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

News of the World By Associated Press ISTABLISHED 1870 PASSENGERS OFF COAST LETTER $AYS HALL KILLED MRS. MILLS | Then Shot Himsell--Unsigned Writer Admits Fixing Bodies Pnosncum_'s_@w CLUB Unsigned Missive, Possibly Work of Crank, Declares Writer Saw Minis- ter Murder Woman and Then Commit Suicide. Trenton, N. J,, Oct. 19.—Ellis H. Parker, Burlington county detective today made public an unsigned com- munication mailed from Philadelphia, purporting to solve the Hall-Milla case as one of murder and sulcide. Whether it was written by a crank or by someone seeking to divert suspicion from the slayer is not known. The text follows: “‘One afternoon about three weeks ago I lay down in the grass on the Phillips farm and feli asleep about L ROSECUTOR BEEI 1 was awakened by loud voices scolding. Looking up 1 saw not far from me a man and a woman. He was sitting close to a tree and was cutting the bark. She was sit- ting nearby, sorting letters. Tells of Killing. “She asked him to keep his promise. He told her he had made none. He took the letters and threw them away and was going to leave her. She grabbed him by the coat and tore it. He hoxed her in the face B8he pulled his hair and scratched his face. He stabbed her with his knife and she cried and told him ehe would tell his wife and get him arrested. Then he shot her in the face. Bhe screamed loud and long. Then he shot her more, two or three times. ‘Then he saw me. He looked awful and then shot himself. After a time I went over to offer help, but they were dead. I straightened them out and their clothes. I saw a card with the letters near his feet. I have been sick since that day but told no one. When she fell he knelt on her and cut her throat.” New Evidence New Brunswick, Oct. 19.—'"Some- thing new''—evidence the nature of which the small army of newspaper- men working on the Hall-Mills mur- der case have not even guessed at— is in the hands of the authorities in- vestigating the double slaying, it was declared today by a man close in the confidence of County Prosecutors Beekman of Somerset and Stricker, of Middlesex. The assertion was given color by continuation of the feverish activity of the past three days on the part of detectives and others on the case. But just what their activity portended could not be learned. No one could be found who would hazard another prediction as to when an arrest would be made. Follow New Theory Detectives began today to investi- gate the newly developed report that Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, rector of the Episcopal church of St. John the Evangelist and Mrs, Eleanor R. Mills, choir singer, were murdered in a shed at Weston Mills, a settiement several miles from New Brunswick and about four miles from the Phillips farm where their hodies were found on Sep- tember 16. Affidavits containing this new information were made public by the police yesterday almost at the same time that Dr. John F. Anderson, chemist, reported to the authorities than an analysis of the blood soaked ground where the hodies were found led him to belleve the murders took place there. Authorities again today withheld of flelal comment on the statements ot two men who gave the affidavits to the police, that they heard a woman's screama and her pleas for mercy as they passed the Weston Mills shed about 10:30 p. m. on the night the rector and Mrs, Mills were slain Some of the officlals are known to place littie credence in the new Infor- mation CHI FEY FIRE TODAY. Engine company No. 3 was called out at 9:07 o'clock this morning to the home of Luke Battlett at 16 North street. for a chimney fire. No damage was done. EMOVE STEAMER CONCORD, ON FIRE DFROM AT WATCH HILL i Cappecticut State. Freighter L 4‘3‘.,.&’«".’5'»’»# Rescue—puaze, Which Was in Cargo Hold, is| Finally Extinguished Five on Skipper Discharges Negroes in Crew Charge of Having De- serted Ship in Danger. Providence, Oct. 18.—One hundred and sixteen passengers were taken off the Colonial line steamer Concord soon after two o'clock this morning by the freighter Mohegan while a fire raged in the cargo hold of the pas- senger carrier. Then the Mohegan put 15 of her officers and men aboard to help the Concord's crew flght the fire. An hour later the blaze was out. No one was injured. The transfer of passengers was done with the ves- sel 12 miles from shore and the wind blowing at between 25 and 30 miles an hour from the northwest. Captain George E. Cobb of the Con- cord and his officers were praised for their control of the itaation. Cep- tain Fred M. Hamlen >f the Mohegan sald there was very littie panic. Five Porters “Fired.” Passengers reported that flve negro porters and stokers were first to don life preservers and that these men were discharged by Captain Cobb. He reported that the mien had dcserted the ship. Officers of the Mohegan gave over thelr quarters to the passengers who were brought into port by the Mohe- gan. The freighter stopd by with the Concord enveloped in smoke. No Estimate of Loss. Officials of the Colonial line could inot estimate the amount of damage | to the cargo which consisted of silk, tobacco and general merchandise. They sald it was not .large. Men |from the Mohegan who helped put out the fire Bald the cargo was prac- tically destroyed ahd that most of the burning freight was thrown.overboard | before the blaze could;be extingniched Say Fire Was Trivial. New York, Oct. 19.—The fire on the steamer Concord was of a trivial na- ture, it was stated by officials of the| Colonial Navigation Co. here today.| At 2 o'clock this morning a slight| fire broke out in the cargo of the Concord it was sald. The 175 pas-| sengers were not in any way endan- gered, nor was there any panic on board. Transfer of passengers the officlals declared because the steamer Mohegan of the same line happened to be passing, also on her| way to Providence and it was thought best by officers of the Concord to puf the passengers on the other vessel as a factor of greater safety. REMOVAL OF SAWYER | DEMANDED BY LEGION Charge Him With Blocking| Organization’s Hospital- ization Program was made, New Orleans, Oct. 19.—(By Asso-| clated Press)—Removal of Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, head of the fed- eral hospitalization board and Presi- dent Harding’'s -personal physician,| charged with blocking the American| Legion hospitalization program was demanded by the American Legion national convention here today by a vote of 601 to 305. A demand from the floor that a statement be made as to whetheg Gen. Sawyer had signed an agreemcnt in writing was answered by Col. A. A. Bprague of Chicago, chairman of the rehabilitation committee, who sald the committee had taken Gen. Sawyer “on his word." Col. Sprague said he believed Gen. Sawyer had been mistakingly malign- ed. He asked a vote against Barren's resolution. “It will not he a blow at Sawyer," he said. *You can't dislodge Sawyer. It will only be a blow at your re- hablilitation committee.” ON HUNGER STRIKE Hartford Woman, 50 Years O, in] Jall, and Refuses to Eat Until Re-| leased From Custody. Hartford, Oct. 19.—Lilla Prude-| home, f0 years old, arrested for drunkenness, is on a hunger strike at the police station. She has informed the police she will not eat until re-| leased and has refused a “parade’ of tempting dishes. She denies she was drunk and declares she is lame and| “walks that way.” | JOINS WITH D'AN Rome, Oect. 19.—(By Assoclated Press.) —Gabriele d'Annunzio, the| Italian soldier-poet, and Benito Mua- | solinl, the leader of the (fascisti,| signed an agreement today uniting their forces and establishing common action between the two leaders| throughout Italy. PORTLAND |this morning while at work between |his two machines. Charles W. Moody was called in, MAYOR IN ANT W. W, BATTLE More Than 200 Under Arrest in Clean-np Campaign TR INTASON Agitators Had Planned to Lead Hosts Into City to Take Part in Water Front Strike—Vigilantes Are Organized. Portland, Ore., Oct. 19.—More than 200 men were under arrest here to- day following Mayor George Baker's declaration that Portland was threat- ened by an invasion of thousands of members of the I. W. W. coming here to participate in the water front strike, and his orders to the police to round them up. Held as Vagrants. In wholesale ralds in sections of the city where most of the dock workers reside, 8350 men were ar- rested. When they had heen check- ed over, 225, most of them belleved to be members of the marine trans- port industria union No. 260 of Portland, were jalled on charges of vagrancy. The others were released. Willlam Ford, said to be head of: the Portland 1. W. W. organization, was among those arrested. He was released on $500 bail. I W. W. Recognized. Two of the men arrested, according | to the police, were {dentified as I. W. | W. organizers from Chicago, their names were glven as Elmer Hanson and Swen Swanson. George Quin- laber, secretary of the Portland branch of the I. W. W, also was taken into custody. Reports in the hands of the officlals were said to show that I. W. W. pa- pers in various parts of the country have adopted the slogan ‘‘on to Port- | land,” and that plans call for the im- | mediate march of more than 25,000 members of the organization to Port- land and other points on the Pacific coast. Vigilantes Organtzed. During a conference yesterday in the mayor's office word was sent to| the city council concerning the situ- ation and an ordinance appropriating $10,000 for the immediate hire of 74| special officers to ald in combatting| the I. W. W. was passed as an emer- | gency fund and within an hour after the conference police and men from the sheriff's office were combing the! city for members of the I. W, W.| known to be active in the pressnt water front ntrike, and aleo in meet- § freight trains safd to be loaded] with ‘“wobblies.” War on 1. W. W. One incoming freight train was reported to have harbored more than| 50 members of the organization, some | of whom were arrested. Mayor Baker announced that he has asked railway officials to co-operate in the present move and prevent as far as possible the entrance into the city of “brake beam'’ riders. Mayor Baker sald that the officials | were not taking up the standard of the employers in the strike but in- stead were waging war on the I. W.| W. Prominent Portland labor lead- ers have informed Mayor Baker that the strike is not authorized by organ- ized labor, according to the mayor, WORKER DROPS DEAD | Plainville Man Dies While Worklng' On Machines in Bristol Manufactur- ing Company This Morning. R. W. Duxbury, an employe in the card room of the Bristol Manufactur- ing company on West Maln street, | Plainville, dropped dead at 10 o'clock | Medical Examiner | as was also Dr. J. N. Bull. The physi- clans found death due to heart fail-| ure, | The deceased was about 60 years| old and had been employed at the Plainville factory for the past year.| His death came very suddenly as He| appeared in the best of health when he started ‘work this morning. His| fellow workers sald he did not com-| plain of being {ll. He made his home in the Alderidge Block on Whiting| street, Plainville. 1 A telegram was forwarded to his wife who makes her home in Bound- brook, N. J., with her daughter. The body was removed to the Bailey un- dertaking parlors awaiting word from his wife. DRIWR_HEI;D RESPONSIBLE i ULING IS SOMEWHAT MODIFIED Changes Are Made to Conform With Sec. Mellon's Views MAY CALL IN GONGRESS It May Be Necessary To Ask Modifi- cations of Law Itself if Concessions | Are to be Made to Foreign Ship- | ping Interests. | Washington, Oct. 19.—A new draft of. regulations to carry out the hone dry prohibition ruling of Almrney1 Gen, Daugherty was completed tndayl by officlals of the prohibition unit ana taken under advisement hy Secretary Mellon. The point sald to have given great- est difficulty in ‘framing the latest draft relates to the presence of liquor | on foreign ships within American ter- ritorial waters. It was indicated that some exceptions were proposed in tuvor of medicinal liquors on such vessels but that it might be necessary | to ask congress for a modification of the law {tself if any concessions are to be made in the interest of vessels desiring to carry wines for rationing to thelr own crews. Foreign Complications Foreign complications already have| arisen over the practice of somé for- | eign ships in supplying a wine ration to their crews and a high treasury of- ficlal sald today that unless the courts place a broader interpretation on the law than did the attorney general. congress would be asked to amend it. The new enforcement regulations drafted today were sald to contain several modifications of the first set which was disapproved by Secretary Mellon as being too arbitrary in cer- tain punitive sections. WOULD REDUGE POWERS OF SCHOOL CONNITTEE Revision of Charter Is Sug-| gested in Matter of That Board That an effort will be made shortly at a meeting of the charter revision committee to strip the achocl board of much of its presial’ power ‘wus stated this afternoon by one of the leading members of that committee. Operating under the present char- ter, the school board is absolute and final fn matters pertaining to the ed-| ucational system. While state matuteaf give local school boards sweeping {Lloyd Georg¢ became probably —SIXTEEN PAGES. AND- WHOLE RESIGNS WHEN COALITION IS LOST: HE POSSIBLY MAY FORM NEW PARTY "PREMIER OUT DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Lloyd George outlasted all the statesmen who guided the great na- tions through the world war. In the turmoll of readjustment that followed that conflict, he kept his seat at the steering wheel when all around him were losing thelrs. The three men with whom he sat at Paris, as the '‘big four” of the peace conference, long ago were top- | pled over. Premier Orlando of Italy vas the first to go. His cabinet resigned in June 1918. The following January, Clemencean, the French tiger was cast aside. Two months later | the senate of the United States re-| fused for the second time to ratify the peace treaty Woodrow Wilson | had brought home from Versailles and not long afterwards his party was beaten at the polls. After all of the other three had been put aside in their countries the | most outstanding figure among all the men of the world who were engaged {in public affairs. Hls position con- stantly in danger from a possaible ldroppihg away of one of the groups forming the coalition on which his government rested, was strengthened |80 far as history is concerned after the all other war statesmen had gone, because it was he who acted as Great| Britain's spokesmen in the pnr‘»yn' last winter with the rebellious Irish power, the revision committeeman feels that conditions as they exist to- day are not in keeping with the prin- ciples of democratic government, be- ipg more after the fashion of auto- cratic rule, and he is in favor of dras-| tic cuts. | About one-half the money collected | by the city annually {s expended through the school committee. On this account the committeeman who| favors the reducihg of the board's power feels that the electors should be in a position to enforce the exe- cution of their wishep. ; P. 8. McMahon, who is a member [ of the committee, has on other oc-| casione favored the reducing of school committee powers, and it is not un- likely that he will line up with the committeman who today launched] a new move in that direction. | CHURGH IS SUED | John Kunz Company Brings Action| Against the Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity Parish—Other Small Suits. The John Kunz company, through Lawyer Donald Gaffney, has institut- ed an action to recover $1,500 from the Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity church. The papers were served to- day by Constable Fred Winkle. The writ is returnable in the city court on the first Monday of November John H. Lynch, through Jndge R F. Gaffney, has brought suit to re- cover $400 from Mrs. Julla Harnum, on the alleged non-payment of a note. Constable Fred Winkle gerved the pa- pers, and the writ is returnable in the city court on the Aifth Monday of Oc-| tober. i George A. Quigley, through Judge F. B. Hungerford, has brought suit to! recover $15 fygom Alfla Sidot! and Concettina De Pace The writ s re- | turnable in the city court on the first Monday of November. Truckman's Negligence Caused Death | of Little Child, According to Cor- oner's Finding. | | Bridgeport, Oct. 19.—Coroner J. J | Phelan today found John Roth, of| Bridgeport, driver of a lumber wag-| on, criminally responsible for the | death of Edward Monsky, one year old. home in Fairfleld when run over. The coroner’s find ing says that Roth '"had abundant time, ample space and opportunity to avold collision with the deceased. ' Coroner Phelan today sent his re- port to the office of the state's attor- ney and to Prosecutor Bacon Wake- man of Fairfield. Roth is now under arrest The baby was playing near his| on October 11 | | | | | WORKMAN IS INJURED, Stephen Charland of 31 Brighton street, employed at the Corbin Screw corporation, fell from a ladder while at work this morning and broke his ight leg. He was taken to the New Britain General hospital in the police ambulance. WANT BEER AND WINE | Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers| Pass These Resolutions at Their Springfield Meeting. Springfleld, Mass, Oct. 19.—A res. | olution favoring a modification of the | ‘| prohibition laws so as to permit the enbluth of New use of beer and light wines and also| one criticizing the action of the fed-| eral government for its injunction| proceedings in the shopcrafts strike, were passed by the international union of bricklayers, masons and plasterers | in its 48th biennial convention today. THE WEATHER O Hartford, Oct. 19.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday; not quite o cold tonight. | . » | Plantsville; | ing secretary, (Continued on Page Fourteen). PLANTSVILLE WOMAN IS HEAD OF W. C. T. U. Mrs. Mary B. Wilson Is President— Elected at 47th Annual Con- vention in New London. New London. Oct. 19.—The officers elected this morning for the ensuing year by the Connecticut W. C. T. U at its 47th annual convention here are: | President, Mrs. Mary B. Wilson, | vice president at large, Miss Ethel C. Barrows of New Lon- don; corresponding secretary, Mrs. | Mary E. Welles of Hartford; recor Mrs. Nellie A. Gager, | Willimantic: treasurer, Mrs Nellie Rule Arnold, Meriden. The county vice presidents are the same as last| year. Hartford county, Miss Eliz abeth H. Fitts, Warehouse Point; Tolland county, Mrs. Ethel C. Plumb, Stafford Springs; New Haven county, Mrs. Altha H. Downs, Westville; Mid- dlesex county, Mrs. Hattie M. New- ton, Durham; New London county, Mrs. Lillian Slocum, New l.ondo Windham county, Mrs. Maude L. Pot- ter, Hampton; Litchfield county, Mrs. Mary A. Gordon, Plymouth; Fairfield county, Mrs. Charlotte B. Jovce, Bridgeport. | | | | | R. R. Pothier of Providence Is Ac- cused of Murder of Major Alexan- der Cronkhite in October, 1918, Charged with Alexander P. in of s Providence, Oct. 19 the murder of Major Cronkhite at Camp iewls, Wash., October, 1918, Roland R. Pothler this city was arrested today by U Marshal William R. Rodmaun as a re- sult of a secret indictment recently returned by the federal grand jury in Tacoma, ' Wash The arrest marked the reopening of the famous case fea- tured by Pothier's admission, on his first arrest over a year ago, that he had killed Cronkhite and the subse quent sefzure of Captain Robert Ros- York, charged with complicity in the killing. The cases of the government against both men were later Aropped on orders from Attorney General Daugherty LEVY GIRI, BACK Springfield, Ma Oct, 19.—FEthel Levy, sald to be Fleanor Barnes, al leged decoy Roston hlackmailers, who has been in a hospital here fol lowing a suicide attempt was taken to Hartford today without recourse to extradition and will face arralgnment for defauiting bail on statutory charge and also possibly of tigamy She was taken immediately to the train from the hospital by a Hartford detective of 1 charge |and made public REPORT HARDING PRAISING REILLY Letter, Said to Have Been Written By President, Calls Him an Honest Man. Washington, Oct. 18.—Governor E. Mont Rellly of Porto Rico, whose ad- | ministration has been under repeated fire from various quarters, {s praised as ‘“a thoroughly honest and highly patriotic man,” in a letter sald to have been written by President Harding today by Carlos Marin Fernandez, a resident of the island territory. A copy of the letter, dated Beptem- ber 16 was forwarded by Fernandez to Washington for publication. As quoted over the president's signature, the communication says: “I want you to know how greatly interested I am in every favorable re- port which you make concerning the administration of Governor Reilly. Of course, I know Governor Reilly to be a thoroughly honest and highly pa- triotic man and if his activities have resulted in a greater loyalty and high- er patriotic interest on the part of the Americans in the {sland of Porto Rico he will have rendered a very great service to the government of both the islands and the nation.” POLIGEMAN INJURED IN HAHING ARRESTS {Patrolman Doherty Taken Home After Landing Pair of Fighters After landing two belligerent pris- oners g 'the corner of Kast and. Ray streets last Bat Patgolman William P. Doheity was obliged to go off duty, having rainfully injured his hand in the fight. The biuecoat succeeded in landing his men before Sergeant George J. Kelly at police headquarters and Peter Willevicz was booked for appearance on charges of drunken- ness and resirtance, while Joseph Ke- gis was charged with drunkenness, resistance and breach of the peace. | Peter was fined $15 and costs, Joseph for resistance, §15 for paying $25 the peace and $10 for breach of drunkenness. Patrolman Doherty had been try- ing back doors along East street. When he came out near the corner of Day street, he found Peter, Joseph and another man in front. Peter started off on the run and as the po- liceman ran a few steps to investigate, Joseph grabbed him and the battle was on. As the melee proceaded, the three men attacked the policeman with rocks, bottles and fists, accord- ing to his story in police court this morning. Philip Yerkis and Arthur Olson came to assist Policeman Do- herty and two of the three men were held. The fracas occurred at about 1:30 o'clock and the entire neighbor- hood was aroused, witnesses testified. A suspended sentence of 20 days in Jail was revoked after Edward Cotter had been found not guilty of breach of the peace, Judge G. W. Klett ex- plaining that the protection of society required that action he taken. condition. He has been undergoing treatment in the Bridgeport isolation hospital An effort will be made to have the young man taken to Nor- wich. CHATRMEN ARE NAMED Preparations For Fall And Winter Season—Hear Local Hadassah Makes Prominent Speaker. All is in readiness for an active fal and winter at the local chapter, Ha dassah, and at last night's meeting the members, in addition to hearing an excellent talk by Mrs, H. A. Flom- ka, head of the Brooklyn Hadassah, elected the following chairmen of the several committees Mays and means—>Miss Minnfe Ken nedy; social—Mrs. M. Zucker; finance —Miss Lena Abrahsmson:; member ship—Miss Mildred Sherman; sewing Mrs. 1. Swarsky HIS NECK BROKEN Winsted Man, Raflroad Brakeman, Ts Killed At Woodland Street Bridge At Hartford Today. 10 Fdel brakeman in the Hartford, Oct man of Winsted, of the Central New FEngland Vincent a employ was instantly killed this fore noon when he falled to observe the Woodland street bridge, as a hox car on which he was standing approached it His head struck a lower heam, hreaking his neck His body rolled from the top of the car to the road railroad bed Edelman was married. He hac been employed by the raflroad com pany more than ten years, Doc- | | tors reported as to Cotter's physical | conservative members of the house Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business CABINET A. Bonar Law Agrees to Organize New British Ministry Meeting of Conservatives Today Developed Into Heated Session That at Times Became Belligerent LAW HAS AGREED TO ORGANIZE MINISTRY —r London, Oct. 19, (By Asso- clated Press).—Andrew Bonar Law has consented to form a ministry in succession to the ministry of Premier Lloyd George, the Evening News says it learns. King George sum- moned Mr. Bonar Law asking him to undertake the task, de- clares the newspaper and Mr. Bonar Law agreed to comply. London, Oct. 19. — (By Associated Press) —The government of Premier Lloyd George resigned this afternoon. After a brief audience with King George this afternoon, Mr. Lloyd George returned to Downing street, where he received a miners delegation. According to Frank Hodges who head. ed the delegation Mr. Lioyd George sald he could not consult them as premier, since he had resigned. Members of the miners delegation sald Mr. Lloyd George had told them the king had accepted his resignation. Other Resignations Several of the unionists junier members resigned from the cabinet immegdiately after the unionist meet- irq These included Staniey Baldwin, | prc\lent of the board of trade; St Arthur Griffith-Boycawen, minister of agriculture and fisheries; Lieut. Col. L. C. M. 8. Amery, parlfamentary and financial secretary to the admiraity; Sir Phillp Lloyd-Greame, minister of overseas trade; 8ir John Baird, under secretary of state for the home office and Col. Leslie Wilson, joint parlia- mentary secretary to the treasury and chief unionist whip. Captain H. D. King, another of the unionists whips and Col. Albert Buck. ley, assistant unionist whip also re. signed. The miners, relating their exper. iences sald Mr. Lioyd George received them emilingly and asked their busi. ness and that Mr. Hodges replied, “‘we have come to see the premier.” ‘‘Well, gentlemen, I have to inform vou that there {s no premier,” replied Mr. Lloyd George. “I have just seen his majesty and tendered my resigne. tion which his majesty accepted.” The resignation of Lloyd George carries with it that of his entire cab- inet | Asks For Bonar Law. When Mr. Lloyd George tendered his resignation to the king this eve. ning he advised his majesty to sum. mon Andrew Bonar Law, the conser- vative leader, to form a new cabinet, Up until 6 o'clock this evening Mr. Bonar Law had not been to Bucking. ham palaee. i London, Oct. 18 (By Assoclated | Press).—The Lloyd George coalition received its death blow at the hands of the conservative party, when the | of commons and government minis- | ters at their meeting in Carlton club | today voted by 186 to 86 to appeal to the country as the conservative party. This creates a situation of the greatest political confusion and un- certainty the country has known for many years. The conservative leader expected tq be picked as premier is either Ane drew Bonar Law or the Farl of Derby. Resignation Expected. It is confidently expected that Pre. mier Lloyd George will resign when he receives the resignation of Austen Chamberlain, the government leader !4n the house of commons. The conservatives vote means that Lloyd George coalition party. The life of the new corservative ministry will probably be very brief { according to present forecasts and a general election is expected swiftly to follow its formation May Form New Party. The party lines upon which the election will be fought present a pro- found puzzle. . One suggestion is that Mr. Llovd George may form a center party in which he could count upon Austen Chamberlain and Lord Bir- kenhead. and perhaps Lord Balfour, the three cabinet members whose ad- herence to him has bheen repudiated by today's conference (Continued on Page Fourteen) Social \Vorlr(;rs ‘Eleét H. C. Jackson President At a meeting of the Social Work- ers' conference held at the Y. W. C. A, Iast evening Harry C. Jackson wase elected president and Edward C. Con- nolly, vice-president. Miss Cora M. Beale was re-elected secretary and treasurer Miss Jean Wardrope was named as chairman of the religlous committee. Special plans were dise | cussed for a rousing big meeting prob. lably on November 1. TFurther details will be announced later.