New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ENPLAINS CHOICE [omme e o s | OFPARK TOPSITE | Orameiesiesen | FOR WAR MEMORIAL Marcel Moreau of San IE:a; i cisco today announced he had found a way of harnessing the Gommittee Believes Entrance to' Walnut Hill Impractical After Gonsulting With Authorities PRESSURE OF EARTH DANGER' 10 BIG ARCH AND PILLARS credited to Archimedes and Buffon hundreds of years ago Designer Magonigle Convinced Slope of Land on Park Road Would In- he had succeeded in devising a combination of litt® mirrors terfore Scriously With New Britain set in a bowl about four feet in diameter, which, when focused through a number of small lenses, would product tremendous heat from the sun's light. He said he could regulate the heat produced to the exact degree desired. Moreau claims to have pro- duced with his machine suffi- cient heat to melt a diamond and cause it to disappear as gas. [ s N Achicving Ambition to Erect Mon- ument of Beauty, Dignity and Per- manence. In a report i)rep;ued for the mayor and common council, the committee ARTHUR HAMMERSTEIN entrusted with making plans for the memorial to men who served in the She Becomes His Fourth World War explains why it recom- mends a site at the highest point in' Wife and He Her Second Walnut Hill park. Originally the committee considered reproducing Husband permanently the arch and pillars now ' at the entrance to the park, but after . consulting with experts, learned that ¢yj.a00 April 22.—Miss Dorothy there were reasons why such a Sl pge0n, of the silent drama, and Ar- was considered impractical. Tt is the thur lammerstein, son of the late inanimous opinion of experts Whose ogoqr JHammerstein and himself a opinions have been sought, that the ., .4nca) impresario, were married at contour of the land at the entrance 10 qoon today. The coremony Was per- the park is an obstacle of prime con- ¢, 09 by Rabbi Hirschfield, and at- sideration and that it would be im- tended by only a few relatives and possible to locate a memorial there ¥ ve of avoldl one | triends, With any asturanos of SYEILAS © 1t was Miss Daiton's second and Mr, tinuous and expensive repairs, Hammerstein's fourth embarkation on . vav;tnll:tt: ‘k':::\;m“e (0. the matrimonial ocean. They went to R0 Tepen o " . the marriage license bureau and ob- OwWs, 4 tained the license which gave her age “To His Honor the Mayor, and the - . . 4 Common Council of the Oty ef |88 58 and hisas 81, Bhe was divorond New Britain: from Lew Cody !n Los Angeles in wYour oommittes on Soidiers’ e« 1918 THS bride is the daughter of morial has the honor to report as fol- | Mr. and Ars, J, V Daiton of Chi- oW cago, where she was born. " 1 The sereen star explained that she sommitiee of flve originally ,M",”“,',,“m Nhule flrst meeting real. Was mot entirely giving up the movies, j2ing the imporiance of getting In but would appear in a legithmate play closeat touch with the desires ofgthe|later. They leave tomorrow for New 3 York to sail May 14 for a honeymoon servie en themseives and the fam- < ' :.“;y l(‘::.] lo’hllrr! who had died in, abroad and will return to Whitestone, the merviee invited a member of the le American leglon, the World War \eterans, the Disabled American Vel- arans of the World War and the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars to join in the deliberations of the memorial com- mittes and they have since acted on that committee, “Later on we asked that the mem- pership of the committes bs further \ereased to include the members of the Park Board. | “Your committee now reporting comprises in addition to its original ' The funeral of rormer Postmastor membership these men representing William I, Delaney, who died Sunday 1he #srvice men and also representing night at lis home, 63 Bassett strect, the park board will be held tomorrow morning at 10 “At the early meetings of your o'clock from St. Joseph's church. A rommittee, your committee was unan- solemn, high requiem mass will be imously in favor of reproducing per- sung. Rev. Patrick Daly, the pastor, manently a memorial that should | will act as celebrant. ave the general lines of the present! The active bearers will be Thomas (emporary memorial, namely: an arch F, Jackson and David L. Dunn, rep- 2nd individual monuments for each of resenting New Britain lodge, No. 957, 1he dead soldiers, So soon however B, P, O. E.; James B Grace, repre- as we invited proposals for such a me« senting the post office force; James morial we found among all of those Welch, representing Daly council, who came here and inspected the site Knights of Columbus, and Judge B. and dosired to compete for the me- W, Alling and Judge Willlam ¥. Man- morial, the unanimous opinfon that a gan, representing the New Britain Bar memorial upon the present site Was agsociation. tnpractical; and after showing them Interment will about the city they all concurred In ' cemetery. recommending that the memorial be Members of New Britain lodge of put upon the northern end of the top giks of which Mr. Delaney was a of the hill in the park. past exalted ruler, will mect at the “The objections to the site of the jo4ge room tomorrow morning at 8:45 temporary imemorial arch as set forth | g'elock to attend the funeral services. Mr. Magonigle in his letter ©f 'They will leave the lodge room by 31 represent practically what | gytomobile to Kdson street where the as said by all those whose opinions yachines will be parked. They will e asked upon the subject. Mr then visit the home and march in a Magonigle says: ‘This site in My pody'to St. Joseph's church. A special opinion offers practically insuperable ' yeoting of the lodge was held last obstacles 1o a successful treatment pigne at which suitable action was for a permanent memorial. The (aken on Mr. Delaney's death. land slopes in two directions—with | — Regolutions on the deathh of Mr. De- the roadway and with the side Bill— ' janec wore adopted last evening at in such a manner that an exceedingly g spocial meeting of the board of park heavy expense would be involved in commissioners. Mr. Delaney was a preparing the location for the site. member of the board A memorial at this point, especially Postmaster 1. E. Lrwin telegraph- it it took the form of an arch owing eq to the post office department at o the width of the roadway, would \aghington this afternoon asking per- have to be of such a height to be of .iission to closs the New Britain of- xood proportion, that an arch of the . fice from 9:30 to 10:30 o'clock tomor- size required would demand enor- yow morning out of respect for the mous aputments and the cost would memory of Mr. Delaney. probably be more than New Britain, SEN_TENGED To,bIE would be prepared to spend.’ 22-Year-OlMd New Yorker, Convicted W, F. DELANEY'S FUNERAL 10 BE HELD TONORROW solemn High Mass of Requiem to be Sung at St. Joseph's Church at 10 o'Clock be in St Mary's by Objections to Park Entrance Site, “In conversation Mr. Magonigle enlarged this opinion and stated that an arch placed in that position, however strongly made, would nev- ertheless be subject to the outward pressure of the welght of e hill which imperceptibly but surely would so change the foundations of the arch that it would be bpund to crack; Leonard, 22, a chauffeur, convicted and,that this tendeney of all large last Tuesday of the murder of Ed- bodies of earth to slowly flatten ward H. Doige, Mount Vernon real themselves out would, on the smaller estate man, today was sentcnced 1o foundations of the individual monu- die in the electric chair during the ments, very soon take s effect and week beginning June 2. put them out of line and that it Leonard was convicted as one of a would be impossible to maintain gang of bandits who shot Dolge when wither the arch or the monuments In he resisted their attempt to rob him that position for any considerable 'at the entrance to the Hunt's Point fength of time in first-class eondition. ' station of the New York, Boston and The engineering department of | Westehester raliroad, Januvary 5. the city of New WBritain who were | Dolge later dled from the wounds. also consulted agreed fully with these views and your committee therefore had no other course than 16 seek for a memorial in some other form than that of the temporary e areh and monuments. Your commit- , R. Woodruff of 84 Frankiin street to- fee realiged fully the sentiment which day received many congratulations on had grown abowt afd was strongly the completion by her of G0 years as onnected with the individual char- superintendent of the primary depart- ncter of the temporary memorial; Mment of the Sunday school of the and in making the plans for a per- First Methodist church. She re- ment memorial on another site ceived as a remembrance from the dch it was compelled to do by Sunday school a handsome box con- trason of the facts aforestated. it 'taining 50 five dollar gold pieces, the Pastienlarly direeted the attention of presentation being made by John A. the architeet to such a form of Coe, president of the American DBrass Co.. vhe I8 a former superintendent of the Sunday school. of Murder, to Be FElectrocuted During Week Begioning June 2, New York, Aprit 22—John P Completes 50 _vea}s_as Head of Sunday School Waterbury, April 22.—Miss Maria (Continued on l’_u! Sizteen) —_— . _— 1 'DOROTHY DALTON WEDS THAW FLIES INTO FIT OF ANGER AS | TRIAL NEARS END | Makes Excited Denunciation of! | Since 1913 Dies in Abing- PRINCIPAL BURIED Tonu’vm N Miss Sarah L. Meigs. in New Britain ton, Mass, Superintendent Stanley H. Holmes | { ot the school department received no- | tice from Abington, Mass, of the| ponement of Probe 1 Lawyer Gray, Who Opposes His Release 'LATER EXPLAINS THAT HE FELT VERY NERVOUS Table and Raves Rushes to Press Toudly—Feels So Sure He Will go Free that He Spent Night Packing | His Things—If Not Liberated, He | | Will Probably to Taken to Some Other Institution, | Philadelphia, April 22.-—Just as the Harry K. Thaw sanity trial recessed for luncheon Thaw rushed to the, { press table and burst into an excited | | speech in denunciation of William A., Gray who had been addressing the | Jury in opposition to Thaw's release. When he had calmed down Thaw | said that he had not been excited be- | cause of Mr, Gray's speech but was nervous heeause of the danger of los- ing the jury if certain records were | introduced. Talks Very Loudly | Under the common law, Thaw told | ' those around the press table, a juror might be withdrawn, He talked loud | and rapidly and attracted the atten- | tion of persons walking out of the court rooin. | “Now, walt a minute; wait a min- ute!” Thaw cried, “My mother wants | to talk to you too; don't go awa | His Mother Surprised | Thaw's mother, however, sat calmly | and gave no indication of planning to | join in the talk, She semed puzzled by | her son's sudden activity. | John M. Patterson, counsel for Thaw, who had not at first noticed | him, came to where Thaw was ad- dressing those around him, Mr, Pat- terson protested against “unreasona- ble questioning,” and called out angri- Iy to “Let Mr. Thaw alone! He s en-, titled to the same privacy as any other | American eltizen.’ : When told Thaw had volunteered some information, Mr. Patterson ap- peared nonpiussed. Bailiffs clegred the | court room and Thaw was still gesti culating when the last spectators, in-. cluding the jurors, left the place. During the address of Mr. Gray, | Thaw sat calmly listening. At one { stage of the talk Mr. Gray said to the jurors; “You have witnessed Thaw's great excitabi'ity in ihts room. u | have seem him sp agitated he couldn’t | kep his seat.” | AL this Thaw glared at Mr, Gray,} then turned to his mother, and smiled. Whether it was Gray's address that caused Thaw's agitation or some other reason for his excited appearance at the press table, his attorney would not say. . | The case may go to the jury this| afternoon. Prior to Mr. Gray's ad-| dress, Arthur G. Dickson, counsel for ! ! the trustees of Thaw's estate, address- | ed the jurors, contending that Thaw is stil) insane and should not be re- leased Final Addresses to Jury, Final addresses to the jury which will determine the sanity of Harry K.* Thaw were delivered taday, 8. Arthur | G. Dickson, counsel for the trustees of | Thaw's estate, making the first speech ! ! of the day in opposition to Thaw's re- | iease from the Pennsylvania hospital, for mental and nervous diseases. | Tt Thaw is declared sane, his chief | , counsel, former Judge John M. Pat- terson, will advise him to give bond or go to New York immediately and face the chargs brought by Frederick Gump, Jr.,, who declared Thaw whip- (Continued on Fourth Page) | REALTORS ELECT OFFICERS New Britain Board At Annuval Meet- ing. Plans to Take Active Part in “Own Your Own Home" Campaign The New Britain Real Estate board met yesterday at the Burritt hotel and | elected officers for the ensuing year. {Louie 8. Jones of Watson & Jones vas elected president succeeding W. | 1. Hateh whe bad served as president o the local board since its organiza- tior. three years ago. T. W. O'Connor wa selected vice-president and Harry (i. Hancock was reciected secretary- | treasurer. The local board has & membership of 15, The board s plenning to take an active part in the “Own Your Own Home” eampaign. Democrats Have Trouble Picking Keynote Speaker New York, April 22.—Rivairy for the post of temporary chairman and keynote spokesman of the national democratic convention has become 8o keen that the sub-committee on con- vention arrangements, meeting today to name the man, was reported to have decided to postpone action until | a later date. Mr. Hull predicted that, aside from the choice of the tempor- | ary | chairman, the sub-committee ' would complete its work in connection with convention arrangements today. WOMAN REPUBLICAN Dits New Milford, Conn., April 22.—Mrs. | Susan Humeston, wife of Benjamin M. Humeston, died after a short iliness { today at her home here. Mrs. Hume- ston recently was reelected chairman of the 32nd distriet republican com- mittes and is the woman member for the district on the state committee. She was taken il with pleurisy onl last Friday, | death of Miss Sarah L. Meigs, prin-!' |cipal of the Lincoln street lchoal.‘vARIOUs OPINIONS clTED | Death followed an operation in the| Brockton, Mass., hospital, and oc- | - curred Saturday, Miss Meigs was & | Shephard, Democrat, Against Insur- ,graduate of the state normal school | at Framingham, Mass, and taught| school in New Britain since 1914, She | was born August 14, 1871, | Before coming here she taught in! Guilford, Conn, Arlington, Mass., Mal- | | den, Mass., and was principal of the | ance Measure—This Session 1s Last Hope of Any Bonus, Declares Sena- tor Bursum in Speech. Wn;hlngton, Apri! 22.—Due to the eighth and ninth grades in Scituate, Mass., in 1913, In 1917, three years bonus today the senate comniittee in- | RITAIN CONECTICUT, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1924.—EIGHTEEN PAGES. NEW SMALLPA: CASE Uuo) “picyyr Aoy - John Cook, Aged 16, Dis- covered to Be Mildly Affected One Backed By Legion Senator Bursum, republican, New Mexico, said that while he had con- sidered other bills perhaps better, he was anxious to support the pending | measure in the light of endorsement | state, jon a cash option entirely dissociated |from appvehension of an {veto,” it would command | whelming majority.” an over. after she came here, she was made | vestigating charges of land frauds in principal of the Lincoln street school, |the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas, The funeral was held this afternoon. | postponed its session until tomorrow. ST SR | Night Session Iikely Facing a contest on a proposal for |a cash option in the fusurance bonus | bill as a result of an Insurgent move- ! ment in democratic ranks, the senate prepared today to go into a night ATTENI]AN[;E STATUTE session to hasten action on the meas- Jure. o |_ Senator Shephard, democrat, of | Texas opening the debate today, as- . Qe " 1 ‘hildren S |sailed the insurance measure as “a 00 C k‘il vtl" Reported shadow bonus” and declared it con- Lackin, accination stituted “another chapter to the per- g tio | fidious dream enacted by the republi- Certificate {can party on this subject.” He said ‘he would support the bill under pro- test. That children who are not vaccin- | ated will have to be before returning | to school and that the parents of | those who remain away from school will be prosecuted seems to be the general feeling among officlals of the school department, following the re- i . -umptior} of mlvmol sessions today aft. It was suggested by Senator Bim- er the Easter vacation. v n It is said that about 100 children ;mon-. democrat, North Carolina that ’ the ILegion's support was due to a be« who were not vaccinated failed to re- lef that the insurance bill was the port this morning, or were sent home. Dbest thi 1 s Superintendent Holmes sald he had | o l.tflcou 6. be enanted now, and received no reports today but the {1t 4lo0t later.Sanator Copeland school department would exclude all | d & tel f' G mp those who had not been porg 0 T L P b i o oyl We are planning to enforce the nization in Arkansas supporitng his lan. order of the school board,” sald Mr, siull an“v.m. Cash Option 1}\‘::"“::‘ l:\:c:x‘:t‘tlol:no(‘!.ac‘:;‘.:c’:";; Senator Simmons sald he was posi- they stay out we will enforce the at. tendance law.” The two statements by Mr. Holmes that the attendance law will be en- forced if children remain away from “If you fail to pass a Bonus bill at school and that they will be exclud- 'thig session,” replied Senator Bursum, ed if they are not properly vaccinated | «you will never get one passed.” l;\ ct:lmvlhn:'k"m; the ordelrl 0: ::u i Mr, Simmons declared he could not oard, are taken to mean that he | agree with tl opinton, for he be. school board is in comtzol of the sil- | ljeved that “every day adds to the uation, anti-vaccinationist propa- | American I.aglon's strength.” ganda to the contrary and the pre- “If this Measure In considered in- ventlve measures against any further adequate,” lhe added, “there will be smallpox enidemics will be reenforced an mmediate demand for an addl rigidly. tional compensation. You can’t put - p——— the demand for justice down with a mere sop."” FEAR FOR HOFFMAN Senator King, democrat, Utah, an opponent of the bonus, interrupted to suggest that “if we are to bow to the will of all bloes and organizations, Man Accused of Slaying Mrs. Bauer why not cut out this form of govern- !ment and let these assoclations de- termine what they want and come here and pass the bills accordingly.” 2 £ Senator Fernald, republican, Maine, th.\‘el\'v \'oll:lk. .\|;;\I“ Thr:nl- ,on delivered the first speech of the three e life of Harry Hoftman, motion pie- day debate against the bonus, Declar- ture operator, charged with homicide | ing soldiers of the World War fared in econnection with the murder of | better than their forefathers in pre- lr;, ?taude Bnuvr’ on Staten {:lngd | vious wars, he argued attention should and also charges of assault made by pe given now to tax reduction, Mrs, Katherine Campbel), today led The plan of federal taxes on the the police to take precautions 1o | wgsjentific plan advanced by Mr. Mel- guard him during trips from his cell | jon " he declared, would be impos- to the district attorney's office and ' gple if the bonus was passed. courtrooms. “Get the natlon substantially on Tifteen deputy-sheriffs, eight plain yiy feet,” he satd, “and then com- clothes men and six uniformed police- | pangate the veterans, compensate _— !“lfld"l’: “:“m::.fafl;?a:\“ Ar-|them Wberally. Some consideration raignment, it was reveale ¥. Be ghould be given to the many who re- cause of the intense resentment it Was 4,009 home from schools and busi- “‘dn;‘l';i‘a°':“;‘;';":&:("1‘; chances With ;.4 to take the places of those in ap < . ¢ | robust health who went to war. T B e sl oo | think all persons will best be com- » { . T°" | pensated by giving attention to set- veal, wodld be Ak I o ve. be, | tling business conditions. which cer- :'m“""“‘:'a :un‘:; ‘j"‘:‘;"’“ M‘"’ f{‘mm"n' | tatnly would be upset it this bill i wife of the suspect, and Barbara [PUECTL L 0 e i Matne O o view, he declared on a longly road near the scene of | the murder, are expected to testify | ca sk 'Soda Clerk, 23, Arrested With Girl Friend of 15 New York, April 22.—Flza Book- miller, 15 years old of South Norwalk Conn., and Clayton Buckley, 2 old soda fountain clerk of Norwalk, | Conn., both of whom disappeared March 24 from the latter city, today were arrested in a west side furnish- ad room. The girl was charged with juvenile delinquency and Buckiey with abduction. is Threatened and Police Take Ex- tra Precautions Train Service to Boston Curtailed When the summer schedule of the “New Haven” road goes into effect next Sunday morn- ing at one minute after mid- night, this eity will find its train | Police said they became acquainted service curtailed. | with each other in South Norwalk The Waterbury-Boston train where Buckley worked as a soda leaving this city at 7:55 a. m. fountain clerk. He was working in a and due in Boston at 10:05 Times Square drug store in the sam» a. m. and the Boston-Water- [|! capacity. bury train leaving Boston at p. m., due in this eity at 9:46 p. m. and Waterbury at 10:35 p. m., have been slated for the scrap heap. They will make their last runs nest Sat- urday. The ofiice of Superintendent v at Waterbury in- Herald” this after noon, in response to inquiries, that the trains would be can- celled. Tt was explained that there is greater demand for a train from New Haven to Bos- ton and vice versa and that an additional 'service would be given on that line. City Will Plant Trees And Sell Them at Cost People who desire to plant shade trees in front of their properties this summer may have the planting done !at the expense of the city and trees | will be furnished at cost, according to a statement made by City Engineer D. J. Willlams this morning. The board of public works has decided to pur- chase shade trees which will be sold |to the residents and property owners at cost, and the city also will do the | planting of trees which are set out |along the curb. Tt is necessary how- ever to notify Mr. Williams at his of- | fice in City Hall before May 1, If trees |are desired. * | THE WEATHER s Hartford, April 22.—Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity: Rain this afternoon and possi- bly tomight: colder tomight: Wednesday fair. |,M|N"n WRECK AT BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport, April 22. — A broken | brakebeam on a freight car today ripped up ties and delayed traffic for several hours on the main line of the N. Y, N. H. & 1. sailroad here. No one was injured. One car was de- railed and thrown across two tracks. ipon‘bmly of a vote on the soldiers of it by American Legion posts of his [tive that “If a vote can be had here | executive | | new case of smallpox of the new mild type which has been ob- served lately, wus diagnosed positive- {1y this afternoon by health depart- ment officlals, when John Cook, a 16 vear old boy residing at 47 Millard :strn,et. was found to be suffering with |the disease, { Cook works at the North & Judd | factory but ha# not been at work for {the past two weeks. He has never i been vaccinated. He was taken to the isolation hospital this afternoon. | That Harold Newton, the 16 year old boy whose escapades after he took French leave from the George | Junior Republic at Litchfield and made his way to a prominent summer | resort in South Carolina where he | worked the management of a hotel for free board for several days at the rate of $12 a day, may be the source of a new, milder and strictly indepena- ent type of smallpox which has re- cently broken out in this city, is a ;pnuflmlly hinted at by health board | officlals, When interviewed this morning Dr. | R. W. Pullen, superintendent of health | did not care to make any positive ‘mutpmontn except to say that the last | .three c are of a milder and very | { different type than the kind that has | | been prevalent in the eity all winter {and that the Newton boy, who spent | several days at his heme here before | going back to the school at Litchfield, | was the first patient to have this type. | 8o far as any defnite knowledge is| concerned the health authorities are unable to trace any connection be- tween the kind of smallpox the last | three patients have contracted and the violent type of Canadian smallpox | which caused a number of deaths, The new type is very much milder in form, and the patient, although | covered quite freely with postules, does not become very ill, It is stated that the place in South Carolina where the Newton boy was for several days is the scene of smallpox similar 1o the kind he developed after returning | home, Health authorities have writ ten to the southern city for furthrr information but as yet have received no reply. ' ' WATCHDOG SAVES LIVES Olean, N, Y., Mother I Eight Chil- ! drea Warned of Fire in Time to Escape Death. Olean, N, Y., Apsl 22, A faithful watchdog saved Mrs. George Hollam- by and her eight children, ranging in age from a babe ia arms to 16 years, at midnight las mght when the fam- ily home at Weston Mills, near here, was destroyed by fire. The fire had gained much headway before the mother was awakened by the frantie barking of the dog. Kven the bed clothing om the won ‘s bed was afire. She vescued the children, none of whom was severely burned. The father, employed on a night shift, arrived home to flad his home burned to the ground and all furni- ture and persoral belongings de- stroyed. Neighbors were caring fo the family. HAYE NARROW ESCAPE Two Men on Trck go Over 20 Foot Embankment at Milford But Are Not Badly Injured Miiford, April Two men were on a truck which crashed through a fence on the Milford turnpike today and overturned twice down a 20 foot embankment. Herbert Myborg driver and Henry Nenn, were hurt not seri- ously in spite of a thrilling half min- ute. A broken knuckle on the steering gear was held responsible for the mis- hap. Both men have been travelling the highway nightly for a consider- able period Rat Poison Is Fatal to Little New York Child New York, April 22.—<A twenty-one months' old baby, son of Mr, and Mrs Ward Van Alstyne of East 8ith street died 1ast night from eating rat poison. While his parents were in church ¥ ter Sunday the child was found by h nurse nibbling at a hard cake. When the baby became ill, the cake was ex- amined, and was found to contain ar- senic $300,000 Fire Loss at Tewksbury Chemical Shop Tewksbury, Mass April 22 Fire today destroyed the waste storage shed and the lactic acid building of the Wamesit Chemica! Co., causing a loss estimated at $300.000. Fire ap- paratus sent from Lewell prevented a further spread of the flames CANADIAN BANKER DIES St. Catharines, Ont., April Tdeut. Col. William Hamilton Merritt, 88, vice-president of the Imperial Bank of Canada, died today. He was 4 former mayor of 8. Catharines and a director of many companies includ- ing the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge company. He commanded the fourteenth Canadian battery overseas in the war. ‘ Average Daily Circulation Xoei 15en -+ 10,301 April 19th .. EXPECTED BY NIGHT WORLD CONFERENCE T0 FIX ‘Dossbilty of Rctin Canses Post LAW AND REDUCE ARMAMENT Announces He Would Ap- " ove Such Steps As woon As German Repa- rations Is Firmly Settled Addresses Associated Press Luncheon and Expresses Hope That New Era of Peace Is at Hand. The Associated Press. ° New York, April . = President Cooltdge announced in an address at the annual luncheon here today of The Associated Press that with firm establishment of a scttiement of the German reparations question he would favor steps looking toward the calling of another world conference to consider further limitation of arm- aments and the codification of inter- national law, Disclaiming any ability to announce a formula that would guarantee the peace of the world, the president de- clared there were, however, certain definite things which should be done By | to relieve the world *of much of the burden of military armaments diminish the probability of operations,” “The Washington conference did a great deal to restore harmony and good will among the nations,” the president said, “another purpose of a conference is the further limitation of competitive armaments, Much re- mains to be accomplished in that di- rection. Time Not Practical Now “It would appear to be impractical to attempt action under present cons ditions, but With a certain and definite settiement of German reparations firmly established, 1 should favor the calling of a similar conference to achieve such limitations of armas ments and initiate plans for a codi- fication of international law, should preliminary inquiries disclose that such a proposal would meet with a sympathetic response,’ The United States, the president safd, stands in position to take the lead in sveh an additional move tos ward world peace because Americans holds the respoct of other nutions and “Our position is such that we are trusted and our business institutions end government considered to be ¥ of confidence,” Praises Dawes” Work ooifdge halled the work of the commission as unsurpassed in i 9 by anything that had transpired since the armistice and de- clared their appeared “to be every reason to hope that tha report offers A basis for a practical solution of the reparations problem."” 1 trust that it may commend ite self to all the Kuropean governments interested as a method by which, through mutual concessions, they can arrive at a stable adjustment of the Intrieate and vexatious problem of reparations, and that such an outcome will provide for the restoration eof Germany and the largest possible pays monts to other countries,” he added, and military (Continued fth Page) ALGORN DETERMINED Insists Stevens shall Go 1o Jail, But Justice Who Committed Him Says Nothing Doing. Hart I ' Frank sitting tight ssue ord, April 22-—~Justice of the W. 'ellows of Canton is today on his refusal to mittimus commitling Charles Stevens of that tewn to jail, and Btate's Attorney Hugh M. Aleorn is determined that Stevens shall go to ail, he sald today, for violation of the prohibition laws at his Mountain View inn In Canton. Justice Fellows' state- ment 18 that it is Mr. Alcorn's move, Mr. Alcorn declared that he is considering one of two or three pos- sible moves, although he inclines 1o the idea of getting a mandamus from the superior court ordering Justice Fellows to w cause why he should ot commit Stevens to jail. This would test out the right of the justice to re- ke the ser he imposed and aiso p mittimus he another and the Rotarians Assembling In Worcester Today Worcestier, Mass April rence of the 3 ct Hotary in forenoon with a registration 000 delegates from & and President Charles A, w club welcomed delegates and introduced Mayor O'Hara gave the official wels come to the city and turned over the kev 1o the ecity to Everett W. Hil, fAirst president of Rotary inters national and Daniel F. Sullivan, dis- trict governor. who is presiding at all of the meetings today and tomorrow. con rnational open of ¥ reester vice Beifast, April 22.—The Marquis of Londonderry, minister of education in the Ulster cabinet, broke his ecol- larbone today in being thrown from his horse on his estate, Mount Stel- art, Newtownards, County Tord Londonderry was to have af- tended the Ulster free state bounds ary conference in London on Thurse day in company with Sir James Cralf, the premier. - Dowa. .