New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 105481 (1 PV qaqry S .um -uuo" \» 29UU0,) =W BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1925. LANDIS UNCOVERS | U. S. Reported Willing To Give (OOLIDGE LIKELY Belgium Priority On Payment INBALL SCANDAL| Of War Damages For Two Years DETAIL OF PROBE Ruswers by Corey Dolan Consist French Reports Credit America With This Agreement M, Mabel Walker Willsbrandt Chiefly of * e 't Remem- Know” ber” and “ ! TEXT SHOWS O'CONNELL MAKING FULL CONFESSION But Even After Latter Had Recount- ed Alleged Detalls In ¥ront of Him, The Glant Coach Still In- sisted That He Did Not Remem- ber Any Such Conversation As Would Involve Him In Bribery. By The Aesoclated Press. Chicago, Jan. -10. — The steno- grephic record of the interview be- tween Baseball Commissioner K. M. Landis and “Coz Dolan, former coach of the New York Glants, which led to the expulsion of Dolan and Jimmy O'Connell from organiz- od baseball, was made public today by Commissioner Landis, Could Not Remember Throughout the questioning by the eommissioner, the record shows, Dolan insisted he conid recall no conversation. with O’Conhell about O'Connell's story of his attempt to bribe “Heinle”Sand, Philadelphia shortstop, to throw a game to the Glants in the critical days of the pennant race last fall. Confronted with O'Connell and his story before the commissioner, Dolan said he could not remember having any such conversation with O'Connell as the latter related, de- spite the commissioner's insistence that the alleged conversation took place only three days previous. Denies Any Confession Dolan has since insisted that his statement to Commissioner Landis, in which he repeated he could not remember the alleged incriminatory conversation with O'Connell, was not a confession or admission of guiit, which would cause tHt commissiner to drive hlm from baseball, Under questioning by Commission- er Landls, Cozy Dolan, the Giants' eoach at that time—the interroga- tion took place on September ‘Dolan had suggested that he ap- proach Heinie Bands, Chiladelphia shortstop, and offer his $500 if he “would not bear down too hard” on | (Continyed on Page 13 DRINKING AND OTHER EVILS ARE REPORTED Goshen, Ind.,, Grand Jur Rebukes High School Dances Goshen, Ind, Jan. 10.—Fvide of promiscuous drinking and deiin- quency among Goshen high school students has led the Blkhart grand jury to recommend to Judge J. Drake that' “more adeq super- vision by partments attend future high school danges n Elkhart county, espe clally in Goshen.' “The grand jury,” the report said, “has been shocked and deeply e concerned over reports and evidénee | rding drinking practices or coming before it re end ether Immoral dances in the past three months in Goshen, at whi and girls of high school age and high school students were present “While the cvidence has been difticult to obtain sufficient to justify indictment, only too apparent that on recent occasions high school dents, both boys and girls been drunk and delinquent. “The grand jury earnestly that more adequate super- vision by police and probation de- partments attend futurs dances in the county and especially in where evidence of immorality cludes violation of the laws of eency and good conduct. “Evidence discloses an app laxity and an apparent disreg the part of parents of high school etudents as to the whereabouts and eonduct of children school hours and at night.” NEW HAVEN. ROBBERIES Police Adopt Method of Giving Out four boys stu- insists most de- ter Typewritten Reports — Today's Lists Includes Pearl Stolen. New Haven, Jan. 10.—The policc department adopted the method of issuing information as to burglar committed within a given time in typewritten form today. The first sheet indicated that a 20-inch long siring of pearls was taken yesterday from the apartment of Mrs, Charles Morgan, 1475 Chapel street, and that fhe apartment was ransacked, Mrs. Angeline Arnone, of Wtreet, reported today that her home was entered through a bedroom win. dow and $20 and a pair of g taken. The glasses were f the Inquiring officer in a Mra. Arnone sald six children we gleeping in the room taroush which Whe intruder passed. 39 gfter O'Connell had to'd Landis umi police and probation de- | at | have | | submitted to the churc . Fair| —Earlier Stories From Paris However, Indicate Allies Are Unable to Reach Any Settlement. By The Assoclated Press. Parls, Jan, 10—~The Amerlcan delegation at the conference of al- lied finance ministers has agreed that the beginning of payments on United States war damage claims can walt for two years until the Belgian rep- |arations priority is pald, according to French sources, By The Assoclated Press, Parls, Jan, 10.—The “gum-shoe’ system, as intensively applied to the various negotiations in connection with the conference of, the allied finance ministers here, thus far ap- parently has effected little progress tricate problems surrounding Ger- man reparations. Complete agreement on any one of the contest points has yet to be reported, “The negotiations are pro- ceeding normally,” is the stereo- COL. JOHNSON MAY QUITLLE.& G, POST Rumors About Resignation Spread in Industrial Circles : Vice-President and Production Su- perintendent With Company Since End of War—Said to Be Slated for North & Judd Position. Rumors persisted in circles today that Col. Herbert A. Johnson, production superintendent of Landers, Frary & Clark and a vice-president of the corporation, will sqon sever his connection with the company. Efforts were made to secure either a confirmation or a denfal of the rumor. Col. Johnson could not be reached at the factory or at his home, 48 Park Place. At the for- that he was hot there. At the lat- ter, it was said that he was not there. Col. Johnson was at one time in charge of production at the North & Judd Mfg. Co. It is gaid that | he may become assoclated with {hat company again, although it is not known in gerve, if he made the change. iSoon after the United States en- {tered the war, Col. Johnson re- | signed from North & Judd's and to Washington in the production of war mate- {rlal. An intcresting story was told, fon his return at the of the confiiet, concerning the efforts of a high offical of North & Judd's and another high official of Lander ary & Clark to secure his services, | Personal rivalry entered into th contest and it #s said that Lander offered greater inducements and Col. Johnson was put on the pay- roll of that company. REV. A. 1. PETERSON | wont with close |Will Become Pastor of Elim Swedish Baptist Church and has not been | it is several | The Llim Swedish has been notified by Peterson 'of Waterbury, tist church Rev. Axel I. to whom the church extended a call on December | 16, that he will accept the local pas- | Proprictor of Shoe Store Murdered | torate. Rev cancy | Rev. . Mr. Peterson will fill the va- caused by the resignation of Dr. J. E. Klingberg which was h October 18 |and which took effect January 1. {the present time tha pupit 1s being | filled by visiting ministers. | Yollowing the resignation of { Klingberg & special meeting was, jcalled to pame a euccessor but the {lack of a quorum m this tmpos- |sible. A committee was appointed {to visit Rev. Mr. | what action he would take in {event that a call was extended |him, This committee reported that | Rev. Peterson's aftitude would favorable. Consequently at the next meeting an officjal 1 | to the Waterbury minister who will | assume the duties of the local pas- torate possibly on March 1 and at the latest April 1. the VETERAN R. R. MAN DIES Winsted, Cleary for 47 ) man for the N. Y., N. H. and { rallroad employed between Winsted and Torrington dled at his home | here late last night of heart trouble, He gave up work the day before Christmas. He was born in Tor rington in 1555 and two years before taking up the position section foreman he was a tfack laborer un- der his father who was a weetion forera® *n Torrington. atthew R ACCEPTS LOCAL CALL, in the settiment of tho somewhat in- | HE GANNOT BE REACHED industrial | ] meér place, the statement was mu«lo' what capacity he would | connection | | Thom | squadron, U. typed reply to all inquiries. The delegates have been proceeding in this way ever glnce the adjournment of the last plenary half-hour session last Wednesday evening. If any step forward has been made, it has been kept quite as secret as the ne- gotiations. The American delegation today, after the receipt of an 1important cablegram from Washington, cone ferred with Winston Churchill, Brit- ish chancellor of the exchequer, at the Dritish embassy, The rather peasimistic atmosphere of mystery | surrounding the Anglo-American dis- cussions lends itself particularly to melancholy speculation, and during the day there scems to be real con- victlon in diplomatic eclrcles that these negotiations were not progeed- ing with a desirable promise of early truit, | Probable Choice | “GHARLES B. WARREN /' ‘Washington, Jan. 10—There were increasing indications today that Charles B. Warren of Michigan would be the choice of President Coolidge for attorney geheral. The question whether Mr. Warren would accept, however, remained a of his nomination to the senate to succeed Attorney General Stone, named for a place on the supreme court. ESCORT T0 “BUDDIE” Soldlers of Tortune Make Last lr|p Together When One Accom- panics Body of Friend Jan. 10 Wadjow S.A.n Poston, 3 First Sorgeant 63rd ared the end of aero | his last tour of duty with his friend | and comrade-in-arms | Otto Keltmen, 1 | At | Lipni Peterson to learn | gs the train bearing | approached Boston on the last 1eg of a 8,000 mile trip today, Kellman died of troplcal fover in the Canal Zohe, Decomber he | Kellman's Lod Real eoldiers of fo dozen y of servi in the American army, the men were pals in Mexico and in Germany, in Panama and at savious military posts in the United States, Sergeant Wadjowilz was detailed to accompany the body of Kellman to the home of hils mother, Mrs, in their s { Matilda Kellman, tn the West TRox- | bur; district, nsport Canbrai, und Kellman on their last trip together docked at Brooklyn yes- terday. The train to which the body was transferred was expected to reach Boston today. NEWARK AN SLAIN Boston. The army | tr bearing Wadjo- wit Farly Today—Police Believe Rob- | bery Was Motive, : 10.—Isidore »r a shoe store on Springficld avenue was shot dead d at the rear of his r carrier a man rush excite from the store and | found Lipnick’s body Police are working on the theory that the slayer met resistance in ¢ tempting & holdup. They fou saw | 5200 in Lipnick's pockets. to | | slaying h be | today was extended | | seeking Ho: ars a section fore- | H! Within a few hours lquarters announced Leonard Hoffman, 22, taken ir near the scene of the had confessed the slaying. Aythorities said they had be Tman for several days connection with other erimes. Kicks atvf{EfiS;t;;ce. Court Then Doubles It . New Haven, Jan. 10.—~When AH- n in chael Torello, former proprietor of | the Edgewater inn, Branford, voiced his objection to a $200 fine and 15 days jail senterice imposed by Judg: Ernest C. Simpson in the criminal leas court yesterday for a ation, the court reop nt and ralsed the jail tence to 30 days. Torello took appeal in bong of $500. On the previous, day & jury found Torello guilty of tle Walation. liq aff Sergeant | crime | an | TONAME A WOMAN Underwood fo Be Choice for Northern California SHE NOW IS SERYVING AS ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GEN.' Opposition However, Springs JFrom California Yegislators And Given Out—Tossible Choice Has Been In Charge of Prohibition Cases In Dept, of Justice, Washington, Jan, 10, — Appoint- meng of Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille- brandt, now an assistant attorne general, to the vacancy in the fed- eral court for northern California, tion by President Coolidge. Mrs. Willebrandt, who has been in charge of prohibition cases in the |department of justice, called on M | Coolidge today and although no offi- |clal announcement was made, th H\'re indications that her nomina- itlon as the first woman to sit & a | federal Judge might go to the capltal shortly. ! Disagreement Reported There has been a disagreem {among California members of con- gress regarding the appolntment, | however, and {immediately after | word of the possibliity of Mrs. Will | brandt’s sclection reached the cap- | ftal, Senator Bhortridge, republican, 'of that state, left his office for the | | White House. { A former practicing attorney |Los Angeles, Mrs. Willcbrandt was | Jappointed assistant general at the | outset of the Harding administra- | {tlon. As an outgrowth of her super- vision over liquo. cases she has be- icome the inevitable storm center of {a number of serfous controversie |and has been instrumental in the dis- {(‘hur'v’ of a number of district at- | and assistant attorneys, who | depart- | | torney disagreed with the justice ment over liquor prosecutions. The New Jersey Case ! "The latest ineident in which she | figired prominently was that of 2. 'F.t.'lnl District Atrorney Van Riper | jof N Jersey, who was forbidden [ possible barrier to {he forwarding | by her to have anything to do with | prosecution ¢f the Weehawken rum |cases and who consequentiy ‘{orcrd out of office, 24 9T OF 99 PASS ' BAR EXAMINATIONS {James Hannon and Mar- “ garet Perkins of This | City Succeed | | Hartford, Jan, 10—~Twenty-four out of 93 applicants who took cxaminations were certificd as hayv- | ing passed, by the bar, committe | examinations which s ‘lcxmmn The following p Samuel H. Aron, Hartford H Avery, Harttord; J. Agnes Hartford; Raymor L. Carmody, | Hartford; Ralph E. Coopeto, Wate wury; Vincent W. Dennis, Washin ton, D. Leon Greenberg, Hart- | ford; James G. Hannon, |atn; Wiiliam 1. Kingston, i David Levy, Hartford; John ( Govern, New Haven; Milton D, man, Hartford; Herbert Older, \nml Margaret W. Perkins, { Britain; Sydney J. Pike, Midd umm Rosspff, New Have than Rubin, Haven; {Schnee, Bridgeport; John | ski, Washingtod, D. C.; | Shea, Colchester; London; John J \nmu Charles [ vary ; here t Iyron irns New Me- New- Hart- New R. Summa, Water- Thompson, Hartford. | FACE SERIOUS CHARGES |13 Year Old Girl Involved in Case Against Seven Hartford People, Including Chinese and Jap Hartford, Attorney lice court to tinuance to . ¥ cases of four Chines and a white man and a wh an were called. All seven ¢ cn complaint of a 13 ye a nlece of the white pec {ed. Judge Creedon fixt at $10,000 each in the ¢ Oakes and his wife, Pearl s are held In bonds of $: They are Charlie Wong, Chung Lee Jin, Charlie Jun d 8. Toraoka, a Japans The police claim the nie of the Oakes 1d into bondage to the C1 apanese after she had bee from a Maine orphar a Japan wom se but a ¢ here | e » 2 | THE WEATHER { —— | Hartford, Jan, 10.—Forccast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled followed by rain or snow tonight and Sunday; lit- || te change in temperatuie | — AS FEDERAL JUDGE No Definite Statement Has Been | 18 understood to be under considera- | In| was | on | is af- | , | Ten per cent cuts h 90 Year Old Indian Exposed in Weather 10 Below, Still Lives S Bt. John, N, B,, Jan. 10.—Al- though 90 years old, and exposed in the woods for 26 hours in weather ten degrees below zero, John Pictou, an Indian, was still || alive today when an undertaker started preparvations for the burfal. The aged Indlan may recover, but physiclans sald he probably woyld lose one hand and several toes from freezing. PONEMAH WORKERS GET WAGE SLASHES Tanvme Cu t Eflective HMonday, Rbont 10 or 12 Per Cent ;COTTON MILLS AFFECTED | New Bedford Cotton Workers Also [ Advised of Reduction in Pay— ¥all River Unions Vote To Ac- cept Their Cuts Norwich, Jan. 10.—Notice was posted at the Ponemah mill in Taft- ville, today that commencing Mon- day a reduction in wages would be effective. The amount of the de- crease was not given, It was understood, il"" amount wi |12 per cent. This mill makes high grade cot- ton goods and employes 1 hands. | (It has a Providence office, | It was reported among employes this afternoon that loom fixers, mule spinners and some other branches which have union memberships, will however, that ould be between 10 and call a meeting for Sunday afternoon | to discuss the way reduction. It was understood alsc that represen- | tatives of the unions met the agent | of the mill during the week and ‘llmt they will report to the meeting. New Bedford, Too [ New Bedford, Mass., Jan. 1 wage reduction of ten per cen become effective on January 19 in all of New Bedford's cotton mills, { according to an announcement made late yesterday by the New Bedford | Cotton Manufacturers’ Ir pormal thmis, the actories em- ploy 41,000 operatives and, it is es | timated that under present condi tions fn which production is §0 per | cent of normal, more than workers are employed. Action on the wage cut will be n by the Fall River textile coun- cil and its seven wage union mem- | Ilive of the seven rike by a two-thirds vote of their members before a strike can be called by the council. It is cxpected that balloting to bggin on Monday, will be concluded Thu | day. Ofiicials declined to fore the result, The council Is affilfated | | with the American ration of | textile operatives an d controls prac- all of the unignized labor in | the tactorles. The ann | facturers contained | increased operations. Production in | | the factories here, it is estimated, J has doubled since last Ma The sction taken here chosely fol- [lows acceptance by between {and 80,000 textile operatives in Fall | River of a sim! wage reduction. > also be r cotton manufactur- | a bers next v must favo cement of the manu- | no promise of | nounced in ot ing centers in New gland. | Wages were cut last in New Bed- ford in December, 1920, when a 22 1-2 per cent reductic was made ef- | tective. Wages were {12 1-2 per cent In April, In Fall River 1'all River, M Jan. 10.—A cision to oppose t rocent duction in wi hich the F: er cotton recently effective in their m was reached last night at a spe- eting of the executive com- our unions of the U Workers of America, e wage cut. The re- between 20,000 1923, re- Riv- announced would become day, cial m mittee o Textile to consider duction will affect In a statement fssued last night, the committee charge reductions previously of the Fall River m corresponding in amount of work per ope actual reduction would appr 1-2 per cent Six other local their central o River textile i, We night voted to accept the duction although two of the unions favored a strike. tile councl, rival organization United Textile workers, is ¢ with controlling a majority of made , cou some | cd with the the oximate ases in ive, un th ation, the io rou IAH Inesday ge re- ember tex- of the W he a - and Love » re- Mr n of rt of is morning Abral Shube Lane, died t of inju playing ran in by Char ®treet ) a8 rec: near his while play Goodwin | POSTPONED The officla’ bu- POULTRY SHOW | of the H reau announced today t | nual pouitry sho this month X ing to prevalen | disease. 24 ven county farm 1 ow- chicker will | association, | 32,000 ater increased | de- | jation | here on Mon- | that owing to | this | -SIXTEEN PAGES. Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending l l !056 Jan, 31d ... PRICE THREE CENTS SON OF GOVERNOR DAVIS OF KANSAS AGCEPTS $1250 FOR PARDON WHICH HIS FATHER MADE OUT FOR FORGER New York, Jan, 10.—The Ameri- can steamer Kenowis early rescued the captain and crew of 16 mea from the Portuguese schooner Manuel Caragol, which was set on fire after it had been deserted in a | waterlogged condition 190 miles southeast of Nantucket Shoals light- ship. Captain Humphrey of the Keno- wis, a United States Shipping Board veasel, slghted distress signal today American Steamer Rescues 16 Men Shipwrecked Far At Sea through the haze at daybreak and went to the assistance’of the schoon- er, which was waterlogged and un- manageable. After the captain and crew had been transferred to the 's"'xlm.', the schooner was set on fire. The Manuel Caragol, a four master of 785 tons, sailed from Rio de Jan- ciro on September for Philadel- phia. The Kenowle Is expected to ar- rive here tomorrow with the rescued seame: GOVERNOR SURPRISED BY EMPLOYES' VISIT Workers at Trumbull Elec- | tric Plant Visit New I Executive | ‘ (8peclal f Plainville, H. Trumbull was pleasantly sefenad- ed by the entire personnel of the Trumbull Electric Co. plant this aft- ernoon at 2 o'clock at his home on Farmington avenue. All employes of the concern, and heads of the ments, Woodford avenue, New Departure marched to the governor's home on Farmington avenue, where the en- tire assemblag | spacious lawn. | Then Governor Trumbull and | wife were summoned from the hou: to The Herald) | headed Dby the ond Stanley S. Gwiilim, who has long been associated with the governor at the Trumbull factory, stepped forth and extended the greetings of | working force to the governor, That the unexpected display of ad. miration of his cmployes aifected the governor, was evilent and it was |some time before he could regain | al equanimity to reply to the | { greetings of his men. He spoke of | the unlimited Joyalty that his co- workers and employes have given him and he asked for’ their support fn the busy days ahead of him. He sald that he was proud to be the governor of the state and also the president of the Trumbull Electric | Co. and he would cherish the show- ing of esteem which they gave him this afternogn. | of the goverrigr, Miss Badie Wheeler, ,!r\('n(\v\ to K. T. Wheeler, one of | the founders of the plant, | forward and presented Mrs. Trum- { bull, th st lady of the state, with | |a cor: bouquet of violets as @& |token of csteem from t! element at the plant. Mrs, Tram-| | bull expressed her appreciation by a | very happy smile and a few \\QI(]';‘ of thank | Tt by the band, the as- | sem cd by hundreds of ‘ | zens who 'm\h part in the informaj | ceremonial, joined in singing | MOTHER OF NINE IN MPT AT SUICIDE Mrs. Peter Canto Myrtle Street Drinks Poison AT of nited | called | Despone nine childrer about : Canto of valid, atte in her home | ing the contents of \pmm Th | woman is rey | preasant, and have been in [’ is mor a small family i rted for a | conditior Dr. George H. 1 [the ¥ \l)Mn\ he call red in for the he ministering whi awa When t woman fought to the hospital a doctor to give ing that w her troubles, completely finally su New again 1 th treat pital call t er Teachink the hospital and f the | taken fro | authorities said this she would r ecov VOTE The mon $10 ON $81 CLAIM claim com- cond hearing Fred iting lins f res from a.fa d o mmend settiement for claim was $81. to r The original vot | 840, 1. 10.—Governor John | led by the officials |ci various * depart- | started from the factory on | band of Bristol, and | grouped itself on the | the ' stepped ’ feminine | ! citi- | s poison | VETERAN BEQUEATHS FUNDS TO CHARITIES Wil of A. G. Smith Leaves Money to Church and Homes Augustus H. Smith, Civil War vet- eran who died recently, made gener- ous bequests to church and charity in his will which was approved today in probate court, Included among the beneficlaries were the Children's Home of this ity, Methodist church home in New Haven and the Methodist Episcopal church of Thomaston, A bequest of $100 is made to the Thomaston Cemetery association, the income to be used for the care of his burial plot; household furnish- ings, a Pathephone and records, and 000, are directed’ to a half-sister, Mary H. Peckham of Bristol; $1,000 is left to the Methodist Episcopal church of Thomaston, the income to | be applied to payment of the min- ister's salary; $1,000 is left to the Methodist church home of New Haven; $500 to the Children's Home |in this city; farming implements and |carpenters tools are left to a broth- !x\r-invlflw. James Peckham of Bris- |tol; books are left to the Thomaston |library. Mary Peckham and the |Children's Home are residuary lega- | | tee: The will 11924, WOMAN ASKS $3,000 BALM was drawn April | AFTER FALL INTO TRENCH | After the remarks | | Matilda Willlams Says She Was In- \ jurcd in Ditch Dug $a Yard By Frank Amodo. ilda Willlams has brought suit 3,000 damages against Frank | Amodo, owner of property at 221 | ELa street, alleging that Amodo failed to place a warning signal over a ditch dug during her absence from home, and as a result she suffered rhus Injury when she fell into the hole. Amodo is the own v in which the plaintiff lves and e driveway through which she passes going to and returning from her daily wofk. When she left home on the mnrvmz of December | 20 conditions were as usual driveway, but when she returned about 8 o'clock in the evening she fell Intq the trench. braken ‘ribs, a and other injury leges, she is still for which, she al- undergoing treat- n of Hartford, s Deputy FIRE IN WATERBURY Baldwin Strect Block Partly De- stroyed By Flames—Damage Es- timated At About §7,500, J 10 ast $7.- done by in a -At 1 was n 8 store ack at this m r familles into ed by at nsed for e was ca a store ing quarters by KLAN IS OUTLAWED | Supreme Court of Kansas Hand Down Decision Which Ousts Or- ganization from the State. Ku Kiux l\ supreme €ou ting an end t | the ka- from Kansas. of the prop- | the | She suffered | dislocated shoulder | Accused Man, 28 Years Old, Denies Executive Knew of Deal—Lat- ter Claims “Frame Up” By Political Enemies. Man Who Engineered Ex- pose Declares Elder Davis Had Solicited Money for Pardon From Another Convict. By The Associated Press, Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 10.—A bomb shell was dropped in Kansas today with the revelation that Russell G. Davis, 28 year old son of Governor Jonathan M. Davis, had accepted { $1,250 and delivered a pardon to TFred W. Pollman, former La Cygne, Kansas, bank president and conviet- ed forger. The transaction took place in a | room at the National hotel here and | was revealed by the Kansas City | Journal, whose representatives in conjunction with Pollman had set a trap for the governor's son. Calls it a “Frame-up” Governor Davis, whose term ex- pires next Monday, admitted his son had been “inveigled into accepting the money” and asserted the affalr was a “frame-up by my political enemles to ‘get me'."” Young Davis accepted $1,000 from Pollman while two Journal repre- sentatives, a shorthand reporter and several other witnesses listened in an adjoining room by the aid of a telephonic device hidden behind a curtain in Pollman's room, said the dournal’s news stor: Recelving the $1,000 pasmont. the governor's son left the hotel and re- turned with the pardon and ther re- ceived $250, said the newspaper, He then was confronted by the Jourra | reporters and the witnesses with | them, and #reatened with arrest. returned the $250 received on de- livery of the pardon, let{ the hote!, and returned with the $1,000, Absolves His Father Young Davis asserted his fathe: had no knowledge of the transaction. Governor Davis sald his son told him of the affair at 6:30 o’clock last night when he came home. | Declaring he had aided Poliman iat his trial in April, 1921, and later | had appealed to former Governor | Henry Allen in Pollman's behalf | when the convieted forger was seek- ing a parole, which he received, Gov- ernor Davis declared Pollman had | capitalized his friendship in plotting {to gain & pardon through young | Davis and to “frame” the governor. | The Journal said the denouement at the hotel came after Pollman had | received the pardon and made the final payment. Pollman read & pre- | pared statement to young Davis de- claring it was only when Governor Davis “requested that I employ you that I considered it an opportune time to do what I am doing now." Witnesses Called Tn | He then called in those in the next | room: Dicl mith and W. K. Clug- ston of the Journal staff; W. G. Mil- ler, Belvidere, Kansas, a state rep- | resentative, George H. Wark, feder- al prohibition director for Kansas, | W. H, West, shorthand reporter and Ben C. Johnson, former officer of the state penitentiary at Lansing, a | friend of Pollman. After Young Davis returned the y to Poliman he was allowed to he room with the warning that matter would be exposed, the Journal sai The goOv °crnor's som cou reached last night, his ing he had gone to bed Poliman, in an affidavit, declared g Davis arranged the meeting at hotel at a conference in Kansas 1 not b father stat- 1 on WO SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Gunshes (Continue Page 14) ¥Fall River Hospital Has Patients—Police Think it Was Gambling Fold up. Mass,, Jan. 10.—Tw riously wound- Mount Hope bay 1 town line, Polic gating reports that tl urred in a raid by hold- on a gambling house. The Thomas Ryan and Joseph both of Fall River, wen to & hospital here whgre phy- ans sald they might die. Three compauions of Ryan apd Ronan, who brought them to the , reported that three masked held up their automobile and the two men. The police, received information that e five were in a Sandy Beach gau: 1g house when ralders entered and od the place. Ryan and Ronan police said, were shot when they mpted to resist. It was sald that ilar robbery occurred at the ing occ