New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1924, Page 11

PR PEDO-PRAXIC \uou-sup BACK PATENTED FLEXIBLE ARCH — (et GTNGE FLEILE NBIEE) ARCH GUIDE RUBBER HEEL FULL TREAD BALL—" STRAT epot EvER LE LR Wity MILLER DEGLARES HE TOLD ALL FACTS Tnsists Coolidge Said He'd Give Ford Shoals Washington, May 7.—James Martin Miller, who in a telegramn quoted President Coolidge as saying he was “trying to deliver” Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford, told the scnate agricul- ture committee today thut he had “correctly and truthtully” stated the tacs in the message which he sent to Ford’s secretary within 25 minutes after an interview with the president, The president, Miller said, did no deny the interview had taken place? r, Coolidge, he insisted, brought up ubject of Muscle Shoals, 'he branding of the telegram as a lie is a gross political dissemina- tion,” he said, Millér told the commntittee the gove ernment _had no secret service or propaganda organization greater than that of Jord's, Begore Miller took the stand, Chalr- man Norrls inserted in the record the letter sent 10 the committee by Heary I'ord, in which the manufacturer said he would not be represented further hefore the commiitee, giving as one of the reasons, “the recent cfforts of Chairman Norris to reflect upon the integrity of the president of the United Staies in conncction with our ofter for Muscle Shoals,” At the same time the ehalrman ig- sued a statement declaring Ford's lete ter was “an attempt to shift the at- ention of he public from the real guestion at issue” and adding that he would continue his course in trying to “save for the people she valuable in< heritance of our national resources,”™ “I have no ill-feeling toward any one in connection with Muscle Ehoals,” Chairman Norris said ‘I am eincerely endeavoring to rave for the people of the United States the valuable inheritance of our national resources and 1 will continue 1o do this regardless of resuits, and regardless of who may be involved. 1 do not want a eontroversy with the president or with any one ecise, but 1 will not deviate from what I believe | 1o be my duty in bringing out the nroper evidence before the commit- tee, regardioss of what the effect llmy\ be, either upon me or upon any one | pretty bathing ‘suits. ber capes while on the beach. (left), Helen Dobbins (center) and Mildied Billert, ducing them on Long Island Sound. MR. C. D. HODGKINS A recognized Foot Expert will give a demonstration of the foot-health and comfort fea- tures of DOROTHY DODD PEDO-PRAXIC SHOES AT OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT Thursday, Friday and Saturday Pedo-Praxic Shoes are ideal walking shoes. For relief and prevention of fallen arches and all common foot ailments they are excellent. Mr. Hodgkins will gladly give his personal advice to all who desire it. Now the girls can keep the wild waves from drenching their They wear one of these new-fangled rub- Edna French are intro- These mermaids, . el “The evidence stands undisputed that the president did have an inter- | view with Mr. Miller on the 12th of | JWOctober, 1923, and it & und mnd‘ that Me. Mill sent the m.prn.u printed in the record, and fhat .mh‘ telegram was received by Mr. Ford private secrctary. Tt is also nntHl | puted that following the teiegram Mr. Miller went to Detroit and talked the matter over with Mr. Ford's secre- taty and with Mr. Ford himself. | “The president has not denied that | the subject 6t this iInterview was Muscle Shoals. He has simply stated that he has not made an attempt to turn Muscle Shoals over tos anybody, [Of Sharon is held by Coroner & T read the president’s statement into |A. Herman, as criminally e the record, so that all sides of the sible for the death of his wife, controversy may be Theard The | Spoth, who died in* the committes and the senate as weil ag|Sharon on March 19 from a laccrated the pub"c, can draw thelr own con- | brain which followed an assauit by clusiof {the husband, at their home in £haron ‘nn the night of the 17th. The coro- ner adds ||m¥ the death v the sult of a “premeditated act Scnator Wadsworth Pfl'\nu W.u- to | malice aforethought | The coroner in the finding says that Heve It Bronght Up At Obce |, ;.00 showed that Spoth and his Washington, May 7.—An attempt to | wife had lived unhappily together for | have the ehild tabor constitutional years, and thelr feelings were of | amendment brought before the senate “hatred towais each other.” There upon completion of the revenue bill had been several quarrels and Spoth was checked today by Senator Wads- | was once arrested and fincd a small worth, repubiican, New York. sum before a Senator Lod Massachusetts, the |assault upon his wife republiean leader, asked unanimous| Hpoth testified, the ecoroner consent that the resolution passed by |that on the night of March 17 about the house be taken up at that time.|10:30 his wife came downstairs and Sengter Robinson, Arkansas, democra- pagsed him at the time saying with tie leader, said he had no objection’a sncer: “Dr. Spoth of the tender- but suggested that the vrupMfloflllnm." Spoth said he picked up a he placed before the senate when ipiece of iron pipe 17 inches in there was a larger attendance. Sena- ljength and an inch in diameter and | tor Wadsworth however objected 10 rollowed his wife upstaits going into the proposal her bedroom. He struck her twice s e g e over the head and then went gown- ARMS FOR CUBANS SPOTHHELDGULTY INDEATH OF WIEE Sharon Man Must Stand Trial in Superior Court Winsted, M T.~Joseph T. SEpoth unuel pon- Clara hospital at CHECKS CHILD IAW)R re- stairs. Epoth claimed he a¥d not again peturn upstairs but the coroner Weeks Approves Request ‘gays he is convinced that Spoth did Sale of Munitions lgo upstairs a second time and hit Washington, May 7. — Secretary his wife with Jntent to kill her Weeks announced today W& had ap- Spoth claimed in her own defense proved the requests from the Cuban that he was wrought up by the sneer- government for the purchase of arms ing remark of his wife, and ammunition from the war de- In Litehfield today before JIndge pariment, the amount fnvolved in the Allya L. Brown. the case of Spoih {wo orders forwarded Trom Havana who is expected 1o be tried at this being approximately $200.000. The sitling of the sup Hlor courl, was bulk of equipment sought is machine taken up. The court sent for At runs and ammurition. torney Thomas Tiyan, counsel for An inquiry from Pavana as 1o the Spoth’s daughter. who has swed her aveiiobility of surpins army airplanes father for $10.000 damages beeause for #alé 1o Cobg #iso is before tae of her mother's death. The daush war Jeparinent, but alrps fre not tew had objected ot a previous hear- jncmded In ordnance equipment. the ing 16 having her father charged with departracae is now authorized by law manstaughter only 6 #ell see and | % justice in Sharon for | watd, | | fe. she elaiming that | he w her father's act waé that of murder. |the side for him. Hlo court asked Mr. Ryan if he had | seen the coroner's finding but the lat- The court requested him to read the finding and then il additional material evidence was to be offered the court would hear it in rase Mr. Ryan for the daughter, in- sisted that Spoth should be charged with murder in the first degree. The court asked State’s Attorney Walter Holcomb if he had read the finding of Mr. Herman and that offi- cor had. Mr. Ryan was to return at 1pm Mr. Holcomb sald he vineced that Spoth should be only with manslaughter. Spoth was arrested after his wife had been Yaken to the hospital with assauit intent to kill and has been held in jail in default of $10.- 000 bail. The coroner istued a war- rant charging murder after Mrs. fSpoth died but it has mnever been ter had not. was still con- charged with The trial of Spoth had for this term of court. W0 SUSPECTED ARRESTED Buffalo Police Nabh Couple 'As Possi- | ble Participants in Toromto Bank Robkery Case. Buffale, N. Y.. May 7—Twe men | are being held here while police check up with Toronto authoritics to deter- mine whether they were members of a handit gang which obtained $130,. 000 in raids on Toronto bank messen- gers last summer. The men gave heir names as Merrill A, Turn®, 20, and Harold M. Humphrey, 21, both of John, N. B. Weapons were found in the men’s rooms when they were arrested. TAILED TO MARK TRUCK, a grocer at 47 Cherry street, fined $19 withowt | costs when he was arraigned bifore | Jndge Benjamin W. Alling in police rt this morning on a4 charge of vie- ng the motor vehicle laws by not having the capacity of his truck dis- | played on the side. He was arrested | veterday afternoon by Patreiman | George MoTitt on Main street. | rogitek tol The GOt thet Ib recently bought the truck and the man | #e hought it of told him te bring the mackine up to his place yesierday and | d pui the capacity marks on Rodrick, was Vincent been set | TEANIS RULES ARE NOT TOBE CHANGED Player-Writer Edict Stands, Con- ference Has Decided New York, May ~No change in the attitude of the United States Lawn Tennis association on the player- writer issue was indicated toda result of a conference of officials last night with representatives of the Ge; mantown Cricket club, of Philadel- ghia, w hIrh has espoused the cause of William ', "Tilden, national champion, and a member of the club, in the con- troversy, The association declined to reveal the outcome of the conterence, hut it was understood progress was made to- ward adjusting differences between rival points of view, 8o far as the suggestion th. clal mecting of the U, 8. called to reconsider th interpretation is concer: learned that there is now pect of such a session. Majority sentiment within the as. sceiation now is believed to support the rule, in addition to which any meeting proposed at this time would | come in the midst of and Interfere with the playing season, The association wis represented by President George W, Wightman, of Lioston; Vice-President Jones Mers sereau of New York; Julian 8. Myrick, chairman of the Davis cup committee, and Holcombe Ward, chalrman of the amateur rale committee, at last night's conference, The Germantown committee Included B, W, Clark, W, L. Kuntz, ¥, M. Clark, Joseph Way, | and W. J. Turner, DEMOCRATS ASSEMBLING, Guard in New Hay cussing Provhble New Haven, May 7. gates 1o the democratic state conven- | tion had already arrived here this roon to discuss the prob- able make-up of the party's delega- tion of 18 to the national convention next month in New York. The con- vention will epen in Music Hall to- night on a standard time basis of § o'clock and the program for tomor- row uses the same time which would ieean that proceedings would get un- der way at 10 o'clock. Some dele- gates today thought that adjourn- ment tonight should be taken to 9 a. m. standard time so that they may | get away for home on noon trains. Mayor Francis P. Guilfolle, of Wa- | terbury, the temporary chairman, will | make the keynote, and the forecust is for slashing criticism by him of the républican party’'s administration in Washington and the manifold situa- | { tions developed by half a hundred congressional investigations. Dele- gates today thought that Mr. i foile’s selection as temporary cha man forecast his nomination at the fall convention as the nomince Tfor | governor. a,spe- » A be er-writer it was littie pros- Adval Dis- LUTHER LEAGUE MEETING A surprise program has been ar- ranged for the Luther league meet- ing to be held at the First Lutheran church tomorrow evening. It will be in charge of the “school marms” of the church. The members of the committec are the Misses Mildred Enstam, chairman, Anna Tengston, Anpa Nelson, Elemina Samuelson, Svea Johnson, Astrid Johnson, Mamie Anderson and Agnes Anderson. MUST DETERMINE WHO DIED FIRST Hali Million Dollars Is Stake in Unusual Suit By The Associated Presa. New York, May 7.—New York at- torneys today were working on one of the most unique cases on record-—a case in which the disposition of a §600,000 estate depends upon which of two men, who met death on oppo- te sides of the globe at almost the same hour, was the first to die, The estate is that of the late Cap- tain Coleman of the San Francisco vigilantes of argonaut days, His heirs Robert lLouis Coleman, rancisco financier, and a grand- wu*\xllum T, Coleman, of Monrovia, Cal The son, with George B. Delong, New York,broker, was slain by high- waymen in Albania last April 6, while on a tour of the world, On that same date the grandson died at his home in California. How the $500,000 estate shall be divided and whether descend- ants of the son or grandson shall re- ceive the major share depends upon which of the twain died first. John I. Bowle, an attorney of this city, ®as been requested to learn the hour and minute when Robert Louis Coleman and his companion Were slain on the Tirana-Scutari highway In Albania. Cabled press dispatehe: which thus far have been Mr, Bowie' only source of information, placed the lour at about 10 a, m,, April 6, Al- banian time. William Coleman was reporied to have died at 1 a. m. April 6, San Francisco time, There being nine hours differences the Connecticut industrial school will be chosen president of the | between Albanian time and San Fran- cleco time it would appear from the news dispatches that the son and grandson died at the same hour and that disposition of the: estate hinges|nominating committee upon a determination of the approxis mate minute of death. Mr. Bowle sald, however, that the official records show that William T, Coleman died at $:30 a. m, which would indicate survived his uncle in Albania by 2% hours. Mr. Bowie has taken steps to estab- lish communication with American news correspondents in Albania and with public officials of that country. are uninstructed. Governor Nef, who has opposed both McAdoo and l'nder- wood goes to the state convention as the head of the Travis county delega- tion. If his name is submitted as a candidate for national deleate at large he will be opposed by Tom Love, na- tion committeeman and others. Under Love's leadership the Dallas county convention adopted resolutions in- structing Neft should be opposed. Many counties, by resolution, sug- gested Owsley, former commander of the American Tegion, as a candidate for vice-president. The Ku Klux Klan issue developed | in the Bosque and Valverde county conventions, which adopted resolu- tions against that organization, while Orange county, home of W. E. Lea, | Underwood manager for Texas, | eliminated Lea's name from the list of state delegates because of a state- ment in which he ascribed McAdoo's strength to Klan support, Returns from republican county conventions indicated instructions for | President Coolidge were voted with endorsement of R, B. Creager, nation. al committeeman from Texas, for vice president, WATERBURY MAN T0 HEAD STATE BOARD Will Be Elected President of Social Workers' Conlerence Bridgeport, May 7. — Arthur R, Kimball ,retired business man of Wa- terbury, prominent in the Connecticut slfté tuberculosis association and president of the board of directors of for Kiris Connécticut conference of social work at the annual business meeting this evening If the recommendation of the is followed. Eugene Kerner of the Lineoln house assoclation of Waterury is slated for | the office of executive secretary. An invitation for the 1925 confer- ence to be held in Waterbury has been presented to the executive committes through Mr, Kerner, Other officers to be elected tonight include an ‘executive committee of 20 members, vice-president, treasurer and chairmen and vice-chairmen for He said he probably would attempt 1o |y o ol oo eetions. acquire the necessary evidence by deposition. STATE OF TEXAS 1§ ALS0 FOR MADOO He Is Assured Control of Demo- cratic Convention May 27 Dallas xas, May 7.~W. G. Me- Adoo, candidate for the democratic presidential nomination was assured of the Texas demogratic con- vention at Waco, May 27, by action of the county democtatic conventions yesterday. Returns today from 119 of the counties of the state showed 696 state delegates had been instruct- ed for McAdoo, giving him a majori- ty of 67 votes of the 1,257 to be cast for the national delegation. 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Spence of the Bridge- [mrt visiting nurse association and | Miss 1da Hull, Case supervisor of the charity organization society of this city were other speakers, At the noonday luncheon meeting | today “feeble mindedness in Connee- | ticut” was discussed by Dr, H. B, Bal- lou, assistant superintendent of the Mansfield state training school and hospital. WLEAN 1§ GALLED BEFORE GRAND JU Washington Publisher Required ' to Produce All Messages Washington, May 7.—~Edward B, MclLean, publisher of the Washington Post, and J. W, Zevely, of counsel for | Harry K., Sinclair, were called as wit- nesses today before the special oil | grand jury in the District of Columbia | supreme court, Mclean was required under his | | subpoena to produce all telegrams and letters exchanged between himself and | Albert B, Fall, former secretary of Ihe interfor and principal figure In he senate ofl inquiry. This eor- re.pomlence and MclLea: private telegrams have heen the subject of on exhaustive examination by the séen- ate oll committee, Mclean testified before the senate | investigators that he had agreed at the request of Fall to say he hall loaned the former cabinet officer $100,000 cash instead of giving him unused checks for that amount. ‘At the same time the publisher denled any knowledge with respect to the oil leases or the actual source of the loan which he subsequently learned Fall had obtained from Edward T. | Doheny, lessee of naval reserve No. 1. Zevely also appeared before the senate committee and testified that | sinclair loaned ¥ $25,000 in Liberty bonds four months after the interior secretary left the cabinet, and gt the time that he was requested to hake a trip to Europe for the lessee of Teapot Dome, Zeverly produced be« fore the commitiee a note for $25,000, which, he said, was an evidence of the debt. SH NG BOARD PROBE Washington, May 7.~T. I. 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