New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1924, Page 1

ews of the World By Associated Press E————— ESTABLISHED 1870 GABINET TAKES UP METHODS TO CARRY OUT BONUS POLICY Job Is Big One and Thousand More Clerks Are Needed at Once PRESIDENT FEARS TAX Millions of Blanks For Veterans To NEW BRITAIN HERALD KLAN DENIES MAKING BIG DONATIONS FOR MAYFIELD Special — Senate Committe e Today Delves Further Into Charges Made By Peddy. Washington, May 20.—Charges of heavy campaign contributions by the Ku Kilux Klan to secure the election of Senator Mayfield in Texas in 1922 were formally denied on behalf of the Klan today before the special senate committee investigating the contest brought against Mayficld by . B. Peddy. Reported activities of the Ku Klux Klan in securing the election of May- !field were further explored. J. A. Jett of White Path, Ga., called to the stand by counsel for Peddy, told of his former employment by the Be Printed At Once—Coolidge Be- | lieves Business Will Feel Effect of Bonus Law For Twenty Years—Red Cross Will Aid in Helping Veterans May th A v amount of “teran his 4 rmine honus this way up the Por each day of the fi sixty @ d in agdjusted nd for each day of ¢ sixty days $1 this adjusted 1o more number of days home sery days $1 will service credit verseas servic will be given. rvice credit does than $50 it will Otherwise an insur- e ap- of this policy may be ing cent to credit multi of If b amount 1 in cakh, will alue hy policy glven, 1 Jroximate etermined Tmonnt due ¥ing the total by about 2 Thus if a o home after vould be entitled policy v t $400 plus $100 (25 per cent of the d by 2 1-2 or 81, iy approsimate, The ex for multiplication is pub table elsewhere in this issue) Cabinet Meets Today for carrying out the provi- bonus act were consider ¥'s cabinet m and ary Weeks reported it ould be necessary at add bout a thousand employes to the staft lepartment, More wil be re- sived later Ihe preparation of cation blanks to roughout the country of war veterans, ready has the plan being te A out first destined for remote parts' of the ountry so that in a general way a plications will he ready simultancous- 25 per 1he of and 100 days days, 1 veteran tirst sixty to a they nount) multipl (The 2 1 t factc Steps ous of the it tod oting that once to millions of ap distributed for the con- be. ienee all sections Meaantime administration officials e making no predictions as to the ttitude of President Coolidge toward o tax In view of the certainty At the treasury must bear the bur «n of a bonus, He is fearful of the ifect enactment of the bonus bill will ave omie conditions general- and believes that tax reduction will iffected this year, but that the ef t will he greater in the years to come of bill e Pears for Future Yonrs, president has held from the et that the immediate effect on tax Juetion would not be as marked a \ later years, when through normal Auction of the public debt, greater nd greater reductions in taxes could ve made I'he effect of the act vpon business , the president belicves, will asured from year to year over 20.year period, during which the appropriations must be made cxtent to which those appro priations will «decrease the expected semal reduction of taxes. Ited Cross to Aid, The nucleus of the wartime organi- sation of the Red Cross will be put in stion to help the veterans obtain ir compensation. At the rcquest e war department, national head- ters of the Red Cross announced instriictions have gone to the divisions and chapters to b in distributing blank | seeing that they are prop i out. About 5,000,000 | he sent to the various The me e by 1 jous Ay 1o asssit ns of the Red Cross, it was huge task 4 he con simplified and the work ex- wot THAW T0 SURRENDER Pue in New York This Afternoon Pre- pared to Mect District Attorney and “tand Trial in Gump Case, K this ork, May 20.—MHarry -« arrive n New York yon to surrender to the district on an eight-year-old indict eharging him with having as- 1 Frederick Gump in this eity n 19186, ac g 1o George Z. Me- an attor said he had received a tele- g Thaw's departure phia shortly afisr noon here at 3 i ia a m Philad a 1s scheduled to arrive - - ¥ sald A and ask 1 Aate wet 11 plead at bail fixed formerily of ¥ ia and ¥» married he instituted against was settled " 1ade pubiic ntion 1% o it Proe Aoy . mpE appe oseention, i llridzeprorri' Priest Gets Ranking as Monsignor An apostolic trick J. Me- reh r Rome by or SENATOR MAYPIELD Klan and was th ubout the attitude At the request af the Peddy counsel Klan pr to testify committes at I of 1ts officials. questioned officers later, room The sent the tim was in Wiho retired durin wilnes of 1l until last the were from s te said e the Kian from its April Asked connections of MeKinnon and said, MHa 1o find Gaston was investigating the W, . Zumbrong, fleld, objected to the generally Spencer ruled the Kiun would be confined to its ace tivities in T the electio 1022 when Mayfiold idate, HANIKARA T RESIGN om- organiza vhat he 1L | (BN n Tknew Fyvans, T. J, Maher were Jurgely purposes of of John or's out a 5 Me (NI activit the who yout sel tor May stigation of wirman an i and that the Klan mquiry into a8 in of rnator was a Jap Ambassador o Washington May Be “Permitted” 1o Retire, Foreign Minister Matsni States ) ¥ By the Associnted Pyess. Tokio, Ma O ~Ambassa hara may be “permitted Washington post Hants is Miy 1 told newspapermen today, s made 10 a gather- atives of the Japanese today's cabinet Imitied the discussed ) resig shortly Forelgn meeting subjeet it which beey result The there 1 changes or and the he has The statement wag the insistent inguiries ign minister no forml nbassador d matter although Tokio known Mr. Hanihara not to remain in t after the Ja the recent) be o inter alfice aling with flicials was determined United States fon clause in immigration bi the ave enacted omes eff Foreign Minlster that the should it would be ctive tsui on ador's phasized retirement tact amt tually purely become a voluntary Paonessa and Kirkham To Prepare for Action A. M. Paonessa and Corpo ration Counsel John H. Kirkham will meet tonight with the beard of pub. ¢ works to discuss the pr raised by the refusal of E! O bourne to reduce the he mands for a right of v over property in the of Beividere sewer, figure, said 1o be about $3 is considered exorbi nd the oration coun- shably 1 the invo Mayor em Kil- de- his the ay construction Kilbourne's nt il p papers fo property L The 1 speeded dations can state ce el asked 1o pre condemnation ed, rd say. lie works bos or is anxio up %o t be normal #¢ a spe & soon will eall council hoard cial ¥ has awarded contr 10 Per ('cfil Cut in Freight Car Lots of Fraits, Etc. dered A 10 per cont etion in 1 PEPross Fates on frait The i . rates on food articles 10 per ¢ mber press ot Two Dead .\fh;r Being Hit By Athletic Trainer’s Car 1 - M3 —M 3 a N. & y 2 George NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1924. —TWENTY PAGES. DAUGHERTY TOLD DEPT. OF Stamford Man Declares Actress Bit Him And Blackened His Eye In Battle.In So. Norwalk Today Real l']sta{e Dealer Has Woman and Chauffeur Arrested, Charging Them With Assault and Attempted Robbery Jane Jordan, O'Brien claims that the young her { Woman bit him on the hand and blackened his right eye and otherwise Of injured him in the fight in the auto- on mobile, After calling to a policeman n- . in front of police headquarters here ford real estate man who charges Miss and having the couple arrested Jordan and her chauffeur attacked O'Brien went to a#physician’s office for him in an antomobile in front of the treatment, city hall in South Norwalk this morn- Miss Jordan and Milton being ing seizing gold and at- held here on charge of assault and at- tempting to rip from his fingers dia- tempted robbary under bonds of valued at n he $1,000 each for the Norwalk authori- Miss Jordan ties, Bridgeport, May 20 Darien Milton, and 386, an actress of 30, chauffeur Charles here today S Darien, were arrested complaint of William O'Brien his watch mond ri $2,000 wt refused to give WAERL IS DEMOCRATIC | BROTHERS RIVALS FOR CHOICE FOR ALDERMAN' MARBLE CHAMPIONSHIP Alexander Zaleski, 13 Elim- inates Frank, Younger Member of Family vnch Withdraws, Leaving His Colicague an Open Field A marble manipulator ability in the person of leski, 13 years old, Booth and a more street to light yesterday ‘after- nir's deliberation failed to reach an|noon when he defeated all comers for the ¥lifu Burritt junior high school championship in the Herald- Junior Achievement marble shooting contest held the grounds, cre is no predicting that he will be the city champion, but boys and rirls who may meet him in the inter- school and semi-final matchies will *{need to have Hmber knuckles to elim | inate him. He was the st shot in the tield yesterday and only his own brother, Frank Zaleski, 12 yoars N8 an obel | o1 pemained to oppose him in the and he g0 game of the atic The lat- M tomor-lyon had eliminated Willlam Helm, S DRI Miltor rkowitz, Leonard Anderson Councilman g and Borls Srogi i semi-finals, erred | " Nicholas Kalos, years old, of 70 ‘:‘ herry street v the championship “1of the Central junior high school ir wted Bdward Matus and K ward Faith the deciding mateh, While the play generally is getting [detter n shool cham "mm ships being played off there still muny entikes 1o get into the a sufficient unt of prace boys or girls who not expert enough at least o uncil members met Mayor A, M at office I'aoncssa | st night than an came grecment on a nomination for alder- in to succeed gned Frank 1. Conlon, an John M had : Councllman John J O'Brien and Councilman Stephen A, s favored by Councllman James | n. Mayor A. M. € night’s mectin ak the tie Cou aerz on 1001 1S 15 1to This morning it that ilman Lynch ndidacy ilman Maer nominated ssion of the by natter sixth ward members folt ould of t sald for th but refus announced | vl with Coun ik lrawn from field to atter wi eng Counc 1w O that b to the voters primary. Other comnion vote on it At the Couneilman Aouncilman ca . conn apen Lynch I Y s th Dunn wred g elimiy meetin favo . office Do member of the lined, whereupon ond counct Lyneh d erm and might « ring tice may think they are win a ool ehampionship he Camp and Washington sc! will play off their school champion ships this afternoon and every effort belug made to have the finals off at W Hill park on iy, weather and other cireum nermitting schools rem. me Maerz e chairmanship in 3 wable fice, espocially holds i now | the lemocrat A to win their to mateh SUIT FOR EVICTION GOES 10 HIGHEST STATE GOURT Appeals ools s played Satur stance The pions are to Lincoln, Baered H Joseph's and ols the rgest Connors-Malloran Decision ohe ehate ed the alley, East, iry's, These of develop finals be rmi are ered by Justice in Favor A\ of Mes. Hadley, number obably have Inc,, and Ine., to in the suprenic will first wors-Halloran o Hal a writ Hadley The ac court 1 October Henry | suminar some and will pr oran Stores material for the notified assignments of crror by 1o the for the tior on the PRACTIGING ETIQUEDTE process t B W, Deputy Judge W. both being disqualified . led down in the On questions of law action, Alling Hunge A in and rford decision plaintiff's the ter will now go to the supreme court. Gor W. Kiett At | Alfred e Witt and Reuben [PF) h ot New York eity, | o C0 sl for the appellants and Hungerford Hadley int Score of American Society Buds and was har Matrons Preparing o Be Presented faver mat= to British Royalty. Jndg torneys Th buds score of May Col and matrons Are coun sented at court at palace tonight and taking no chances who and e | Bucking crests wi Kirkham, Cooper. Camp repr t ot DOISY AT SHANGHAI French Paris to Tokio Aviator "l'fll‘ll-[ | morrow n Are in court etiquette This me ture court lof Amt they held eir own rank | ing minia- home Kellogg review when cd eritical before retaries in ves of the embassy s Chinese City But is Smashed in renich Mak Landing cay is made Captain Pelle- ator arrived here on his Paris-to- |, . Merry Del ish ambassador, itie corps in Lon- Mrs. Kellogg > George and Qu n wife course, col- | o oy ambassador will pre- tall end t nd matrons who con- The alr- the soctafly Iu group rate o who have king and will be tomaorrow Val, the “par diplom. slight mis- which he plan 1 gol and the ashed a 1 the the hrougl ‘ e 1 cky of ow applicants iviater jons 1o the Pennsylvania Delegation ~ Is Solid for Coolidge | at the national re l'” oRE tonight to ie Hays Ham- They wi ¢g in the v neartily o Coolidgr W e amzAtion | New Haven Boxing Bouts zanbeon | For Tonight Called OF ¥ 20 Roxing bonts 2T ung Mu have v of He y T Congressman W, € igan of Nor- been post- night because tier ammitte air wit na Newark and tomorrow TITZSIMMONS NOoT oLr. ago, May 24 Fitzsimmons. and WEATHER yons ™ fartiord. May 20.—Forecast for New Britain and svicinity : Unsetiled tonight and Wednes- day: provably showers: contin.- od cool Fitzst serving as sscretary and mate hmaker. ' % ISSUE fo0 MILLION | | | | Average Daily Circulation Week Ending 10,529 MAY 17th .. PRICE THREE CENTS ADDITIONAL STOCK' JUSTICE AGENTS TO OBEY American Telepbone and Tee- SMITH, IS BAILEY TESTIMONY graph Co. Announces Increase STOCKHOLDERS T0 BENEFIT Holders of Record on June 10 May Subscribe at the Rate of One Share for Each Five Held—Firm Grow- ing Very Rapidly. w York, May Telephone and Teley announced today that it would to stockholders rights to subsc jabout $150,000,000 additional The offer will be made to holders of record June 10 at par at th of one share for each five shares now held. oficr il rate zed Last Year. stock is Autho additional 50,000,000 increase authorized n the total capital advanced from $750,000,000 to $1,000,000,000, view of the i portant expansion program mapped out for this year, sale of a lurge sue had been expected to finance tensions. “I'unds derived from the stock is H. Thayer, president the company, sald in an announcement to stockholders, “will provide for ex- pansion of a nation-wide telcphone service, a of part was In ex Business Expanding. “During the tive than 2,200,000 telephones have added to the Bell system. was the largest for any history and the demand for phone service continues without abatement, This growth telephone business gives stockholders op- portunity for remunerative investment of additional money. The tial size of the issue makes ther offer of stock improl considerable period to cor Get Time Privileges, 0,000 stockholders years more been o substan- ny fur Ve for a of the and "Pelegraph wpplies, will spreading over a rate of on 1 g $40 Th American Telephone to whom the give the ¥y Hege payments for the new period of cight months at $20 a share on A cember 1 and the April 1, 1925 six per cent fnstaliments. rangement, be made in December |1, preminm in view dividend rate will be entitied Dircetors of declared the dividends of § next o, otfer be n of stock the gust 1, $40 on of the remaini erest at rate be n n Int will Unde however, payments full on August 1 in which ) abhove charged cont owed on alternate ar- may or on small par will be company's 9 per stock of the to which the then the eompany today ur regular quarterly share for 1 ENGINEER STOPS TRAIN Fatality in Satan’t Kingdom Is Nar- rowly Averted, Winsted, May 20.~Ry slow his train when a collision s evitable, Eagineer BEdward S loubted averied a b lom east of Pin Central New kng for Hartford ing besides the owner four thrown ti diteh, cad y Dr father at the M here §:42 linsviil and old sor The rough a sustaining which are not ser R B suffered internal year door, 1 three Hous Cox of Collin possil end of 1} . LIONS' CLUB MEETING Pr. Bruninghaus Elected Governor of truck was New England District at Session in Worcester Today Wor rict ternation c here today wit atte mpt ry gates in The att and territ It was p Hampshire distric ern Island and ¢ distriet, T 1925 for Dr PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY Jobm V. Metwire Construction (o Preparcs ta Fire Sohedile of Vesets and Liabilivies With Tercfer John 1 Magt a report pany krupt is ah to asscts and bilitics unti fam V. Mangan, » wi mpleted an his accounts his lawyer, Judge A e MUEPTS RESIGNATION MAIN ST. MERCHANTS ORDERED T0 VACATE Chain Store May Occupy rises at Numbers 181 and 185 Orders to vacate thelr premises en two prominent Main k & Brainerd, drug- oan Bros. at 185, have been street firms, gists, at 181, and dealers in footwe The property is owned by J. W. Bissell of Hartford, It is reported that the 8. 8, Kresge Co., a chain of stores sell- ing from five to 25 cents, has artic red a ) oceupy the premi 1 Mr. Bis not prepared ment as the summated, Clark & I the store ers of the stores and will about September I suid today that he to make ar al has not was announce- been con- ainerd have 181 occupied years Sloan Bros rs in the boot and shoe field in New Britain, having been in business since 18983, pany has been located at 1893 when it bought out W. ner, a for about 1§ were pionee The com- 195 since H. Gard N. Y. PIER IS BURNED Gotham's Second Serious Blaze Dur- g Night Destroys Old Dok of Iron Steamboat Company, w York, May 20.—One of New York's oldest steamboat piers, that of the Iron Steamboat Co. almost ompletely destroyed, and a barrage of smoke was spread over the entire lower tip of Manhattan isls arly today in the fire of the night which taxed the resources of all avail- able fire fighting apparatus, peated lattery, was famons as the boarding place for ed by dland pleasnre re. 1 e land companies, was The pier, on the hoats 1 Coney s four of rallroad tugs approached the marine divigion the 1o pitht fireboats and fought the fla within 40 feet a score of of which lquarters ment, his fire oc ifter one in a strect and of talion Deputy police bullding at ( firemen, David Oliver and Patrick Walsh smoke or injured ttalion Chief Marshall, in c the repair shop of fire s called from his home commanders and Broadway ir which seventy-si I Acting Were Chief by rge depart to re the nent w the fire place two picr GETS ONE T0 TWO YEARS at Aifred 0. Nowl Wridgeport, Con- fessedd Embezzler, Has Made Com- plete Restitution of $15,000 Brid ormer North May Aitred 1. Noel istant treasnrer of 1t End Bank and Trust Co., w ed in superior court last Thur t of 815,000 ¢ e port lay to embezziemer funds, w P. Marvin e’ imprisor the 1 by to » from Complete 18 been m nds t METHODISTS GHAN@E VOTE ey Declde That Tie ke Today Number of Bishops in the Church Shall Be Kept Tntact Joint Resolution to Pay Sen. Greene's Expenses STORE BURGLARIZED. = “red Wink 2 East sion was sptered Ia oring gars, cigareties, o and some chease stolen fighting Former Acting Chief of Investigation Bureau Says Ex-Atty. Gen. Gave Friend Com- plete Authority. atter Had Office in De- partment and Passed on Who Was to Be Hired, Fired or Retained. Washington, May 20.—Upon the authori! of former Attorney Gen, Daugherty, orders given by Jess Smith his friend and companion, were taken and obeyed by the bureau of investi- ation of the department of justice Lewis J. Bailey its former acting chief testified today before the senate Dau- gherty committee, alley, now agent in eharge for the yburean at Atlanta was acting chief jfrom October, 1920 to August, 1924, { He said he was told by Mr. Daugher- ¥ to take up all question with Smith, ‘ Daugherty Was “Bu “Mr. Daugherty said he A very | busy ma Bailey festified but that Mr. Smith represented him. Anything (that came up, he told me, I should see Smith about and whatever Smith (told me to do would be all right.” [ "Did you do sv?" asked Senator Wheeler or two instan where I had some question as to Mr. Smith's judgment and went to the attorney general,” Tl bureuu being reorganized during the period Bailey added, and most of the consultation between him- self and Smith dealt with the question of employes to be retained, dismissed or hired. Smith ha said, had an office in the department and “took and in- terestyin anything.” was Partial Report Soon, A temporary recess in the oty investigation have 1 agreed upon, and the in charge has ordered of a partial report for before the end of the | committee preparation presentation nonth | ANERIH Yankee ¥ NS FORGE AHEAD rs Overcome Adverse Weather in Going From Yetorofu Island to Jap Town of Minato, The A I Pre Minato, Japan, The | Amerfean aviators flying around the {world overcame highly adverse con- ditions today in completing man's uest of the air by fiying from fu island, in the Kuriles, to this # town in northern Japan. Foggy | weather which at first med likely prevent from mccomplishing he flight somewhat, took off somewhat later in the when their flights usually have mmenced, driving through to their bjective. The flight to this place, competing a passage of the Pacifie i, the last gap in men's aeria around the world, | Americans, and Portuguese | having the Atlantie, Brite iviator 1 flown from KEng- and Ttalians have ithern Asia and to while 20 them ater cleared T day by closed navigation Britis over aving pore flown Japan traversed their owr coun- Americans came early reports not suitable for gene nts, cireus all of of high event H Smith, with the but found Will ate . as he to Minate 1ra . hat ral and e Amers the Jap reipal aviation 4 navy mes to assist the st armsy and Templeton .‘sks Coolidge . To Promote Gen. Perron May 20.—It became today hat Governor as written to President recommending Col. @oseph r promotion to a brigas alship in the United States Herron is well knows 8 through having com- manded the 304th infantry at Camp Devens and in France. He I8 now j#tationed at Fort Russell in Wyoming Water kKhown Y. cotldge Perren dier gene ¥ < Connecti