T iiiifiiis
' 9 Council Presents
.mendationsr for a
' Program
ills ill 1 ;
92W
. to Reduce Wages
en Shop
TON, Feb." 23.—Repres-
thc 109 national and in-
‘uilious affiliated in the
edcratiou of Labor gath-
‘oday. in an extraordinary
for the purpose of organ-
1 attacks on the union la—
ni.
business was the presen-
e executive council of a
is" and recommendations
. program. The council
clmrt after being in con-
ion nearly all day yester-
9 program was not made
as understood to provide
ign by organized labor to
union 5110 s. wage reduc-
guls . ~ration. labor
lffopen silo " propaganda.
7 d state legiSlation to fur-
- of»- organized labor is to
. “.39 ,union leaders said.
.0 determine the attitude
ii shall take in its rela-
‘ incoming Republican
. Survey of industrial
.ughout the country
In by union leaders here
eeting. and all agreed
at depression was the
ederation has faced in.
ruining industry has been
ard ~hit." said John L.
dent of the United Mine
America.
-.n is less than sixty per-
1. We have 100,000 men
ued on page Eight)
; ELL lilll .
; llliiiilllllli
ll party attended by the
relatives and a few of the
air friends of the family.
to Mr. and} Mrs. Ernest A.
daughter Marjorie. on
gill. by Mr. Taylor‘s par-
mi Mrs. James H. Taylor.
- street.
gills were given the de-
lIl\'iv<. {\l r. Taylor receiving
Mrs. Taylor a shopping
ill‘Jol'ie a gold chain and
wwzztuiion speeches were
11‘. Taylor. senior. Who
mu: (‘\t‘l‘)’ success in his
.-, that of the management
Anni-its factory of J. 8.- J.
llix will leave tomorrow
‘\‘l
-.-.. re present were; l‘il‘.
mini Taylor and daughter
and Mrs. James H.
.mi Mrs. Alfred Taylor
., Allin-ti. Jr.. and Mildred:
James H. Taylor. Jr... of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R.
linwnylon; Mr. and Mrs.
ino- and children. Arthur
mthy Irene: Mr. and Mrs.
\’i1mott and daughter. Olive
1". and Mrs. Howard ‘Wil-
All. and Mrs. James Howe
ookiyn. ' .
“ml: was plc' :antly‘ spent
‘oinight a uncheon. was
- affair breaking up shortly
Man Cannot .
.000 for His
1...
. Feb. 23.—0me_ s.
w.Haven. who sued‘tfi
w Haven and Hartford "
any for $l0.090.. the
of an advertisingddeg.‘
l of Rights and.
BELLEVILLE. 11L. Feb. 23.——-
George H. Beatty. 35 years old. of
Believilie. Ill.: and Otto Klingenfuss.
51. of Mascoutah. are dead. and Dr.
James Beatty, 51. a,» brother of the
dead man. is held in the county Jail
here today as the result" of a quarrel
at themeetingof stockholders of a
‘ coal company at Mascoutah yester-
day.
The three. with Roland Beatty. an-
other brother. are said to have dif-
fered oven-selling of the company’s
coal to the two men killed below the
market price.
According to Roland Beatty, ' his
elder‘brother. Dr- Beatty. struck him
with a stove poker during the argu-
ment. and he ran from the room. re-
turning when he heard two shots fir-
ed. to find his brother George and
Klingentuss on the floor. dying. »Klin-
gentuss recovered consciousness
shortly before he died. but was una-
ble to. talk. Dr. Beatty refused to
make a statement at the county jail.
HilllllNfi HA8 ‘ 4
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ST. Al'GlTSTINE. Fla. Feb. 23. (lly
The Associated Prcss).——\Vith only a
few formalities remaining to finally
close up the selection or his cabinet.
President-elect Harding gave his at-
tention today to other important mat-
ters. and to the preparation of his in-
augural address. . ,
"The chance that changes will be
made new in the (Extinct personnel is
considered remote.
Formal invitations and acceptances
have not yet been exchanged in regard
to three of the ten places. but the atti-
tude of all the men selected has been
felt out indirectly.
The three from whom formal ac-
ceptances are still to come are Edwin
Denby. of Michigan. Herbert Hoover.
of California. and James J. Davis. of
Pennsylvania. elated. respectively. for
the portfolios of Navy. Commerce.
and Labor. .
DETROIT. Mich.. Feb. {BIL—Edwin
Denby. President-elect Harding's se-
lcction for the Secretary of the Navy.
left here early today for St. Augus-
tine. Fln.. to confer with'Mr. Harding.
Mr. Dcnby was in telephone. convcr?
sation with Mr. Harding last night.
when the conferencewas agreed up-
on. Asked if he planned to accept
the Secretary'shlp should it be fbr-
malty tendered him. he indicated that
he would.
Continued on page Eight)
'PASKERT SAVES ' ‘
, Hill. lllllillllEN
CLEVELAND. 0.. Feb. 23.——Heroic.
efforts of George “D’od‘el' Paskcrt. ont-
lieldcr of the Cincinnati
League team. saved the lives of five
smallCchildren and helped save‘ ten
other persons. when fire broke out- in
the Union Clothing Company store.
on Lorain avenue. early ‘today. and
swc‘pt through the second floor. where
three families were sleeping.
Paskert was passing the store when
the fire was discovered. He made
tfiee trips into the burning budding.
carrying out five children wrapped in
rugs and his overcoat and directed the
other members of three families to
safety. ‘
In- the rescues Paskert’s hands and
arms were badly burned and his face
blistered by the flames. The property
loss was small. 3 "
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CHICAGo. :Feb. gar—Three- notes in
the building of John Mignon &;Cotn-
page. j dealers in Jewelry; and silver-
were. were
the“. Wideni'“‘9‘ ”some: "hm '
~=se by. decision of. th
treme court"of_, e
. formerly a.
National«
f'bioivu ancient-1y may
’in~what’lioll_ee”det:lamd proponent
i
Sensing
.Blaze Started in the
Room _ About 11 o’Cléck
This Morning, and
thaw?
Spread
Loss-
Fire this morning completely des-
troyed-.the home of Professor" William
C. Perry. Chestnut, Hill avenue. Cron-
bun-y. together with It: entire contents.
causing loss estimated in the neigh-
borhood of 315,000, The origin‘ot the
fire is a mystery. although it is known
to have Stalled in a sewing room 0 i
the second lioor of the ‘uructure. The
heavy snow l'ali prevented the Nor-
.waik Fill department from respond-
‘mi: t»; a still alarm sent in to the First
District llemlnuartims so_ that thc
blazi- ate its way through the house
unhindered. Thirty minutes after the
fire was discovered. the structure was
a mass of smouldering embers.
'l‘he lire was discovcrcd at 10:15 o’-
clock by Mrs. “'illlam C. l’crry. who
was in the house with her two child-
rcn. Smelling smoke. Mrs. Perry
went upstairs and found the sewing
room in a mum of :‘amcs. llurrying‘
the ciiildrcn out of the building. silo
sounded the ulnrrn of fire and neigh-
bom‘gatltcred to light the blaze the
best way possible. The fire. however.
had gained such headway. that it was
impossible to do anything to check it.
Several trees near the house caught
fire from the heat of the flaming
house and were burned. Other hous-
es in the neighborhood. together with
outlying sheds were endangered by
flying sparks. but fortunately none of
them took fire.
The house was gutted. Its entire
contents. including valuable books
and collections made by the professor
were entirely consumed by the names
which with greabrapidlty spread from
dwelling house.; whipnwes of wooden.
construction. ' ” ’ ' ’
The only things savcd from the fire
were a few pieces of-Iurniture which
were tossed out of the window of the
ground floor. ~-
The house was a large building and
was formerly known as the VVeilnltz's
place. It has been purchased by
Prof. l’crry who has made extensive
improvements in the building.
Prof. Perry was formerly attached
to the teaching staff of the Nor-wall;
High School in connection with the
science department. For—tho past two
years. hOWevcr. he has been instructor
in the Bridgeport High School.
Will REBEIVE .
the sewing room to the rest of" the "procedure will be agreed upon.
case is returnable to
port.‘ Judge Edward
children, Norman,
McLoughlin, formeriyin prominent
Flax Hill road belon
and other improvements.
complaint, was guaranteed
Company.
Sometime
have the poWer to issue ninortgage
‘ . The new action .
taken because. it is Eeged,
amount. of $35000.
llllNUS lllililllll-~~ :
. WAR VEiEllANi
,5!
4»
world. war veteran. or comc . pt 1'
forin' of Momma ofl‘flgelr ge "‘ ‘
"vl‘fll Berri problem too: to’ be taken up
by the General Assembly. This was
indicated today. when. in the House.
Mr. Buckley. of Union. stated that be.
with Senatér Delaney had had a con-
ference with .Governor Lake on the
subject. and it was now necessary for
the legislature to say whether the
present aid to service men was to
continue or a. bonus bill be substi-
tuted. He suggested that decision be
taken early. One plan offered by Mr.
Buckley was that the military and
appropriations committee hold joint
meetings as a means of determining
'the attitude of the legislature. , The
matter rested there. but it is thought
before the week‘ end a method of
From the calendar‘ the House
adopted the bill to allow Derby GM;
Company to change its name to Derby
Gas and Electric Company.
A bill to end 't-xlstence of unused
bonk' or trust company charters
granted by previous General Assem-
blies. and which have usually been
referred to as "pocket charters." was
reported by the banks committee.
This is regarded as one of the very
important items of prospective legis-
lation. The bill reads:
“That any special charter granted
prior to the convening of the General
Assembly at its January session. 1921.
to any bank. trust company. bank
and trust company. building and loan
association or invcstment company.
that has not completed its organira-
lion. and is not conducting the actual
business of such association or com-
Thc McMahon Radio Supply Com-1
.pany. which has recently opened an
ofiicc and mice room at >60 Wall
street. is planning to room“! Presi-
dent-elect Harding’s inaugural ad-
dress by radio telephone gone .the.
United States Army Radio Telephone
Stardom-at \Vashington. D. (3.. on
well.
A. complete sendlng ‘and receiving
station has been installed at the local
office. and at present messages are be-.
ing received from European stations.
The sending range of the local static
is about 1.000~miles. t -
Concerts are being received nightly
by radio, telephone. speech and music
being trans'mitted and received from
many experimental . stations through:
butAthe mt. ;. . "
A loud speaker; sln'iiltr to a patent-
ed device known as the negatives. in
beinginotfllefd . . present. wager-rabies
messages mix/exits: be been! also!“
feel: from the} apparatus. so that no
flow Fm$m<
‘ will
. I
Matchjth. at their office. it plans go.
ricelv’é inflhflpgul in
mite the manual .,
party on the first day of October. 1921.
shall be rcpailcd from the first day of
October. 1921." ' .
The banks committee reported fa-
vorably a bill which Will remove the
limitation on the aggregate Value of
shares to be issued by building and
loan associations. so. it adopted. it will
.ymt be necessary for individual asso.
ciations from;time to time to Come to
the General Assembly to increase the
maximum figure of t aggregate
share loan isSue. The bill in effect
rrarls: .
"That the law on building and loan
association: be amended to read as
follows:
“To issuershares of an ultimate ma-
tured value of two hundred ,dollars
each .or a similar amount.:-to.be ac-
! .
Acummulated by monthly or weekly
instalments aggregating one dollar
per share pernwnth, on such terms
and conditions as its constitution and
by-‘lawu may provide. but no member
shall" Le‘exftitl'ed to vote on more than
ohe'shnre in anyone]: corpomtlo ." .
The banks committee reported un-
i’avorabiy on a. bill to repoolthe mall
loans law idopbed instrument on
Bg‘llentofythegakémm Sena.
tabla
by COrnelia Cole Kchougldin and Brenton Vt
York city, and executors of the estate of the
against the Bridgeport Land and Title c
blunt-ch term of th
. _ 7 , Lockwood represents the plaintifl.‘
The damage suit “follows previous court action.
allege that William G“ Show. deceased, of Norwalk. as trustee for his
, my. and others, borrowed $40,000 from James
imn'rcom). Feb. 11—4 bomi'il’io'
"Bring“ Damage. {Action—Action
V “Given by William G: Shaw as
X iii: ‘5 x. .:
Proceedings were tufted today in a suit for $40,000 instituted
7
eiling Jr., both of New
late J 831168 Mehoughlin,
ompany of Bridgeport. The
e Superior-court at Bridge-
The allegations
New York real estate man but who
died recently, giving , :ocouriiy a mortgage on extensive property on.
‘ fito‘Shaw’s children. The money was used, it.
is alleged, to dovaiop;:§til.e. property by building roads and sidewalks
' The mortgage,
for $35,000 by the Bridgeport Land & Title
it is further alleged in the
him, James .Hdnughfin instituted court proceedingm
for the foreclosure of theenortgage oil-the estate. The proceedings
were carried from theifiuperi’or— courtgto the Supreme court. wheres
decision was handed (19m: to the eifedt that Shaw, as trustee, did not
on the property of his children and
that the mortgage‘was hull and‘void.
t the Bridgeport Land and Title company is
it guaranteed the mortgage up to the
MERlliEN ‘PASTiili
- Hill EASTNIIRWALK
Rev. Dr. Irving Watkins Ac-
Melhodisf Church
MElliDIJN. Fell. 2.3.—.‘tnnounce-
ment was made here today. that the
Trinity M. E. church. has accepted a
call to the East avenue Methodist
church of Norwalk. leaving here at
the beginning of the conference year.
Dr. Watkins. came to Meriden two
years ago. serving churches in the
West and New York State. His home
is in'Baitimore.
MILITARY BAH
Word has been received by mem-
bers of Frank C. Godfrey Post. No.
12, American Legion. that delegations
from Legion Posts in Stamford.
Greenwich. W’estport. Bridgeport.
New Haven and Dari‘eh. will pre-
sent at the second annual military
ball to be held at the State Armory
on Friday night of this week. Feb-
ruary 25th.
will be present to lead the grand
march. but notification will be receiv-
ed by tomorrow to this effect.
The American band or twenty-two
pieces will furnish music. together
with Mcrriam's nugumented o’rches-
tra fOr the dancing which will last
from 9 until '1. the grand march to
start at 9 o‘clock. A concertxwill be
given from 8 until 9 o'clock.
The committee in charge of the
decorations will start work tomorrow
:cvening‘ on the decoration of
armory. Electrical effects together
with patriotic decorations will make
the place a scene of splendor.
Members of the l'nited Spanish
\V’ar Vcternnsflrill also be present at
the ball. anddhose (ix-service men
who are to attend wfii go in ffi’n’ firi-
form. '
poems}: AfilBA’SFA-
moron FOB
‘ Dons. ,
BOSTON. Feb. 23.—-Caseu of form
cign'fln. rum. whiskey and vermouth
stood with'tahta‘lizing immunity in'a
pier house here today. to the envious
admiration of thirsty citizens. The
enemy of the Voleteod act entered
ithe’ port yesterday. under a this of
truce and is bate from capture by pm—
.hibition agents. Within a. few days.
if. will complete the last leg of its
journey.£rom/Europe. and be received
by Itoretzn mm“ in Washing-
_-D;IBLIN’ ; pen 933.131 adie- of three
«was neat woodrm.
-SHELTON. Feb. 23.—-—Inquiry into
the cause and the minute particulars
of the collision of two trolley cure on‘
the Bridgeport-Shelton Line of the
Connecticut company were under way
today. The inquest by Coroner John
J. Phcian will be opened at Bridge—
porttomorrow. and ,the Public Utili—
ties Commission will lit with that of-
ficial in order to hear the testimony
which is brought out. .
Today on the tracks a short eighth
of a. mile below High Bridge. in South
Shelton. there is only sheep of char-
;ed‘metal and the twisted frames of
the cars and fittings in the center of
a barren spot on the right of way
caused by the melting of the snow
close by.
In Griffin Hospital and in a number
of homes here the injured persons
who went through the ordeal of. being
in o, trolley car which suddenly was
crumbled up and thencnveloped with
flame and from ”which their escape.
em with life” itself seemed almost
miraculous in the opinion or eye-
witnesses ot the disaster.
_ In Griffin Hospital today were the
following:
Mrs. William A. Vt’ilkinoon. Shelton.
burned and blinded. condition rc-
mains critical.
Mrs. Fred Somers. Shelton. condi-
tion critical from burns.
Henry Baliough. Shelton. condition
critical.
Can of Gasoline on Platform Blamed for H vs:
Death glint—Cars Come Together Near Switch,-
‘ Buckle and Are Quickly Enveloped in flames, .
Causing. Panic in the One Southbound—“7m;
man Badly Burned, and Man InjuredrlThree '
Investigations Start.
‘~ . Accident—Two Victims Still to Be Identified. i
m»
to Determl‘ 'ne Cause of
Mrs. J .H. Brown. Shelton. condition
unchanged: will recover. ‘ ' ‘
Mrs. De Martin. 29 Jackson street.
Anoonia. condition unchanged, “
Mrs. Emelia Morey. Waterbury.
condition about'the some. . ~
Rosalia. Lonero. Shelton. condition
good. ‘
Ralph Bernstein. Aneonia. condition
unchonged.
John Lofthouee. Derby. condition
unchanged.
Antonio Lubrie. Nevf Haven. condi-
tion fair.
Mrs. R. J. Henderson. Waterbury.
condition fair.
John Simon. West Haven. burne‘
and lacerations. on the danger liet._
An unidentified man. probably of
Italian birth. in rcritlcal condition
from burns. .
' Three other persons were in the
hospital late yesterday. but they have
been removed to their homes. The
chance- of the recovery of Mrs. M!-
kinnon. Mrs. Somers and Mr. Ballough
were not considered good this fore-
noon.
In St. Raphael's Hospital. New
Haven. are Hrs. Frank Laudino. aged
30. and a daughter. both of New
Haven. who are badly hurt. The
daughter was taken to the hospital
late in the afternoon and her mother
during the night. The morning re-
Continued on page Eight)
lulu BilllliiAR
cepts. Call of East Avenue!
7 NEW You
» i
It is hoped that General Edwards
'lilliil‘iiilfil >
TH? i
several large hotels here: who recently
have been victimized by a mysterious
Rev. Dr. R. Irving Watkins. pastor of .burglar. were called to police head-
quarters today to "scrutinize William
Baker who was captured at the Wal-
drof-Astorla late last night after a
battle with detectives.
The arrest of’Bakcr’ended a vigil
kept by the detectives since last Sat-
urday night.‘ when jewelry valued at
81.009 was taken from a. sixth—door
room occupied by Mrs. Mary Gallag-
her. of San Francisco.
Using a pass key. a man entered
the same room shortly before last
midnight. A detective followed
Surprised. the man is said to have
pointed a. revolver at the detective.
who disregarded .hie threat. and grap-
pled with ‘him. . k
They fought over. the room. turn-
ing its contents topsyt‘urvy. then rolled
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K I-‘cb. zeroes. ‘or ;
Milli llllil Al ,
Billilliil} all
Evidence presented to the oflect
that Waco Paulino had been play—
ing cards with Mike Dowd at the let—
ter'e home in East Norwalk. we; all
that saved him from o. sentence to
“jail” for the supposed "murderou-
assault." on Matthew (Homebrew)
Burns. who. It was stated to "Judge"
Bernard Tully and "State's Attornefl'
James J. Keene. at the mock trio!
held by Catholic Union Council. No.
46. K. of 0.. at the clubhouse on Wed
avenue last night. was found in front
of the state Armory by “Patrolman"
Cornelius O'Brien in an unconscious
conditiion on December 27tth 1920.
Further evidence was produced by
John Smith “attorney" for Paulina.
that "Patrolman" O‘Brien. had had a
grudge against Pauline ever since the
passage of the Volsted act... an‘d Paul-
ino's refusal to “slip a quart” to
through the Half. open door to the
corridor. Attracted by the scuffllng.
many-guests ran from their room and
other detectives appeared.
was subdued after being beaten al—
most into ineensibility.
charged with burglary.
[All BENTEN
Monkcr Grotto's basketbal icnm
fell before the assault of the Crafts-
meu‘s ionm. by a score of 27 to 22. at
~Hoyi’s Theatre Hall. last evening.
for the
thus tying the total score
games. l_.:'.st"i‘ucs€ay Monker won.
and last night the Craftsmen wan.
Good fast playing featured the
game througlrout. The players for
'Monker Grotto were \Vithali and 13d-
dy. forWards; Taylor. center; Howard.
'W'igglesworth and Moore (second
“1;; guy-45‘
%\u1‘
The Crat‘tsmcn's players were firth-
cringto’n and Gager. guards; Ilctts.
center. and S. and R. Byington. for,-
wards.
i
In the preliminary game. a team. of
girls. composed of F. Gregory and M.
Legs. forwards; E. Burr and N. Nash,
score of 12 to 10. to a team composed
OLE. Mllllken and L. Waters. for-
wards; M. Tune. center. and G. For-
bush and M. Skidd, guards. ’
The winning team will play the
Yale & ‘Dwne girls team next Tues-
day evening. .
l'on'assvs comma. marmala-
The installation of Saleem of Porn:-
.ous Council . of: the Royal Amman
was held last evening. The ceremony
The man!
E“Cierk of the Court" Kenneth Pagan
He waa‘had a hard job keeping order in the
guards. and F. Skldd. ccnter. lost by a .
O'Brien from his collar.
Quite 3 number of the members of
the Council attended to hear the
"trial" and "Sheriff" Ed Kearney and
court during the proceedings.
"Patrolman" O'Brien as repri-
.manded for his attitude in the case
and was threatened with dismissal
from the force.
Following ’ the
highly humorous in all its phases.
social time followed.
"trial" which was
a.
lllllisi trill“
mutilation
\VASHINGTON. Pub. EFL—«The in-
cident of the fatal shooting by a Jap-
anese sentry .of lLirutcnant Vv’. H.
Langdon. an American naval officer at
Vladivostok. last month. was regarded
by Ofiitfinfi fit: as definitelyclotwd.
escept for the mailer of reparations,
as a result of the action of the Japan-
ese Government in punishing those
responsible for the tragedy and its rc—
newcd ex'premion of regret. in its re-
ply to the recent Amer-tr .n note.
*‘l'hlo View was expressed by Sucre;
tary Colby. who deciarcd the action of
the Japanese authorities "has been
prompt and sincere.”
i M
Not-want Letter
Carrier
O
Honored
ANSONIA. Feb. 23.——The Connecti-
cut' division of the National All-octa—
tlon of W (hrs-let's. in session here.
:yeltém W Grover Mom)”. of
thin city. on Mot: Joseph B. King.
‘01 M m vice—president; Wil-
fllun ma "liorrlngtou. secretory.
ham~wm Now-ilk. tram:-
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