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News of the World y Associated P g« A ESTABLISHED &' = TIE———— ‘ NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1923.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES N MACHINE OPENS Y HARDING'S POLICY" 5. IV WORLD. TRIBUNAL Chairman Wood O {TAMMANY LEADER 1S Campaign Committee Tells President Party Does Not Favor En- tering International Court. Executive Replies That He| Believes Opposition Is Based on Misunderstand- ing of Principles. | . Washington, April 20.——Expressing the bellef that republican opposition to the administration world court membership proposal was even stronger than American entrance into the league of nations, Representative Will R. Wood of Indiana, chairman of, the republican congressional cam- paign committee, today told President Harding he believed it was a mistake for the party to urge the proposition. Mr. Wood's statement to the presi- dent constituted the first open opposi- ion to Mr. Harding's proposal among republican leaders outside of the \econedlable” zroup of senators. Wood kaid afterward | | | | Mr. the president was not weakened in his advocacy of | the proposal as outiined in the mes-| sage to the senate just before adjourn- ment of congress. Fear Party Break. i (‘ontinuing advocacy of the world! court. proposal’‘in the opinion of Rep- | resentative Wood, would either create | @ schism in the republican party or| deprive the party of a clear-cut issue | with the democrats in 1924, inasmuch | as the democrats seemed generally| tavorable to American [ membership | on the court. | Mr. Wood said he presented his views us his own but added that he was sure they were shared by a large | group 4 the republican party, | Calls It Misunderstanding.. The prosident in his talk with Mr. Wood is understood to have takeén the position that the soposition was based | Wergely npen @ nlsundesstanding of the conditimas which would attend ac- | wepta < of mémbership, and it was roéd © that “ the chief exccutive) planncd shortly to make a statement | or an address explanatory of the pro- | posal 43 advocated by the adminis- tratlon. § “The world cowrt is so closely in- terliulied with the league of nations that T cannot see how il can be sep-: arated in the public ' mind,” said Mr. Wood. “There are many in the res publican party who believe in the general proposition of adhestoff to an! International court to adiust differ- ences belween nations, hut they are! of the opinion that the court should, e established separately from any of fhe existing agencles such as the league of nations.” { | DENIES YOUNG PEOPLE ' ARE ANY LESS MORAL Epworth League Secretary ' Believes Them as Good | as Their Predecessors New York, April 20—Dr. . E Guthrie of Chicago, general secretary | of the Epworth league, 'in an address before the east German confercnce of the Methodist Kpiscopal church de- nied that the young people of this| generation arc less moral than their predecessors, “The quiet young men and women of character are not conspicuous™ he‘ said, “but they are in a great major- | ity in this country. There are T50,-| 000 young men and women in the KEpworth leagues of the Methodist Iipiscopal church and there are hun- | dreds of thourands of young people belonging to other churches. Tt is a | shame to brand the yvoung people of | America as not as moral as their| parents.’ | SHOE FACTORIES OPERATE to Replace Strikers, | Lynn, Mase, April 20,—All factories controlled by the S8hoe Mfrs. assocla- tion were operated today in spite ot strike of edge makers, heel workers, Goodyear operators and stitchers. Pickets were stationed and a detail of police was on duty. The various factories are advertis- Ing for workers to replace the strik- ers with announcement that. prefer- ence would be given to members of the United 8hoe Workers of America. The strikers were affillated with the Amalgamated shoe workers. Paderewski Invites Tailor Friend to Attend Recital Peter M. Twardus, a well known Broad street tailor, has received a special invitation from Jan Paderew- ski to attend his concert in Hartford tonight. Twardus is acquainted with his distinguished countryman and was pleasantly surprised with Pad- erewski's expression of friendship. | | dragged beneath the wheels, BRANDED A5 A CZAR Lawyer Says Men Crawl in Dust for Miles to See Him 1$175,000 SUIT I8 INVOLVED Lawyer for Defense Scores Charles F. Murphy in Court—Action Re- *sult of War-Time Deal in Glu- cose, New York, April 20-—Charles I Murphy, chieftain of Tammany Hall, ywas characterized as "a czar to see whom men crawl on thelr bellies in the dust for miles,”” by Max Steuer, attorney for Touis N. Hartog, in closing arguments today in Murphy's $176,000 suit against Hartog grow- ing out of a war-time deal in glu- cose, It was because of Murphy's great political power, he declared, that Hartog sought him in 1918 when, with a rich contact with British brewers for 30,000 tons of maito- | dextrine ready for signature, he found himself unable because of war re- strictions to obtain the necessary gincose to manufacture the product. And Murphy, through "his man Friday,”” made good, Mr. Steuer de- clared. The “man Friday” referred to w3 Arthur J, Baldwin, Murphy's | personal attorney, RACKLIFFE PRESIDENT OF NEW BRITAIN ROTARY CLUB Viee E. C(layton Goodwin Made President and A, A. Mills Reelegted Treasurer At Dircctors’ Meeting. Frederick O, Rackliffe was elected president of the New Britain Rotary club to succeed Leon A. Sprague at a meeting of the board of directors held at the New Britain club this noon. E, Clayton Goodwin was elected vice president and Anson A, Mills was re. elected treasurer. A new seoretary to suceeed Mr. Rackliffe was not ap- pointed. A. Buo! was eclected sergeant at arms to succeed Albert Voitz. Mr. Rackliffe has been secretary of the club since it was organized about two years ago. The officers will be in- stalled at the regular meeting of the club on Fhursday of next week. The directors present at the meet- ing this noon were E. J. Porter, Ernest W, Peiton, William H. Crowell, A. A. Mills, E. Clayton Goodwin, George . Rogers, 1" 0. Rackliffe, Teon A. Sprague and A. F. Corbin. DIES FROM AUTO GAS Dualuth Man, Estranged From Wite, Slept in Automobile—Forgot to Turn Off Motor. Duluth, April 20.—Sleeping in his automobile in a garage at the rear of his home because he was estranged from his young wite, Alphonse Plis- son was asphyxiated by monoxide gas Plisson, according to two com- panions entered the garage about 11 o'clock last night. The engine was still running when they returned to- day and found his body. He ‘had slept in the car for two | Clothing in months, police were told. and other necessities were found the car. HORRIBLY MANGLED * Danbury Woman, Hit by Train This Morning, Dies This Noon at Hos- pital a8 Result of Injuries. Danbury, April 20.-~Mrs. Michele Mancini, aged 30, died in the hos- pital at noon today from injuries she o'clock this morning when as she was walking the tracks in the local railroad ynrds;"on of three fingers from her right|have held up automobilists on received shortly after gh® was caught by § locomotive and Both legs were cut off at the ankle and she received a fracture of the skull, Check for Band Is Lost, Second Payment Held Up Because the American Band is hesi- tant about signing and flling with the city treasurer a bond to cover possible loss to the city, payment is being held up on a bill of $240 for services ren- dered in the Armistice day parade. Bhortly after the bill was sent to the city, a check was mailed to the band, but has not reached the musiclans, they say. Ieeling that it has Dbeen lost, they wasked for a duplicate check. The comptroller wishes to guard the city against poesible loss through the payment of both checks and has called for a bond, declining to issue the second check hefore re- ceiving a security. Comptroller Curtis sald this morning that a representa. tive of the band had called on him concerning a bond, but had not as yet returned the paper noccessary to bring about the issuance of a new check. WANTS TO JOIN LEAGUE, Geneva, ‘April 20 (By Assoclated Press),—The Irish Free state has ap- plied for memberehip in league of nations. | HT D. A. R. AFTER BITTER FIG Winner Gets 940 Votes While Her Opponent, Mrs, Hanger, of Washington, Received 779 — Police Compelled to Quell Ex- citing Meeting. ISQUGHLY LLED ‘British House of Commons Votes 1 It Down Without Delay ENCROACHES O LIBERTY |0ppm|rnt.~' Declare That More People Washington, April 20.—-Mrs, An-‘ thony Wayne Cook of Pennsylvania, was declared elected president-general | of the Daughters of the American| Revolution today after one of the bit- terest election contests in the history | of the soclety. The vote for Mrn€ Cook was 040, Her only opponent, Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger of Washington received | 779, Die From Over-eating Than From Police Preserve Order | While the voting was in progress| police and firemen had been called | upon te help preserve order and when | the result was made known the con-| gress went into a nolsy demonstra- | tion for the successful candidate, | Mrs. Willlam Cummings Story of New York withdrew at a dramatic| session on the congress Wednesday uight and advised her supporters to vote for Mrs. Cook. Mrs. Fdison Elected In the voting for minor offices many delegates divided their support between the tickets put before the congress by the Cook and Hanger factlons . The result was that despite !.’\Irs, Hanger's defeat, Mrs. Thomas A. kdison of New Jersey running as a Hanger candidate was elected chap- lain-general by a vote of 871 to 746 Drinking Too Much—Mentions Cor. ruption in “Dry” America, | London, April 20, (By Associated tory the house of commons today' de- Ibated a liquor prohibition bill and lat the expiration of the arguments {on it killed the measure by rejecting — —— |its second reading 236 to 14. responding secretary-general 963; Mrs.! The bill was that recently intro- Willlam S. Walker of Washington, ory |duced by Kdwin Scrymmgeour of ganizing secretary-general 923; Mrs,|Dundee, who has devoted his life to | James H. Stansfleld of Illinois, regis- [the cause of prohibitien. 'trar-grnornl 972; Mrs. Alfred J. Bros- Center of Contamination. {#seau of Michigan, treasurer-general Mr. Scrymmgeour said the sup- 924; Mrs, George de Bolt of West porters of Lady Astor's bill against Virginia, historian-general 919; Mrs, |the sale of liquor to minors had de- Alvin Connolly of Missouri recorder- |clared the public house was a center general 953; Mrs. Lars Anderson of of contamination for persons under the District of Columbia librarian-{18. He asked how it could be re- MHS., ANTHONY WAYNE COOK there was some applause from the public gallery which was erowded, but |the attendants quickly 10 Months in Jail and Fine of .20 35,000 Manafacturer’s Sentence | Franklin P. Shumway of Mass. cor-| Wilson of Ohio, 1,413, labor the Dbill on scientific and sociological grounds, Sir Arthur Holbrook, member for Hampshire, in moving the rejection of the bill deprecated what Seven Other Pottery Men Get Same Fine and Six Monthsf in Jail, While 12 Others Are Simply Fined $5,000. the freedom of the individual. Over-eating Vs, Over-drinking. Far more geople dic m over cating, he .a'd, thau from over-drink- ing. Noting the ¢ He assertad’ that bootlegging was one of the Jargest industries in the Unit- New York, April 20.-—Archibald M.iwore: Elzey 8. Aitkin, gem:{-al mar Maddock, president of the Thomas a8er of the Tremtdn- Potterles Co. g Raymond E. Crane, vice president of Maddock Sonns Co. of Trenton, N. J., the Eifer Co. of Cameron, W, \'a,,;“‘ ’su one of the 20 individuals convicted jang pora City, Pa.; Phillp J. Flaherty Prohih with 23 pottery manufacturing cor-|treasurer of Lambertville (N. J.) Pot porations for conspiracy in restraint|tery Co.; George C. Kalbfleisch, fac- | of trade, was sentenced by Federal tory manager of Standard Sanitary Judge Van Fleet today to serve !Pni'Mfgn Co. of Kokomo, Ind., and Tif- months in the Tssex county (N. J.) [fino, O.; Willlam B. Maddock, secre- penitentiary and pay of fine of $5,000. tary of John Maddock and Sons, Tren- | Seven other defendants, described by ton, N. J.; Arthur Planter, Sr., presi- Judge Van TFleet as members of the dent and general manager of Sanitary executive committee of the sanitary|Earthenware Specialty Co. of Tren- Potteries association and active par-|ton and J. ¥. Wright, president and ticipants in its price fixing operations general manager of the Wheeling were given sentences of six months! Sanitary Mfg. Co., Wheeling, W. Va. imprisonment in the Kssex county Fines of $§5,000 apiece were im- ition he declared had led to previous law and even the He claimed there had been drunkenness in the United States since prohibition than before and said that it had been estimated 90 per cent of the population was involved in attempts to break the law. In one case of prosecution for illicit traffie, he added it was necessary to dis- charge a jury because the foreman was drunk when court opened. | | | Press),—-I7or the first time in its his- | charged | | | | | an|A. E. suppressed | peters of Jamaica is in conservative | fought with the American forces. he claimed was an interference with| serious gash in his throat, pie of America | more corruption in America than any| Arundel county grand jury today is public | investigating to determine were conniving at the illicit traffic.| wholesaie gambling and bootlegging more | {s as rampant in Annapolis as pic-| MRS. COOK ELECTED TO HEAD GERMAN SECURITY POLICE RE-TAKE MUELHEIM FROM RIOTERS AFTER 3 DAYS’ SEIGE; 8 DEAD, 70 INJURED - Average Daily Cireulation Week Ending 9,271 PRICE THREE CENTS April 14th PROHIBITION BILL Encircled And Attacked From Rear, Rebels Are Routed And 30 French Troops Take PRENDERGAST WITHDRAWS HIS PETITION FOR HEARING Discharged Foreman of Public \\'an«i‘ Decides Not to Contest His Dis- | missal, There will be no public hearing for | James Prendergast, for 30 years su- perintendent in the employ of th sewer department, City Clerk A, .| Thompson has announced, the dis-| foreman having withdrawn | his petition asking the common coun-* cil for a hearing. Prendergast was discharged last Saturday, officials of the public works department announcing that men are refusing to work for him and that he is a trouble maker. The foreman ! called at the town clerk’s office Mon-| ay morning and tendered a petitipn | to be submitted to the council asking that a hearing be held so that he| {might be informed as to the reason| for his dismissal. The petition was not among those read Wednesday night in the council chamber, and Col. Thompson ex- plainad after the meeting that Pren-| dergast had withdrawn h request. FOUGHT WAR IN DREAMS That He Had Actually Slashed | Himselt in His Sleep. Veteran Awakes to Find over Mrs. Thett Good of Alabama.|general 980, garded as paradise regained for per- All the rest of the Cook ticket was Mrs. Charles S. Whitman of New sons over 18. The nite States clected. The other successful can-| York, curator-general, 947. Vice | through prohibition was being per-| didates besides Mrs. Cook and Mrs, | presidents-general: Mrs. Henry A.|meated with a blessing that was ab- Fdison together with the number of | Beck of Indiana, 1,4 Mrs, Charles |solutely inealculable he asserted. votes they received out of a total of | R. Booth of California, 1,4 Mrs. | Talks Over Hour. 1,719 voting, were as follows: | E. G. Drake of Nebraska, 1,4 Mrs, | The speech lasted more than Other Officials Gerald 1. Schuyler of Colorado, hour, Mr. Scrymmgeour concluding| Mrs. Frank H. Briggs, of Maine,| 1,425; Mrs. Henry D. Fitts of New |with an impassioned appeal for his recording secretary-general 874; Mre. | Jersey, 1,436; Mrs. William McGee measure. When he resumed his seat | New York, April 20-—Raymond a critical mem-| condition in the Jamaica hospital to- ber for Bermondsey West, seconded | g ; i ay as the resuit of the re-enactment | in a dream of a sanguinary engage- ment in the Argonne where he | i Peters awakened to find his bed | clothing soaked with blood from A razor, Lwith which he had been combatting | dream foes, lay beside him. He called Natives and coilapsed. At the hos- | pial it was said he mignt recover, | T Judge Says Annapelis Is | Hotbed of Bootlegging‘ Annapolis, April 20.—The Anna | whether tured by Judge Robert Moss in his charge to the jury. Judge Moss re- ferred to alleged conditions as “in- | tolerable” and said they were un-| equalied in any other part of the ‘rountr)fi Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, superintendent of the naval academy, has declined to enter into a discussion of reported conditions, | penitentlary and fines of $5,000, | posed upon 12 other officials of pot- The seven executive committeemen |tery concerns. BOOTEGGER HUNT ON TURNPIKE IN BERLIN' | GIRL AWARDED $10,000 FOR CRIPPLED HAND Florence Rutkowski, Aged “Forced” {Prohibition Agents Stopping | | Trading in Futures Uncertain and 5, Sued Light and Power | and Searching Automo- Overnight Selling Orders Force Co. For $25,000 [ biles Today | Prices Off 7 to 17 Points, | New York, Aprll 20.—Trading in flve-ycar-old | Four prohibition agents have been [, =% 0L O . B | New Britain girl, was awarded $10,- |stationed along the Hartiord lnrnmk.-l‘)'l";:';[‘;i"l"'l;‘;f‘:“'.:‘f'. et AL “"i“_’ 000 damages against the Connecticut as a part of a campaign against ;. ekteidntiny. the g"'w‘..”m‘”_“' i | Light and Power company in the su- | highway bootlieggers, and this morn- | ¢ BT B0t BOTFEEY Nt perfor court in Hartford yesterday lng wert statloned in Berlin, stopping |jees packed by actual sugar on hand | afternoon after the jury had been all suspicious cars at Flannery's cor- | Overnight .sc!ung orders forced | out more than an hour deliberating|ner. | es off from'7 to 17 polnts repre on the case. Several large trucks were stopped genting a decline of to 60 poin The suit was the result of injuries|/and examined to the satisfaction of from yesterda high level reached | received by the little girl when a li\n‘(!ll‘ agents and then allowed to pass. |before the suit was filed. | wire conducting electricity furnished |Up to noon no finds had heen made, | Supporting orders appeared at the {by the light and power company, #lthough many cars were brought up |jaciine, however, and prices rallied broke in front of tho child's home on |t the curb and the inquiry, “What| ., 16 15 points from the low Agure Florence Rutkowski, b7 Orange street on September 5 of last |4rc you carrying today?" made, [y seliing to 6.19 and September year. ,The gir! touched the end of it| It is said that others have assumed g a5 7 and a8 a result she is minus a por- | the role of prohibition officers and In the spot market a small lot was the [go1d by an operator to a refiner at | hand and other parts which remain |State roads, causing much annoyance. | "4 ¢ conts cost und freight or are in a crippled condition. The suit [Tt has been found out that these men 'y 4 cane below the brought through the father was for [2r¢ not prohibition officers upon com- | iy $25,000, In a suit tried in comunc-‘mnmtn from several mnqhats. | tion with the girl's, her father w: When asked this morning what they awarded $610.23 for expenses in.| Were out for, onc of the agents re- 1 for her medical and huspllnl’””"": “Anything,” which seems to only scason's high }Miss Mé;'lliman, Waterbury, |answer the question pretty thorough- Left an Estate of 3854'975 Miuz Ang drivers who appear to be not Waterbury, Apri! 20.—The value of quite up to the mark in the appear- | property left by Miss Helen Merri- ance of their car or what they are | man, who died in this city recently, is carrying Will be forced to draw up | $554,975.86, according to the inven- Itery as fied with the probate court cur bills. Attorney William . Mangan this city and J. H. Peck of Hartford represented the plaintiffs while | | Thoms, Klls & Hicks of Waterbury | AN ¢ | repregented the defendants. and undergo a search, L 4 | Yestorday ihe men were The young girl was unmoved as 8he |11 iegr) an the lookout for bootieg- in nephew, who is both the exccutor and :\nt‘!r nlur-(flrolo‘: ;ourthfilsterdfliy ml'd gers. sole heir. Real estate is valued at \'::d:c:“or 'zhr m:-mpsm v‘:u"!‘ hnlo‘t( o0 3 by pgheBabd il frd i i hii < ) $50,000 1,088 BY PIRE, $36,956, and ofher personal property ested in a leather handbag her moth- Bucksport, Me., April 20.—The|at $16,748. The Merriman home- er had brought to court with her. Brother Stabs Brother to Death in Fight Over Fish | stead, on West Main street, is valued chapel building of the Gastern Maine at $206,600, | conferonce seminary was destroyed | by fire early today. he chapel was | the main school building, constructed | of brick and four stories in height, | The loss is estimated at $50,000, |Con Me;n‘\, Ahothél: Leader | Of Irish Rebels, Captured Doston, April 20—Philip Ruguetta, - s | Dublin, April 20-—(By Associated the ‘“singing fish peddler of Nortln* et e et | Presg)-—~Con Meany, one of the most street,” was stabbed to death today in || prominent remaining leaders of the a quarrel with his brother, Girolamo. ] THE WEATHER { irregulars, was arrested yesterday by The men wera at the eastern packet || 0~ a party of national army troops at pier buying fish for the day's business | Hartford, April 20, —Forecs Guraneduff, near Millstreet, ecast of when a difference developed and|! for New Britain and vicinity Killarney, it was announced today. Fair and warmer tonight. Sat- urday increasing cloudiness with This is considered one of the most im- portant captures made in Cork coun- knife. He threatendd | | threw the knife aside Philip drew a Girolamo but without attacking. Girolame picked fresh southerly winds. | {ty. Meany participated in many of it up bystanders said, the men came ‘ the ambushes against the British to grips and Philip dropped dead. »— e - #* | rorces. Coal Dealers Put Price up $I; to By Cost at Mines SUGAR MARKET UNCERTAIN |Excuse Offered Is That l |sugar futures on the New York coffee | iast | today by Buckingham P, Merriman, a | ! | Operators Failed to Re- duce Charge as Expected on April 1. \ [ A number of local coal dealers an- | that they been forced to increase the price of coal from $16 to $17 per Coal was selling prior to April 1 for $18 to $20 a ton, but when Aprii 1 arrvived the local deal anticipat- ing a drop in price at the mines, de- creased their prices, selling what they had in their yards for $16. But prices failed to come down at the mines, the miners are working on a wage scale which terminates neg September, and, as is characteristic ot anthracite coal mine is one strike over than they begin to nounce have ton, speculate on the tbility of the next, thus strike is still in the air in Pennsylvania. In addition to this, the New York, New Haven and Hartford railwa embargo is still in effect and on dealer says only 15 cars of coal per day are permitted to pass through Maybrook, thus increasing the per ton in New England. The whole le cost has gone up in many and deale “bootl claimed. What the prospects for a change ih price are during the summer, coal dealers have no idea. One man stat- ed this afternoon that “one man's guess is as good as another's,” Tf the freight embargo is lifted during the summer and coal comes. in in great quantities and, if company coal can be obtained in any quantity, there is a possibility of a drop in price. On the cost cases, again are driven back to or independent coal, it is other hand if the embargo continues, |strike talk at the mines grows serious and there is a strong tendency to stock up all along the line, those who get their coal In searly will Ve money YALE CURATOR DIES New Haven, April 20.—Thomas A Postwick, 68, an assistant curator of Peabody museum, Yale university and of the class of 1878, died today. - [PASTOR'S RESIGNATION it Leaders Captured — No Part In Activities. Muelheim, Aprll 20 (By Assoclated DPress) ~—After being terrorized for three days by communist mobs, Muel« heim today was again under control of the constituted German authori« ties, The 300 police and city officials who had been besieged in the rathaus | issued from this great fortress-like| building thls morning, cut throughy the lines of the besiegers, caught| them in the rear, arrested many and' took control of the city. Thirty leaders of the besiegers were | arrested. One of them, a man| named Kurten, is said to have been' the leader of the Kiel revolution in, 1918, He resisted arrest and waa! wounded probably fatally. The casualty list for the peried of | disorders so far as made up this| morning showed six or eight defldl and from 60 to 70 wounded, some of wliom may die, The French troops remained throughout the trouble in or near the security police barracks which !heyl are occupying. - They took no part in! the affair which they regarded as! purely local. Besieged Since Wednesday. Burgomaster Lempke, with 300¢ity, employes and a detachment of se~ curity police who are supposed to have been summoned from Duisburg and elsewhere in anticipation eof! trouble had been besieged aincey Wednesday. They had ample supply of food and ammunition and were easily ahle to hold the building which surrounded by a great round tower sing to an altitude of 250 feet—the highest point in the city. On this lofty perch the burgomaster stationed sharpshooters who were thus able to pick off members of approaching par- ties. 2,000 Riothrs Active, The besieging forces who called themselves the “‘unemployed” num- bered about 2,000 but the burgo- (Continued on Page 22) I8 FINALLY AGCEPTED Rev. A. B. Taylor Insists on Retiring From the People’s Church After almost a month’s deliberation and failing, despite all the pressure that could be brought to bear upon Tev, A. B. Taylor to have him withs draw his resignation as pastor of The People's church, the congregation in special session last evening regret- fully accepted the resignation. On March 26, Rev. Mr. Taylor sur- prised his friends by suddenly and apparently against the desires. of every member of the church, sub- mitted his resignation to take effect the latter part of May. The only ac- tion taken was to appoint a commit« tee to wait upon the minister and en- deavor to persuade him to change hig mind. Four times the official board has met since that time, and always de- clined to accept. In addition a vota of approximately 600 members of Everyman's Bible class asked Mr., Taylor to reconsider, but all efforts failed to have him change his mind. The official board finally passed the disposition of the resignation to the congregation and last night it was ac- cepted. The pastor and his famiiy will go to Greensburg, Pa. REPAIR LAW DENIED Judge Booth Declares It Uncontsitus Repairman Must Have Order For §50 Work. tional—Provides Bridgeport, April 20.—Declaring at section 63 of chapter 400 public Al of 1921 which prohibits auto- mobile repair men from making res pairs to motor vehicles, the cost of which exceeds $50 without written rontract and providing fine or impris« onment for violations, is unconstitu- tional and an attempt of the state to exercise police power in an unauthor« ized direction, Judge John R. Booth in the common pleas court today su- stained the defendant's demurrer in the case of state vs. John C. Mattice and dismissed the aceused, Mattice, an automobile dealer in this city, repaired an automobile con- trary to the provisions of the act and was arrested and appeared for trial in the city court where he was fined $1 with costs for the purpese of record INDICT OIL PROMOTERS ° 92 Are Held By Texas Jury For Using Mails To Defraud—Companies Have Taken in Over $7,000,000. I"orth Worth, Tex., April 20.-~Nin« ety-two oil promoters were indicted here today by the federal grand jury on charges of nsing the mails to de- frand The oil companies invelved have taken in over 100,000 in cash and fnto three of the companies were merged 458 ympanics which had sold $186,000,000 in stock, United States District Attorney Henry Zwels fel declared the investigation showeds