New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPER S NEW BRITAIN HERAL HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER RUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1916 —-TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876. BONAR LAW REFUSES TO TAKE OVER BRITISH PREMIERSHIP King Sends for Lioyd George Jfollowing Resignation of Asqaith, to Accept Berthl F SPECIAL ELECTION | Premier Asquith because of his failure | today. MAY BE THE RESULT ’ Three-Year-Old Register Would Be | Used, Disenfranchising Four Million New Voters—Labor Party Leader in Revolt—Sir Edward Carson Wires Constituents Denying Being Party }C_l Political Deal, London, Dec. 6, 1 7—The thange Telegraph company has authority for the statement that Bonar Law form a government. The Westminster Gazette says that Andrew Bonar Law has declined the ihvitation of the king to form a cab- Inet, and that presumably David Lloyd George will be called on. Public on Qui Vive. The public is awaiting with = the greatest interest the next step in the political cisis. Ordinarily the selection by the king of a leader such as Mr. Bonar Law to form a new ministry would be tak- Grg as a solution but from the first there was some doubt whether the unionist leader could succeed in the ask assigned to him, or whether he has declined the offer to uld command the support of a ma- | Jority in the house of commons if he did form a cabinet. The nationalists, Who withdrew their support from togcarry out the agreement made by Lioyd George for bringing home rule | ,into force immadiately, would have | ad been likely to follow a cabinet of Sthich the upnionist leader was. the | chief and in which Sir Jdward Car- | gon was included. Their support | might be attained by granting their demands regarding Ireland, and it even said, Sir Edward was a par- ty'to this, but the Ulster leader tele- graphed to his supporters in Belfast a flat denial of the report, saying: “The proposals attributed to me are without foundation. Ulster men know my views and my ' unabafed loyalty to them.” ‘Wardle Jumps Over Traces. Another difficulty was presented by the labor party whose leader, George Vewdle announced yesterday, the in- tention of the labor members in the house of commons to support Mr. As- quith. They are meeting today make a final decision. Bonar Law the Stronger. The Manchester Guardian, which generally voices the opinion of the provincial members, expressed the * dbénion that Mr. Bonar Law would be more likely to effect a combination which the house of commons would support than Lloyd George would be, and added there was no reason to be- lieve Lloyd George had any ambitions for the task. The Guardian which supports Lloyd George, says that in a ‘ ter to Mr. Asquith he took the #ld that a man could not act both as premier|and as a member of the war council, which would have to sit morning and evening and deal with “the terribly urgent” war problems. The hope is. expressed generally that an election will be avoided, on account of the delay and of interfer- | ¥rce with the business of war. Should an election be compulsory it would be held under a three-year-old regis- ter, so that four million new voters would be disfranchised. Predict Asquith’s Return. ‘Whether Mr. Lloyd George, whose | action led to the disruption of the 4£galition government and the resig- ndtion of Mr. Asquith, would have any greater success in forming a minis- try than Mr. Bonar Law, is a question which has not been answered. cal correspondents predict that Mr. Asquith will be back at the head of the government before many day Mr. Asquith takes a majority of the | Liberal ministers with him in his re- th\gment, Mr. Lloyd George being as- sured of the support of only Herbert Samuel, the ome secretary, Edwin Moritague, minister of munitions, some of the junior ministers, includ- ing Dr. Christopher Addison, parlia- mentary upder secretary for muni- tions, and a small‘section of the par- ‘ty known as the “ginger group.” It iy _not believed possible Mr. Lloyd George would have any more success with the labor members than did Mr. Bonar Law, the parliamentary corre- spondent while the attitude of a large part of the unionist party is doubtful. Mr. Bonar Law, Sir Edward Carson and the Earl of Derby probably would not act under Mr. Lloyd George, as they supported his ultimatum to Pre- mier Asquith regarding the formation of a smaller war council. w Resignation Taken Calmiy. The Westminster Gazette says Pre- mier Asquith’s resignation was not re- (Continued On Eleventh Page). to Politi- | [FEAR OF SUBMARINES HOLDS BACK TROOPS, Canadian Soldiers Kept at Home and Coast Restric- tions Are Enforced. | St Johns, N\F., Dec. 6.—The colon- | ial government permitted it to be- come known today that reports of German submarines in the Atlantic | had resulted in the cancelling of the despatch of a draft of recruits for the New Foundland regiment which had been planned for the last week in November. Some of the regulations | previously enforced but recently sus- pended, regarding measures for coast defense have been -reimposed. Lights in this city are permitted, but coast lights have been ordered dimmed. A fleet of patrol boats has | been organized to scout in the viein- ity of Cape Race and the Grand Banks. These boats are equipped ! with wireless apparatus and will give | warning in case of the approach of any hostile vessel. WOMAN OF MYSTERY IN “OSBORNE” CASE 1 | Believes She Knows Wax But Will Ap- pear Only As Madam X to Shield New York, Dec. 6.—After a night | in the Tombs prison, Charles H. Wax, { who claims to be the mysterious | “Oliver Osborne,” appeared composed iand ready for the ordeal before him Federal officials planned to bring before him not only persons connected with Rae Tanzer's breach of promise suit against James W. Os- borne, but also several young women he is believed to have duped. i Special interest was shown in a new figure in the case who, according to District Attorney Marshall's office, is a woman of social standirg above that | of the average woman with whom | Wax has associated. She met Wax, | she believes, when he was posing as Charles H. Raymond. At that time i he said he was a United States at- torney. This woman has consented to appear, it was stated, on condition that her identity will not be made known, and for that reason she will appear in the records as “Madame X,” She will be taken to see Wax secretly, and the authorities believe that it will not be necessary for her to enter court. Among others, who, it is expected, will face Wax today, are Maisie Ma- | son, whom he is said to have married under the name of Nyve; Mrs. Stewart Denman, in whose house in New York he lived as “Oliver Osborne’”; Miss Rose Helen Kaiser and her mother, and the proprietor of the hotel at Plainfield, where “Oliver Osborne’” registered with Rae Tanzer. ' Charles H. Wax was identified at the United States attorney’s office here today, by James W. Osborne and his wife, together with Edwin Willcox, an assistant in his office, as ‘“Oliver Osborne,” the man who won the af- | fections of Rae Tanzer. Self, t MOYER SING SING HEAD . Warden at Federal Penitentiary at { Atlanta for Twelve Years Selected as Superintendent of N. Y. Prison. Albany, Dec. 6.—The appointment of Willlam H. Moyer for twelve years warden of the federal penitentiary at | Atlanta, Ga.. as warden of Siig Sing prison, was announced today by the | state superintendent of prisons, James | M. Carter. ! | | i | ONE HUNDRED DROV Spanish Steamship Lost 200 Miles Off, “Canary Islands. | Madrid, Spain, Dec. 6, Paris, 1:01 p. m.—One hundred members of | the crew of the Spanish steamship Piolx, Orleans for Barce- lona, were drowned by the sinking of the vessel in a storm when 200 miles off the Canary Island i i HUGHES BEHIND IN via from New MASS, McCall Ran H Presidential Candidate. | 99 and Lodge Ahead of Boston, Dec. 6.—A plurality of 20, | 927 for Charles E. Hughes over Prosi- dent Wilson in Massachusetts is | shown by the official election .‘xgurcs“ announced by the woverrir and coun- | Governor Samuel W. McCall, re- publican, was re-elected by a plnrality of 46,240 over Frederick W. Mans. | field, democrat, and Senator Henry Cabot Todge, republican, received a | plurality of 22,939 over John F. Fitz- | WILSON TAKES UP COST OF LIVING President Studies Reports on | Which to Base Recommendations JURY INQUIRY PROBABLE New York or Chicago, or Both, Ex- pected to Be Scene of Official Inves- tigation of Price of Butcher, Balker and Their Allies. ‘Washington, Dec. 6—President Wil- son today began a study of cost of living reports submitted by govern- ments and from them is expected to decide what steps he will recommend to congress. United States District Attorney An- derson of Boston, in charge of the nation-wide inquiry, arrived here to- day and after conferences with offi- cials of the department of justice, conferred with members of the fed- eral trade commission. He later will confer with officials of the interstate commerce commission and "probably will see the president personally. The plan suggested by Mr. Ander- son, of summoning a grand jury in New York or Chicago, or both, to in- vestigate the question thoroughly is believed to be generally favored in administration circles. Delve Into Cost of Sugar, Investigation of the sugar industry which is being conducted by the de- partment of commerce with special reference to cost of production, prob- ably will be completed within month. It was said today that in- vestigators would be sent this week to finished a report will be prepared containing the first authoritive data ever gathered on sugar production cost in the United States, Cuba, Ha- waii and Porto Rico. W. E. Bailey or Artic Ice company Makes Proposition to Take Over Municipal Venture. The question of municipal ice is again before the administration and Wilbur E. Bailey, general tendent of the Artic Tece compan submitted an offer that is being fully considered and which, if ac- cepted, will relleve the city from all care and responsibility connected with the municipal ice proposition for five years. has re- to take out a flve year contract with the city for the right to harvest ice at Shuttle Meadow lake, the right to use the city’s ice house and also to use such tools and equipment as the city may have in its possession for the harvesting of the ice. In return for this Mr. Bailey offers to pay the city a lump sum each year, the exact amount not yet being made puhlic, and also agrees to harvest all the ice himself. guarantee to sell the ice to the con- sumers at a maximum price of thir- ty cents per hundred and will also the insurance repair and will pay rates on the building. SHIPS READY FOR DASH eiro Show Signs of Unusual Activ- ity and May Leave Harbor. Rio Janeiro, Dec. 6.—Extraordinary activity has been noted for weeks on board the German ships in- terned here, according to the Jornal. Some of the vessels have been rceiv- ing provisions and coal and others are clearing their decks. Acording to the Jornal there is every indication that the ships are preparing to set out secretly in order to avoid requisition. Grand Jury Called to Mect This Af- ternoon to Consider Murder of Wife by Plainville Man. Hartford, Dec. 6.—A grand jury was summoned to meet at the county building at 2 o’clock this afternoon to consider the case of Joseph Salerno of Plainville, accused of murder, Salerno stands accused in the criminal court of Kkilling his wife and attempting suicide. SAFETY FIRST. Comm on Takes No Thi Civil Service Chances Year. Hartford, Dec. 6.—The state civil service commission today behind closed doors considcred its annual re- port, In view of the circumstances tending the publication of the last vearly report, which was repudiated by certain members after it was is- sued, it was decided today that the report should so the printers and that proofs should be submitted : h member of the commission be- gerald, democrat. i fore the report was finally adopted. | Teutonic thrust seems at present to a Porto Rico, and when their work is | i the northwest, where their armies and Entente allies are progressing favor- | Monas | | latest statement from the Serbian war | office announced the Bulgarians TEUTONS ATTEMPT 10 RIM BUCHAREST - FOR BIG KILUNG Encircling Movement Threatens | Safety of Rumanian Army With One Line of Escape DRIVE ON PLOESCHTI T0 PREVENT RETREAT King Ferdinand’s Troops in Peril if Austro-Germans Succeed in Cutting Railroad—Russians Held Off in Carpathian Forest — Portuguese ‘Whipped by German Force in East African Campaign, The plight of Rumania continues acute with no signs of a stand by her armies or those of her Russian allies, which affords hope of saving her capital. Although reports from Turkish sources last night claimed thaty the troops of the Central powers had driven ta within less than eight miles of Bucharest, the chief force of the be exerted northwest of the capital, with the apparent hope of reaching Ploeschti before the Rumanian armies can effect a retreat over the railroad line running from Bucharest. The encircling movement spells the great apparent peril to King Ferdi- nand’s forces, as the road through Ploeschti affords the only railway avenue of escape for them towards the Russians so far have held Mol- davia firmly safe from the Teutons. The Macedonian operations of the ably, according ta all the current re- ports. The thrust developed by the Ser- bians in the Grunishte region, east of ir, is being pressed and the| in re- treat after they had lost several | superin- | Mr. Bailey’s proposition, briefly, is | yesterdsy in the | in the Trotus valley and succeeded in | reaching the German second positions In addition he will | FOORS A€ BN ey keep the ice house and tools in proper | Interned German Vessels at Rio Jan- | several | i | west of Jablonitza, the war office an- | { line along the Narayuvka 19:10 a. m.—The repulse of Allied at- at- | to | strongly -fortified positions, Today Paris announces fresh pro- gress for the Serbians and French in ! the Macedonian fighting and reports along the development of a violent ar- | tillery engagement north of Monastir. | Teutons Batter on. Berlin, Dec. 6, By Wireless to Say- ille—Russian troops again attacked Carpathian forest, north of Tartar pass and on the Lo- dova. The war office report of today says the new assaults of the Russians brought no success. The Russians made a strong attack north of Oitus pass a Russian point of support was captured. Field Marshal von Mackensen's troops are advancing victoriously, ap- line, running northward from Bucharest to Ploes- chti, causing the Rumanians to evacu- ate their positions north of Sinaia. | South of Bucharest the Té&utonic troops have occupied other towns | along the river Alt, and are advancing toward tthe Rumanian capital. More than 6,000 Russlans were captured| yesterday. Rumanians Still Retiring. Petrograd, Dec. 6, Via London, 1:40 p. m.—A further retirement of the Rumanians in the Tergovistea-Ploech- ti sector northwest of Bucharest, and along the railway from Titu to Bo- charest is announced in today's war office statement. FElsewhere the Teu- tonic forces were beaten back. Russians Lose Gains, Petrograd, Dec. 6, Via London, 4:45 p. m.—Russian troops attacking the Austro-German lines in the wooded Carpathians captured a height to the nounced today, but subsequently were shelled out of the position by the hos- tile artillery fire. Artillery Active in Galicia. Berlin, Dec, 6, By Wireless to Say- ville—Only artillery operations at one point of tthe Russian front are re- ported in toda; war office statement, which says that positions on the front | (Galicia) have been under lively Russian artil- lery fire. Allied Attacks in Cerna Repulsed. Sofia, Dec. Dec. 6, 5, via London, tacks in the Moglencia valley east of the Cerna region in Macedonia front, is reported in the official statement issued by the war office today. The statement follows: “In the region of Monastir there were patrol engagements. Im pre- vailed in the Cerna bend. (Continued On E enth Page). WEATHER., Hartford, Dec. night and Thursday tonight. e o 6.—Iair to- Colder | the completed price being fixed at ap- STATUTE OF 1643 ATTAGKED IN GOURT Lawyer Argues for Free Thought Lecturer Held for Blasphemy LAW OBSOLETE, HE CLATMS Argues That A1l Who Do Not Believe in Witchcraft Are Guilty—Yale Uni- versity Blasphemous for Having “Age of Reason” in Library. Waterbury, Dec. 6.—Attorney Theodore Schroeder of New York, secretary of the Free Speech league, for several heurs in the d'strict court today argued a demurrer attaching the constitutionality of a Connecticut statute on blasphemy passed in 1643, under which Michael Mockus, a Lith- uanian free thought lecturer of De- troit, Michigan, is on trial for the sec- ond time. Mockus, the accused. was arrested in the early summer, charged with blasphemy under the old statute. which has not been repealed, anl has been included in all statute revise- ments practically unchanged. It was alleged in the information that he had used in a lecture comments whicn of- fended the provisions of the statute guarding the scriptures and holy writ from attack. At the clese of the first trial in the district court, on appeai from the city court. the jury disa- greed. Times and Customis Change. In his arguments today Attorney Schroeder developed the history of r ligion and law from early days England showing that the period be fore and at the time of the passage of the Connecticut statute, the state and chuch were one, and an offense against the church attacked the ve basis of government under the con- ception of Christianity and govern- ment of that date. That was why, he said, blasphemy was such a grave of- fense as they conceived it at the date. But times have changed since then, he indicated, and read a part ofa treaty with Tripoll which emphati- cally stated that the Christian religion was not a part of tse law of this country. All through his argument he dwelt upon the fact that we, by our constitution, had gotten away from the old idea of 1643. “Why, there is not a court in Cos- necticut,” he argued, “that has the | courage to cnforce the statute of 1643 | under the construction of that date. Under that statute your honor must punish every man who denies a belief in witchcraft. That was part of the Christian belief of that period.” Even Yale university would guilty of blasphemy under the statute, according to Attorney Schroeder, since it doubtless had in its library, he said several copies of Paine’s “Age of Rea- son,” one of the interdicted publica- tions of that age. GREATEST BATTLE CRUISERS IN WORLD Bids Being Opened Today for Four Sea Leviathans, Built. the Best Ever Washington, Dec. 6.—Bids for the four battle cruisers authorized at the last session of congress and the first vessels of this type to be designed for the American navy, are being opened today at the navy department. The ships will be the largest and swiftest fighting craft ever built, so far as American officials know. They will have a horse power of 180,000 which is expected to drive them faster than thirty-five knots an hour, against less than thirty knots for the fastest European battle cruiser now afloat. When loaded they will displace more than 32,000 tons, will be 850 feet long and each will carry ten 14-inch long range guns. Congrass authorized six of the ships to be built within three years as a! fiving wing for tic fleet. As they are | an absolutely new design, only a ten- | tative estimate of cost was possible, proximately $21,000,000 per ship. The limit of cost for hull and machinery is set at $16,500,000 per ship, kut the department is authorized to have them constructed on a cost and per centage of profit basis if straight bids are not satisfactory There are not | more than five building slips in the country large enough to accommodate | vessels of this size. SOFTA T0 MOBILIZE LABOR Premier Radoslavoff Says Allies Must Be Ousted From Balkans and Rus- sia’s Dream of Conquest Shattered. Amsterdam, via London, Dee. Premier Radoslavoff of a has announced that Sofia will follow the example of her allies and mobilize labor for the production of munitions, according to a Sofia de- spatch to the Berlin Mittag Zeitung. Premier Radoslavoff is quoted as saying: “Nobody in Bulgaria dreams peace until the Allies are chas: of the Balkans and until Ru abandoned forever her hobe 6, of of cap- completely | be | | RADIGALS’ WAR AIHS CONNECTICUT PUBLIC | | HEALTH ASSN. FORMED. Public Officials and Private | | Physicians Organize Im- | | portant Society. i New Haven, Dec. 6.—The Connect- icut Public Health association, the purpose of which is the conservation : of public health, was organized here | today with health officers, physicians and many others from all parts of the state, interested in the announce- ment of the objects of the gathering in attendance. Dr. Stephen J. Maher of this city, | member of the state . tuberculo: | commission, and chairman of the or | ganization committee, presided. After a brief address by Dr. Maher, in which | he outlined the purposes which the | association hopes to carry out, organ- | | tion of officers. At the conclusion of the husiness sessions here the papers were pre- sented by Professor Irving Fisher of | Yale on “Health Insurance,” and by Dr. E. B. Hooker of Hartford, on | “The Tenemont Problem.” Professor | Fisher urged the importance health insurance, emphasizing its in- | direct influence in bringing owt pre- ventive measures, pointed out that many Ruropean nations already have adopted the system, said California and Massachusetts now have special commissions considering it, and add- | ed that in at least twenty state legis- latures next year, bills for health in- surance will probably be submitted. | NEWSPAPER WOMAN GUILTY OF MURDER | Edith Colby Convicted in Second De- gree of Slaying Politician— i May Get Twelve Years, 6 re- Thompson Falls, Montana, Dec Miss Edith Colby, a porter was found guilty of murder in the second degree here today | shooting and killing A. C. Thomas, a politician. The penalty is to | twelve years in the penitentia | Miss Colby, 44 years ‘old, . Thomas September 28 last, | Thomas had passed her in the street | without heeding her demand that he | apologize for an alleged insult the day | before. Miss Colby alleged that Thomas had | called her a “red light woman” when she reprimanded him for withholding ! news when she visited him in her ca- ‘i pacity as a reporter for a nr aper in Thompson Falls. She asserted that John (' Manire, | editor of the paper, and A, S. Ains- worth, its publisher, had urged her to | make Thomas apologize, and both | were arrested on charges of having instigated the murder. Manire was acquitted. Ainsworth's case is still pending. newspaper for t RAILROADS PROTEST Five Lines Object to Valuations | Agreed Upon by Juterstate merce Commission. ‘Washington, Dec. 6—First protests against its vailroad valuations w received today by the interstate com- | nmerce commission. 1 Governor Ferguson and the Texas | railroad commission asked for a re- | hearing on the valuation of sections of the Texas-Midland betwcen Garrett and Midland Junction and the fifty- | two miles known as the northeastern ! branch. i I | The Western Union Telegraph com- ‘1 pany protested that the figuzes given } as to the cost of reproduction of cer- tain telegraph lines of the Atlantic. Birmingham and Atlanta railroad were approximately fifteen per cent too low, | | | i | | | i | Amnexation of Belgium, If Necessar, No Economic War by Allies nud; Return of All Colonies | Amsterdam, Dec, 6, via London, 9:30 a. m.—A Berlin despatch s that the war aims of the German r icals have been set forth by Prof. Kar] Doormaun, leadér of the radical party in the Reichstag as follows: “We do not reject annexation it our rulers believe them necessary from a military or economic point of view, “We cannot declare an economic after the present war, “We must get back all our colonies. “Germany must be assured of her right to exist independently and de- permit the entente to war against us | turing the Turkish straits.” .‘.-elnp as she chooses.” jzation was effected with the adoption | of a constitution and by-laws and elec- | of | | | Com- | | NO WARNING FOR AMERICAN VESSEL First Intimation Cre Had of U-Boat Attac Was When Shel Burst Near Ship FIRING CONTINUES AS CREW ESCAPES Seamen Forced to Take Refuge i) Small Boats Twenty-five Miles Fro Tsle of Wight—Spent Twelve Hour at Merey of Sea While Rowing t . Rog French Coast—Vessel of U. istry. New York, Dec John Lambert, listed in the maritime register as an American vessel, wa# shelled and sunk without warning by a off the Isle off Wight 22, according td members of the crew, Americans, whi arrived here today on the French ling steamship Espagne from Bordeaux. The John Lambert was one ' of twelve vessels which, built on ‘thi Great Lakes, the French line agre; to purchase. According to the arriv als today, the vessel had not yet be turned over to the French intere but was on its way to Havre for di | livery there. The attack took place at 4:30 | when the ship was twenty-five mi south of the Isle of Wight, the cre said. The engineer, Edward Harrisos | of this city, said that the U-boat fl | made its presence known by sending | a shell crashing through the Joh | Lambert’s bridge and the firing con tinued during the time the crew wi taking to the boats, twelve shots | all being fired. i | The crew numbering sixteen, all | whom arrived here today withol their captain, said they rowed fopty miles to the French coast, being the water twelve hours, and thal ] shortly after the ship went down the saw the submarine attack and ity two unidentified vessels—a steamsiii and a bark. The John Lambert was the last twelve Great Lakes craft to be take | to France for delivery. Fighty mef { bers of the crews of four of thes | vé were pa on the Bs| agne today. The Great Lakes and St. Lawreng transportation company owned th John Lambert, of 1.550 tons grose which was built in 1903 at Chicago 'he vessel railed from Montreal o Oct. 2. 6.—The steamship German submarine on November m,| 1s engers Was Flying French Flag, John Bernardus, second officers ol the John Lambert, said the vessel flew the French flag when she went dows and had been using that flag al though not yet formally furned ove to the French. He said he was on the bridge at the time the attack began and that the first shot struck the water about te fect ahead of the ship’s bow. The se¢ ond, he said, hit theY bridge. "'As s0q! las the submarine opened fire on us 4 ordered the French flag run up angd {the men to take to the boats," Ber nardus said. The John Lambert left Montre | October 21, reaching Falmonth, M 4, November 10, putting in thei use of engine trouble, and leavin, mber 21. It was the foilowing day that she was sunk. She was command of Captain Thomes Haprls of Montreal. Whashington in the Dark. Washington, Dec. (.—State depart. ment officials had received no reports cerly today on the, sinking without warning of the American steamer John Lambert by German - sub. marine. Steps will be taken ta asoer: tain promptiy the facts in the case. Spanish Vessel Torpedoed. London, Dec. 6, 1:14 p. m.-—Dhe Spanisk steamship {ribitarte, 1,756 tons gr y reported to have been torpedoed. Her crew has been landed, BRYAN AT WHITE HOUSE Former Secretary of State Guest at Luncheon—President Disposes of Myriad of Minor Obligations, Washington, Dec. - 6.—Willlam J. Bryan and Mrs, Bryan were luncheon guests at the White House and tonizht Mr. Bryan is to be the honor guest ab a dinner .President Wilson disposed of o great number of engagements today . fa clear his calendar the waqrk fof the first Cays of « ess. H@' fes ceived the new council of national de- fense, conferred with numerous sen- ators and representatives, reviewed 800 champion boy corn growers and canning club girls from Ohio, and touched a button giving a signal for the opening of the Tulare County Citrus Fruit Fair at Visalia, Cali« fornia. fo