New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 WILSON SOUGHT 10 INSPIRE FATH OF WORL'S HILLIONS I1 There Was Failue, Tt Was That of Homanity, Dr. Edwin Klderman Declares JOINT MEMORIAL HELD AT NATIONAL CAPITOL But Three of Former President's Immediate Family Attend, Others Prominent in Nation's Life Present—Oumn.ins Refers to Him as “A Great Patriot, & Towering IMgure in History of Mankind.” ‘Washington, Dec. 15.-—~Congress paused in its round of activity today to render honor to the memory of Woodrow Wilson, The chamber of the house of rep- resentatives was the setting for the memorial services with Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman, president of his old alma mater, the University of Virginia, pronouncing from the ros- trum where the late president re- vived the Washington custom of de- livering In person his message to the congress, the eulogy of his life and achievements. Dignitaries of state, political per- sonages of past and present, close friends of the late chief exccutive and invited guests made up the gathering for which all space on the floor and galleries had been re- served. A veget unseen audlence, too, had been remembered in ar- rangements for radiocasting the ceremony through a wide chain of stations. President Coolidge and his cabl-! net, suprema court justices, the rep- resentatives of foreign governments, governors of states, members of the ‘Wilson cabinet and high officers of the army and navy were among those joining with members of the senate and Mbuse to commemorate the man who sleeps 'neath the tow- ering cathedral gpire within distant view of the natlon's capitol. The program of ceremony was & simple one. Early the great white capitol gave evidence that it was a day apart. Its hall were hushed and the machinery of legislation was #'illed During the morning only members and those having ur- gent business within were admitted. Half past ten was the time set for opening tha east doors leading to the rotunda, to admit those accord- ed the privilege of a scat within the chamber. Marine Band Plays. Both the senate and house were | ealled to convene a little before the | noon hour, the time of the cere- mony, members of the senate, after prayer, recessing to go to the house | chamber. The Marine band was melected to furnish music, assem- bling in the house wing shortly be- fore noon, With Senator Cummins, as presi- dent pro tempore of the senate, oc- cupying the speaker’s chair, the ceremonial program opened with prayer offered by the Rev. James 8 Montgomery, chaplain of the house. Tntroduction of Dr. Alderman by the presiding officer and his address in culogy of the late president fol- lowed. with the benediction by the Rev. J. J. Murl, senate, closing the program. Leaders had planned to adjourn both the senate and house after the excrcises out of respect to Mr. Wil- | #on's memory. Three Are Present. Three of the late president's im- mediate famil: Mrs. W his daughter. Miss Margaret Wiison, and his brother, Johm R. Wilson, of Baltim wore present for the ceremony, His other two daugh- Mrs, Willlam G. McAdao, and . Francls B. Sa who is abroad, unable . to attend John Randolph Bolling, brother of Mrs. Wilson, and secretary his brother-in-law when he retired private life from the White Hos also joined Mrs. Wilson in atten ance. flson, were to Mre, Wilson Present. Mia. Wileon, clad entirely {n black, save for a narrow white collar, oc. ed a seat in the reserved gal- members of the fam- were seated near her. Justice Juatices of the supreme court occu- pled the first row of seats on the floor with eabinet offioials of the Wilson administration behind them. Those in the group included Secretarics Bryan, Lansing, ton, Danlels, Payne, Redfield Wilson, and former Attorney eral P T. Also seated dals were Governor R land: Baxter, Malne; ginla; McLeod, Chiet Hous- and | Gen- | near the speaker's| Mar Trihkle, -Vir- outh® Carolina; chie, (Continued on Page 11) Maine Police Chief Is Given 18 Mos. in Prison Portland, Me., Dec. 15.—Fgr con- spiracy to violate the natiohal Ii- quor prohibition law, while serving as chief of police at South Portland, Albert G, 18 months In the federal peniten- tiary today by Judge Clarence Hale. This action followed immediately the | dropping of charges against him in | by previous | the municipal agreement. Ravmond €. @icted escaped court, Humes, jointly in- with the former police chief, from the county jail & month ago and has eluded the po- | lce. But | chaplain of the | to | Taft and Assoclate | 4 former | Brooks was sentenced (0‘ NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, DECEMBI"™*qrq ey MILLIONS LOST TO GOVT. THROUGH LAXITY IN REVENUE DEPARTMENT Couzens Charges Not Dishonesty But Laxity — Many Relieved of Taxes Washington, Deec. 15.—Chalrman | Couzens of the special senate com- mittes investigating the Internal rev- enue bureau, declared in a state- ment today that the committee had found “much looseneas In the execu- tlon of the work™ of the bureau, re- sulting In the apparent loss of “mil« llons of dollars of revenue to the government,” “In some of these cases,” the chairman declared, “the department officlals have admitted errors, and | |while the committee charges no | dishonesty, It finds much looseness | in the execution of the work."” Noting that a review had been or- | dered of one case, Involcing an over (allowance of $600,000 in taxes to| one company, Senator Couzens sald speclal Investigators were now work- ipg on other cases which will be taken up this week by the commit. tee, He Invited the public to sena In suggestions for simplifylng the procedure of the burcau, as well as the statutes. “This lack of unitormity,” Sena- tor Couzens declared, “worked great Injustice to some taxpayers and ex- cessible reductions in taxes to others. The injustice arose, not because the {evidence showed that many tagpay- ers pald taxes they should not pay, but rather that taxpayers were ree lleved who should not have been re Heved. Govt, Toses $600,000 Here “For example, a large concern on | the Pacific coast was allowed a claim by the United States shipping board involving $800,000 and the; same clalm was allowed by the in- ternal revenue bureau, {hus losing to the government some $600,000 in taxes. It developed a clear case of | entered the world war and yet it was | sive claims for amortization alleg- | Who Should Pay. lack of proper working arrange- ments between the two departments, the responsibllity for which was upon the interpal revenue bureau, “The committee has been as- sured that an effort will be made to collect this $600,000 and it it 1s col- lected, as the committee belleves it should, fully ten times the cost of the committee's work will have been collected in one case, “The committee found other cases where claims were allowed for armortization on plants and equip- ment purchased before our country clearly provided by statute that only amortization was to be allowed on war plants and war equipment which were purchased after we en- | tered the war, Bookkeeping Methods “The committee also found that taxpayers recelved advantages over other taxpayers because of the methods used in keeping their books, the cases that the committee have examined in this connection repre-| sents a loss to the government, if the committee's interpretation is correct, of many mlilions of dollars of rev- enue to the government. “The committes has come’ across cases of what looks like what {s| termed in Wall street as ‘washed | sales'—for the purposes of tax evas- | fon, and it appears that the bureau has not given sufficlent considera- tion to these attempts to evade taxes. Taxpayers have made exces- | Ing that they purchased excess fa- | cllities for war purposes, . Laxity in | fixing the extent of the use of these plants subsequent to the war has developed in our hearings. CONFESSION MADE BY | MRS. SWEETIN IS READ Jury in Mount Vernon, IIL, | Murder Trial Hears Admissions Mount Vernon, Ill, Dec. 15.—A confession by Mrs. Elsle Sweetin of her part in the murder by polson of her husband, Wilford Sweetin, made to a newspaper reporter, was per- )mmad to go to the jury today by Judge J. C. Kern after Mrs. Swestin had testified she was in a confused mental state at the time, . | Mr eetin said she remembered little that happened at the time she | | made her confession to polsoning ,hr‘r liusband, for whose murder she | 1s on trial with Lawrence M. Hight. | Robert Smith, her attorney, op- | posed introduction of the confession cn the ground that she was influenc- ed by Hight when ehe was ill to take a share of the blame to eave i | | theft Amenta 18 charged with. SUSPECT BRIDE-T0-BE OF HARTFORD ROBBERY Prospective Groom Arrest- | ed After Girl Left Him in Lurch Beveral days ago, Sebastian Amen- ta appeared at city ball with a| beaming smile and a blushing bride- | to be by his side. He took out a marriags licensa and sompleted ar- ! rangements for his marriage the next | day. This moruing he was locked up at police headquarters on a! charge of theft apparently in & quandary, unable to realize that he | has lost his Mberty and ‘that his| bride to be has vanished, much to | the dismay of the police, who ere | seeking her In connection with the After securing the marriage Ii-| cense and completing n‘rangcnmm for the marriage next day, the couple | went tq Hartford where they spent them botlt from Iynching. | The purpose of th ?M'inwny,\ | Mrs. Sweetin's attorney sald, was not | {o question the veracity of the rl‘-l porter but to show Mrs. Sweetin's | condition of mind at the tims was | auch that she had forgotten the in- | | terview. | Mrs. Sweetin, who had lald aside the hat had been wearing throughout the trial, atepped briskly to the wituess stand. She sald she had been under the care of & physl- | cian befl her arrest | Dr. 8 A. Thompson corroborated this statement and sald Mrs. Sweetin | was pervous, but aware of what she was doing and saying. The state sought to establish that | she | Mrs. Sweetin admitted her gnilt| whilo talking to the reporter and | pave the way foe introduction of & previous confession signed by Mrs. Sweetin at the unt Vernon ecourt- house after she had been questioned all night. WOULD USE SCHOOLS FOR | POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS. Mayor Paonessa Buggests Opening Auditoriums During Campaigns Yor Rally Purposes. Mayor A. M. Paonegsa has for- |warded a communication to the school committee asking that school suditorlums be given over for | | political gatherings in the future. The mayor believes that the maxi- [mum benefits should be derived | | trom the spacious auditoriums that | are in some of the public chools | ,and. he anticipates no objection on | | the part of the committee. | Two vears ago o the charter revision | committee considered an amendment | to the charter pertaining to the use of these auditoriums anc lpoeod to provide hy charter ame lings 1 it was pro- | nd- | ment for uge of bu voting places and for pc |erings. Jndge B. F. Gaffney was chalrman of the school commit- | |tes, assured the charter revisers that | there would be no necessity for em- |bodying this in tLe ¢harter and there would be no objection on the part of |the school board. Shortly there- after, schools were used for voting places, 4 |German Chancellor and His Cabinet Resigns By The Associated Press. 15.—President Ebert | this evening accepted the resignation of Chancellor Marx and his cabinet, { The ministers were requested ever, to gontinue thelr du | porariip | Berlin, Dec. how the night with friends at 181 Worces- ter street, according to the story the | police recelved. The next morning they started for this city, but the bride-to-be wanted to see a friend in Meriden before the ceremony was performed so they drove to that city, | Stopping in front 6f a house there, Amenta's flancee told him to wait a few minutes and she would be right out. He waited a few minutes, an hour, a few hours, and finally, efter | waiting five hours, he investigated | and found that his Intended bride | had disappeared. He returned here in a ,-.gmm\ mood and while trying to fathom the | | | evident mystery of his girl's sudden | change of heart, he was visited by ‘ Sergt. Patrick A. Mc4vay and Po- | liceman Patrick O'Mara who arrest- | ed him on a warrant charging him wi thett of a fur coat valued at| $250, a man’s coat valued at $27, a watch worth, $36, and $55 in cash he Worcester street house. He ed that he took the articles or h and says he does not think hile fiancee took them, but ted that she had a suitcase he adm which did not belong to her when ghe disappeared. He did not know what was in the c TO JURY AT LAST Dedham, Mass, Dec. 15.—The | | Willett-Herrick $15,000,000 damage sult which set a new record In court cases for length of Gifas Wanted for Da Nursery Tree D The Day Nursery at 1 Winter street will have a Christmas tree on December Some 60 or 70 children will receive gifts rom the tree. The management explained to the Herald this morning that thers were 15 or 16 widows or women whose hus- bands are sick, in the hospital, and who have four or five chil- dren. These children are pleased to get shoes, stockings and use- ful artic well as toys. The Christmas tree is support- ed by public donations, and every year the people of this city donate 1ifferent articles for the yourg folks. The Junior Achievement dopated some rag | under | no lopger want an |Sues Woman Driver Who | Ran Into Motorcycle ’ against Alice icoln stree NEW BRITAIN HERALD 07 IJI(U by ’" h{n | Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending l l ,59 1 i Dec, 13th ... - EN PAGES PRICE THREE CI-‘“TS. Septuagenarians and Pet Canary KILLS []WN FATHER, | NA VY HAS PLANS FOR GIANT Here on Globe-Circling Joumey‘ USING WAR SW[]R[]\ DIRIGIBLE THAT WOULD RUN Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clay- ton and “Dick” Stop in New Britain While on Trip Around the World. Three veteran world-travelers, Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Clayton, both over 70, and thelr 10-year-old canary | bird, are stopping in this city for a few weeks before making the final lap of their journey around the globe. The Clayton family, from the father down to the canary, are all born travelers, and it to sce thelr five children that Mr. and Mrs Clayton undertook this pllgrimage which started from London in March, 19 and has carried them to Aus- tralla, Hawali, and the United States. They are now visiting thelr daugh- ter, Mrs. Harrlet Beyer of South street, Mr, Clayton, who 1s 76, has been a carpenter and builder for 62 years, and " dtd all the woodwork in the little Surrey bungalow whers the couple lived in England. The plans for this cozy little place were drawn by one of the zons before the fam; {ly wanderlust led him into sales- manship. Both he and Mrs. Clay- ton, who 1s 70 vears old, are un- usually active for their age, 80 much so that they were known as “the children' on the boats on which they traveled. Mr. Clayton believes in exercise, and even the cold weather this morn- ing falled to stop him from indulg- ing in his before-breakfast walk. He | also goes for a long tramp at the end of the day, saying that this lets him enjoy his sleep better, The canary, perhaps the most traveled bird of its kind in the world, s ten years old, but, like its master and mistress, is still active and treated a Herald reporter to numerous vocal selections this morn- ing. The bird came originally from South Africa to England, and on the present trip has been to Australia and now America, It has been wel/ all the time, made itself at home any and all circumstances, and was a great pet in all the strange places where it found itself. Only twice during the long jour- ney has “Dicky” been away from its owners. On the hoat from Freman- tle to Perth, Australia, it was put into the butcher shop, while it was deniod the privilege of a Pullman on the ride from Chicago to New York. ! Salling from Liverpool on March 31, 1923, the Claytons went around the Cape of Good Hope and stopped ! first in Austraife to visit & sor, who f has subsequently been seized with | | the travel fever again and gone to Singapore. While in the Antipodes, they experienced that paradox of the southern hemisphere, the cele- bration of Christmas during the hot months. They were much im- pressed with figs which they ate fresh from the tree while there, and other kind After 14 months below the equa- | tor, they took ship for San Fran- eisco, stopping at Pago-FPago, Samon, and Honolulu, At the latter place Mr. Clayton had a painful exper- jence. He turned on the tap in the ship's lavatory, and an explosion occurred, hot water and steam rush- | {ng from the pipes on to his l¢ He rushed for the doors, but tk opened Inward, and he was forced to baek into the scalding stream to open them. He lost the skin on | one leg and most of it on the other and was a month in completely re- covering, but this falled to prevent him from aeeing all the sights of | Honolulu the day after the accident In September the Claytons reached Salt Lake City, where they three months with their two rLu ;.V ters, arriving barely before the death of one of them. Mr. Beyer, { the husband of their da er here and a amvl'h\‘z\l r have also died since the Claytons set out They arrived in this r“v on Fri- day and will stay for some time with their daughter after which they will visit friends in Brooklyn and then complete trip by returning to En nd. THOMAS CLAYTON MRS, THOMAS CLAYTON Four Lo Fined $2,000 Each in Kansas Federal Court City, Mo., Dec 5.—Fo¢ :,'\ ir periglobular | 3 broyght Suit for $1,000 has t M. Plerce of 256 1 Alfred Faticonl. The vember t hy plaintiff alleg 4 he was proceedi anley street on & was nearing Comni and Amerl | trial, was given to tha jury shortly |when the def 0 | after noon today. The casdhas cg- | bile in front of him ned sut cupied 184 actual court days wulnce | denly to the ,‘, 'm;-rk ‘?““:"'l“w- {1t opened in Norfolk super® court [ wealth avenue and stritet 8 JiC N ber 5, 1923 i |chine. The writ was fssued by ¥ R DA Gerard Casale and was served t - e | by Constable Fred Wi turnabla in the court Seeks $3,500 In Action for Services Clifford W, Cowle ham, Cooper, Hungerf has brought suit for $3 ngnln!( the Groundl Cowles city court the cember, was served today b stable Fred Winkle ——— THE WEATHER —o— Hartford, Dec. for New Britain and vicinity 15—Forecast FORMER DRY AGENTS SENTENGED TO PRISON 1 graft to- in rnment cha e gove 1 that t agents had zoned. tl ate extortion of m from hoot- I'Lu rs in exchange for immunity fro m arreet. HILITARY HONORS PAID Volle il Niritacetd Tho) g Generally fair tonight and iinulite donaviies ead oS waTa Tuesday; mot much change in appreciate any gifts for the chil- || | e He dren. i T e *| VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR Fircd Over Grave and Taps Blown at Funeral of William » Chicago \\'omva; Bandit ls (aplulcd h\ iColice 15.—A vr~" 1 two ¢ 1 today & v s av na w t on tted $75,000 FIRE 10sS an s, N, Y, D amaged ) e extent of perhaps § o, Gmcago Man, Dying, Del bnds | — BETWEEN U.S. AND EL: GLAND | Son Who Slal,llbd Him H[]”HAS FINALWORD ‘Proposed Craft Of Six : Million Cubic Feet LLLSHOCKED IN SENATORIAL FIGHT | Would Dwarf Both Gratified That Many Re- Los Ange]es And New publicans and Independ- 1 0o Te British Airships. George Shaw, Wiclder of Saber He Brought Back I'rom German Bat- tlefield, to Be Told That He Killed Father This Aftcrnoon, ents Favor Him Chicago, | Ge s, shellshocicd W & Dee. 15—mmamiton COUld Make Weekly Trips R gL ratle nominee for U, § - Foen 1 r's br terd L Abroad for $30,000 and r a roadho ! he o ] 2 and some o afpmsae <\ Show Neat Profit to bee 0 <ing, : ‘ S : l(}kxi‘ i y the | oo rolows Government. oli oday u of his father's death. The | 1 in- DO O TN 6 form him thi €l en ,,” s ,; ( (ri‘(,, < " V| Washington, Dee. 15.-Na i death of his futher, I 3 e L and nothlng | oot have d sud l i that I might say would change the o0 'y 14¥0 4 1 os | \id she wag | Outcome. I accepted the nomina- p l,"v"f & 100 ¢ fect ca Jot | tion as a liberal and as a thorough |jy='y MF8HP Which would dwart Seodtth S 2 Lellever in the theory that a sena- | .o ;‘,‘ e Los Angeles was held as a tor should uphold the hand of the | o /€ "M ! than the two pending the ing rrow n every good pollcy and w‘”m ),‘““ 3 ips ordered Dying, Defends Son. obstructionlst M1ibaye | 208 ot AL EDYSIRERE Toricont The elder Shuw e e that plain to the vot- '\"""_'“‘J use between England and (st G oEds dethie ; 7 ers. Likewise my position with ref- |4!5'r o RCanACaRea) ‘I am de gratified that mo |0 B0V ol e oar Admiral el | many rey independents | °F OF the n 1sed a German | | should have found something in my i .‘:_' cn!;mmw. it was discloged in et i ) 1 w toithim | fea oy & hearings made public shaw died at m I I feel certain that our own | oc8% 50 & 5o e C sing 't his son be ex is firmly united and deter- |STOSSINgs betwe and mined to give me its loyal support would c at the polls. I am deeply apprecia- $4,85¢ My, boylis ; tive of the honor that .3 alread vou .v.:( ‘x ¥ P The proposed” air Admivi e Moffett sald, would 785 feet in K“ LIEHT VUT[ EXP[[;TE“ T5s Anguit Tavh 5 o da d Los © a largest dlameter urbance in her o e n«' 1a diameter o rm.m:’ AT SPEEIAL [LE[}T“]N o “r”‘ 5 i Hios ) e com for the I lift of 1 ons of the g radius of nautical at a stand- ompared to { Angeles, T Not More Than 5,000 > big ship would Ballots, Leaders An- | miles without refucling Los |t With Mrs s ard speed of 50 knots, compared | panion who ticipate 5 miles radius of the M Ayres s nd the 2,300 miles of drinking and > 8§ ah. At her bro ad ,, «r,r», Although both major political Speed of 70 knots, the ake an effort to get have a'radius of 4 ote in tomorrow's &pe- election, ders in home sort. Young Shaw is a 1ates for buildis marine corps and was gassed ar 00,000 ¢ wounded in the battle of St. Mik ! air chi A charge of murder later In anticipation of a llg,u. vote and ish clalmed that the placed against young Shaw onomy, First Se- new 5,000,000 fo he had n ot n 1 Kerwin has or- ot, the commit fathe er es installed in each miral said % is way reduc- not credit it. He said, however that . - by costs, t four six-milllon footers wer George P. Spear Director : trom built at one tim cost per cubl g foot probat ot cxeat ) Of \al.mm[ Bank e ks open during L ecsita t exceed George P, the sual hours, namely from 6 a. Admral Moffett estim m. to 6 p. m. Following are the cost of runni I L | ] New York to E register voyages would schoc st 4 Camp ' $14,300 In t! o street; ourth ma Junior high school, | Figuring on stree Fifth 'trip for hool, Broa and e Vedrals Sixth ward, freizht el 3 high school, North a rate of §4.300 45 Persons Driven Into Moderators have heen selected 88 trip a4 1 F hael Han- to make 80 {1 /mu “(‘lfl‘l(‘l‘ h\' Inc n work N e D Y“H'u:fwwm Blaz it ; ; —Tive Persons in Jail Are Res SN cued By Firemen, New London Woman Dies o e At 85; Last of 16 Children Du ( . ] a ;'_‘» M and BElwa Tab ! W rd and Ne esigned t t p D I 1 REDUCE ELECTRICITY PRICY ‘v\ 2 MY . , e 1 Gonis HARTFORD MAN KILLED nating : y \ tuns \rnwwi‘lif‘ Gate an Struck by the Washingtonian 1 ONE FIFTH OF ALL ACCIDENTAL e DEATHS CAUSED BY AUTOMOBILES .. Camden, N. J.. Leads in Motor Car Death Rate, While New Bedford Has Lowest Record ‘ : et f s M Out in Nighties With nts bile the figuro t Thermometer Two Below 47 1 Or ¢ i 2l % 4 s was F W ‘n‘ A ‘» :) smoke ‘ : . { - \ .