New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1924, Page 14

CALIFORNIA LEASE NOW IN LIMELIGHT Teapot- Dome Probers Turn From Gampaign of 1920 19 Washington, Turning April temporarily, at least, its quest for information about the vader-s face events at the eonvention at Chicago in senate oil committes e irto an investi of the government California rezervations, his reseryve “checker nating squares of g vately owned lan gan with th tect the age E. 7 the interior rector called by the comm ing in this line bhell an oil Bethel, eros observations respec feld which 1 earlicr rep ablican nationa ton sin d in naval whict own f the i o alt W pri ells to pro- in government plots from drain seeretary v Dain of 11 mi of inquiry engin lix Conn., xamination L now in cetion with s in this e to the committec in the week Long Discussion At the outset Senator Wals) committee pros: an into a ahout question of the to Tea Dome, The witnes At when he referred to drainage testimony he edge of the rescrve Dirainage was not necessarily responsible, he for the disappointing productio Wyoming reserve, He declared it was impossible to tell what production in the reserve might Turning to naval Senator Walsh de witness that the paid by the Doheny government apnlicd to field” in a small scction serve Sweeping his pencil a map of the 30,000 acres in the reserve, Senator V one would consent pay a royalty of 31 per cent on such an “Not unless he is crazy,” said bell, Senator Walsh re Ne M, Shaw, a former scer treasury, had been making in public addresses that paying 31 per cont roy leases, Tarbell said whether the Doheny § would prove the profit government; that anly the duction of ofl could fini to that the present wing o Teapot Dome, he said, it 1 appear that the Doheny contract would prove entor, long dise aid t in talking his previous was about the satd in the No. from royalty terests to the “phenomena s¢ of that re ars over alsh asked if any to Tar marked that Tes ary of the tements Doheny was ity on his 1t \elair hle to the actual pro- the sh no one eo now mo on ! the more profitable, This would be due to the fact, he added, that the Cali- fornia fields are more productive and furnish more gusher wells, Senator Wi rought out that not a single lease for oil we in naval re- serve number one in California and number 3 in Wyoming had been is. sued prior to the Harding administra- tion. “All of the leases were in nay number two.” the witness said or Walsh displayed a map of that reserve “What are ving this r ckerbo ROV Walsh the serve possibilities of pro- in view of the angement of privat " asked Sena- and nds Tarbe!l said, “The operated owners began vas not tioned to- the wit- inney stand ¢ 1M1 THE TRUSTY" HERE O q will 14 xt Cails On Mayor Paoncssa and lines Program of Work Among Boys—Will speak Tonight. Jimmic the trusty” who for more iRy and vs was behind pris s a confidence now touring the Boys' clubs movements, ealled AW F m ol e his program ) bars mar w e Iirothie f Mayor ontlir this eity country i crests o Itig officr at o is morning to vk in James Curran, to his full name, will s tonix @ meeting of the b, The was yanged by Director Dwight Skinner it the mayor's gestion, The meyor cting to the stated b to Wk cetir ar- hoys' ¢ S cordial ex-confids man approveg of ps of boys in the right channels, he firmly believes viewing them of erime eliminato: conference with hour, W e remarked to puts me of the a plan dir d young me ile aiso stated that in in the light Cyrrar for for hoys was in about office newspaper reports in mind of tt United St mayor an was leaving th Witnesses Agree Man Hit By Car Was a Suicide April 19, «— Witnesses held by Bridgeport, called at an Coroner John J. Phelan that I'red Mayer, committed sulcide when was run over and killed by a trol- urkey Hill, between West. airfield ¢ Wednesday morning, Those who saw the tragedy said that Mayer had previously tr to throw himself in front of two tour ing and & truek on the highway, These vehicles missed him and e i trolley, The inguest today agreed e ey car at | port and d in front of the coroner rescrved his decision, IR-CUSHION! ED agility mean sure-footed haulage for Speed Wagon loads whi or road. Hazard-free truck and early spring atever the weather operation in winter is a vital phase of Speed Wagon performance. It follows the use of large pneumatic tires, and the rational distribution of chassis weight over the wheels. The latter is due to the unusval— but distinctively Reo-—practice of anchoring the major units in an inner frame. Capacity, 500 to 2500 pounds. Chassis, $1185 tax. at Lansing, plus Twelve standard bodie: Designed and manufactured in the big Reo shops,-not assembled . Kenneth M. Searle & Co. Corner EIm and Park Sts. Telephone 2110 REO g C0 Now Is The Time To Beautify Your Lawn Plant LAWN SEED Dress With SHEEP MANURE Reasonable Quantity Delivered Anywhere Rackliffe Bros. Co., Inc. New Britain, Conn. 'total,” whom NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD,' AUENBILLGOES THROUGH SENATE - ACUSED OF SLAYING Passed Along Same Lines as the House Measure A 19 im- carrying sub- Washington, ril migration bill 1924, stantially the same provisions reiating to Asiatic exclusion and other import- ant cl in basic recent approved the passed last night the of to 6. On the final roll call important test vote taken measure was first reported, ate registered its decision by mapority than in the house, ® Vot on pas 8 to; The six senators opposing the | its amended form on the last W Chatrman Colt, Rhode lslar and Weiler, M republigans, and Baya Islan sachusetis, As it goes to conference, the containg few changes which are ed to prolong discusion. Atten- . however, has been called to the possibility of imoprtant changes be- i out t Slight differ- phraseol exist between drafts in many the vital *Jap- and whiie either ol of a disposition to recede in the slightest degree parlia- mentary ohservers ealled attention to the porsibili ered for tions in conference, White House spokesmen President Coolidga had to offer upon the senate acl upen the situation which has grown out of the failure of congress to ac- copt the advice of the state dep ment against bringing the Japancse into the definitely excluded ¢ "he senate bill w lescribed by uthor, Senator Reed, republican, isylvania, as » restrice tive than that pasfed by the louse.” Both measures adopt two per cent of the census of 1890 as the basts for fix- ing quotas but the house bill permit certain non-quota classifications which are not included in that of the senate, Among the exceptions are the ehildren and other dependent realtives of citi- zens, and skilled labor and families, A maximum admittance of 150,000 a year 18 fixed by the senate bill against an estimated “quota tofal,” of 112,0 in the Johnson bill, exelusive of exemptions, Senator Reed estimated the house bill actually would provide for the legal admission of “twice the or 324,0 These new estimates compared with the existing laws, show a reduction of 220,000 under the senate bill and about 8,000 under the house meas- ure, British Shipyard Strike nds, Men Return Monday Southampton, Eng.,, April 19-—~The engineers and other shipyard strikers a led at a meeting today to return to work next Wednes, It was the unauthorized strike of these work- ora for higher pay and their refusal to return when ordered to do so hy t union officials which caused the shipbuilding employers to declare a lockout thronghout the country, It ix assumed that the lockout, which has tied up all the country's shipyards since April 12 and made 100,000 men \zes by by policy house, ¥ senate vote as upon every the n- larger the since the s 0 in new ene the sections ar evelnsion,” no has side of 1h? cap s in house and sei them provision, show one of evidence ber or es o modifica- declared mment on, no ¢ nor a s “even ol Lidle, will be ended as the result of the ikers' decision to go back to their* jobs COURTS MARTIAL RELIEF, 15 of 220 in Leavenworih Get tence Reductions. Teavenworth April 19 Vorty-five of military pris oners here have received eommuta tiona and reductions of sentences as A vesult of the investigation conducts ed in March by Major James Sians. field and Major F. K. Rosa, the spe clally appointed elemency board In their first reports, the board art- caves which merited Now the board is con- al reached sen- the 220 4 conslderation sidering the remaining eases phabetical order and has casen listed under “H" Out of the forty-five only released fiv tations wers given 1o life termers 17 Houston sentences, most in five have heen Twanty-five .commu were riotere eir in of the o8 were cut 1o 50 years. OPERATION ON HWEART. Surgeon Describes Delicate Surgical Operation on Human Organ, April 19— An opera the human h apparently in h ot . altimore. art he n on surressfyl artua bared b was described at t rEical organ w he surgeon's knife e mecting of the association vester. Cutler of Har He told of r in an orifice American § by Dr, vard Medical has in the Aay o wehool ing i he Ace vanular trow and patient im proved eles ® after the aper ation. Dr. Cutler said the patient was a 14 vear ol gir The sack in «hi . was T 1. W at ne cart 8 on Tomed apen ® heart wAS capos the Arlicate apreation o crifice wa 4 ana nper pertormed. The 9 ¢ sinaly recoversd NO HEARING TODAY Committae Tnvestizating Tesas Tand Frands To Mect Monday April 19— T ington s saesin eetigat naer T 1 fraude in the o of Texas 11 Monda postpanement was postp »4 teday un The wan due 19 ot ether work the and " fa p reweire af Chalrman Moses g and worce to held mer sosstone Mondas NEW WEATHER MAN Washington Vorecaster Has Remn Traneferred To Pacific Const Washington, Aptil 19.--FEdward Rowie, for 15 years officlal weat forecaster for the Washington Adistrict n will post soma time In June heed taday, 16 & Avetrict ced E » Pacifie forseaet anetsen, He will sue , retired, MOVIE OPERATOR 1S Friend Also Is Involved in Bauer: Murder Case New York, April 19.-=A grand jury ving been summoned for Monda to hear evidence against Harry Hoff- man, motion picture operator who is held for the murder of Mrs, Maude 1 authoritics today took steps to arraign as a material witness, Tay- mond Parker, another movié operator and a friend of Hoffman. Parker eame forward i nsupport of Hoffman's alibi, corroborating asscr- tions of the accused that he was at the Liberty theater, Stapleton, Staten [s laud, during the time Mrs, Bauer was killed and her body deposited beside lonely road in € District Attorney Fach announced that County Judge Tiernan of Rich mond had signed an order directing Parker to show cause today why he a not be arraigned as a material witness in the case Ifach said he would request that Parker he inder heavy bail, and that he ansferred to a Manhattan jail James lor, manager of the Lib- ety theater, and a girl usher there, re reported to have testified Hoffman W ot in the theater at the time Mrs. Bancr was slain. The accused, whose arrest resulted in the discovery that he had transferred a pistol to I brot Richriond county jail, without and under the guard of five jailer He played checkers most of today and seemed in light spirits, He would not the Bauer murder, shot be digeu New York Aviators Have Close Call in Hartford Hartford, April 19.—Two New York aviators had a miraculous pe from death just after noon today when the Curtiss JN plane in which they were ir way from Miller m*x at Island, N. Y., ao Westfleld, to arrange an air meet, ran out gas and thew were forced to make a bad landing in Edward Isaacson's ficld on the ridge road, about a mile south of the institute for the blind. Licut. Morse, pilot, was unhurt whe the plane tipped over, but Serge Morris Fleming, his helper, rececived slight injuries, T plane is known New York-1 and was one of a party three which on their way to Westfield, on Staten M af as the o were NEW HAVEN BOY KILLED. New Haven, April 19.-—Dominick Aitro, 16, was killed this afternoon when he ran into the side of a truck belonging to the state highways de. partment driven by Arthur B. Elis. The police say the Iad was riding a bieyele on the sidewalk and steered offt the curb and into the truck, which was barely moving. The truck vas stopped in little over its own BHRONS is, April ut hetween RP FIGHT, An agreement for Georges Carpentier und Tom Gibbons at Chicago on May was signed here today by Jack urley and Francois Descamps, man- agers of the fighters, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, er shortly after the crime, is at | bail 192 ATIY, GEN, STONE WANTS BOOTLEGGERS JAILED His Assistants To Stiffen Up Prosecutions of Liquor Law Violators, Decla on, April & for liquor law violators 19~ are disproporiiona many in the in stunces to the of- serviousness of cnse, Attorney Gen hegan D He instrocted . loading his campaign to sors in jail. ates attorneys to request severe penalties and do their best to sceure jail sen- tences when there has been commer- cial violation of the prohibition " he s1id, “have pro- improvement in the of fines impos laws, “Your effort Yduced a decided jail sentenees and size ed for violation of but those sentences instances, disproportionate riousness of the offense w tion indicates the mainter liquor business in defiance cighteenth amendment. “You are requested to m your command to pre sccond violators; demand of prok tion agents that they asceriain wheth- er defendants have been guilty of for- mer violations so you secure heavier penalties, and in all instances where commercial violation of the prohibition law is invelved, do your best to have a jail sentenee imposed.” prohibition still, in to the se- many cre viola- of a the of use can CUT WORKING HOURS Decision of Chicago Ige Eapected ) Yardmasters on 9 Hour Day Instead of Chicago, April 19.-~A ducision ex- peeted to reduce working hours of Imen from 12 to 9 hours was made today hy Federal Judge Cliffe in the case of the interstate commerce com- misison aaginst the Atc n, Topeka and Santa Fe Itailway. The decision affects 8,000 men, The railroad was fined $§ and preparations were made to appeal the ca The decision is expeeted operating on throughout the country, The government declared that the employment of yardmasters twelve hours conseeutivels violated a ruling of the interstate commerce commis- sion designed to safeguard transpor. tation which sets the maximum work- ing hours for employes handling train orders by telephone at nine, Counsel for the Santa e contended that yard- masters did not orders as dis- patchers but simply exchanged infor- mation with other employes, Miss Mary 1. Bailey, Assistant United States District Attorney repre- sented the Department of Justice, 12 Year Old Boy-Gone From Home for Week Joseph Lacabrucke, aged 12 yea of 249 Lasalle street has been missing from his home for the past week, ac- eording to a report made by his mot er to the police today, The mother said that she had no idea where the boy cou'd have gone, or why he had left home, to ra affect practice ds {ssue 4, ——————————————————————————— PROVIDENCE COPS GET RUM RUNNERS Four Are Arrested Alter Thrilling Gun Fight 13 19,—Sur- while un- I'rovidence, Tt April prised by the loeal police cargo of whiskey and gin aconnit Coal company pier 2:30 o'clock yesterday morn | Dodge, 34, and his Joshua Truman Dodge, li- pilots of Block Island and were arrested after a thrilling gun battle in which William 15 Dodge was shot through the calf of the leg and their cruiser was rid- dled with bullets, seized 102 cases of whis- in, a 42 foot, sixty h. p. cruiser valucd at $4,300 and a truck owned by W. Bechter of this city. The loat was owned by Phoebe It Dodge of Biock Island and was in charge of the young brother Joshua. William K. Dodge was taken to the Lihode Island hospital, hut Joshua Dodge and the other three men Jo: eph Polofsky, 30, and Alfred Lerner, 20, of this eity and Charles Boudrea 13, of Block Isiand were arraigned in the sixth district court on charge of sion. Al entered pleas of ne guilty and was held in bail of $500 for trial M the here at ing. Wil brother censed ree other men he yo key and BIG LIQUOR ROBBE West April 19.—The police made the fact that a burg! the home of Elmer E. fomers, In Kl strect on the night of April 11, netted the men $12,000 worth of liquors. A police dog in the honse was not disturbed, The five men who made the break in through a cellar window, took e liquor out on the lawn and left it there while they went for a truck ch had been parked a short dis- tance away. But an officer had picked up the truck as an abandoned one, The burglars not having the truck foaded part of the liquor on a touring car and drove towards Waterbury, The next day Frank Duby called at the West Haven police station to claim the truck and was detated. Thurs- Robert Doyle of Providence was arrested in Waterbury when he could not explain his possession of a car. The West Haven police sent word that Doyle was wanted for stealing liquor but the value of the haul was not made known until today, Haven, nown ry in tod Plans Completed for Memorial to “Wild Bill” New Haven, April 19.—The plan for unveiling a tablet to the memory of “Wild Bill” Donovan, late manager of the New Haven baseball club, at Weiss park tomorrow was finished fo- day, Mayor FitzGerald heads the committee and will speak., Commis- oner Landis, Mrs, Landis and a host of men notable in the sporting world | are expected to be here, Eastern league teams will he represented and managers of several major teams have sent word that they will be here. Mr. Donovan's father and three sisters w to be here this afternoon. The Philadelphia Athletics, who will play against New Haven, will arrive at 11 a m s e O DAY — WANT LABOR BACK New Haven, April 19.-—Returns at Connecticut federation of labor head- quarters here show that 75 per cent of organized labor in the state has voted in favor of a labor bank, Pres- ident P. F. O'Meara said today. 7T vote will be completed on May 15. City Items Alderman Irank L. Conlon has re- turned home after a visit to Boston. A marriage license was issued today to Walter H. Kovel of 40 Main street and Miss Margaret . Sullivan of 113 Greenwood street, . Beaths Mrs. Katherine Wilcox Reckard Word has been received in this city of the death on March ninth of Mrs, Katherine Wilcox Reckard, widow of Gardner A. Reckard, at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was the daughter of the lute Lester 8. Booth and Harriet Booth of New Britain, and had for the past ten years resided in Brazil. She is supvived by a daughter, Mrs. Aprigio de Varia of Pernambuco, and four sisters: Mrs. J. I Conway and Miss Harriet Booth of Hartford, Mrs. W. (. Bigelow of New Rochelle, N. Y. and Mrs. H. A. Lienhard of Maple Hill, Tnterment will be in this coun- try at a later period. ther Maude Gorman Mrs. Esther Maude Gorman, wife of Albert J. Gorman of 78 Rockwell ave- nue, died yesterday afternoon. She was born in Nova Scotia and was 6 years old. Besides ler husband she is survived by one daughter, Mrs, Kl- sie G, Waters of Salt Lake Ci Utah; one son, Harold C. of this city; her mother, Mrs, James Brown: three sis- ters, Miss Harriet Brown, Mrs, Ae- Kay, Mrs, Coughlin, and three broth- ers, Frederick, Robert and Charles 3rown, all of Cambridge, Masi The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the B, C. Porter Undertaking pariors, Rev, John I, Davis will officiate and bu- rial will be in Fairview cemetery. “ Funerals | Mre, Emily H. Bower The funsral of Mrs., Emily W, Rower was held this afternoon with services at the B, C, Porter funeral pariors at 3:30 o'cloc K. Rev, Willlam Ross officiated, Burial was in Fair- view cemeter; Mrs, Mary Crowley The funeral of Mrs, Mary Crowley of 8 Bronson street will be held Mon- day morning from her home at §:30 o'clock followed by a high mass of re- aquiem in the church of St, John the Evangelist at 9, Burial will be in 8t Mary's cemetery, — JOSEPR A. HAPFEY Vuneral Director Mr, Paul Robinson, Assistant NEW LOCATION=—=565 MAIN ST. Opposite St, Mary's Church Tel.—Parlor 1025-2 Residence—17 Summer St. Tel, 1625-3 he Public Is Invited to Inspect Our ew Sausage and rovision Factory 32 Washington Street New Britain, Conn. Be Open for Business April 21,1924 . OSTROWSKI, Prop.