New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 16, 1922, Page 1

Herald “Ads” Mean Nowu of the World Better Business By Auoelated Press U= —FOURTEEN PAGFS NEW BRITAI\I MONDAY OCTOBER 16 1922 TAPPHONEWIRES | LEGION WILL NOT GIVE UP BAT TLE : IN'HALL MYSTERY| FOR COMPENSATION, M’NIDER SAYS: Claim Clergyman's Wile Makes This Charge LETTERS PROVE LOYE AFFAIR Prosecutor Also Says His Telephone CON\IECTICUT GLAND VEFUSES RIGHTOF SEARGH Won't Let lf §. Dry Agents In- spect Ships on Ocean | ROMISBS.. 19, " 1PERATE ESTABLISHED 1870 LIQUOR WORTH $15,000 IS STOLEN FROM STOREHOUSE ACROSS STREET FROM JAIL Hartford Authorities Ask New Britain Police to be en Lookout for Booze Robbers Spojls Are Taken Away in Motor Truck—Owner a| when supper is served this evening to 200 or more delegates at the an- Former Saloon Man Who|nual_Baptist state _conventlon, which " Had Government Penm,t BAPTISTS MEET HERE IN STATE GATHERING Local Church Officially i_tiates New 'Banquetl Hall for Occasion IMPOSES SENTE‘\ICES IN WHISKEY CASES National Commander, at New Orleans Convention, Flays ‘“‘Sordid”’ Financial Interests That Have Blocked Bonus Leglslatlon Judge Thomas Calls One Bond, Fines Has Been Tapped—New Prosecutor| geyeral and Jails One—Counter- California Making Strong Bid for Session to Be Held in 1923—City Is in Gala Attire. u.. (fOrd COMY ....c w68 s in For.| M8y Be Called in on Case Some ‘l Protest. Time Today. New Brunswick, N. J,, Oct. 16, (By Assoclated Press).—A charge that the telephone belonging to Mrs. Edward Wheeler Hall, whose husband was slain with Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, a choir singer in the church ot which he was rector, had been tapped, was the latest development today in the investigation of the double purder. This charge was made by Sally Peters, who lives in the Hall house- hold. 8he said that no important calls now were being made over it. Others Complain Too. A similar charge was made by feiter Gets Five Years. New Haven, Oct. 16.—Keeping his word that he would call the bonds of every liquor violator who failed to appear in court when his case was calléd, Judge E. 8. Thomas today or- dered forfeited two bonds of Joseph Bertini, of Bridgeport. Ansel Bernia, of Willimantic, was fined $400 and costs for having one- sixth of a pint of whiskey in his pos- session. The government, however, showed that the saloonkeeper had en- gaged In liquor traffic before and since his arrest. Willlam 'S. Berner of Waterbury wag fined $200 and costs for having | liguor in an old barn behind his house. Washington, Oct. 16, (By Assoclat- ed Press)—Great Britain in a com- munication delivered today* to the state department {s understood to have declined to agree to the sugges- tion of Secretary Hughes for a reci- procal extension of the right of search and seizure 8o as to glve the Ameri- can prohibition navy jurisdiction out- side the three 'mile limit. Assures Cooperation, At the same time the British for- elgn office assured the Amerlcan gov- ernment that every precaution would be taken to prevent violation of the American prohibition law by rum smugglers under the British flag. . It New Orleans, Oct. 16.—A declars= tion ti#at the American Legion re- garded the interests of the disabled service man as its first responsibility and that "with regard to the adjusted compensation act, we've just started to fight,” were outstanding points in the report of Hanford MacNider, na- tional commander, delivered before convention of the Hartford, Oct. 16.—Eleven barrels of high grade liquor, besides a num- ber of other containers filled with whiskey, the value of which is con- servatively estimated by the police at more than $15,000, was stolen this morning from a large brick garage ~ owned by Myer Yellin of 43 Seyms street. The garage is situated in the rear of Mr. Yellin's home and across the street from ‘the Hartford county jall. Mr. Yellin, who is a former saloonkeeper and had a federal permit to dispose of the liquor in specified quantities to wholesale druggists, dis- ‘covered the burglary himself. Robbery Is Reported He reported his discovery to Lieut. Frank Santoro, chief of the local de- tective bureau. Detectives Sergeant ‘Andrew J. Willlams and Robert T. Sutherland were assigned to the case. Telephonic and telegraphic ‘communi- cation with Springfield, New Britain, New Haven, Waterbury and other cities and towns was obtained at once and the police of those places request- ed to be on the alert for a large motor truck which is said to have been used by the thieves in carrying off the liquor. List of Spoils The liquor, which had been in pos- session of the former saloon man “or more than three years, was item- ized in the complaint to the police as follows: Eight barrels rye whiskey, 42 gal- lons to each barrel, stamped Penwick distillery; two barrels grape brandy: one half gallon Rochelle brandy; one barrel contagning 50 gallons of alco- Lol and four five-gallon jugs of brandy. Local Police Notifled Captain Thomas W. Grace today re- ceived A telephone mesgage from the Hartford police, asking that a look- out be kept- for thieves who made a big haul of liquor in that place last night. According to the report, eight «arrels of whiskey, two barrels of grape brandy, one barrel of alcohol, one-half barrel of brandy and several jugs containing other kinds of liquor was stolen. SUCCESS OF HOTEL 15 NOW THOUGHT CERTAIN 6fiicials Are Reticent and Final Reports Are Held Up Until Tonight — Authorities in charge of the drive for funds to erect the proposed Elihu Burritt hotel were unwilling to talk of the progress of the effort to raise $550,000 by the sale of preferrea stock in the hotel proposition, al- though a meeting of those interestea was held this noon. The drive Is scheduled to close tonight. The sum of $328,000 was raised up to Friday noon and those interested will not commit themselves beyond stating this amount in answer to questions. The air around headquarters, to- day, however, seemed to indicate that those in charge had good reason to belleve that the necessary amount would be reported this evening at the dinner of team workers. It seemed that the needed $212,000 had been forthcoming. GET BIG PAY I_NGI{EASE Fight Hour Day With Overtime Which Amounts to 25 Per Cent In- crease Given Railroad Men. 16.—(By Associated 3 n eight hour day with overtime, which is said to amount to nearly a 25 per cent increase in pay, was granted to approximately 2,000 yard masters on 26 class 1 rallroads and at six switching terminals by the U. 8. Railroad l.abor Board today. This is the first time the hoard has Chicago, established rules and working condi- | tions for yardmasters who are now classified as subordinate officials and subject to the board's jurisdiction un- der the transportation act. Robbers, Qe;kmlz $28,500, Get But $100 for Efforts Chicago, Oct. 16.—Five men, ap- parently in search of $28,500, the re-| ceipts of the Cubs-White Sox city! series championship game yesterday, , surprised and bound Stanley Wilson, negro watchman at Comiskey park, | and blew open the safe late last night. | Only $100 was iff the safe. IRISH R, R. WORKLRS STRIKE Belfast, Oct. 16.—Dublin advices to- in to st & la Aiy a th W in REV. WILLIAM ROSS. opened this afternoon in the First Baptist church, the newly construct- ed dining hall, said to be the largest of its kind in this section of the state, will be inaugurated. This dining hall, which is over 100 feet long and about 70 feet wide, as built in the basement of the church, the cellar being excavated for the purpose. Workmen have been busy on it all summer and to- night will mark its initiation into service. It will accommodate _ be- tween 450 and 500 people. The convention opeped officially with a conference by the visiting min- isters this afternoon at 2 o'clock and was followed by a supper at. 5:30 o'clock. This evening at 7:30 o'clock will be a public meeting with ad- dresses by visiting speakers. About 200 delegates are expected to be pres- ent. i The program this afternoon was as follows: Forty-first annual confer- ence of Baptist ministers of Connec- ticut in charge of President Rev, D. B. MacQueen, Bridgeport, and Secretary Rev. P. F. Wolfenden, Meriden. The program included: Call to order, devotional service, appointment of nominating commit- tee, report on changes in the min- istry, welcome to new pastors, report of nominating committee, election of officers, first essay, ‘The Prophetic Office of the Ministry,” Rev. Manford W. Schuh, Hartford; discussion, sec- ond essay, “Evangelism, Old and New,” Rev. F. B. Haggard, Hartford; discussion, hy#n, benediction. Informal reception to ministers’ wives and widows in parsonage. Mrs. G. C. Laudenslager, presiding; host- esses, Mrs. William Ross, Mrs. E. M. Wightman, Mrs. E. R. Hitchcock. Rev. William Ross, pastor of the local Baptist church, will deliver the address of welcome to the delegates tomorrow morning. ERMY ENDURANCE TESTS 21 Horses Start Today in Annual Ride in ati m tre o 5o Ju in, in! in in, Jo! Wl fo fo! m, se te M in tor ea Which Is 300 Miles Over Vermont Hills and Valleys. Burlington, Vt, Oct. 16.—Twenty- one horses started in the annual army endurance ride today. The American mounted service cup, the Arabian horse club medal and cash prizes to: talling $1,700 will be awarded to the best performeérs in the test, which is designated to determine the type of mount best suited to the army's use, The 300 mile course over Vermont hills and valleys is so arranged that the riders will finish at the starting point, Friday night. The first leg of the race today was from Burlington to Brandon, with 4 mid-day stop at the Morgan horse farm in Middlebury. DRY AGENT SUES CANNON A, i fr: LA ra th fir co th tr pi M m Capture Alleged Rum Running [ M Schooner in Jamaica Bay After Firing Pound Shot Across Bow. Oct. 16.—The speed boat* Hahn pound shot a the Emerald Digby, entrance to Ja- prohi- today | New York, bition navy fired a one bLows of the schooner eight miles off the maica Bay and then seized the two sticker and a motor boat named the Elsie, aboard both of which the pro- hibition agents claimed to have found |, whiskey-—1,008 cases in all. Ten 1een i, found aboard the alleged rum runnms |, ted. ' Fltchburg, Mass., h mker Have Returned to Work |ty Fitchburg, Mass., Oct 16,—With | tu 88 w in, | Wi R m number of former employes, the strike at the Parkhill Mfg. Co. plant |to virtually ended. Officials of the com- fe day reported that city isolated from southern Ireland owing to a strike on the Great SBouthern and Western sys- tem, Ireland’s largest railroad. pany said that 900 out of 1,400 are new employed. The company has re- stored the 20 per cent wage cut against which the employes struck. m er improper practices complained of by the British ambassador Sir Auck- not discuss the subject there were in- tional ica line declared today fore Judge Hand east shore within day and the driver left at 6:30. fire was discovered at 1:30 a. m. day away this afternoon loaned Morris Cove a fire house and to buy apparatus. randering over the country and keep- 44 years Joseph Kel Augustine, county |came to Lubetton last week and ar- the return to work today of a large ' charging murder. |Heny that he killed McNeill according fir: comes up. was sald that Canadian and other port officials had been instructed to pre- vent so far as possible the issuance of fraudulent clearance papers and oth- Secretary Hughes prohibition note, The British communication in reply the one sent to London by the ate department scveral weeks ago as presented to Secretary Hughes nd Geddes today. Officials Are Silent Although department officials would cations that the refusal to accord reciprocal right of search outside e usual limits of territorial waters ould be considered as finally block- g any extension of such authority to prohibition officers. Orders are already in effect direct- g the prohibition navy not to oper- e outside the three mile limit line except in the case of vessels in com- unication with the shore by means of their own small boats and it has been the apparent belief of adminis- ation officials that no extension ould be in accordance with interna- practices unless it were made by some such specific agreement as proposed by Mr. Hughes. Another Line Protests. ‘ New York, Oct. 16.—While couhsel for the Cunard, Anchor, French and White Star lines were preparing ar- guments for their fight before Federal ndge Learned Hand temorpaw: {oyob- tain @ permanent injunction restrain- fthe wa g government officlals from putting to effect the Daugherty liquor rul- g forbidding foréign ships from tak- g liquor under seal into or out of American ports, the Holland-America line today announced that it would in the ranks of the foreign ship lines hich will be represented before Judge Hand. W. Van Dorn of the Holland-Amer- that counsel r the company would appear be- late today to ask r a temporary restraining order. This action he sald was a mere for- ality to permit the line to be repre- nted at the hearing tomerrow of mporary injunctions already grant- gd the other lines. FIRE DEPT. BURNED 0UT- orris Cove Appumms and House, Valued At 325 000, is Totally De- stroyed By Flames. New Haven, Oct. 16.—The fire fight- g apparatus at Morris Cove, on the the New Haven wn line was lost in a fire which rly today destroyed the fire house. The toss is about $25,000 with insur- ance about $14,000. The fire house was a two |l!ory ame $tructure on the road leading to ghthouse Point. Chief Francis*Mur- y left the house at 6 p. m. yester- The to- m. reported The A passerby at 1 a. at there was gyo sign of fire. re company memypers are at a 1oss to understand how the fire started. The a mile not save chemical mpany at Grannis Corner, was called but could e pumping engine+ and uck. The New Haven fire commissioners ece of apparatus temporarily. The orris Cove sanitary association will eet tonight to vote to build a new N DlSGUISE 44 YEARS an Is Finally Arrested for Murder 1878 But Wil Stand Trial, It Is Believed. in Not Have To Lumberton, N. C., Oct. 16.—After identity frgm “the police for! p arrested at St. Fla., last month charged ith killing Daniel E. McNelll near ed Springs on August 15, 1878 and ought here for tr'al is now at lib- ty under $4,000 bond and is yisit- & his brothers and sisters in Bladen whom he had not seen in al- Kemp's brother g his ost half a century. nged the bond. The Itobeson coun- | grand jury, in November, 1878, re- rned a true blll against Kemp Kemp does not Sheriff Lewis but claims self-de- nse. Granting of bail is taken here to ean ttat Kemp will not be tried for st degree murder when the case Ylips place, Ralph V. M. Gorsline, vestryman of the church of Bt. John the Evangelist, who at one time was questioned as to his whereabouts on the night of the murder. Mr. Gorsline declared he was not greatly concerned about the wire tapping, as he had ‘nothing to conceal.” County Prosecutor Stricker of Mid- dlesex also declared he had a good reason to believe that the wires lead- ing into his office had been tapped. Mrs. Hall Guarded. Mrs. Hall whose counsel has pro- tested against what he termed bung- ling investigation which he asserted has turned ({ll-founded suspicion against his client, had Her porch lights turned on all last night. It previously was learned that she had surrounded herself with bodyguards, day and night, for the announced purpose of protecting herself against further bungling. Investigators to- day claimed to have learned that shortly before the murder the slain couple had spent a day at Manhattan Beach near Coney Island. Love Note Is Found. As tending to prove that affection existed between Mrs. Mills and the rector a letter alleged to have been writteh him by the choir singer was made public today. This letter parently refersing to the Maphattan Beach outing read in part: % “Yesterday 1 was happy in a in the poat and ip the Water; b home I Wag thinking hard. Oh, my' darling babyking what a muddle we are in.' But I will be content. I will.” New Prosecutor Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Parker was expected to announce to- day a special prosecutor to take charge of the inquiry into the murder He is expected to name Attorney Gen McCran but it is thought unlikely that McCran will personally look after the fnvestigation. McCran is expected to designate an assistant to handle the matter, Private detectives working on the case declared yesterday that their in- vestigations have convinced them that the murders resulted from jealousy. Jealousy The Motive Julius Braun, employed in the in- terest of Charlotte and James Milis, daughter and husband of the slain choir singer, said that \liss Florence North, a woman lawyer, representing Charlotte, has in her possession a packet of letters showing beyond a doubt that the rector and Mrs. Mills were in love, Braun expressed belief that the love affair became known to some member of the congregation and the pair were Jured from their homes by thg tele- phone calls known to have been n cefved' about 7:30 p. m. of the day on which they were killed. He ad- vanced the theory that the rector and Mrs. Mills, were confronted with each other, slain and then taken to the spot under the crabapple tree on the Phil- where the Dbodies were found two days later. SOUTHINGTON MAN, WATCHMAN, SUICIDE Frederick Stacy Was Brother-in-Law of Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth of This City. Southington, Oct 16.—Frederick Stacy, watchman at the Southington Bank and Trust Co. was found dead lacross the couch in his room in the rear part of the building today when Olin B. Kilbourne, secretary of th# bank opened up for business. Medi- cal Examiner W. G. Stedman gave a preliminary ‘opinion that Stacy killea himself. The body was fully dressed | tand a revolver was on the fi(mr close by Stacy who is said to have been in ill health and inclined to despondency of late attended church services last! night and appeared in good spirits The condition of the body indicated that he died about 10 §. m. The wound was in the right temple Lieut. Samuel Bamforth of the New Britain police here, a brother- in-law who came here was also of the opinion that Stacy killed himself. * WDATHER i Hartford, Oct. for New Britain and vicinity: Cloudy tonight and Tuesday wunsettled. probably. showers, tooler by afternoon or night. THE #* | | I | 16.—Forecast | * Joseph Sivelskis of Bridgeport, was fined $200 and costs for having liquor and a stifl in his house. Jacob Stahle of Bridgeport pleaded guilty to mak- ing liquor and went to jail for five days. John McIntyre of Waterbury was fined $25 and costs for having liquor in his possession. Found guilty on 13 counts of rais- ing one dollar bills to larger denom- inations, Antonio Luizi, 48, of Derby, was sent to Atlanta penitentiary for five years. Edward Ligero, a com- paniof, found guilty on 11 counts, was given 18 months in the Cheshire re- formatory. | found guilty of having manufactured beer, was fined $50 without Henry Renall of Waterbury, at whose home a ten-gallon still was found, was fined $15 without costs. Wuscath of Bridgeport, pleading guilty to having had possession of & 20-gallon still, was fined $25 and costs. Peter Russell of Waterbury, charged with manufacturing liquor, was fined $50 and costs, MIDSHIPMEN BEING TRIED FOR HAZING | pltll——SpHngfleM Man One of Accused. Annapolis, Oct. 16 —Just before the | assembling today of the naval court- martial for the trial of midshipmen| of the first class on charges growing out of the recent outbreak of hazing at the naval academy, Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, superintendent of the naval academy today announced the names of two midshipmen of the fourth, or ‘“plebe" class, who have been under treatment at the naval hospital because of the effects of haz- ing. They are R. B. Pearson of Ala- bama and W. H. McGregor of Wash- ington. The midshipment and Bruce Robinson, Chandler, Ariz Hawkins is said to have compelled a “plebe’ to eat his dessert under a “mess' table in Bancroft hall, exer- in reoruit through the physical cise known as the “sixteenth’ room of Bancroft hall. Two other seniors also are slated for trial for conniving at hazing prac- tice. They are Thomas E. Boyce of Mount Vernon, Ind, and Casey, Roxbury. It is alleged that senior midshipmen “mess’ were indulged in port the offenses. CONN. PLAYERS DRAFTED Stauffer the at they were presiding to re- and failed Schmehl of Waterbury and of Bridgeport Arc Called Minor Leagne Into Big Show. 16— (By Associated 19 minor league plal Chicago, Oct Press.)—Only ers were requisitioned at major league drafting meeting here yesterday. The National league taking the larger shz Isters. Only two American {clubs, New York and submitted names, three and New York two players The draft list as at the office of K. M | commissioner, includes: Cincinnati, Harrie, Charlotte, New York Nat{onals, Beaumont, Texas New York Americans, Aberdeen, § Lavelle, Mass Boston Nationals | phis, Tenn.; Schmehl, { Conn Brooklyn [ ham, Ala.: Hargrave, Washington, Hargrave Potter, Knoxville | Chicago Nationalg, | Rock, Ark.: C. E port, Conn. 8. € Johnson, D.: Worcester, | Padgett, Mem- Stewart, Pittsfield, Mass New Haven; J. E. I Barrett, tauffer, Bridg OFFICERS ELECTED The officers of the Sixth | Democratic club, elected Saturday | night, are as follows: President, ex- ! Councilman T. Frank MeCormack vice president, Richard Axelson; retary, James Francis Boyle of town committee; treasurer, Coffey: sergeant at arms, John Coffey, Jr., and the press committee i& com- posed of S8am Schneider, Joseph Gra- beck, Sylvester Durant, Andrew Mur- tha and John P. Farrell. The club is strongly in favor of Spellacy and will do all possible to aid in his election. Arthur McGuillan of Willimantic, l costs, | Stanley to be tried nrm are 8. H. Hawkins, Springfield, Mass.,| this," he declared. Stuart H. Hawkins, Springfield, ‘1355~,1nfor"emflnt~ had nothing to do with | o Thomas J.| tables where hazing prnrncsw From | the annual | held | e of the young- | league | Washington, | Washington taking | announced today | Landis, baseball | Anderson, | Waterbury, | hearing today Referee Birming- | ! "”“‘Maw Banker Wards \\ inchester HANFORD MucNIDER FRENCHMAN ACCLAIMS TURKEY A3 A FRIEND Says British Had Nothing to Do With Peace—Criti- cizes Lloyd George Paris, Oct. 16.—(By Associated Press.)—Henri Franklin-Bouillon French peace envoy to the Turkish | nationalists, arrived in Paris this | morning and immediately proceeded | to the foreign office, where - he was received by Premier Poincare. “1 am convinced that peace is as- aured ' he told the correspondents. I had to use all my personal influence ap- | Victims of Pranks Are Still in Hos- | With Mustapha Kemal Pasha, but the | fight was much severer on the side of our British allies. They were stub- born, albeit. courtBous, but France played a preponderant part in the es- | tablishment 'of peaée in the Near Esst.” “The French intervention on the | shores of the Bosphorus created great enthusiasm among our Turkish friends for they really are our friends,” added M. Franklin-Bouillon, “This memory of our part in bring- ing about peace will long be cher- ished in Turkey.” The French envoy was all smiles as he spoke of France's part in the Turkish settlement, but his face quickly soberéd at mention of Pre- mler Lloyd George's Manchester peech. “I shall have :nmPfhn‘g to say about “The British re- the peace making and the British speech would go a long way toward endangering it now were it not built while | upon solid bases.” Robins®n is alleged to have put a new MALINOWSKI-PARKER Court In- Local Business Man and terpreter is Married This Morning | Y. at Albany, N. Matthew R. Malinowski, one of the proprietors of the City Drug com- | pany, and Miss Helen T. Parker, of Albany, N. Y, were married at 9 o'clock this morning in St. Mary's church at Albany, N. The ceremony was performed by Rev. John G. Dil lon. Following a wedding trip, the couple will make their home in this city. The groom is one of the suc- cessful business men in this ecity. For many years he has occupied a plage of prominence in various courts throughout Connecticut and New England, owing to his ability as a linguist. SOLD FOR MILLION Offer of $1,750.000 by W. €. Durant for Locomobile Company is Ac- | cepted by Receiver for Firm. Bridgeport, Oct. 16.—Unanimous | consent by creditors of the Locomo- bile Co. of America was given the r ceivers to sell the entire plant and as- sets at private sale, at a hearing be- fore Referee John Keogh today | authorization to sell at private sale has | been pr ffted to United States Judge Thomas and at the n of the se conclt Keogh p immediately by W today, that he will enter it The offer of $1,7 | Durant will be accepted I cording to R Haver ver Indicted for Misuse of Funds, Is Dead Magnolia, Mass., Oect. 16 Sdward oster former president of the National bank who was awaiting trial on charges of mis: propriatinng $85,000 of the bank's funds, died at his summer home here ‘\'Rh‘)dfl\, The indictment was re- - the [turned seweral months ago Lawrence | AN russels, Oct. 16 —Baron de Car- tier de Marchienne, Belgian ambassa- | dor to the United States, will sail for| New York on the steamer Lapland from Antwerp October 19 to resume his duties after severai months leave. 3 The | stated | ‘\\Il\\\\ \l)(lll COMING. | the fourth annual Legion at its opening session here w- day. "With regard to adjusted compen- sation legislation,” the report de- clared, “we've only just started to fight. The adjusted compensation legislation is right—we know it {s right—and right always prevails {in America. Hits At Opponents. “A great well financed attack by interests which we cannot help but feel are sordid and selfish has given us one little setback. But those who represent the people in Washington are with us by great majorities. No one man untouched by the war with- out kith or Kin to those who served —no one group, financial or other- wise can stand between the wishes of the American people and the fulfill- ment of what they believe to be a just obligatiori. “The Legion is recognized as the voice of the men and women who served. It is our duty to so build it that its tremendous power and ‘possi- bilitles may be directed that it shall be, as it was, dedicated to the high= est service to our God and to our country”” Membership Increases. “Starting a year of membership during one of the greatest industrial depressions America has ever exper- ienced, the American TLegion has grown, Its posts, active and funcion- ing in 49 departments in this coun- try and 23 others segttered over the globe, number 11,200. ‘The membership now, in its fourth year, is the solid, substantial actual fiehting gang, who intend to stay with it to carry on through all the. coming years, that this Legion of ours shall be the greatest outstanding symbol of service to all America. “Forty per cent of the Legion's membership is in towns of under 2,500—the highest type of American citizenship. Sure of Square Deal. “I feel personally that tremendous results for the betterment of the dis- abled veterans—our first duty always —have been attained. The, national rehabilitation committee forms a per- manent foundation for all our future work for the.disabled man. What is more, it means that he is going to re- ceive a square deal from the country he fought for." Meet In Warehouse. The American Legion opened its fourth national convention in a con- verted warehouse on the Mississippi river front, decorated with flags of the allied nations and red, white and blue bunting. The Legion heard the re- ports of its national commander and adjutant Clad in uniforms, ecivilian clothes and the costumes adopted by state delegations, the veterans of the world war last night made merry, held fm- promptu street dances and generally enjoyed incidents of the reunion. Practically every state in the union was represented when the convention met, as well as a number of terri- torial possessfons and representatives | of posts of the Leglon in foreign | countries. California There Strong. T‘NAK&"‘H from California, out- standinz contestant for 1923 national | convention, arrived here clad in broad brimmed biack hats, red shirts and knee boots, the costume of the “forty- niners” “See the west" was the slo« gan of the Pacific coast delegates, and they were making themselves seen and heard, distributing poppies to delegates and to thelr women folk, A dozen medleys, reminiscent of ‘VHF war, floated through hotel lobbies j of New Orleans last night. From the | Star Spangled Banner to * Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here", none of the old | favorites was forgotten. The veterans ipsed from English into ¥rench with joyous abandon New Orleans, ancient center of | French civilization in the New World, resounded to the tramp of young men's feet—also the feet of young women who served in the navy and | the army nurse corps during the war, | as well as the women, old and young, who “kept the home fires burning' and five vears ago, and are here today as delegates and visitors to tha [convention of the American Legion | auxiliary. . FREED FbR"F’lFTiTIME St Johns Man is Liberated After | Having Stood Trial Again for Mur- der of a Crippled Child, St. Johns, N. Oct. 16.—John | Paris of Truro, N. 8, tried five times for the murder of Badie McCauley, & crippled child, in August, 1921, was | given his freedom today. The crown attorneys announced that they would not start prosecution for a sixth trial.