New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 27, 1923, Page 1

Average Daily Week Ending News of the World June 23rd By Associated Press e ESTABLISHED 1870 PHONE STRIKE DOES NOT PROGRESS NUGH Meeting Tonight in Bostoh May| Show Way (o Settlement PROVIDENGE HIT WORSY | - Cireulation PRICE THREE CE NEW BRITAIN HERALD 1923, ~FOURTEEN PAGES, 27, EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE POLICE TOMUFFLE | Crime Detecting Drug Frees Man ~ GOVT, IS LIELY T0 CITY CHECKINGUP. NOISES ON JULY 4 Doing Time on Charge of Maurder SE STERN NETHODS ON STORNS DAMAGE ganst “Wot" Soutber Section Reportd Hande ‘;:M'Dnuw Streels Makes Subjects Incapable of Telling Lies Ships Believed Discussed Today | Y M"‘b Under Its Influence s et Hit by Wind and Raln . ! o e Gy g, .o, . - TWO MORE LINERS ARRIVE| TREES STRIPPED OF LINBS Celebrators Must Confine i, iasm MIGHT TRY CERTAIN BACK YARDS RIGHY HERE IN N, RRITAIN o Assoriated dress Warsaw, June 27.—A Russian soviet commission has arrived in Poland eharged with the task of purchasing 16,000 with which te fight the rats whieh are hecoming & seourge In Russia By The lln Guns or Fireworks to Be Per-| Also Brings Out Identity of Alleged Slayer-- ‘impulumlnmflfin“e Move A | ated Press Ban Quentin, Cal, June 27.-~Keopo. lamin, an alkaleid, was used in ex periments on three inmates of Han Quentin prison here and John | %o Mours Botween & . W, 00818 | Sl s oAvIOdd of the musse of & Commission | Chinese in Racramento was proved 1 nocent; Kugene O Leary, sentenced | from Baeramento on a grand lareeny charge, provided auth. ies with In- formation as to his identity and John L. Johnson, negro, admitted his guilt and confessed to participation In Herkeley, June other erimes, according 1o experl.- | Wilkins of 8an Franeisco menters, acquitted of the murder Dr, R, E. House, who conducted | Mrs, Anna Wilking, last the experiment, declared the scopo- sgain acquitigl of the charge its influence Farrar, while under the influence of | the alkaloid, confessed that he tivipated 1n the attempted rohby of & Chinise merehant during which the Chinese was killed Farrar was vieted of murder but, according to his story told while under the drug's Influence, the fatal shot was fired by Roy Carver, an aceompliee | WHITEFIBLD DENIES THAT HE WURDERED POLICEMAN . Says Vietim Accidentally Shot Him- nele sam Is Willing However, That Firo Department Breasts Gale and | Deluge To Fight Flames on Rocky Hill AvenueeLinemen on Duty Until 3:30 0'clock This Moming Washington, June Nelzure by Telephone, electric light and trolley the United States of foreign vessels |service was temporarily erippled, 27.—Henry | PPINEIME In liquer in violation of the |scores of trees were struck and Aplit P who was | "UPreme court decision and treasury |by lightning, one parn was burned of his wife, | "“EVAtENS I understood to have been (With $3,000 damage and automobilists March, was] ONsdered in conference today be. [and pedestrians were moved to seek at the | 'Ween treasury and prohibition offi- [hurried shelter yesterday in what was lemin rendered the subjects Incapable | Temple hospital last night, after he "8 | perhaps the most severe rain and hail of mental Inhibitlon and deprived | had submitted voluntarily to the | THUS far there has been no attempt | storm that has visited the city since them of reasoning power so that they | scopolamin test according to experi. |17 10 more than econfiscate the liguor [the tornado of five years ago. were Ineapable of Iying while under | menters, 1self, but some of the offictals who! Bkies that had been threatening for st in the conferance are understood (more than an hour released s minie to have urged that more drastic steps |ature cloudburst at about 3:30 o'clogk Pantucket Semvice Alsa Down, Flsewhere the Phones Are Wi Fairly Satisfactorily, Reports Show Boston, June 27.-A meeting of | telephone operators te whieh hoth | those who are on strike for inereased wages and a shorter working day and these who have refused to strike have been invited will he held in Tremont | temple tonight, Officials of old loea! 1-A whose president, Miss Annfe I, |field, whose capture here last night Molloy, issued the eall for the meet- (ended n chase that han extended Ing, sald that it would afford an op- [through five states denies that he vortunity for Roston operators to re. [killed Dennis Griffin, Cleveland police unite on the busis of the strikers ve-|man for whose slaying he is wanted furning to work, They denled a wide. [In the Ohilo eity, spread rumor that they intended to| l.ocked in a cell here under heavy Foreign Shipping Companies Shall Hring Muit o Test Validity of Law ht » Me=Amusement sSpending 800 for Vireworks, But None Is Fioy | Chief William . Hart of the New | Britain police department stated this knnrlmmn that he will issue orders to policemen to see that Fourth of July in quietly observed in thls eity this year and any persons seen shooting fireworks or firearms of any kind on the streeta will be liable to arrest, Chief Hart said that the people should not let their enthusiasm get the hetter part of their good judgment and perform acts on this day which self And Teft Car to Have Wound Dressed Detroit, June John 1. Whit roverse their position and join the ’lunrd Whitfield told officers that Grif strike, | In Favor But Didn't Strike This orgamization's charter was re- | voleed some time ago and its members were refused the right to participate in the referendum in which & majority | of the members of the telephone op erators department International brotherhood of clectrienh workers, voted in favor of a strike, Admittedly | in sympathy with the strikers' de mands, the local strike because of this refusal Will Not Join Walkout, Miss Molloy was at work at a com pany switchboard today.. Matthews, speaking as her rvepresen tative, said that there was no proba- | bility of the members of the local Joining the strikers. Officers of the 1ocal asserted that they had received reports this morning that the girls who went ont in Worcester and Springfield, were discouraged by “the poor showing of the strike in Boston and were going back to work. “This rumor that old local 1-A will join the strike' they said, “is an effort to keep them in line" Improvement In Worcester Worcester, June company officials reported today that they are able to give better service than yesterday as a reenlt of an in- crease in the number of operators. report they have available now a foree of 310 operators about 40 per cent of whom are gkilled. The oper ating force today was increased by 55 girls from local business houses Conditions Improved. Boston, June 27-—Conditions have distinetly improved throughout New England, the Néw Britain Telsphone and Telegraph Co. asserted in a state- ment issued thie morning regarding the telephone operators strike In Worcester, Springfield and Lawrence, large numbers of new operators were reported engaged but operating forces in these cities, it was admitted, were only 20 per cent to 75 per cent of the rormal. : The situation in Boston was de- clared better with many of the oper- ators returning to work in the large downtown exchanges. Operating forces in Boston ranged from 67 per cent up to the full normal strength, it was sald. Maine, New Hampehire and Ver- mont were reported normal The statement made no mention of Rhode Tsland Boston, June 27.—The possibility of peace between two opposing fac- tions of greater Boston telephone operators brought a new element to- day into the strike' declared in five New England states yesterday by the telephone operators’ department, In- ternational Brotherhood of. Electrical Workers, Overtures were made last night by department leaddrs to the old local 1-A, a greater Boston union whose ¢ ter was revoked by the de- partment some time ago and whose members remained at work yesterday, seeking amalgamation of the two hodies for joint action. Strike Proves Failure While officials of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., leaders of unions refusing to participate in the strike and the morning newspapers of Boston agreed that the strike had proved a failure on its first day, Miss Julla 8. O'Connor, president of the de- partment asserted only one half the operators in five states had joined the movement. Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont reported few operators on strike and service almost normal. R. 1. Cities Hit Bad In Providence and Pawtucket com- pany officials admitted that the service was practically “down.” Large num- bers of operators falled to report in Worcester, Springfield, Brockton, Lawrence, Salem and in several large exchanges in Boston. In Favor of Demands Operators remaining at two of the| strike—old local 1-A, those affillat- | cd with the international brotherhood | of telephone workers, a body inde- pendent of the American Federation of Labor, have announced they favor the object of the strike, a seven hour; day and an increased wage schedule, | but declare they were not included in the strike vote. The strikers de- mand a consolidation of New Eng- Jand exchanges with thres wage schedules instead of seven as at pres- ent with wages ranging from $15 a week on assignment as a student oper- ator to a maximum of $27 after four years' service. Wages at present range from $0 a week on assignment as u | student operator to $22 at the end of five and a half years' service, The company which claimed that “pretty considerable service” was ren- jered in firet day of strike thanked the | publie in display advertisements in; refused to join the Miss May ! 27.—Telephone | |won the low medal trophy in the na- { | | JOHN T, WHITFIELD | fin, who had Whitfield under arrest, and was driving him to police station, accidentally shot himself and left the automobile to have the wound dress ed. He sald he knew nothing of what happened to the officer thereafter "1 started to drive to a corner fo Itell a traffic officer about it,” Whit- field is quoted as saying ‘‘but some- thing happened to change my mind."” { FRESH AIR GAMP FUND CROSSES $2500 LINE Contributions for Children’s | Vacations Welcome at “Herald” Office s awakening to the need for funds for the TFresh Alr Camp—witness the growth of the amount subscribed. More is needed but the public is graciously responding to the call for money fo rthe project. Today's figures are: Previously Acknowledged A Friend ....... 4000, Mrs. William Dyckman . Friend A, H. Johnson Friend . New Britain 2,473.01 5.00 5.00 6.00 25.00 5.00 1.00 Total today $2,619.01 Everyone in the city who appre clates the change between the atmos- phere yesterday and that of today can readlly imagine what the I'resh Air Camp at Burlington affords to chil- dren for two weeks in the heat of | summer. Thunder showers vesterday cleansed and freshened the air in the city. the oppressive heat is gone for the time being, at least, but probahly not for long. Up in Burilngton, away from smoke and heat-collecting bulld- ings and pavements, the air is always fresher than it is here. 8mail con- tributions from generous citizens will make it possible to transport 300 chil- ness of the city to the freshness and “Iife”" of the country for a period of two weeks. Their minds and - their bodies will benefit. Thosé who wish to aid gre asked to send contributions to the Fresh Air Editor of the "Her- ald.” McAuliffe of Buffalo Wins National Tourney Washington, June 27.-—-Ray McAu- iiffe, of Buffalo, with a card of 153 tional publie links golf tournament to- day when John Dawson of Chicago | came in with a 154 finishing his| round which was stopped by darkness last night. L. Gordon Haw of Seattle | finished third with 155. Henry Deck- | er, the Kansas City star, falled to qualify by one stroke, when he turned | in a 165, { | Just Divorced, Miss Walton i Movie Star, Marries Again Los Angeles, June 27.—Gladys! Walton, motion pleture actress, and Henry M. Herbel of New York, assist- | ant sales manager of the company| starring Miss Walton, wers married here last night. Refusal of the first three ministers sought to tle the knot dren from the heat and oppressive- | ~ WILL INSIST ON FORD they will regret, It will be permissi. ble, he sald, to shoot fireworks in private yards or vacant lots with the | permission of the owner, Persons will be liable for arrest al 80, he added, if they shoot fAireworks before & o'clock in the morning or after 11 o'clock at night on July 4, The chief also issued a warning to the younger generation not to stand In front yards and throw firecrackers out | Into the street where they ml,hl hurt. passers-by. Chief Hart advocates a quiet, safe and sane Fourth and says that there have not heen a8 many aceldents within the past few years as there were when the “open” Fourth was celebrated and the boys and girls were allowed to shoot on the streets, Buying Fireworks for Fourth, Orders are being placed by the public amusements commission for $800 worth of fireworks to be lighted up at Walnut Hill park on the night of July 4 as a part of the city's ob- servance ot Independence Day. The commission has found that with the expenditure of this amount, it will be in position to give the many thousands who flock te the park for the annual fireworks display one of the finest exhibitions ever present. ed The commission is also making ar- rangements for two baseball games to be played on the afternoon of the Fourth. Two of the leading contend- ers for champlionship honors in the city league will probably be pitted against one another, and there f{s some gentiment for selecting an all- star New Dritain team to oppose a club from out of town. In the evening the Philharmonic band will open the concert season, furnishing a concert from 8 o'clock untll the fireworke display is begun, at sbont 10 o'clock, SCREEN BEAUTY DIVORGED Mrs, Emma Miller Powell Given De- cree in Bridgeport Court Against Movie Director Hushand. Bridgaport, June 27.—Emma Miller Powell, stage and screen beauty and daughter of a prominent merchant of Mississippl, won a divorce yesterday afternoon in superior court from her movie director husband, Frank Powell. Powell served on the staff of Mack Sennett and his specialty was directing comedies, but his wife told the court vesterday that when the comedy directing was applied to her she rebelled The rebellton did not take place, however, according to Mrs. Powell's testimo! until after she had been twice “banished" to her home in Mississippi for scolding her tempera- wental hushand abont poker playing. Each time she was compelled to write an apology to her husband before he wonld take her back. When ha quit his $2560 a week berth with Mack Sennett and a former wife residing in New York demanded her alimony allowance, Mrs. Powell went to her husband’s financial aid hy selling her jewelry. Then she accepted stage and screen engagements to keep the wolf from the door and the entire effort cost her 40 pounds in weight, she told the court. The Powells moved to Westport in 1917 and Mre. Powell resides there now. Dearborn-Ford-for-President Club Even Considers Organization of a Third Political Party, Detroit, June 27.—Planning vigor- ously to push its campaign to bring about the nomination of Henry Ford for president, probably as the leader of a third party, the Dearborn Ford- for-President club is considering the calling of a convention of all Ford clubs in Michigan it was announced today by the Rev. Willlam Dawe, leader of the movement in the home town of the Detroit manufacturer, Correspondence with numerous Ford clubs throughout the country makes it clear according to James M. Greene, secretary of the Dearborn organization that the Ford supporters | desire a third party, “The movement his grown to such proportions” he declared “that there is only one thing left to do and that is to create a natlonal organization.” WOUNDED BY GERMANS, By The Assoclated Vrass, Dusseldorf, June 27,—A French sergeant and a corporal were wound- ed near Witten last avening in an at- Boston newspapers this morning for ‘the conelderation and support it is (Continued on Twelfth Page) delayed the ceremony. Miss Walton obtained her final decree of divorce from her first husband, Frank H. Lid- dell, Jr., less than three weeks ago. tack made upon four French soldiers by three German men and one wom- an. should be adopted if foreign shipping |and for nearly an hour the rain fell DARING AVIATORS ALOFT EXPECT T0 STAY FOUR DAY$ Capt. Smith and Lieut, Richter Hope to Shatter All Records For ndurance Flying einted Press. Cal., June Captain Lowell 8mith, American premier for estry patrol fiyer and his noted wing mate, Lieut, John B. Richter, took off from Rockwell field at 4:43:43 2/5 o'clock this morning In a De Haviland plane Iin which they hope to remain aloft for four days and four nights and to break or establish 12 aerlal records among them an enduran racord which they hope to attain by refuel- ling in mid air, The plane is equipped with a 400 horsepower Liberty motor. Aviators Richter are successfnl it means that a fast airplane of limited fuel capac- ity can take off at New York and by refuelling in mid-air reach.the Pacific coast in less than 18 hours, Should Smith and Richter remain aloft 60 hours they probably will have traveled 2,000 miles farther than did Lieuts, Kelly and Macready in their non-stop trans-continental flight The record sought are those for over 2,000, 2,500, 3,000, 3,500 and 4,- 000 kilometers. The officers also hope to establish Epeed records for 4 %90, 5,000, 5,50, 6,000, 6,500 and 7,000 kilometers, The big thrill ls expected when Lieuts. Heines and Seifert make their first contact with ESmith and Rich- ter's plane to supply gasoline. Two minutes only wiil the two racing planes be required to be within 40 feet of each other, but these two min- utes will be fraught with the great- est danger. Three contracts for fuel and oil will be made today accord- ing to the program G. 0. P. CONDEMNS K. K. K. Kentucky Convention Springs Sur- prises by Adopting Plank Denounc- ing Klan as Un-American. Lexington, Ky, June 27.—~The re- publican state convention before ad- journing today adopted a plank de- nouncing the Ku Klux Klan as un- American, Condemnation of the klan was a surprise as no intimation that this question would be touched upon had leaked out Declaring the republi can party heartily condemned the klan as subversive to American ideals and institutions the plank aimed declared that “we pledge republican officials to a relantless warfare upon this (the klan) and any similar or- ganizations which may attempt to usurp the functions of government.” SPEEDS INTO TROUBLE Brooklyn Man Raccs at 48 Miles an Hout in Greenwich—Fined for Speeding—Held for Selling Stills, Greenwich June 27.-—Speeding his automobile to the 48 mile notch got Louis Nosowitz of Brooklyn, N. Y. into a double measure of trouble to- day. When the police looked the | truck over they found 48 stills on it. Nosowitz's father, Simon, is a maker of tinware and the son said he was selling the stills on a commission basis. In the borough court Judge Mead imposed a fine of $25 and costs on the charyé of speeding, suspended the sentence and had Nosowitz turned over to the federal officers on a charge of transporting stills. He was taken to Bridgeport. Coffee 90 Cents a Pound, Beer 2 Cents per Seidel By The Aesociated DPress. Dusseldor?, June 27.—Owing to the depreclation of the mark, coffee now costs 90 cents a pound while excellent beer is still avAllable at the equi- valent of two cents for a large seldel. Many persons are developing into pe- destrlans as the charge for a tax! has risen to ten cents a kilometer, Beef steak still solls on a gold standard re- talling for 50 cents a pound, AT S PR | THE WEATHER — Hartford, Mine 27.—Forecast for New Britain and sicinity: Fair, cooler tonight; Thursday fair; fresh westerly winds, *— | | il i i | I companies are to continue their policy furlously with hallstones beating down say that if Captain Smith and Lieut,! distance for duration and for speed | NNIS STARS SHOW FORM AT WINBLEDON Richards, Johnston, Leng- | len, Mallory and Bancroft Winners Today |TE | [ By The Associated Pr Wimbledon, Junw ~=Miss Kath- leen MeKane, first ranking British woman player, defeated Miss Kather- (ine Gardner of Cambridge, Mass,, f—1, f—0 today in the tournament which will decide world titles for the last time, Count de Gomar of Spain defeated T. Bevan of England, 4—6, 62, 62, 6 William M. Johnston met A. G. Watson of Belgium on the cented court but other Americans were shift- ed to the outside courts to give the grandstand spectators an opportunity to see Suzanne Lenglen, Count de Gomar and other notahles in action | Miss Leslie Bancroft of Boston de- |feated Mrs. McIlquham at 2-—6, 6—0, 8-—6. The American girl dropped the first set before she could accustom | berself to the Rritish woman's flerce cross court driving. | Without extending herself, | Lenglen, ran through two sets Miss Ingram at 6--0, §—0 Vincent Richards, third ranking American, defeated 8 M, Jacoh, Indla i Davig cup player, 6—2, 6—8, f—4 Willlam M. Johnston, American star, defeated the left handed veteran R. D. Watson of Northumberland, 6—1, 6—2, 9—T7, Johnston was hitting much harder |torehand and backhand than yester- day, but wasg still finding difficulty in |getting some of his drives over the Inet | Miss Martha Bayard of New Jersey defeated Miss T.. Cadle of England, 6-0, 6-4. Mrs. Molla. Mallory, the American woman champlion, defeated Miss H. L. FEddis of England, 6-3, 6-2 ‘While winning her match with comparative ease, Mrs, Mallory did not display the sparkling game shown by Mlle, Leng- {len Carl Caminos, the last of the Ar- gentine Davis cup players entered, was eliminated by T T. Baines, the old Tinglish star, at 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Francis T. Hunter, American, after an erratic start, regained his strong land accurate form and defeated Vv Burr of the younger school of English plavers, 5-7, 6-0, 6-1, 6-3, Mile. with 'TWO DEAD, THREE WOUNDED Fiveg Are Arrested Charged Murder After Fatal Gunfight in Small Tennessee Town, “hattanooga, Tenn., Tune 27.—Tim Miller and Fastley Goforth were kil |ed and M. A, Goforth, George Miller and an unidentified man wounded during a fight in the Suck Creek sec tlon of Marion county. Five alleged { participants were under arrest today {on charges of murder. They are Bob | White, Hubert Goforth, Alexander Milier, M. A. Goforth and George Mil- ler. According to stories told by resi- dents the fight resulted from an argu- | ment during which one of the men ac- | cused another of informing authori- | ties that he was moonshining. When the two principals brought their guns into play the crowd, it was said, took sides and joined in the shooting. MAY UNG_OVEWGANDAL Inquiry Into Graft and Bootlegging Charges Against N. Y. Police to Be ‘“Wide Open." New York, June 27.—Prediction that the inquiry into charges of police grafting and bootlegging would be thrown “wide open” was made by John D. Lindsay, counsel for Magls- trate Corrigan today 'S announcing that the appellate divislon of the su- preme court had sustalned the legal- ity of his subpoena for all police rece ords deallng with enforcement of the state prohibition enfercement act. Dr. Kate Campbell, Conn, Woman, Heads Medicoes Ban Franelsco, June 27.-Dr, Kate | l | c Conn.,, was elected president of the women's medical association a division of the American medical assoclation In convention here today. With | ‘ampbell Hurd Mead of M!ddlpla"n.‘ with great force, After a cessation [of about half an hour, the rain again fell and the city was visited by & sec. Jond storm, equally as severs as the first, During the entire storm, the oity was covered with darkness and the few motorists who ventured to drive through the streets did so with head« lights burning to avold accidents, At about 7 o'clock In the evening the skies were again cleared and mueh of the heat of the day, prior to the storm, Lad been moderated by the raina Firemen Called Ont in Storm | 'The most serious phase of the storm ‘was a fire in a barn at 226 Rocky | Hill avenue, owned by Christian Pep- lan and directly adjoining the proper- ty of the town farm. The structure was burned completely to the ground with $3,000 damage, this despite the fact that Chief W. J. Nobie and the |fire fighters were on hand within & few minutes after the alarm had been turned in, At 5:19 o'clock, headquarters re= ceived a call from Box 237. Thisis & private box which was installed for the town home through the efforts of Chief Noble who felt that extra pre~ of openly disregarding the treasury rling against bringing lquor stores into American jurisdiction, No decision was announced In view of the constant stream of ships arelving In violation of the vegulations it was suid a sharp change of polley was under serious consider tion, The government has been willing to have the forelgn lines file suits to test their rights to bring In lignor under thelr government's customs seals, but 80 far no steps for such a test have been taken In its provisions for dealing with ships or other carrlers which trans- port lquor illegally the Volstead act is phrased in direct language, It provides that whenever intoxicating liquor illegally transported is seized by an officer of the law, he shall take possession of the vehicle and team or automoblle, boat, air or water craft or any other conveyance and shall ar- rest any person in charge thereof.” New York, June 27.-- The steam- ships Olympic and Chicago arrived today with liquor supplies for their return vovage under seals of the Brit. ish and French governments. The Olympie carried 130 gallons of spirits, 196% gallons of wine, 11 gallons of liqueurs and 3,336 bottles of ale. danger of a serious fire in the bulld- ings where aged inmates are housed. When an alarm is turned in from this box every company in the city re- sponds. Thought Female Ward Was On As soon as the box number had been ticked over the wire, Chief Noble made all haste in the direction of the own farm with five companies close at his heels. As they neared Rock Hill avenue, the flames were shoott from all parts of the building 80 feet into the air and the fire fighters were in desperate fear that the old wooden female wards, soon to be replaced by a fireproof bullding, had taken fire. Chief Noble and Deputy Chief Eugene F. Barnes heaved sighs of relief when they saw that the blaze was on an ad- joining property. Three of the com- panies were despatched back to their houses and streams of water were played on buildings nearby. In an hour nothing remained but a mass of * smouldering and charred timbers. Many who were aware that Box 237 was the town farm alarm and others who saw flames from the direction of that institution hurried on cars and on foot to the scene and shared with the fire fighters the relief at finding that {t was a building in which no humans were housed. Aside from the fire on Rogky Hill avenue, the fire department was not affected by the storm. The alarm sys- tem worked perfectly as far as the department has been able to ascertain the only alarm turned in registering | perfectly. | Linemen Work 2013 Hours, Repairmen of the Connecticut Light and Power C'o. who reported for work yesterday morning at 7 o'clock | continued on the job as late as 3:30 o'clock this morning, some of the men putting in 20 hours work so that interruption in the service might be reduced to a minimum. Superintend- ¥ with A auota of | 7y s Jourdan of the New Britain Tuxembourg 921 jicirict gpoke today of the loyalty of |the men who remained on the job through and after the storm, Barly in the progress of the light« | ning display the Fafnir Bearing Co., New Britain Record Co., and other | places served on the same eirenit wel Gov. Pinchot of Penn. Will Have No | “cut out” for about an hour, but were able to continue after workmen were Appointees. Who Will Not Pledge | gegpatched to repair the breaks, | s Berlin Wire Service Cut. upport of 18th Amendment. , On Beach Swamp - road, lewding from New Britain to Berlin, a large tree fell across the electric light, tele« hone and trolley wires causing a se- fous tie-up and rendering the town of Berlin without electrc and 'phone | through his term of office he “will|service for several hours. The fallen | support, defend and personally obey |tree was removed with much effort | the constitution of the United States|early in the evening. | ineluding the 18th amendment and | The town of Plainville experienced | the national and state laws enacted to | the worst electrical tie-up, there being carry that amendment into effect.” no serviee in that town for several hours after the storm had subsided. It was late in the night when éme | ployes of the C. 1. and P. Co. com« | pleted what work had been brought | to their attentlon there. Practically all the damage done was by trees | falling across the wires, many of them |on individual wires leading into homes, Y The entire system as being patrolled today and minor repairs are being {made. Innumerable branches of trees | were thrown across wires and while they caused no trouble at first, might result in breaks if left there for any | considerable time. Considering the possibilities of se- rious breaks that so severe a storm offerad, Superintendent Jourdan felt | that the ecity was exceedingly fortu- nate. Southern Section Hardest Hit 357,803 INMIGRANTS ARE T0 BE ADAITTED Of This Number, England, Germany and Italy Have Largest Quotas Washington, June 27.—Only slight changes from the allotments of the past vear are shown in regulations promulgated today by the labor de- partment fixing the number of immi- grants of the various nationalities who will be admitted to the United States under the quota law during the fiscal year beginning July 1., The quotas for the forelgn countries | which ordinarily send the largest number of imimgrants show no change. Out of the total of 357,808 who will be admitted—the same as 1923—-the allotment for the | Kingdom of Great Britain and | Ireland remains at 77,342, that of | Gérmany again is 67,607, and that for | Ttaly is unchanged at 42,707 The changes made for the smaller countries resulted mainly for terri- | torfal readjustments. | The French quota | changed at 55,720 Egypt for the first time reported as |'a separate country is given a qnota of 18, thereby reducing the African 'qunfn from 122 to 104 remains un- Fiume is the ¢ | 17, Teeland has | and Palestine 57, Harrisburg, Pa., June Gover. nor Pinchot in a statement today de- i clared no one will be appointed to any ‘ position under his administration who will not give his word of honor that |Gigantic Splinter Taken | From Arm of Sawmill Man Spring, Lake, N. J., June ‘A &plinter, one foot long and two inches 'wide, was removed today from the arm of W. M. Sherman of Manasquan, |a saw mill worker. Doctors said the splinter which entered above the wrist 'and came out near the shoulder was ! probably the largest ever taken from a iman's body. 27.~ ‘Bones of Mastadon That ‘ Antedate Man Located | London, Ont., June 27.——Bones be- {lieved by Professor A. D. Robertson of Western university to be those of |a mastodon which existed on this con- tinent previous to man have been dis- Under the direction of City Ene covered by Willlam Jones on his farm { gineer Joseph D. Williame and Street |in Delaware township. The teeth were | Superintendent Joseph Scheidel, the a foot long and 18 inches across. The employes of the board of public works tusks were elght feet long. The jaw | o bone weighed 40 pounds, | (Continued on Eleventh Page.) cautions should be taken to aveld