New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1923, Page 1

Average Daily Circulation " . 1 News of the World By Associated Press Aug. 18th . . GERMANY REFUSES TO RUHR TO PAY FRENCH DEBT [ ;syB-rnlal Aulnt!ll!d‘l’n'.rl.h to | "If the French government sin- | — 3 Jer- made by the recent Cuno government |Plédges for German deliveries after for the meeting of Germany's repara- | the expiration of the moratorium, we tion obligations, Chancellor Strese- |can find a way of reaching an un- derstanding. But no differentiation mann told the German TIndustrial Commerce club in addressing it to- | must be made between the Rhineland day. {and Ruhr on one hand and the Ger- | man Reich on the other. “For the Ifberation of German LARGE SUPPLY AYAILABLE soil for the maintenance of our sov- for a solution of the reparation ques- | Gompers Refuses to Predict Result ereignty and for the consolidation of | our situation,” the .chancellor de- |tion even a temporary pledging of | S clared, “it would not be too great a |the Ruhr or a transfer of the Rhine- | in Case of Walkout—Connellsville land railways and collieries or other | iy Makers Prepare to Distribute Fuel for Homes. RILLED, 100 INJURED, IN RUSSIAN RAILROKD WRECK Many Victims Were Jews on Way to America—Broken Dam Adds to Horror BITUNINOUS MINERS WILL STAY AT WORK No Thought of Suspension, De- clares Illinois Union Leader LEVIATHAN BEATS OLYMPIC IN RACE ACROSS OCEAN American Liner 12 Hours Ahead of White Star Ship in Trans- atlantic Duel By The Associated Pres Southampton, Aug. 24.—The glant | American steamship Leviathan arriv- ed here from New York at 12:56 p. m. today, Greenwich time. At that hour the White Star liner WATERBURY PLAYER - LEADS GOLF FIELD With Few Entrants to Report Merriman Has Low Gross Score I0W NET EVENT IS TIED Bixty-nine Players in State Fvent at 1 Saturday had not yet arrived at Cher- —Prizes | bourg, her first port of call on this B0 Moadaw R Gh'm (flr‘slds. at which the big American pas- | Morning and Afternoon Rounds |senger ship arrived at § o'clock this Y | morning. Singly and Collectively. It was estimated by officials of the | United States lines that the Leviathan Sixty-nine of Connecticut's foremost | ;. g peaten the Olympic in by at least golters started from the first tee at|ys pours as the British liner was re- Shuttle Meadow club today in a “Onvlm,.,.d as not likely to reach Cher Day Tournament,” for prizes, based on|joure yntil 6 o'clock this evening. ROW OVER LETTERS Admirer Suspected of Killing Young Bride in Colorado Springs LOVE NOTES UNDER PILLOW Secret Sweetheart Thought to Have Clubbed Mrs. Suttle to Death — | Couple Used Window Box in Her Room as Post Ol'llee. Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. "C"‘ — ket of five lette “he flood A crumpled packet of five lettery, o.neea 00/ to contain evidence incriminatir Adrt‘ 'ty MoscotWw, Aug. 24.-—(Jewish Tele- graph Ageney)—More than 650 per- sons were killed and approximately 100 injured when a train proceeding from Vilna to Warsaw leff the tracks near Lida and crashed into a dam early yesterday. The impact burst the | dam, the ensuing rush of waters help- | ing to swell the casualty list. | The train was filled with passengers, | mostly Jews, and among them were a | large number of immigrants bound | | for America. A special first aid train | dispatched from Lida was held up| by damage to the tracks caused by | from the bursting dam IN GOLD sacrifice to offer part of the German property in the Rhineland or Ruhr as | economic system as a productive pledge for carrying ont Germany’s | suggested in documents 23 and 25 of | | the French yellow book." reparation obligations. lisis s By The Associated Prees . | Chicago, Aug. 24.—Apprehension !that a sympathetic strike in the soft | coal fields in Illinois would follow an . | anthracite strike today was largely al- | layed following the announcement of PROHIBITION GREAT unlnown assailant whio killed ;x | medal play, awarded by the Shuttle | Meadow club and the Connecticut Btate Golf association. Favored with perfect weather and ideal playing con- ditions, many out-of-town people| to have been the cause of the attack, | which ended in the death of the 17| year old bride of a month, according KATO, WARRIOR AND U Sty Elsie Jorgansen Suttle, wife of . rm?(, Suttle, Jr., here yesterday, is believes, F LS > Y : jwm& BLESSING'--WHEELER made the club grounds their object | early this morning and the play was! well started at 10 a. m., most of the | players electing to go out in groups of four though there was an occa- sional twosome and threesome. | The play slowed up somewhat later| in the day and at 1:30 the last four- | some out had not yet finished the mornmg round | The last few reporting in the low net event upset the earlier scores con- siderably, R. M. Armstrong, of New Haven and R. W. Chamberlain 6f | Bhuttle Meadow were tied for low net first prize at 65 apiece. Armstrong made a 76 with 11 handicap and | Chamberlain 4 77 with 12 handicap. C. L. Warner, of Brooklawn had a net of 70 with a 14 handicap and H. H. Pease of Shuttle Meadow had 69 with a 12 handicap. Low Gross Event. The low gross scores handed in just| before the finish made it look as though B. P. Merriman, of Water- bury, with a 76 would lead the field. He was followed closely by G. F. Smart, of Wethersfield and W. Bat- terson, of Hartford, with a 76 and 77 respectively. The cards for the leading men in the morning round, before the play had finished were: Merriman— Out—446 433 6553237 In—544 444 445—38— Smart— Out—434 356 65 3—39 In—445 443 445—37—76, W. E. Batterson— Out—4 65 554 556 3—41, In—534 343 4565—36 Low Net Scores | In the low net event the leading scores this morning were, Batterson's | card (as above) with a handicap of 8, making .a net of 6. Warner-— Out—5 4 6 STATESMAN, IS DEAD Country Well in War and Diplomacy By The Associated Precs. Tokio, Aug. 24.—Baron Tomosaburo Kato, premier of Japan, died this aft- ernoon, it was allowed to become known officially late today. Premier Kato was born shima prefecture in 1859 {ed the naval academy in , 1873 in Hiro- He enter- and warship Tsukuba for practical train 7. 43 664—41, In—3234 343 656-—37-75-10-68, When all the cards for the morn ing round were in it was found that Merriman was the winner by one stroke. R. M. Armstrong, of New Ha.- | ven tied for second place with Smart at 76 and R. W. Chamberlain; of Shuttle Meadow, F. D. Ross, of Se-|lieutenant, he proceeded to San Fran quin and W. E. Batterson were tied |of staff for the first squadron. Upon for third place with 77 apies | clsco with a training squadron. He This afternoon the same players, [entered the naval staff college upon with possibly a few additions will |his return from America from which make another round of 18 holes for [institution he graduated in 1889 the final round on the one day aff: In 1891 he was appointed a There will be prizes awarded for the |officer, being subsequently dispatche low gross and the low net made in [fo London as superintendent of naval this afternoon’s round and another |construction. He returned to Japan set of prizes given to the players |in 1894 as an officer on the new war whose combined scores for the two 18 |ship Yoshino. Upon the outbreak of liole rounds are the lowest net and |the Russo-Japanese war, Kato went lowest gross. Jnn active servicg as a captain and imonths later was promoted to |rank of rear admiral. ! In 1905 he participated in the | mous battle of the Japan Sea as chief cealed weapons and transporting liquor. Chief William C. Hart testi- |the restoration of peace he awas de to | rated In 1906 when the | was 1blished Admiral Kato w {pointed vice-minister of the n: TREMIER KATO |ing. 1 in 1883. Promoted to the rank of | staff six the PROPHETS IN BRIDGEPORT FOR ANNUAL CONVENTION fa Thousands of Grotto Members Enjoy Program Concluding With Mardi Gras Festival. Bridgeport, Aug. 24.-—Thousands of e prophets of various grottos of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm in the New England Inter-Grotto association are | gathering here today for the two day session of the fifth annyal convention The formal affair starts with a flag raising this afternoon. Elimination baseball contests and a theater party for the ladies will be held this after noon. ¥ Tomorrow there will be a parade at 11 a. m., followed by band contests, a barbecue at Seaside park and the events will be brought to a close with a mardi gras in which the general public is invited to participate Tonight the delegates meet to elect Y officers and select a convention ecity | for 1924, after which the formal cere monial wil Itake place in th® Park theater | (Continued on Eighteenth Fage). Bootlegger With Caught Here Truck, Held Up in Belvidere | "Early in Morning, Found To Have Liquor Aboard Companion Is Freed. Parker, doing section of the early thi Tohn Morton t Policeman Frank duty in the Belvider [eity, 1ttle realized that | morning when be placed of Pawtucket, R, I, under operating a motor vehicle operator's license that all |pant of the same car would later arrested for .carrying concealed - | pons and transporting liquor with in itent to sell Yet this is exactly what {happened for when Officer Parker {trought Morton and John Santos, t} | other occupant, to police headquar Carlson | ters, Sergeant Patrick MecAvay [structed him to search the truck This was done and in the rear of the has{truck among a quantity of fo Members of Aziz Grotto of this city | who intend to gb to Bridgeport to morrow leave from in front of Grotto hall at 8 a. m. Chairman Martin Hor witz of the transportation committee | Iras arranged fo have all auntomobiles at that point and reports that there . will be accommodations for phophets. without an er ocen b anot RETURNS FROM SWEDEN Boat Bringing Policeman Back Late One Day on Account of Heavy Storm at Sea Policeman Axel Carlson, who been sojourning in Sweden for the|ihe policeman found two past four months, has returned to|of alleged liquor. When New Britain and called on Chief Wil-|mitted that the liguor llam C. Hart at police headquarters|was about to he locked this morning. He said that he had |[McAvay saw him put his hands inside fine weather while abroad and en-|of his shirt. He was questioned joyed every minute of the time he waq:whvn examined a loaded revolver was away. He further stated that the[found’beneath his underwear " boat from Sweden to this country was| Both men were arraigned in police a day late in arriving in New York |court this morning. Morton pleaded because of severe storms and the [guilty to a charge of operating with up. and \ heavy sea it passed through directly|out a license while SBantos pleaded not seas and wind and rain to return to|| ture. after it had left Sweden. The ‘leeman will roturm to duty soen. po- (Continued of Vage €c-2u,) | i Premier of Japan Served| after graduating, was attached to the| He was appointed sub-lieutenant | Saionji ministry | to police. A man called “Jack,” police be- lieve, is thought to have invaded the girl's room in an effort to secure the letters, which were found under the pillow of the bed on which her body was lying. Mrs. Suttle was said to have been carrying on a clandestine correspond- ence with an unknown admirer, who had called on and talked to her sev- eral times in the last few days. Of- ficers investigating the case said that a window box in the room in which she was killed was used as a post- oftice box. ! Police also are looking for a young Spaniard whoss first name is said to be Mando, said to be a rejected suitor of the girl. According to the story told police by Mrs. R. H, Suttle, Sr., her daugh- ter-in-law arose about 8 o'clock yes- terday morning and then returned to | her room. Shortly afterward the man sought by the police appeared and e KElsie, but the latter re- ised to see him. At 9 o'clock, Mrs. Suttle said she went to a store, and when she re- turned an hour later found the girl Iving in a pool of blood on the bed. Hospital doctors said the young wom- n had been beaten over the head { with a blunt weapon. In addition there were finger marks on her neck fand her left collarbone was broken, NEW HAVEN POLICE PAIL + 10 RECOGNIZE GIRL “PILOT" | | New Haven, Aug. here today did not recognize Miss | Mildred Brody and Frank Domingo, arrested in Hartford last night as fu- | gitives from justice on hench wa rants issued some time ago by perior Court Judge John W. Banks, |and alleged tg be members of a gang which has engaged in rum running | trom time to time. | The allegation specifically made is that the woman and man usually drove the “lead” or pilot car for those cars which were carrying liquor from outside to state points. Last April truck was seized at Suffield and Frank ‘Annicelli and Louis Leopoli of w Haven went to jail for a year ach for connection with the liquor | seized at the time, Tt is alleged that | the Brody woman and her companion were ahead of the truck and got away. County Detgctive E. J. Hickey yester- | day caught them as they were coming | into Hartford from Fast Hartford. Mildred Brody, Sald to Have Scouted for Rum Runners, Not Known in Elm City 24.—The police | | | The car they had was equipped for rying packages such as bottles of liguor. ‘('nnlidzc Again Cancels Weekly Cabinet Meeting 24.—President toda: cabinet he has dispensed Washington, Aug Coolidge cancelled meeting—the third with in succession, Lo;Jed Gufz: amifined $125 | 16 YEAR OLD BOYS, DRUNK, PICKED UP IN WILLIMANTIC SELLER GETS RECORD FINE Willimantic, Aug. 24-—Two old boys picked up by the police yesterday helplessly drunk and requiring medical at tention, led to a raid on the house of David Macha and the seizure of two 20 gallen stills in operation on gas stoves and 31 quart bottles of liquor In ourt today he was charged with iiquor law violation on three counts and fined $300 and This was the highest fines vet imposed here. 16 year total [ —— Club Raided; Liquor in Lockers Aug 24.—After a raid- last ight on the Saturn club, one of the most exclusive clubs federal agents returned today for a detailed the club’s individual quantity of liquor was the club bartender Ar |Exclusive [ Buffalo, of A and imspection lockers seized 1 Gen. Wood Forced Back To Landl)y Wild Waves 21 The Geéneral forced by yacht Ap», Leonard heavy Aug. with Governor Wood abeoard, was [ Manila yesterday after starting to the |1s1and of Mimdore. | SALYA 'Replies to Danish Professor, Bullion Which Went Downf Saying It Has Saved | With Laurentic Has | 500,000 Lives ¢ Been Recovered | By The Assoclated Press. | B The Assoctatea Press. | Copenhagen, Aug. 24, — Wayne B. | London, Aug. 24.—All except a few | Wheeler, chief counsel of the anti- | bars of the $30,000,000 worth of gold |saloon league and principal American | bullion which dropped to the ocean |delegate to the Intergational Congress | bed when a German submarine sank |against Alcohol, sharply criticized to- |the Laurentic off Donegal, Ireland | has been recovered by divers who, |since 1918 have been carrying on | their labors 90 feet below the sur-|absolute probibition he had | face of the sea. The 30 bars remain-|during a four months' visit {ing in the wreck, it is expected, will |1Tnited States, be brought up within a fortnight. In addition to the gold, which was ! tried all gvstems-—licenses, higher tax- | consigned to American bankers, the ation, restriction, local option, govern | Laurentic was tadan with almost five ment control, and | million dollars in silver specie mostly |failed. Then came prohibition, which |in two-shilling pieces, all of which [was an immediate success. The first | has been salvaged. The men have|three years experience shows that pro- been using a diving Spear with a dial hibition although carried through attachment that shows whether the|only partly, has been a great blessing. | spear point is touching gold or a base| “The official statistics show the | metal such as iron. The clock-like | mumber of crimes was reduced in Chi- ’dml fs kept aboard the salvaging ship | cago, New York and Albany respec |and is connected with a spear which | tiyely 19 and 42 per cent, while J ”n'f"ge'ihfer;v"fi:(usr'fafo‘m Wark!m;;;\t least 500,000 human lives have e aobetatia Yo bt to (he |00 saved in the last three years In attention of the admiralty in 1920 by | American homes were built to the a college professor. Previous to that|yyne o $40,000,000 while since pro:i- time the divers in three years of 1abor |}ition the figures are $328,000,000 ¢ | had recovered 608 hars, hut since the (4 647 new homes every menth. - galvanometer was brought into use| ' P TILEn 8 V91 IOIM, more than 2,100 have been brought to |, : he top, each bar heing worth from | A ‘.“",), ADSA Sr8 ¥ 10 pion (35,000 to §10,000, depending upon the | JC0F | 1AEE r""f’lvafl o life in Am- |standard of the goldenad thosizo of |5 LS oLy Wak tiske | Ehel Bar. . four months, | The work of the divers Has heen | made harder by the activities of the hungry dogfish which seem to think |that they are the watchdogs of the| wreck. Each diver carries a ~large | knife as a protection against any fish that gets too bold. Each man re-| |celves a 32nd part of the treasure he | recovers. Warming of the University of Copen- received to the | SPANISH SOLDIERS MUTINY Regiment for Morocco and Fires on Officers— Disturbance Quickly Quelled. 'MUSSOLINT WANTS ACTION IN DISPUTE OVER FIUNE Italian Premier, Tmpatient Over De | Madrid, Aug. 24.—A Spanish. regi | ment mutinied at Malaga on Wednes- | day ‘as it was aboit to embark for | Melilla, Morocco. After killing a sub- | officer of an engineering unit, the ‘mutinesm were subdued with the aid | of the Malaga garrison and were fore- 3 "fid to board the transport. The gar- fay! Snyehets Qneattts Be Beitin: ‘:m: restored order without using After the arrival of the regiment in | Mordkeo the ringleaders of the mutiny were executed by September 1. By The Asaoclated Press. Rome, Aug. 24.—Tmpatient over the delay in settling the status of Fiume, Premier Mussolini has asked the joint commission dealing with the question | N21l Was attacked, yesterday by strik- |ers who were driven off by the civil to reach a decision before Septem- | | ber 1. |guards. One of the assailants was The newspapers this morning Killed and six wounded. Other clashes ported than an ultimatum had been | OCcurred in various parts of the city sent by the Italian government to| Jugo-Slavia sking a defipite decision | MOLLA BEATS MRS, BEAMISH concerning Fiume, it being alleged | ; & Brookline, Mass. Aug. 24.--Mrs e e e e ot P*°1 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, defeated Mrs, semi-official communique issued 'h“‘irtdf ,R*‘ix;’gn"f’f’r:‘fi‘;:”;_gr:;l;’.qi::‘ |noon, hqwever, stated that the word ‘v“amn‘fl"z’m"‘fi“mampm i “‘ultimatum™ used by the press was Chestnut H SbOEE Df Iha T oniawooa unwarranted As to the-character es‘n'x 3 ils ¢ £ | of the communication sent the state. | Cricket club. ment added: “It was only an Invitation addressed et aiee| Brookhart Talks Bilbao, Spain, Aug. 24~The city | 1talo-Jugo-Slav commission | with the Fiume question to conclude | its work within the present month." The newspapers say Mussolini pro posed that Fiume he governed by a | mixed Italo-Jugo-§lav commission and that this commission entrust the | Italian government with the political | ¢ |administration and management of | | Fiume. Time Has Come to Kick : Merediths Out Over Dash- :One Way to Avoid Fuel | board and Run Own Busi- 1 Shortage This Winter" ness,” He Declares. contractor, re that a | I. Wexler, building ported to the police {quantity of lumber had been stolen | I8 [from the building at the corner of | Pl [Matn and Winter streets where he i |9 URCeT OV 0 10 S g0 O {making repairs. Policeman Michael | I0%a and ihe thited Slafes | Meehan later found the lumber in ;“’}“;mn;""g' ‘|rv\‘i"\)wm Bacsk. ta peek lienten o addressing an American Legion picnic | here tdday, renewed his attack on E ‘I T. Meredith, former secretary of ag- | riculture, iwith whom hé has taken g Jewell, lowa, Aug. 24—Declaring he would be “only too glad” to tell the farmers 8f what 1 financial * NIGH TIDES farmer. 1t was Mr. Brookhart's first public Meredith since the latter announced his intention to | |file a suit for alleged libel against the senator Mr. Meredith oath, said the senator, and “we will find out from his own mouth whether * | he made a fight against the deflation of the farmers or whether he sat % | mum in the Wall street game.” | Senator Brookhart attacked Mr | | Meredith's figures and statements in i o i | war finance corporation loans to lowa Hartford. Aug. 24—Forecast | |farmers, and #old his audience that | for New Britain and vicinity: |4 'the time has come when the farmers Fair tonight. Saturday clondy; | should kick the Merediths out over not much change in tempera. the dashboard and figure their own Variable winds, | | business for themselves. ™ e |' | 1§ o | i August 25 (Standard Time) At New Hayen— 10:24 a. m.: 1044 p. m At New London | 8:20 a. m; 838 p. m | | | % 1 too. PO ¥ - i THE WEATHER | i & \ z #1 (ConMnued on Eighteenth Page). day the review given Tuesday by Prof. | hagen of the impressions adverse to | | “America,” said Mr. Wheeler, “has | all these methods | {the last five years before prohibition | added Mr. Wheeler “is my | TS MY otuged a request of this kind and | Objects To Embarking the | issue on the financial condition of the | would be under ‘ T0 BEING IGNORED }Explains Why He Vetoes Resolution for Police Investigation Mayor A. M. Paonessa today vetoed a resolution adopted at the last ses- sion of the common council by which tive members of that body were nam- ed to investigate the police depart- ment. The mayor’s veto had been expected for several days. The time limit pro- vided by the charter in which the mayor can exercise this right is 10 days and in this particular case would expire tonight. In connection with his action of disapproving the measure, Mayor Paonessa issued the tollowing state- nent: “I cannot in conscience approve of the action of the council in appoint- sulting *me. L have lice department and will do nothing to. hinder it. 1 have, however, stren- uous objections to being ignored in | any matter which may be important to the citizens and residents of New Britain, “"At various times since 1 have been { mayor, when resolutions called for | the naming of a committee, different members of the council have ap- | proached me concerning the personnel | of the commitpee. 1 have never yet { have always been glad to cooperate in every way with the council mem- bers, Ing-!»w of this fact their ac- | tion in abpointing this investigating | commjftee was unwarrantd@ and un | called for, “If this action is allowed to unnoticed who could foresee to what length the council may go ito heap indignities upon the head of the chief executive! I therefore, disapprove of | the action as a matter of deportment and as protection for future mayors Il as for myself.” | hat the mayor's veto will he sus- tained is being taken in city hall as a foregone conclusion. The fifth and siyth ward representations are solidly behind the mayor with 10 votes and Alderman John F. Gill of the second ward will also cast his lot with the minority side on this issue. Even if there are no other councilmen stand- ing by the maygr, which is regarded as unlikely, 11 votes is sufficient to prevent the passage of the | over his resolution. To do this | votes, or two-thirds of fhe member- ship of the council is necessary 20 Police Board to Meet On Palmer Application meeting of the board of A special police commissioners will be held this The matter of appointing “Lefty” Palmer to the supernumer ary squad will be taken up. If Palm er is appointed he will be eligible to | play with the coppers in their games | with Meriden next Wednesday. evening. of Financiers’ Plot to Make Farmersfeasants \ | HIGH WINDS, LOW MARKS BRING BANKRUPTCY GERMAN SEASIDE RESORT By The Associated. Press. Swinemuende, Germany, Aug. Chilly breezes from the ocean and the high prices of the falling mark have combined to’force this Pomeranian sea- side resort into bankruptey The municipal authorities have declared themselves unable to ngeet the city’s financial obliga tion and twe of the deputies are hastening to Berlin to place i their troubles before Minister of Finance Hilferding. Swinemuende was frequently visited by the former kaiser and before the war was the most | famous bathing resort in Ger- many. BT SI000 N GENS Cracksmen Bind Watchman, ‘Iow Open Safes of Los Angeles Jewelry Manufacturers and Make Escape. thousand dollars worth of diamonds and other gems was taken from two | safes belonging to manufacturing jew- | elry companies early today by thieves who held up and bound a night watch- | man and blew open the safes. ing a committee without even eon- | no objection to | the proposed investigation of the po- | pass | measnre | Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois mine workers, that there was | no thought of a suspension in the bi- tuminous fields, Coal operators who met with mine union officials here yesterday said there was a plentiful supply of bituminous coal above | ground to supply any emergency de~ mand in the middle west. | | Gompers Refuses to Prophesy Milwaukee, Aug, 24.—A sympathe- tic strike on the part of soft coal miners to aid an anthracite walkout, should such be called, would make the most powerful strike in the coal industry that the world has ever seen, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor said in an address here before the interna- tional Photo-Ergravers' unfon last night. “l have no information, however, as to the likelihood of such a strike,” Mr. Gompers added “As to which side would win if ‘it took place—well T am no prophet.” Prepared (o Rush Coke By The Associated Press. i Connelisville, Pa., Aug. 24.—Opera- tors in the Connellsville coke region today joined with bituminous coal operators of the country in preparing for an emergency demand for bee-hive coke for domestic purposes in the event of a stoppage of anthracite pro- duction on September 1. An output of 100,000 tons of coke weekly could be made available te ordinary consumers of anthracite coal operators declared. | The Connellsville coke region last | winter was called upon to meet a | similar emergency while anthracite operators were replenishing their de. | pleted stocks after the settlement o |the 1922 coal strike. ~ For. severa. months thousands of tons of bee-hive | cokd was shipped daily to domestic consumers in Philadelphia, New York and New England states as a substl tute for anthracite coal. The amount | of tonnage at that time was limitec {to transportation® facilities but opera- tors for some time past have had & !n:a\lluum car supply and have beer | given assurances that there is little | possibility of a car shortage at this | time. | Heating coke was quoted here today at $4.50 to 84 . Strike Would Cause Emergency. | Washington, Aug. 24.—Stoppage of | anthracite mining’ weuld congtitute a public emergeney, the ‘oul commis- | sion said today in a Tormal state- | ment, requiring the- full co-operation |of consumers with soft-coal operators |and all agencies of distribution, with |all possible aid throngh executive ac- tion by federal and state govern- | ment | "It those i mining and fare to continue the tribution of anthraeite to think enty of their own demands and not at all of the public’s demand for coal,” the state | ment said, “the coal commission feels that evert measure should be taken to supply the domestic fuel needed !in the homes of the great mass of consumers, and ally of the in | dustrial workers, igh the east.” | A careful review the situation | Chairman John Hays Hammeond said, [1ed the commission to still cling to that the ®oppage of an- broduction would not be al | lowed because of the vital |interests of both' miners-and’ agas ators, would be immediately injured the other hand said, the government did not feel that the public interest would be served through another attempt on its part | to intervene in the deadiock who now control th of to ocenr which On Lewis Says Men Will Not Strike Atlantic City, Aug. 24.-—Speculation as to possibility of a bituminous strike in sympathy with the anthracite sus | pension was given no countenance to day by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers. He said that every principle of the union called for maintenance by its members of con |tract obligations and that contracts in the unionized bituminous fields re- quire men to stay in employment un- til next April. Further, it was point- . the soft coal fields in West are non-union DEMANDS FOR RANSOM | Father of Kidnapped Lillian McKen- tie Pumled By Letters Received | From Two Different Points | New York, Aug. 24 —Police today were attempting to locate the writers of two letters received yesterday by Peter McKenzie, father of three months old Lillian, who was leidnap- ped from Manhattan street last Sat- |urday. Each letter, one from Brook- lyn and one from Rutherford, N. J., |asked for $1,000 ransom for the re- |turn of the baby. | The Brooklyn letter declared Liliian {had been stolen “just because of all |the dirty tricks you did me.” The father said he knew of no one whom he had injured in any way. The other letter, which was writtén in purple ink in a flowing masculine "hand, was signed K. K. K Tt said that Lillan was being well cared for,