upon theh iease Chief w. C. Hart and Detective Sergeant Michael J. Flynn of the local police depart ment took them into custody and they will be arraigned Monday morn ing in police court on charges of stealing an automobile, The car in question is owned by New Britain man and was taken on Lake street
 The car was standing In front of the Lake street division of Landers, Frary & Clark's factory on the after noon of June l. when the four men committed the theft, according to the story told in the Boston court yester- day. They drove to Springfield where engine trouble and a blowout caused them to come to a halt. As 1t was late they decided to put out the lights and sleep in the car. While they were slumbering. two members of the Springfield police force hap pened along and noticing that the registra tion numbers were those of a car reported as stolen from New Britain, arrested all four. With the exception of Dionne, all gave fcti- tious names when brought to police headquarters. but an investigation by the police disclosed their identity.
 A search of the car disclosed the presence of two Winchester repeating rifles, four revolvers, several jim miles," flashlights and a dirk.
 The men were held at Springfield headquarters and William J. Gaffney. special agent of the department of justice. had warrants sworn out charging them with violation of the Dyer act. They were arraigned be- fore Commissioner Broadhurst and waived examination, whereupon they were bound over to the grand jury
 Dionne and Ignatz Kowolsky began at once to serve their terms.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
SZX ARMED CONNECTS BEAT
 GUARD, BREAKPRLSON, FLEE
 AFTER TAKING AUTO TRUCK
BLOW PIPE EXPLOSION IN
 WASHINGTON ST. FACTORY
Windows Shattered and Workers Stunned in Former Humason
 & Beclxley Plant

Fifteen windows were broken as the result of an explosion, at about 9:15 o'clock this morning, of a. blow pipe protruding from the north wall of the old Humason & Beckley knife factory now owned by Landers, Frary & Clark on Washington street. Fortunately no one was near the pipe at the time and no one was hurt although men working within the factory were stunned for a moment.
 An alarm from Box 322 brought out the fire department at 9:2o o'clock but the factory fire department had pre- viously arrived on the scene and had extinguished the small blaze which followed the explosion. Chief Will liam J. Noble estimates the damage at about s1oo and believes the ex- plosion occurred when dust in the pipe imprisoned gases from the work room.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
WEIGHTS INCREASE
 AT FRESH AIR CAMP
One Boy Gains AZ Pounds in Week-AnOther Is
 3h Pounds Heavier

Fresh air, fresh milk (real milk that never saw a separator) and all the scientific care that goes with it have produced from 40 to 50 pounds of humanity at the New Britain Fresh Air camp within a week, ending yes- terday.
 Thursday is weighing day" at the camp and the entire 65 boys and girls from both houses are weighed. The scales invariably tell the same story. The undernourished child is getting nourishment. The below par physical child is being brought up to a normal standard of health. The mechanical representative of the late MT. Fair banks truthfully told the youngsters yesterday that not only had more than half of the 6b children in camp gained full pound within a week. but one boy had gained four pounds and a half and another three pounds and a half, all in one week.
 If money could buy health. there are people in the United States who might spend millions to be able to say, T gained four pounds last week. |" But through the help of their friends New Britain children who are on the border land of poor health are build ing up their frail bodies and bringing back the joy of living once more.
 There is great excitement as the children gather around the weighing machine and Miss Freda Lund. the camp nurse, checks them up on the little red cards she has for the pur- pose. But the excitement grows as the weighing continues. T gained two pounds" is the happy shout from a rosy checked girl. "Oh. gee. fellers, I weigh 55 pounds now" sings out happy boy as he makes dive for pair of old horseshoes lying near an iron stake and yells to another boy, Come on kid, I'll pitch va a game"
 According to Charles C. Wilson, physical director of the camp, nor maj gain for boys and girls is from 12 to 16 ounces per week.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
PASSPORT IS ALLOWED
Mother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Will Be Permitted To Go Abroad To Visit Her Stacker Son

Washington. July IA passport will be issued by the state department to Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll of Philadel- phia who has asked for permission to visit her son, Grover Cleveland Berg doll, fugitive draft evader in Germany.
 The department decided to grant her request when it was learned that the alien property custodian who has charge of a considerable amount of the Bergdoll property could see no objection.
 Objection to the issuance of pass port was made in telegram to Sec retary Hughes from James A. McFar- land. national commander of the Dis abled American veterans, but depart ment officials said since Mrs. Berg doll was an American citizen there appears no legal ground for refusing her request
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
Woman Called to Court,
 Drove Without License

Mrs. Stella Beecher of BIS Wash ington street was notified this aft ernoon by Patrolman Patrick o'Mara to be in police court Monday morn ing to answer charges of operating a motor vehicle without an operators license. She figured in collision at the intersection of Washington street and Pennington avenue on June 6. State Policeman E. Hanson investi- gated and warrant was issued.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
TALK OF |. s. AID
Italian Press Writer Thinks America Ought to be Represented in Ap- praising Germanys Capacity.

By The Associated Press.
 London, July 14.-References to possible American participation in the suggested commission for appraising Germany's capacity to pay are to be found frequently in the comment on the situation.
 The diplomatic correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph says:
 Al the allies could welcome the presence on the commission and pre- ferably in the chair, of an eminent American iurist such as William Howard Taft or Elihu Root or an eminent banker or economist from Wall street"
 The Daily Mail learns that France is now perhaps somewhat more ia vorably inclined toward the proposal than heretofore, but that she would insist on certain conditions.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
JONES TAKES 76 ON FIRST IS OF TODAY
Indications Were That He Was Leader of Field at
 This Stage
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Inwood, July 14.--Robert T. Jones of Atlanta, who finished the first half of the play for the national open golf championship with score of IA took 76 strokes on his first IS today for total of 220. It appeared that Jones would lead the field at this stage.
 Scores for first IS holes in the na- tional open golf tournament today and the total for 54 holes follow:
 Charles L. Mothersele. New York, 71-22s. William E. Mehlhorn. St Louis 75-227. Eddie Held, Webster Groves, Mo, 7s-284. James M Barnes Pelham, 74-233. Thomas Harmon. New York, s4-24o. Joe Turnesa, Elmsford. N. Y. 74-2S1 Dan Williams, Westfeld, N. J., s1-- 254. Jack Burke. St, Paul, s7-239,
 Francis Ouimet. Boston, 7s-235 Macdonald Smith, San Francisco, s1-234.
 Robert T. Jones. Atlanta, 76-22o.
 Gene Sarazen, New York. 72-229. P. O. Hart. Marietta, O.. 7s-237.
 F. H. Cow, Weston. Mass, sS-24a. C. l.. Booth, Putnam, Conn.,, S1-252. Fred Baroni, Philadelphia, 7s-23s.
 Eddie William. Peorio, H., S7-25o.
 Bob Macdonald, Chicago, 77-233. John Farrell, Mamaroneck, 75-22s. William Reekie, Upper Montclair, N. J.. 75-229.
 Dave Campbell. Hollywood, N. J.. S2-252. Frank Dyer. Upper Mont clair. N. J.. S1-24S. Eugene Nc Carthy, Phila., s4-23S. Ben Parola. Linden, N. J.. S2-262.
 Tom Kerrigan, Mount Vernon. s1-25s. Dan Williams, Westfield. N. J., s1-254. Mike Brady. Detroit.
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New Britain herald., 1923-07-14

The most serious clash came when a quantity of beer was found in a boat we'll Three successive attempts were made to destroy small bridge leading to the well. A handful of fed eral agents held the bridge against an attempt to dynamite it and later dispersed 8 gang Of men armed with crowbars who said they had been sent by the owner of the property to demolish the bridge. An attempt to set fire to the bridge also was frus- trated.
 Action of the treasury department in joining forces with the prohibition agents is expected to make operations of the down river rum runners in creasingly difficult. according to James R. Davis, federal prohibition director for Michigan. Owners of all the boats seized will be required to explain to the authorities their failure to com ply with the navigation laws.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
Naval Council to Plan Details of
 Scrapping Ships

Washington, July 14-Defnite steps toward fulfilling the terms of the naval limitation treaty now ratified by all the powers, were taken today by Secretary Denby when he called a meet ing of a naval council to ar- range details of scrapping the battleships abandoned under the limitation program.
 Although no actual scrapping will take place until the ratifi- cations have been formally ex- changed. two naval boards will be appointed immediately, one to consider methods of scrap ping and the other to take up cancellation of contracts for ves- sells which are building but which are not to be completed.
 While 1t is recognized that there will be much wasted and lost material, officials expect that a large amount of the steel may be cut and used prof1tably by the government.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
GOVT. PROFITS MUCH
Besides S22.44S On Tickets, U. S. Gets stf5.s7e in Income Tax From Gibbons Dempsey Fight.

Helena, Mont. July 14.-In addl- tion to the s22.44s the government collected on the sale of tickets to the Dempsey Gibbons fight July {, s115,- sTa will be collected in income tax C. A. Rasmussen. collector of itnernal revenue for Montana announced to- day.
 Of this sum Kearns must pay $3S,- 533 and Dempsey s77,14s. The gov ernment's total revenue from the fight, fight concessions. training camp ad- missions and personal income is s14o.- 900 compared to total gate receipts of approximately s2e1,o00, Rasmussen stated.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
American Jailed for Six
 Months for Having Pistol

By The Associated Press.
 Hong Kong, July 14.--G. R. Price, an American seaman. was sentenced to six months Imprisonment at hard labor here today for possessing two pistols and 200 rounds of ammunition. In sentencing him the magistrate de- clared: You have committed a most serious offense. It is most important that the authorities should control all arms. Only few days ago train was held up by bandits"
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
PHONE WIRES BURNED
Direct Service Between Hartford and Springfield Held Up When Fire in Barn Destroys Nearby Cables.

Springfield. Mass, July 14.-Direct telephone and press wire service be- tween Hartford, Conn, and this city was cut off today when fire starting In hay barn on the farm of Louis J. Quagliarol in Windsor Locks, Conn. put out of commission cable carry ing PIG pairs of wires. The press service after time was restored by re-routing over a long loop. The fire extended to other farm buildings, do- ing sS,000 damage.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
Four of IA Jailed for
 Fish Plot Are ParOled

Boston, July 14-The parole of four of the A men who were convicted of conspiracy to increase the price of fish in wartime and who were fined $500 each and sentenced to hard la Tor was announced by the parole board today. They are Herbert F. Phillips. Alvin c. Baker Louis R. Goodspeed and Willard R. Cox. They have served 100 days of their original sentences of five months and will be set free next week.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
CONSIDERING SMITH
Decision in Whether Midwest Will Support New Yorker For Presiden- cy May Be Reached Today.

By The Associated Press.
 French Lick, Ind, July 14.-wheth- CT democratic leaders in the middle west will support the candidacy of Governor Al. Smith of New York for the nomination for the presidency at the national convention next year was expected 10 be developed to some ex- tent today.
 Charles r. Murphy Tammanys Hall chieftain from New York, arrived last evening to confer with Georgia E.. Brennan. the Chicago leader. and with Tom" Taggart. boss of Indiana
 It is known that some leaders from the middle west are anxious to throw their support to Governor Smith on a "beer and light wines" platform.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
New England R. R. Men to
 Meet for Wage Discussion

New Haven. July 14.-A conference preparatory to mass meeting of del- egates of railway trainmen and con- ductors on the New England railroad system on August 10 in relation to the demand for increased wages. will be held here next Tuesday between gem eral chairmen of the two brother hoods, it was announced today.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
TWO YALE MEN WIN

Newport, R. l.. July i4.--G. NJ. Wheeler, Yale. defeated Claud Rama swami. Cambridge, s-1. 6-4. s. v. Hepburn, Oxford defeated Alden Briggs, Harvard. s-2, 6-2. A. W. Jones. Yale. defeated Alan S. Watt. Oxford. 6-2. e-4
 NJ. D. Horn. Cambridge defeated K. ! Pfaffman, Harvard, s-6, 3-e, 1o-s.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
WELCOME ro MASS. GOV.

St. John. N. B.. July 14.-The city Brunswick today welcome Governor Charming H. Cox of Massachusetts, who, accompanied by Mrs. Cox and party, arrived on the steamer Gov ernor Dingley.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
DAVIS IN BERLIN

By The Associated Press
 Berlin, July 14.-James J. Davis, the American secretary of labor who is beginning a tour of Europe and the Orient to study world emigration problems at first hand, arrived here today.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
HIT BY TRAIN. DIES.

New Haven, July 14.-Theron Fen. ner, e1, a bridge carpenter, struck by train on Lieutenant bridge. near the Connecticut river at Lyme yesterday died at the hospital during the night He lived at East River.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
UNDREDS LOSE ALL
 IN TERRIBLE FIRE
llrke and Mace, Idaho Mining Towns, Wiped Out by Flames
HUNS ARE STILL BURNING
trface Workings of Hecla Mine De-
 stroyed With Loss of Nearly Mill
 iion-Business Center of Burke Gone, Damage There is $1,500,O0O.
The Associatad Press

iy The Associated Press.
 Wallace, Idaho. July 14.--Misers talks today in the little towns oi iSurke and Mace, mining centers seven miles east of here after de- astating fire starting about one o'clock yesterday afternoon and sweeping it's way through nearly Q mile and a half of homes, stores and mining works.
 At midnight last night no death had been reported but the entire bus mess section of Burke was destroyed and virtually every home In ruins. The loss is put at $1,5oo,Ooo.
 Mace, adjoining Burke on the west, suffered less seriously, the flames having been famed by a west wind away from the confagration's start ing place.
 Many Lose Everything.
 About 1000 persons are said to be homeless. They were driven ahead of the fire towards Thompson Falls. Men, women and children last night were frantically trying to save their belongings. Many lost all they pos sessed.
 Officials of Hercules Mining Go. an- nounced that the Hecla surface works were destroyed though the Hercules plant had been saved. Loss to the Hecla Co. is estimated at between $7o0,o00 and s1,0no,o0o. The elec- tric hoist of the Hecla. one of the largest in the world, was burned.
 Roaring Mass of Flames.
 The fire was checked at the Fiber hotel and Hercules works. Fire fight CTS recruited from the men of the towns. supplemented by the appara- tus from Wallace. are staying the flames advance, though the whole hillside is mass of fire and smoke.
 Red Cross officials from Wallace have been rushed to Burke with food and clothing for the homeless.
 It Is said it will take several days to queneh the fire, as the huge piles of timber cribbing under the Hecla nearly a quarter of a mile in length are a mass of flames,
 Spark From Locomotive.
 Railway service to Burke is dis rupted. the flames shooting over the tracks and burning the ties.
 Origin of the fire is unknown though many believe that 1t was start ed from a spark from a locomotive.
 The mayor and board of trade of Wallace have been appointed relief committee to care for all persons in need of assistance. s%r
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
HIGH TIDES
THE WEATHER

Hartford. July f4.-Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled tonight and Sunday. Not much change in tempera- lure. Winds mostly from the south.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
NEW HAVEN MAN DIES

New Haven, July 14.-samuel J. Newman, 3S, of the corset making firm of I. Newman and Sons died to- day. He was graduated from Yale in 1911.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
Other Big Fires.

Spokane, Wash, July 1.-The fire in the Occur d'Alene lead-silver min ing district brings to mind the fire which in August, 1910, ragged for weeks, costing the lives of about 200 persons and causing property loss of a million dollars in Wallace, Idaho, alone.
 Another tragedy at Mace and Burke was suffered the night of February 27 of the same year when snow slides in the district took 21 lives.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
TELEPHONE STRIKERS
 GIVEN THEIR NOTICES Must Pay Full Rates, Which They Think Means They Are Dis-
 charged As Employees

ster. Mass, July 14.---All f aployes of the New England d Telegraph Co. in this ss formal printed notices
 .npany today informing
 >:.,,a. beginning Monday those
 ..a employees to whom have been X 1ed the courtesy of discount sse for telephone service will be re- .uired to pay full rates beginning on the above date and that new con- tracts must be signed at once or the telephones will be disconnected.
 The strikers take this to mean that they are discharged as employees.
 It is understood here that similar notices have been sent to striking em- ployes in other New England Tele- phone Co. exchanges where trouble exists.
 Boston. July 14.--Union labor rep resentatives headed by Edward F. McGrady of the American Federation of Labor were in conference today with Edward T. Fisher, chairman of the state board Of conciliation and arbitration in reference to the strike ot operators of the New England Telephone and Telegraph sCo. Local ly there was no change in strike con ditions and reports from outside points affected indicated that service was about as 1t has been for the last few days.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14

Brussels, July 14.-Eighteen deaths due to heat were recorded on Wed nesday and Thursday in Belgium. it was announced today in a report of the effects of the prevailing hot spell
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
Death Penalty for
 3 Germans Guilty
 On Sabotage Count
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Aix-la- Chapelle, July 14.--A Belgian courtmartial here today imposed the death penalty upon three Germans-Count von Kel- Ter, Ludwig and Kingender, and life imprisonment at hard labor upon a fourth, Lorbeer, on con- viction of sabotage.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
HOT? ONLY 10S.5 DEGREES
This is Recorded in Oregon Districts Texas in Grip of Heat Wave and Belgium Also Feels IL.

Portland, Ore, July 14,-Hot weather today was said to be rap idly dying the timber districts The official temperature yesterday was 1n3b degrees.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14

Dallas. Tex. July 14.-six deaths, a number of lightning shocks, and prostrations have marked the hot weather of the past few days. The thermometer at Fort Worth yester- day recorded 103 degrees. At Dallas it showed 100.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14

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