New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1922, Page 1

Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business GERMANY IS GIVEN MORE TINE 70 PAY Allied Reparations Commission Grants Provisional Delay MUST SUBMIT GUARANTEES 'l‘m:mn Representative Acknowledges Ooncession and Also Invitation To Attend Conference To Be Held At Genoa. Cannes, Jan, 12. (By Assoclated Press)—The allled reparations com- mission at a conference held here to- day, decided to grant a provisional delay to Germany on her reparations account. Decision As Read The declsion stated that the repara- tions commission had decided to grant the German government a provision- al delay for payment of the sums due January 15 and [ebruary 15 so far as these payments were not covered by payments in cash or in kind on certain conditions, as follows: ,'Termy of Conditions 1—During the period of professional delay Giermany must pay in approved foreign securities 81,000,000 gold marks every 10 days, the first pay- ment to be January 16. 9-—Germany within a fortnight must submit to the commission a plan for reforms or appropriate guarantees for its budget and paper currency, and | also a program for reparation pay- ments in cash and in kind for 1922; 3—The period of provisional de- lay shall end when the commission, or the allied governments have reached a decision in regard to the plan and program mentioned in the second con- dition, the balance due becoming pay- able a fortnight after the commission | of the allies have reached a decision. Rathenau is Present Dr. Walter Rathenau, head of the German delegation took note of the | decision in the name of his govern-| ment. He added that Germany had not | defaulted in her payments, because | negotiations had been taken up re- garding the payments due January 15. He also took note of the invitation to Germany to take part in the Genoa confercnce. Preamble to Treaty The preamble to the treaty recites German's two invasions of France, the present devastation and the rea- sons for protecting” I'rance in the in- terests of European and world peace. It quotes articles 42, 43 and 44 of the treaty of Versailles, restraining Ger- many's fortification rights in the Rhine region and forbidding the maintenance of armed forces in the specified territory and remarks that these provisions may not suffice for ¥rench protection. Then follows the treaty itself, the text of which reads: Five Articles “His Brittanic majesty and the president of the French republic xxx have agreed to the following provis- fons: “Article 1—Tn case of direct and un- provoked aggression against the terri- tory of France by Germany, Great Britain will place herself immediately at the side of France with her naval, military and aerial forces. “Article 2—The high contracting parties affirm anew their common in- terest in articles 42, 43, and 44 of the treaty of Versallles and will act to- gether should there be menace of violation of any of the aforesald arti- cles, or if doubt arose as to their in- terpretation. “Article 3—The high contracting parties bind themselves to act to- gether in case of military, naval or aerial measures incompatible with the treaty of Versailles taken by Ger- many. “Article 4—The present treaty does not impose any obligation upon any of the dominions of the British em- pire unless and until it has been ap- proved by the interested dominion. “Article 5—The present treaty shall remain in force during a period of ten years and will be renewable at the end of that period by common agree- ment." E. WL CHRIST CANNOT RUN Stanley Works Official Cannot Con- sider Republican Nomination at '¥his Time. Isrnest W. Christ, whose name has been persistently linked with the re- publican nomination for mayor, stat- ed this morning that he did not feel he could consider candidacy at this time. Mr, Christ has been active in the republican party for many years. He served in the common council and as a member of the water board. For a time he was president pro tem. of the common council, He is a former pres- fdent of the third ward republican club, one of the most active repub- llcan organizations in the state. Mr. Christ is connected with the Stanley Works plant, bein an of- ficial of that company. §. 8. CROOK NEARING PORT Disabled Troop Ship is Expected to | Dock at New York Some Time To- morrow Morning. Washington, Jan. 13 ['he disabled army tiansport Crook was 190 miles cast of Ambrose Channel and making seven knots an hour at 6:10 a. m. to- day, according to a wireless to the War de partment. The message stated that tihe transport St. Mihiel was standlng by about three miles star- Woard of the .crippled vessel and that everyt hing was proceeding satisfac- toril The New Xr=tr tamarra Crook is expected to dock at morning. its annual A, charge has arranged a program for the evening and the affair promises to be been held by the local organization. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, DANIEL J. MAGUIRE DIES OF PNEUMONIA Death Claims Well Known Resident Early This Morning—Funcral Serv- fees Will Be Held On Monday. Danlel J. Maguire a well known resi- dent of this city for many years, dled early this morning at his home 131 Black Rock avenue, of pneumonia, He was taken il about a week ago. Mr. Maguire was a natlve of Ba- tavia, N. Y., but had lived here for the past 256 years, He was employed as a foreman at the Stanley Works. Ira- ternally, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus, and was a past grand knight of the New Britain council, before it joined with Daly Councll, K, of C. In the latter coun- cll, he served for several years as chancellor. Surviving him are his wife, four children: Miss Mary, Donald, Virgil and Raymond Maguire, his mother, who resldes at Green River, N. Y.; three brothers: James Maguire, of Green River, N. Y., Michael Maguire, of Baltimore, Md., and Anthony Ma- gulre, of East Hartford, and four sis- ters: Mrs. John Kelly, of Waterbury M George Gorman, of Hartford; Mrs. George Brannick, of New York and Mrs. John Connor, of New York. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Monday morning at St. Mary's church. The burial will be in St. Mary’'s new cemetery, SUGAR PRODUGTS CO. 1S NOW IN BAD WAY Receiver Appointed by Court Order—Liabilities May Total $5,000,000 New York, Jan, 13.—A receiver for the Sugar Products Co., a subsidiary of the United States Food Products Co., was appointed by Federal Judge Mack today. Liabilities ' exceeding $5.000,000 were alleged by the com- plainant, the Inter-Ocean Oil Co., of vierre, S, D, George C. Palmer, president of the I"'ood Products Corp., which in 1919, purchased the entire capital stock of the sugar concern, declared in a statement that for some months, ef- forts to straighten out the complicat- ed financial situation of the latter had been made but that a recent judg- ment impelled the decision to wind up these business affairs through court proceedings. Drops in sugar prices were given as causes for these embarrassments. The assets of the defendant com- pany, embracing plantations, barges, tanks and railroad lines in Cuba, Porto Rico, Haiti, San Domingo and Barbadoes, exceed the lfabilities both the complainant and Willlam B. Bak- er, president of the Sugar Products Co., informed the court. The com- plainant obtained a judgment for $239,161 against the company last week and the defendant admitted in- ability today to satisfy the claim at this time. GARPENTIER MAY ASK FIGHT WITH DEMPSEY Manager So States in Intervie\.v in Descamps British Newspaper London, Jan. 13.—(By Associated Press)—Georges Carpentier, who de- cistvely defeated George Cook of Aus- tralla here last night may ask for an6ther fight with Jack Dempsey af- ter meeting Ted “Kid" Lewis, the Evening Standard was informed to- day by Francols Descamps, Carpen- tier's manager. INDICTMENTS RETURNED Grand Jury In Circuit Court Sends Back Those Charging . Frank Keeney With Treason. Logan, W. Va. Jan., 13.— Indict- ments charging treason were returned here today against C. Frank Keeney, president of District 17, United Mine Workers; I'red Mooney, secretary- treasurer; Wm. Blizzard, president of sub-district No. 4, and Porter, secretary of sub-district No. 2. The indictments, based on alleged activi- ties of the union officials in the dis- orders last summer, referred to the Logan authorities as ‘“the upris- ing" were among about 300 returned by the grand jury in circuit court. SARRAUT T0 CONTINUE French President Instructs Delegate To Remain In That Capacity Until End Of Conference. Washington, Jan. 13.— (By Asso- ciated Press)—President Millerand of I'rance hgs directed M. Sarraut, head of the French delegation to continue in that capacity until the end of the Washington conference. Instructions to this effect were received today in a cablegram from M. Briand, retiring French premier who continues under I'rench procedure to exercise the functions of his office until his suc- cessor takes up his duties. BURNS CLUB BANQUET The Burns club of this city will hold banquet in the Y. W. C. 27. Thecommittee in on January one of the best that has ever by | FORD TELLS IDEAS ON PROFIT MAKING 20 Dams Along M@sippi Wonld Provide Enormons Power WANIS MUSCLE SHOALS Says It Won't Cost People a Cent And He Will Show Them Something— Has Terse Comment To Make On Newberry Case, Washington, Jan, 13.—Henry Ford accompanied by Wililam B. Mayo, engineer advisor, arrived today from Detroit to confer with Secretary Weeks regarding his proposal to pur- chase the government's nitrate and water power projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala. Scerctary Hoover has been invited to attend the conference. Secretary Weeks announced he would give a full account,of the conference as soon as it was concluded. Refers To Newberry Referring to the senate action in Qeclaring Senator Newberry entitled to his seat, Henry Ford declared to- day “spending money for pelitical of- fices has come to pass.” “I don’'t think the people will stand | for it,” Mr, Ford added. “They will make known their decision later. It will be through those senators who run for office this fall.” Mr. Ford told house members who called on him that he was *very con- fident” of reaching an agreement to- day with the government. “If I can't prove to the people that my lease of Muscle Shoals won't cost them anything, I don't want anything to do with it,”” Mr. Ford declared. He added that “somebody 1is spending oney to defeat the offer.” Plans Object Lesson He said if his offer was accepted he would make Muscle Shoals an ob- ject lesson for the people of the country, proving to them that tre- mendous economics could be effected through economy of waste carrled away by the nation’s waterway. Twenty dams could be constructed on the Mississippi between St. Louis and the delta, Mr. Ford said, which would heat, light and cook for mil- lions of familles, the power developed being sold for enough to repay the government fir the cost of construc- tion as well as giving the nation a highly valuable navigation improve- ment, “The government could do the work, rell the power and wipe out the original cost” he said. Mr. Ford suggested that currency could be issued instead of bonds to finance the work when it was begun and could either remain in circulation afterwards or be withdrawn by the government. PRAISES BOOTLEGGERS Harvard Lecturer, However, Merely Says They are Models in Salesman- ship as are “Confidence” Men. fCambridge, Jan. 13.—Bootleggers were set up as models in salesman- school of business administration at Harvard today. / Willlam Maxwell, first vice-president of Thomas A. Edi- son, Inc., in a lecture before the class in salesmanagement, sand that per- sonal observation of the sales meth- ods of wholesale bootleggers had con- vinced him that in many cases they had developed a creditable sales technique. “It is not worthy,” he added, “that salesmen engaged in illegitimate pur- suits such as bootleggers, confidence men and the men who sell worthless securities are for the most part closer students of salesmanship than the salesmen who are engaged in selling meritorious articles Whatever the reason may be the fact remains that the ‘grafter’ will ordinarily plan his ‘approach’ and the subsequent steps | of a sales much more carefully than | the average legitimate salesman con- siders necessary.” Mrs. Audrey Creighton Ryan in Criti- cal Condition ¥rom Poison Forced Upon Her. Paris, Jan. 13.—(By Associated Press.)—NMrs. Audrey Creighton Ryan, better known as Mrs. Audrey Creigh- ton, California violinist and prize win- ner at the American conservatory of in Tontainebleau, is reported ng in the American hospital at Neuilly, from the results of swallow- ing three poison tablets. Her husband, Thomas Stewart Ryan, who is attached to the Paris staff of the Chicago Tribune, was ar- rested on a charge of administering the tablets to her, under the threat to kill her with a knife unless she swal- lowed them. Later he is said to have stabbed himself, but not seriously. McMAHON HAS NEW PLAN Would Have Commissions Supplanted by One Man—Thinks Businessmen Will Work Gratis. . 8. McMahon is in favor of do- ing away with the present system of municipal government by which de- partments are controlled by a com- mission of several members and plac- ing one man in direct charge of each department. This idea, which is somewhat simi- lar to the city manager plan, would work a better system of government, Mr. McMahon feels. He is of the opin- fon that the right kind of a mayor | could secure businessmen to take such jobs who would be willing to turn their salaries over to the charity board. ship before students of the graduate | WOULD GIVE HEALT SUPT. $1,000 RAISE Commissioner Hinchliffe Secks Special Sesslon of Board To Act on Pro- posed Increase, Health Commyssioner Samuel Hinchliffe is making an effort to have a special meeting of the board of health called this afternoon to take action upon a recommendation to Increase Dr. red Lee's salary from $2,600 to $3,600 a year, It the: meeting s called and favor- able actlon is taken, the hoard will name a committee to appear before the salary committee of the common councll in support of the proposed in- crease, The salary of Dr. Lee's successor, Dr. Jesse R. Harrls, was $3,500, When the present Incumbent accept- ed the appointment he agreed to take & $1,000 cut in pay until such time as he had proven his abllity to run the department. In the opinfon of Commissioner Hinchliffe and other members of the board, Dr. Lee's services have been most acceptable and he feels that an increase is warranted. . A. R, IS GAINING IN ITS MEMBERSHIP ROLL President General, at Hart- ford, Reports 1,401 Ad- ditions in Month Hartford, Jan. 13.—Nearly all of the 52 chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Connec- ticut were represented at the meeting of the state regents and state treas- urers in Memorial hall, state Ilhmry,} today. Mrs. George Maynard Minor of Wa- terford, president general of the na- tional society, D. A. R., brought greet- | ings from the soclety and gave an in- formal talk on her impressions of the disarmament conference in Washing- tion. She reported 1,401 new mem- bers added during the past month. Miss Clemmie Henry of Maryville college, which is helped by the D. A. R., spoke briefly, expressing her gratitude. Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel, of Litchfleld, state regent, announced that the manual for Immigrants, which is part of the national work of the society hay been prepared in English, Spanish and Italian and 3,- 000 coples of each language.have been given to Robert C. Deming, state di- rector of Americanization, for distri- bution among the foreign population In several towns and cities of Connec- ticut. Reports of the state officers, includ- ing the historian, treasurer and - brarians were given this morning and this afternoon, the state committees reported their work, SUSPEND SUPERNUMERARY Charges Are Filed Against Willlam Daugherty By Broad Street Store- keeper—Hearing in Case Monday. Supernumerary Pollceman William P. Doherty was today suspended by Chief William J. Rawlings, after charges had been made against him by Max Mexler, a Broad street store- keeper. The suspended policeman will be given a hearing next Monday night by the board of police commis- sioners. Chief Rawlings said today that the charges ave based on the officer's al- leged leaving his beat and entering Mexler's store. Mexler was recently arrested, charged with selling cider, and was fined $50 and costs in police conrt. The offense for which man was suspended occurred, ac- cording to the chief, sometime in December and before the time that Mexler was haled into court. Mexico Visited by Bad Cold Wave; Much Suffering San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 13.—A |message saying the valley of Mexico |is being visited by one of the severest cold spells in many years and that there is much suffering among poor- er classes was received from Mexico City today by the San Antonio Ex- press. Twa women died from expos- ure in the strects of Mexico City yes- terday the message said. the police- BILLION DOLLAR DECREASE America's Favorable de Balance Is Materially Reduced Washington, Jan. 13.—A decrease of nearly §1,000,000,000 in the favor- able trade balance of the United States during 1921 was indicated in the foreign trade statistics for De- cember issued today by the commerce department. Exports decreased in valfle in 1921 by $3,743,000,000 and imports by $2,- 771,000,000, the report said, attribut- ing much of the reduction to the ma- terial_decline last year in prices of commodities which made up the bulk of the country's foreigntrade. FORDS COMING DOWN Washington, Jan. 13.—Another re- duction in the price of Ford automo- biles including all models effective January 15 was announced here today by Henry IFord. WEATHER. e Hartford, Jan. 13.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled weather with light snow tonight or Saturday. THE S N—— 1 (Ex-White Sox Third Basiévg,an |games %o the Cincinnati Reds. NTY PAG BUCK WEAVER ASKS T0 BE REINSTATED 0N L2 he: Makes Plea to Judge Lo N, INISTS HE WAS INNOCENT Admits He Was Approached By Gam- blers But Had No Part in Conspir- | acy—Baschall Monarch Has Made | No Public Decision Yet, Chicago, Jan. 13.—An echo of the | 1919 world serles baseball scandal was heard today when it became known that George (Buck) Weaver, former Chicago White Sox third base- man, personally had appealed to Judge Landls for reinstatement in or- | ganized baseball and for the first time had told a baseball official his| version of the deal through which it was alleged eight White Sox players | were bribed by gamblers® to throw Appears Personally. Weaver, it has become known, ac- tually appeared before Judge Landis| last week but since his appeal was| personal and not formal nothing was known qf it publicly. In his plea he relterated his innocence and told & story which for many months has Leen known to only a few friends. Was Offered $10,000. Weaver, it was said, declared that he was approached by a White Sox player near the end of the 1919 sea- son and asked if he would join in a plan to throw games in the world serles that fall. It was explained that several other players had agreed de-' liberately to lose contests and make the series a “made to order” one so far as the gamblers were concerned. Buck was offered $10,000 as his share. Three Alternatives. He just had opened a drug stere and needed capital, he is understood to have told Judge Landis. Thinking over the proposition he found himself faced with three possible courses of action: 1—To accept the bribe throw the series. 2—To refuse the bribe and Charles A. Comiskey, owner of Sox of it. 3—To refuse the bribe and say nothing, thus avoidiag the odium that attaches to one who “gnitches’ on a| friend. He told Judge Landis that while he needed the $10,000 badly in view of his new business enterprises it never entered his head to accept it. Could Not “Squeal.” “The only doubt in my mind,” he is suid to have informed the baseball commissioner, “was whether I should keep quiet about it or tell Mr. Comis- key. I was not certain just which men, if any, had received propositions or whether they accepted. I couldn't bring myself to tell on them even had I known for certain. 1 decided to keep quiet and play my best.” Weaver explained that he had hesi- tated to make known his story even confidentially, for fear some might think he was trying to ‘pass the| buck” to his teamniates. | Eight Were Accused. The third baseman and seven other players were named by Eddie Cicotte, Claude Willlams and Joe Jackson in grand jury confessions as having been | in on the alleged game throwing deal. They were tried on charges of con- spiracy to defraud the public and found not guilty. ~ Whether games were thrown was not brought into the trial, as there was no law covering| such a thing. | Landis ent But—. While Judge Landis refused to dis- cuss the Weaver case, attention was called to a statement at the time of the baseball trial, in which the judge pcinted out that “birds of a feather flock together,’ 'and that men who associated with gamblers and crooks could expect no leniency at his hands. MISS SKOZYLAS NAMED Will be Supervisor at City Hospital, and help tell the Where She Formerly Occupied i | | Similar Post. Miss” Agnes (. Skozylas has been named for the position of supervisor at the isolation hospital which opened this afternoon for the treatment of tuberculosis patients. Miss Skozylas was supervisor at the hospital for several weeks prior to the | closing of that institution, and is thor- | oughly familiar with the conduct of | 'he memorandum was dated April 9, ES WILL AGAIN OPPOSE SCHOOL ESTIMATE Commissioner J, M, Halloran Feels Proposed Budget Will Work Hard- ship on Taxpayers. Committeeman Joseph M. Jia wves the only member NPqn doe an objection to 2 00;: ast Friday | will repeat | oon when a for a consid- iy by his object. second meeting L cration of finances, The commissioner feels that the board is asking too much of the tax- | payers. He opposes in particular an | item for $21,000 for sanitary repairs | In the schools. The commissioner has | Leen in touch with a man who per-| sonally inspected the schools from a sanitary standpoint and has also the data gathered by Dr. R. M. Griswold, | who visited the schools at the sugs tion of the mayor. At the time of his investigation, Dr. Griswold reported that there was no | need of the changes embodied in the report, the carrying out of which will require $21,000. Mr. Halloran's in- formant also tells him that the re- pairs are not necessary. Should the bhoard see fit to adopt the proposed estimates, and Mr. Hal- loran anticipates that this action will be taken, he feels that the board of finance and taxation will cut the item out. | NOTEBOOK USED AS EVIDENGE N TRIAL| Memorandum of Patrolman Wakefield Introduced Against Loud Cambridge, Mass,, Jan. 13.—A note- book found on the body of Patrolman James A. Preston of Wakefleld was admitted in evidence today in the trial of Clarence W. Loud for Preston’s murder. Joseph Preston, brother of the murdered man, identified the note- book and a memorandum in it as in the handwriting of James Preston. 1921, the night of the murder and was time 9:10. It read: “Clarcnce W. loud, 93 Stratford Road, Melrose, Mass.; 20264 (the number of Loud's automobile); 1i- cense No. 5760; date of birth 1878, Alice Bennett, Hudson street, Somer- ville, Mass.,, mach. op. No registra- tion; adultery, adultery.” P The state claims that Loud and a woman were surprised in the automo- bile by the patrolman and that the latter after questioning them and making the memorandum was shot and killed by Lound. The notebook was shown to the jury and John P. Feeney, counsel for the defense, requested the jurors to examine also the page immediately preceding that containing the mem- orandum and the one immediately following it. He did not explain the reason for the request. GREENBERG FILES NO REPLY IN DISBARMENT C(;nvicted Prosecutor Had Entered No Defense Up to Noon Today Hartford, Jan. 13.—Up to noon to- day, A. A. Greenberg, former prosecu- tor of the New Rritain police court, had not filed a reply to the charges made against him in the disbarment | proceedings instituted by the griev- | ance committee of the Hartford coun- Ity bar association. Today is the last day for filing siwh reply. Greenberg was convicted o' hlackmail in con: [ nection with the so-called New Brit- ain liauor ring, and was fined $500. BONUS IS IN DOUBT Some Aid | Today's Conference Throws Doubt on Proposed Plan to Veterans of World War, Washington, Jan. 13.—Further con- ferences today between senate repub- lican leaders developed some doubt whether the plan for merging the sol- the hospital. The supervisor will take up her work tomorrow. Hers is the second appointment to the nurses staff, which will consist of three. Minnie | | ARBUCKLE JURY 1 Eleven Jurors Passed Temporarily, ‘With Same Number Left Out Of 05‘ Picked. San Francisco, Jan. 13.—The state today had left. four peremptory charges and the defense ten for use in continuing selection of a jury in the second trial of Roscoe C. Ar- buckle, charged with manslaughter growing out of the death of Miss Vir- ginia Rappe, motion picture actress. Eleven jurors had been passed tem- porarily and only 11 persons remain- ed in the original panel of 65. Free State Opponerfis eek Funds in America T.ondon, Jan. 1 (By Associated Press)—The Daily Mail's Dublin cor- respondent says that Erskine Child- er's party has sent urgent cablegrams to the United States appealing for funds to enable them to begin the election campaign in opposition to diers’ bonus and allied debt refund- ing bills would be adopted. Objec- tion to the merger developed from some republican members of the fi- nance committee but others were said to be urging the consolidation princi- pally because of its time saving fea- ture. The bonus plan itself also was s: to be uncertain, although a large ma jority of republican leaders were re- ported to favor the plan for pay- ment of the bonus with receipts from | interest on the allled debts and to| meet any defieit by the sale of allied nations’ bonds given under the re- funding bill. FOUR MEN KILLED Fatalities Occur in Accident the in National Mine of the Glen Coal | Company in Pennsylvania, Scranton, Pa. Jan. 13.—Four men are known to have been Killed, sev- eral others are believedfto be dead and an unknown number of mine workers are entombed as the result of a cave-in in the National mine of the Glen Alden Coal Co. in Monocka, just across the southern boundary line of the city. Miners who escaped said the number of men believed to be behind the barrfer is about 20. The com- {.ent on | ter Newsof the World By Associated Press NEW CABINET TODAY Furmer President of France Faces Many Difficulties BRIAND'S QUITTING IS FINAL ich s Statement of Retiring Premier —Millerand Has Plan For Early Resumption of Conference at Cannes, Paris, Jan. 13 (By Associated Press) ~Raymond DPoincare, former presi- dent of 1'rance was seeking today to form a cabinet suceeeding that under Aristide Briand which resigned yes- terday. The prevalling impression in political cireles was that he would complete his task and would submit his 1ist of ministers to President Mil. | lerand for approval early this aftere noon. Job is Hard One. On the other hand it was recognized | that he would find many difficulties and that these might prove formid- | able enough to force him to abandon his assignment. The manner of M. Briand's dramatic exit while on the lapparent verge of an overwhelming vote of confidence in the chamber of deputies has caused a certain reaction ‘n his favor, and besides M. Poincare has a strong opposition in parliament. Neither is the former president too popular with a large section of the general public. Briand's Position. Added to this many members of parliament hold that President Miller- and according to constitutional prac- tice should invite M. Briand to re- sume power with another combination of ministers inasmuch as he was not beaten by a vote in parliament. M, Briand however stated to newapaper men that his resignation was “abso- lutely final.”” In accordance with chs- tom, the president has asked the members of the Briand cabinet to conduct their departments until a new ministry can be formed. MM. Millerand and Poincare in a conversation last night decided that, it the latter formed a ministry the con- ference broken off at Cannes would be resumed by the new premier after an understanding had been ‘reached be- tween the heads of the governments of the allled powers. Finances Discussed. M. Poincare also discussed flnance with the president according to the Petit Parisien announcing that he in- tended to entrust the finance portfolio to Charles De Lasteyrie, a former high official in the ministry of finance. Among others whom he is likely to choose are Gaston Doumergue, a for- mer premier; Edouard Herriot, a member of the chamber of deputies; Albert Sarraut, minister of colonies who is in Washington representing France at the arms conference; Andre Magnot and Yves Le Troquer, re- spectively ministers of pensions and public works in the Briand cabinet and T.eon Berard senator and cabinet minister of instruction. It was sald that Touls Loucheur, Briand's min- ister of liberated regions, might also be asked to remain. May Meet Lloyd Gedrge Premier Lloyd George when he passes through Paris on his home- ward trip from Cannes probably on Sunday, will be asked to confer with M. Poincare nd President Millerand according to the Echo de Parls, so the two governments may keep in close touch. [ Successful in forming a ministry, M. Poincare is expected soon to make a declaration in the chamber of depu- ties and senate outlining the policy he intends to follow and asking for ‘a vote of confidence giving him the full authority requisite to his attend- ance upon a resumed conference. It is generally expected that his policy will involve modifications on what has been arranged at Cannes. Press With Briand The attitude of most of the press on M. Briand's resignation is reflected in the following excerps from the Journal: “His decision is doubly regrettable, first because it deprives the country in the midst of the negotiations of a skillful advocate whose supple mind more than once had avoided danger- ous clashes and secondly because Briand's declarations having neither besn debated nor voted upon, no clear inication as to the views of parlia- the points discussed at Cannes has been given his successor, German Opinion Berlin, Jan. 13. — (By Associated Press)—As the result of the retire- ment of Premier Briand of France, official opinions here concur in the belief that the reparations issue for the moment has again been thrown into confusion through the oblitera- tion of the new line of political and economic orientation which the Can- nes conference promised to develop. Official speculation appears to cen- around the predicament inte which Lloyd George is suddenly plac- ed through “the loss of his dancing partner’” which Briand has been des- ignated since the Cannes pourparlers were opened. “France or Europe” is now the is- sue says the Volks Zeitung today in commenting on the developments. “I'he answer to Germany's good will, her endeavor to pacify France, is Poincare” exclaims the Pan-Ger- man Tages Zeitung. The comment of the socialist Vor- waerts is that nationalistic policies must be allowed “to run until they are dead from exhaustion” as they are fomenters of mischief and unrest in all countries. NOT LOCAL HOTEL MAN. Due to a confusion of names it was reported yesterday that Michael De- laney of Hartford, sent to jail for 60 days on a liguor charge, is one of the proprietors of the Hotel Be- loin. The local hotel is not owned by him, but by Thomas R. and John the new free state government. pany has given out no information. B. Delaney.