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New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
FOWL QUARANTINE
 BEING PREPARED
State Acting to Keep Down
 Losses to Poultry Men

Hartford. Dec. 17,-Altcr new cases Of the chicken maIady that has killed thousands of chickens and turkeys during the past few days had been discovered in New Haven and Hartford, the state department on domestic animals today prepared form Of embargo to be submitted to Governor Tcmpieton for his sig nature and also placed the worst in- f,cted area in New Haven under uGarantjue. The cases of the disease discovered in Hartford were all among chickens which had been brought here from New Haven by H local dealer Ills pens were quar- antlned and efforts are being male 10 prevent any further spread in this city. The embargo would prohibit the shipment into tue state of chick CT, or turkeys from New York and a number ot other places where the disease has ben discovered. pr. Jakeman, veterinarian 0atho,oElst Of Boston will have charge of In ln- ycstigaion 10 be conducted in New Haven and other parts of the state where the disease IS most prevalent ln an effort 10 determine Its nature. Chickens and turkeys are the only birds it affects, the authorities say and geese, ducks and guinea fowl are immune.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
City Items
Join Morans' Xmas Music Club.

Join Morans' Xmas Music Club,
 --advt A, c, Hammond Camp, U. S. w. ", win hold regular meeting in the state armory at s o'clock this evening.
 For dress values at great savings, see the Mary Elizabeth Speciality Shop, s7 w. Main street.-advt. A daughter was born Monday 10 MT, and Mrs. James Smith of 292 Fairview street.
 Gulbransen player pianos at Morans
 --advt MT. and Mrs. Nelson A. Brown of 1S6 Arch street. have returned from a motor trip to Philadelphia, Pa. Reserved seats for New Years Midnight Fnolic, Capitol Theater.- advt.
 Winthrop Council, Sons and Daughters of Liberty, will hold a regular meeting this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Election Of officers will take place after which a Christmas party will be held
 Flctrolas and Pianos, at Morans'
 -adVt
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
German Govt. Assists
 U. s. Debt Commission

New York, Dee. 17,-Alexander Otis, attorney for American repre- sentatives of the mixed claims com mission, who has spent the past Six months in Germany arranging set dement's of more than 1000 claims of American citizens, aggregating over slS,O00. 1000, arrived today on the Hamburg-American liner Albert BaIlin. We would not have been ahe to conduct our investigation in snch an expeditions manner if 1t had not been for the thorough coopera- ton of the German government, |"
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
Mrs. Ross Wants No Show
 At Her Inauguration

Cheyenne, Wyo. Dec. 17.-Nellie Taylor Ross, goyernor-elect of Wyoming, widow of the late Cover nor Ross, has invited no one 10 wit ness her induction into office, Jan- uary 5. and will issue no invitations she said today She desires that the inauguration ceremonies be as sim pie as possible because of the tragedy of the circumstances which were responsible for my election"
 The induction ceremony, according to plans, will consist merely of e prayer, probably by Bishop N. S Thomas of the Episcopal diocese of Wyoming, and administrat ton of the oath of office by Chief Justice (. \. Potter of the state supreme court. It will take place in the governors office.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
Herri0t's Illness Is
 Caused by New Germ
By Tho Associated Press.

I! IHe AtsocIdted Press,
 Paris, Dec. 1.-The swollen leg of Premier Herriot which has so complicated his severe attack of grippe and caused him much pain, is due to a new microbe found so far in ten cases of influenza that have developed here recently. His physicians have finally diagnosed this symptom which has puzzled them so greatly, as the outgrovth of the new freak in influenza cases which has appeared in Paris.
 M. Herriots doctors are confident that the improvement he has shown recently will continue and believe that he will be able 10 leave his bed next week.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
Toronto Makes Last
 Street Railway Payment

Toronto. Dec. 1T. -- The city of Toronto yesterday made its final payment to the Toronto Street Rail- way company for It's street railway, The total amount was over si2,OOO,- 900. The liquidator. it is announced. Is now in a position to pay over to the shareholders as first payment s1i0 for every $l00 worth of stock in the company and there will prob ably be a small additional payment when remaining assets are sold.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
AWARDS AT N. B. H. s.
Football and Track Team Members Honored-Cassidy Gets Offer From Two Colleges.

Certificates, letters and sweaters were awarded at the senior high school this morning by Principal l.. P.Slade to members of the 1924 championship football team. and cer- tificates were awarded members of the track team. Those who received the certificates for track were Capt. Quigley, Fleischer, Gourson, Naples. Phalon and Henry zehrer. Kenneth Saunders received a certificate as manager,
 George NJ. Cassidy, athletic d'tec- tor, is reported to have received in- vitation to coach at Wesleyan and at the University of Vermont, but has declined on account of his health, it is said,
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17

Peru has 2 good roads move mem
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
REPORT ATROCITIES.

London, Dec, IA dispatch 10 the Daily Express from Peking says Ii Yen-Ching. captain of former President Taso Runs bodyguard, was murdered yesterday on the steps of the Temple of Heaven. and that Teao-Jui, e brother of Taso Kun, who recently was turned out Into the streets naked, died from expo sure. Both incidents, the dispatch adds, are ascribed 10 agents of Feng Yu-Hsiang, the Christian general" who recently captured Picking.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17

T IVId-s . I l,- , TT ] 4J Bingham's plurality 40,524.
 The figures for the November
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
Five to Die for
 Murder of Americans

Tirana, Albania, Dec, 17.-Five of the men convicted by courtmartial Of the murder last April of Robert l.. Coleman. of San Francisco, and George B. DeLong, Of New York, have been sentenced to death, Three others have been condemned to 10 years Imprisonment with hard labor.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
Analysts of Vote

Tn an analysis of the vote repub!t- ran leaders today pointed out that the striking features were: The vote of Fairfield county in which not 3 town was lost to the democrats: The vote Of Stamford, hope Of Mir Mer- ritt which two years ago &snt demo- cratic and yesterday went repubh- can; the failure Of Mir. Holt 10 make showing in Woodstock, hls sum- mer home, whils Salem, the sum- mer homo of Col. Bingham. went republican 6c 10 {: and the reversal of form in derby which went repub- lican by 158 whereas 1t went demo- cratic last month, giving Mir. DaHs 351 plurality.
 Col, Bingham today was at his home and messages of congratula- tion poured in by telephone and 'e'e- graph and his mail was laden with letters from friends here and else where. Col. Bingham had no plans 10 announce. He resumed work on his inaugural message, and in few days will be ready to take up con
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17

Mir otls said. "The officials of that country helped us arrange the settle ments by obtaining the old records of tho claimants"
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17
BINGHAM ELECTED
 SENATOR BY 4O,524
l~ontinued From First Fage)

mon-parh claiming Connecticut as the home of his ancestors.
 Republican Victory
 Tn the voting yesterday the re- publ{cans carried nearly all of the towns and cities in the state in spite of a great slump in the total poll due in some measure to opposition in his own party. Ringhams pluraIi- ty of about 4O.oo0 yesterday con- pared with loT66o given him for governor in November but yester- days total vote of approximately tS4ooo was only about half of that cast last month.
 Holt carried only three of the q cities in the state and very few Of
New Britain herald., 1924-12-17

the towns, His home town of Wood stock was in the republican column. Every county showed n plurality for Bingham.
 Must Become Governor
 As there is no way In which Col, Bingham can resign as governor elect he will assume the state office in January deliver his inaugural ud- drsss make required appointments such as his stan, and will then ar- range to rellnquish the office and proceed 10 Washington to take the oath as a member of the senate. The office of governor will automatically fall upon the newly elected lieut.. governor John II. Trumbull during the brief period that Col. Bingham holds the office Of governor he will be eX-o.licio a Fellow of Yale Unl- vorslty from the faculty of which he resigned about month ago.
 Resigned at Yale
 Col, Hiram Bingham, the new san- ator-eIect, resigned as Townsend professor Of Latin-American history at Yale, shortly after his election as governor in November having held the chair since 1915. lie was a graduate of Yale in 1898 and had been lecturer and assistant professor of South American geography and history at the university from 1907. He was born in Hawai- in 1875, the son Of Rev, Hiram and Minerva C. Bingham and held degrees from Harvard and the University Of Cali fornia. He was also a preceptor in history at Princeton in 1905.
 In 1906 Mir. Bingham began q series Of exploration into Peru and South American countries and was director of Peruvian expeditions in 1911, 1912, 1914 and 1915 under auspices of Yale and the National Geographic Society.
 During the World war Mir. Bing- ham commanded the largest allied aviation instruction camp at Is- soudin, France. He was elected lieut., governor of Connecticut in 1922 serving one term.
 Slumps in Voting
 The slump in vote cast hy both the major parties yesterday is shown ny combination Of the county totals for the senatorship with those given in the November election for NIT. Bingham for governor. The re- vised figures of yesterday show that the democrats carried r towns with Bethlehem tied. The towns going democratic were; Kilingworth, Rox- hury, Litchheld, Morris, Pomfret, Beacon Falls, Bethany Naugatuck, New Haven, Oxford. Waterbury. Tol- land, East Hartford. Hartford, Marl- borough, Windsor Locks and Boz rah.
 The county figures as revised were as fnilnu,s.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
Dwelling 1,20O Years Old
 Still Shelters Tenants

Bingen-on-the-R Rhine. Jan. 11.- The oldest dwelling in Germany, and one of the oldest in all Europe. is at. tracting almost as much attention just now as do the reports from Egypt of the excavations of the tomb of Tutankhamen.
 This house Is located in the little hamlet of Winkel, in the valley of the Rhine. and is known to have been built more than 1,200 years ago. Archaeologists are endeavoring to secure more exact data. The first owner, so far as records show, vas the Archbishop of Mainz, Rhabanus Maurus, who died in s56. The pres ent owner. Count Matuschke Greiffen- kalu, Of a curious turn of mind. be- lieves there are many secrets and possibly much gold hidden away be- tween the walls and under the base ment floors, and he has sought the aid Of scientists 10 determine the houses age and to assist him in his search for hidden treasure.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
JOHNNY BREAKS RECORD
MeissmulIer Ncgotiates the 40-Yard Dash in :fs, Which Is Better Than His Own World Mark.

Iowa City, la. Jan. 11.-In an ex- hibition at the annual midwest A. A. U. swimming championships here last night Johnny weissmullcr. Illi- nois 4. C. star. unofficially broke his own worlds record of :1s in the 40- yard dash by one fifth of a second.
 Three A. 4. [. records were shat tered. Griffin of the University Of Iowa took the 22O yard breast stroke in S:15 s-10. He formerly held the record at s.25 2-5. Morse Lake of University of Iowa plunged the &C., foot tank in :1s 2-5 breaking the former record of :17 4-5 held by Hickox of the University of Iowa. Iv- an Klingaman of the University of Iowa broke his own 4. A. U. record of :5s 2-5 in the 100-yard free style by swimming the event in :57 4-5.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
GLOBE CLOTHING HOUSE

kept away from the front office dur ing the time Bassett was conversing with reporters. Bassett. who evident ly thought that he would have a chance to speak to his wife, left just before the office closed and Mrs. Bas- sett followed shortly after and was driven to her mothers home in a friends car.
 From confidential sources it was learned that Mrs. Bassett had stated that she was through with Bassett and that she had no reason for recon ciliation after the embarrassment and Humiliation he had caused her and her child. Acting upon advice some time ago she had conferred with her attorney and when Bassett left her 10 live at Mrs Sanderson's home. after accepting employment with the au- thoress. Bassett arranged to pay his wife SIS @ week for her support. These payments continued except for a period of few weeks when Bassett is said to have asked his wife to di- vorce him, threatening to discontinue her allowance.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
IBASSETT RESIGNS
 AS AIDE ID NINA
Returns to Madison But His XIie
 Ignores Him

Madison. Conn, Jan. 1i.-Ellswortt
 Bassett. who yesterday resigned a,
 business manager for Mrs. Nina VII.
 cox Putnam sanderson, arrived ii
 Madison at 6:45 last night. Mir Bas.
 sett left New Haven after he is be.
 lieved to have had conference with
 his attorney, who drove Into the city in his machine to meet him.
 When Bassett stepped from the trolley car in front of the post of- flee where his wife Is employed as clerk he was besieged by crowd of newspapermen who followed him Into the lobby of the building. His wife, Gertrude Bassett, who was at work in the front office, ignored her husband entirely and busted her self at another part of the office.
 Bassett stated that Mrs. Bassett was "all wrong" about Mrs. Sam derson, that he came to Madison to do what he could to straighten things out and that he was anxious to talk with his wife and to arrange matters satisfactory to her. He said that his plans were entirely up to her.
 Upon his arrival in New York Bas- sett said that he saw Mrs. Sanderson and broke off all business relations with the authpress, due to the unfor- tunate publicity which he has been subjected to since Mrs. Putnam's name was linked with his. Bassett stated that he would now go 10 work but doubted whether he would be able to find employment in Madison. He very much shaken. He fur ther said that if the differences be- tween his wife and himself were out he might have to take her away with him.
 Bassett added that he didn't know where he was going to spend the 1 night or the succeeding days unless some friend took him in as his par eBts' home is closed. He said that his i clothes were at Mrs. Sanderson's home and that he had no keys to | the place and as the weather was colder than he expected he could | not get his oyercoat. Later he ap- peared wearing the coat but. ad- vanced no information as to how he procured it.
 Mrs. Basset, who saw her husband llight from the trolley car. and who lid not expect him home so sudden y. was unnerved when he appeared in the post office with the newspaper men trailing at his heels According O her closest friends and advisers she mad determined not to see him and
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
MaYYied Men
K0ppisch to Have Arm
 RebrOken for Treatment

New York, Jan. 11.--Walter Kop- pisch, whose recent election to the Columbia football captaincy for the third consecutive year. was believed to have set a record in this respect, entered Presbyterian hospital last night and will undergo an operation on his injured right arm this morning. Koppisch fractured his elbow in the football game with Dartmouth Thanksgiving Day, but it did not set properly. and when he removed the cast lately it was discovered that he could not bend the elbow freely. On the advice of surgeons. koppisch will have the arm rebroken today and the bones at the joint scraped to remove growth of flesh. Dr. William Dar- rach, dean of F. & S., will be in charge of the operation, it was said. and other well known surgeons will assist. Koppisch now has abandoned hopes of competing in the indoor track championships, but unless fur ther complications develop he will try for a place on the American Olympic team fin the spring.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
Six Day Bicycle Racers
 Still Are Pedaling On

Chicago. Jan. 11.-With the com hination of Oscar Egg of Switzerland and Alfred Brenda of Tasmania main- taining their lead. the II teams re- maining in the six-day bicycle race were divided into four divisions at o'clock this morning. They had made 1.767 miles, six laps. and had 1s7 points. One lap behind were the Chi cago riders. koekier and Stockholm. who had q margin Of two points over the leaders
 In the third division two laps be- hind the leaders. were eight teams. while Grimm and Hambachcc were three laps behind.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
PRE-WAR GOLD STANDARD
 URGED BY THE ENGLISH
Sir Charles Addis, Director of Bank of England, Makes Plea for Re-
 sumption of old Standards

Edinburgh. Jan. ii--Addressine the Bankers Institute here recently. Sir Charles Addis, a director of the Bank of England and chairman of the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank, made a strong plea for return of the gold standard as existing before the war. Upon the issue of the conflict which swung round this project he said. might depend whether Great Britain was to regain her former sue premacy as the financial center of the world. or was to sink to the level of a seconi-class power.
 After reviewing the pre-war stan- dard system Sir Charles said the con. ditions precedent to its restoration were a cessation of government bor- rowing. the effective use of the Bank of England's rate Of discount and the legal limitation of fiduciary note issues It could not be too widely known, he said, that such was the official British monetary policy. Dealing with the charge that the official monetary policy was a main cause of the existing trade depression and unemployment and an impedi- ment to recovery. he asked: Has any substantial relation of the nature of cause and effect been established be- tween the currency policy and trade depression?"
 Sir Charles said the present trade depression had been intensified and extended by the war. but it would be wrong to regard 1t as altogether ab- normal. It seemed to him fantastic, he said, to single out the policy of de- fation as the principal cause of un-
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
May ts Ask S1O,OOO From
 Owners as His Little Bit

Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 11.-Pitcher Jakey May left Havana yesterday, an- nouncing that he was on his way to collect s10.000 of the purchase price recently paid to Vernon by the Cincin- natl National league club for his serv- Ices, according to a special dispatch received by the. Cincinnati Times-Star yesterday The dispatch stated that May declared he would have the s10,- GOO or play no baseball this season. 1t also said that May was under contract to the Almendores club until March and that his departure caused furry in Cuban baseball circles.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
DEMPSEY-GIBBONS
 BOUT ABOUT FIXED
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fore meeting the champion.
"Snifs Me- says .Iacl,.

Miami, Fla. Jan. 1t.--It it's 0. K. with Mir. keanrs. it suits me fine" re- marked Jack Dempsey last night when told Of the announcement by Promo ter Tex Richard in New York that Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons would fight return title match in New York, probably in June. The cham pion made the statement while wit messing bout getween Young Strib- ling and Mike Nestor, here
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
FERGIsoN MATfHEn

Tracey Ferguson. wallop admins trator of Northford. draws on his mitts once more in Hartford. meet ing Felix King. Of Manchester, x. H.. on the same card with the Harry WiIls-Jack Taylor bout at the state armory January s.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
sPALLa ON WAY TO ARGEN1INE

MarseiIles. France. Jan. H. Erminio spslIa. of Italy, champion heavyweight pugilist of Europe. sail- cd here today for Buenos Aires.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
wEIssutLLER SEEKS RECoED

Chicago. Jan. 1i.-Johnny Weiss. muller. holder Of numerous worlds swimming records. will make an at- tempt on Jan. l 5 at IJoyoia University 10 regain his record for the 150-yafd backstroke event in a 7s-foot pool. taken recently by Warren KeaIoha.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
PRINCETON oARsMEN ELECT

Princeton. N. J.. Jan. 1f.-The Princeton university crew will be cap- tained by Charles L. Austin of Port chester. \. F.. this coming season it was announced after a meeting of crew letter men here yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

Michigan looks to Captain Birks of the basketball team to maintain the high standard that the Ann Arbor eridiron athletes have set in Western Conference circles. Michigan has the nucleus for strong five with Captain Birks as one of the stellar performers.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
OLYMPIC HocKEyIsTs MIN

st. John. Y. B. Jan. 1.-The Can adian Olympic hockey team last night defeated the Maritime amateur champions. the Abegwets. of Chariot tetown. F. E. l.. in their final game to compete at Chamonix.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11
s pe a kin g of Sports 8


 At last the tide is turned and the fans now can look for All New Brit ain 10 hit their winning stride again. The Dixics next, then the Hartford kaceys.
 IaHar certainly gave Q great ex- hibition Of basketball playing last night when he tied the game. then continued his fine work by winning it. lIoi Filler, former big league hurl- CT, who has been out of the game. is to try comeback next spring.
 Germany Schultz has been dropped as football coach at the University of Detroit and announces he is through with the grid game for good.
 The Atlas basketball team defeated Terryville last night. Tonight they t, clash with the Hartford Kaceys.
 Joe Currie of New Haven outpoint- ed Al shubert of New Bedford in @ mild bout last night.
 Many at last nights game in Hart ford found great fault with the work of Referee Brennan. He seemed blind to the usual type of fouls, especially when committed by Hartford men. For instance, the giant Sturm roughed the little Mert Taylor unmer- cifully and on several occasions de- liberately pushed him as he was about to shoot, yet no fouls were called on Stnrm all night. The bruises and scratches on Tay- lor's face today indicates the kind of opposition he had. Taylor played his usual pretty game and although he got but two field goals himself, his work in ''pass- | ing them up' was great. Both he | and Restella fed them up to LaHar l and enabled that youngster to come | through in the fine way he did.
 Hartford's West Sides report the | signing of Vic Larson as guard but | the local management has heard | nothing of 1t. Probably it is only for a certain series that the big fellow is going over 10 the Frog Hollow boys
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

Positively fresh eggs eic dog. Rms- sell Bros. sBI Main St.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

Germany Schultz has been dropped as football coach at the University of Detroit and announces he is through with the grid game for good.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

Hoi Eller former big league hurl- CT, who has been out of the game. is to try n comeback next spring.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

I.aIIar certainly gave Q great ex- hibition Of basketball playing last night when he tied the game, then continued his fine work by winning it.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

The Atlas basketball team defeated Terryville last night. Tonight they clash with the Hartford Kaceys.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

Hartford's West Sides report the signing of Vic Larson as guard but the local management has heard nothing of 1t. Probably it is only for a certain series that the big fellow is going over 10 the Frog Hollow boys
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

The Dixics next, then the Hartford kaceys.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

At last the tide is turned and tho fans now can look for All New Brit ain 10 hit their winning stride again.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

Joe Currie of New Haven outpoint- cd Al Shubert of New Bedford in a mild bout last night.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-11

The bruises and scratches on Tay- lors face today indicates the kind of opposition he had.