New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 30, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press AUGUST 30, DEATH TOLL NOW 0N EXPLOSION 8 Boys and 6 Men Killed in Pittsburgh Garage 3 OTHERS LIKELY T0 DIE Tragedy Occurs When 1500 gallon Gasoline Tank Blows Up and Five Follows in Wake of Terrific Blast Pittsburgh, Aug. 30.—Mounting rapidly throughout the night the death toll resujting from an explo- slon of gasoline yesterday in the garage of the Peoples Natural Gas company stood at nine today, three small boys and six men, with thr persons in hospitals probably fatal- Iy burned and elght others suffe ing from burns and injuries, Harry Jessup, truck driver, early today was the ninth vietim, Fire breaking out after the explo- sion of a 1,500 gallon tank of gaso- line as it was being poured into an underground receptacle, swept through the plant, destroying four automobiles In the garage and six others on the street heside the bulld- ing, rocked other nearby structures and broke windows elght blocks away. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, ARMSTRONG IS RE-ELECTED |ALLIED POWERS PLANNING TO TAKE AS COMMANDER OF LEGION: - PRASTIC STEPS IN CHINESE REVOLT GREA T P ARADE HELD T ODA Y _Englund. Japan, France and America Join in Sending | Ultimatum Demanding Protection of Foreign Resi- | Mlss m][ilN "] BECUME dents—Refugees Crowd Shanghai, [ munications have been addressed to| “We are “""-"M"r" ta add that |the Peking government by the Brit. | I7, the event that the government of China or the authorities of the pro- ish, Japanese, French and American | G OF 108 RERCITIES 0F TR0 BIS | diplomatic officials in Peking, warn- . afiors to . | these legitimate interests the protec. Ing that government “in the most | ) > tion which it is the right of our re- solemn manner” of ita luescapable spective nationals to expect, we syall obligation to prevent loss of foreign | PhiSHNS TASIONIIN 10 expoct, we sbal lite and property as a result of the o B 80 countable for all consequent injure fighting in and about Shanghal. . fes and shall adopted such measures On Aug. 28, the Peking authorities | and utilize such meuns us are avail- were advised that the governments | able to us to afford requisite protee- ropresented by the diplomats would fi o tion to forelgn residents, and to our Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock at|“adopt such measures and utilize | o T e TS T T e | the Burrltt hotel when Miss Dor. | "uch means as are avallabio o 4% 10/ gnanghal.” ” afford protection to orelgn resl [othy Virginia Rogin, daughter of | Genty and to our trade and property Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rogin of 397 [at or near Shanghal” in case the | Chestnut street, will be joined in|Chinese government failed to afford | marriage to Judge Jacob Asher of|theme Intorests adequate protection This communication sald: “We the | the Central District court, Worcea- [, aurt e tiNURENCT tlen of Great ter, Mass. Miws Rogin has been & | pritain, Japan, France and the Unit- {teacher at the Central Junlor hIgh|.q giates, learning of the grave dan- school and ls popular in a large cir-| gar of hostilities breaking out be- cle of friends. {tween the provinclal authorities of The ofticlating clergymen will be | kjang Su and Cheklung feel It our Rev, M. M. Mazure of Worcester duty to remind the Chinese govern- and Rev. E. Rosenberg and J. Aron- | ment of the terms of the communi- son of this city, cation addressed by us to you on Miss Diana Rogin, sister of the | August 11, 1923, and to repeat and bride, will be mald of honor. The [reaftirm in the most solemn man- flower girls will be Janet Campner |ner the declarations contained in of New Haven and Janice Pouzzner |that communication regarding the of New London. Judge Asher will|obligations of the Chinese govern- be attended by Jacob L. Wiseman |ment n the present crisis, to prevent of Boston as groomsman, The ush- | loss of life and property to members ers will be Major Jacob Frank, A.|of the foreign community in and M. Hillman, J. 8 Alscnberg, Jacob [around Shanghai.” Shulinsky, J. W. Tushine, Daniel M.| The other note attached to the Pouzzner, Morrls J. Rogin and Ber- | foregolng, repeated the terms of the nard 8. Rogin. note of August 11, 1023, saving: Mendelssohn’s wedding march will “We feel it our duty to remind the be played by Mrs. Benjamin Asher | Chinese government of the enormous of Worcester, a sister-in-law of the foreign interests that exist In the re- groom. glon of Shanghai, which the Chinese The bride will wear a gown of government is hy treaty under obli- | white chiffon trimmed with rhine- MANUFACTURING FIELD blossoms and princess lace and will carry a shower bouquet of bride roses and sweet peas. The maid of ill Make Household Spe- cialties in Plant on Chestnut Street ESTABLISHED 1870 Gen. Edwards In Re- viewing Stand At Tor- rington — Presents Distinguished Service Cross To Terryville! Hero. Two coms Nuptial Event at Burritt| Hotel Will Be Bril- liant Afair | The moat elaborate wedding of| the rly fall will be solemnized Members Pass Resolution Opposing State Bonus— Miss Coyle of Waterbury Heads Auxiliary By The Associated Pross. Shanghal, Aug| 30.—While pr sure was being brought to bear upon both sides in the impending faction. al Chinese war today troops of the rival organizations continued to move into the cohtested zone, refu- goes poured into Shanghul from the | war clouded area and foreign war- craft was gathering here The mediating influence was the Chinese finuncial and commercial interests here bound together in 52 organizations supporting the action of the Chinese general chamber of commerce demanding & peace parley which may take place tomorrow. Approximately 60,000 troops were reported gathering or enroute today o the war zone to comprise the for®es of Chi Shieh Yuan while Lu Yung Halang forces were reported at 40,000, It was apparent to observers that the two major points where attacks are expected from the forces of Chi Shieh Yuan were the Woosung forts and, the Lungwha arsenal in envir- ons of Shanghai. HARTFORD MAN GETS 4 MILLION BEQUEST George B. Alvord Sole Beneficiary of His Brother’s Estate Torrington, Aug. 30.—The weather man favored the veterans of the| world war with fine weather today for the final session and parade in connection with the sixth annual state convention of the American Leglon, John R. Quinn, national command- er of the legion, arrived today and gave an address at this morning's session of the convention. The city is profusely decorated for | the day and the factories have ceas. ed operations. It is to be a gala day with the big legion parade as a distinguishing feature, to be followed | by the laying of the cornerstone of | Torrington's war memorial at Coe park. The memorial will be a flag- | O pole. | Three Boys Killed Three boys between the ages of six and elght years, Louls Messina, Robert McFalls and James Mont- gomery, playing in the street near the bullding wers enveloped iIn a sheet of flame which burst from the doorway and windows, The other victims, helpers in the buflding were burned as thg flames swept throvgh the structure, saves Her Own Son Mrs, A. V. Montgomery, attracted to the scene, rescued one of the boys as he was attempting to beat out the flames from his clothing. She ex- tinguished the flames and carried him into her home nearby before she recognized him as her son. She col- lapsed. Big Parade Is Held, The parade thig afternoon wiil be ! reviewed by Major Gun, Clarence R. Edwards of Boston and Brig. Gen. George M, Cole, Morrls B. Payne and Sanford & Wadhams. General Edwards at the reviewing stand will Fire Threatens to Burn Town in Washington Spokane, Wash., Aug. 30.—Rath- drum, Idaho, about thirty miles east of here is being swept by a fire that threatens the entire town of about 1,000 people. Several buildings al- ready have burned in the business district, according to reports. receiv- eed here. The Spakane fire depatt- ment has rushed aid to the town. present a Distinguished Service Cross | honor's gown will be a combination to Charles Cortona of ~Terryville, | of gold lace and figured chiffon and formerly of Co. I, 102d Infantry,|she will carry a bouguet of butter- 26th Diviston, fly roses. The flower girls will wear fix or seven airplanes are to take | white satin with poke bonnets. The part in the festivities of the after- | bride's going away suit will be black neon and it is expected that a man| bangaleen. will descend from one of them in a The gift of the groom to the parachute, « | bride will be pearls, The gift of the The morning session of the con-| bride to the groom will bs a white vention started promptly and after|gold watch., The gift of the bride to Fight With U. S. Third Is Badly Injured and Three Others Captured Atlantic Highlands New York, Aug, 30, — Two rum runners met death, a third was bad. | ly injured, and three others were captured oft Atlantic Highlands, N. J., before daybreak today, One rum craft was without incident, Revenue slipped aboard as 1t lay a short dis- | ance off shore and surprised the | crew in possession of three cases of | liguor—the last of a cargo that was being smuggled from the rum fleet. Dewlitt Welle, Herbert Sellick and | Fdgar Conover, all claiming Atlantic | Highlands as home, were arrested While the revenue agents were | handeuffing them, another speed- boat was heard nearby and the gov- ernment rum chaser gave chase. Tried To Fscape “Lay to or we'll shoot to Kill," the skipper of the revenue cutter mega- phoned, The fleeing rum runner only put on speed and her crew be- gan tossing her cargo into the sea. Then swinging a huge searchlight upon the rum runner, the federal agents turned their guns into action. One man was seen to slump into the cockpit of the smugglers' craft. Two others disappeared overboard. They found Earl Bennett of Atlantic Highlands in the bottom of the boat with a bulles in his chest and an- other in his hip. Others Are Dead He wouldn't disclose the names of his compantons. “What does 1t matter; they're overboard and dead. They won't tell,” he said. One hundred cases of whiskey ware ahoard. Boat, cargo and pris- oners, with these taken'in the first encounter, wera towed to the Bat- tery, New York. captured Iv[Qul! New York, Aug. 30.—George B. Alvord of Hartford, Conn, i sole |beneficiary of the estats of his brother John F. Alvord, needle man- ufacturer, banker, publisher and | public benefactor of Torripgton, Conn., who died March 13, 1921, it was learned when an appraisal of the properties was filed in the New York state tax commission office. The estate has a total valuation of $4,074,620. John Alvord was born in Torring- ton May 9, 1861, of a family which had lived in Connecticut since 1660, according to an affidavit submitted with the appraisal. He was edu- cated in the Torrington schools and after graduation entered the employ of the Excelsior Needle company, founded by his father, in Torring- ton. In 1597 he became president of the Torrington company, a con- |solidation of the Excelsior’ Needle company and others in the same line, and continued in that office un- til his death. Among Mr. Alvord’s gifts were 65 | acres of land to the town of Tor- rington for a park, $25,000 to the Y. M. C. A, $25,000 to St. Francis | Roman Catholic church and $30,000 to the Hillside Cemetery assoclation of Torrington. Coast Guard to Aid Fishermen in Trouble Washington, Aug. 30—Coast guard headquarters today ordered revenue cutters stationed in the vicinity of Boston to the assistance of Glouces- ter fishing vessels in trouble as a result of heavy storms. The action was taken in response to an appeal from the mayor of Gloucester. The cutters Temps, Ossippee and Acush- net are in New England gaters and two of them will go speedlly to Gloucestar waters, * Articles of incorporation are be- ing prepared for the Humphrey Mfg. Co., a new organization that is to do business on Chestnut street, taking over part of the household special- ties department of the Traut & Hine Co., with Ernest N. Humphrey as president and treasurer, and Levern Boardwell of New York city as vice- president and secretary. | The company will incorporate for $100,000 with $50,000 paid in to start business. Mr. Humphrey has been identified with the Traut & Hine Co. for more than 20 years and is a vicelpresident of that concern and a member of the board of direc- tors. Mr. Broadwell has been hand- ling the sale of the output of the household speclalties department and he will continue to act in that capacity while Mr. Humphrey will supervise the manufacturing end of the business. At & meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Traut & Hine Co. next Tuesday, Mr. Humphrey's proposi tion will come up for ratification The new concern plans to begin the work of removing machinery and goods in process of manufacture next week and will Le ready to start operations Catober 1. Employes in the department involved in the deal will be employed by the new con- cern. These number between 40 and 50. For the past 12 years, the local concern has been n.anufacturing household articles, many of which were designed or verf Humphrey and a nrof | has been established. various reports had been heard it|her mald of honor will be a black was voted to hold the next annual|enyx ring. The gift of the groom convention in New London, which|to his groomsman will be a silver defeated Meriden by a vote of | cigarette case and his gifts to the 117 to 60, ushers will be gold pen knives, The convention this morning 2lso| After the marriage ceremony a passed a resolution opposing a state | reception will be held with several bonus., Addresses were given by Ad-| hundred guests in attendance, The jutant General George M. Cole, Con- | Trinity Bacchanalian orchestra will gressman P. B. O'Sullivan and Col.|play. The decorations will consist D. Gordon Hunter. of palms, ferns and gladloli. B.(P. Armstrong of Waterbury| Judge Asher and his bride will | was resvlected state commander bY|have a honeymoon trip to Nlagara | a vote ot 165 to 22 over Harry C.| palls, Montreal, Lake George, Wash- Jackson of New Britain early this|ington, D, ¢, and New York, On afternoon. thelr return they will reside tem- Other officers elected were: porarily at the Bancroft hotel in Vice commanders, Frank Cramer |yyorcester. of Hartford and Levi Downs of Nor- | judze Asher has long been identl- wich; treasurer, C. C. Scarborough of | feq with polities and iocls! service Harttord; judge advocate, Philo C.lwork in Worcester. He was born Cathoun of Bridgeport; historlan, in that city, and attended classical Harry J. Fisher of Palinville, high school, Clark college and the Auxiliary Officers, Columbia university school of law. The ausillary convention this af-| o¢ classical he was valedictorian of ternoon elected the following: NIAUSIna MR eutn ANdet Kon: President, Miss Mary C. Coyle of | oo were awarded him at Clark, Waterbury; vice presidents, Mrs. | yare he was class drator. G (srace H. Stratton of Bridgeport and d Miss Helen S. Brock of Plainville; o,"",'flg;u,.‘,’:g;,,:?:; :M"',G:,'L::r secretary Miss Cella Leventhal of | opyicetts in 1909, and has practiced Waterbury; treasurer, Miss Maude |y "poo® "0 (0% GO0 P88 Promt el A. Clark of East Hampton; histori- |y 5 3 W. McCall appointed him special an, Mrs, Carpenter of Wethersfield: | jutiico o¢ the Central District + and chaplain, Mrs. Willlam Steven- ‘ SR GOUE son of South Glastonbury. el e ' 0 Among the organizations with which he is affilinted are the Wor- cester Chamber of Commerce, the Economic club, Damascus Lodge, K. of P, Tsalah Thomas Lodge, A. F. and A. M., the Maccabees Y. M. H. A, of which he Is president, the B'nal B'rith of which he 1s a for- mer president: orcester lodge, T. 0. B. A, Grand lodge, I O. B. A, of which he is chairman of law and chairman of rituals; the Wor- cester county republican club, the Republican Teague of Worcester county, the Clark College Alumni assoclation, Alpha FEta Tau Scholar- ship soclety, and the T. K. A, De- bating soclety. Boston societies in which he is enrolled are the Boston City club, the Elystum club and the New Cen- tury club, Judge Asher is a member of the law firm of Goldstein & Asher, with office in the Siater building. He is a member of Temple Emmanuel and Sharal Torah congregation. Will Take Train There For His Ranch in Canada— Today H. R. H. Is on Way to Have Luncheon Chat With Coolidge New London, Aug. 30.—TLocal ar- rangements are being made by rail- road and public officials for the re- ception of the Prince of Wales upon his arrival here on September 14. A special train of eight cars will awalt che royal visitor at the state pler, which train will carry him to his ranch near Calgary, Canada. The train will leave this city at 9 o'clock standard time and will go via Mon- treal and Winnipeg. It is not definitely known as yet whether the prince will come to this | oity from Long Island via rail or water. The water roufe shortest. In accordance with princely wishes, there will be public display or marking his visit here. Tocal Delegates Attend About 25 automobiles were secur- ed by the Eddy-Glover post to take the members to the American Legion parade in Torrington this afternoon, about 150 local boys being in the line of, march, They wore dark blue trousers, white shirts, blue how ties, and overseas caps and marched be- kind the Legion band and the Boys' club drum corps. ' The Leglon band made its first appearance In its new dark blue uniforms. Jamés P. Rogers, former com- mander of the local post, but now living in Berlin, N. Y,, attended the convention with the local delegates. BATTLE ON THE LINKS Rotarians and Kiwanians To Engage the no Beers In Tie For Clay Bird Honors At Dayton, Ohio (Special to the Herald,) Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 81.— William E. Beers of New Britain, Conn,, is tied for the leadership in the Grand American clay tar- get handicap being shot in this city. The New Britain man made a score of 97 out of a possible 100. The performance is all the more remarkable be- cause there are 600 entries, comprising all the expert shots in the country, en- tered in the tournament. Calls On Coolidge Washington, Aug. 30.—The of Wales arrived in shortly after 1 o'clock this noon and was driven to the White House for an informal luncheon with President Coolidge. A crowd cheered him as passed out through the room of the station and after- = he 0 HERALD LABOR DAY took his sine. Outside the White House gates another large crowd was wait- | ing to welcome him noisily on his | arrival there, DRY CRUSADER ARRIVES Converted Destroyer Stationed The Herald will not be pub- lished Monday, Labor Day. In Desperate Struggle At Shuttle Meadow Club Next Wednesday GONN. SOLDIER DIES Private Charles Brown, 20, of Nor- walk, National Guardsman, Dead After Operation at Army Hospital. Rotarlans and Kiwanlans will clash in their first golf tournament Wednesday aMernoon at the Shuttle Meadow club. President Hawkins of the Kiwanis club today appointed Harry O'Con- nor to round up the golf experts of the club and send them against the Rotarians, President Taylor of the . Rotarians retaliated by appointing| Dridseport, Aug. 30.—Word was George W. Klett to do a like duty | recelved here today from Camp Eus- | for his club. tis, V that Private Chaties M. Individual players will hold secret | grown, 20, of Norwalk, a member practics behind closed gates all day | o poior'c 19204 artillery Connee- tomorrow. tieut Nationa! Guard, died last eve- s [ning at the hase hospital here fol- Jake Hamo“ s Widow Is |[;0F ' operation for stomach trou. Granted Her Divorce [ve. Brown arrived in camp August Ardmore, Okla, Aug. 80—Mrs, [24 and was taken fll a few days Georgia Hamon Rohrer, widow of |later. His body will be sent to Nor- Jake L. Hamon, republican national | walk cammitteeman from Ok'ahoma. was| The Conrecticut regiment will granted a divorce today from Wils |break camp {oday returning home lam 1. Rohrer, Chicugo art collec- |via Washington where the command | tor. She charged cruelty and non- |will be reviewed by Secretary of support War Weens, | HIGH TIDES—AUG, (Standard Time) ol At New London 9:55 a. m At New Haven— 10:31 a. m.; SEPT. At New London— 10:35 8. m.; At New Haven— 11:50 a. m. 31 at 10:10 p. m. New London to War On the Rum Runner Fleet, 10:36 p. m. 1 80.—~The con- New London, Aug. verted destroyer Jouett first of four | coast guard vessels to be stationed here at the first divisior of the new arrived here for her 10:51 p. 'm, William E. Beers resides at 37 Pearl street, this city. For years he has been a devotee of clay pigeon shooting and has many trophies which he won in contests in all parts of the United States. He is a member of the Hartford gun club. coast guard dry fleet, early this morning ready new assignment, in charge of Liecut. Jack. Arrival of o ; | | | | i P Commander R. L. THE WEATHER - Wartford, Ang. 30—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; increasing clond- iness Sunday; little change in temperature, the Beale are expected momentarily Although secrecy veils the operations of the dry fleet, it is presumed the at sea after converiion at the Phila- delphia shipyard, poesibly having al- ready been on pa!ro!fl the l\qucr 7 fested waters. | [ i | | | ] *. is the | demonstration | Prince | Washingten | tmmediately | walting | the flagship Cashin, the Downes and | Jouett come here following her test | NEW LONDON PLANS BIG WELCOME FOR THE PRINCE ON SEPTEMBER 14 QUINN OUTLINES HIS AIM FOR THE LEGION | Rehabilitation of Disabled and Preparedness Are Big Issues Hartford, Aug. 30.—“Rehabilita- [tion of disabled ex-service men, the | welfare of war orphans, and a rea- sonable preparedness are the great |problems the American Leglon is | facing today” declared national com- | mander John R. Quinn of the Amer- |ican Legion this noon on his arrival [hf‘re, en route to the state legion convention at Torrington. Commandef Quinn was met at the ailroad station hy Col. Thomas W. Miller, United States alien property Robert Smith, General \l’mu::r of the American Legion \\\~ ekly, 1. Barlow national execu (I\l' cmvvmnhm from cut and C. L. Cottier of the Torring- 4|U|| post. “Besides the problems T have al- ready mentioned,” said Commander Quinn, “the legion is striving for a greater membership, There are me seven hundred thousand ex- service men who are legionnaires now but they » only 15 per cent! of the total number of former sold- fers in the country. “Preparedness, | Quinn exclaimed “a reasonable pr paredness, is a principle for whie [the legion stand We want Amer- {feanism, and the legion is an insti- tution of Americanism SHAVERS WIFE BACKS UP DEFENSE DAY PLAN| custodian, | so Commander place in a big White House limou- | | | Wife of Democratic Chairman Strong for Coolidge's Policy In This Respect, Fairmont, W, Va, Aug. 30.- letter which she declares “Is not in- tended to be a political article but a endorsement of national Mrs. Clem L. Shaver, chairman of the demo- national committee condemns patriotic defense A the pacifist movement and says | best way to prepare for peace is to | ready | w world that any emergency At one point in her lengthy letter which addre 1 today Fairmont West Virginian Mrs. Shav- °s W. Bryan, dem- sidential candidate, and asks show th we are | for ef refers to Char I known pacifist,” ocratic vice 28 a “we why “Mr. at and harp upon the coming | servance of national defense 4. sisting upon designating 1t & “mill- | taristic program.” ob- in Spectacular Chase Off 5 | took | Connecti- | Is to the| NEW BRITAIN HERALD 1024, ~SIXTEEN PAGES. ALLIED ENVOYS SIGN DAWES PA FRANCE MOVES TO QUIT THE R DORTMUND FIRST CITY E VACUATE |Herriot Makes Go.‘ LV Revenue Agents STIRRING TALES OF OLD WAR DAYS TOLD| Survivors of Quantrell’s Famous Confederate Band Hold Reunion Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 50 Many of the tragie episodes which border between Missouri and Kansas in the days of the Civil war were told here yes- terday when the survivors of Quan- trell's noted band met yesterday in thefr twenty-seventh annual re- union at the home of Mrs. D. Wallace, Elght of the veterans there being, according to the rec- ords of the organization, only 13 survivors. Fifteen or 20 Confed- erate veterans attended the reunion to greet the few survivors, Between two trees before Mrs. Wallace's | home stretched a large United States flag and a smaller one of the old southern confederacy. A large | portralt of Quantrell occupied a consplcuous place on the front | porch, | George Noland told of his capture at the battle of Westport and of | how he was sentenced to be shot when he was identified as one of Quantrell’s men. He waa released by the federal provost marshal at Kansas City, because of his youth. John Brown of Oak Grov: and J. C. Peters of Smithville, Mo,, differed in regard to the casualties suftered by Quantrell in his raid on Lawrence, famous In history. The former claimed that the bandit leader lost five men, while Peters averred that the only loss sustained by the invaders was that of one man who was pushed down a well by a free-state woman. A local resident, Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchings, recounted how, as a child of nine, she had carried meals to Quantrell when he was in hid- |ing in the brushes near her home. Another of the survivors present today was Hicks George, of Oak Grove, Mo., who told of the time he was hung by the neck three times when federals attempted to make him reveal Quantrell's whereabouts. “But T didn’t tell;”” George said, “and here T am.” MeCOOK’S STATEMENT State Treasurer Uncovers What He Terms Might Have Been consider- ed questionable deal by Gilpatric. Hartford, Aug. 30.—A treasury transaction which, clared, nal” has been found by Treasurer Anson T. McCook to have been ne- gotiated by ex-Treasurer G. Herald Gilpatric, 11 months ago. It in- volves $55,000 — mortgage loans for $40,000 and §15,000 — and that | Gilpatric “cleared” the loans through the First National Bank of Putnam of which he was cashier. Mr. McCook emphasized today that| the transaction is now complete and that the state holds the notes for | the full amount. Mr. McCook has made it a rule never to employ the aid of a third | party in negotiating mortgage lcans from any of the state funds, but to deal directly with the mortgager. In an emergency case, he said he might convert a loan into a trust fund to place on the T attended state he ce- “might have been sensatio-| | Dortmund, in the Ruhr, | This is in execution of Premier be held by a bank, but the money would never be cleared through any | bank. The bank had for a time of what amountedito a straight posit, to which it was not whereas State treasury ethics | the vee for the estgblishment of a special | 98¢ which the bank is | it fund &f )ly custodian in such cases. trust me making a survey or re-examination of the securitivs in the agriculturzl college funds ‘n('n‘r departments of the treasury, (0 make sure that all are “gilt- | edged”. Since such a survey would ‘lh nurr'\ a matter of personal judg- t, Captain McCook w ux\lr‘e of other state making his calculations. DENIES HE'S SUICIDE New Yorker Appears in Police Sta. olgcials Inaj | | Mistake—Wife Told of Death, Too New York, Aug. 30.—Five suicide and the news had been brok Staten Island walked into | headquarters there and announc that there must have been some er ror in the identification. | Seymou entitled, | r The new state treasurer has been | the school and | nd the | mediately available, Mr, Young" i geek the | prep in | with | mies sufficient to cover the e: PRICE THREE C / ly His Promise — Tl'nfl To Leave As Eem.- ic Withdrawal Ncmv Completion. Owen D. Young of Nfi"‘ York Named Roplh‘f tions Agent ad hw by Allied Commlldu Today By The Amsoclated Press. London, Aug. ah—ThoputM" up at the recent international ference here outlining Ways means of putting the Dawes tion program into effect, was by representatives of the m natlons early this afternoon, No Ceremony At All 0@ Thers was no pomp at the British foreign office when the rep i¥ tives of the nations which, & fo night ago, reached an u'mnuu launching the Dawes reparation signed at 12:40 o'clock this .. noon the documents embodied in the convention which passed into diple- matic parlance as the pact of !‘T‘ don With the utmost simplicity M witk a solemnity which denoted ¢ momentous character, of the work, one after another of the dipe . lomats signed the documents y Mo., | the interested nations hope will able Germany to pay her War repas rations and is a step to the tion of the economic equilibrd Europe and of the whole world. The signatures were affixed in ambassadogys’ walting room of ! foreign office—a large room looki out across St. James' park to ingham Palace. The fivat: ond King Georges looked /down their golden frames upon the mats gathered around the great hogany table, at one end of lay the historic documents. Evacnation Begins, By Tha Associated Pres Paris, Aug. 30.—The French flv- ernment will order the gvacuation to riot’s assurance that the evacua of the Ruhr would begin the after the signing of the agreement. The agreement ° signed in London early this noon. v The economic wm:druvm : the Ruhr is beginning imm In fact preljghary steps are being taken today thrédghout the Ru but, although the dfder for the tary evacuation will be lssued morrow, the troops will not be wit] drawn until the economic evacuati is nearly completed, Young is Named. Appointment of Owen D. You: of New York, as agent general & reparation payments ad interim announced by the reparation ¢ mission today. The appointments were also nounced of M. Delacrolx, of um, as trustee to receive and | minister the German railway bona Signora Nogara, of Italy, trustes the industrial debentures, and drew MacFadyan, of England, commissioner of controlled reverus M. Delacroix will retain his pluce as a member of the reparation con missoin, acting as trustee without ade ditional pay. Mr. MacFadyan, whi is now general secretary of the coms mission, will vacate his present p No word has been received Parker Gilbert, Jr., forr under secrotary of the Ames ury department, he is willing to nt generzl after Mr. Young The commission, in announe appointmegts, made this As the services of & it zeneral will not be ment nent age is one of the experts of the & committea has been good enougl accept an ad interim nominatiz) he commission has decided a plan of reorgani purpose of effecting M b he re | required by the new organ {th tion To Say There Must Be Some hours | “The | after police had been notified of his | American member of en to his wite, Henry Hoenburgh of | police | 1] eir “I've just been out looking for & | job,” he said As a result of Hoenburgh's turmn- who leaped from a Staten ferry boat early vesterday Appeared before help could Lim, ie a mystery, and dis | directors w reach | ot up under the Dawes it no additional financlal in econnection with foreign will be laid upon Germany, sarvah Named, e ~ ated Press, Parls, \'x: 30.—The committee of the new @ today appointed: w Yo \l B of fssue McGarrah board appointment Kobert Kindersley, | and Dr. Hjalmar Seh many, who will ap foreign members of fch will commissioner whe ryan continues to pick |ing up alive, the identity of a man |cordance with the Ieland | the pressed by members. 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