New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Asscciated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 Shot in Head Near Capitol Building As Rum Runners and Dry Agents Clash . Washington Stirred and In-/ vestigation of Boozef ‘Charges, Strangely Halt-! ed, May Now Be Forced: | ~The prohibi- Washington, Feb. 16, for ! tion situation in Washinglon, months u center of criticism and con- | tioversy, has culminated in the shoot- ing down of a,United States senator almost within the shadow of the cap- itol, As a result the whole muddie of conflicting opinions, charges, explana- tions, deniwls and counter chavges thiat have characterized cfforts 1o e iorce the prohibition laws, here scems Ikely to have a thorough alring in CUNgress, Scnator unk L. Greene of Ver- mont was shot in the head last night | @s @ car containing prohibition agents whirlad out of an alley into Pennsyl- vania avenue in pursuit of another antomobile suspeeted of carrying Lootlogge This morning it appear- ¢d that the wound probably was not Latal, although a final determination of that question awaited a more care- ful physiciuns’ examinations, Was With His Wire, The senator was walking with his, wite when the shooting occurred, less | than three blocks from the capitol building., Me was hit just over the f TR A by a bullet fired from one of the automobiles—apaprently by a! prohibition agent, who was using his revolver freely in an effort to com- | pel the pursued machine to come to A prohilbition agent is under but no formal charges have ced agulnst him, nator Somewhat Better. The attending physicians at kmgrg- ency hospital sald today Mr, Greene | epopared to be somewhat better. He | wus consclous, und aftor an Xeray oxe amination physicians announced that ! the bullet had not remaingd in his licad, The incident was not the first in which the lives of those on the streety here have angered by pistol battlos with bootleggers. Mad chases of that and through the center of the city have boen Aumerous, H There Lave been a unimber of acel- | dents to bystanders and one ecitizens' association has passed resolutions | asking that the practice be stopped. Three Comered Row, The whole question has been com- plicated 1 a4 threc-cornered row joined in b gents of the prohibition vnit, officers of the intelligence division of the treasury department, und the city polic recently police | | a halt, arrest, boon p hoen (Continued on Second Page) WILSON WAS READY T0 | RESIGN BACK IN 1914 Tumulty Discloses Incident In Panama Canal Tolls Repeal Fight York, Veb, 16.—~The Broc Kagle toduy publishes a letter to J§ bert 1% Gunnison its publish rom Joseph P. Tumulty former secrotary to the late Woodrow Wilson statine| that Mr. Wilson had determined to resign as president in 1914 if congress | did not accede to his demand for tegistation repealing the Panama Can- New al tolls. In the letter Mr. Tumuity writes: Ax an interesting sidelight on the Woodrow Wilson in con- this controversy | wish for the first time to call attention to the fact that in the most solemn way he made the statement to me that in case congress should refuse to repeal Panama tolls there was nothing left for him do but resign as president of the United States. The conversa- tion 1 had with him in this matter took place immediately after the de- livery of his message to congress when it Jooked as if the tides of op- position Were running very stros Tn discussing the matter of his resig- nation with me he said 1 would not want to be of a country that wonld violate a solemn treaty. In case of failure in this matter 1 shall go before the| country after my resignation is ten- jered and ask it to say whether America is to stand before the world as a nation that violates its contracts as a mere matter of convenience, up- on a Lasis of expediency.” courage of wetion with president VGREEMENT SIGNED. Covlenz, Germany, Feb, 16.—A pro- tecor was signed at Mayence today between (he mechanical experts of the Dritish army of occupation and the Franco-Belgian railway adminis- tration concerning the detalls of the applieation of agreement for the maintenance of railway traffic in the Coiogn: Direct Marence and Ducsscidor! trains passed through | Cologne today for the first time since January, 1923 | 7m0 CONGRESSIONAL ACTION IN CAPITAL BOOTLEG SCANDAL WHEN SENATOR IS WOUNDED F. L. Grene of Vermont PROBES AND MORE ‘Literary Digest, Banking Indus- | national tux poll was made today by ! New Hampshire the committee chair- fand the ‘‘attorneys for claimants 'PROBES ARE ASKED try, Leases Brought Up Today LAFOLLETTE IS ACTIVE Asks Investigation of Other of Tall's Policies, Also of Milling and Bank- ing anl_neps—unlm Tax Poll is But| Propaganda. | Washington, Ieb. 16,—A demand that the senate “propaganda commit- tee” investigate the Literary l)lgt‘st'ai Senator Harris, democrat, Georgia in a letter to Senator Moses, republican, man, Senator Harris said the magazine was iu reality placing in the hands of voters “a circular letter which is nothing more or less than an argu- ment and a misleading one, for the Mellon plan,” Inquiry Ordered A nationwide inquiry by the federal trade commission into the milling and baking industrics was ordered today by the senate in adopting a resolution by Senator Lal'olette, republican, Wisconsin, Turther Investigation Senator Lal‘olette, republican, who introduced the resolution that started the oil inquiry proposcd another to- day, also dealing with the leasing policies of former Secretary Iall, Mr. Lalollette’'s new measure, pre- pared after John I, Ballaine of Se+ attle, an Alaskan railroad contractor, had presented allegations to President Coolidge relating to the transfer of the Matanuska coal rescrve from the navy to the interior department, calls ufon the interior secretary to submit his department’s records on the mat- tor, to the senate, A copy of the transfer agreemeoent between Secretaries 1'all and Denby is asked in the resolution together with all executive orders and other papers, including any lease made, applications for leases and correspondence on the subject, TWO KILLED, TWO WOUNDED IN SALT LAKE BATTLE oliceman, Wounds | Cafe Bandit S Another and Girl, Then Kills H i Sult Lake City, Utah, l'eb, 16.~Two dead and two dangerously wounded | is the toll of a pistol fight in the heart of Salt Lake City business section last night when the pollee attempted (o' arrest Willian Lee, alleged cafe bandit, | Lee, cool and deliberate and ewidently a marksman, after killing one police- man and wounding another, turned his gun upon his woman companion and then shot himself through the ab- domen, The dead and wounded are Patroiman Nolan V. Huntsman, killed instantly when shot through the heart, Patrolinun throfigh the die, | William Lee, about of San I"rancisco, holdip man, shot through the abdomen and head, died today. | Beatrice Hunter, about 28, San B. W intestines; Honey, 34, shot| expected to) ! idle, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECT} STRIKE IN ENGLAND 11 Tugboat Men Quit Too, Ocean Traffic Is Hit Hard U. §. BOATS ARE AFFECTED Shipipng Board Workers Get Pay Whether Or Not Ships Operate— If Strike Last Long England Will Feel Tood Pinch. By The Associated Press, London, Feb, 16.—The strike of dockworkers, affecting 120,000 men, became effective at noon today in all the ports of the United Kingdom. The steamshlp operators, upon whose business the effect of the strike was at flrst immediately apparent, said they expected to be able to main- tain their schedules with ocean-going passenger ships but feared that the vast water-borne freight traffic to and from ports in the United King- dom wuold be greatly slackened if not altogether stopped, entailing in- estimable Josses to themselves and shippers in general. Ocean Traffic Threatened Should the tugboat men in the vari- ous ports quit work out of sympathy with the dockmen it will be impos- slble to bring occan-going vessels to their docks, and all of them will have to anchor off shore, By the use of tenders, the passengers, mail and bag- gage could be carried to and from these anchored lners, but this sys- tem could never be used to load and unload the tremendous cargoes of commodities of every kind brought to and carried from the British isles. As soon us the dockworkers walked out various lines put into operation such plans us they had available to meet the emergency, the United States lines, fearing the Plymouth tugboat men would follow the lead of those at Liverpool and bunk the fires under their boilers, sent wireless messages to the captain of the steamship America,- due in Plymouth at 10 o'clock tonight, his own crew would have to haundle the mails, The government was asked to supply sallors and marines to help take the American mail bags ashore, Workers from the London offices al- so were rushed to Plymouth to handle the passengers’ baggage. The White Star loe announced that it expected o get the big Olym- pic away on schedule Wednesday. U, 8, Hard Hit The United States shipping board, a half dozen of whose freight steam- ers are due jn various Dritish ports the next few days fears it will suffer a harder blow to its exchequer than the contracts which enable the crews of American ships to continne draw- ing full pay whether or not the ships are forced by outside Influences to lle There {8 no such clause, It is stated, in the contracts made by Brit- ish vessels with their crews, and therefore the erews can should the strike make further opra- tion of the steamers impossible, The President Mouroe, with a heavy cargo, partly of perishable goods, is|to make a recommendation and he|Fnale's story in court. due In the Thames tomorrow, and it s uncertain as yet whether she will be able to unload and reload so as to return to the United States a weck hence, as scheduled. Some of the operators cxpressed the opinion today that the strike would be of short duration, possibly only over the week-end. 1f it should last any length of time it will affect whose term expired a few weecks ago, | everyone on these islands, for since Great Britain cannot feed herself the prices of food are bound to rise as soon as there is any interference with the steamers that bring eatables here from all over the world. Tugboat Men Out, Too Liverpool, b. 16.—~The dock- | workers here walked out at noon to- day. The tugboat workers struck in sympathy with them. ‘rancisco, shot through the cheek; recover, Lee was reported to have held up| a cafe and robbed it of about $40,/ wnd, when accosted by the police al-| most two blocks from the cafe, started | firing. An exchange of sl and Huntsman dropped with a bul-| tet through his heart and an instant | later Honey fell, Lee, stepped into an | alcove two hundred feet away with/ Miss Hunter, Two shots were fired man and woman fell, Les wounded twice and the woman once. | Witnesses are unable to state whether any of the shots fired by the ‘ policemen took cffect. { The condition of Patrolman Honey and Beatrice Hunter was said to b unchange, | Mellon Takes Action to Prevent Any Controversy Washington, eb. 16. Secrclary Mellon took steps today to curtall the practice under which former treasury officials have acted in some cases as before the | department in cases which were pending while they were in govern- ment service. Under a new regulation issued by the secretary, no one mnl appear on behalf of such a claim within a period of two years after leaves government employ. GUILFORD FARM RAIDED. North Guiiford, Conn., Feb. 16. | Enforcement agents late yesterday scized a still and its appurtenances, | 99 galions of mash and a quantity of liquor on the farm of James SBack, and arrested the farmer. When the| raiders reached the place there was| 1o evidence ‘of a still which was fi- nally brought (o light from under the barn. RAIN MAY STOP FIGHT Bunos Aires, Feb. 16— A heavy rai has been falling since dawn today, | flooding the football fleld and threat- | ening to postpone the Firpo-Lodged heavyweight match set for tonight. Middiesbrough, Eng., J'eb, 16.—~The dockworkers in this port ceased work {in accordance with their strike sched- | ule, Twelve liners from the far east hots followed | 7€ held up at thelr piers, and scores pag jived MELD AS COUNTERFEITER Hills, L. L, Man—Accused in Spu- rlous $1,000 Counterfeit Notes. Forest New York, leb. 16.—Federal secret |service agents working on the €On- | fered the spiracy uncovered at Washington yesterday to counterfelt $1,000 treas- ury notes and broadcast them over the nation, arrested A. C. Habicht, an engraver and diesinker, at JForest Hills, Long Island, today.’ Habicht had been in Washington until last Monday. He fled here and obtained work in Forest Hills when “underground” reports at the capital tipped the counterfeiters that the gov- ernment was on their trail, said the secret service men. The prisoner waived legal proceed- ings and was faken at once to Wash- ington to be arraigned. New Yc;ri: i“n-t;oh;un Aims Straight, Kills Robber New York, Feb. 16— Patrolman Nicholas Feaster, early today, shot and killed one of a gang of robbers whom he discovered in a store on up- per Park avenue. Feaster was shot in the right arm by one of robbers who escaped in a truck. The dead man was identificd as Willlam Goldstein, 24, who was convicted of burglary n 1920 police stated. AMERICANS LOSE AGAIN. Beifast, Feb. 16—The Ulster ladies hockey team defeated the American jadies today by a score of 6 to 2. be released | CUT, SATU 'SHUTTLE MEADOW CLUB " GRTS STATE TOURNAMENT | Brightest Event in State Golf Circles Wil Be Held 23 to 28. June | New Haven, Feb. 16.—The annual championship of the Connecticut Golf association will be held at the | Shuttle Meadow club, New Britain, | June 23 to 28, the executime commit- tee announced last night. The one- day events will be announced | ruary 21. Val Flood, professional at the Shut- tle Meadow club, rejoiced today when | he learned that tlhe state champion- | ship was to be held on the w Brit- {ain course next June. He promised |to have the course in the best condi- | tion in its history and with that pur- | pose in view will start at the earliest possible moment to prepare for the lhlg event, FENN NAMES COWLES FOR KENSINGTON P. 0., 'Recommends a Republican | for Four Year Term to | ‘ Succeed Fagan | | ! BY GEORGE M. MANNING. (Washington Dureau ot N, B. Horald) | Washington, Feb, 16.—Congressman | E, Hart Fenn has recommended to the | post office department the appoint- ! ment of Sydney M. Cowles as post- master at Kensington, Conn,, to sue- ceed William W, Fagan whose four | year term expired ebruary 4. Post- ‘1 master Fagan, Cowles and Geor Alling took the eivil service commis- slon examination on December Fagan and Cowles were informing him that | l lany of the British lines because of | | | SIDNEY M., COWLES | certified to the department by the commission as having passed. Alling failed, Congressman Fenn was asked cndorsed Cowles. The job pays $2300 year and the appointment is for four years, Sidney M. Cowles of this morning received word from [ Congressman 15, Hart Fenn stating that he had been recommended for | the position of postmaster in Ken- | sington, to succeed Willlam W, Fagan, Kensington The letter written to Mr. Cowles is as follows: | "My Dear Mr. Cowles: “1 have today recominended to the { president that you be appointed post- master at Kensington. Your nomina- tion will doubtiess soon be sent to the senate for ratification. When action | is taken by the senate the necessary | documents will be forwarded to you. “Trusting that when you assume the office you will find its require. | ments agreeable to yourself and satis- factory to the community you will “Very truly yours, HART 85 years of IFENN." Cowles is age and in Kensington all his life. He is the son of Edward Cowles and Mary Dunbam Cowles. Me received his early education in the district schoo! in Kensington and later went to the grammer school in New Britain, From Mr, time he left school until he was 23 years of age he was en- gaged in the market gardening busi- ness, He then took up employment at the Staniey Works, where he re- mained for five years. He later en- grocery and meat business, | being so engaged until he sold his business recently to Giana Brothers and Charles Ronketty. Mr. Cowles married Alice Upson 38 years ugo and they have three chil- dren, Res d Upson Cowles, pastor of the First Congregutional church at Spencer Mrs. Harold E. Hamilton of East Orange, N. J., and Miss Lois Cowles, who attends schoo Mr. Cowles has held publie effices in the town except that grand juror several years ago. Las been clerk of the Kensington { Congregational church for man and also s d the church as urer { Mr. Co his aim approved the of treas- s stated this if his n the senate iing that nation is by to (Continued Page) r,.,,_.* N | THE SRR WEATHER I' —— Hartford, 1eb. 18 —~Forecast for New Britain and vicinity : | Vair and somewhat colder to- | might. Somday increasing doudi- | ness with rising temperature, possibly snow Sunday night. % ' * Feb- | REDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1924, —SIXTEEN PAGES STARTS ACTIONTO fHouse Adopté_yi'aiSh Resolution ' Without Any Debate | 'AFFECTS ~ STANDARD OIL ] Washington, Feb. 16.~Without de- tbate the house adopted today the Walsh resolution directing the begin- ning of proceedings to recover sec- |tions 16 and 36 within naval oil re- |serve No. 1, in California, now oper- California Goes to President. The measure now goes to Prasident Coolidge, who is directed by its terms {to instruet special government coun- sel to prosecute the proceedings. Steps Lo recover the two sections im * " enn admin- | were taken late istration, but retary of the proceedings of the Standard The two se the confines ‘uo Q BT opry el o1 rtaui . feral government to California upon | statehood as school and non-mineral land. Oil subsequently was ’and the Standard Oll company began |the development of the fields under | state grant. 10 Days' Recess The senate oll committee took ten days’ recess last night after r | ceiving information which discredited two of the most sensational rumors which recently have come before it. The adjournment was announced lafter an executive slon at the end of the day. It was explained that | 8enator Walsh, democrat, Montana, the dominant figure in ll!'rlvl'f-h i of the inquiry, found it necfssa “ -|be absent from Washington for some ays. At this executive session the com- !mittee approved without a record vote the nominations of special gov- | ernment counsel in the ofl cases | Atlee Pomerene of Canton, Ohlo, and | Owen J. Roberts, of Philadelphia. 'MRS. FNALE SCARED BY " VISIT OF NEW YORK MEN | North Street Wom Believes They | Came to This City on Lrrand | of Yengeance, | AL I8 not well yet at the howme of Mrs, Rose Fnale of 200 North str | who claims she was threatened with death last week by a man who went [to her house and demanded that she | pay him $160 she owed her brother in New Haven, The man was [rosted with a companion, charged | with breach of the peace, on that oc¢- ’rnlun and both were discharged by |the court. When the police were ar- | resting the men, they told Mrs. IPnale ‘thul their organization was big, and |that when they returned, she would exist no more, according to Mrs. report received by Mrs. Fnale thinks returned to wreak her, for this | According to the police toda that the men have their vengeance upon morning, she told the police, a man came (o her house about 9 o'clock |and tried to get in. She went to the | window and there was a New York automoblle outside containing «bout six men. She kept the door locked and called the police. . Officer Thomas J. I" signed to investigatc [ when he arrived at men were gone. ey Was as- but the port house ANOTHER AXE MURDER [ Cleveland Woman is Found Mysteri- | ously Slain—Reported as Killing ‘! Herself With Weapon Feb, 16.—A from a blow on the 0., woman de eland | mysteriously |head, pro! axe, set pol at work today theory she had been murdered | Agnes Gerdech, 29, was the |8he was taken from her hospital where she died utes later. | An automobile summoned by neigh |bors took her to the hospital. The {driver told the hospital authorities that Mrs. Gerdech, according to the neighbors, had had a quarre some sort and according to the he was told she had struck herself the head with an axe. Hospital phy- sicians, however, said the injury could net, in their opinion, have been self-inflicted and expressed the bellef she was a murder vietim | MAY BRING SCHWARM BACK ad administered with an on the Mrs, vietim. to a min- home a few story over State’s Auorney Alcorn Says It Is “Quite Made To Rearrest Dail Jumper, Likely " ¥fforts Will Be the M be Tt is “quite likely,” in words of State’'s Attormey Hug! lday, that efforts wi bring Harold Schwarm Bourbon,” back to Schwarm is wanted by Connecti- cut authorities for disappearing wh out on bond following his arrest on a charge of theft. He has been located in a Greenwich Village, New York, restaurant, where he is assistant man- ager. FIVE HELD FOR MURDER. Pittsburgh, Feb. 16 {were held for murder today { county jury which heard e the inquest into L] i prison iuring t Western penitentiary Alcorn to- mad “Prince Conneeticu to Ae the ve comvicis by a & riot at ast Monday. rds ' OLD LINE ated by the Standard Oil company of | SETS FORTH HIS REASONS ‘P-lo;um -’!lm::,, not part of it, were ceded by U188 found | ar-| BRITAIN HERALD —_— Average Daily Circulation | Week Ending 10’244 Feb. 9th PRICE THREE CENTS REPUBLICANS IN RECOVER OIL LAND PLEA FOR INSURGENTS’ AID TO PUT THROUGH TAX PLAN CLAIMS CHRISTIAN 1S NOT QUALIFIED LaFollette Objects to Harding’s ; Seqretary on Trade Commission ¥s That While at White House He Interested Himsell in Famous Players-Lasky Case Which Now is 8. Py A ) sought to use { George 13 Christian, e ¢ was secretury to the pre (.1 forestall government action against a motion pieture corporation, was made today before the senate ir terstate copume committes, committee, which has under consider- ation Mr, Christian’s nomination to be @ member of the federal trade com- mission, was told by Huston Thomp- son, one of the present members, that Mr. Christian called him to the White House and asked why a complaint was being drawn up against the mous Players-Lasky corp. without giving them a hearing, Was Surprised. Commissioner Thompson said he was surprised that the White House knew of the commission’s investiga- tions and regarded Mr Christian’s statements to him as "unusual.” A complaint at that time had not been decidod on, but one was issued by the commission Jater—in May, 1921, Senatro- Bruce, democ » Maryland, asked if the interview had given the witness “an impression -that Mr. | Christian was comnected professional- 1y with this company. Thought Him Intercested, “I felt he was Interested,” was the reply, “or he would not have asked the question he did.” Replying further, Mr, Thompson said It scemed “that someone was using Mr, Christian’s office to prevent action” The committee adjourned until next Wednesday after deciding that Mr. Christian would be given an oppors tunity to appear before it {f he de- sir A number of union previously have filed pr again the nomination and Senator Lalol- lette, republican, Wisconsin, announc ed today he would oppose confirma- tion. DOUBLE APPEAL WILL BE MADE ON COMMUTATIONS Matter Is ngton, Feb, t someone vadors tosts | Injunction Postponed and | to Go to Public Utilities and 1. C, ¢, Instead. Feb. 1 The has decided to postpone proceedings against | H. & H. Railroud « | matter of a raise in intrastate com- | mutation fares and instead will take their case to the publle utilitics com mission of th and also to the interstate commeree commission Attorneys James K. Cannona nd Henry I, cher for the committe filed today with the public tilities commission a petition asking for hearing on the committee's tion that the railroad company bound under section the general statutes to main ratio of fares he petition will be considered by the utilities ¢ Monday and a hearing assigned for some time withir Meanwhile the rep- commuters 1 next week Saturday New York bet commerce commission 1 Harttord, commuters committec injunction N. Y, N, in the e state, a is ain the mmission resentatives of mit att the hearing ir interstate com wi ore the commutation rate the 1 1 tee goes into effe ilron 1 the commuters if to new rates com the t ivises 1y tickets protest lay have to 1 ey pay t} GOES AFTER GUNMEN Butler, in Phila. Campaign, Lays OfF Liquor Dealers in Effort to Run Down Bandits and Thicves of large 1m robberies reporte of Pu% Polar Trip ke Plute Eft Shenandoah Probably Won't Tal Wast gtor Fei § get ¢ ssiona avys o joat hel Defeat By Demo- crats, They Even Urge Coolidge to Use His In- fluence to Line Up Op- ponents Fearing Fight Hinges on Income Levy Rates—Longworth Willing to Compromise on Less Than 44 Per Cent. Washington, IFeb. 16.—The aid of the republican insurgents was sought ¥ by republican organization leaders in the house in an effort to ward off defeat in the fight with the democruts over income lax rates, An attempt will also be made te have Prosident Coolidge use his ine fluence to line up republicans whe are out of sympathy with the organis zation's stand for a compromise sure tax maximum of 35 per cent, Representative, Longworth, lican leader, called into conference arious members of the insurgent bloe, among them epresentative Ison, Wisconsin, lea of the group who indicated on the floor yesterday that his faction would support the Garner proposal for a 44 per cent maximum 1if the house rejected the suggestion of Representative Frear of Wisconsin, an insurgent, that the present 50 per cent surtax maximum be maintained. Willing to Co Mr. Longworth, it w to seck a comprom on a figure be- low 44 per cent with the insurgents, (realizing that if they throw their sup- port to the democrats when a vote comes next on the surtax schedule, the democratic rates will res celve majority Mr. Nelson insists his group control least 20 votes and he has declared its members will stand together, Prear Not Invited, Mr. Frear was not invited to tos duy's confercnee, organization leaders being of the opinjon that it wouid be futile to attempt to get him to ¢ hange his position ' negotlations procceded among us clements of the republicans 1 understanding that would en sure #ubstis tute pr went into its third day of gencral debate on the tax bill. Only 20 members were on the fioor when discussion Democrats ¢ in attacks rates and plan. The clared unfair taxpayers and Lankford, G issippl, led the 100 replube npromise, s said, planned week “ democratic house began nsumed the first houe Mellon {ncome the Garner scheme was dee income the rich, York; Misse iments sury for thes maller to New Quinn, 1vorable & Oliver and - atta FIGHT IN SENATE ON EXEBUTIYE SESSIONS Opposition to Secret Hear- ing on Pomerene and Roberts the | er the governe would be open 1 mming Ve time, in r Ashuret ¥ any « mo- owever, fight, and ruled the « motion out order,