New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1922, Page 1

\ ——— Herald “Ads” I Mean ’ Bettor Business | ESTABLISHED 1870 . EW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNEC"I‘ICU’I‘, GERMANY AGREES TONAME OF HAUGHTON, SUGGESTED AS AMBASSADOR FROM U. S. Confirmation By Senate Expected As Soon As Berlin Picks Represen- tative To Washington American Choice Is at Pres- ent Congressman From New York State—Is Fa- miliar With Europe. Washington, Jan, 17.—The German government has notified the American government that Alanson B. Hough- ton, now member of the house from New York will be acceptable as am- bassador and the name ot Mr. Hough- ton will be sent to the senate this week, This information was given out to- day at the White House, Is Manufacturer The name of Representive Hough- ton who is a manufacturer of Corning, N. Y., has been associated with the appointment to the Berlin post now occupled by a charge d’affaires, for some time. The prospective new ambasador is 60 years old and before the war was a frequent visitor to Germany, having been graduated from the Universities of Berlin and Goettingen. Await Germany's Action Confirmation of his nomination is expected to be followed by the designa- tion by the German government of an ambassador to Washington. The Ber- lin government has heen waiting for the United States to take the initia- tive in appointing a ranking diploma- tic official it was said. Ministers ‘to Austria and Hungary areexpected to be named by the Amer- ican government in the course of the next few days. 1 Hermes Mentioned RBerlin, Jan. 17.—(By the Associat- ed Press) fter deciding today to in- form the United States that the ap- pointment of Alanson 13. Houghton as American ambassador to Berlin would he acceptable to the German government the cabinet is understood to have discussed the question of an ambassador to, Washington. It was rumored that the appointment of Dr. Andreas Hermes, now ministéer of food, was rega\rdod with ffl\'or WOMAN MAYER, AGED 80 STARTS DUSTING TOW Her First Act Is to Put 8:30 Curfew for Children Into Effect Magnetic Springs, 0., Jan. 17.—Mrs. Mary MclFadden, 80 years old, who yesterday assumed the duties of mayor of this health resort village to- day announced that she intends to “give this town a little dusting.” Her policy, she said, would be “‘war on male vamps. inforcement of the curfew law. Strict enforcement of prohibition laws."” Her first official act was to call in the “‘police force” Marshal B. B. Bain- bridge, instructing him to “begin to- night on the curfew law and see that all children are off the streets at 8:30." Mrs. Mclhadden was appointed to act as mayor in the village by Mayor N. O. Brown who will spend the win- ter in IMlorida. TRUST 0. ELECTION Stockholders of the New Britain Trust Company Meet This Morning and Re-clect Directors. A meeting of the stockholders of the New Britain Trust Company was held this morning at 11:30 o'clock. Noah Lucas and L. 8. Reynal were added to the list of directors. The directors who were re-elected are: W. E. Atwood, A. W. Stanley, W. 1. Hatch, George 8. Talcott, M. C. Swift, ¥. G. Platt, George L. Damon, George P. Hart, W. H. Cadwell, Frank J. Porter, Isaac D. Russell, Charles I". Smith, D. A. Niven, J. E. Cooper, C. J. Parker, Norman P. Cooley, B. A. Haw- ley, I, Vibberts, C. H. Baldwin, H. Pease, E. H. Cooper, P. B. q(anlcy, C. B. Parsons, M. K. Pas(‘o, C. I'. Ben- nett, G. W. Klett, I, A, Searle, . W. Macumber, L. 8. Reynal, Noah Lucas. POLICEMAN EXONERATED. New York, Jan. 17.—Patroiman James J. O'Connell was * exonerated today by the listrict attorney's office Aor the shooting last night of Patrol- man Frank C. Brojer. O'Connell shot when Brojer who was said to have been intoxicated, drew a pistol after creating a disturbance in an apart- ment house. O'Connell was sum- moned to quell the trouble. PARTY FOR MISS HELENE Miss Gertrude Helene of 520 Church street, was tendered a surprise birth- day party by several of her friends at her home at 520 Church street last evening. Miss Helene recelved many beautifil and useful gifts. During the evening, musical selections were ren- 1Y, HARDING APPROVEY DEBT FUNDING BILL Republican Senators to Discuss Measure Tomorrow A GET-TOGETHER MEETING Hope Expressed That All Differences Will Be Smoothed Out—Democrats Object, To Powers Under Proposed Bill. Washington, Jan. 17. — Republic senators will hold their first confer- cnce of this session of congress to- morrow, with the announced purpose of reaching an agreement on the al- Hied debt funding bill. Strong democratic opposition to the bill in the form in which it was re- ported to the senale yesterday was understood to have led the call issued today by Senator Curtis of Kansas, assistant republican leader, Some Republicans Balking ‘While the call mentioned only the allie® debt funding measure, some republican leaders stated privately that the conference was to serve also as a general get-together affair as it is known that four or five republican senators are not wholly in accord with the majority leaders as to a party policy on the funding bill. Under the bill the refunding com- mission of flve members would have very broad powers in conducting ne- gotiations with the debtor nations. Tt would have authority to defer interest payments and also to fix the rate of interest. Democrats Opposed Democratic senators, under the leadership of Senator Simmons of North Carollna ranking minority member of the flnance committee ob- ject to the granting of such powers. On behalf of the administration it was stated officially that the bill as reported by the senate finance com- mittee was satisfactory to President Harding. SIDEWALK PROSECUTIONS Board of Public Works Will Bring Charges Against All Who Fail to Comply With Ordinance. Property owners who have failed to clean their sidewalks of snow and ice will be haled into court tomor- row under Section 35 of the city or- dinances, it was announced this aft- ernoon by the board of public works. The sidewalk inspector and two other representatives of the board will inspect the walks in the city to- morrow morning and those which have not either been cleared of snow and ice or have had ashes or some other substances sprinkled thereon to prevent the danger of slipping will be prosecuted The names will be handed over to Prosecuting Attorney J. G. Woods as soon as the inspection is completed. MAYOR IS SILENT ON SALARY CUTS Explains That Time for\ Expression of Opinion is After Common Council Has Acted. Asked concerning his feelings on the proposed increases in several sal- aries and the general cut of 10 per cent in the salary lists, Mayor Orson I, Curtis declined to discuss the mat- ter this morning. The mayor reiterated his statement of scveral weeks ago that the time for him to express himself is after the council has acted. By this statement, the mayor means that he can exercise his veto rights to any petition acted upon by the coun- cil if he feels that the action is not justified. While he has come out with a state- ment favoring a cut in the salary of mayor, the executive has not yet stat- ed whether or not he felt reductions throughout City Hall would be wise. THRIFT SPEAKER COMING New Britain Industrial Council to Have Supper and Conference at Y. M. C. A. Tomorrow Night. National thrift week will be the topic under discussion at the supper and conference of the New Britain Industrial council, to be held at the M. C. A tomorrow night. The supper will be at 6:30 o'clock. Re- ports of committees and officers will be heard and various phases of thrift week of which the council is back- ing, will be discussed. The council is composed of repre- sentatives of 18 of the factories in New Britain and holds a monthly meeting at which time some promi- nent speaker is secured l.p address a gathering of foremen and’factory offi- clals. It is connected with the Y. C. A, X Tomorrow's session will be for the factory representatives only. Howard Speer, of Hincks Brothers and com- pany, a firm of Bridgeport brokers and investors, will speak on thrift. Mr. Speer will address two assemblies at the High school Thursday morning, at SELDEN, FIRST MAN 10 HAKE GASOLINE ENGINE, DIES AT 77 His First Attempt in 1874 to Operate Motor by Gas Was Dismal Failure PERSEVERANCE WON AND HE SUCCEEDED IN 1878 ng Other Inventions By Same Was Hard Rubber a Wi Man Tires, Device To Prevent els, From Slipping And Improvements On Hoop Slitting Machfhes—Was Grad- uate Of Yale Law School. Rochester, N, Y., Jan, 17.—George Paldwin Selden, inventor of the gaso- line propelled vehicle and a ploneer in the present automotive industry, died at his home here today. He was president of the Selden Motor Co,, of this city. He was 77 years old. Became A Lawyer Mr. Selden entered Yale in 1865, Upon his graduation in 1869, he stud- ied law under his father and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1871. Most of his legal work was in connection with patent legislation. His first attempt in the inventive field was to make the steam engine available to drive light vehicles, but in March 1873, he abandoned the use of steam and investigated the possi- bility of engines operated by ammonia gas, bisulphite of carbon and other liquid fuels. In 1874 he built an en- gine that was driven by a mixture of “laughing gas” and kerosene. This mixture was burned in a small cham- ber and the expanded products of combustion conducted to the engine similar to the ordinary steam engine. First Attempt Failed This machine proved a failure. The following year he reached the conclusion that internal combustion engine of the compression type, using liquid fuel preferably a petroleum product was the solution of his dif- ficulty. His continued efforts met with jibes tfrom others. His own brother ad- vised him to go no further in his ex- periments. Succeeded in 1878 Mr. Selden made his first gasoline driven engine in 1878 in the shop of Frederick Michel in this city. It has been one of the features of automo- bile shows here and in many other countries. Among Mr. Selden's other inven- tions are a hard rubber tire, a device to prevent the slipping of wheels, im- provements on hoop slitting machine and several other devices. PURSE FOR REV. 5. 6. OHMAN Pastor Of Swedish Lutheran Church Presented With Gift By Congrega- tion At Birthday Party. Rev. 8. G. Ohman, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church, was pre- sented with a purse of $200 at a party tendered him last evening at the church. The occasion was in honor of the pastor’'s 60th birthday celebration. The presentation was made by Dr. E. T. Fromen in behalf of the church and the congregation. The evening was enjoyably spent with a musical program being carried out with the Arpi Sextette and the Ladies' Sextette furnishing music. Hev. J. E. Klingherg gave an address on the work being accomplished at the Children's Home and talks were also given by Rev. Mr. Holten of Hartford and G. Modeen of this city. There will he a meeting of the hoard of deacons at the church this evening. . WOMAN RAFFLES CONFESSES Mother of Five in Manchester, N. H,, Admits Taking Part in 13 Burglaries During Past Four Years. Manchester, N. H., Jan. 17.—Mrs, Katherine Marston, mother of five children, was bound over to superior court under bonds of $1,200 today on four charges of breaking and en- tering, one count each for the past four years. Manchester police offi- cials said the woman had confessed to thirteen breaks in apartments or houses the residents of which were absent. The police had sought for months without success to learn the person responsible for the breaks until a gold plece taken at one of the houses turned suspicion toward Mrs. Marston. Rice to Retire From City Service in June Clerk Arthur W. Rice of the hoard of compensation and assessment will retire from city service when his pres- ent term expires. He has been active in city business for more than 50 years, being the oldest man in point of service on the city's roster. He has been a member of the board of com- pensation and assessment for the past 30 years. Automohile Bandits in Chicago Get $12,000 Haul Chicago, Jan. 17.—Crowding their automobile to the curbstone and opening fire without warning, four bandits wounded and robbed twd messengers of the Citizens Trust and Savings Bank of $12,000 today. The messengers hoth were shot in the dared and a buifet junch was served. |the request of Secretary E. M. Preble.|neck and head by the robbers. Estimates by State Board of | Education Also Show That 16,904 in City Can- s not Speak English. New Britain ranks fifth among the cities of the state of 25,000 and over| in the number of {lliterates, according to figures given to the Herald by the Americanization department of the State Board of Education. 4, Tliterates Here, These figures show that New RBrit- ain has 4,226 illiterates, New Haven has the greatest number, 8,046, with Tridgeport and Hartford having be- sween 5,000 and 6,000 each. In reading these figures it might he well to emphasize the fact that “the 8. Census Bureau classifies as illit- erate any person 10 of age or over who is unable to write in any language, not necessarily English, re- gardless of ability to read, and that these figures have no relation to the number who cannot speak English. Such a number might be estimated by multiplying the number of illiterates by four. Illiteracy Increasing. Another fact worthy of notice is that Connecticut is the only state in the Union to show an increase in the percentage of illiteracy during the past 10 years, due entirely to its geo- graphical and industrial position. In 1910 the percentage of illiteracy in this state was 6, with 665 per- sons listed in that classification. In 1920 the illiterates numbered 67,265, classified as follow: Native white illiterates, 2,027; for- eign born white illiterates, 63,131; negro illiterates, 1,078; illiterate males of voting age, 31,190; {lliterate fe- males of voting age, 34,586; rural {l1- literacy, 18,460; urban illiteracy, 48,- 205; percentage of illiteracy in state, ) Illiteracy by Counties. Middlesex, 1,906; Tolland, Windham, 2,752; Litchfield, New London, 4,839; Fairfleld, 981; Hartford, 16,419; New Haven, 21,614. [} 1,32 1lliteracy by Cities. Those of 25,000 or more tion: Bridgeport, 7,743; Meriden, 1,083; New New London, 1,008; 046; Norwalk, 980; Waterbury, 5,436. Those of 10,000 to 25,000: Ansonia, 1,435; Bristol, 1,061; Dan- bury, 569; Derby, 1,260; Middletown, 822; Naugatuck barough, 586; Nor- wich, 1,223: Torrington borough, 1,504; Willimantic, 511, Those of 2,500 to 10,000: Bramford, 165; Danielson, 43; Greenwich, 154; Groton, 133; Jewett City, 293; Putnam, 502; Rockville, 238; Shelton, 712; Southington, 483; Stafford Springs, 144; Wallingtord, 438; Winsted, 240. ROTARY CLUB ONE YEAR OLD THURSDAY popula- Hartford, 5,662; Britain, 4,22 New Haven, 8,- Stamford, 2,924; Fitting Exercises Will Be Held the Thursday Meeting at the At Elks' Club The New Britain Rotary club will observe its first birthday on Thursday of this week. P. LeRoy Harwood, president of the Mariners Savings bank of New Lon- don and an active Rotarian of that city, will address the members of the club on “Financial Conditions of To- day. The committee in charge of arrang- ing for the day has worked up a pro- gram for the observance of thrift week. The first meeting of the New Britain Rotary club was held on January 20, 1921. The club was formed largely through the efforts of Leon A. Sprague, its present presi- dent and at one time president of the New London Rotary club. The club is one of the most active in the state of Connecticut and dur- ing the course of the year has heard some yery interesting speakers. All branches of business in the city are represented at the meetings of the club and speakers from the various branches including active men in the insurance, shipping, telephone, amyse- ment, electric, telegraphic and manu- facturing world have spoken to the club. During the year several eve- ning socials have been held to which the wives and lady friends of the members have been invited. One was held at the Shuttle Meadow club, one at the Farmington club and one at the Elks' club. NINE FAMILIES DRIVEN 0UT One Woman Meets Death From Gas Asphyxiation When Main Breaks In Boston Apartment House. Boston, Jan. 17.—Gas fumes from a leaky main caused the death of Miss Ethel W. Mountain and drove nine families from their homes in an apartment house on Hemenway street in the Fenway district early today. The gas leaked into the apartment house from a main in the basement. A newspaperman returning home in the early morning found the house flooded with the fumes. All the oc- cupants but Miss Mountain responded to the alarm. She was 35 years old. TR * THE WEATHER. —o— Hartford, Jan. 17.—Forecs for New Britain and vicinity Overcast and warmer tonight; TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1922, —FOURTEEN PAGES, T0 HEAR BERLIN WATER PETIT]ON Advisory Committee to \\nu"“_ Will Act on Request at Seseion ¢ This LEvening. The advisory committee of the common council appointed to consider matters of importance coming before the board of water commissioners has been called together by Mayor Orson for h:1h o'clock this afternoon at the mayor's offi Town of Berlin purchase water from this feservoirs, The water bourd Mcom- mended that a contract be entered into for the sale for 10 cents a hun- dred cubic feet, When the matter came before the council, it was referred to the special committee Tonight's meeting is the first held | since the advisory board was named several months ago. Chairman W. B. Rossherg of board of water commissioners meet with the committee. tition of the for of the will WOMAN MOONSHINER ADMITS HER GUILT Mrs. Kupetski Pleads It Is Only Way She Can Support Family Mrs. Helen Kupetski of 179 Hart- ford avenue, who claims to be in the moonshine whiskey business as the only means by which she can sup- port herself and her three children, pleaded guilty to three counts of liquor law violation in police court this morning. So that an investigation might be conducted to determine whether or not the family is destitute, Judge George W. Klett continued the case until tomorrow morning. Sergeant W. C. Hart and a detail of police made the arrest yesterday. They found a “still” in operation. Numerous complaints had been made concerning the house and the police had been furnished with a bottlesof alleged liquor said to have been pur- chased from Mrs. Kupetski. This morning she was put to plea on charges of manufacturing liquor with intent to sell, keeping a place having a reputation for whiskey sales, and selling liquor. She pleaded guilty to all three charges. At the time of her arrest, mitted guilt to Sergeant Hart and Policemen W. P. McCue and P. O'Mara. She said she sold quarts for $2 and pints for $1, because she had (Continued on Eleventh Page). BANK OFFICERS ELECTED is she ad- Andrew S. Andrulewicz Elected President and Other Officials and Pirectors Are Also Sclected. The annual meeting of incorpora- tors of The DPeople’'s Savings Bank was held last evening in the banking rooms at 173 Broad street, and the following officers were elected for the year: A. S. Andrulewicz, president; B. 1% Gaffney, John C. Loomis and Adam Grecki, vice-presidents; Leo Bojowski, treasurer, Paul Nurczyk and Victor Domijan, assistant treasurer; Joseph A. Kloskowski, secretary and Stanley Arzylowicz, assistant secreta The directors for 1922 ar Andrulewicz, B. F. Gaffney, John C. Loomis, Adam Grecki, Leo Bojnowski, Paul Nurczyk, W. Samorajezyk, Jo~ seph A. Kloskowskl, John Zujko, J. Gworek, B. S. Mysliwlee, W. Godlew- ¥. M. Zimmerman, Victor Domi- Peter Pajewski. MRS. LESTER DIES Was One Of The Oldest Members Of ski, jan, Trinity Methodist Church—Funeral On Thursday. Mrs. Harriet Laura Lester, aged 75 years, one of the oldest members of the Methodist church, died late yes- terday afternocn at the home of her Wilbur E. Lester of 147 Chestnut of illness incident to advanced years. The funeral will be held at 2 p. m, Thursday, Rev. J. L. Davis of- ficlating and interment will be in Ifairview cemetery. Mrs. clster was a native of this city and the widow of Elisha Lester, Besides her son, she leaves Hnr‘l‘ grandchildren, Barl, BEthel and May Lester. son, street, S ON MORTGAGES, The Ifarmers’ Milk company et al has been made the defendant in a suit brought by Seconda M. Ravizza through Lawyer Joseph G. Woods, to foreclose on a mortgage for $2,5600. Louise Ravizza, through the same counsel, has brought an action $1,400 against the same defendants. The writs are returnable in the city court on the first Monday in Febru- ary. BURCH TRIAL MARCH 27 Los Angeles, Jan. 17.—Date for the second trial of Arthur C. Burch, in- dicted for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy was set today for March 27. Wednesday unsettled with a probability of snow. l (AT LN SEI0 S A— A jury in the first trigl. was discharg- ed yesterday having falled to agree after having the case under consider- ation for 71 hours. 2 The committee will consider the pe- | the | city's | for | News of the World By Associated Press 'COL. EDWIN LAMB, FORMER - 26th DIVISION OFFICIAL TELLS OF TWO EXECUTIONS " .""”‘nnN (ELL B9 C.W.C hamhcrh; Commits Suicide at Palmer, Mass., Police Station . 17.—Charles W, r of the I'ulme | Chamberlin, | ehange of the New England 'Tele- phone and Telegraph Co., who was | implicated in the alleged defalcations of Town Treasurer George . Clough, and was arraigned yesterday on a charge of receiving stolen town funds, hanged himself in his cell at the po- | lice station early today. His body was found suspended by his muffier, which was attached to the top of the cell door, by the janitor of the build- ing when he came on duty for the day. Mr. Chamberlin had been in the employ of the telephone company 24 years and came here from Concord, N. H., to become ecxchange manager 14 years ago. He was arrested Sat- urday and when arraigned yesterday pleaded not guilty, and was held in $10,000 honds, which he was unable to furnish. Since his arrest he had protested his innocence, He admitted business dealings with Town Treas- urer Clough, but declared he had no knowledge that town funds were in- volved, The sum involved In Clough's alleged defalcations 1s $20,000, and the same amount was mentioned in the charge against Chamberlin. Chamberlin was visited last night by his counsel, Attorney W. J. Granfield of Springfield, who said today that his client appeared in good spirits. Officer Charles Thomas, on night duty at the station said that Cham- berlin appeared restless and spoke to him several times during the night. LADIES' AID SOCIETY ELECTS 5. William ¥. Mangan President of ma | St. Joseph's Soclety—Will Hold Social Next Tuesday Evening. The Ladies' Aid society of St. Jo- seph's church elected officers at a busy session of the organization last evening. 'The following will serve during the ensuing ter| President, Mrs. William F. Man- gan; vice-president, Mrs. James P. White; recording secretary, Mrs. Frank Durham; financial secretary, Mrs. E. X. Callahan; treasurer, Mrs. Charles Sunburn. It was voted to have a whist in the parish hall Tuesday evening, January 24. Refreshments will be served and the committee is working up special- ties to make the evening an enjoyable one. LeWITT—APPELL Miss Sophie Appéll, of 594 West Main street, this city, and Dr. A. L. LeWitt of Hartford, were married this morning at the home of Rabbi Abra- ham Nowak of 423 Edgewood street. The ceremony took place at 10 o'clock and it was quiet a wedding. FORMER ROYALTY IS LIVING IN POVERTY Many Mcembers of the Once Proud House of Hapsburg Are Now in Poor Circumstances. Geneva, Jan. 17 — Scattered throughout Furope, the members of the once proud house of Hapsburg are {all living in relatively poor circum- stances, some of them in poverty. Ex-Emperor Charles and Ex-Em- press Zita who were sent to Funchal, Madeira as guests of the allies are supplementing their allowance by the sale of some of the family jewels. Archdukes Kugene and Ferdinand have been permitted by the Swiss gov- ernment to remain at lLucerne, it| being found after an inqguiry that they had nothing to do with Charles ill fated attempt at restoration. Archduke Max and Ifrederic are liv- ing with Archduchess Josepha in Bavaria; Albrecht resides with his mother Isabella at Budapest; Leopold Salvator is staying at villa near Barcelona; Joseph Ferdinand and Henry IFerdinand have settied down in the imperial lodge at Salzburg and Maria Annunciate lives alone in ateau Valuz in Lichtenstein. Some of them have attempted to fatten their income by working, but with more or less indifferent success. Literature in the form of memolrs from various members of the family has been presented to editors but none of thern has shown great enthusiasm to publish the books. Gasoline Takcs Dlop From 31 to 29 Cents Further reductions in the price of gasoline have become effective at sev- eral of the local filllng stations, effect- ing a cut from 31 cents a gallon to 29 cents. This includes the tax, which is paid by the dealer. IYR\\K I'Ul 0\ l.lQl OR Meriden, Jan. 17.~James Kelley, 28 years old of 129 Alden street, Malden, Mass, and Edward J. Monahan, 43 years old of 23 Main street, Black- stone, Mass., were removed to the Meriden hospital today in a critical condition as the result of drinking denatured alcohol, which they secured |in this city. Archduchess the Jocal ex- | hunting | Hartford Military Man Testifies That In Each Instance Condemned Man Had Been Tried Also Expresses Opinion That Body Was Placed in Coffin With Rope and Cap Still On It. Washington, Jan. 17.—Former servs fce men detailed for duty with the American graves registration serv- fee in France denied before a senate fnvestigating ~ committee that the bodies of the soldiers legally put to death in France were buried with rops around the neck and the black cap which had been placed on them on the gallows. Complainant a “Trouble Maker"” John R. Flynn of Cambridge, Mass., and G. A. Bamford of Washington, both testified they had heard of nothe ing to substantiate such charges. Flynn declared that Rufus P. Hub- hard of New York who had testified that he saw bodles with rope and cap intact was a “trouble maker” who had to be transferred on that account. The committee went into hanging methods as part oi its general investi- gation of charges laid before the sen- ate by Senator Watson, democrat, Georgia that soldiers were hanged without trial in France. Flynn insisted that if they were un= able to identify a body it was re-in- terred. Lynching Story Denied Taking up the cast of Benjamin King of Wilmington, N. C. reported by the war department as killed in ac- tion and claimed by a former witness to have been lynched the committee called Vainey E. Wells of Wilmington, who said King was a member of his platoon. “I saw King just before we jumped off into battle and I never saw him again” sald Wells, “I am satisfied he was killed in action. King was one of the best soldiers in the outfit and there never was a complaint against him.” “How was it reported to you that King was killed?"” Benator Overman, democrat, North Carolina asked. “I have no direct proof” he said, “but it is my best opinion he was Kkill- ed. A sergeant who was nearby told me King was blown up with a shell. I know he went into battle and never came out. Like many others he was reported missing when the battle end- ed." Disagrees With Others Disagreeing with witnesses who pre- ceded him, Richard C. Sullivan of Somerville, Mass, an assistanf em- blamer with the graves registration service declared he saw two bodies taken up with rope and black cap in- tact. “Everybody I helped prepare for shipment home was positively identi- field"” said Sullivan. “Was there any evidence that the heart and brain were removed from the bodies of the men hanged?" asked Senator Watson. “I did not notice.” “Were they buried part of the cemetery? “They were not.” “If the skulls had been opened to remove the brain would you have noticed it?" asked Chairman Bande- gee. “Undoubtedly” was the answer. Col Lamb Testifies lkdwin E. Lamb of Hartford, Conn., a lieutenant colonel with the ex- peditionary forces and formerly of the 26th division was called next. “Did you witness any executions in France?" “Yes, two at Bazailles. Icmlrl-'n:\r(hlllr‘ll" he said. Lamb gave the committee the names of both men who made “‘ramb- ling tements, which were taken |down” he said. The condemned men | were given opiates before the hanging to compose their nerves, the witngss declared. | “Did the men claim they had not |been tried ?"” “No sir.” Neither “In the c of the second man hanged 1 thing the body was placed |quickly in a cofin with the rope and cap still on it,” Lamb added. “What is the probability of men being hanged without trial?"” asked the chairman. “Not the slightest” Lamb replied. | “And youn mean to say that these in a separate Both were protested his inocence?” ‘| men hanged for an almost unmention- able crime were hurled along with the honorable dead?" Senator Watson asked. “Yes. They were our men who had fallen and paid the extreme penalty." Some of the doctors later suggested, he added, that in future executions, the bodies he buried in separate lots, but there were no other executions at that post. MAY PROTECT QUAIL. Buenos Alres, Jan. 17.—Exporta- tion of the carcasses of quail may be restricted by the minister of agricul« ture, to whom recommendations re- garding the traffic have been made, This action is the result of protests from American game protective or- ganizations calling attention to the fact that 60,000 of these birds were received in New York recently, and protesting against the business. It was declared 4hat continued slaugh- ter of the birds might cause their ex- tinctiom