New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1923, Page 1

== NEW BRITAIN HERA TWELVE PAG ESTABLISHED 1870 REFUSEDT0 PAY FOR HIS WIFE'S FUNERAL Family of Mrs. Elliotta, Deceased, Accuse Husband of Neglect FATHER ASSUMES EXPENSES Rafael Napolitano Learns of Situa- tion In Time to Rave Daughter From Reing Buried in Pauper's Grave—Puncral Held Today, A tale of & husband's alleged neg- | s wife’'s body and his re- y her funeral expenses, came to t this morning at the funeral of Mrs, Mildred Elllotta of 139 Beaver street. Mrs. Eliotta died late Thursday evening at her husband's home on Beaver street and the subsequent duty of ‘having her buried devolved upon the shoulders of her husband, , Fred Eliotta, He ordered the body to be taken to the funeral pariors of Larala & Sagarino on Spring street and when consulted about the fu- neral arrangements, sald he would have nothing to do with the ex- penses, a member of the family said today. He stated that the city could bury her if it wanted to, but he would not, and when told that it was his duty to pay for his wife's inter- ment, he refused point blank to.do so, It is alleged. Mr. Larala, the undertaker, lect of fusal to body was to be interred in a pauper's grave was communicated to Rafael Napolitano, proprietor of the Roma restaurant at 108 Commercial street. He gave instructions to the undertak- er to transport the body to the home of the deceased woman's sister at 108 Commerclal street, and the funeral was held from there this morning at 9 o'clock. The pall bearers were Joseph Mai- etta, Edward Maietta, Michael Ponti- cello and Albert Vasselino. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. DEATH OF WILLIAM RODMAN Former Local Man Was Veteran and Son of Veteran of Civil War, Father of Veteran of World War. A vetetan, a son of a veteran and the father of a veteran, William Rod- man, formerly of this city, died at the home of his daughter in Rockville yesterday morning, He was 75 yeers of ‘age and leaves besides his daugh-| ter, one son W. F. and nine grand- children. ‘Willigm Rodman, whose father at the time was in the 20th Connecti- cut, enlisted in the 19th Connecticut, in 1863. The regiment later became part of the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery corps. He served until the cnd of the war. A grandson served in the World war. . Deceased was a member of Har- mony lodge, A. F. and A. M., Giddings Chapter R. A. M. and the New Eng- landeOrder of Protection. The funeral service will be held at the FErwin chapel, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, by Rev. John L.-Davis. School Board Will Oppose Amendment in Legislature Several members of the school committee will attend a meeting of the judiciary committee of the legis- lature Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the old senate chamber when a proposed amendment to the city charter, limiting the board's un- authorized expenditures to $300, will come up for action. The board feels that such a restriction would work to the disadvantage of the school system. 8,000 Hard Coal Miners . Go on Strike at Lansford Lansford, Pa., Ieb. 12.—Eight thousand men were idle today by-a general strike of the anthracite mine workers employed by Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. in the Panther Creek valley, The strike was the outcome of a grievance filed by the platform men at number eight col- licry demanding additional help which was not granted by the com- pany. The coal mined by the com- pany is shipped in all directions. The daily average amounts to about 14,000 tons. Confessed Murderer Hangs | . . Himself in Jew Jersey Jail Islizabeth, N. J., Feb, 12.—Frank I'azych, who had confessed to the murder of Mrs. Mary Placata, a wid- ow to whom he was paying atten- tions, hanged himself in his jail cell today. He used a rope made of his clothing. Mrs. MacSwiney Arrested In Dublin Raid Today Dublin, Feb. 12.—(By Associated Press.)—Miss Mary MacSwiney and Mrs, Clark, widow of Tom Clark, who was executed in 1916, were arrested together with their mothers in a raid by Free State forces today upon the republican central publicity offices here, which has ant been reopened. Dr. Henry Seriously Il With Pneumonia Dr. J. G. Henry, medical director of the New Britain general hospital is seriously ill at that institution with pneumonia. While hospital authori- ties do not state that his condition is critical, it was stated this afternoon that he was “a very sick man—ser fously ill and running a high tempera- ture.” The pneumonia followed an attack of inflitenza, com- | menced preparing the body for burial, | when the fact that his daughter's| _production | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1023, — RESIDENTS OF BELVIDERE WANT JITNEY 10 HARTFORD Despatr of Having Connecticut Come- pany Continue Rails—Would Sart Route in Center pf City, Over 100 mostly Nelvidere residents, h 'I;:’“ Storrs, pres 4*‘ M.,‘ company, | New Britain aus Quarter and Elmwood, it wa today. The petition with the name of E. O, Kilbourne, a membgr of the sehool board, at the head of the list, has already been forwarded to Mr Btorrs. Mr. Kilbourne in explaining the na- ture of the petition to a “Herald" representative sald that the residents of Belvidere have for many years felt the need of the contfnuation of the northend trolley route into Hartford, but inasmuch as the Connecticut company has not found It necessary to continue this line, they belleve that bus service would answer the needs, The p roposed route in the pe- tition would be from the Triangle, this city to eity hall in Hartford, IRISH GUNMEN URDER UNARMED MAN, AGED 70 Victim Is Father of Kevin O’Higgins, Free State Cabinet Minister | i | i | ‘e | Dublin, Feb, 12, (By the Asso- clated Press)—Dr. Thomas O'Higgins | of Maryborough, father of Kevin | O'Higgins, Free State minister of home affairs was assassinated last night. The official announcement says: “Dr, O'Higgins, coroner of Queens county, was shot dead by armed men | last evening.” The victim is a brother-in-law of Timothy Healy, governor general of | the Free State, The tragedy occurred at Wood- lands, near Stradbally. A party of armed men drew up near the O‘Hig—s gins residence at 7 o'clock Sunday; evening and three members of it ap-| proached the house and demanded ad- | mittance. Dr. O'Higgins replied that ! in consequence of a communication | recently captured he would not ad- mit any one but on the plea of want- | ing to see the document the raiders induced him to open the door. One of the armed men then entered, leav- ing his two companions on the door- | step. { While the raider inside was reading | the document, Dr. O'Higgins, who was 70 years old, disarmed him, snatching away his revolver. The raider shout-) ed to his two comrades to fire. They responded with the fatal shots, which | crashed into the top of Dr. O'Higgins' | skull, others of the raiding party also firing at him through the windows. | The raiders were reloading their rifles when Mrs. O'Higgins and her| daughter rushed upon the scene, the former/ crying: | “Fof Heavens sake don't fire,”” and then: “You've killed him." | One of the armed men told her to | stand back, as he had orders to fire, {and at that instant a volley was fired | over the heads of the two women. The leader of the gang came from | the kitchen and demanded Dr. O'Hig- gins' revolwer. Mrs. O'Higgins asked him to send for a priest, but he re-| fused, and continued to demand the | revolver. Dr. O'Higgins was one of the oldest | | medical officers in the country. Dur-| ing the conflict with the British he | was arrested and detained at Cur- ragh for some months. Noble Cool to Fire Chief Believes Police Department Is Better Or- ganized and Qualified to Handle Coal Situation. | [ Harry C. Brown today mailed his resignation as fuel administrator for | New Britain and vicinity to Govern- or Templteton. Mr. Brown stated in | his letter that, although he has not received any official information on theh subject, he has read in the news- papers that all fuel administrators have been legislated out of office and to bring matters to a head he is send- ing his resignation. Mr. Brown had several complaints/ today from families without coal but | as he was without authority he could | take no action. The complaints had originally been made to the fire and police departments and were referred to Mr. Brown. Chief Noble of the Fire department | whe, under the new fuel Jaw| and the declaration of an emergency | by Governor Templeton, would suc- ceed Mr.-Brown, has received no.offi-| cial word of his appointment from | Hartford. Chief Noble was asked his opinion of the general proposition to have fire marshals act as fuel ad-| ministrators. He replied: I think! it's up to the police department.| They have better facilities for doing| the work than the fire department.” Mr. Brown was also of the opinion that it would be an error to ask !he{ fire marshal to act as fuel adminis-| trator. There is considerable clerical | work and correspondence in connec- tion with the office and this could be handled more satisfactorily by the | police, Mr. Brown said. | | ' Brown Out as Fuel Administrator; Templeton's Attitude on Normal School Dormitory Blow to City; Governor Opposes $550,000 Grant No Living Quarters Available For Out of Town Students, Principal White Points Out. Ubene, \ 4 state decides to bulld|prise. Girls from Hartford, Winsted, al school in the country | Waterbury, Bristol and many other we are not many homes, it| nearby towns attend the school he must mething to provide living | said, quarters for the out of town seholars, Mr, White further added that there Marcus H, White, principal of the|have been no hearings on the bills and New Dritain normal school told a rep- | he feels that when tho facts are resentative of the “Herald" this morn-|learned and the necessity of a dormi- ing in commenting upon the state-|tory in this eity has been outlined it ment made by Governor Templeton |is possible that the appropriation may that he was against granting any ap- | be granted, propriations for normal schools or| “The entire matter lies in the hands dormitorles this year. of the legislature and it 15 up to this “For the past 76 years we have not|phody to decide whether or not the had a dormitory because our school|siate should have the dormitory in was located within walking distance | New Britain” Mr. White staté, “ana of the center of the city and the girls| yntil the appropriation is granted ‘we could easily find homes but the new| wj)) do the best we can.'” ’ s he had nothing to say for publication where the girls will find it hard to |, y at the present time. He sald that he secure rooms,” Mr. White added. He further stated that he did not was deeply interested in the subject and was glving it serious thought, know whether or not the statement . : - Representative 13, W, Allings when of Governor Templeton would have asked to comment upon the gover any effect on the building program of| oy’ gtatement said that he did not the new school in New Britain. He sald that the school is entirely a state affair and not a New Britain enter- 3 DAYS OF GRACE DO NOT CHANGE ALLIES Naval Comanders Ordered| to Shoot if Turks Fire First Shot (Continued on Tenth Page) CANADIAN WAR PRISONER IS BEQUEATHED CASTLE BY GRAT! L GERMAN i Vancouver, B. C, Feb, 12.— Major J. C. Thorne of this city has received word that he has been left a manor in Germany by Herr Gartner, whose grand- son was saved from death un- der a train in Leipsig by Ma- jor Thorne, while a prisoner. A codicil to Herr Gartner's will recites that the/ legatee “al- though an enemy of my coun- try, while under armed guard, jumped in front of an ap- proaching train and saved lit- tle Karl.” Six Who Get More Than That— and tihe Public Pays Teb, 12 (By the Associated | The three day extention of the Turkish ultimatum demanding | the withdrawal of the allied battle-| ships at Smyrna is not expected to modify the positive stand taken by France and Great Britain and so far | as is known the orders to the naval| commanders to defend their positions | if attacked still holds good. |SALARIES OF $100 000 , P'ress dispatches confirm reports | 4 which have also reached London, that| PER YEAR NoT UNCOMMON the Turks last Saturday decided to wait another three days for the with-| s drawal of the war craft. They 1e-|gtandard Ofl Co. of New Jersey Has served to themselves the full liberty | of action after the expiration of that| time. | Constantinople newspapers mnln-: tain that the situation will be adjust- | 7 o Fi % TRt TG AItHOUE they ABATE | st el L ar iof S |that the order closing the port of{hy the leading oil companies of the Smyrna will not be countermanded. | country to their chief officials, it was . One journal asserts that Turkey 18| gjsclosed today through publication in demanding the departure of dhe al-!part of the proceedings of the sen- lied war craft as a measurc Tor her|iate sub-committee which has been in- own safety. vestigating the oil industry. All of |the companies under examination by Valetta Malta, Feb. 12.—It is un- the sub-committee were required to derstood that British destroyers In present a detailed list of all officials Turkish waters are being increased by and employes paid more than $5,000 a flotilla from the Atlantic fleet, oW |a year, the committce holding over en route to Malta, destined for the|the protest of some of the companies Dardanelles. This will bring the|that information should be given, as number of British destroyer flotillas| it is part of the expense of the busi- in Near Eastern waters up to five, ness that the public has to pay.” S ‘ The figures as to salaries in prac- Smyrna, Feb. 12 (By the Associated |tically all cases were submitted by Press)—Mustapha Kemal Pasha, | mail after the company officials had Turkish nationalist leader has arrived!comnlvl(-d their testimony. The pro- here. Calm prevails throughout the|ceedings made public today contain city. No additional warships have | the salaries of officials of the Stand- entered either the Ismid or Smyrna ard Oil Co. of New Jersey, the Stand- harbors, . |ard Oil Co. of New York, the Prairie Oil and Gas Co., the Magnolia Petro- lleum Co. and the Midwest Refining ROBINSON, ARCHITECT, DIES. New Haven, Feb. 12.-—Leoni W.| Robinson, architect, well known here in his profession died today. o. The Standard of New Jersey is | shown to lead among these companies | with respect to salaries, having six officials who receive $100,000 or more |a year, and five others who get be- tween $50,000 and $100,000. A. C. | Bedford, chairman of the board, and Walter C. Teagle, president each re- ceive $125,000 a year, and the.four vice-presidents, each in charge of a special department of the company’s business—B. I". Bedford, F. D. Asche, 8. B. Hunt and George H. Jones—are paid $100,000 annually. Templeton Plan DIES AT AGE OF 117 Canadian Negress, Once Slave, One of of Pre-Rehellion Yew Survivors “Underground Railway."” Richmond Hill, Ont., Feb. 12.—Mrs, Susan Augusta Maxwell, Canada’s old- est citizen and one of the most pic- turesque figures in York county, fis dead at her home, at the accredited age of 117. She was one of the few survivors of those colored people who escaped from the United States before the emancipation of the slaves. iHer journey by the “underground railway which is a story of hazard and adven- ture was undertaken some 70 years ago. She was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. | i HARRY C. BROWN. | OLD INDIAN FIGHTER D | | Detroit, Feb. 12.—Col. Stephen .| = | Seyburn, Indian fighter who figured in {many exciting cxploits on western New Haven S“pem“mer‘ryiplam. under Generals Miles, . Fined $100; He Took Bribe and Crook, died last night. 65 years old. New Haven, Feb. 12—Edward Zounek, a member of the supernu- | merary force of the New Haven pos | lice department, arrested recently charged with accepting bribes—a gold watch and chain and an auto- matic revolver—pleaded guilty in city court today and was fined $50 and costs on each count. By the plea of guilty the facts were not dis- ! closed as to the motives behind the | giving of bribes. The man who is said to have given the articles had been convicted in liquor cases. WEATHER — Hartford, Feb, 12.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Becoming unsettled tonight. Tuesday snow or rain, rising temperature with increasing casterly winds, * ! ; | THE | | | l | *. LD Average Daily Cireulation Fihwi 9,189 Fehruary 10th PRICE THREY CENTS TELLEGEN DOESN'T WANT | AR DECLARATIONAGAINST HIS WIFE QUESTIONED Geraldine Farvar, However, 'I'nmk«aj She Was Verified Chargés Against | Him, New York, Feh, 12.Geral Farvar, former Metropolitan peri star, took the witness stand today In her suit for divorce from her actor | husband, Lou Tellegen, and testified that she had “personally verified” th charges of misconduct alleged in petition, The diva testified less than twe min- utes, most of which she spent in say- | ing “yes" and “no" to technical qu tions put by her lawyer and the refs eree, The high spots of her testimony were the unelaborated statement that | she had “personally verif Telle- | gen's infidelity and a erisp “no” to a question whether she had condoned his acts, Arthur Sehwartz, counsel for Telle gen, did not cross-examine her, He told the reporters after the hearing that it was Tellegen's wish, Tellegen was reported counsel to have sald: “Let the lady get her divorce' Miss Farrar arrived at the referee's offices shortly after 11 o'clock. She was accompanied by Alvin Unter- myer, her lawyer and a private de- tective. She by his| wag sheathed in a coat with chinchilla collar and was | heavily velled, Her fee were en- | cased in fur lined galoshes, fastened snugly all the way up. Farrar's attitude toward reporters | appeared to have undergone a change. After a conference with | Referee Mahony, her lawyer and| Tellegen's announced there was no objection to the presence of report- ers, and a group of them who had been waiting in the hall were ad- mitted to the hearing. Referee Muhony had ruled week that future hearings would be made public unless Supreme Court Justice Cohalan ordered them other- wise and the justice had passed the decision back to him saying the court had issued no order for pri- vate hearings. Farrar smiled brightly at the re- porters when they were admitted, and favored them with an occasional whimsical glance as she testified, When she had finished she donned her veil again and departed through a lane of despairing photographers to her waiting limdhsine. Her testimony ended today's hear- ing. Another will be held Wednes- day. broad tail last | TRAILED AND ARRESTED DEAN OF WORKERS PASSES ON {Jdmes M. Doyle, Editor of | ea his residence that same ye: | street, |came a daily newspaper, linformed on | of his early life in Ireland. ' GERMANY BEING DISCUSSED BY AGGRESSIVE FRENCHMEN NEWSPAPER “Record” Spent 31 Years in Harness James M, Doyle, dean of New Hrit aln newspapermen, for the past 31 years connected with the New DBritain tecord” and for a number of years editor of that publication, died this morning at 110 Rhodes street, after la long iliness. 1 editor had b ' a rest dent of New Britain for 40 years and was about 62 years of age. He wus @ native of Parsonstown, Kings county Irelund, and at all times was actively interested in the affairs of his home- land, his writings upon that subject reflecting a thorough knowledge and The deceas In Some Quarters, This is Seen as Only Possible Way to Bring Stubborn Teutons to Terms This However, Is Purely Speculative and There Is No Immediate Prospect That This Will Be Con- sidered. Plans Are to Be Tried Out First—=Those Desiving More Drastio tifications and | Present Action See Many searching study of the internal prob-{ lems of the Emerald Isle, At an early age Mr. Doy an inclination for newspupe contributing nun ous ar es to the “Kings County Chronicle, publica tign igsued at the p! 2 of his birth, Coming to America in 1852 he went to Canton, Ohio, where for several months he was employed in farming on the estate of an uncle, He chang- com- ing to New Britain where he secured employment in the carding room of the American Hosiery plant on Park Soon afterward he became ac- quainted with James L. Doyle, pub- lisher of the New Britain “Record,” at that time a' weekly newspaper, and he became a contributor to the per- iodical, When, “Record” be- Mr. Doyle gave up hif empioyment at the Hos- jery shop and went to work at the in 1892, the | newspaper office as a reporter and | covered the various city “beats.” For a number of years he wrote police court and city hall news and was re- garded as one of the city's best in- formed men on matters of municipal business. Later he became city edi- | tor of the “Record” and he succeeded Charles R. Oland as editor. Mr. Doyle was well read and well numerous subjects, his knowledge being acquired through diligent reading and research in the absence of any considerable amount| of preliminary education, His school- ing was scant. covering a few years He was | e showed | work by |a close student of politics and govern- | mental matters #&nd took decided | stands, through the agency of his ed- Tony Kozhinowicz Followed Believe That Such Action Wouldy Not Necessarily Involve Opening of | Hostilities, Paris, I'eb,. 12 ( the Assoclated | | Press)—Considerable talk is going on | | in political and international circles in | Paris as to whether France, l!el‘lum! and Italy are going to succeed in bringing Germans to terms by action | now being taken in the Ruhr valley . under the treaty of Versailles. Kint At War It is pointed cut that every intensi= fication of (he allied action results in) the reinforcoment of the German re- | ance, and donbt is frequently exe pressed in some of the more aggres= #ve quarters as to whether the pres- gure necessary o oblige Germany to accept the system ot productive s'ul.r-I antees can be applied unless the ll-l ort to the declaration of a state . | | | Sensitive to Criticism Premier Poincare is understood to ! be very sensitive as to public opinion abroad regarding the seizure of the! Ruhr, feeling acutely the criticisms voiced in the United States and Eng-' land foreign exchange protest of the German government against measuces which it declares illegal. Those who take an aggressive stand hold that a state of war, which would: not necessarily mean the opening of hos- tthities, would give Trance a . freer Ihand in putting an end to the repeat- |ed protests of CGiermany over the ai- {leged illegality of the French action. irounds for War, 5 It is considered in these circles that |after making a survey, retraced his | | revealed From Home to Store on Church Street Tony Kozhinowicz of 109 Church | street was placed under arrest this morning by Policemen John C. Stad-| ler and William 8, Strolls, of liquor enforcement squad, charged with violation of the liquor law, and transportation of liquor with intent| to sell. He was locked up at the po-| lice station after failure to procure bonds. It is the second time that! Kozhinowicz, has been apprehended for alleged violation of the liquor law. He was fined $200 and costs in police court on December 14, The arrest was the result ot dogged | persistence on' part of the policé, Early | this mornigg Policemen Stadler and | Strolls went to Gold street, where the accused lives. He was noted icaving his home shortly pefore 10 o'clock. Coming toward the center of the city Kozhinowicz paid several visits to stores and places along the route. He detected the poiice in the act of shadowing him, and he made an in- effectual attempt to get out of the range of obse tion. Policeman Stadied hailed a passing automobile and getting into it made haste for Church strect, arriving head of Kozhinowicz, who passed®*by hig place of business and weht to the corner of Kim and Church stre steps to 109 Church street. | In the meantime Policemen vhere they could observe| move of the suspect. On cz was fol- every tering his place, Kozhinow lowed by Policeman mediately searched him. The search five and one-half pints of | stuff alleged to be liquor, but from all appearances of a very poor qual- t ity {Only One Democrat Is | Attorney Gen. ’Kd"lp". Custer | waste and He was!erans’ bureau was ordered today by | the senate | Vtrom i twisted that ! sary. ——#dent of Norwich. it t ¢ i In Wisconsin Assembly Madison, Wis,, I7eb, 12.—The demos | cratic party still lives in Wise : { despite the failure of its candidates at | the last primary to qualify s party representatives at the general election, Ekern today advised democrat in the Wisconsin Assemblyman Richard | the lone Jegistature, |Waste In Veterans’ Bureau | Is Now to Be Investigated ! Washington, Feb., 12. gation charges of extravagance An investi- | frregularities, | in the vet- of ’s Foot Twisted Off, Caught in Auto Wheel Bethel, Conn., Feb, 12.—John J. Sheehey, manager of an insurance company in Danbury, canght his left foot in the wheel of an automobile which he was attempting to extricate a snowdrift here Saturday night and the member was so badly | amputation neces- Mr. Sheehey is a former resi- | the |y was given landers at exercises here toda. , and | missioner of Stad- | sey of ler and Strolls had taken a point of sistant chiel ofi | vantage, | en- [among those fler, who im- DiStinCt itorials, on all big problems of the day. A staunch republican at tocal politics although he did not at any time hold public office. He was fraternally active. Ior 27 years he had been a member of the M. 7. A. B. society and two years ago received the highest honor of that society, a gold medal in recog- nition of 25 years of membership. He was also a member of New Britain lodge of Elks and Court Charter Oak and Pride Cirele, . of A, The funerai will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from the church of St. John the Evangelist Interment will be in St, Mary's ceme THREE GIVEN D. S. C. John T. Comerford of Brookline, A. F. Y Foote of Boston and H. R. Horsey of Hartford Given War Decorations. The distinguished service cross pinned on the breast of John T. Comerford of Brookline, who was captain of th 101st machine gun company overse nd the distinguished serv medal to four other New Eng- m- Boston, Public Safety N . was lieut. colonel of the and Hamilton R. Hor- Conn.,, who was stafi of the 26th divis- jon with rank of lieut. colonel wer Foote, who 104th infantry Hartrord 1S~ decorated. Earthquake Is Felt in Bellingham, Wash. Bellingham, Wash b1 Mo dis- inet carth shock was felt here about 0 o'clock this morning accordir reports from many parts ol the Plaster was broken in some of downtown buildings. 10: 8 o ity. he JUDG NES ‘ROAD HOG'; ARRAIGNS TRUCK DRIVERS 0 Morris Freidman, truck driver, was fined $10 and costs for refusing to show his oper- icense to Supernumerary Policeman Doty Saturday af- ternoon in polica court today. The policeman stopped IFreid- man on st Main street to wacn him against “hogging” the road, and when the driver's conduct was“not proper in . of the minion of the he was asked for his licer This he declined to show. F: trolman Doty then brought him to police headquarters. Handing down judgment this morning, Judge Klett said: “Some of you truck drivers don’t want to give anyone a chance on the road.” Sam Rosen, Freidman’'s em- ployer, filed notice of an appeal on behalf of the driver, who claims he was not aware that Doty was a policeman. a ator 1 all | |times, he was actively interested in there is ample ground for declaring a state of war in these facts: That according to their standpoint; Germany has practically torn up the treaty of Versailles, and thus de- stroyed the peace status that existed by treaty. That the principal politi- cal issue in Germany lately turned upon the question whether the treaty should be complied with, and that the composition of the present govern- ment shows that the opposition to compliance won, Resistance Another Reason That, finally, there is a resistance ; by the highest authorities in the German government to the applica- tion of the measures provided for in Articie XVIII, of the treaty of Ver- sailles, | Well infn‘\mj persons who are | talking of thi§ eventuality express the !opinion that the declaration of a state of war would have no worse moral ffect abroad than the present action in the Ruhr itself. The French officials, it is understood are coming | !to the viewpoint that they are certain {to be criticized whatever they do to | get money from Germany, and that this wonld be the shortest cut and might end in a few months an opera- tion which now promises to drag on indefinitely Any extreme measures of this sort } are not regarded as imminent, as the | French, it declared, intend thor- ; | oughly to try out the plan of action they have undertaken under - the | treaty of Versailles. The declaration |ef a state of war, if ever undertaken, would be the outcime of a gradual developm of the plans of the allies nder persistent German resistance. Latest Allied Pressure. IFeb. 12. (By Assoclated\ The latest measure taken by allies in the Ruhlr, the stoppage of shipments from the district to un< accupied Germany, primarily ins {tended to bring pressure on the heads {of German industry who are regarded as dictating the German polic at present, it was explained today in IPrench official eirc t is possible, [ nevertheless, it was said that arrange= ments might be made individually by |the manufacturers in the Ruhr to complete or of goods will- tax Pari Press the delivery they were of contracts oad in « pay the ing to 26 per cent duty Lawrence Has Fire Which Does Damage of $200,000 1"eb. —All the was nsed today destroyed the Lssex to business district, to the Modern i+ three-hour as estimated at occupant of Home Mass 1 app to fig Mode street othe The home struggle the buildi Furniture awrence, s it iilding 1 to tene n home and block spread pri was the Moderr 11 RUM SAILORS ARRESTED. Ocean City teen men were a rum run lay ittempted to [land with a ca stimated to be worth $7 r, eon- sisting of 1,500 cases was confiscated by coast guards. r iquor