New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 24, 1922, Page 1

» were the deciding factor yesterday in Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business SCHOO, NER HENRY FORD OUT OF RACES, SKIPPER GIVING UP CLAIM TO CUP OR CASH Removal of Ballast From Capt. Morrissey’s Boat Automatically Elimi nates it, is Ruling Principle Involved Worth' More Than the Prize or $2,000 or $3,000 Purse, Ac- | cording to Gloucesterites. Gloucester, Mass.,, Oct. 24.—(By Associated Press.)-—The Gloucester- man, Henry Ford, today definitely withdrew from the racing for the in- ternational fishing schooner cham- plonship of the North Atlantic. Cap- tain Clayton Morrissey asserting that his boat and his men had already won the two races from the Canadian | champion, Bluenose, necessary for possession of the title trophy put pig iron ballast aboard preparatory to go- ing fishing. | Morrigsey is *‘Sick."” The racing had been postponed 1o- | day on the representation that Cap- | tain Morrissey was sick. Aboard his | boat this morping supervising the| work of converting her again from a| racing schooner to a working vessel, he said he was sick, but “sick mostly | of committees and yachting rules and | this and that and the other thing which spoiled the sport that we set out on."” It was with the assertion that it the Henry Ford won again yesterday | they would consider the cup was theirs and would race no more, that the men of the Ford abandoned their | mutiny and jumped aboard again| yesterday, he sald. Makes Statement. “The international committee's in-, sistence in this attitude of denying us the victory we won Saturday by calling it no contest because they got | their signals mixed up does not heip things and only shows we have noth- | ing to gain by going further,” he de- | clared. i Captain Morrissey said that he might or might not meet the Boston | fishing schooner Mayflower in a sub- sequent. £ét of races as planned. If| he did. He said, it would be witaout committees and with only an under- | standing between the skippers “‘a race | for sport and not to make an mmm;1 ‘for yachtsmen and the fol de rol of | their kind of racing.” } Is Eliminated. d By his act in putting pallast aboard | Captain Morrissey, under the con-! ditions of the deed of gift, antomatic- ally eliminated his vessel from the series, The deed of gift provision reads: ‘No ballast shall be taken on or put off the competing vessels during the series.” Captain George I, Peeples of Gloucester, chairman of the race sub-, committee asseérting that the inter-! national committee had authority in the matter added that it would seem thut Morrissey was now definitely out of it. ! | . Gives Up His Purse, Captain Morrissey in this act of withdrawal relinquished claim not only to the cup, but to at least $2,000 and possibly 8,000 of prize money. These sums, respectively were the loser's and winner's shares. “It has cost me and my men enough already sp that the matter of a few hundred ddllars does not count agalnst the principle involved,” Cap- tain Morrissey said, when questioned as to the probable disposition of the purse. Asked what he would do with the fishing gear that he was pulling aboard today in the event of a race with the Mayflower, he said: “Well we can race with it if we have to, but most of it can be taken off in jig time.” Morrissey In Command. The decision of the Henry Ford's skipper to give up what he thought was the fruitiess racing for the in- ternational cup had the support of his men although it was said his asso- ciates in ownership of the vessel were not consulted. One of these, Jona- than Raymond, a substitute member of the international committee. said | he would like to see the fishermen race again and have the Ford trebly clinch its claim to the championship but added that the skipper's word went. Captain Morrissey owns the largest share in the boat. The pleas of Mrs. Raymond, wife of the committee member, added to those of Secretary of the Navy Denby, it inducing members of the Ford's crew to race again Bluenose Going Strong. The Bluenose which at the finish of the race yesterday, which the Ford | won by two minutes and a half, was pressing so hard in an increasing blow that Secretary Denby said she might have won with another leg and a little more wind, was being prepared for more racing today. ‘While her crew repaired minor damages to the rigging, Captain Walters supervised arrangements to have her hauled out for examination of her keel. Want Another Race. The Nova Scotian ‘fishermen want another race. . Agreeing With Cap- tain Morrissey in the contention that the race Saturday won by the Ford but ruled out, was a victory for the American challenger, they neverthe- less found that the cup was not theirs to give and the committee's ruling stood They made formal request that another race be arranged. a 4 i ing. Christian association | months he was on the Redpath Chau- tauqua platform leading health lecturer. the upon Dyer, then first vice-president of the | International | cJubs, address on "A Father's Responsibili- | Carly today | tles to His Son" before the 1919 In.| ternational Rotary convention at Salt | Lake City. Dr. | Rotary clubs, and. was later asked to | devote all his time to Rotary. was found about noon today, having been dently thrown his coat over a gas range and gas and lay room Will Speak— Here i DR. CHARLES E. ¥1a¥ OR.C.E BARKERTO SPEAK HERE NOY, | ill Deliver Four Lectures Under Auspices of Rotary Club Dr. Charles E. Barker, of Grand| Rapids, Mich,, a doctor of hygiene| and physical culture, and for four vears health adviser to former Pres-| ident William H. Taft, will speak at| four gatherings in New Britain onj| Wednesday, November 1. He will| come to this city under the auspices, | of the local Rotary club. The Rotary committee, consisting| of J. H. Robinson, William Mueller| and Elbridge Whiteman, has arrang- ed the schedule for Dr. Barker, who| will speak before an assembly of High school students at the Academic| huilding at:10:15 o'clock in the mnrn-; At noon he will address the members of the Rotary club, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon he will speak before a meeting of wemen, and girls over 14 years of age, at the Camp school anditorima. 'This meet- ing is open to the public, and Pr, Barker will have as his topie, “A Mother's Respensibility to Her Daugh- ter.” . His address to High school pupils will be on “How to Make the Most Out of Life.” 1In the evening, at 8 o'clock, Dr. Barker will speak before 'a public meeting for men, and boys| of age, at the Camp He will have as over 14 years school auditorium. his subject, "“A ther's Respdnsibil- ity to His Son Recause Barker being in town on a Wednes- day the regular Thursday meeting of the Rotary club will be advanced one day. ‘The entire expense of Dr. Barker's t here is being borne by the Ro- tary club, President Leon Sprague an- nounced this morning. as a contribu- tion to the welfare of the city. There will be no admission fee and no col- lection at any of the meetings. For the six years foliowing the | close of the Taft administration, Dr. | Barker devoted his winters to lec- | turing to the general public on health under the auspices of the Internation- al committee of the Young In the summer and hecame He first came to the attention Rotary clubs in general wi the finitiattve of John Napier association of delivered his now Rotary he famous During the Barker spoke In 1020 season 65 cities to KILLED BY GAS FUNES Derby Man, 28, Found Dead in Bed By His Wife This Noon—Death Was Accidental. Oct. 24.—Peter dead in bhed Derby, Rossi, by his 28, wife acei- He had asphyxiated by gas. s thought he thus turned on the was overcome by it as the bed in an upon adjoining MAY BE INPLICATED Philadelphia Police Hold New Bruns- wick Suburb Resident as Suspect in Hall-Mills Case, Philadelphia, Oct. 24 —Paul Wil son, Jr., a resident of Highland Park, suburb of New Brunswick, is being held here today by the police await- ing the arrival of his parents. was picked by special he may the murder in New Brunswick surgeons said extreme nervousness, and the author- ities do not attach any importance to the case. He up in a ralliread station police in the belief that have some connection with in the Hall-Mills Police he was suffering from investigation of Dr.| Men's | their | & | belonging to the Gulf Refining Co., | he | REPORTED WITNESS Mrs. Jane Gibson Has Admitted | Steing Hall-Mills Murder NEW DETECIVE CALLED Ellis H. Parker Now Working on Case | With Deputy ‘' Attorney General Mott, Who Is in Charge of New| Jersey Mystery. | New Brunswick, N. J, Oct. 24 (By Associated Press)—The name of the woman reputed to have witnessed the double murder of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and his choir singer, Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills today became known. She is Mrs. Jane Gibson, a widow, who with her son, conducts a 60 acre farm on, Hamilton road in a sparsely setsi:' ection several miles trams 1er story was given, A have denled it in | 71 t was reported to- | s a~orities now inves- ..ie’ double shooting would question her' further. Was Guarding Comn Field. | The chief product of Mrs. Gibson's | 60 acres of soll is corn. Recently | her flelds have been entered at night | 1 and’ robbed. Shortly before the double murder | she decided to end this thievery. | Each night she lay in wait on the| | edge of her corn fields. Nearby was | tethered a saddled mule for pur-| poses of pursuit. The night of the murder, she was !sald to have told investigators, she | was riding déwn De Brussy’'s lane, | through the Phillips farm, when she | !saw in a field the dim outlines of two men and two women. Tells of Murder. According to the story she was first reported to have told she became curious, halted her mule and watched, | There was a moment of loud talking, | the sound of a pistol shot, a streak of | flame and one of the men fell. Then | a moment later, four more shots and one of the women dropped. | The man and the woman stood over | the slain couple, the story continues, | and the name of the man was spoken, in horror by the woman. Mrs. Gibson then was said to have. become frightened and to have turned her mule toward home. Mott Enters Case. Hope was felt today that the mur- der mystery may be solved eventually, | {as Wilbur A, Mott, Newark lawyer, {and former Essex county prosecutor, | | who has been designated a speclal | Lderity attorney genmeral, took over [the r@ns of the inquiry on behalf of the state. He went into conference at onece | with Prosecutors Beekman of Somer- | set, and Stricker of Middlesex coun- | |ties,- who have conducted the investi- gation since the discovery. on Septem | ber 16 of the bodies of the Rev. Ed- ward Wheeler Hall, rector of the | Episcopal church of St. John the| | Evangelist, and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, | choir leader. | Both county | through intervention | Court Justice Parker, after working | ineffectively on the case for more |than a month, expressed willingness to co-operate in every way with the | newly appointed state official. | “With Deputy Attorney General | Mott today was James A. Mason, Es- | sex county detective. ~Mr. Mott an- | d he had also called Ellis H. | nounce Parker, Burlington county detective, into the case. OIL TANKER AGROUND Gulf Refining Company Vessel Goes prosecutors, rflie\'edt of Supreme | on Rocks Off Shippan Point During Night. | Stamford, Oct. 24.—An oil tanker and which was a converted schooner, | and was still afternoon. A hole had been stove in the bow ind a part of the tank had been car-ed away. The captain the craft is named Yerton. There was one man on board besides. The craft was thought to have | been an oyster hoat from Port Wash- ington, N. Y., which last night had been anchored off Cow's Reef but this noon it was identified as a tank- er. It may be a total loss. STEALS VICTIMS' CLOTHES Kansas City Has New Type of Hold- up Man Who Leaves Forced Ac- q!lAll\l:lllm-\ Shivering in Cold. Kangas City, Mo., Oct. 24.—A new type of hold-up man who strips his | luckless vietims and leaves . them — snivering in a dark alley, without the | means of obtaining help, has success- fully eluded the police for the last week. In three days, out of five hold ups only one man escaped with his clothes. BARGE OF COAL LOST 700 Tons Go Dowm in Sound When | Hell Gate. | in | | | Greenwich, Oect. 24.—Barge Joe, from Perth Amboy for this town with | 700 tons of hard coal, struck a sub merged object in coming through Hell Gate yesterday and eank less of the coal will ‘be felt as it was| to have heen distributed by Maher Bros. corporation here to households which have little or no coal. |said he was not | govern future consignments of I went on the rocks off Shippan Point | there this| of | | and citizens searching for The || LERS ARE BEING WATCHED NOW Claim Made That Some Take Too Long Unloading Cars WANT BELT LINE TROLLEY Agitation is Now Under Way to Have Arch Street Line Continued Around Through Shuttle Meadow Avenue— Russell in City Today. State Fuel Commissioner Thomas W. Russell, was in New Britain this morning investigating the fuel situa- tion. Mr. Russell is thought to he the speclal investigator who has been |checking up on the time taken by cer- |tain local coal dealers in unloading cars, A report was made at the monthly luncheon of the New Britain Traffic Bureau today that some coal dealers were not unloading thelr cars rapid- ly enough and were hindering coal shipments thereby. The report also was made that a special investigator was here checking up the time taken to unload these cars. When asked-if this were so,.Freight Agent J. E. Leitch replied that he thought such ‘was the case but that the investiga- tor was not a rallroad man. When asked if the man were a federal In- vestigator, Mr. Leitch smiled, but in a position to ccmmit himself, Russell Here Today It {8 known that State Fuel Com- missioner Thomas W..Russell wiy: in the city this morning and the sup- position is that Mr. Russell was get- ting data on the handling of coal in this city, so as have information to coal coming through this section. Tt wae stated that some coai dealers were not inclined to indgnvenience them- selves at all in drder to keep cars New Haven rallroad felt it necessary to ask the fuel authorities to in- vestigate. On the other hand it was reported that some coal dealers and some fac- tories are working nights to unload cars as fast as they arrive, thus keep- ing them moving. Frank Usher, of the Hart and Col- ley plant, was elected chairman for the coming year. Want Belt Line Trolley. There was considerable discussion on the Arch street trolley and jitney question. Complaints were made that jitney drivers smoke cigarettes while driving crowded buses and that it is offensive to passengers. A petition now before the public (Continued on Fourteenth Page). JAIL SENTENGES AND FINES ARE METED 0UT Autoists Whose Machines Killed People Penalized by Judge Marvin Oct. 24.—Sentences | was imposed by Judge L. P. Waldo | Marvin in superior court today on | five autoists whose cars had struck land killed persons, the cases coming over from last week when the de- | fendants had contendere on charges of either crim- | inal negligence or autoemobile homi- | cide. 4 | Samuel P. Sharnick, of Meriden, | whose car killed Robert E. Bowen, | aged 9, in that city on June 13, wai | fined $500 and costs. Lawrence De | New Haven, Stasio, of Milford, whose car, in which were men and women on a “joy ride struck a | wagon and killed its driver, John C. Klemancenski, of Milford, was fined $250 and costs | "“Lester Hawley, of New Haven, | whose truck killed John Perri as he was on his way to work on Jupe 9, | was given six months in jail | Dominick Piscatelli, whose automo- bile cotlided with a trolley car on the | outskirts of this city July 24, Luigi | Capasso being killed, was fined $250 and costs, Harold Ludington, of West Haven, whose car killed Harry Huni, a war | veteran who was waiting for a trolley | car in Allington, September 21, was | glven ten months in jail. Among other cases before Judge Marvin was that of Harry Colling, charged with misconduct with his step-daughter. and. he was. given five | to seven years in state prison. The | bond of 83,000 given by Patrick Ho- | gan on a miscanduct charge was de- | clared forfeited, as the accused did | not appear for trial Dr. Hunt Dies auéwR‘esult Of Exposure While Lost Scranton, Pa. Oct. 24.—Dr. Ade laid Hunt, 78 of Providence, R. I, died in a hosital here today as the re- sult of sufferings she endured when lost in the mountains west of Scranton recent)y. Dr. Hunt was visifing rela- tives here and two weeks ago started for a walk in the mountains and was unable to find her way back. Police her covered her lying in the brush after | having been lost for six days, Consignment for Greenwich Sinks | 4 I'HY. WEATHER Hartford, Oct. 24.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: | Fair colder tonight; Wednesday increasing clondiness and | warmer, | —* * | i [ * moving, and that some time ago the | entered pleas of nolo | dis- | R 24, 1922, —SIXTEEN PAGES. FUEL BOARD HEAD DEFENDS $20 COAL Upholds Dealers ind Aftacks Pao- nessa for His Stand FEELS. CITY 18 BENEFITED I8 B Better to Have High Price and .\'up-K ply Than Low Price and None of 4 Commodity, He Explains in Resumy of Entire Situation, | | Supporting the local coal dealers | who are asking $18 and $20 a ton for | coal, I"uel Administrator Ernest W | Christ remarked today that it is far | better to have a high price and have | coal on hand, than to.advertise a low | price and have not a single pound of | the commodity for delivery. The Iat- | ter is true of many of the cities who [ have $16 and $17 maximum prices, | he asserted. The administrator urged that householders buy only such sup- plies as are necessary for the imme- diate future; that dealers refrain | trom the purchase of {ndependent | coal and all other that markets at | more than $9.25 at the mines for the | next few weeks, and he ventured to | say that eventually a $16 a ton prica jwm be possible. y | Criticizes Paonessa. | Administrator Christ severely criti- i cized Mayor A. M. Paonessa for his | activity in the matter of coal prices, | insofar as it relates to politics, and | his alleged inactivity insofar as it af-| fects the duties of his office as mayor. Commenting upon the situation which arose as a result of Mayor Paonessa's | published statement that fuel should be materially reduced, Mr, Christ said: “Playing Politics." | "It is the duty of a mayor to in- { terest himself in the matter of coal prices for the benefit of the city, but not to play politics with so import- ant a matter. Mayor Paonessa has played politics with the" coal situa- tien. He is fully acquainted with the | matter of prices; he has been in con- ference with Administrator Russell at | Hartford. T can play politics with |anyone and get lots of enjoyment out lof it, but I can only do it when I'm | not in office. 1 strenuously object to| | this sort of thing. It isn't right.” | Challenges Statement. | Mr. Christ presented letters re- | celved from the mavor to substantiate | ih‘s claim that it was not at the lat-| ter's suggestion that the meeting was called to fix a maximum price. | The communication in question re- quested of the administrator that h“, 1"355 i R AND BONUS PLANKS IN News of the World By Associated Press PRICE THREE CENTS PLATFORM SOLIDLY NAILED, GEORGE GANS fVfl IMC‘ | |Democra DUTTON DECLARES TODAY Attacks Ro e | tic Congressional Candidate Receives Rounds of Applause at Factory Gate Today |Evidence Enough to Jail Roraback for Ten Years, George Gans, Candidate for Assembly, Asserts. Coming out with a flat declaration | |for the modification of the Volstead | lact in such a way as to permit the sale of light wines and beer, for the payment of a liberal bonus to all ex- servicemen, and tor a modification of |the administration’s tariff bill in such a way as to afford protection for in- dustry, but always mindful of the workingmen's wants and needs, ex- NEW PREMIER GIVEN WHENNA'S SUPP ORT Former Chancellor of Ex- chequer Sees Peace and Prosperity Ahead London, Oct. 24. Press)—Reginald chancellor of the known as a staunch something of a sensation this after- noon when in addressing the city con- scrvatives' association he came out in support of Mr. Bonar TI.aw's policy. (By McKenna, exchequer, liberal, Agrees With “The policy of the new government is to be one the economic | | conditions in which we now find our- | “It is the only name what, in his opinion, was a fair | said: price.” tiWe to be used in answering { queries at the mayor's office. “The name of Staniey Baldwin as In'an- | chancellor of the exchequer ‘will be to mi ent | gelves,” he declared. policy which ean give us any hope to | restore our economic life." At another point in his speech he | swer, Mr. Christ wrote the mayor that | welcomed In the eity."" the matter was too complicated to he | meet the mavor at the latter's office, This was never requested of him, he| said. | | Presents Statistics. ! J'thscussing the codl situation from | [that 67,708 tons of hard coal were ! received here between April 1, 1921,/ ‘as the ‘‘coal year." | there were 8,739 tons in storage, an average of less than 1,000 tons to a | dealer. During the period of the strike, from April 1 to September 15 only 3,324 tons came into the city. The city's allotment, which is 60 per cent of what was received last year, is ‘40,.13.'\ tons, only a part of which is (Continued on Page Fourteen) | the Trish provisio | Stephen Wise of New York Declares Passion Play Is But Agency to In- flame Anti-Jewish Hatred. Chicago, Oct. 24.—Dr. Stephen & \Wise, New Yark rahbi, speaking here before a sailed the passion play of Oheram- mergau as an agency which inflames religious and racial prejudices against the Jews. “The passion sented by the German village *At that ‘time were being widely persecuted were pariahs—social outcasts “The play reflects the antipathy for congregalional of Jews, as- first that little he said of Europe They play was of pre people in . he Jews the Jew that was so flagrant at that | time." MEMORIAL AT YALE Tablet Medicated Today in Marquand Chapel ™ Memory of Rev. Timothy Pwight, Former Professor. 24, A tahlet at the Yale divinity Timo- the school New Haven, Oct in Marquand chapel school to the memory of Rev thy Dwight, professor in from 1858 to 1858 and from thelatter year until 1889, previously was un | veilad today as a part of the cente- | ndry anniversary exercises of the di vinity school The address of the morning was by Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, former | secretary of the university o1 ‘e re- | lation of the divinity sche ® = the [ churenes.” A collection of bible a | was placed on an addres® given by Rev. Dr. John E Wells of Connecticut college for wom- en. An alumni luncheon was presided over by Prof. Benjamin W. Racon PHOLONG EBERT'S TERM. Berlin, Oct. 24 Press)—The Reichstag by a vote of 314 to 76 today decided to prolong the term of Freidrich Ebert in the German presidency until June 30, 1925, national tained on a reckless positive danger to our economic sta- | bility. stability peace and ing over “With industry in a deplorable con- discnssed in a letter and agreed to dition,” continued Mr. McKenna, “the expenditure has been main- is a “We “1 highly developed | might occur in the ceremony of turn premier's th s e beginning, Mr. Christ pointed out|evis wr’,?fh' afflict us. | period of real peace, of strict econ-, omy in administration and April 1, 1922, in what is known |the maintenanee of cordial interna- On April 1, 1922, |tional relations. seek esteem | convictfon of Mr. ' seems to me Mr. Bonar Law's govern ment offers us the only We shatl retrenchment and faithful administration.” Mr. Bonar Law, Great Britain's new premler held a conference this fore noon with William Cosgrove, head o! Al government with 1 s Policy. ale and Associated former long created remedy for the ‘We need and we need the courage Bo nar have today tha! offi law. prospect orh but capablt not t a ice at and hitetl Mayor Joseph M. Dutton of Bristol, democratic nominee for congressman |in the first district, met with a rous- ing welcome at the factory gate of the P. & F. Corbin plant at noon to= |day. Beer Stand Approved It was Candidate Dutton's first ap- |pearance here since his nomination several weeks ago. His rally was at- tended by a large gathering of work- ers and his brief talk was interrupted on numerous occasions by applause, most emphatic approval being evi. denced when he declared himself on the Volstead act and remarked that “‘a little something warm wouldn't go bad right now.” The chilly weather did not affect the attendance matere ially. Covert An Onlooker Throughout the entire meeting, Representative Richard Covert, re- publican nominee for state senator, joccupied a position of prominence in a window of the factory facing the assemblage. The listeners remained until a minute before the factory whistle blew, Kiniry Presides. Chairman John J. Kiniry of the |democratic town committee opened Ithe meeting and informed the gather- ing of his party’s desire to bring be- \fore the electors their candidates for office so that their stand on the im- portant issues might be learned and a judicious choice made. He first in- troduced George Gans, nominee for representative, | Gans Attacks Roraback. | Mr. Gans launched an attack on J. |Henry Roraback, chairman of the re- publican state central committee, who he said was a ‘“political czar"’ against whom there was ‘‘sufficient evidence to jail for 10 years.” He charged that Mr. Roraback's concern, the Connecticut Light & Power com- pany, had grabbed up $60,000,000 worth of the state's assets. He in- ormed the voters that the present ‘onnecticut government is not one in vhich the electors have a voice, and aid that when one raises a voice igainst existing conditions he is rele- ;ated to the background. He cited .he case of ex-Mayor G. A, Quigley of this city, whom he said was crushed v the political powers for daring to oppose “J. Henry." Candidate Dutton Speaks. Candidate Dutton told the gather- ing that it was his intention to ape pear in this city each noon for the re- nainder of the week so that the elec- a I 11 | Downing street, when Mr. Bonar Law exhibition and was used toyillustrate | arrives to fake possession because ot |the loss or mislaying of the premier’: | seal of office Mr. Lloyd George's | clerks are stili searching for the seal The conservative party campaign | will be one against socialism judging from the flood of propaganda being |released from the unionist central Iheadquarters, “Safety first; vote con servative” will be the slogan, and among the watchwords are “be safe under the unionists, not sorry under socialism and ‘“no hands up to the 1eds; socialism is the red route to ruin."” It was learned today that of the &7 {members of the conservative party who supported Austen Chamberiain at the Carlton club meeting last week party fight was de half voted for Mr party | ler at the meeting yesterday a separate nearly when cided Bonar Law Hotel Cecil BAD ELEGTRICAL STORM on as | City Mid-Sum- Experiences Regular mer Thunder Shower, Accompanied By High Wind and Rain some circuits minutes thunder storm Electric serviee on was demoralized for several last when a that rivaled some of the most severe evening of mid-summer passed over this area The storm was accompanied by high winds of almost gale-like severity, a terrific downpour of rain and a bril- [Hant display of electrical dischar in the sky, Elsewhere the this storm was much more about east however sever | Sterling, Conn. Oct 24.—Last Inight's high wind cut up lively capers |in this section and some damage was done. William Munroe, had a barn [blown & the ground. Some of the |gheds of the church at Oneco were (By Associated [moved at the north and several small to Canada in that country's buildings were demolished or twisted off their underpinnings. Trees were denuded of branches and great quan- tities of apples were strewn on the ground. tors might “look him over,”” hear where he stood on the issues, and if they saw fit, support him Beer and Wine Question. He then declared for the repeal or niodification of the Volstead act, | promising that if elected, he would go |to Washington to work for and vote for such modification or amendment as would allow the workingman to get wine and heer and at proper prices. He recited the story of the enactment of a law that is not lived up to, of how the bootleggers have amassed wealth and of how the rich man is able to insure himself an uninterrupt- |ed flow of his favorite brands of irink. On the other hand, he said, the poor man pays a fabulous price [tor something that is called whiskey, which in truth is a poison. He came out for the enforcement of every la lon the books, but felt that the Vol stead act should be modified. He wag applauded on this plank Also For Bonans, The speaker then passed on to the | question of soldiers’ bonus. He as- | serted that, during the war, he shout- ed from the housetops of Bristol that would he too good for the servicemen when they returned. Yet, | when they did come back, nothing was given them, he said. They wore their uniforms for want of other clothing. He feit that they should | not be put In the position of begging for a bonus, but that should ba reely offered to them and he pledged his efforts, if elected, to bring about igsage of the bonus bill Suggests Three Methods, Answering the oft-raised question } the country would raise the to pay a bonus, Mr. Dutton proposed any one of three ways, viz: Thut the country require the immediate payment of war debts cither in whole or in part; that the money be raised by tax levy, or that the dry law be wiped off the books and the money to be derived from wine and beer be paid to the soldiers He charged that it is now being pald Nquor trading at the border, and in return 4 to pay off that country's roundly nothing of how funds necessary | is heing u | war debts (Continued on Fourteenth Page),