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News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 McNARY FARM RELIEF BILL WILL NOT BE BROUGHT UP FOR PASSAGE IN CONGRESS Co-Author With Hau- gen Of Measure Still Believes In It But Thinks That Emer- gency Has Been Passed. ! Does Not Think Farmers’ Salvation Lies in Any General Co-operative Marketing Plan, Washington, Nov. 14.—The Me. Nary-Haugen farm rellef bill wil | not be pressed for enactment at the | next session of congress, Senator Me- Nary, republican, of Oregon, author of the measure, sald today | upon his return to Washington, Senator McNary sald he still be- lieved in the bill as a fundamental principle of legislation, but felt that the emergency it was designed to meet had passed. Conditions of dfs- tress among farmers had been large ly relfeved, he said, except for t cattle ralsers, who could not he a slsted by the bill. He predicted that it the present increased price of wheat, corn and hogs {8 maintained for the next year or two the farmers will extricate themselvbs from any further difficulty. Opposes Cooperation Plan Mr. MeNary declared he could not agree with those who belleve the farmer's salvation lles in coopera- tive marketing. Cooperative mark- eting, he sald, can be used success- fully only when it applies to special products, such as the prune grow- ors and fancy fruit growers, where the producers can control the pro- duet and command a market, As chalrman of the eenate com- mittee on reclamation and irrigation Senator MceNary expects to hold hearings this winter on the Boulder 1am and Columbla river reclama- tion projects, but s doubtful wheth- er legisiation can be enacted any ({ime eoon for the development of these properties, Appropriations for this development would meet strong opposition, he sald, because thiéy would open up large new farm areas which would add surplus crops. He predicted that no difficulty would be found in the short session in the passage of the second defici- ency bill, carrying appropriations for a number of reclamation profects. This bill failed of passage in the last <ession. PRAYED FOR RAIN AND SURE 'NUF, IT RAINED Fox Hunters Led hy Clergyman Ask Clouds to Open (Special to the Herald.) Bristol, Nov. 14.—Rain—glorious rain—buckets of it fell late last night and all of the fox hunters, ma- rooned at Mountain View Park, the hunting preserve of Councilman Ho- mer H. Judd on Fall Mountain, aver that the downpour was the direct result of the prayer service for rain, conducted last night at the cabin under direction of Rev. Cyrus B. Hart, pastor of the Allentown ehurch. The fervent prayer of the pastor, who has been sojourning with the hunters since their arri- val in Bristol two weeks ago, aug- mented by tie prayers of the as- sembled trailers of Reynard proved | an epoch in the annals of the Judd preserve. A sumptuous repast aerved to the hunters by Mine Host Judd added much te the fervency of the occasion as no good fox hunt- er could pray on an empty stomach. Then as the program of the even- ing was proceeding to the point whers the quartet was about to sing “The End of a Perfect Day,” the heavens let loose with plenty of moisture and shouts of joy and thankfulness went up. The hunters sent a request today to Governor Charles Templeton to 1t his ban on hunting, and the re- moval of the embargo is Expected by tomorrow 8o that hunting may be- &in on Monday. HAD NO REGISTRATION John Czellecs of South Main street was arrested this afternoon by Pa- trolman Frank Parker on a charge of operating a motorcycle without a registration. Czellecz was arrested at Franklin Square. He is alleged to have told the policeman that he had just fixed up the motorcycle and was trying it out to see if it would run. DIVIDEND DEGLARED Chicago, Nov. directors of Montgomery, Ward & company today declared regular div- | ferred and A share idends on p stock of § per each These are payable January 1, 1925, to stockholders of record, December 20, 1024, class co- | 14.—The board of | TWO FOUND GUILTY OF Alleged Klansmen Stole Vestments From Catholic House of Worship Burlington, Vt, Nov. 14.—A ver- dlct of gullty of petty larceny was returned this morning by the jury in the cases of Willlam McCreedy and Gordon Wells of this city, alleged Ku Klux'Klan probationers, who charges of grand larceny based on the theft of vestments and other ar- ticles from St. Mary's Cathedral here August 8. morning and had been deliberating Anearly 24 hours when the verdict |\\ as reached. Willlam Moyers of { Appalachia, Va., Klan organizer, who was arrested with McCreedy and |wefls atter the church robbery, pleaded gullty and is now in jail here awaliting sentence. In their testimony at the trial Mc- Creedy and Wells said that they had been drinking with Moyers on the night of August 8, and that the or- ganizer had told them that arms and ammunition were hidden in the base ment of the cathedral. The defend- ants sald they refused to belleve this statement, and finally dared Moyers to prove it. They enterd the boiler room of the cathedral, they sald and Moyers went into the basement chapel and returned with a bundle | which he threw to one of the others. The state attorney in closing argu- ments declared that “a sacrilligious, been committed, while the defenso malintained that the part played by McCreedy and Welh in the incident was “all foollshnes SNAIL CAPTURES MOUSE Plainville Man Finds Strange Battle Between Dumb Creatures in Pro- gress on Floor of His Cellar, (8pectal to_the Herald) Southington, Nov. 14 Many books have been written of flerce | combats in the jungles between th kinge of beasts, and ferocious ani- mals of all descriptions, but the strangest Instance of the smaller animal eerving as prey for his su- | perior in strength, is told today by H. Garfield Jones of Hobart street, Southington, manager of the Hutton & Jones, Inc., store in Plainville. Ha went to his cellar, which is | covered with a cement floor, to fix the furnace last night, when in a | darkened spot on the floor his eye | detected eomething moving reached for the extension 1 brought it over to investigate. He leaned down and saw a small mouse about as big, he walnut, evidently in the throes of its death agony. But stranger than fic- tlon was ths fact that what wae causing the death of the mouse was a specimen of the common variety of house snail about two inches lon, | snall had the mo by | throat and was choking it to daaw Evidently, the snail had come | trom & wood pile about two feet away. It had probably captured ths baby mouse in a nest among the sticks and was taking it across the floor. After viewing the sce several minutes, Mr. Jones decl the argument by shoveling both t¥ snall and its victim into the fi turnace, where both were soon cre- | mated. FIRST REAL SNOWSTORM Ogdensburg, N. Y., Nov. 14.—The first real snowstorm of the season fn {northern New York left a blanket one and one-half inched thick hers !and on nearby towns today. DESECRATING CHURCH! have been on trial for a week on | The jury took the case yesterday | malaclous and profane crime” had | says, as a! BRIGEPORT MY STRINGELY GONE Lelt Home Wednesday and Not Seen Since WIRE VISITING IN DERBY | Left Home For Library and Failed to Retarn—Missing Man Was War ‘With Rank of Licutenant, Bridgeport, Nov. 14. — No trace has been found by pollce here today of J. Knight Bacon, 37, of 1584 North avenue who mysteriously van- ished from his home Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. left the house telling his wife he was going to the library to return some | books. He has not been seen or i‘}('xrrl from since. Complaint of his| disappearance was made to local po- lice by his brother, H. R, Bacon, a lawyer of Derby. Efforts to reach {Mrs, Bacon today at her home here 4 been received from her hus- band. Wife fs in Derby Derby, Conn., Nov, 14—Mrs. J. teriously missing from his home since Wednesday afternoon is at the home of Mr. Bacon's brother, Har- | 0ld R. Bacon, here, She can ascribe no reason for her husband's disap- pearance, except that he had ap- peared to be rather absent minded of late, and had acted in a rather pecullar manner. Mr. Bacon's brother, stated he could not give any reason for his Frother's disappearance either, ex- cept that he might have wandered | away or got lost while in a state of mental aberration. The missing man served 12 \mr! in the United States navy, attaining | the rank of leutenant, He was| ocerseas during the world war, His home was originally in Plttsburgh. | | He retired from active life about a living in Bridgeport. CHLORINE TREATHENT Meeting of Doctors. New Haven, Nov. gas treatment for colds in the head |wiil be made easily attainabl stated at a meeting of the eve, nosa and throat specialists of Con- nectieut in & convention held in Dwight hall, at Yale yesterday after- | non. A paper was read by C. G Spalding, formerly lecturer on phar- ear, nac ha told of perfection of a cream which he fald, was an fmprovement on the present chlorine gas treat- ment. The cream contains a al in stable form which gradually rates chlorine in a non-irritating form and in sufficlent quantity to kill all non-sporing bacteria in the nose. Mr. Spalding said that it was not always possible for cold sufferers ¢o obtatn the services of a physician who has the equipment to give {ne gas treatment, and the ef- fort in lahoratories has been to make a nasal cream which woul treatment available at an § imal cost N. Y. BANDITS ACTIVE Two Youthful Hold-up Men Brand- chem- fsh Pistols and Get Watch and 75 in Columbus Circle Store. New York, Nov. 14.—Two youth- 1 hold-up men today invaded the | holiday deadline established by Po- issioner Enright. Flour- of pistols, they bound | < and a porter in a hab- off Columbus Circle and with a gold watch and o cash register [ lshing One Would-Be Law to View Remains. Newark, N. J., Nov. 14.— per- sons, three of whom were success ful, attempted suicide in Newark and victnity during the night and ear morning. The dead are an uniden tified man believed to be a Woold war veteran; Herman Burgene, 70, {and J. Frank Way, 76. of Rahway. Two of those unsuccessful wera young women and the third was a 13-year-old girl. The chlid, Florence Molowitz, tempted sulcide by inhaling told police, because were separated and s by high school compa count of her clothes. cover. The unidentified man directing that $5 of $81 in cash found on his body. uld be given |to the community chest campalgn | fund now under way in Newark for the year's welfare work The deaths of Burgerle and Way was snubbed on ac- She will re- Victim Child of 12, Poverty and Chiding of Playmates — Man Who Killed Self Leaves Note Forbidding Daughter-in- | Burgerje left | left a note | EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN NEWARK, AND THREE SUCCEED Made Desperate By were attributed to domestic troubles. it was reported to police, d been pleading for 39 years with e in Germany to join him here r more than §1.- iy He had been ork for more than a year Way, who took his life eft a note directing that umstances should his , Mrs. Orville Wa 140 view his body his son's 1 had sent s wif mitte Way ha home after troul aughter- three of ti ating gas. Both of the yo 1 will recover. with his It A lumir ng w and Mary Mrs. allow poison aft husband, whi her sweelgar was given as the reason for the at- rent with tempt of Mary Rodriguez to kill her- #elf. WOMAN OPERA LEADER DEMANDS 60OD AGTORS| Ethel Leginska, New Comer, Scores Pudgy Fat Man Who Only Can Sing. | _Berlin, Nov, 14.—~The Tetrazzinis, Drvqflnnq and Leo Blezaks will have | to slt modestly in the orchestra pit, | singing their parts as it they were solo flutes or bassoons, while the !l‘h:k{or-]s, Talmadges and Valen- tinos will act on the stage, when the | new opera by Ethel Leginska, New | York planist, composer and orches- tra conductor, is produced. Veteran and Served With Navy | At that time hc‘ | divulged she had gone to Derby to| ‘?-my with friends untll some word | Knight Bacon of Bridgeport, mys- | years ago, and since then has been | 14 —Chlortne | le, it was | at the medical school in which | Miss Leginska, who within the past two months has supervised prejudiced critics by conducting or- chestras in Munich, London, Paris and Berlin, In a manner acknowl- | edged to be superior to many men, [insists that the fact that a prima | donna is gifted with an unusual voice | does not necessarily make her a | 8ood actress, “Why should a' big fat man be | exhibited on the stage, throwing out | his hands dramatically in the stilted fashion of bygone times, just be- cause he sings well? I want good Mu‘mrq on the stage for my opera 1and good singers in the pit to make a perfect ensemble with the orches- | ill‘s," Miss Leginska said. CHICAGO’S MAYOR T0 PUT LID ON TIGHTLY Orders Arrest of All Per-| ¢ sons Carrying Weapons i‘ —Crime Must Stop Chicago, Nov, 14.—Mayor Dever's | dictum that Chicago must be rid of | gunmen was followed today by an| yorder from Morgan A. Collins, su- perintendent of police, that all per- | sons carrying weapons are to be ar- | l’es'rd The mayor's order resulted from the killing of Dion O'Banlon, whose rise to the leadership of gangsters was accompanied by political power. But the mayor was particularly | moved to action by the statement of Louis Altiere, probably O'Banlon's | closest friend, who had much to do | with the direction of O'Banion’s fu- | neral this morning, that he would be | {willing to *“shoot it out” with| O'Banion’s slayers. { “It must be determined now Spectally Made Cream With Healing | Whether organized outliwa ehail | | continue to shoot and rob without | | der shall prevail,” the mayor sabd. FDERAL AGENT DIES FROM POTSON LIQUOR | | Man Assigned to Narcotic (‘&W (n | West Virginia Is Victim | of Bad Drink. ‘ Charleston, W. Va.,, Nov. 14—F. | B. Manzies, of Hickory, N, C, a federal agent investigating narcotic law cases here, was found dead in his room in a hotel today Death | due to a heart affliction or to | nking poison llquor, the authori- ties said after an investigation. Coroner M. D. Good said that while he believed Manzles died of heart e would order a chemical f the man’s stomach. was transferred ton a few days ago Parkersburg, W. Va SON DROPS SUIT Gerald Walden, to from Who Sued Father ‘Yhfl present house. | dorsement will exceed that "'fl l(l;f FIRE R’ DESTRUGiiGi. Week Ending Nov. §th .... 11,847 Yl]NI] Bl]NTRUI. THREATENING (ate g ./I COLGATE PLANT AND OTHER MANUFACTURING CONGERNS IN JERSEY CITY GOMPERS $4YS LABOR FARED WELL AT POLL Sees No Danger of Con- gressional Action Detri- mental to Workers By The Associnted Press, El Paso, Tex., Noy. 14, =— Labor fared “almost phenomenally well,” in the general elections, Satnuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, said today in a | statement, commenting upon the re- | sults of the > vember 4 balloting. “In the face of the tremendous Coolldge landslipe, there were ele: |ed to the new house of represent: |tives more members having labor's endorsement than are to be found in the present house,” Mr, Gompers as- serted. “The new congress is not likely to pass any measure greatly detrl- mental to the interests of the work- |ers and our people generally,” Mr. Gompers sald, The election comment was com- bined with an outline of the 44th |annual conventlon of the federation, | beginning Monday. “The delegates,” he sald, “will do | thelr best to act wisely for the good of the workers and for the cgmmon good of our republic. “While I have no desire to discuss | speclfic questions in advance of the action of the convention, there 1s one important fact to which 1 may call attention, because it is already Properties of Gas ts Reported at punishment or whether law and or- | | SAMUEL GOMPERS" {achieved and cannof be changed. It has been sald by many writers in many pubiications that labor fared badly in the recent election. That is not true, Labor fared well, al- most phenomenally well, “In the face of ths tremendous Coolidge landslide, there were elect- ed to the new house of rqpresenta- tives more members having labor's endorsement than are to be found in In ths present house there were 170 such members I have not the exact figures as to the new house, but the numher of members eleéted with labor's en- fizure Among these there are republicans democrats and farmer-labor party members. “The new congress {s not likely to pass any measure great |tal to the interests of the workers for 850,000 For Alienation of Wife's Affections, Withdraws, | Haven y Gerald 1 damag Nov, 14 ;x suit en- against his .‘a"!‘r, h it was father enated the affections of the son's has b N alden, in wh it was an- differ- been recon- Hly nces are said to h Oldest War Pensioner Is | Kentucky Woman of 105 Wash Nov. 14.—Mre, Ma- hala H ag the & government rviving wid- and is the was a by the the sioners of {n the past Ages of m 80 to Arminia e, Ga WOUNDED 1N DUEL n, Italy, Nov. 14.—A duel was d r 1 between the 1 the lib- Deputy com- ed after ich was due pithets applied o Deputy Bel- ni was wounde Rossinl was u atants rema THE WEATHER | Hartford, Nov. 14—Foreeast for New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Sat- urday; cooler tonight. | P | tion is a fi and our peopls generally “This is one of ths most hopetnl facts of the day and ons wh us is encouraging and £ Those who fondly hope to rule the new congress In favor of interests will find themsalves a solld group which will mit the passage of ti legislation. Reaction drunk with victory, may soon find itself intoxicated up ary wine." Concerning prospective convention fssues, President Gon “I cannot undertake fically what questior for discussion, but eve frée to fntroduce the form of a reso wise, and every res before the conventi discussion and actio and « can be legate has a opportunity to sy 1s the freest forum in t! 1t 1s &0 known. “Delegates represent dustry and every country are here or wl participa reassurir not per- serving nough imagin- to say spec nothing A every o ak throughout the cou do their best to act good of the workers and common good of our repul wise CLAIM \\fll(l D RE \(\RD Manila, Nov. 14—The Ar destroyer Borle of the 3Sth div claimed today to have establlst world's record in scoring four hits w red in succession at a i Manila Bay. target 1 ing practl DANBURY HAS $50,000 lmr Danbury, Nov —Fire in factory df the M ir Cu Co. Tavlor early niorning caused ¢ bullding and stock estimated at $50,000. The loss is covered by insurance. on this fch to| cing | MURDERS FOUR, THEN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Memphis, Tenn.,, Cripple Turns Home into Shambles Memphlis, Tenn.,, Nov. 14, —Tour persons were shot and killed here last night by Henry Weber, erippled barber, who then killed himself, The victims of Weber's murderous rage were his wife, Jrs Bessie Weber, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Shader and Mrs, Thomas Alexander, The shooting occurred at the Weber |home in the eastern section of the city, Weber and his wife quarrelled Sunday and he had not been home since, according to information given police by neighbors. The man pur- chased a new rifle yesterday and last night went to his home, carrying the weapon, Shader, employe of a dental firm, who lives in a wing of the house where the Webers make their home, was the first person the barber met. He shot Shader through the head and then, throwing a fresh shell into the rifle’s chamber, walked into the house. When he emerged a few moments later the place was a shambles. Mrs. Thomas Alexander, fa bride of only a few months was visiting Mrs. Weber, Her cries did not save her. In each case Weber shot his victim through the head and all dled within a few minutes, according to the police. The barber left his house and walked to his barber shop, ahout ithree blocks away, there he fired a shot into his brain. Weber left two notes, according to police. Both indicated that he had planned to kill himself and his wife, ybut made no mention of any others slated for death, Weber came to Memphis from | Eikton, Ky., according to police. 4ln marrfed his wife, a Memphis girl, ,about three vears ago when she was only about 15 years old. HYLAN AND CRATG IN ANOTHER HOT BATTLE Comptroller Charges “Ex- perts” Have Touched New York for Million New York, Nov. 14.—Self-styled ‘experts” hava collected nearly $1,- 000,000 from New York city during thel ast year for “alleged services,” Comptroller Cralg charged today in an unsuccessful effort to disspade | the board of te and appm‘&nn Renttrom “dward Burr, re- tired army an advisory rar\m ty at $1 engin 0 a day man,” demanded May- n Craig asserted that a untant at $2,700 a | “expert' ¥ aceou become an { the and “is ahout $100 a year." he had named the man “of considerabls inter- he was about to send the | clty stru n 1 boardwalk, SECRET WARRANTS Two Men Are to Be Arrested Today | in Connection With Cleveland's Murder Mjystery, Nov NEWARK HAS BAD FIRE | Toss Put at 150,000 When Four Story Fye-Glass Rim Plant Is Partly Destroyed G. was burned a bands. Losses Already Have Climbed into Millions—900 Fams- ilies Made Homeless and 15 Ave Seriously Injured —Scores Hurt By For ce of Explosions Half Mile Away — New York Firemen Aiding In Fight Against Flames. Jersey City, N. J., Nov. 14.- American Sugar Refinery build the fire fighters and is forcing the rear of the building are be thus released are expected to —Fire in the rear section of the ing has burst beyond control of them to retreat. The wallg at ginning to cave and the flames carry across the street to the main warehouse of Colgate & company which is filled with soap and other highly inflammable substances. Situation If the tvarehouse is Serious ignited it is feared that the entire Col- gate plant will be destroyed. Plants of the Vulean Iron Works company and of the Manhattan Electric Supply company also are menaced. Firemen are hampered by low water pressure, Walls Crumple In Walls of the Refinery crumpled suddenly and fell with & series of cannon-like reverberations that momentarily drove firemen from the scene in the belief that an explosion had oee curred. The flames are now burning along the ground and it is hoped they can be kept from the warehouse across the street, FLAMES ARE PLAINLY VISIBLE INNEW YORK Gotham Sends Additional Fire Apparatus to Neighboring City New York, Nov. 14 —Firemen and appartus from New York city this afternoon were ordered to Jersey City to assist In fighting the fire in the business section of Jersey City. Three alarm were sounded to mobilize the firemen in prep: to departing for Jersey City, r two fireboats, the John Purroy Mitchel and the New Yorker had gone to the ass ce of the fire forces already combating the flames, The flames from the fire clearly visible from lower Manhat~ tan. Great clouds of smoke drifted across the North river casting a pall over tha financidl district. Crowds collected at the Battery and stood for hours watching the fire, ‘while thousands of workers wed the flames from the upper stories of tall office buildings. Commissioner Thomas oss the hook and 1 were engines, four i panies, a water tow the rescue s pparat structed to proceed to Jer: two Pennsy! chiefs. As the fire 'NO HUNTING YET Governor Does Not Consider Tast Night's Rainfall Sufficient To Pre- vent More Forest Tires CLAIMS $500 FOR ASSAULT Fr Mel DUN'S REPORT fon Cause Not Determined. The fire started from a yet undes termined cause in the office of the company, and in flve minutes pres meated the plant. All employes es« caped without injury. A Series of explosions which atart« ed with small explosions sounding rapidly as a machine gun, threw ters ror into the Gammontown section of the clty, broke windows within & ras ifus of & half a mile, and drove resi« 8 panic-stricken into the fumes filled streets, The fire was reported getting out of control at 11 o’clo 1 the huge plant nearby of t fcan Bugar Refining Comp Several hundred public schaols were the building, the street a terrific the roof from the tacking Amer- children from out of ame into osion tors rushed As the 1t in an o throt | several s | FTve bt i p |them to safety emoved fn es to safe re glons, lice on the sce the panic-strick Many fireme have been found th on in flames At 11:20 o ant he to calm ported to overcome. Fira chiefs t water was a fut checking the and to s0ap facto sugar com Help nmu New Yo A hurry (Continued on Twenty-Fifth Page)