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

News of the World By Associated Press _ ESTABLISHED 1870 SEEKCLUEHERETO (PICK SITE FOR NEW 'dfaeeff . ON SHUTTLE MEADOW AVE. MARCHES] SLAVER State Police Attempt to Run Down Ovmershlp of Gun VICTIM FORMER LOCAL MAN Pll’!( Street ¥Fruit Store Owner Con- . vinced Friend Was Slain—Body ldmflned. by Mutilated Finger. Lieutenant Walter L. Stiles of the state police paid a visit to this city last evening, working on a .clue in the +death of Charles L. Lorenzini of Bris- tol, whose body was found in Hast Hartford, near the Willimantic bridge on Wednesday morning., The case which has been reported by the medi- cal examiner at Fast Hartford, as one of murder, Is a baffling one 'so far, On the ground near where the body was found, a Colt ,26-calibre revolv- er was picked up on Wednesday morning. Examination disclosed the number on the gun to be - 197,362, Further examination disclosed that it was disposed of at the factory to a concern in New Haven. The state police working in the Elm City lost trace of the clue, it is reported, and working on a theory that it might have been sold in New Britain, the licutenant came here last night. He conferred with * Detective Sergeane Wiilttam P. McCue and the reports of sales of firearms made to the local pclice were closely examined, but they failed to throw any light on the solu- tion of the mystery. Friends Intimatc Murder. Daniel Marchesi, grocery and fruit store at 305 Park street, next to the New Britain Lum- ber company, and who was a close friend of the dead man, is strongly of the opinion that foul play was done. Marchesi, with members of his family, visited Lorenzini, at his store in Bristol last Sunday. The victim of the East Hartford affair appeared at that time to be in the best of spir- its, and there was nothing about his actions to indicate that he was de- pressed, a member of the Marchesi family told The Herald today. When this friend was asked if Lorenzini had in any manner indicated that he had enemies who might have designs on his life, he answered in the negative. None of the Marchesi family had seen | Lorenzini since last Sunday and they were shocked on learning of his death. This morning Daniel Mar- chesi went to Bristol to attend the funeral of his friend. Successful in’ Business. Lorenzini was reared by an aunt of the Park street man. He was born in Italy and resided in Campo, Pro- vince of Sundria, Communio di Civo. He came to this country in 1905 and for a time worked in & brickyard at Meriden. Later he moved to this city and was employed at - the Stanley Works. It was while working at this plant that he suffered.the loss of part of the second finger of his right hand. The fact that His hand was maimed helped in the identification of his body. He was married to Mary Po- desta, a local woman, and shortly af- terward moved to Bristol where he opened up a fruit store, which proved successful. He is believed to have had several thousand dollars saved up. SAYS WEALTHY MEN ARE CHEATING GOVT. Governor Blainc of Wisconsin Charges Secretgry Mellon With Discrimina- ting in Favor of Rich. ' Washingtorn, Dec. 2.—Discrimina- tion of the rich taxpayer and profiteer was imputed to Secretary Mellon of the treasury department by Governor John J. Blaine of Wisconsin is an ad- dress here today at a’ national con- ference of progressives, In advocatling removal of crecy ban upon CGovernor Blaine the se- attacked Secretary Mellon for his recent statements in correspondence with Representative I'rear, republican, Wisconsin, that the government could not reach corpora- tions' undistributed surplus, which are the basis for stock dividends. “Now what Mr. Mellon meant when he said that the government cannot collect taxes due from income and surtaxes on excess profits, was that what the profiteers and millionaires do to escape income and surtaxes is (o make false returns,” said Governor Blaine, ‘“sometimes through inno- cence, but often through deceit and fraud, or by legal devices and tricks of the trade, legally cheat the govern- ment."” DIPHTHERIA PREVALENT 24 Cases Under Quarantine, Reports of Health Department Show; Also 10 Scarlet Fever Casos. Diphtheria is prevalent about the city the files in the office of the board of health at City Hall indicate, 24 cases now being under surveillance. There are also 10 cases of scarlet fever in quarantine. The situation does not differ great- Iy from the ordinary conditions of November and December, officials of the department say, since therc is a prevalency each year during these months, B:gelow Estate Is Left to Relatives The will of the late Henry C. Bige- low, filed in probate court this morn- ing, provides that the entire estate go to #ella E. Bigelow of New York, a sigter of the testator and Jennie A. ¥.[the necessity of completing the term, |EHl would impose a levy of 33 1-3 to be|could not be granted under the law |per cent. distributed share ard share alike, The [unless all state indictments . against [than 80,000 marks Miller of this eity, a cousin, will was drawn November 17, 1909. who conducts a! income tax returns, | Committee on Accommoda- tions Favors Location at Corner of Arch St.—Cost May Be $50,000. The &chool accomodation commit- tee of the board of education s nego- tlating for the purchase of an exten- sive plot of land at'the corner of Arch street and Shuttle Meadow ave. nue, the cost of which will be be- tween $35,000 and $60,000, If purs chased, the plot will be the site of a new school building. The construction of a school house in this section of the city is one of the features considered in the school extension program and the proposed location is believed to be ideal. Mem- bers of the committee were on the grounds this morning in consultation with the property owners, of which there are several. A major portion of the property is owned by C. B. Cadwell and Norden lodge. The bun- galow owned by the lodge is on the tract which it is expected will pass shortly into the city's hands. The remainder of the land is chiefly build- ing lots. If a favorable figure can be set, the school committee will shortly petition a meeting to act on the purchase and will ask .the City Meeting hoard to provide the necessary funds, MAY FORCE SENATE T0 Democ—ratic Flllbuster Is Preventing Confirmation | of Appointments tra sessibn of congress fast drawing to its close, senate republicans today took counscl among themselves as to| means of bringing an end to the dem- | ocratic filibuster against the Dyer { anti-lynching bill so as to obtaig con- firmation of about 1,500 presidential nominations before sme die adjourn- ment. considered at a conference prior to today’'s session attended by the rank- ing republican leaders, but no de- cision was reached. Arrangements ‘were made for a republican caucus late in the day. Meantime the demo- || crats continued ‘their obstructionist tactics, foreing a quorum call and the| reading of Friday's journal, Senator| Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, then moved to amend the journal “to show | | further generations” by whom the| minutes of the preceding session were read in the senate yesterday. During discussion Senator Over- man, democrat, North Carolina, launched an attack on the constitu- tionality of the anti-lynching legisla- tion which he said would *“bring of our country.” “This is the first time in 30 years a piece of sectional legislation has been brought before this body,” the North Carolina sena- tor declared. “Why raise that issue? Let it rest.” J Senator Overman denied the ne- groes of the south wanted the legis- lation and said they were “living in peace and plenty.” He contended the bill would “stir up the brutal in- stincts of the worst elements among the southern negroes and drive the southern white man to take down again his sturdy Winchester to defend his home and women folk.” EUROPEAN METAL TRUST French Industrialists Are Negotiating With Germans on Plan for Big Combine, Surpassing U. S, Steel. London, Dec. 2 (By Assoclated Press).—A number of French indus- | trialists are negotiating with German | businessmen with the object of es- tablishing a big metal trust in central Europe under French leadership, says a Central News dispatch from Berlin today. “The leading spirit of the move- ment,” the dispatch says, “is stated to be Kugene Schneider (French steel magnate) who, having a dominating business power in italy, Jugo-Slavia, Czecho-8lovakia, Austria, Luxem- bourg and the Sarre desires to sub- due the operations of the German syndicates. He is said to contem- plate a trust surpassing in magnitude even the United States Steel Corpo- ration.” FACES 10 INDICTMENTS Ponzi, Exonerated on Larceny Charge Still Has Other Counts Against Him Boston, Dec. 2.-~Ten indictments for larceny are still pending in the superior court against Charles Ponzi who with five of his former agents in his international postal reply coupon scheme was acquitted by a jury last night of numerous charges of lar- ceny and conspiracy to commit lar- ceny, Attorney Gen. Allen after the yerdict had been returned declined to say whefher these indictments would be pressed. . Ponzi'who acted as his own coun- sel during the state court trial has served nearly two years of a federal sentence of five years in Plymouth jail for using the mails to defraud. A parole, which would free him from (lm had been disposed of. the board of finance and taxation for THROW OUT DYER BILLi Washington, Dec, 2.—With the ex-| Abandonment of the Dyer bill was| trouble tc one of the fairest sections| AUSANNE HEARING " NUMEROUS DENTALS Delegates Spend Day Reluting Reports and Rumors EVEN U. §. GETS HABIT Greeks Deny Mutiny, Bulgarians Deny Aiding Turks, British Deny OIll Tield Talks and America Denies Statement About Adjournment. Lausanne,: Dec. 2. (By Assoclated Press)—This was denial day at Lau- sanne. 1 Nearly overy delegation to the Near East conference refuted some rumox or report, most of the stories denied being contained in dispatches printed by Paris newspapers. The Greeks deniod that mutiny had broken out among their troops in western Thrace and that former. Pre- mier Venizelos was about to leave | Lausanne for Athens. The Bulgarians denied charges by the Greeks that they were co-operat- ing with the Turks in harassing the Greek army on the border of western Thrace, The British denied that disposition of the Mosul oil fields in Mesopotamia is, or has been, under consideration here, Even the American delegation join- ed in the chorus, issuing a written statement that there was no truth in the report, printed in Paris newspa- ipers that Ambassador Child had said {the conference would probably ad- journ shortly. | Former U. S, Senator James Hamil- ton Lewis left lLausanne today, de- iclaring he was convinced 'the Turk- |ish oil question would be considered {at the coming Brussels conference rather than in Lausanne. He will go | to Belgium to look after the interests of the American concessionaires whom he represents. AUTOISTS IN GUN FIGHT One Killed, Other Mortally Wounded, | in Quarrel Resulting Over Right of ‘Way on Highway. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 2.-<-A quarrel ]between motorists over right of way on road is sald by witnesses to be the reason for a double shooting early to- {day in which one of the victims was | Killed and the other probably mortally | wounded. The dead man is Ralph H. Hahn. Joseph J. Tucholz, a New York Cen- tral roalroad policeman, is in a hospi- |tal with a bullet in his abdomen. | Persons who were in Tucholz's ma- chine said that Hahn's machine was blocking the road and that he refused to make way when Tucholz drove up. A wordy quarrel efsued and then both men drew revolvers and began to shoot. Hahn died at the wheel of his machine with four bullets in his body. Tucholz fell with a bullet in his abdomen. WO GUILTY OF MURDER Mother and Daughter Convicted in ‘White Cloud, Michigan, of Having i | Caused Man’s Death. White Cloud, Mich., Dec. 2.~Both { Mrs. Alice Dudgeon and her daughter, Mrs. Meda Hodell, stand convicted to- day of murder, the former {n connec- tion with the death of Romie Hodell, her son-in-law, and the latter in con- nection with the death of David Ho- dell, her father-in-law. Mrs. Dudgeon was found guilty last night. The daughter was convicted three weeks ago. The next step in what the prosecu- | tion terms the “Hodell death circle,” kad not been announced today. Two | other members of the family, Lee and Herman Dudgeon, sons of the 60-year old woman convicted yesterday, face charges of complicity in the death of the younger Hodell, Mrs. Dudgeon and her daughter stood arm in arm as the verdict was read and were visibly affected, but made no demonstration nor issued any statement. WELLS RE-ELECTED Sons of Veterans Make No Change in Officials—Installation With Auxil- iary On January 12. Alderman George H. Wells was re- elected commander of L. D. Penfield Camp, Sons of Vetérans, last evening. Charles Backus, was re-elected senior vice commander, Edward Carroll, Junior vice commander, and George A. Wier, camp council. Installation probably will be a joint affair with the auxiliary the second Friday evening in January. At that time, it is expected thres candidates will be initiated. SWISS TAX VOTE. Geneva, Dec. 2. (By Associated Press)—S8witzerland is greatly inter- ested today in an election whic¢h will decide whether a levy shall be made on capital to meet the government's needs. The voting begins today and will conclude Sunday afternooh. The (Are Devastated by More Than 1,000 Homeless and Property Worth! $2,000,000 Is Destroyed ‘When Flames Ravage Southern Town. Terribonne, Que., Dec. 2.~—More | than 1,200 of Terribonne's population | of 5,000 are homeless as a result of the fire that swept the town last night and early today, destroying 175 buildings and causing damage esti- mated at $1,000,000, Although the fire fighters, assisted by firemen from Montreal, 256 miles away, reported the flames checked, there were fresh outbhreaks today. Buildings in the path of the flames| were dynamited in the fight to stem the blaze. Explosions added tq the terrors of the fleeing residents, and panic was averted only when priests of the Holy Sacrament marched through the fire lined streets carrying before* them the elevated Host. Winds Fan Flames. Fanned by a high wind, the flames, believed to have been started in the sash and door factory of Joseph Lim- oges, spread with amazing rapidity | despite efforts of volunteer firemen to stem théem. When fire aj)p.untus‘ arrived from Montreal, 26 miles dis- tant, a large section of the town had been mowed down by the blaze. | The firemen quickly established a| safety line and prevented further spread except in the direction of the river. ' Forcing its way to the edge of | the river, the blaze destroyed every-! thing in its path. This district was still burning early today. | ‘Wild Confusion, { Scenes of wild confusion attended the first alarm. Householders rushed from their burning homes carrying!| whatever they could salvage. Women | dragged sleighs along the streets into which were loaded the few articles rescued. The Iathers of the Holy Sacrament saving the Blessed Sacra- nient, carried it about the smoke- filled streets while men, women and children knelt in prayer. Heat Was Terrific, It was a spectacular fire, the light being clearly visible in Montreal. Citi- zens there for a time thought it was within Montreal's city limits. Al though the night was cold, the blaz- | ing town became so hot that men went about in their shirt sleeves, DEMOCRATS GIVEN $124,074 DONATIONS Outstanding Bills Amount to $114,314, National Chairman Reports—G. O. P. Given $42.817 in ‘Washington, Dec. 2.—Two loans of $10,000 each by Bernard M. Baruch of New York to the democratic national committee both of which subsequently were cancelled by suitable action” were reported today in a final state- ment of receipts and expenditures during the recent campaign filed by Wilbur Marsh, treasurer, with the clerk of the house. The committee's statement showed total campaign contributions of $124,- 074, with bills outstanding amounting to $114,344. For the republican nntiona! com- mittee, Fred W. Upham reported con: tributions of $42,817 for the period November'1 to 7 and disbursements for the same period of $36,860 for operating o\pcn«r‘fl LIVED HERE 40 YEARS Six Days. Mrs., Maria Christine Damberg Who Died This Morning Was 85 Years of Age—Funcral Monday Afternoon. Mrs, Maria Christine Danberg, aged §5, for the past 40 years a resident of this city, died this-morning, She was the widow of the late John Dam- berg who died 30 years ago. There are no members of the immediate family living, .but relatives *in this city, Branford, Bridgeport and Stam- ford survive, Truneral services will be held Mon- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Swedish Lutheran church. Rev. Dr. Abel Ahlquist will officiate, Inter: ment will be in Fairview com("rry OCEAN FARES REDUCED. London, Dec. 2, (By Associated Press) —The Royal Mail Packet Co. today announced reductions in its fares to New York. The most im- portant item listed is a reduction in the minimum first class fare from 47| pounds to 43 1-58 during the winter season which is to last until June 30, 1923, instead of terminating April 30. Fire Causes Damage of $1,000 on Clark Street The fire department was called out at 11:20 o'clock this morning by an alarm from Box 441, at the corner of Summer and Winter streets, to the | three story brick block owned by Emil Muecke on Winter street, fac- ing Clark street. Sparks from an in- cinerator ignited the veranda at the rear of the building, and before the blaze was extinguished, damage esti- mated by Chief William J. Noble, at $1,000 was done. 1 g % THE WEATHER e Hartford, Dec.2. —Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; Sunday beocoming unsettled probably rain or snow upon all fortunes of more (about $14,000) and a heavier tax on larger estates, by night: not much change in temperature, | | from Kinston, , 1022, --Ql XTEEN . rre'ronne, Que., and Newbem, N. C., Fierce Fn'es Today 1,200 Are Without Shelter When 75 Residences Are Razed in Little Town About 25 Miles From Montreal. Newbern, N. C,, Dec. 2.—More than 1,000 persons, most of them negroes, were homeless here today and prop- erly valued at nearly $2,000,000, in- cluding a*number of business struc- tures, was laid waste as the result of |a fire which swept through 20 blocks of the city yesterday and defied the efforts of fire fighters from four oth- er citfes for 11 hours before it was | brought under control last night. Starting in the negro district in‘the | western section while the entire fire force of the city was fighting another big blaze on the opposite side of the fown, the flames, under a high wind, spread rapidly, 300 Homes Destroyed. Despite the arrival of fire apparatus Goldsboro, Greenville and Washington, N. C., the fire con- tinued to rage through the residence | section where more than 300 homes, most of them occupied by negroes, were destroyed, and then spread down the river'front, where it swept an overall factory, a tobacco warehouse, stores and a number of other struc- tures. Only the open space of a cemetory prevented the flames from | advancing into the central business district. Troops On Duty. Empty warehouses, churches, the Y. M. C. A. and scores of residences were offered as shelter last night for the homeless, but hundreds were com- pelled to spend the night in the open. State troops were patrolling the de- vastated area toda, JEWELRY CASE GONE FROM SLOPER HOME Burglars Enter Lake Street House For Second Time This Week— Loss Unknown. Burglars who entered the home ‘of Kenneth P. Sloper at 104 Lake street last night for the second time this week, took a jewelry case and con- tents, The jewelry is the property of Mrs. Sloper who is in Bermuda. Mr. Sloper was unable to fix the amount of Joss |88 he did not know what articles: of jjewelry were Jett here By Mrs. Sloper. He asserted that she took most of the i pieces with her. On Wednesday night prowlers were about the house but no loss was re- ported by Mr. Sloper. PIND HANGING SKELBTON Gruesome Discovery at Atlantic City Leads Authorities to Think = Man ‘Was Hanged by Gangsters. Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 2.—The headless skeleton of a man in a kneeling position has been found by three hunters in the woods near Riga, 14 miles from this city. The skele- ton was found against a tree with a thick rope dangling from one of the tree branches. Rotted clothing lay on the ground about the skeleton. The only clue to his identity was a note book on the ground that bore writing that may be traced out under a magnifying glass. It had been exposed to the weather so long that it could not be read with the naked eye. 'The au- thorities today are proceeding on the theory that the man was taken to the | spot by a gang of men and hanged. TWO HELD FOR ASSAULT Devon Men Are Accused of Attacking | Girls—Bail Fixed 17-Year-Old at $3,000 in Each Casc, Bridgeport, Dee. 2.—A continuance for onc week was granted in city court today in the case of George| Moshier, 30, and George Stevens, 26, Devon men arrested last night on the charge of attempting assault against two 17-year-old girls, Mary Johnson of Bridgeport and Jennie Brown of { Devon. Judge William I3, Boardman ) in continuing thé cases fixed bonds at $3,000. Neither Moshier nor Stevens had succeeded in obtaining bonds up to noon. SUSPECT ARRESTED , Officials Hold- Bergen County, in Connection Man ing Unnamed With Murder of Young Woman. Bast Rutherford, N. J., Dee. 2. Bergen county officials today arrested a man in connection with the mur- der of Christine Hervise of Walling- ton whose mutilated body was found yesterday in a field here. The police stated that no formal charge had been lodged against the man whose name they refused to, divulge. The arrest was made after an aged couple had told of seeing two men beat a young woman on a lonely road near Carlstadt, on Thanksgiving night, ENJOY VISIT TO U, 5, New York, Dec. 2.—Lord and Lady Mountbatten left today on the Olym- PAGES. NEW PROGRESSIVE BLOC IS T0 ADVANCE INTERESTS OF PEOPLE, ASSERTS ITS HEAfl 1 ity in district court YISIT SCHOOLS AND SEE FOR YOURSELF'| i Mayor Paonessa Urges Par- ents to Observe Work Being Done Urging participation in the program of American Education weel, Muyur’ A. M. Paonessa compiimented the city's school system as one of the fin- est in the country and promised that in the spring an effort will be made ! to improve upon the present xyu(cn)’ in a statement to the public this morning. Mayor Paonessa's statement fol- lows: “The week of December 3—9 has been set aside as American Education Week, and the movement has been cndorsed by the Iederal Board of Ed- ucation and supported and endorsed by President Harding in a proclama- tion. “New Britain has as fine a school system as there is in the country, and the children of this city are well taken | care of. At present there are sev- eral children in the elementary grades attending only one session, but we hope to remedy this condition in the| spring. With the existing laws rela- | tive to education there is littie danger of the future generations being illl- terate; however, there are among our citizens many who can neither read nor write, and this condition is due in no small measure to the fact that foreign countries have not the same standard 'of education as we have! “It is possible for any foreigner to learn the English language and be. come thoroughly familiar with Am- erican history, laws and customs through the evening schools conduct- ed by our board of education, and I am taking this opportunity of urging them to avail themselves of this won- derful chance to better their condi- tion in life and of becoming Ameri- can citizens. The city wunts to help; new-comers to our shores and fur- nishes them with comfortable school! rooms and competent teachers; ana it is the duty of every citizen of this city to co-operate with the school board and send to its evening schools all recent arrivals from foreign shores S0 that they might lLe taught im- mediately American ideals and when théy do take the outh of allegiance to America they will thoroughly under- stand and appreciate what it means to be an American citizen. “During the week I request the parents of children - attending our schools to visit the class rooms and see for themselves efforts being made]} by New Britain through its school de- partment to prepare their boys and girls for the great adventure of life.” IWOMAN WAS BURIED ALIVE, MAN ADMITS HD 4—FIRST-—WOMAN WAS New Yorker, Held Becker Case, Makes Confession, Police Say. New kin, York, Dec. 2—Reuben Nor- proprietor of the welding yard in the Bronx where the body of Mrs. Abraham Becker was found buried Wednesday confessed late today, ac- cording to the police that he acted as lookout while Becker struck his wife with an iron pipe and then drag- ged her 30 feet to the place where she was buried alive Norkin, who is held in heavy bail as a material witness, confessed that he | gave Becker a shovel two days pre- ! vious to the crime with which to dig a grave, the police said, TIERNAN STILL FREE Disappears With His Pirst Wife When He Learns He Is To Be Examined As To His Mentality. John P. Tiernan, | of law at Notre| had not been com- Chicago, former profes: Dame university, mitted to the Cook county peycho- pathic hospital early today on a writ of commitment issued by County Judge Rigenheimer last night. His whereabouts and that of his first wife Mrs. Augusta Tiernan, and three chil- dren was unknown. Mr, Tiernan telephoned his wife at the home of her sister, Mrs, l"ranriss Pulaski as soon as he learned the commitment had been signed at the behest of Mrs. Pulaski, who asserted her belief the former tntor was un- balanced mentally. Mrs. ‘Tiernan gathered her children about her and left in a taxicab. Woonsocket Desperado Enters Not Guilty Plea Bridge, Mass, Dee. 2.—Isidore Guilbault, arrested last night af- ter a search in the course of which he escaped once by jumping pleaded not guil- here today to a charge of murder growing out of the shooting of Albert Touchette in his gracery store at Dlackstone last Wed- nesday night. The case was continu- ed for a hearing on hncvmber 16. BANKS' STATEM I~,.\"l'h. through a window, Ne! pie carrying: with them a new motion picture camera and thousands of feet United States. ‘“We have never spent a more enjoyable two months any- ‘where,” sald Lord Mountbatten. ork, Dec. 2.-~The actual con- dition of clearing house banks and of film depicting their travels in the [trust companies for the week (5 days) tcok effect. Parcels shows a deficit in reserve of $7.472,- 190. from last week of $1,904,180. This is a decrease in reserve lsaid, but the thieves disc PRICE THREY, CEN Those in Charge Explain Movement Is Non-Par- tisan—Is Legislative But Not Political, It Is Said. Washington, Dec. 2.—The purposes of the “new progressive” movement inaugurated yesterday by the or, X zation of the ‘progressive ' bloc” !n congr»u were declared formu,lly to be legislative and not political in resolu- tions adopted at a general public con- ference, Senator LaFollette, republican, Wis- consin, who with Representative Had. dleston, democrat, of Alabama, called the conference under the auspices of the people’'s legislative service, pre- sided over the general. public gather- ing today which was attended by more than 100 members of congress, gov- crnors and other leaders. Represen- tative Woodruff, republican, Michjgan, was' clected secretary of the 'confer- ence which will .close with a dinner tonight. Non-Partisan Move The first resolution adopted by the convention declared that the move- ment was non-partisan and would de- vate itself to consideration of devising methods and means for cooperation and support of the general legislative program adopted yesterday by new progressive congressional b’ At the suggestion of President Gm pers of the American Federation of Labor, the resolutions amended- to declare non-partisan instead of cal.” In opening the conference as chl.l man of the peoples’ legislative serv. ice, Senator Lalollette said the time appeared opportune for the progres- sive movement and that “there seems = to be a mandate growing out of the election,” for a movement to vance the interests of the people. declared yesterday the new bloc the ‘“greatest gnd most encou thing” in Nls experience. e “It is proposed,” safd Benltor "‘T Follette, “that each legislative ] shall be well grounded and not one stroke,'” Committee Named A committee on resolutions was ap- pointed, headed by Frederic C. Howe, former immigration commissioner af New York. Other members designat- ed included President Gompers of the federation of labor who retired in favor of Andrew Furuseth, president of the international seamen’s union; Miss Elizabeth Hauser, secretary ot the National League of Women Vot- ers; Amos Pinchot of New York George L. Berry, president of the pressmen’s union; William H. John- ston of the international machinists union; D. B. Robertson of the fire. men's and enginemen's brotherhood and Miss Ethel Smith of the Women's. Trade union league. A special committee to draft sep- aration resolutions declaring for a na- tional movement to favor the direct primary was headed by former Repre- sentative Keating of Colorado, Speeches urging aid for farmers were made by Senators-clect Wheeler of Montana and Frazier of North Dakota. Declaring that “the present admins istration is trying to forestall any action by the progresfives and steal their thunder” on the question of farmer relief, Mr. Wheeler sald the Northwest wanted results and was not particular about the form of credit received, Scores Party Ioyalty. To the “unquestioning allegiance to party by which that obligation 18 placcd abover principle and above . country is to be attributed much of the political evil of the nation's past and present life,” Samuel Gompers, ¥ president of the American Federation =& of Labor declared in an address to- day before the conference of promu-:‘ sives, The time has come, Mr. Gompers said, when we are “entitled to hope®® that this “blind adherence” to parties ix heing broken, for in that, he added, lies the only hope of “restoring cons trol of our government to the peos & ple” and abrogating “those assump- tions of power that have cost them u dearly.” Largely becanse of this "unthlllln ing loyalty” to party, Mr. Gom said, the *courts have been able N: steal away powers which it was never intended they should have™ and which, he added, was one of the most important eauses of the losses of zmrmmrnt control by the neogh. GET VALUABLE LOOT Two Dozen Fggs, Worth Poss $1.80, Only Thing Obtained Train Robbers in New York non-pollm all Middletown, N. Y., Dec. 2.—A oggs was the only loot taken by ¢ men who last night robbed a bound Ontario and Western expre train near Haverstraw, u:oarfl* railroad detectives. 3 The men fled when disce ,A_ Messenger lsaac Avery, who - three shots at them, none, of $ .:“‘ taini uables were ripped ”.:O&e Nogss AN thing but the eggs.