New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1922, Page 1

Herald “Ads” Mean News of the World Better Business By Associated Press TSTABLISHED 1870 ' OWNERS OF LARGEST COAL FIELDS DOUBT HARDING'S PLAN CAN BE WORKED OUT PROGRESSIVES SWEEP STATE OF NEBRASKA MASS. IS HOLDING it New Branch of G.O.P. . TITLE PLAY TODAY | 5 v i 4 Sunday, August 6, were named last Names Howell — Demo- < 1 . |night at a meeting of the general . . ‘3 ? Between 150 and 200 golfers were | COMMittee, as follows: crats Pick Hltttcock expected to play today ofy the F:u:f Speakers' committee: Thomas J. s tle Meadow course in the tourney be. | Smith, James P. Kiniry, P. § Mc- ing staged by The Herald, through the | Mahon, Dr. A. L. Avitable, and Mayor courtesy of t! Jolf club, for the|A: M. Paonessa benefit. ~~ . Britain F Food and cooking committee: J. J. ) D\""‘,o;,' ;E‘Y r:.hm:\]: Coffey, John L. Ross, John R. Kee- St. Mark's Episco- | “r8: Willlam Hopkins and John "ding a large fleld, | Prendergast. OB“‘S Connv LN 68 Tables and dishes committee: Ed- wr. Butcliffe furnished a re. | ¥ard A. McCarthy and James P. Kin- markable exhibition of ‘good golfing | " MANYOUT OF TOWN ENTRANTS TAKE PART IN FRESH AIR GOLF TOURNEY SELECT DEMOCRATIC OUTING COMMITTEES A.F. OF L. ASKS LABOR T0 SUPPORT RAILWAY STRIKE AND NOT TAKE MEN'S JOBS Denby Narrowly Escapes Death As Plane Falls Big Field Playlng, About 150 Being Estimated for Day —Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe Leads at Noon. PARIS HOPES ENGLAND WILL CUT HER CLAIMS Britain Also Expected to Renounce Her Share in German Reparations Yarious Branches of Work Are Dele- gated to Groups by Hardware City Club, Sub-committees to attend to details of the first annual outing of the Hard- ware City Democratic club, to be held at McMahon's grove, in Kensington, Appeal Sent Broadcast To Every Union In United States — Gompers And Other Officials Sign It Situation Remains Practice ally Unchanged Otherwise —New York Central Strikers Lose Seniority Franklin County, Ill., Mine | Owners Maintain That There Is ‘‘Absolutely No Possibility”’ Paris, July 18.—(By Assoclated Press.)—All the members of the com mittee on guarantees are in Paris to begin today the preparation of their final report. They brought with them several hundred documents respecting Germany's financlal and economic sit- uation. Until their report {s present- ed to the reparations commission the Pittsburgh District Will Make Attempt to Begin Work Under Old Wage Scale. maha, Neb, July 19. (By Associ- ated Press)—The apparent victory of R. B. Howell in the race for the re- publican nomination for U, 8, senator indicates a sweep of yesterday's re- publican primaries by progressives. Mr. Howell who made his cam- palgn as a ‘forward looking repub- wmneut Athletic committee: Lawyer David West Frankfort, Ill, July 19.—(By Associated Press)—Coal operators in lican with a platform of progressive principles” was three times elected republican national committeemen from this state in state-wide primar- ies. He is opposed to the proposed this morning. He made the 16th hole in two, closing his game with a gross score of 91, which with a handicap of 25, made his net 66 R. B. Gerard of New Haven, made 1. Dunn, Charles Cleveland, John Glackin and Roger McDonald Publicity committee: Thomas Hinchliffe and James Sopzatto. reparations question will suspense. well Rights. be held in Premier Poincare {s regarded informed circles in Paris as in Washington, July 19.—An appeal Franklin county, the largest coal pro- dueing county in Illinois, today stated there was ‘‘absolutely no possiblity of resuming coal production under Presi- dent Harding's plan.” Franklin county {s said to be the largest coal producing area of its size in the United States. was issued today by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor “to all workers everywhere to support the rallway workers in theim efforts to secure a just settlement of the railroad shops trades dispute.” Nation-wide Distribution. The appeal which was issued by unanimous vote of the executive coun cil and over the signatures of all members of the council, including Samuel Gompers, federation president, has been forwarded to every labor ors ganization in the United States, ta every labor publication and to all ore having maneuvred Premier Lloyd George Into a position where the Brit- | Ilsh government will agree to reduce considerably the French debt to Eng- land and to renounce the British share in German reparations, NEW RUSSIAN TERMS OFFERED TO ALLIES Peking, July 19.—(By Assoclated Press.)—Secretary Edwin Denby of the American Navy narrowly escaped death here this afternoon in an air- plane accident. He was flying at a height of 4,000 feet over the great wall when the engine of the plane broke down. The machine was de- molished in landing, but Mr. Denby was uninjured. PRESIDENT’S STAND 1§ a two on the 13tk hole There were many entrants from New Haven, Meriden, Hartford and Bristol, ship subsidy bill, sponsored by Presi- dent Harding and declared he favored a government merchant marine and a farm bloc in congress. TAFTS ARE BACK AGAIN Chief Justice and His Wife Are Now v e SLOGAN FOR EDITORS and indications were that excellent | > conditions would exist throughout the | 208l Editortal entire field. Association Urges All Newspaper Writers to Have Mass. Title Play. “Law and Order" as Motto. Springfield, Mass., July 19.—Play- ing close to par golf, James A. Toole of the Springfield Country club led in the early returns for the first 18 holes in the annual tourney for the Will Make Attempt Pittsburgh, July 19.—Coal mines in the Pittsburgh distritt shut down since the strike was called April 1 last, will resume operations ‘‘to the greatest possible extent’” at the scales Missoula, Mont.,, July 19 (By Asso- clated Press).—Plea that editors up- {hold the slogan “Law and order” in their various communities, was made | Soviets Agree To Negotiate Directly before the opening session of the 2 | Resting At Their Summer Home in Canada—Well Pleased With Trip. July 19.—Chief Justice With Foreigners For Confis- | of “wages in effect in November, 1917." This announcement was made Quehec, and Mrs. William Howard Taft, home from their visit to England were rest- OPPOSED TO AMNESTY [ Massachusetts state open champion- ship this morning. Toole turned in a Outside of Albert Cuici ard of 73. national editorial association's annual convention was made by J. C. Brim- Mass, ganizers of the federation, it was ane nounced at federation headquarters. cated Properties after a meeting of the Pittsburgh coal producers assoclation here today. bleycon of Newton, president of the association. Mr. Brimbleycon placed on enforcement of _the laws. “The newspapers of this country have a great opportunity to give sub- stantial aid to the cause of law and order by refusing to publish any so- called jokes and sneers on the 18th amendment to the Constitution of the United States,”” he said. | “No matter what you or I may think as to the merits or demerits of prohibition we must never forget that it is fundamental law of the §0: F. E. Myers, Metacomet, 80; Da-|1ang and {s entitled to as much re- vid Hackney, Merrimac Valley, 81 » 7 “ ¥ spect as the laws against murder. John Cowan, of Oakley, bettered (“my. goston police strike in 1819 par for the Springfleld Country clubl,ng tha recent mob outrage at Her- course by one stroke in playing his rin, 11, were referred to by the first 18 holes in 71. He went out in speafier as examples of “how woetully Specific Requests. Organized labor is asked specifically in the appeal to refrain from doing any work formerly done by men now on strike while the workers on strike are urged to conduct themselves in & law abiding manner. Text of Appeal. The text of the appeal as signed by members of the executive council fole lows: “We call upon working peopls everywhere and upon all Americang Who love justice to sustain the cause of the railroad workers who have ceased to work as their only remaine ing method of protest against an in. Justice which must rank as one of the most reprehensibe which any Ameris san industrial or political institution has ever sought to impose. > “No wor kl“"n. Whether a membar of ing today at their summer home near Murray Bay, Que. The former president who landed here yesterday said he believed the “corner had been turnd” in British trade conditions. British business- men, he said, showed a strong spirit of optimism and were attacking post war problems with great courage and industry. Mr. Taft spoke appreciatively of the welcome he had received in England. He soon will begin preparation of a report on his study of the British law code. The report will be submitted to the government for guidance in re- vision of the American legal system. GORBACH MAY STICK of Bridgeport, he was the only player of the 54 who started to break better than 80. Par for the course is 72, Although 68 golfers entered the tourney, withdrawals reduced the list considerably and such men as Gene Sarazen, the new national open cham- plon, and Jess Guilford, the state open champion, were found among the missing. Likewlise Francis Ouimet found he could not break away from his business in Boston Summaries: J. A. Toole, (amateur) Springfield, 73; Albert Cuici, Bridge- port, 77, Willlam Down, Greenfield, The Hague, July 19. (By Associat- ed Press)-—New proposals in connec- tion with compensation for confiscat- ed property and payment of the Rus- sian debt were advanced by the Rus- sian delegation at a meeting today with the entire non-Russian commis- sion of the conference on Russian af- fairs here. The Russians suggested an arrange- ment by which Russia would under- take to negotiate directly with for-! eigners for the payment of compen- sation for confiscated property and with bondholders for settlement of the Russian debt, The Russians proposed that all the delegations including the Russian sub- mit this project to their respective governments and await an answer for ene week at The Hague. The Rus- emphasis prohibition Refuses to Chzange His Mind After 40 Minute Interview With Petitioners Agree to Proposals Altoona, Pa., July 19.—Acceptance of President Harding's proposal to re- open the soft coal mines was announc- ed by T. H. Watkins, president of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corp,, in- notices posted today at all the com- pany's operations in the central Penn- sylvania flelds. “We believe that a request by the president {3 2 command,” said the no- tice, “and that the future welfare of every citizen depends upon the will- ingness of every group of individuals to bow to the will of the majority as voiced by President Harding." The notice added that upon the re- ceipt of detailed information from Washington the company will notify Washington, July 19.—President Harding was quoted today by mem- bers of a delegation which presented to him a petition far the release of all persons still imprisoned for violation of war-time laws as having said dur- ing a 40 minute interview that he still adhered to his opposition to a policy of general amnesty. 26 YEARS IN PRISON it “former employes” what the gov- ernment expécts of the operators and mine wérkers. Governors Agree Chicago, July 19. — Governors of Kerntucky, Jowa, Georgia and Colora- do, promptly upon receipt of Presi- dent Harding's telegram urging co- operation in obtaining reopening of the coal minés, wired that the federal government could depend upon them to the fullest extent according to news dispatches received here today. Lodge Makes Appeal. ‘Washington, July 19.—Coincident with the arrival of the replies from the governors, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, in a formal statement State Central Committeeman is Ex- pectedl to Again be Candidate for Election to Coveted Place. Democrat State Central Committee- man A. Gorbach will probably be a candidate for re-election at the state convention next month, having as- serted that the stress of business or desire to retire from politics would not cause him to withdraw. Asked if he would withdraw while he is un- der fire, the committeeman said that he would not; but he also added that he does not consider that such a con- dition now exists since objection to him appears to be centered about P. 8. McMahon, who, Mr. Gorbach says, c One Man Convicted of Attack on Young Girl, While Another of Ac- cused is Discharged by Jury. Ala, July 13.—Oakley Kennemer, charged with an attack upon a Florence, Ala, girl during a religious convention several weeks ago was found gullty today. Russell Malloy who was jointly in- dicted with Kennemer, and who was tried two weeks ago, was found guil- ty and sentenced to 25 years in the Athens, 383 which {s two better than par and ame in in 38 wiich js, ane shove what the card calls for. MAN WHO VOTED FOR CLAY DIES AT 101 Ldwin P. Dickinson of Litchfield Had Voted in Every Presidential Election Since Then Litchfleld, July 19.—Edwin P. Dick- penitentiary. inson, who cast his first presidential vote for Henry Clay and had rounded out more than 101 years of life's jour- ney, died in the Milton section of this of our civitization.” TRAINS NOT H HINDERED New Haven Road Statement Says All thip is the sh-"i t Freights and Passengers Are Run- ning on Schedule. New Haven, July 19.--The New Haven road today said that it con- tinues the operation of all its passen- ger and freight trains as scheduled and added: “A substantial force of experienced skilled mechanics has been built up and this is being added to each day| by the recruiting of men of ability i sisns for the time being dropped the que? sian representatives would meet ron credits as they It was announced that the non-Rus- la- ¢r to discuss the proposal. Russia, her representatives said, would engage to make arrangements with foreign claimants within ¥ two ears. BIG JEWELRY ROBBERY Two Rings, Valued at $1400, Are Re- said *the non-Russians had declined credits. 2 union or no will, {f We 18 possessad of true American manhood, engage in any work formerly done by men now on strike. i'No man now on strike will if He is true to the cause conduct himself in any but a law abiding manner, “The cause for which the workers are contending is worthy ot every just and proper effort that can be- put forth in its behalf. “Let there be a determination and a solidarity which shall at the same time bring victory in the present struggle and serve notice upon reac. tionary empolves and financial inter ests everywhere that there is to be ne return to autocratic, despotic methods in American industrial life.” ported Stolen From Chicago Wom- an Who Is Visiting in Stamford. RIOTING IN BUFFALO Situation on Fast Side So Serious That is not a democrat. He then explained that McMahon backed O. F. Curtls two years ago, aiding materfally in the republican success, ATTACKED BY MASKED MEN Stamford, July 19.—Two rings val- ued at $1400 by her were reported lost by Mrs. Richard Salter of Chicago to the police today. One was a two carat dlamond ring worth $1,000 and hlines who have left the service will bs the other g pearl ring. Mrs. Salter | considered new employes with senior. who is visiting at 1462 Commonwealth | ity date following the men then' in avenue, Boston, came here yesterday | Service, whether old or new employes and good character and habits These men are being employed in the per- manent positions given up by men who left the railroad in the strike against the orders of the U. S. Rail- rcad Labor Board “On the first shift this morning town today. He was born in Milton, January 4, 1821, was a wagon maker in early life and after that until three years ago a farmer. His first political ah- herence was to the Whig party and then he becanie a republican and had “urged all patriotic Americans to sustain the president” in his program for dealing with the ciol strike. ‘President Harding asked, as Presi- dent Roosevelt asked in 1902 the mine owners and the miners to arbitrate their differences,” said Senator Lodge. Lose Seniority Righta. Cincinnati, July 19.—Any former employes of the New York Central Trolley Car Service There Is Sus- pended This Afternoon. “A majority of the mine operators consented. The miners refused. The president has now requested that the mines be opened and proposed that all who are willing to work be protected to the fullest extent i{f necessary by all the forces of the states and nation. It seems the plainest and most absolute duty of all patriotic Americans to sustain the president without reservation or purpose of evasion,” at this crisis when he |is standing for law, order and fjustice, precious above all e to the people of the UnitediStates SISTERS T0 WED Mary and Margaret Mitchell of 330 Church Street Take Out Marriage Licenses at Noon Today. Mary and Margaret Mitchell, sis- ters, of 330 Church street, were grant- ed marriage licenses at noon today at | the office of City Clerk A. L. Thomp- son Mary, who is 19 years old, marry Edwin Carey, of 617 street. Margaret, aged 18, will be-. come the bride of William Naple of 107 Arch street A license was also granted afternoon to Stanislaw Glaba of 314 High street, and Stanislawa Rad- zienowiecz of 99 Silver street. HELD FOR MURDER Man Who Shot and Killed Another Who Called Him a “Scab” Has Been Placed Under Arrest. Wilmington, Del, July 19-—H. J Southwell, Atlantic coast line agent, who was shot last night by H. Dallas, assistant yard master after he is al-| “scab” | today. | Jeged to have called Dallas a died in a local hospital early Dallas {s held on a charge of murder. Leroy Fonville, yardmaster who was with Dallas at the time of the shooting was arrested today charged with being an accessory hefore the fact. WOULD EXEMPT MORTGAGES. Washington, July 19.—Money lianed farmers on mortgages would be ex-| empt from income taxes under a bill introduced today by Chairman Mec- Cumber of the senate finance com- nittee, will | Smalley | this | N.H, Drive Out Group of Seven Invade Concord, Shop Dormitory and Workers—Hot Fight Results, masked past the Boston, July 19.—Seven men, heavily armed, got guards at the Boston and Maine rail- rcad shops at Concord, N. H. late last night, entering a dormitory where 50 working shopmen were sleeping, drove the mout of doors and ordered | {them out of town, according to aj statement issued by the Boston and| | Maine officlals today. There was| |shooting and hand to hand fighting !in which several workmen were beat- en, one requiring hospitdl treatment | | says the statement. " GRANGE PIGNIC | Local Agricultural Exponents to Have | | Outing at Lake Compounce Satur- day Afternoon. | The annual picnic and outing of ‘Rllrrl" Grange will be held at Lake Compounce, Saturday, July 22 It will be in the nature of a basket pic- | nic, each party or group looking after its own provisions. The party will | President Healy Balks on Proposal To [be won nationally." v s Buffalo, N came 80 serious Y., July 19.—Rioting be- on the east side this afternoon that President Tulley of the International ratlway ordered a suspension of service on the Sene- ca line. The crew of one car was terribly beaten. John Criddon, a conductor from Philadelphia, was taken to a hospital after being rescued from a mob which was threatening to throw | him into Buffalo Creek. NO SEPARATE AGREEMENT I Come To Terms With Northern Pa- ¢ T d d fi cific Firemen and Oilers. Chicago, July 19.—Request for per- mission to sign a separate agreement between the firemen and oilers and the Northern Pacific brought a point- ed telegram from Timothy Healy, president of the oilers' union. “I will not stand for you making an individual agreement,” wired President Healy. “Take the man out| and keep them out. This strike must Mr. Healy said today that the strike of his men was practically 100 per cent effective. leave Central park on the 1:17 p. m. trolley. | Sports, in charge of David N, Bev. | erflge, will begin immediately upon | arrival at the lake. Luncheon will be | | served at 4:30 o'clock in charge of Mrs. John Woodford The next regular meeting of Bur | ritt Grange will he held in Judd's hall, Saturday, August 5. Central annna‘ | Grange, will hold its next regular | meeting at Westfeld, Conn., Tuesday, | | August 8. The meeting will be in lhe{\ school house STARS CANNOT COME. | Eastern Point, July 19.—Although many acceptances had been received to invitations to play in a three days' | tournament over the Shennecossett | |'course here beginning tomorrow, th | message of Willle Hunter of England, | today revealed the fact that many | other crack players would be unable | |to come. Regrets were also receiv- ed from Francis Ouimet, Jess Guil- tord, Jesse Sweetser, W. Parker See.| ley of Bridgeport, the new state champion, and John G. Anderson, among others. | sidered in parliamentary circles as in- Striking shopmen and affiliated craftsmen on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad in the eastern district of Kentucky were enjoined today by 8. District Judge Cochrane from causing any interruption of the busi- [ ness of the road. Drs. © s n Fromen and \?alsh Acting Health Supts. | E. T. Fromen and Joseph| Walsh are acting superintendents of- |health in the absence of Dr. Fred P. Lee, who is on his vacation. The act- | ing superintendents are members of the board. Superintendent Lee will be out of the city for two weeks. antcrml (rm: in Italy Now Inevitable uly 19.—(By Assoclated | ministerial crisis is con- Drs ol a t Rome, Fress)—A evitable It is learned that former|| Fremier Giolotti who has been spend- ing a short vacation in France and Relgium, {s returning to Rome owing to the scute parliamentary situation. The ing were dragged seriously injured son, brakeman on the freight train. * oted in every presidential electior ince Clay in every state election and in nearly every town meeting. His wife died in 1876 and a son, thamar survives. EXPLOSION FROM LIGHTNING Hits 50 Gallon Drum of Kerosene at Babylon, N. Y.—One Dead and Seven Persons Injured. Babylon, N. Y., July 13.—One man was killed and seven members of the |garage committee, lecal when lightning exploded a summer colony were injured rum of kerosene here last night Nelson Peck of Brooklyn whose ight leg was severed by flying steel, ied in a hospital at Oyster Bay to- ay. One man was made blind by aming oil The explosion took place in a barn victims who were in the build- out by persons less FATAL TRAIN TRAIN WRECK ‘Two Arc Killed and Half Dozen In- jured When Passenger and Freight Collide Near Tulsa. Okla. Muskogee, Okla., July 19—Two men were killed and more than a half doz- en persons were injured in a head-on | ghortly before ollision between a passenger train and an extra freight train on the Mis- ouri, Kansas and Texas railway four niles east of Tulsa early today. The dead Edward Morris, n the passenger train Muskogee, 8. J engineer Richard- The injured are passengers. According to a report received at| rajlway headquarters here the crew of | the freight train misread their orders nd were running on the passenger rain's time —* WEATHER Hartford, July 19.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair, not much change in tem- perature Thursday. THE 50 gallon| suspicions. | there are again practically 100 more skilled men working (haf‘ worked in the first shift yesterday.' MAY NAME WELLS AGAIN a Mayor. If Empowered to Pick Gurur"‘ Commission, Will Place First Ward Alderman as Chairman. | Tollowing a conference today with | |Alderman Goerge H. Wells of the first ward, chairman of the municipal | Mayor A. M. Pao- nessa said that a resolution woul probably come before the council to- night to have a committee appointed to manage the garage until such time | as an amendment to the chapter can | become effective. Next year this|u branch the city's business will be | in the board of hands of a city such appointment, Alderman | will again he named as chairman practically the same committee |be selected to serve with him. and | will PROBE EXPLOSION CAUSE | Omcers o the com | w ernment Crompton Mystery is Being Thorough- | a | evidently |view of the strike of railroad shopmen | declined to do the work and I mill located today 11 o'clock last night in | make. Iy Investigated By Rhode Island Authoritiecs—No Damage Done. Providence, July 19.—An explosion | the village of Crompton, the strike | area of the Pawtuxet valley, investigated by the damage was done the fact that the explosion took place in front the home of a mill striker who had Just returned to work has aroused | authorities. No but of m YUKON STILL WET. Dawson, Y. T., July 19.—Thanks to special permission from the United, States to ship liquor consigned for the | Yukon through Kka, this north- land will remain wet at least two more vears. All roads to the Yukon | lead through Alaska ‘ A ¥ ; R QUEEN 1LL, July 19.—(By Associ- DOWAC Copenhagen, |ated Press.)—Dowager Queen Louse | church Mof Denmark is seriously i1l with pneu- | her husband is the same age as his Toronto steamer turned turtle on a make their | | monia. King Christian has in conse- with Robert Maney ham Road, Boston, chief moved her rings while washing her hands and replacing them they Fire Chief Salter of St railroad Farrel plant quit work yesterday aft-| If the mayor is empowered to make 'ernoon and this morning Wells | w |shops and when it reached the yesterday | chinists the shop is being | Fll'e Boal. Chief Willia | department afternoon sy obtained proposal for the local department street, ‘reiss | John L. bride. * l quence been called back from Jutland. | home on East street. of that address, Byrne of 58 Notting- to visit the fire Mrs. Salter re- nd Mrs. J. L At the hotel the lavatory without A few minutes later were not to be found Mrs. Salter is the widow of the late Louis. left MACHIN[STS QUIT Seventeen Men at Farrell Plant m‘ fuse to Fix Up Car Wheels From Railroad Shops. 19.-—Asked to finish wheels from the machinists at the Ansonia, July car axles and shops, 17 P The work as sent to Ansonia from the railroad lathes afternoon, ten of the ma- refused to touch it and left This morning seven more Officers of the company said the ork_was accepted to help the gov- The work was considered necessary one but the machinists thought differently and left the The machinists who could be had no statement to d Studying Waterbury’s System Members of the board of fire com- issioners, Clerk John J, Keough and mJ. Noble of the fire went to Waterbury this study the two platoon there. The information be used in drafting a to used will stem NUPTIALS. Lorna PREISSEIL—GABEL At 3 o'clock this afternoon, Gabel, aged 10 years, of was married to Henry R. of 174 Dwight street The was performed by Rev, Davis at the Trinity Methodist Mrs. Gabel is a widow and The couple will in| 490 East | according to an order received today, issued by A. H. Smith, president of the N. Y. Central lines. Strike Is Sanctioned. Cincinnati, July 19.—A strike of the clerks and station emploves of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad has been sanctioned, E. H. Fitzgerald, grand president of the brotherhood of rallway clerks, announced at heade quarters here today. New Haven Reports. New Haven, July 19.—Reports made at the meeting of the striking ABhnpmbn of 'the N. Y, NuH & H. | railroad today were to the effect that lon the entire system there had been r.o desertions It was stated that conditions everywhere were ‘‘quiet and that the strike had settled into a "waiting game.” Expression was given to (isappointment that the maintenance of way men would delay a day in striking. The speakers at this meeting ine cluded Joe Tone of the machinists union and John C. Ready, system federation chairman, who spoke to shopmen at Maybrook yesterday. He returned from that trip an hour be. fore the meeting here The New London shopmen will hold a mass meeting with Tome and others as speakers tomorrow It was stated at the meeting today [that information was in hand that the railroad management had submitted to manufacturers in the state a list of the number of men in the different rafts who were needed for repair work Former Farmington Farmer Filed Bankruptcy Petition Haven, July 18 — Ellinwood Trost, a farmer who formerly lived in Farmington, but who now hails from Princeton, N. J., filed a bankruptey petition today with debts of 827,54 and assets of $4,700 Leonard Felt- man, doing business as the Criterjon | Rubber Co., of Bridgeport, owes $14,« 562 and has assets of $4,846 New | MOTOR BUS OVERTURNED. Niagara Falis, N. Y., July 19— Fleven persons were injured when a motor carrying passengers from the hill near the Canada steamship lines ldock at Queenston, Ont., today.