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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920. R O B T B afofetelotokedotedofetootatodeiotegokdered 5 R Lot Totodedoteatedul Retatodegoted wa Burgundy, POIRET TWILLLS all hown in fine, new Spring Mis $2.00 yard. Pa L (“ % nt; JERSEY CLOTH. all wool, 0 yard. NEW WOOL PLATIDS suitable line color combination, es wear, "Fine Footwear For Easter Wearing The favored Leathers for Spring in fine foot coverings are brown and tent Colt. myrtle, and taupe wool shades, a $5.00 value for WELT SOLED LOW SHO UUE PUMI and patent colt. BROGUE 1 LOW and shades. smart for strcet wear arc offered in SES, to call SHOES of brown Russia calf. ¥ or of boarded calf made with wing tips, welt sole fi and low heels, $12.50 and $14.00. fototed & FOR GIRLS’ WEAR there are tan and brown calf Low Shoes with welt sole, and low heels. priced for Easter $8.00 and $9.50 pair. HdAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US, Fod etoTotototelotetatetetotelofeletotatetetotodioforatetetetetatotodotolotetoded FX T TR ToT T Y Y ot FodedabefotobetelototateRototetolaeoqe) Spring Suitings and Dress Materials For Making Your Easter Wearables YOU’LL FIND AT OUR WOOL DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT THE SHELVES AND COUN- TERS FILLED WITH THE MOST DESIRABLE FABRICS FROM SPRING AND EASTER DRE! From the many we want UITS. AND COATS. attention 56 inches wide, Value s $4.50. We ask $3.7 48 inches wide, for Ladies or 50 value, | small, , made of brown and tan Russia calf with military, heels, are priced $8.00 to $14.00 pair. NEW TON soles, Louis hcels. $14.00 pai ATTENTION CALLED TO one eyelet and $13.00 pa WHICH TO to the following which are well suited to your Spring is offered in reindeer, ENGLISH TRICOTIN ES a 48 inch all wool, im- ported material, sponged for $1.50 yavd. SPHERD CHECKS all wool, medium and large, $5.50 value, $4.00 yard. tan Russia and dull calf, hand turned ties of brown satin, and dull calf, WELT SOLED OXFORDS with Cuban heels, in black kid, $9.00 to $12.00. & & FASHION YOUR putty, pearl, cadet, Fekin, and shrunk, really a good in ‘three sizes, sponged ~and shrunk. tan Calf, black Kid, and Cuban and Louis black satin also Pumps of In Patent Colt, $11.00 Lottt lofoe ot TotoetepeRotetetoTotateote Todadedek ke kot godadegeelotodatate o toled & CHARGES TONIGHT, Yew Britain Man Arraigned by CASE AROUSES INTEREST Difficulty treatment Reorganize Dr Tonight, BERLIN NEWS WMAHON FACES Conn. Humane Society Arises of Bu Over aseball Alleged 11—Acorns in Pits for Brick Secason. in the Berlin Mal- Wil Team—Will ! town court { i | J the adjourned case of William McMa- | hon, of Necw Britai n, charged with wruelty to animals at the instance cf i+ the Connecticut heard “be his automobile to take The animal sustained severe cut: bruises which charge ain. and the three nian e Humane al in the proscoution of the ca first case of local This is the come before One person who time. w Hun J The case hefore cruel brought. twe Taylor society, itness the treatment form nane society, udze Geors the outco to is i to New B the basis The state o women lo. has zent been inst court w its kind in som= the in will we i bull | McMahon had attached to the rear of rit- | of ha and a of ru- (&} dent, but who was not called as a w ness, said peared hitched not do he did 42nima bull, she s to her this that bull h i the it wi 1, but to bring resisted standi Workmen tear down the old building occup! owners of the corner property to clea ?the entire a law the destruction ng ied n id. was v all cfforts position. morning to that McMahon, to the mach 1ent to hurt it to its feet. ery stubborn bring it it W Store Being Razed. this m by It is lot of there for bu of omas the summe orning began the plan of ildinzs and this old ap- hen ine th a formerly sarattiero as a | the h the western side of the strect will pre- sent a much Rasc sumed i under are the ‘“big fi the season w les always with the bette appea nce. To Organize Team. Ul n ay Rerlin, for pla fan p this gue havin he lAc had a t best in the has activities the organiz former Acorn bascball team. \ ber of the your contemplating spring, are to be already ion of ns s on Berlin st utti six a prospec ng signed up orn Athletic c eam that ran ate, but team re- beinz the A num- reet in tive for zlub ked prom ises local fans to put a team into the field this year that none to it. in Much difficulty rienced former port, 1y crippled at _ Tt is probable that seve * De given soon to insure a fund suffi- | sons of Mr. and M the season cient At 9:30 this morning the mercury ” for New]")o)". where the the to the state if by the vears > team Ke owing usuall begin Warm This the end will be support is gi nsinzton club to lack dance: with. Morning. econd to ven has been exp will The | and to have | W building of sup- | being financia'- of the seasou. | mor | las shade, giving promise of higher tem- perature before the end of the da Berlin street was practically cleared of snow at noon, the hot sun having proved eficclive as a snow-disposing agent. ¥ Fa Berlin farmers, despite the fact that there still remains some snow on the ground, are beginning to get the iand in readiness for the planting of the spring crops. The usual cover- ing of fertilizer is being given the crop lands. Frost in the ground is reported to be ihree feet deep. but hal, planting will be started by the ddle of April the assurance, it being wrgued that the lateness of the season will scc spring coming in with a rush. ming to Begin Soon. Hcaving On Account. There will be a hearing on the ad- ministration account of the late Julins Collins before Judge B. I, Gaffney in the New Britain probate court, Satur- da March at 9 o'clock in the morning. To Drain Brick With few exceptions. near every k pit in town is filled with w ter and ice to a depth of several feet. Before spring operations can bo started, the water will be drawn off by steam pumps. Every winter the brick pits become catch basins for ‘the melting water from the streets and surrounding lands. some owners as high as r to keep the pits clear of water. To Hold Annivers Berlin thias, will hold an anni and supper at their hall Thaur evening of this week. Imvitations have been sent out to all friends and members of the lodze for the oc sion. A comedy skit will be presnt- ed by members ofsthe lodze. Whist will be plaved during the evening. Mrs, Mary Naglc. Mary Nagle, for n of Kensington. home of her sister, Murs. nett, of New Haven. vesterday morn- ing after a short illn She left a short time azo for a visit with her ter and hud intended to retwin here this week. The funeral will be held from St. Paul’s church at 9 o'clock to- ow morning, East Berlin Items. Mr. and Mrs, James Holigan spent Sunday in Middletown. the guests of J. Corel. R. O. Clark Ruth, left today fo: Chicago Mre. ¥ V. Read spent with her mother. Mrs. B wood of West Cromwell. Henry Bartrum, who was badl jured at the Connecticut metal Friday. is improving. Robert Cole, the grocer, expects to enter the coal business this summenr. Thomas Read of Middletown visited relatives in town vesterday Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Holizan en- ter ned out of town relatives over the week-end. Miss Florence Carns has been ap- pointed instructor at one af the south- ern colleges for young women. Up to the time of her appointment she was recreation secretary of the Lakewoord, 23, YW CoA Harold Clark is building a fireplace in the former Hathew residenc which be has purchased. He is alter- ing the interior of the house, making it over into colonial style. The K. of P. will hold meeting tomorrow evening. Brothers i George W. and Robert Pits. b lodge, rsary social s, resident daughter, trip to and a short vesterd Hazel- plant its regular Hanford. F. Hanford, ted in the Navy for a two- They left this morning will ente have enl vear period. the Medical Corps with the A. E. F. during the war. Berlin Briefs. Col. €. H. Case spent {he week-end t the home of his daughter, M Samuel A. Fiske Major Frank L. Wilcox and wife have rcturned home after several days’ stay in New York. Mrs. Wilcox arrived in that city Saturd from Florida where she has been spending the winter. William H. Gibney has sold his resi- dence on Worthington ridge to New Britain parties, it reported this morntn The pins for American Legion memi- have arrived and are in the pos- on of Post Commander A. A. Bar- was Ken: Mary spending the with her dau home. Mrs. D, iting her The T. A whist_in the new cvening. LAYS NEWBERRY’S PLIGHT TO W Ttems, Tryon who has been winter in Bloomfield hter has returned to her zton O'Meara of Winsted is W. W. Fagan. wilf hold a rooms tomorrow ¥ re. ON Trial. Says King. Shows Power of Administration Backed By Cash. Grand Rapids, March —Panl H. King, campaign manager for Sena- tor Truman H. Newberry in 1918 and one of the seventeen men convicted Saturday on chavges of criminally conspiring to violate the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, in a statement last night said: The result of the trial indicates the power of the ad- ministration, with all of the agencies of the government at its command, backed up by the great influence and vast wealth of Henry Ford. o jury and no court can make al out of me nor out of my ociates. W arc the only ones who can do that. And that we have not done nor will not do. “There is, thank God. another day and another court in which justice will ultimately be done and monstrous thing made right. ““The right of Michigan republi- cans to conduct their own- primary without presidential interference, and the right of Michigan voters freely to choose their own United States senator cventually will be vindi- cated.” While no definite has been made, it Martin W. Littieton, chief of fense counsel, will argue the on appeal to the United States su- preme court. If has been indicated that the uppeal will be based large- Iy on th itutionality of the Corrupt T Act and Judse Clarence W sions’ interpretation of the act in his instructions to the Jury announcement s understood de- case EXCHANGES ARE LOWER. Pound Sterling Opens Cents Under Saturday New York, change rates er at the Demand Zures. March 22.—Ioreign were substantially opening of today’s bills on the Knglish steriinz “opened $3.75 1-4 or 3 cents below Saturday's closing figure. ne checks were guoted at the rate 13.97 for the American dollar off centimes, and lire checks at the rate of 19.70 off 38 centimes. Ger- man marks sold for 1.23 eents each and the Canadian dollar was quoted ex- low- market. pound at this | | | i Thomas Cassidy PIAINVILLE NEWS. PLAINVILLE TEAM T0 ENTER LEAGUE Nucleus for Strong Organization Is Available MAY USE ALLEN'S FIELD Park in South End of Town Would Make Good Baseball Diamond— Banking Systems Discussed By Brotherhood. T.eaders of local baseball activities announced last night that an attempt will be made at some time during this week to enter Plainville in the Farmington Valley for the coming season. The league includes such teams as Avon, Collinsville, Simsbury, Unionville, Farmington and Winsted. Plainville had a berth in the Val- ley -league a few years ago but inter- est in baseball waned for a time and the local fans did not support the team, hence the withdrawal of the local team from the league. Since that time the town has been repre- sented only by independent teams and by teams representing fraternal 'organizations. There will be a meeting within the next few days to plan for the sea- son and a report will be received concerning the result of the attempt | to enter the Valley league. A can- vass of available piayers has resulted satisfactoril fans, and baseball leaders have found the nucleus of a good team ready to enter the field. Among the available material the following players are found: Frank and William Cunning- ham, Albert Oakes, Herbert Ewald, Frank €kelly., Thomas Cassidy and I.ussell and Joseph Winniger. The only stumbling block thus far is the fact that the is handicapped by the lack catcher. ‘Juddy” Wadsworth, merly backstop on the Pilainville team, is in the na and his return to civilian life in time for the open- ing of the baseball season seems doubtful. is reported, that in a Young man working at one of the local factories. He will be given a tryout and may fill the position which is worrying the backers of the team. found of Un It The pitching staff affords no cause | is practically | certain of the services of “Bill” Cun- | has | made a name for himself during the | for worry as the team ningham and Oakes. The latter past two or three vears and through a successful season }Pafnir Bearing company New Britain last vear. won the factory league champion- ship and the local southpaw factor in winning their games. ningham pitched for local teams for several vears and played with Farmington team in the Valley league. These two hurlers are ex- pected to fill the bill on the mound. With Frank Cunningham on fir: base, ald on the keystone sack, and Winniger at shortstop, the team will be well on its way to securing a =zood infield. The third baseman has yet to he tried out and several aspirants are in line to cover the sdi corner Frank Sicelly, and “Joe” Winuiger look gzood for outfield positions. An attempt will be made to secure the use of Allen’s field in the south end of the town for this season. The team used the field two vears ago, but last year the Rockwell-Drake field was used. latter diamond will not be available this vear. It is hoped that the team can closed. If this possible the field Wit be improved and a first cl @iimond will be provided. If the team fails Tn its attempt to enter the Valley league it will play independent baseball, making up a schedule with teams throughout state, as it has done during few years. The team is made up almost entirely of ex-service men which explains the reasonn for the lack of a team during the vears. An appeal will be plaved team The team Cun- is the past issued to local fandom asking for support dur- | the first post-war season. Discuss Banking System. The workings of the Federal serve banking system was the sub- ject for discussion at the weekly meeting of the Brotherhood class, held yesterday at the Congregational church. "A. A. Mcl.eod, treasurer the Plainville Trust company. lined the system, giving a detailed account of its organization, methods and workings, advantages and disad- vantag: John H. Trumbull and Edwin H. Hills assisted in leading the discussion. Unlike most discussions, the talk on the Federal Reserve . was one- sided, as the members could find no fault with the government banking system. accord to Mr. McLeod. This statement is made in a general way, as the syvstem is conceded to have certain disadvantages, viewed from the standpoint of country banks. The talk at vesterday's meet- ing was interesting and the members hope to have more lively meetings during the next few weeks. tart Membership Drive. -Barnes post, American Le- gion, n April 1 with the mem- bership campaign for 1920. will continue until April 10. The com- mittees will be appointed at the next meeting and will start work immedi- afterwards. The post has be- tween 90 and 100 members, and ac- cording to statistics compiled by offi- cers there are about 250 men now 1li ing in this town who are eligible -<hip._The seccretary ing to wol has on in the opinion of local | team | for- | however, | zood prospect has been found | with the | in | was a the | a playing field | The | obtain a field which may be en- | the | past two Re- | of | out- ! The drive hand the new membeérship blanks and cards for this yvear and they may obtained from members of the execu- tive committec. There are a number of ex-service men emploved at local factories who are eligible to member- ship and it is the intention of the membership cammittee to enroll these men before the close of the campaign. Selectman Awaits News. First Selectman William J. Johnscn reports that he has as vet received no report from the public utilities com- mission concerning the decision an the | matter of placing gates, flagmen. or other means of protection at the Bast street railroad crossing. The hearing was held in Hartford Frids March 5. The agitation in the matter was the result of the death of Nathan Jartman of New Britain., which re- sulted from inju sustained in an accident at the crossing. It is prob- able that definite action on the part of the railroad company will be deferred until the arrval of warmer weather. Plan Easter m. All of the local churches will have special musical programs on Easter Sunday. The choir leaders have been busy for the past few weeks and the programs will be announced at the end of this week, together with the plans for holy week services. Brief Items. Burton Chichester is confined to his home on Bicycle street by illness The gas main extension from Bris- tol to Plainville was laid 10 years ago this month. Most local residents will remember the dispute which arose at that time concerning the pipe line as- sessments. Rev. Father Massey of Hartford preached the Lenten sermon at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy last evening. A number of local members of the Knights of Columbus will attend the exemplification of the third degree n Bardeck’s hall, New Britain, next Sun- day afternoon. Daniel Collins spent Bridgeport. John Branford is ill at the Colonial inn. John Brown has gone to his home in Manchester, N. H., for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Farley have returned to their home in Winnipeg, Canada, after spending a manth as the guests of Mrs. Farley's sister, Mrs. | James Prior of West Main street. James Quinlan has engaged in the electrical business in Bristol. WANTED—Room and board by young lady, with private family, in Plainville. Box 26 J,, Herald 3-20-2dx rentice; also ex- Golden- 3-22-3d the day in | WANTED—A millinery ap zood pay while learning perienced maker. Apply blum Millinery Co. FIGHTING FOR SALARIES Hearing in New Haven Superior Court on Writ Ag@inst Wallingford Officials Relative to Teachers® Pay. New Haven. March 22.—A hearing was held before Judge James N. Webb in the superior court this morning on an alternative writ of mandamus which had been issued against Wil- liam J. Lum, treasurer of Wallingford, in behalf of school teachers of the ment of a salary increase which had been authorized by the finance board. This court action was of direct in- terest to school teachers in many towns in the state where efforts had been made to secure salary increases. and where also in several instances | legal opinion had been given that as teachers were under contract for the school year increased compensation might not be given through mere au- i tharization of a finance board. In the Wallingford case Treasurer Lum, acting under legal advice, said he could not legally pay the increased salaries to teachers who specially de- manded that their checks bearing the increase be cashed. The case which wag brought by means of writ, was a friendly one. Jiverpool. England. Newspaper Gives Tts Opinion on Defeat of Versailles Treaty in U. S. Senate. London, March 22—Commenting on the defat of the Versailles treaty in | the United States senate the Liverpool Post expresses profound regret that the pact was rejected. lany things contributed to this de- plorable upshoot of the president’s diplomacy,” the newspape ys. “It is not for outsiders to sit in judgment i on Ameri decision: nevertheless it seems tolerably plain the senators have spoken and voted amid a great deal of misconception as to the treaty as a league of nations, and that un- fortunate mental atmosphere might have been markedly improved had Mr. Wilson shown himself as- skilled a manager of men as he undoubtedly has shown himself a lofty idealist. The newspaper thinks America may have a chance of putting the lecague to an immediate test regarding her- self, as she is technically at war with Germany, and asks: “May nat the league be instrueted to smooth out that difficulty 2" AMEN! Ministers Maryland Town Deliverance From High Crisfield, Md., March 22.—All min- isters of Crisfield at special services vesterday prayed for the deliverance of their people from increased taxes and licenses on the crab and oyster business provided for by bills pend- ling in the legislature. Tor more than a week Crisficld has been alarmed by the prospect of confiscatory taxes on its one great in- ! dustry—s food. Meetings of pro- test have been held nightly. The taxing measures are backed by the conservation commission, and provide increased inspection fees on . increased crabbers’ license, oyster tongers’ license and a hipment tax on hard and soft shell in Levie: | ! town, through counsel, to compel pay- | REPORTS FROM LEIPSIC urther Occurred om I Has No Excesses Saturday—Railroad Trafic Been Resumed on All Lines. Berlin, March 22.—An official re- port from Leipsic says that mno further excesses occurred on Saturday in that city and that several points evacuated by the workmen were occu- pied by troops. In the suburbs, how- ever, the workmen refused to aban- don their positions. Further com- munist reinforcements have arrived, the reports added. Railway traffic in the Leipsic region was fully re- sumed on Sunday In the Halle district the position was reported worse from a govern- mnt aspect. A counter action among a section of workingmen is threatened ther ethrough the calling of a strike if a soviet republic is pro- claimed. Communists are declared to be preventing willing men from 1te- suming their work. NUNS ENTRAPPED IN FATAL CONVENT FIRE Mother Superior Dies of Burns and 5 Others Injured When Destroys Building. Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 2.—Sis- ter Mary Teresa, aged 62, Mother Su- perior of St. Mary's convent in this city, was fatally burned and five oth- er nuns were burned or seriously in- jured while jumping from windows vesterday when the big convent, the mother house of the Order of Mercy in northeastern Pennsylvania, was totally destroyed by fire. The flames, whieh started in the basement, spread so rapidly that the nuns of the upper floors were trapped in their rooms and were unable to make their way through the corridors or down the stairways. Sister Mary Teresa died this evening at Mercy hospital. The nuns injured were: Sister Mary Agnes, while attempting to res- cue Mother Teresa, who had fallen in a corridor; Sister Mary Julia, Sis- ter Mary Gregory, Sister Mary Ger- trude Joseph. Sister Mary Evange- lita, Sister Mary Felicita and Sister Mary Xavier. The loss to . the building will amount to more than $150,000. The fire, which is believed to have been caused by defective wiring, broke out shortly after 10 o'clock. The majority of the nuns were at mass, but ten being in the building when the tlames were discovered. WEDDING FEAST IN JAIL Prison Officials Softened and Father and Son, Convicted of Murder, Will Blaze 2 Join Marriage Celebration. New Orleans, March 22.—Father and son—one sentenced to life im- prisonment, the other condemned to hang—will join in merry jest and sparkling toast at a wedding feast set upon a long table in Gretna jail yard. They are old Gugliardo Jordano, whose years number seventy, and his seventeen-year-old son, Frank, both of whom were convicted of the mur- der last spring of the little Cort- imiglia infant as it slept ' in its mother’s arms. They were also con- victed of a horrible axe attack upon the father and mother of the baby, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cortimiglia. Anna Jordano, daughter of Gug- liardo and sister of Frank. will be married in St. Joseph’s Catholic church’ by the Rev. Father Wynn- hoven to Anthony Spe her young war hero. The wedding party of relatives and friends will then drive to the Gretna jail, where the old man and his condemned son will be await- ing them. With deputies guarding them, the two men will take part in an elaborate feast to be held in the vard. Officials of the prison were soft- ened by the pleas of the old man and his son to be permitted to celebrate the wedding of the girl. The old man said he had long looked for- ward to the hour when his daughter would be married and the son plead- ed it would be his last good time before he met death on the scaffold. So the feast—in the shadow of death~—was arranged for those about to die in ignominy and for those oth- ers about to step around a corner into one of life’s joyous highways. MORE CENSUS FIGURES. Reports Show Popula- Has Increased. Washington, March 22.—Popula- tion statistics announced today by the census bureau include: Alton, TIL, 24,714, increase of 7,186 or 41.0 per over 1910. Newton, Iowa, 6,627, increase 011 or 43.6 per cent: Bismarck, N. D., 6,951, increase 1,508 or 27 per cent: Keoku Tows 14,423, increase 115 or 3.0 per cent:; Columbia, Mo., 10.681, increase 1,019 or 10.5 per cent. Columbia. 11,205 or 42.6 Everywher tion an cent C., 37,524, increase per cent over 1910. ! DRIVER DEAD., ANOTHER HURT. Motor Truck ¥From New York Upset ! 3y 1o in Roadw Greenwich, March 22.—John Con- | don of Brooklyn was killed and Jo- seph Smith of New York was seri- ously injured here vesterday when a motor truck overturned on the B ton Post road. Smith, who driving the machine, said a block of | ice in the road caused the accident. The truck, owned by B. F. Drew | & Co. of New York. was bound for Jewett @ity, Conn., with a load of flax. Condon was thrown under the truck and killed instantly SIMS NAMES BENSO IN NAVAL 5QUABB Says 1t Was He Who Wa Against Great Britain Washington, March —Rear miral William S. Benson, then o of navai operations was the o Wwho told Rear Adniral Sims “no let the British pull the wool pver eyes; we would as soon fight then the Germans,” Admiral Sims test today before the senate cumumitted vestigating the navy’s conduct o war, Admiral Sims said the remark made just after he had received] final instructions from Secretary 1] iels preparatory to his departure England on the eve of the entr the United States into the war. added, however, that it was not n in the course of formal instru but during a conversation in the d of Rear Admiral Palmer, chief off burcau of navigation. Admonition Repeated. The witness told the com that Admiral Benson repeated hiig monition during a conversation following day and he made the remarks six months later in Lo Admiral Sims said he did not] particular attention to the state: at the time because he believed miral Benson was inensely anti. ish. He added that this belief| entertained generally throushout servige. ‘An aide recently called his a tion to the remark, the admiral and Admiral Palmer also tolg that he remembered hearing Ad Benson make the statement. Tells Whole Story. The witness was weluctant to the name of the officer but Chai Hale insisted. “Then I will tell you the story,” =aid Admiral Sims. “Ea April, 1917, I was ordered fronf post at Newrport to Washington. I arrived I reported to the nav partment by telephone and was not to come to the department b get in touch with the chief o bureau of navigation, Rear Agd] Leigh C. Palmer. Everything very secret the way they liked could not get in touch with the of navigation then and so I re to him Jater at the departmen: then T had an interview with t retary of navy in his office. 1 else was present, as I remembd The interview was very brief. told that I was going abroad to fer with the Allied admiralti that Ambassador Page had req that an officer of high rank bd there for that purpose. After ing Secretary Daniels’ office, o before going there, T don’t rem which, I went to the bureau of gation. The admiral was ther, it was at that time that the rdg the chairman has asked me abo made.” “Whom do you refer to as ‘t miral’?” asked Chairman Hale. Praises Benson As Man. Admiral Sims safid he did not to indulge in personalities but pressed by Chairman Hsle he s referred to Admiral Benson. Admiral Sims said he include miral Bensons remark in his le Secretary Daniels on Jannary garding the navy's part in th because “if a man has a pre against men fighting alengside (¢ it has an unconscious influend him.” The admiral told the commit] had always regarded the admg as “a personal prejudice on th| of Admiral Benson.” He . deg the former chief of operaticns upstanding, honest man, whq strong convictions,” and added lieved everything that Admiral son did during the war was “‘conscientiously.” Tt was due largely to Admi son's confidence in him that N selected to the high post he od] during the war, Admiral Sim: adding that in urging his se| Admiral Benson incurred the of many officers senior to Sims who desired the post. Always Fair and Square, Senator Pitiman, demecrat, asked if in view of the anti- sentinien of Admiral Benson officer had not acted in a minded way in sending Admira to London. 4 The witness replied that Benson had always been square.” Senator Pittman brought o Admiral Sims bhad shown a cf his letter of January 7 to H. P son of New York while he guest at Mr. Davison's home| the middle of January. The could not recall the date b his aide thought it was on J] 14. He admitted that showi letter was ‘‘an indiscretion.” “fai APPLICATION GRANTE! Duchess of Marlborouzsh W Permitted: to Sue Hushan TLondon, March The tion of the Duchess of Marlbd formerly Consuelo Vanderbilt decree for the restitution of ¢ rights was granted by the © day. The petition of the filed last week, is the usual inary to divorce in this countr: couri orders the decree to be within 14 days after its servid the duke. The couple were married York in 1 » and have two ¢ They have heen separated for vears. 4 To Heal a Cough Take HAYES HEALING 35c.

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