New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1924, Page 3

(LANS CALIBRESE (ONCEALED AUTO Rew Britaln Man Arvested To- day by New York Police —_— Anthony Calabrese of 400 South Main street was arrested this morn- ing In New York for the local police authorities who have been holding a warrant for him charging him with concealing’ an automobile un- der a conditiona! bill of sale, The warrant was forwarded to the New York police this morning by Detec- tive Sergeant Willlam P, McCue, who will have extradition papers made out for the return of the pris- oner to this city. Upon his return here, an additional charge of oper- avng an unregistered auto will prob- ably be lodged against him. According to the report of Detec- \lve Bergeant McCue, who has been nvestigating the case, Calabrese purchased a machine from the Mc- Jauley & Bennett company on a sonditional bill of sale, turning in inother machine as part payment. Jpon purchasing the machine, he is 1lleged to have illegally transferred he plates from his old machine to he new one and Immediately left he city, going to Worcester, Mass, McCue learned of his ‘presence in hat city and notified the Worcester solice, who located the automobile In'a garage there. An investigation revealed that Calabrese had been negotiating with an army recruiting s*fice there for the sale of the ma- chine, and while demonstrating it, had collided with another auto and wrecked the one he was driving. After the accident, Calabrese left Worcester, and his whereabouts were unknown untfl two days ago, Detec- tive Lieutenant Hardy of the Wor- cester police notified MceCue that labrese was at 1 West 4th street, New York. The New York police wers notified and the arrest of Cala- brese was made. CROWE WILL ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY, HE SAYS ciate’'s Attorney Says Hanging Is Only Verdict Feared By Murderers. The Asscclated Py Chicago, Sept. 10.—This statement was made by Robert E. Crowe, state’s attorney on the sentences of Leopold and Losb, follows: “When the state's attorney arrest- ed the defendants, solved what was then a mystery, and by the thor- | oughness of his preparation, com- pelled the defendants to plead guilty, presented a mountain of evidence to | the court and made his argument, his duty was fully performed. He is in no measure responsible for the decision of the court. The respon- sibility for that decision rests with the judge alone. “Like all other law-abiding citi- zens, when the court pronounces his decision, T must be content with it | Lecause his decision in this case is final. While 1 do not intend and have no desire to criticize the de- cision of the court, I still belleve that the death penalty is the only | penalty feared by murderers. | “Fathers and mothers in Cook county may rest assured as long as 1 remain state’s attorney, I will al- ways do everything within my power to enforce the law honestly, fearless- » and vigorously, without regard to the status of the criminal.” ACCUSE THREE POLICEMEN OF HOSTILITY T0 CATHOLICS Sald to Be Members of Ku Klux Klan Bent on Inventing Propa- ganda Against Church. | Des Motnes, Ta., Sept. 10.—Mem- | bers of the executive committee of the national conference of Catholic charities meeting here, called on Mayor Garver yesterday and charged that a police captain and two pa- troimen whom they alleged are members of the K. K. K., were im- plicated in an attempt to invent anti- Catholic propaganda material at the Coliseum where the conference see- sions are held. RANSDELL RENOMINATED | Louisiana Defeats Mayor of Shreveport by Probable Majority of 23,000 Votes. Senator from | | | New Orleans, Sept. 10.—Senator| Joseph E. Ramadell was renominat- ed in yesterday's primary over Mayor Le Thomas of Shreveport, by an indicated majority of 23,000 votes, according to unofficlal re- turns today. Returns from approximately 1,000 of the state's 1,210 precincts gave Ransdell 75,977 and Thomas 52,056. In the sixth congressional district, the only one where there was a con- test, George K. Favrot of Baton Rouge had 10,972 votes and Bolivar Kemp of Amite 9,882 with nearly| compiete returns tabulated. WINS ST. LEGER STAKES | Salmon Trout Takes Purse Worth| $20,000 In Field of 17 Starters at Donoaster, England, Course. By The Associated Press Doncaster, England, Sept. 10.— falmon 7re.t, by the Tetrarch out of Ralamandra, cwred by H. H. Aga | Khan, won the 5t Leger stakes, of £4,000, with extras, run here today. A. Barclay Walker's Santorb was racond and Tel Joel's Polyphontes was third, Ssventeen ran. The betting was Salmon Trout, 6 to 1, againet, Santorb 40 to 1, and |men saying, “OR, Clarence, they are | Ically, “surely, surely.” | bristling barrier about the historic 1065 ANDLEOPULD WRE GIVEN L (Continued from First Page.) cells. Then as the courtroom emptied rapldly, Jacob Loeb inter- rupted an interview with newspaper- walting; let's go." | Nathan Leopold, 8r., had recov. ered his composure, opened his cigar case and passed cigars to the mem- | bers of the group as they filed from | the room. ¥dwin Gresham, uncle of the child murder vietim, the only mem- ber of the Franks family in the courtroom, refused to comment on the sentences, He shook his head in a refusal, when asked for the Franks family's acceptance of the sentences as justica for the murder of Bobby, Mr. Darrow was commenting on the possibilities of paroles when Jacob Loeb interrupted, The de- fense counsel chief said paroles| could ha applied for after 20 years of life sentences had been' served, but thought that It required 37% years of imprisonment before pa- roles could be applied for under a sentence of 99 years in the peni- | tentiary, Crowd Gathers, An immense crowd gathered about the entrance of the Cook county jail when the decision be- came known. A score of rmaotor- eycle policemen lined up on hoth sides of the street, held the people in cheek. The crowd was silent and merely stood about, watching | the jail doors. Not to Attempt Release. After sentence had been pro- nounced, Nathan Leopold, Sr., father of one of the defendants, whe sat with head bowed while the judge read his opinion, said that he would never attempt to obtain the release of his son from the peni- tentiary. When asked if that was his attitude, he replied . emphat- Barrier of Police, For the sentencing of Richard Loeb and Nathan F. Leopold, Jr, confessed kidnappers-murderers of 15 year old Robert Franks, hundred of detectives and policemen mounted motorcycle and patrolmen, formed a Cook County criminal courts build- ing and two automobile loads of picked riflemen were told off to ac- company Judge John R. Caverly to his last task in the criminal courts section. Throughout the hearing and dur- ing the fortnight since Judge Caver- ly retirgd to study the lengthy rec- ord and formulate his decision, he was the target for thousands of let- ters from many countries. His life has been threatened, no matter what verdict he renders. - The violence of those pleading with him for len- fency "has been equalled by letters, threatening his death, the deaths of Loeb and Leopold and the bombing of the criminal courts building should his judicial determination be swayed away from the gallows, Therefore the most unusya! precau- | tons. Throughout the night extra guards waited in Judge Caverly's cougt room and patrolled the crim- inal courts building. With dawn the force was augmented gradually, and five hundred armed men had in- structions to be in the square about the old six story brick building by 7a m aveir orders were to keep all per- sons outside a radius of one city block from the courts building. Inside the building only those| daily engaged there were permitted. | In Judge Caverly's courtroom only the defendants and their relatives, members of the Franks family, the attorneys and newspapermen were allowéd. The great police cordon concluded | in a double line of uniformed men | ranging down the flight of stairs from the sixth floor court room to | the fifth floor. Elevators ran only to the fifth floor and to pass that point a person needed to be well vouched for. Streets Deserted. | Streets surrounding the criminal| courts building were virtually de-| serted shortly before 8 o'clock, the only visible signs of activity being the silent patrol of policemen at in- tervals of about a hundred feet in each of the four blocks forming the square in which the court building and county jail are located. The entrance to the courts build- ing was guarded by a squad of de- tectives, each member of which closely watched every person enter- ing the building. Credentials neces- sary to pass each sentinel in the street. leading to the entrance were carefully inspected. No loiterers or prospective spectators were before the building at this time. Passing the first barrier, the per- son seeking the court room on the sixth floor was challenged four times before finally gaining admission. Balliffs and deputy sheriffs formed a recelving line on both sides of the lobby on the lower floor. Through this gauntlet, whether seeking the elevators or the open stairway, the credentials again were read. The elevator operator again asked for passes. If the stairs were taken upward two burly guards made the same request. All elevators stopped at the fifth floor where again a squad of detec- tives, ballifts and deputy sheriffs| commanded the narrow stairway to the sixth floor. After passing mus- ter here, you were again stopped at the lobby entrance to the courtroom by another group of officlals, who gave a pass the final once over. On all stairways, on each floor and in almost every nook and corner in the rambling structure, from one to four representatives of the law were stationed, Extreme quiet prevailed, what little talking there was, being done in & rather subdued tone, In scarcely more than a hait hour, the street bordering on the south of the courts building was a mass of trucks, automobiles, motoreycle po- licemen, traffic officers and would be spectators, 'NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WIONE BINGHAM CHOSEN “FOR GOVERNOR ' " Everyone was kept moving, Four mounted officers at each intersection of the streets on the south slde of the bullding were almost frantically waving heavy trucks, pushcgrts and horse-drawn vehicles 1into action, Passersby, regardless of their des tination, were ordered to keep mov- Ing by the knots of policemen, whose members in the meantime had be considerably strengthened, ' Judge Brought To Building Judge Cl\'el'. piloted by a large force of motor policemen and guar ed on all sides by mounted officers, reached the criminal courts bullding about 20 minutes of nine, ) No untawlr‘} incident was report- ed on the judg trip down town from his homse, A battery of cam- eras furnished the only noteworthy reception to the judge as he aligited from the car, in which a squad of secret ‘service men and operatives were riding. . In contrast to the great difticulty and confusion attending Judve Cav- erly's attempt to gain his chamber on two occasions during the progtess of the, hearing, his entrance today was not halted in a single {nstance. He was “expressed” to his chambers, Judge Caverly immediately sum- moned his chief ‘bailiff and ordered him to maintain order in the court room in the time intervening be- tween the hour hefore calling court in session. 'He.then chatted with friend: No one was permitted he- vond the gate which led to his pri- vate room. More operatives were stationed there, Counsel for the youths, Benjamin and Walter Bachrach, and Clarence 8. Darrow, Nathan Leopold, Sr, Al- lan Loeb, a brother of Richard, and a few friends of the two hoys' fami- lies entered the courtroom shortly after Judge Caverly arrived, The courtroom by thig time was about one-third .full, newspapermen, photographers, friends and counsel of the two defendants, court officers and detectives making up the entire assemblage. Judge Caverly's room was soon locked, Arrival Of Attorneys Jacob Loeb, uncie of Richard, ar- rived 20 minutes before the time set for court to convene. His arrival completed the representation from the families of the defendants. At 0 a. m, Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney, and his assistants in the case, Thomas Marshall, Joseph Savage and Milton Smith, took their seats hefore the bench. The prosecutors were accompan- fed by Samuel Fttleson. personal at- torney for Jacob Franks, father of the victim. He announced that Mr, Franks would not be present. 1In his place, Fdwin Gresham, an uncle of the ‘boy was in court. Leopold and Loeb were hrought to the “bull pen” just outside the court room at 9:25 a. m. FLIERS T0 REMAN IN WASHINGTON (Continued from First Pags.) hi cf by el 1 e When the New Orleans is flown to Bolling field she will be given an extensive examination. Lieutenant Nelson will bring the plane here in that there may be no technical question as to whether he has omitted a few of the thousands of | riiles covered by the flight. Large crowds gathered at Bolling Field today arcund the Chicago ard Boston II. Many of them came by automoblis from nearby states and seemed especiaily interested in the equipment on the ships for th» comfort of the pileis and mechanic on the long grind acioss unexp'ored countries, | President Coolidge at noon re- ceived the three pilots at the White House and congratulated them on their success. The aviators were accompanied by Secretary Weeks, Major General Patrick, chief of the alr service, and Brigadier General Mitchell, as- sistant chief of the air service, where they were asked to pose for pictures in front of the White House. It was found that Lieuten- ant Nelson had lost his cap yester- day in the flight to Washington and | had not obtained another. | The pilots will stop over Sunday in Dayton, their destination on the next leg of the journey, probably resuming the flight again on Mon- day, General Patrick said. | 4 a |al P b; b P b h |o Baltimore, Sept. 10.—The work of installing a new motor in the' world fight plane New Orleans of which Lieut. Erick Nelson is pilot and Wwhich was forced down at Hale- thrope, near here, yesterday, while | en route from New York to Wash- ington, was begun this morning. A stripped timing gear was the cause of Licutenant Nelson’s miskap, and after examination by Lieuten- ant John Harding, Jr., mechanician, it was decided to install a new en- gine rather than attempt to repair the old one. The new motor, and a crew of mechanicians to do the work, arrived at Halethorpe last night by motor truck from Bolling Field, Washington, and early today its installation was begun. Tieut. Harding, who went on to Washington last night for the recep- tion tendered the aviators, also re- turned today to help put the plane In shape to continue the flight to Seattle. When the New Orleans does re- sume its flight it will carry no flow- ers if Lieutenant Harding has any- thing to say about it. He made this deciston last night when he found in the cockpit of the machine the | bouguet which was to have been dropped on the grave of the un- known soldier in Arlington National cemetery yesterday. Harding drew forth the bouquet | and tossed it away. “It's the last time T'll ever nrr.vg flowers,” he declared, “and they | came too darn near being all mi for me to keep them as a souvenir.” The plane made a perfect landing, being undamaged, and 1s expected to | be able to make the jump to Boll. ing Field some time today. BANKER DROPS DEAD New Glasgow, N. S, Sept. 10.— R. M. McGregor, member of the Nova Scotla government without The criminal courts building ls‘ located in ene of the busiest whole- Polyphontes 100 to 30 against d Classitied Ads are sure fire |sale and manufacturing districts of the city, which made the traffic problem more difficult to handle. pertfolio and director of the bank of Nova Scotia and of the Nowa Scotia Steel and Ceal company, dropped dead at his home here early toda lander, nance. its them, will judicial ability. % (Continued from First Page) able to read his heart, but although he has been méntioned for governor, he will not be degrading himaself by Waking the position.” At this point Col, Bingham enter- ¢d the hall, was taken to the plat- form and made his acceptance, be- ing repeatedly applauded, Bingham's Thanks, am, lalism, who believes ense and justice. ecause he eats pie. reed. The treasurership wa ot for Rogers. d: standard bearers. ependence. He has bee century. been faithful to his trust. an ideal leader, wise, patient, just|ministration of state affairs nd true. In General Charles Gates Dawes | broperty, he has a reliable and appropriate |is the very essence of Jiberty running mate, a man who has been conspicuous for his’ honesty, cour- |republican institutions. age and far-seeing statesmanship. The safety of our institutions de-|sonal liberty and freedom of epeech, powers. Laws should be made by the repre- sentatives of the people and not by | hours under which women are bureau chiefs or other officials | ployed are necessarily a concern of whom the people have not elected [the stats and must be safeguarded and over whom they have only a in order to protect the vitality remote control. ) administered by executives responsible Offenders against these laws should be tried promptly and justly constituted where the rights of the individual to be tried by due process of law be faithfully observed by im- ends on a division Laws y the people and v properly artial judges, selected We - ands that we may ur liberties. keeping the legislative, tive and judicial power in separate best preserve * Col, Bingham thanked the dele- gates for the confidence shown and tribute given him, for a long speech, “It is not time sald Mr, Bing- | “I feel keenly the responsi- | bility you have asked me to carry. The grand old party does not believe in ‘bunk,’ it believes sense. in s taken u again and Senator John N. Brook of Torrington sald that Mr, Wad- hams would. not accept the nomina. tion and withdrew his spoke of Mr. Wadhams' chairman of the state board of fi- The senator also said that out. of fairness he had told the New London gentleman (Rogers) of his refusal to stand and he whoever pressnted his name should withdraw it Major Buckley said that as Mr. ‘Wadhams declines to run Mr. Blod- gett should withdraw especially as Mr. Rogers had been an unopposed candlate, Rogers’ name,” said the major. Mr. Blodgett sald that while was true he did not want the nom- ination he should accept it now. . H. P. Bissell wanted a single bal- On.a viva voce vote he was declared nominated. James J. Walsh of Greenwich then offered the name of Frederick M. Salmon for comptroller—a term-—and he was nominated. The state committee by resolution offered by A. C. Baldwin was em- powered to fill all vacancies. M _.C. Isbell of Ansonia read reso- | lutions as follows, which were adopt- name, H the nam: “I second Mr. secon Report of Resolutions Committee We re-affirs our faith in the fun- damental principles of the republi- can party. ‘We pledge our hearty support to President Calvin Coolidge is close to the char- acter and traditions of those took their lives in their hands w | they signed the Declaration of In- | wh His has been a life lample pro of courageous devotion to principle, a life of plain living and straight thinking. servant for more than a quarter of n a publi In all that time he has their care as may He is|made with a sound of should b chose! t court for thel believe it execu. Amendments to Electors We are in favor of an amendment to the constitution States providing that future consti- tutional amendments congress to the several states should be ultimately submitted to the elec- tors of the states for ratification. We belleve that the maintenance of the authority of the states over matters purely local the preservation of our institutions. of the proposed by is esgential to common The issues are, on one side common sence, and on the other so- We hear a great standard bearer, an old-fashioned New Eng- in common On the other side we have a man who opposes Coolidge He is in de- spair because in New England he found only Coolidge sentiment. “If 1 am elected I pledge myself to support the constitution and will see that justice is handed out im- partially regardless of race, color or If you are satisfled by that, and I see by your applause you are, 1 accept the nomination.” work as| thought it en United N 5 | We deplore the modern tendency toward bureaucrecy in government as being contrgry to the fundamen- tal principles of our constitution, The financlal record of Connecti- cut since the republican party as- sumed control in 1915 Invites the closest scrutiny, The democrats bequeathed to the administration of Governor Holcomb in 1916 a net debt of approximately $12,000,000 In the whole history of the state this was the high tide of Connecticut in- debtedness, This debt has been re- duced under republican manage- ment until now the Connecticut sinking fund is ample to pay off all outstanding obligations of the state at their maturities, Al this has been done with a constantly growing necessity for increased expendi- tures for the state’s welfare and progress. The financial structure of the state is sound. No other state is In stronger financial position, We believe that taxes should be reduced as much as pru«lenje will permit and the expenditures niust be reduced accordingly, We believe In providing for the necessities of state government including the proper care of those who through il health or misfortune have a right ito our consideration, Nevertheless we believe that high taxes burden everybody; they diminish industr; restrict commerce and make agri culture unprofitable. In accordance with this belief the | republican general assembly of 1923 | made a reduction of 25 per cent in | the state tax on towns. This acts | las a direct relief of the tax burden | !on all property owners, Notwith- tanding economic conditions with increased expenditures brought about by the advent of the war, “onnecticut, by reason of its sound nancial policy was enabled to carry on its activities without materially altering its fiscal plan, The republican legislation ereating |a soldiers’ fund of $2,500,000, the | {interest and income of which is paid to the soldlers of the World war | and their dependents who may be 1in need, has met with the approval {of all. The soldiers approve it and |1t is sound legislation, Connecticut has better roads to- day than any other state in America in proportion to Its size, The de- | velopment of Connecticut’s high- | ways under republican administra- | tions has been accomplished hy pay- ing the cost with current income, and not by raising bond issues or |creating deficits, The creation and development of the present motor vehicle depart- ment is one. of the accomplishments of republican administrations of which we are proud Recent Legislation Recent republican welfare legisla tion commends itself to the electors | of the state. Notable in this de partment of the state's activities is the law extending ald to worthy widows having dependent children, the juvenile court law, the child welfare legislation, and the laws re- lating to child labor. We pledge ourselves to a revision of the medical practice act of the state, to the end that the health of | the people shall be protected in so o far as this may be done through |legisiative action. We recognize e a the necessity ion for the of those unfortunates who are either | physically or mentally disabled, and | favor such appropriations creased facilities to he of care c for devoted consistently financial in- to be ad- | | | We believe that the security of | next to personal sc curity, Pro- principle of Tt is next in degree to the protection of per- tection to it is a vital unjust interference or molestation, We believe that the conditions and em- 1 of | the race. The quality of our future n | citizens determines the future of o | Connecticut and of all its possibili- e SDAY, SEPTEM | vote. Tellers by counti | chosen by popular vote. tles. The state should place fore- most on its program that special | care for women and children which | is required by their needs and which |our selfish intercst as well as our humanity demands, We urge that appropriations of | state moneys to private institutions caring for the sick be graded as | those institutions conform to a stan- dard to be determined by the proper state departments, Society rests on government cannot exist without obedience to it. W demand that | the constitution of the United States | {and that of the state of Connecticut {and all the laws regulating our com- monwealth he respected and strictly enforced. We favor adequate pro- vision to carry out this policy and an administration pledged to support it. The nomination for presidential electors were next made. M. Isbell r 3 law, Orderly MOORE BROS. 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P, Blssell, chairman of the rules committee reported proposed \ changes in rules to solve deadlock | conditions which impend in the two senatorial and one probate districts in which delegutes are evenly divid- ed on a candidate and will not agree, | This especlally applies to the New London-Grotop senatorial district. | The state committeeman would have | power to break the deadlock under the change, Change in Rules, | The rule change offered was as| follows: | “Resolved: That In the event that | delegates to cither a senatorial dis- | trict or a probate district convention | shall fall to nominate a candidato | for senator or for judge of probate within 28 days prior to the date up- | on which the senator or judge is to| be elected, the chairman of the state central committee shali call a | meeting of the members of the state | central committee of the county wherein the senatorial or probate | district is situated, and the members | at the meeting called shall nominate | a senator or a judge, as the case may be." | L . Allyn of Greton said that | the proposed rule would mean that | a senatorial convention can be held up “and the situation used for a | candidates’ ends” He opposed the | change saying that the committee. man would usurp the powers of the delegates, He asked the change be voted down “thereby eliminating | one-man government.” Ha declared that the change would be in the in-| terest of “the machine” and he thought “a cleanup from within." E. L. Averill of Branford said the new rule was needed in interest of | the party. E. T. Clark of Haddam | and several others spoke including | John T. King of Bridgeport who brought a laugh by saying he be- lieved in machine rule “when I run the machine.” He told of the Bridge- port situation and said that he did | not believe bringing in committee- men from Danbury and othar parts of the country to settle a condition In a probate district as Bridgeport. In such a case the nomination might not be worth taking. He incidental- Iy criticized the state organization for attempt to interfere in local matters and suggested an amend- ment providing that only state com- mittee members in the districts in- | volved be cglled in to dissolve the deadlock. A. C. Baldwin desired to amend the rule to give the town committee n the district power to dissolve a deadlock. 1., M. Allyn again spoke and mov- | ed to lay the commiftee report on | the table. | The adoption of the motion by a viva voce vote decided by the chair | was doubled and so was a rising | were named. | the motion wag lost 327 to 208, Mr. Baldwin then offered the rule with his own amendment. The debate over the mutter came lively. Mr. King did not like | Mr. Baldwin's ¢ unless com- mittees can be increased at will. He asited Mr. Roraback if this could | be done and t! said that the | only limitation is the number of re. publicans in a town. A special cau cus or primary can increase or de-| crease the number of town commit- | tee members, Major Ullman said that in case of a tie in New Haven the town com- mittee could have 2,500 members. | Louis Feinmark of Naw Huven | wanted an amendment so that in| case of deadlock candidutes conld be be- hangs latte: W. H. Blodgett want>d loth these amendments rejected. Bridget A. Lester, vice-chairman of the town committee of PBridge- port said Col. Bingham favored Robert Foran, a n home rule and on this basis a dis- trict ought to have the right to break a deadlock without calling in the committee men, Major Buckley sald the talk was “getting the convention nowhere." He sald another amendment being written would fit every statutory re- quirement and solve a deadlock. It would add the town committee chairman and vice-chairman to the district convention, Mr, King analyzed that situation with frequent verbal rallies with Major Buckley. General Debate The debate was getting to be gen- eral, Felnmark withdrew his amend- ment when Mr, Chandler moved the previous question on it, saying he “howed to Mr. Buckley's superior political weight." The convention had a few min- utes ot relaxation while the Buckley proposal was prepared by Mr. Ts- bell. Tt added the town chairman and vice-chairman to dissolve a deadlock and was backed by the 1ules committee and Mr. Bissell ac- cepted it. L. M. Allyn apologized for, prolonging the mtter but said 18th district situation required a rule change. He opposed the amend- ment, saying that in his district there four men on a side and if the change is made there will be six on a side. He suggested dropping the whole matter, Major Blakeslee moved to send the question to the state committee for solution, J. Mortimer Bell of Salishury en- dorsed Blakeslee's sentiments. ‘I'he debate continued and the delegates grew restless and Averill of Branford moved the previous question on the Blakeslee motion. There was confusion and tellers had to count the vote, The chair was asked what the motion meant. said the state to explain When he committee would “promulgate” its decision, Dr. Allyn | wanted the world “promulgate” ex- plained by Congressman Merritt. The latter sald it meant “glve it to 75" but he couldn't say what good it would do. Mr. Allyn asked where his motion went to. Mr. Bell made point of {order that a vote was in progress, Cromwell | Senator Pierson of wanted the chair to give “in plain nglish" the motion being voted on, The Blakeslee motion was over- whelmingly lost. The action was then on adoption of the committee ruie in its new form Dr. Alcorn, Enfield know how his probate district would he affected. The confusion continued, there were conferences in the aisles and when the vote carry- ing the rule was doubted, Dr. Allyn wanted to moved adjournment, but it was not | recognized as tellers were counting | the doubted vote. The chair declared the commit- tee's resolution adopted and ad- journment came at 1:50 p. m. Anti-Klan Plank Most of the delegates to the re. publican state convention had gone | to hed early today committee of mittea on resolutions reported back to the whola committee a rejection of a plank offered by Mrs. H. H. Townshend, of this city, which was termed “anti-klan" be- cause it denounced the K. K. K. by name, The procedure in the committes had been slightly different than in previons ye A general draft of a platform had heen offered and read as a basis on which to begin vork. Heretofore, the practice had been when seven a sub. of the com- offcred as additions to the resolu- tions already in hand and then have a small subcommittee draft them into shape for presentation to the convention. Last night, however, the first action was to send the gen- eral draft to the suhcommittee anc jected the anti-K, K. K. plank and also recommendation of the ticut League of Women Voters that the proposed amendment to the fed- eral constitution to give government control over child labor be ratified by the Incoming general |y, The subcommittee did not or indicate its attitude on other pro- posals of the league, The vote in the committee to re ject the Townshend plank was 21 to 7. Before the committee adjourned It was asked by the women present |1f it were possible to call up the plank on the floor of the convention. |They were told that they had a right to do this. The guery of the women Jed to a report before the |convention resumed its session that a minority report on the resolutions would he submitted for the purpose of having the K. K, K. specifically | mentioned, However, there seemed to be no foundation for the report. —rerreef WANTS WORK STOPPED AT 4P, M. ON DEFENSE DAY | Chamber of Commerce Asks Busi« ness Men and Factory Heads to Free Employes. In accordance with plans to make the observance of National Defense Day universal in this city, the | Chamber of Commerce has sent out letters to the local merchants ask- ing them to close their stores at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in order that the employes may take part in the exercises. Local factories are also considering this step, but action will probably not be takem until tomorrow. Pupils from the Central and Elfhy Burritt junior high schools will march in the parade, aceording to Principals Wessels and Searles, who are calling for volunteers. Audi- torium exercises will be held the last | period tomorrow afternoon at the Central junior high school, at which Physical Director 8. M. Brewster will speak. Similar observance will be made at the Elihu Burritt schoel |and the senior high school. | The post office will be represent- {ed in the parade, according to a | statement made by Postmaster H. |E. Erwin, although the parade | comes at a time when the clerks are | busy and the carriers are tired from their day's work. If it is imprac- | ticable to have any postal employes march, a delivery truck with appro- | priate banners will be entered te | keep in the spirit of the day. | There are almost 1,000 miles of | canals in Holland. | \ | | to have any proposed planks | submit to it all the proposed planks. | Tt was nearly 1 a. m. when the suheommittee retired and it was 2:15 when the latter reported to the general committee that it had re- | committee hearing was over and the | An American president went into the land of lions— ROOSEVELT — AND AF- RICA— The soft, low beat of drums in the jungle night— the shrill chattering of monkeys in the tree-tops— dark silence broken by the crazy laughter of hyvenas —huge ele- phants like silent gray st hadows slipping through the tangled forest growth. ewspa- per man who accompanied the Roosevelt expedition in 1909, has caught the spirit of Africa—and has written the absorbing st of ny Roosevelt's adventw there— “With Roosevelt In Africa” By W. Robert Foran