New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1922, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 SLEUTHS SEEKING ANOTHER VICTIM OF WARD'S PISTOL Looking for Wounded Man in Hos- pital at Stamlord Today- . Two Men Questioned NEW YORK MAN IS HELD AS MATERIAL WITNESS James J. Cunningham Said to Know Considerable About Case And Po- lice Are Checking Up Men He Has Mentioned In Connection — Ward, Himself Said to Have Been Gam- bler, Too. Stamford, June 2,—Deputy Sheriff Fred Ruscoe and Raymond Hill, & fingerprint expert, came here today, accompanied by Sherift George L. Werner and several private detectives to follow up supposed clues in the Ward-Peters case. They called on Acting Chief John Bennett and an , hour later on Charles Rogers, who is well kanown in town and Louis Na- tale, a taxicab driver were called in for questioning, separately. It is understood the search is made for one Joe Jackson, whom Acting Chief{ Bennett was told was brought to Stamford for treatment for a bul- let wound in the stomach and two wounds in the legs. This wounded man was brought here in a touring Two Young MADE WHISKEY 40 YEARS, BUT NEVER HEARD OF DRY LAW -0 Petersburg, W. Va,, June 2.— "I've begn making whiskey for nigh on 40 years and this is the first time I knew there was any law again it,” sal® Henry Hours, a venerahle resident of the 8moke Hole district located in Grant and Pendleton counties when he was visited by state police and arrested today. A na- tive of the district proffered in- formation to the troops that “Old Man" Hours was running a still and had done so ever since he could remember. Corporal Briner, who led the state po- licemen, said that the episode was the beginning of an educa- tional campaign in the Smoke Hole region, SPRINGFIELD POLICE RECOVER LOCAL CAR Men Claiming This City As Their Home, Are Arrested For Stealing Auto Two youths, giving the names of Loren Clary, aged 17 years, of 8§ Main street, and Earl Hough, aged 18 years of 64 Prospect street, were arrested at 3 o'clock this morning on Main street, Springfield, theft of a Paige touring car belong- ing to Howard T. Sherman, of 618 West Main street. for the alleged Early last evening, Mr. Sherman re- ported to the local police that his au- fiARY I]ENIES GLAIM MADE BYUNTERMYER Insists J. P. Morgan Does Not Dominate U. S. Steel Corp, WOULD KEEP OWN RAILROAD Says Private Lines Advantage Over Competitors—Can Sell Steel $3 Ton Cheaper Than Others, He Fxplains, New York, June 2,—FElbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corp. testifying before the Lockwood legislative committee today thwarted efforts of Samuel Untermyer commit- tee counsel to draw from him admis- sions that J. P. Morgan dominated the corporation. “It 1t not a fact that J. P. Morgan names the directors?" Mr, Unterntyer demanded. “Certainly not"” retorted Mr. Gary. “Who does name them?" “The stockholders.” Then They Smiled. Mr. Untermyer smiled and Mr. Gary smiled back at him. “Who really names them? Mr. Un- termyer persisted. “I'll have to admit and claim'” sald Mr. Gary, “that I do more of that than anyone else, and always have.” Mr. Untermyer then tried to get Mr. Gary to admit that he and Mr. Mor- gan together controlled the corpora- tion and that the other five members of its finance committee which he had testified selected the directors were ‘‘mere rubber stamps.” Gives No Unfair FIRE COMMISQION TO NEED $10,000 City Meeting Board Appropriated Only 90 Per Cent of Salary List Ap- proved by Common Council. Due to the fact that the city meet. ing board appropriated only 90 per cent of the money necessary to pay the fire department salaries authorized by the common council, the commis- sion will soon seek the remaining 10 per cent, which amounts to about $10,000, The meeting board adopted the Jow tax budget which had been made pos- sible for cutting 10 per cent from each salary item. When the matter came before the common council for con- sideration, that body refused to ratify the pay cuts and authorized the com- mission to pay the amounts originally asked for Chairman Emil Hjerpe of the fire board has called this matter to the attentfon of Mayor A. M. Paonessa 8o that action may be taken before the funds for salaries are used up. The request for $10,000 will go before the board of finance and taxation, l. di Hi WAVETEN HIT BY TRAIN, HILLED P. Conrtney, Revenne Agent, Meets Death at Sangatuck Station SOME MYSTERY IN CASE Victim Reported To Have Had Ar- gument With Two Men And Woman At Station Last Night — Fatality Occurred Early Today. Baugatuck, June 2, — Joseph P. Courtney employed in the estate tax vision of the U. 8. Internal revenue department and attached to the New Haven office, was killed by a train over the New York, New Haven and artford railroad at the Saugatuck- Westport station early today. The body was very badly mutilated A thence to the common finally to the city meeting board. council MUNDSEN T0 SEARCH FOR ‘PHANTOM FLEET’ Starts Tomorrow for Long Trip Through Polar Ice Floes Seattle, June 2. Roald Amund and —(By the Associat- and was identified by letters and doc- uments found strewn along the track. At first it was thought Courtney be- longed in Worcester because of a membership card in the Worcester lodge of Elks but his home was at 675 Broad street, Bloomfleld, N. J. Hit By Train 69 Medical Examiner Nolan of this place who viewed the body prior to the arrival of Coroner John J. Phelan, gave a preliminary opinion that death was caused by Courtney being struck by train No. 69, which went through here, New York bound, at 4:44 a. m. The engineer of that traln reported at Darien, 12 miles west that a man had been struck at the Saugatuck station. The station man there, Spe- cial Railroad Officer Vernon Godfrey, came here and found the fragments of the body. Although intimately ac- SUPERNUMERARY COP TO BE “BOSS" OVER MEN IN FIRF DEPT. e Rogers of street, a supernumerary police- John Seymour tinction of wearing the blue uni- form of that department, and at the same time being a ‘‘boss" of the men wearing the blue uniform of the fire department, he having been named by Mayor A. M. Paonessa as a member of the fire board, Commissioner Rogers has been connected with the police department for more than a year and does police work rather regularly. Mr. Rogers is a republican and he succeeds John Tomaszewski, dropped by the mayor when he refused to resign. John Keevers, democrat, of East Main street, has also been appointed to the fire board. e FIREMEN IN DARING RESCUE IN NEW YORK Down Between Buildings to Save Youngster New York, June 2.—Two firemen— one an acting battalion chief and the other his chauffeur—today made one of the most daring rescues in the his- tory of a department filled with deeds of heroism. Michael Kramer, aged 5, in fleeing with his parents from the blaze in a lower West Side tenement had top- pled from a narrow plank which had been placed over a five foot chasm be- tween the roofs of the two buildings and fallen into the *‘well” formed by man, will have the unique dis- ‘ | | | | | | | | One Holds Ladder While Other Climbs | Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business PRICE THREE CENTS NEWBRITAINMAY. { HAVE DEMOGRATIC FALL CONVENTION Mayor Paonessa Haking Effort to Get Congressional Committes to Agree 'SESSION WILL BE HELD SOME TIME IN AUGUST | Chiet Executive Points Out That This City Has Been Given Little Cone sideration and is Entitled to Recog« nition—Local Son is Candidate For Nomination, Mayor Angelo M. Paonessa, who is a member of the democratic con« gressional committee, has communi« of Hartford, in an effort to have the Mr. Calnen in his answer to the mayor's request has assured him that the proposal will be brought befores the committee for consideration. The chairman expresses himself as in favor of so honoring the Hardware city and in local democratic circles it is generally expected that favorable action will be taken on the request. First in 30 Years | Mayor Paonessa has pointed out |that this city has been given little consideration in recent years both in cated with Chairman Henry J. Calnen . convention held in this city this year.” SO SRS s ed Press)—Captain tomobile had been stolen from near “That is not a fact” said Mr. Gary. the walls of the structures. respect to nominations for congress car and is thought to have been plac- ed in a private hospital. It is understood that James Cunningham, who has made certain statements in the case had mentioned & “Charles Rogers” but it was sald at 3|1 Bamforth flashed the news theft to the cities, including Springfield, Mass. the corner of West Main and Wash- Samuel of the in other ngton streets. Lieutenant departments ‘“The other members aid in their se- lection.” He then recounted how, last year, he and President Farrell had selected three directors who were elected q al sen's exploration ship Maud, crammed to the last Inch of her cargo holds with equipment and supplies is ready to set sail tomorrow on the first lap of the long: voyage through'the ice hi through uvainted with Courtney, he did not t first identify him, but finally letters and shoes Courtney ad worn made identification sure. | Was War Veteran Godfrey served in France with| David J. Oliver, the acting battalion chief heard the lad's moans. Seizing {a rickety ladder found on the roof, he ordered his driver Willlam A. Fraser to hold it and lower him into and congressional conventions. Only once in the last 30 years has a local democrat sought the nomination, he being the late Robert J. Vance, who was elected to congress at that time, floes about the North Pole, Captain Amundsen said today. Two airships, to be used in meteor- ological and topographical investiga- tlons in the uncharted Polar basin were loaded aboard the vessel. Cap- When Mr. Vance was a candidate, Litchfield Co. was included in the first congressional district. Since that time the entire state has been redistrict« ed. The three cities in the first congres- A Springfield policeman was at- tracted by a car being driven on a flat tire, and on questioning the driv- er, became suspicious. They were brought to the police station, where the numbers of the car correspond- the “well” which was belching smoke. Fraser brased himself against the coping while his superior, a heavy man swayed and groped in the dark- ness. The ladder, 20 feet long, was not “against Mr. Morgan's judgment but not against his wishes." Prices Are Cheaper. Mr. Gary testified that his corpora- tion was able to deliver its products at $3 a ton less than its independent Courtney during the war and says the latter was attached to the air service as a captain and was credited with bringing down two enemy airplanes. Courtney as a revenue agent had been with Judge of Probate F. A. Sal- police headquarters that the Charles Ttogers described by Cunningham does not appear to be the same man who this noon was being questioned in Acting Chief Bennett's office. A cer- tain make of automobile used to transport the wounded Joe Jackson is said to correspond with the make of a car which the Charles Rogers un- der examination has been recently driving. and Detective Sergeant Hart and Mr. for Springfield. phone this afternoon, Sergeant Hart ed with that of the one reported as stolen here. The local department was notified Willlam C. Sherman, left at once On the long distance Arrested As Witness said that the young men had agreed competitors. He did not think the differential ever ran as high as $5 a ton, as stated yesterday by John A. Topping chairman of the Republic Iron and Steel Co. Mr. Topping had testified that the great difference in costs made it practically impossible for the inde- tain Amundsen will not sail with the Maud but will join his ship at Nome, Alaska, leaving Seattle Sunday on the steamer Victoria. A deck load of lumber forms an important item in the Maud's cargo. | The explorer explained that after the ship is frozen intd the Arctic ice pack c b p! o mon of Westport for railroad station last night several days hecking up estate records in the pro- ate office. He made his stopping lace the Elks club in Bridgeport. He is known to have been at the about 9 ‘clock and report was that he had arguments with two men and again climb to the lower rung by one hand. Water meanwhile was filling the “well” but finally Oliver grasped the unconscious boy and held him whife Kraser, with a show of almost super- human strength, slowly dragged both up to the roof. quite long enough and Oliver had to| sional district that are regarded as entitled to consideration for the office —Hartford, New Britain and Bristol —all have candidates for the nomina= tion. In Hartford Fred Holt of the City Bank dnd Trust company has ex- pressed himself as willing to run if White Plains, June 2. — Examina-|to come to this city without fighting —with which' he expects to drift past|with a woman. These reports were| The boy was rushed to a hospital|he is given the nomination, but it pendents to compete with U. 8. Steel. tion of James J. Cunningham, race track follower, arrested last night in connection with the killing of Clar- ence Peters, under mysterious cir- cumstances that have involved Wal- ter 8. Ward of New Rochelle was planned today by Dist. Attorney Weeks. Cunningham, after a three hour conversation with the Westchester county authorities in New York, was arrested as a material witness. He stated the man wounded by Ward in the battle following attempted black- mail had been taken to his mother's home, and that the man told him about the blackmail plot to force money from Ward sevéral days before it occurred. Detectives are searching for the wounded man, whose name, as well as his probable hiding place was re- vealed by Cunningham: according to the authorities. Ward Also a Gambler The arrest of Cunningham revived stories of plunges made by Ward at an employe of the Brewing Co. for nearly 20 years, will probably lose the sight of both eyes as a result of an accident at the plant today. were badly burned pumping an acid fluld used extradition. VETERAN EMPLOYE IS BLINDED IN BREWERY Acid Used for Charging Beer Gets Into Eyes of Hartford Worker Hartford, June 2.—Hubert Ritten, New England Ritten's head, face and both arms while he was in the Mr. Gary conceded the difference fn |costs was largely accounted for by the | fact that U. S. Seel owned more than 1,500 miles of railroad connecting its plants with ore centers. Insisting upon the corporation's justification in owning and odperating its own lines. Mr. Gary was asked by Samuel Utermyer, counsel for the committee how he reconciled such joint ownership with the court ruling |in the Reading case where it was held that joint ownership of railroads and coal mines was illegal. “I am not very familiar with that | case” he replied. Would Keep Rails. “Then you are not keeping pace with the law” Mr. Untermyer said smiling. Mr. Gary said U. S. Steel would object strongly to being divor¢ed from its. railroads asserting he did not be- lieve ownership of the lines gave the |corporation an unfair advantage over its con_lpetilors. the North Pole—living quarters for the dogs of the expedition and huts for scientific observations will be con- structed on the ice. The ship by|t into a “‘house” where for the five or more years the vessel will drift, the crew will live. University of Washington women students are planning to contr!hu!@\ thelr share to the ship's supplies. For | days the explorer's feminine admirers| at the university have been engaged in | € making candy for members of the ex-|n pedition. Candy is seems it an essen- |t |tial in the navigation of the ‘Arctic | wastes and Captai nAmundsen grate- fully has accepted the gift. As Captain Amundsen drifts slowly across the cheerless expanse of the Polar basin from which no white man ever emerged, he will search the “hlte‘ waste about him for signs of the “phantom fleet"—the frozen com-| pany of lost ships that the Eskimos claim swings around the North Pole| year in and year out, gripped in the In under inquiry as the authorities were at a loss to understand why Court- ney should be at the railroad sta- fon at so early an hour in the morn- means of lumber will be converted [ing when he was stru¢ No Signs Of Violence Medical Examiner Nolan said that he could not find any evidence of vio- lence on the body which came through train mutilation. other than that Inquiry at New Haven showed that he was under John Kiernan in the state statistics division of the inter- al revenue office. He was appointed o the service on July 5, 1921. The inquest will be held tomorrow after- oon. TUBERCULOSIS PROBLEMS Conference At Hartford On June 6, to Discuss Fradication of Disease | From Cattle. Washington, June 2.—A statement in a serious condition. TWO PLATOON SYSTEM WANTED BY OCTOBER | Chairman Hjerpe Will Ask For Council Committee to Aid Wm_'k Chairman Emil Hjerpe of the board of fire commissioners will submit a resolution to the common council at the June meeting asking for the ap- pointment of a council committee to act with the fire board in drafting a two platoon system to be inaugurat- ed in the fire department, October 1. Chairman Hjerpe conferred this is not expected that he will make an active canvass. Ex-Mayor Jos. Dut- ton of Bristol, who ran two years ago is making a more or less active cam- paign to secure the nomination. Ex- Mayor Joseph M. Halloran of this city is the most active of the trio. He has canvassed the cities and towns of ipractically the entire district and re- ports considerable sentiment in faver of recogniking New Britain's request this year. Looks Like This City At the Hull dinner in New Haven several weeks ago it was generally conceded that it would be good prac- tical politics to allow New Britain's candidate to have the honor of run- ning for congress. Hartford, it now appears, will be recognized with the nomination for the United States senator, Thomas J. Spellacy's candi« dacy having met little opposition. With one of the two major nomina- tions already given to that city, it s believed that the congressional nomin- |ation should go elsewhere, democrat various tracks and his acquaintance- ship with many well known horse- men and gamblers. One story was to the effect that Ward disappeared sometime ago and that detectives quietly sent out to find the missing making of gas for the charging ofI beer. Suffering much pain, Ritten was rushed to St. Francis hospital in the police ambulance. He complained that he was made | blind by the acid which, the police |Inexorable clutch of the great ice| floes. In one fell swoop, the hungry ice| .| pack in 1876 carried off thirty whal-| ing ships from the waters north of| morning with Mayor A. M. Paonessa | o, jorg explain, and to assure a heavy relative to the plan and reports the | . .. "\ Now Britain, the Hardware nhnlet hearted support of the chief |city is being very seriously consider« executivi | ed. | Tt is expected that data relative to|"Ty. probable that a meeting of issued today by the department of |agriculture on the eastern states con- | |ference called by Governor Lake of |Conncticut to meet in Hartford from | |June 6 to 8 to consider the problem L0OT IS RECOVERED Detective Sergeant W, P. McCue Finds the man discovered him at a race track | near Baltimore. Details of the information West- chester authorities were able to force from Cunningham have heen with- held by Mr. Weeks and the sheriff. Outside of the brief statement of the arrest and the fact that Cunningham bhad told the wounded man's name, the only comment by Mr. Weeks was that Cunningham, himself, had not been at the scene of the shooting, ac- cording to his story. The prisoner, who is of slight build, has black hair and a small moustache. He is said to have worked for Commander J. K. Ross, Canadian horseman, as an in- |, vestigator of race track frauds and gambling rings. Commander Ross is| the owner of Sir Barton. ' Seek Other Suspects New York detectives are also searching for two well known char- acters of the underworld who have been eeen recently in the White Light district driving a red automobile. The police say the men are apparently in funds although both have been but recently released after serving prison terms. Ward described the black- mailers car as red and his general de- scriptions are said to fit these men, Dist. Attorney Weeks, who now has three groups of investigators at work, expects the Cunningham arrest | to bring a sudden break in the mys- tery surrounding the death of Peters. The state police have entered into the chase and agents of a private detec- tive agency also are active. The sheriff, when asked if the ar- rest of Cunningham might lead to the re-arrest of Ward on a charge of murder replied “I am not going to arrest Ward unless I get an order.” Mr. Weeks' stated that he would make no further move until the clues obtained from Cunningham had been investigated. He admitted that evi- dences of a great blackmail ring hall Leen put before him and that his men were putting every ounce of enex into tracing possible connections - tween Ward and the blackmailers, Deputy Sheriff Fred Ruscoe and Raymond Hill, county fingerprint ex- pert, planned to visit a hospital in Stamford, Conn., where Cunningham was reported to have smaid the second |t man wannded by Ward wuae taken, | They declined to name the hospital b discuzs the purpose of their visit was indica‘ed that Sherif Werne: accompany fLem. L o 1t were informed, spilled upon himself. Associated Ryan of San in the semi-finals of the Middlesex | tennis championship here today Mrs. Peacock former champion of In- dia, of 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. man can pearing Smith's books as unpaid have out bills to those appearing on books as owing back taxes. that may arise will enable us to make | day tock u military hape that the | put thiough with Ritten accidentally HISS RYAN IS LOSER American Tennis Player is Defeated in England by Mrs. Peacock, Former- 1y of India. Chiswick, Eng., June Press)—Miss Elizabeth Francisco was defeated by Mrs. Peacock won by the score In the mixed doubles Major J. G. Ritchie and Miss kEdith Sigourney of Boston defeated A. Wallis Myers and | Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6-4, 6-3. | Ritchie reached the semi-final round by de-| feating Willis and Miss Head 6-5, 6-T. | and Miss Sigourney later HOW MANY PAID? Anditor Bernard Keating Says No One Can Tell How Many Bridge- | port Taxpayers Have Settled Up. Bridgeport, June 2.—"No mortal tell now what amounts ap- on Former Tax Collector ollected." This statement was made today by City Audftor Bernard Keating. send the “The jpresent collector must Mr. Keating sald, charged with embezzle- eheck up,” Smith is ment of $85,300, Tariff Bill Laid Aqlde. Appropriations Taken Up Washington, June 2-—Temporarily laying aside the tariff bill which has been under consideration almost con- inuously for six weeks, the senate to- | the army appropriation Chairman Wadsworth of the affairs committee expressed measiire couid be a fow days bill 2.—(By the| bean Protests | Trunk Filled With Valuable Articles Belc:ving To L. F. & C. Co. Silverware and electric articles val- uel at several hundred dollars, the property of Landers, Frary and Clark | company, have been recovered by De- tective Sergeant Wiliiam P. McCue. In police court this morning, William Thorngren, of 24 Maple street, was| arraigned on a charge of theft, and| fa his case was continued. Several weeks ago, Thorngren was in court for theft at the Landers fac- tory, and was sentenced to 10 days in Ja At that time some goods were | recovéred at his home. Sergeant Mc- |} Cue learned that a trunk had been shipped from Thorngren's home at 24 Maple street, to Providence, R. I. This fact was communicated to the Providence police and a visit was paid | to friends of Thorngren's on Public | street, that city. It was learned that Ithe trunk had arrived there, but its contents were unknown to the people |there. Yesterday it arrived back in| this city, and was taken hy Detective Sergeant McCue who has kebt closely on the trail. | TLast night he had a talk with the |accused, who admitted that the goods in the trunk were stolen, and were at | his home ‘until shipped away. When opened this morning a surprising | amount of stuff was found. The po- lice are not through in the case as yet, and another arrest is pending. POGROM WINS STAKES Epsom Downs, Eng., June 2. (Ry |the Associated Press)—Viscount As- | | tor's Pogrom, by Lemberg out of Pop- | | ingaol won the Oak stakes run here | today. Sir E. Hullon's Sobriquet by Lemberg out of Silver Fowl was sec- | ond. Eleven horses ran, PAPER REDUCES PRICES Birmingham, Ala, June 2.-—The Birmingham Age-Herald,»a mornifg | newspaper today announced a rmlucr\ tion of its street sale€ price from 5| to 3 centr daily and from 7 to 5 cents | on Sundays. + FALLS FROM TRAIN. Chesterficld, Eng., June 2.—§ir J 1. Rees, 87, member of parliament for | Bast Nottingham fell from an express | train while passing through here to- | day, receiving injuries from which he fu | suy ion April 14, 20 | the. retail above that. lowed but the purchasers refused to ac E Pr co ha. co * died in the hoewitai. against I. | gi by awarded $3 29, | British debt to the Tsited States lieved |the funding of the undertaken | which model subsequent Amerlc'm CAUGHT IN SUGAR DEAL continent. G. H. Finlay and Company Recover | $237, 0 as Payment for Sugar, Ordered But Not Accepted. New Haven, June 2.—A decision in| in a suit vor of G. H. Finla Swirsky ven by Judge G. which the ¥ & Co. and Sons, former concern 5.50 sed to accept. It has been alleged that gar was climbing in price I. cents per pound price of Other sugar was contracts fol- cept deliveries Sugar had begun to drop in price. ngland to Pay 22 Million Pounds of Debt to America Associated has com- London, June 2 (RBy ess)—The government pleted arranzements to pay during the to the | It| ming fall interest 000,000 pounds sterling, amounting on decided whether a s not yet been special mission will be sent to Wash- ington to diseuss American government the It is stated in British quarters that the feeling in the United States is be- negotiations for| to favor the allied debts being Great Britain debtor. A supplied with first is the principal wonld thus be negotintions w other untries. N = TR R, | WEATHER e Hartford, June 2.—Forecast for New RBritain and vicinity: Showers with casterly winds to- night and Satnrday. THE \' | | * was ||, . Hinman today| is | as payment for| sugar ordered by the defendants duxg-| ing the war days and which they re- when Swir- | |sky and Sons, wholesalers here began to buy sugar in ten ton lots, agreeing | 1920 to take 400 tons at In those days far debt with the | for | of tuberculosis eradication from cat- [tle said Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of | {the bureau of animal industry of the | {department, would act as chairman of ‘Jho conference and that state and fed- eral veterinarians, medical men and others interested in the question would | attend. The importance of the conference | [the third to be held for the region |comprising the New England states, | |New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl- | |vania which have a total cattle popu-| ation of about 5,000,000 head largely dairy stock, was emphasized by department in reviewing the progress | already made in the work of tuber- culosis eradication, C0AL PRICES INCREASE 80 Per Cent. of Soft Coal Opcrators Agree With Hoover as to Maximum | Price to Be Charged. June 2.—Having ob- tained agreement among operators producing 80 per cent. of the soft coal now being mined to restrict spot prices to a maximum of $3,58 a ton for the duration of the strike, Secre- tary Hoover was understood today to | be considering a conference of whole- sale and retail coal dealers to discuss means of insuring to the public the| benefits of the price agreement Definite plans for the conference are yet to be determined it was said at the department of commerce The | general proposal is to obtain the co- | | operation of the two classes of dealers. | Washington, | Women's Overseas Service | League Now Provided for | Washington, June 2.—Incorporation of the women's overseas service league, so as to give women who volunteered their services prior to and during the world war “‘a recognition |at the hands of congress similar to! that which is given to the American Legion” is provided for in a bill passed by the house. Tt goes now (n‘ the senate | RONDS OVERSUBSCRIBED New York, Junt 2 Bankers an-! nounced today that the issue of $24,- 000,000 republic of Bolivia external 25 year 8 per cent gold bonds had| been over-subscribed. the | o | deliver the address |arranged at a meeting of the commit- lbefon the arrival of the police. | proposed platoon plans will be pre- pared by Chairman Hjerpe and sub-| mitted to the new committee to work | on. Mr, Hjerpe has been studying the systems used elsewhere for several | months and has gathered much valu- | able material which will be embodied in his recommendations to the com- | mittee, With Mayor Paonessa strongly in | favor of a two platoon and having | given his promise to place no ob- | stacles in the way of the adoption of a system with reasonable expenditure, ctically assured that, R"F'r[ years of waiting, the firemen | will *soon have the much sougm change in working hours \ A canvass of the common council | membership indicates a feeling, both | on the part of republican and demo- | crat members, in favor of giving the | platoon plan a trial, it is said. | It is understood that one of the firsti | matters to be considered by the new committee in this respect, will be an | adjustment in wages which, it is fig-| ured, will reduce the cost of installing | | the system ANNUAL FLAG DAY | New Britain Lodge, B. P. 0. E, to Invite Veteran Organizations to Service—Davis to Speak. Members of the Grand Army, Sons of Veterans, Spanish War Veterans, American legion, World War Veter- ans, Veterans of Foreign Wars and | other veteran organizations in the city | | will be guests of New Britain lodge B.| \" 0. E. at the annual flag day exer- | June 14 services club. Rev cises, The Blks' will be held in the| John L. Davis will| Other details will | be formulated and a musical program tee Monday evening, SHOOTS AT l'l W. E. Schulze of 314 Arch street re- ported to the police shortly after 11 o'clock last night, that there was a man on the roof of the house. Pa- trolman Thomas Storey was detailed | to investigate. He learned that the| man had been peeping into a room | occupied by two young women. Two shots were fired at him by Mr. Shulze the congressional committee will be held shortly for the purpose of draft- ling a recommendation for the state central committee, whose meeting will be in July. The convention will take place in August with elections coming on in November. OLD COLLEGE ALUMNI Uhion Has Alumnus Who Is 102 Years Old and Vermont Has One Who Is 103. Middletown, June 2.—A contest among colleges to ascertain which has the oldest living alumnus appears to have been started by the recent an- nouncement by Wesleyan university that Cornelius Cole, '47, of Los An- geles, Cal, would cross the continent to be present at Wesleyan's 90th come mencement. The University of Ver« mont now announces the Rev. George G. Rice of the class of '45 and who will be 103 years of age in Septem- ber, as their oldest living graduate. Rev. Mr. Rice is three years older than Mr, Cole and graduated from college two vears earlier. Brown has an alumnus of the class of '42 who is 100 years of age and Union col- lege is reported having an alumnus 102 years old who graduated in '46. However, Mr. Cole of Wesleyan is reported as the only alumnus of suf- ficient health to travel back to his alma mater for its commencement. N Y., N H & . I§ FINED Assessed $100 and Costs on Each of Five Counts of Violating Working Hours Law. New Haven, June 2--The New York, New Haven and Hartford rall- {road was found guilty in five counts nl having violated the law regarding the number of working hours of train employes in the U. §. district court yesterday. The road was fined $100 and costs on each count, the finding and sentences being handed down by Judge Martin F. Manton. The suit, brought by the United States originally set forth 12 ecounta, the remaining seven being molled.