New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 31, 1924, Page 1

Je P4, ustin er of nent. News of the World: By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NO DANGER IN GAS (Quantity of Tetra-Bthyl Too Minute to Harm Lile, They Say BARRED IN PHILADELPHIA Quaker City Will Not Permit Sale— Sevt. Men Ascribe Fatalities to wact That Laboratory Contained Large Quantities of Poison. Washington, Oct. 31.—Investiga- tlon by chemists of the Bureau of Mines Into the effects of fumes from commercial gasoline containing tetra-ethyl has indicated that the danger of poisoning from seuch gases is extremely remote, It is pointed out that the death of five men employed at the Standard 0il company of New Jersey labora- tory was due to polsoning encounter- ed in the manufacture of concentrat- ed tetra-ethyl, a product which is not sold to automobilists except when diluted so that the mixture comprises only one part tetra-ethyl lead to one thousand parts of gaso- line by volume. Govt. Tests Made. The bureau's experiments were undertaken originally to ascertain the possibility of health hazards in the use of “gntiknock” motor com- pounds treated with tetra-ethyl, and involved the exposure to ethyl gaso- line fumes of various types of ani- mals-——more than 100 in all, and in- cluding pigeons, guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs and monkeys. “After a period of approximately elght months’ daily exposure to! gas filled air stronger than exists in ordinary street traffic,” a state- ment issued today by the bureau, | “there were no indications of lead poisoning. The animals continued | to grow and mature at a normal rate, “Further observantions made on | man showed that most of the lead in exhaust gases coming from ethyl gasoline when inhdled is again exhaled. “The /nmrnah were observed throughout the entire test perfod of eight months for symptoms of lead poisoning, as colic, paralysis, loss of appetite and loss of weight. “Also, a careful tic signs of lead poisoning. At vari- ous times animals were killed and the entire tissues examined for ef- fects of lead and analyzed for stored-up lead.t Barred in Phftadelphia Philadelphia, Oct. 31.—8ale forbidden today by the board health, following similar action in New York and certain sections New Jersey. In prohibiting the distribution fuel, Dr. Wilmer Krusen, director of the, city Aepartment of health, pn\nv- ed out that the tetra-ethyl gasoline | should not be confused with a com<! mercial ethyl gasoline sold at motor filling stations. DAWES T0 WIND UP HIS CAMPAIGN IN INDIANA | In His Address Last Night date Again Launches an Attack on Follette, By The Assoclated Press. Dawes Speclal, En Route to Chi- cago, Brookfield, Mo., Oct. 31.—His speaking activities west of the Miss- | proo o issippl concluded, Charles G. Dawes | turned castward today to wind up | his campaign as the republican vice- | presidential nominee with a short Indiana tour. He made his last address in the trans-Mississippi reglon last night at | St. Joseph, Mo., attacking the La Follette independent candidacy as a “mobilization of extreme radicalism | and declaring the democratic party had ¥ignored the dominant issue in' the campaign.” Tomorrow he will make two a.rl— dresses, one at George Ade's farm at | Brook, Ind., to a gathering of farm- | ers, and the other at South Bend. | Arriving in Chicago at noon, Mr. Dawes plans were to go to his home in Evanston for an overnight rest| before leaving on the Indlana tour early “tomorrow, The republican nominee left the country west of the | Mississippl confident, as he said in| his address last night, that there could be “an efféctive @malgamation of the radicalism of the east and so- called but misnamed radicalism of the west.” Jain Sentences and $150 Fines Given Dope Sellers | New London, Oct. 31.—Elizabeth Fernandos and Julius Graves were fined $150 and given jail semtences of six months when presented before Judge 8. Viotor Prince in police | court this morning charged with | selliing and exchanging narcotics. Julias Graves and Samuel Fernandos were sentenced to six months at the state farm for inebriates when they were charged as being addicts. Their answers followed a rald made last | night by localspolice at 210 North Bank street Third Trial of Montreal | Priest Is Ended Today Montreal, Oct. 81.—Testimony in the third triai of Adelard Delorme, | former priest, on a charge of mur- dering his half brother, Raoul De- lormé, in 1922, was completed this | afternoon and the jury retired to | deliberate on a verdict. Both jurfes | At the earlier trials failed to agree on & verdict. examination of | the blood was made for chdracteris- | of | gasoline containing tetra-ethyl was, of | Candi- | [ana President Coolidge will | immediately thereafter. | Heller of Cheshire was granted com- KNIGHTS OF FLAMING CIRCLE SAY T0 MEMBERS TO PARADE TOMORROW 25,000 Klansmen and 10,000 Opponents Are Scheduled to Hold Rival Demonstration At Niles, Ohio, To- morrow and Trouble is Feared. Niles, Ohio, Oct. 31.—Nlles citl-] posted placards advising their mems zens became more concerned over | bers that thelr parade would be held the outcome of & dual parade of Ku and suggesting that they “leave thelr women and children at home,"” Klux Klansmen and the Knights of Approximately ;5,000 klan mem- the Flaming Circle here tomorrow | hers and 10,000 Flaming Circle fol- when Mayor H. C. Kistler today re- [ lowers are expected here between 2 fused a request made by a citizens and 4 p. m. tomorrow, and feeling mass meeting that he revoke the permit for the klan parade, between the organizations i3 report- The tense situation here was ed at a strained tension. Governor Donahey has refused Mayor Kistler's brought about when the mayor was reported unofficially to have refused the Knights of the Flaming Circle permlission to stage a parade at a similar hour as the klan here to- morrow. The mayor has taken the stand that he does not think it ad- visable for both organizations to hold parades at the eame hour. Ad- herents of the Flaming Circle later FALLS FROM REAR OF MOVING TRUCK, DYING Trumbull Man in Critical [Are Protecting Chinese Condition After Acci- City From Influx of dent Near Westport | Wounded refusing to revoke the klan parade today sald no officlal request had been made to him for a Flaming Circle parade, and under the eir- cumstances he did not feel justified in‘calling off the klan parade. The mayor was glven the support of the Ku Klux Klan when elected to of- fice, FOREIGN TROOPS ON ‘ Norfolk, Oct. 31.—Michael Bato- bich, 20, of Trumbull, is dying in the Norwalk hospital from injuries re- | cefved this morning at 7:30 o'clock | when he fell from the rear of 8 moy- i |"ing automobile truck on the Boston | post road east of Westport. He fs suffering from a fractured skull, a | broken right leg and a number of | other injuries. His condition is re- ported as extremely critical, Batobich is employed as a truck By The Associated Press. Tien Tsin, Oct. 31, - Foreign troops tonight guarded Tien Tsin soldiers, formerly members of Wu Pei-Fu's central government armies. Two ehiploads of the men ar-| rived this evening and moored their the old Russian concession. After reports were received that even more of them were coming, a Japa- th-\pfl!’ by the Overland Motor |Nese destroyer was sent down the Dispatch 'Co., 57 Gregory street, |river to intercept them. Bridgeport. At the.time of the ac.| British troops patrolled the Rus- | cident he was riding on a | driven by Robert L. Smith of 225 | Main street, Bridgeport. The truck | was on its way to New York. Just after they had left Westport, Smith noticed that the “tie chains” were dragging, Batobich crawled out through the van to fix them. A short time later S8mith called. out to him ! and, not receiving an answer, looked | | back and raw Batobich lying a quar- | trr of a mils back eon_ the road. Smith reported the accident to the Norwalk police and was released upon his promise to report to the Westport authorities. truck | slan water front to keep the Chi- nese soldiers from landing, while American troops took charge of the opposite bank of the river, in the | former German concession, to pre- | vent any attempted cMssing. Two American destroyers Taku, bringing United mines and an American gunboat, are expected nere tomotrrow. In | addition, a contingent of British marines is expected from Welhgiwei (Shantung), on the ernment steamer Marazion. FIREMAN OVERGOME from | 70 BROADGAST TALKS | Twenty-Three Station Plan to iGve | $:500 Fire In This .\lomlng. Bridgeport Early | Country Final Campaign Speeches | of Davis and Coolidge, | Washington, Oct. 31.—The radio | “hoop-up” by which President Cool- | idge will make his final address next | Monday night, also will carry a speech by John W. Davis, having been completed by telephone | officlals to make facilities available | to the democratic candidate on lh"’ same night but at a different hour. Mr. Davis will begin his address | | at 9:15 p. m., eastern standard time | follow | The demo- cratic candidate will talk from New Yok whilo the president’s speech | Peen safely taken out of the build- £ |ing unknown to firemen. Ladder- will be broadcast from the White |0 ") thyup ¢, Graham of truck company No. 11 and Jumes J. Levely of No. 1 company suffered lacerated from falling glass from panes. SENTENCED 10 SING SING | New Yorker Convicted of Having | Bridgeport, Oct. 31.—One fireman was overcome by smoke and two others were slightly injured here carly today when fire caused ap- proximately $3,500 damages to a two-family rooming house owned mings at 175 Cottage street. Nine inmates of the house escaped suf- | nouse in their night clothes, Cap- | |tain Patrick J. Neary of engine company No. 8 was overcome trying |to effect a rescue of Miss Annie | Isccond floor after she had already Twenty-three stations will be hooked up in the chain extending from coast to coast, and radio ex- perts expect the two candidates to | reach the largest audience ever mI hear an address. The presence of two major presi- dentlal candidates on the same plat. form, figuratively and on the eve of {an _election, likewise will mark an epoch in political campaign. CALLS BRIDGE SAFE engine hands window Tried To Blackmail Servant of Modiste Who Was Robbed. New York, Oct. Norman H. Pike, wha claimed to be a civil en- stiga- 43 Mass. Governor Says That Investiga- AT S e e tion Shows Springfield Memorial | half years sentence in Sing Sing prison today by General ssions Structure To Be. 0. K. Judge Nott, before whom he was convicted of having attempted to ex- Springfield, Mass.,, Oct. S1.—A l1et- | tort §400 from a servant in the em- | ter from Governor Cox to the Hamp- | yioy ‘ot Miss Edith Bobe, a maodiste, den county comimssioners was made 1o wag robbed of some jewels by public here today in Which the £0V- | handits who invaded the Bobe wom- | ernor says that a report to him of | an's East 63rd street ADaviment "\.‘ alloged defects in the Hampden |eral weeks ago. | county memorial bridge was recently | Pike wes arrested after the maid referred by him to the department |had made a telephone appointment of public works and that & report [to meet him -on a street corner, from that department satisfies him |where he said he would give her a of the safety of the mw. He 2dds |clu to the identity of Miss Bohe's that owing to public ifterest in the |assailantsy He later admitted, the question he will request the depart- | zolice said, thet he knew nothing of ment to make a formal investiga- | the crime but had feigned knowl- tion of the entire question. edge of the perpetrators for extor- The $6,000,000 structure Wwas | tion purposes. | some time ago the scene of an ac- | cident in which a section of the con- | erete balustrade was knocked into | the Connecticut river. This occur- rence gave rise to reports that the bridge was unsafe. | Rescued Cat, Gets Hurt, Damage by Fire During October Was Only $1,100 The fire department answered 40 alarms during the month of October, according to an announcement made 3 today by Chlef Willlam J. Noble, 33 Is Granted (‘ompensallon |of the alarms being still alarms and New Haven. Oct. 31—For injuries | CE¥€N bell alarm. The total damago ew Haven, Oct. 3 : by fira during the month is esti- sustained while rescuing a cat from a tree, where its cries had annoyed neighbors for two davs, Matthias mated at $1100, sraatéd com: Fire Destroys Truck ensation of $13.50 weekly for eigh! . > 3 Ttk Devtpeation Oamisis- Owned by Baking Co. sioner Kielner yesterday. Heller | An auto truck owned by the Park- claimed that his employer, George |ef-Buckey Baking Co.. was complete W. Thorpe, & Cheshire merchant, |1y demolished by fire near Clayton ordered him to rescue the cat. He | crossing this morning at 6:33 o'clock fell from the tree and broke his | Engine Co, 5 answered a still alarm wrist. for the blage, request for troops. Mayor Kistler, in | GUARD AT TIEN TSIN. from an influx of wounded Chinese | craft on the river bank adjoining | States i British gov- | Two Others Are Slightly Injured In | plans |and occupled by Miss Cora N. Cum- | focation when they fled the burning | | Martin, an aged deaf woman on the | : Hoseman DENIES ANY SWITCH Questions Reported Rescinding of Gentral Trades Endorsement | ACTION TAKEN BY MINORITY Claim Made That Only 11 of 23 Executive Board Members of | Signed Order Switching Allegiance To Democratic Party. New York, Oct. 81.—A statement | published today as evidence that the | central trades and labor council, claiming 700,000 voters, had repu- | diated its earlier endorsement of the La-Follette-Wheeler ticket, and had | | swung to the support of the demo- crats, was declared by Gilbert E. Roe, northeastern director of the La Follette forces, to have been drawn without the knowledge or permission of the council, and to have been signed by only 11 of the | 23 members of that organization’s | executive board. | solidly For La Follette | His declaration was reiterated by | Feinstone, secretary of the United Hebrew trades, whose 200,000 mem- bers, he said, were solidly for La Follette, Mr. Roe asserted that oniy two of i the council's five officers had signed the Davis-Smith manifegto; that | none of the trustees had signed and that at least three of the executive committeemen who had done ®o were holders of public office. | Says Endorsement Stands | “The endorsement of Senators | La Follette and Wheeler by the | couneil stands,” sald Abraham Lef- | kowltz, chairman of the eduactional | committee of the council. “The so- | |called endorsement of democratic candidates is nothing but the ex-‘ pression of an opinion of the execu- ‘ tive board, which can act only on matters referred to it, its actions be- ing subject to endorsement by the {whole council. ’ “The rank and file of the workers 'in this city are enthuslastic La FDI- lette supporters. The desperate straits to which local democracy has | been driven are made evident by this unprecedented, unwarrantfd and | illegal act of a few men." | MRS, CAROLINE HOTCHKISS | DIES IN HER 93D YEAR| | J Bristol Woman, Long Resident of Biistol, Born in Sonthington } | j / in 1832 (Bpecfal to the Herald.) Bristol, Oct. 31.—Mrs. Caroline | Hotchkiss ,aged 92 years and four | months, dled at her home at 171 | Laurel street this morning after a j]ong {llness. Bhe was born In| Southington on June 26, 1832, the daughter of Henry and Azubah Har- | | rison. She was the widow of the late George Hotchkiss and has lived in Bristol for years. She was well | | known and had a large circle of | | triends. | | She lcaves one son, Charles | Hotchkiss of this city. The funeral will be held at the | Bristol Baptist church on Sunday | afternoon at 2:30. The Rev. P, F. | | Wolfenden will officlate and burial will be in the West cemetery, | | SONALSD ARRESTED ‘“’nwrlrur‘v Man Lands in Cell Be- | | side His Father When He Tries to Slip Him “a Hooker". terbury, Oct. 31.—Thcmas Me- Cmn 24, 461 North Main street | was placed under arrest -at police headquarters here this morning by Captain Thomas Dodds, desk officer, after Mol had slipped a package to Wiltiam McCann, 461 North Main street, father of Thomas. William, a short time before had been sen- tenced to two wecks at the Brook- side home and fined $5 and c charges of Intoxication and breach s on Ofithe neabeland Wi Tn aloctliwhen his son visited him. When Captain Dodds investigated the package given by the son to the father he | saw it w alleged intoxicating - quor. The son was placed in a cell near his father. rooming house in Hayv several officlals of unions Which | war barned to deatn Conne fmake up the council, including M. | gomoy swept the aged : AdVEL WILLIMANTIC RALLY WAITS IN VAIN Willimantie, Oct. 81—~ Whlile a crowd walted in the town hall last night In expectation of hearing a speaker assigned to address a local rally of the La Follette-Wheeler party, Rev. George Chalmers Rich- mond, of Los Angeles, Cal, the speaker assigned, was sound asleep at a local hotel, due to a misunder- standing of the committee appointed | to meet him, it was stated here to- day. It appears that the committee, | headed by Dr. George Downing of | Moosup, one of the electors on the | third party ticket, went to the hotel NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 381, 1924. —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. CAMPAIGN AMOUNT TO OVER THREE AND HALF MILLIONS inquiring for a Mr, Johnson, whick they understood was the name of the speaker. - Rev. Mr. Richmond had arrived at the hotel earlier in the day but was not recognized, and not hearing from the committee re- tired for the night, Later the com. | mittee learning of their error agaln | visited the hotel and awoke Rev, Mr, | Richmond. It was then 11:30 p, m. and Rev. Mr. Richmond, after llu— tening to the committee's explana- | tion, it is stated, went back to bed. Meantime the waiting crowd at the | town hall listened to some local speakers and dispersed. GIVES HER LIFE IN TRYING T0 SAVE MAN 'Aged Cripple and Would- Be Rescuer Burned to Death in Rochester Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 31.—Alonzo Coleson, aged 76, a cripple, and Mrs. Flora Starkweather, 60, awner af a ments, Mrs. Starkweather lost her life | when she dashed into the smoke and fire in a vain attempt Coleson to safety. The flames were belleved to have started when Coleson ,in tossing about on his cot in the third floor of the house, upset an oil heater close by. Coleson’s charred body was found v firemen, Mrs. Ctarkweather died soon after she was taken to a DE to drag CLARES HE'S MAN WHO DROVE THE BOMB WAGON | New York Police Send “Confessed” Wall Street “Death Driver” to Hosepital For Observation. New York, Oct. 31.—A man who described himself as Richard | ("Hara, a driver, of Communipas, N. J, was taken to Bellevue hos- | pital today after he had walked into |a polica station and declared that he was “the driver of the wagon | which carried the bomb” used in ths W-,u street explosion in 1920, e ‘police .questioned him in the hosmtal where he is under treat ment for alcoholic poisoning. “I want to give myself up” O'Hara said to the Lieutenant on | the desk at the West Forty-seventh |street station. “I'm the man who | drove the gray mare, attached to | the wagon which carried a bomb in Wall street four years ago. Ever since then I've been dodging you cops and clever detectives, and I've only been living over in Jersey.” O'Hara said he was conscience- stricken and “wanted to make a clean breast of it.” STOREHOUSE FILLED New London Cannot House Confis- | cated Idquors So $200,000 Worth Is Brought to New Haven. ew Haven, Oct. 31.—Scotch and | rye whiskies, valued at about $200,- 000 n bulk 2,000 cases, arrived hers | today under naval escort. The | liguids were transported on the rum runners John Leonard ‘and Ann seized recently by the coast guard | off Block Island and taken into New, London. As the storehonse at New London was filled and there being no room in the storehouse in Bridgeport the contraband liquors were brought here. The two vesscls put in at a coal dock this morning and 15 trucks | guarded by soldiers and sailors car- ried the whiskies to the federal | building for storage. 0UT OF JOB NOW Dr. Eckener, German Commander of ZR-3, Doesn't Know What To Do | —Wants To Try Another Trip ! Chicago, Oct. 31.—Dr. Hugo Ec ener, who with three of his & of - SN O B ficers brought the ZR-3 to America, said here today that he is, in a P! 3 < 3 O CLL R ALSINGER DD sense, “out of a job,” since the Zep- | New Bedford, Mass.,, Oct. 31—Mrs, Willlam R. Swift of Cincinnatl, pelin plant is to be dismantled un- | der the peace treaty. He sald he merly well known in th did not know what his future woula | world as Madame Louise Dotti, died pe | at Bt. Lukg's hospital here early to- | Dr, Eekener said he wanted fto | day. She was 79 years old. Madame 'bring a ship te America by way of Dott! was s member of Colonel | Asia and the Paclfic, but that would Mapleson's Grand Opera Company | have required a ship of 140,000 cu- in the elghties. bic meters, twice as large as the CURATE RESIGNS ZR-3. He and his officers are guests at New Bedford, Mass, Oct. 31, — the German club. | Rev. Arthur E. K curate of o e race Episcopal c h here since his | Syrgeyse (‘hief to Ask graduation from Camb Theo- | * 3 . logical school last June, has re- Statler Lose License | sjgned, it was announced today “to Syracuse, N. Y, Oct. 31.—Chief lighten the financial burden of the | of Police Martin L. Cadin ounced parish in the present period of in- today that he would recommend to dustrial depression.” the state motor vehicle bureau re- e vecatjon of the driving 1 se of | & ~—— | Milton O. Statler, 18, son of E. M | | Statler, hotel owner, who was ac- THE WEATHER | | quitted after a cowrt trial | —o— | | charge of being intoxicat Hartford, Oct. 31—Forecast |driving an automobile. for New Britain and vicinity: || defense was bhsed upon t Mostly cloudy tonight and Sat- || ment that he was subject to serious urday, probably light Jocal attacks of St. Vitus dance, or hemi- rains tonight; warmer tonight; chorea, and thia condition cooler Saturday. | | Cadin beltaved to be suffic! | |son for prohibiting him from driv- * P # ling a car, cticut Stat Dept. e Library, Hartford, Co ars TURCO-GREEK DISPUTE I5 ENDED BY LEAGUE Council Draws Up Agree- | ment Which the Two Nations Accept By The Assoctated Press, Brussels, Oct. 31.—The conflict be- tween Turkey and Greece over the was settled the League ion of a re- unt Ishii of Japan, The TIshil report asks the mixed commission, which controls the ex change of populations between the two nations, to meet immediately and to settle all of the outstanding questions arising from the recenmt arrest of Greeks in Constantinople. The report emphasizes the coun- cil's pleasure over the fact that both Greece and Turkey have agreed to recognize the plenary authority of the commission and remarks that #{ any juridical question arises in the future, it can be referred to the world court of justice either directly or through the council. Asking the commission to render periodical reports to the council on the progress of its work and urging both Greece and Turkey to dxecute loyally the convention for the ex- change of populations, the report de- clines to express any opinion on the recent arrests of Greeks in Constan- tinople, y Inasmuch as Greece and Turkey had raised the general question of the treatment of minorities, the councll asked both governments to submit to the council at its Decem- ber meeting in Rome reports on the situations of the Greek minority in Constantinople and - the Turkish minority in western Thrace, The president of the mixed com- mission, who arrived here today from Constantinople, seemed indig- | nant that the council had interfered | in the question of the arrests of the Greeks and frankly told the council that the commission was quite ca- pable of attending to its own busi- ness, MOOSE ENJOY HALLOWE'EN Rube Minstrels Sing and Dance For | i New Britain Todge and Friends | From Out of Town. The local Order of Moose cele- brated Hallowe’en at the club rooms last evening with a record crowd in | attendance. The big feature of the evening, the ““Rube Minstrel,” was a | decided hit and every number on | [the program was well rendered. James Manning, an old timer, pro PRICE THREE CENTS FEDERAL GRAND JURY EXONERATES FIGHTER Refuses to Return Indict- ment Against Luis Angel Firpo New York, Oct, 31.—A federal grand jury today refused to return | an indictment . against Luls Angel Firpo, accused by Canon Willlam 8. Chase of having committed perjury ‘when he came to this country from the Argentine last summer for his fight with Harry Wills, The Information was made public by Maxwell B. Mattuck, assistant United States attorney, who present- ed the evidence furnished by Canon Chase, who is president of the New York Civie league. Mr. Mattuck sald he examined all the witnesses Canon Chase produced before the _immigration authorities when Firpo was accused of bringing a woman into the country for immoral pur- poses and deportation was sought. Firpo appeared before the grand jury, walved immunity and testified regarding his acquaintance with Blance Lourdes Picart, who arrived on the liner American Leglon at the same time he did and whose al- leged relations with him were the basis of the perjury charge brought against him by Canon Chase which was heard by United States Commis- sioner Hitcheock. Canon Chase requested the grand jury hearing after Commissioner Hitchcock and Immigration Com- missioner Curran had dismissed charges that the pugilist made false statements in connection with his acquaintance with Miss Picart on his arrval in this country. COUNCILMAN SECRETLY MARRIED IN NEW YORK Harry Robertson And Miss Fliza- beth Blanchetto Wed in “Little Church Around the Corner.” Word has been recelved here that Councilman Harry Robertson of 117 Jubiles street and Miss Elizabeth Blanchette, daughter of Mrs. Artimisie Blanchette of 36 Pearl court, were secretly married last Report Made By Demo- crats Shows Receipts To Oct. 25 Of $522,- 368 While Expendi- tures Total $725,050. Activity of A. F. of L. for La Follette and Work of Grundy in Penn. for G, 0. P. Further Probed Today. Chicago, Oct. 81.—Hepublican campaign contributions to Gate have totalled abou:: $3,700,000, Willlam V, Hodges, the national treasurer, tess tified today before the Chicago seg« tion of the senate campaign fund comumittee, Of this amonnt, more than $750,« 000 has been sent back to the states, leaving nearly $3,000,000 for the presidential, senatorial and congress sional campaigns. The national treasurer sald that the returns would have to be un« audited and without regard to what would be returned to the states. He added that he thought the request a “little unfair.” “The impression has gone to the country,” said Senator Borah, “that the last days may be the ‘slush® days. I am interested as e partisan as well a a member of the commit« tee, in letting the country have all the facts, with all the organizations treated alike.” bt ‘Will Furnish Figures, Hodges then agreed to furnish the figures. Bamuel Untermyer, counsel assoclated with attorneys for Sem. ator LaFollette, said he could not quite understand the distinetion a8 to veturns-of funds to the states, that it all goes to the. states in the campalgn. Manager Baker of he Republican campaign, said that the Republican natiofhl committee had nothing to do with the Literary Digest presi- dential poll or advertisement in. serted in newspapers by the Illinois Central raircad and other business concerns. Saturday in the “Little Church Several such advertisem, Around the Corner” in New York such advertisements were placed in the Record. citv. They are sperfding the week with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hellberg, formerly of this city but now living in New York. Mrs, Hellberg is a sister of the bridegroom. Mr. Robertson is employed at the \Corbin Screw division of the Ameri- can Hardware Corp. and is council- man from the fourth ward. Mrs. Robertson was formerly a dress- | maker. NOT ARMY-YALE TICKETS Advertising Stunt in New Haven May, However, Fool Some Per- sons—Cards Look Real. ed the headliner singing “Ben Bolt” to perfection, while Jack Kiley and | Walter Campbell, acting as end men | kept the crowd in continual laugh- ter. The club rooms were decorat- | ed, the color scheme being orange | and black with plenty of pumpkins | and cornstalks. Guests were present | from Waterbury, Middletown, Meri- | den and Wallingford. After the pro- gram a luncheon was served consist- ing of cider, doughnuts and pump- kin ple. Robert Murray gave a recitation entitled “Top O' the Mornin',” William Cormier gave a dancing specialty, W. Wilcox sang “Pat Malone,” and H. Magnuson of Waterbury sang “Mother Machree.” The program followh: Opening. “I Stutter” . W. Cormier S Bally? s o ve J. Hilton “Good By . Campbell Banjo Selection ........ W. Sande Ben Bolt” J. Manning at Malone . 'W. Wilcox He's a Devi J. Kiley | Committee—, Murray, J. McSweeney, H. Jenkins, D. Sulll- van, chairman. D. J. Sullivan presided at the piano. Parade and Red Fue To Enliven the City An old fashioned political demon- stration with band music, red fire and campaign speeches at street cor- ners is planned by the democratic | party for tomorrow night Plans were made today for the | street parade t which the band, fol- lowed by John W. Davis followers will participate, At various points about the city, the procession will hait for brief concerts and to listen to the messages of campaign ora- tors. WORLD FLIER TO WED. Los Angeles, Oct. 31.—The en- gagement of Lieutenant Eric N son, world fifer, and Miss Ruth But- ler of Dayton, O., was announced in the Los Angeles Times today. The wedding date was not announced. ACCUSED WOMAN A SUICIDE Austin, Tex., C 31.—Mrs. Anna Hauptrief, under indictment for the murder of her four step-children and the poisoning of her husband, took her life by hanging last night in her cell in the San Marcos jail New Haven, Oct. 31.—Circulation of pasteboards closely resembling the Yale-Army football tickets as an advertising stunt has caused fear that unsuspecting persons might mistake them for genuine tickets to the game, it was stated at the Yale Athletic associationw offices today. No officlal action has beenytaken with reference to the matter, it was | sald as the pasteboards contain the statement that they are not tickets to the game with the first portion of the statement in conspicuous let- ters and the “Yale-Army game” in large letters similar to those on the tickets. Report reached the Yale officials that one of the advertising cards had been sold to an uns pecting purchaser. Y. M. C. A. Auxiliaries Oct. 31.—About 70 Y. M A. met here today church New London, members of the faries of the state, at the Methodist Episcopal for the 30th annual conference of the state Y. M. C. A. auxillaries. Mrs. C. K. Hale of Middletown and Portland, state vice-chair pre | stded at the conference which was opened with devotional exercises by the Rev. Myron E. Genter, pastor of the Methodist church. officers in attendance were ) lott, recording secretary Derby; Miss May Pennoyer, ponding secretary of New Haven: | Mrs. F. H Shepard, treasurer of New Haven, and E. T. Bates, ad- visory state secretary of New Haven. Speakers at this afternoon's sion were Miss Gladys W. Taber, general secretary of the New Lon- don Y. W. C. A.; Mrs. R. V Winsted, Miss Janet M. Purdue, dean of the New Haven high school, and E. T. Bates of New Haven, Eleven delegates were present from Middle- town, six from Torrington, 13 from New Haven, 13 from Hartford, from Meriden, four from Norwich, two from Stamford and 13 from this city. SUICIDE BY G. s Plainfield, N. J., Oct. 31.—Joseph Foley, an insurance agent whose sister and two brothers- live in Sal- em, Mass, was found dead in bed at his boarding house today with a tube in his mouth attached to an open gas jet. eet in New London | & auxil- | Peer of | four ‘Want Figures Monday. Hodges was directed to send in accurate figures for collections next Monday, Chairman Borah saying that the committee wanted the fig- ures for all the national political parties to go to the country before the voters go to the polls. Democrats’ Report. ‘Washington, Oct. 31.—The Dem< ocratic national committee, in & sup« plemental report to the clerk &f the House of Representatives, shows total receipts of $522,368 to October 25 Inclusive, with expenditures to that date of $725,050. Among those contributing $1,0008 or more between October 20 and October 25 were: Morgan J. O'Brien, $1,000; George White, $7,500; Norman H. Davis, New York, $5,000; Lucy L, Watson, Faire mont, W. Va, $5,000;" Richard Crane, Westover, Va., $2,000; G. W, Sweeney New York City, $1,000; B, A. Filene, Boston, Mass, $1,0003 | Henry Morgenthau, New York Citys $16,000; Clement L. Shaver, Washe ington, D. C, $7,500; 8. D Camdeny New York, New York, airmont, W. Va., $5000; J. Spencer Smith New York City, $1,000, J. W. Gerard, New York City, $3000; Jesse H. Jones, Houstons Tex., $20,000; David R. Frances, St Louis, $1,000; Walter Moors, Jase pe a., $1,000; Paul M. Warburg, New York City, $2,500; W. L. Claye ton, Houston Tex.. $5,000; Rema | brandt Peale, New York City, | $2,000; George Burnham, Ja, Phile adeiphia, $1,000; Samuel Rosenfeld, ouis, $1,000; and Henry M, | Naylon, Buffalo, §1,0 Activities Probed. Washington, Oct. 31.—The activi¥ ties of the American Federation of Labor on behalf of Senator LaFole ) and ths operations of the | Grundy committee in its collection of Republican funds in Pennsyl vania were further inquired into to- day by the Washington section of the senate campaign fund commite Frank Morrison retary of the Federation of Labor, testified that | the organization had collected $23,« 000 and spent $20,000 promoting its campaign for LaFollette. He declared contrit s were voluns tary, that the regular f e at Fede eration headquarters here ad done much of the extra work entailed | and that expenses had been further kept down by enclosing campaign circulars with letters sent out from } headquarters to local unions. Grundy's Figures. Joseph R. Grundy, the Pennsyle vania manufacturer, who is head of | the Republican ways and means | committee in counties of that state | outside the Pittsburgh district, told the cordanittee that collections by his commitee had reached a total of more than $521,000, bringing the total Republican fund raised im Penneylvania aocording to figures previously given, to $781.000, (Continued on Page Niue) d