New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1925, Page 1

News of thé World By Associated Press WO ‘PAOYV Y “pdaq 4 ar] 9WE W IeuG REPUBLICANS GET BACKING OF INSURGENTS WHO HAVE BEEN READ OUT OF PARTY Reorganization of New Senate Finds Senator Moses As President Pro Tem. — Elected Over Pittmaa. ESTABLISHED 1870 Daylight Saving Is Again a Probability AR New Haven, March 6.—That the N. Y, N. H. and H, Rallroad will advance the runuing time of its trains one hour to conform to daylight saving time, effective in New York and Massachusetts on April 26, was indicated at the general offices of the railroad on inquiry here yesterday, In- quiry among local banks and in- . stitutions which have changed LaFollette, Frazier, Brook= || theix nours to conform to . the daylight savings schedule in pre- vious years indlcated that they hart and Ladd Deprived .|| woula again'follow the lead of of Committee Rank in || the railroad this year, it was stated. Change In the clocks y H exposed to public view f{n the New Appointments. state is forbidden by the law passed by the last legislature. | | WAR I DECLARED ON SOUVENIR PROGRAMS Washington, March 6.—With the aupport of the senators they have read out of party councils, the re- publicans proceeded today to the re- organization of the new senate, Senator Moses of New Hampehire | was elected president pro tem. over | Senator Pittman, democrat, Nevada, | the choice of the democratic con- | ference. The vote was 50 to 36, Other G. 0. P. Officers | The other officers on the republi- can slate—George A. Sanderson, secretary, and David S. Barry, ser- geant-at-arms—then were elected over the candidates put forward by to Rigidly Observe By-Law the democrats, and the organization The * i . was completed except for approval of | 1he “program nuisance” must committee assignments. stop. This was the decision of the The committee rosters were not presented because the democratic conference had been unable to com- | plete its assignments, and the repub- lican conference consequently did | mot act. The four insurgents —LnP ollette, Ladd, Frazier and Brookhart—are | to be deprived of their present com- mittee rank under the plan, with Senator Watson of Indiana becoming chairman of the interstate com- merce committee In place of Senator Smith, democrat, South Carolina, and Senator Stanfield of Oregon, suc- ceeding Senator Ladd as chairman of the public lands committee. Democrats Not Opposed Under recommendation of their leader; Senator Robinson of Arkan- directors of the mercantile bureau at a meeting held in the Chamber of of Commerce this morning. New Britain merchantg have been solicit- ed frequently for all eorts of pro- grams which are used once and then thrown away, and which, they say, have little or no advertising value, The directors felt rather strongly on this subject this morning, almost the entire board being present. They say that when persons solicit adver- tising for programs of this type they are simply asking for contributions towards a cause,With legitimate pub- lications which are issued regularly they have no quarrel, nor do they object to theater programs, but to 5 s prograggs, score cards and circulars sas, senate democrats deicded against withoul a bona fide circulation they blocking such a reorganization. It do abject will increase by one the membership of each of the half dozen commit- tees on which the insurgents hold memberships, so that in each case an insurgent can be displaced by an 1t was voted that the members of the mercantile bureau cooperate in the observance of the Chamber of Commerce by-laws relating to pro- gram advertising and to ask the co- :d"i:z‘ll“’"';“'w“"t')‘]“:"r':‘r“:‘m?&‘g; ;":fl "n | operation of all the members of the extra member without seniority | SM4mber. Ty e The by-laws specifically mentioned in the vote this forenoon and which is expected to be observed rigidly in the future is as follows: “No member shall advertise in any score card, program, or publication of any individual, fair, society, church or other organization or pa- per having less than 12 monthly is- The plan to increase the size of these committees was attacked in the senate by Senator Norris, repub- Jican, Nebraska, who sald they were 100 large already. He also criticised the rule of senfority in committee | assignments, saying that as a result of this practice “all, of the import- ant work of the enate rests on a | 8U°% I each year, except the regufar g B ! programs of the local theaters, and A resolution to authorlze the in- | the New Dritain directory, and no crease was adopted, however, with- | Member ahall give to any fair or or- Shba acerA e ganization any parcel of land or Robinsay Floor Leader article of merchandise of any kind Senator Pittman of Nevada was | [0F the purpose of a priz nominated as the democratic candi- s A o o 3 s ING PHT BET KAPPA the senate. Senator Robinson was James W, reelected party floor leader and all the officers of the conference were | reclected, They are: Walsh, Monta- na, vice-chalrman; Gerry, Rhode 1s- land, whip, and King, Utah, secre- tary. These along with Swanson, Virginia; Harrison, Mississippi; Sim- Cooper of This City One of Four of Class of 1926 Honored at Yale University. New Haven, March 6.—Jhe mons, North Carolina: Sheppe ,\-;,l,l,]rkk."&';.’,,",;”n:? fi‘f;r':j chapter of Phi Beta l(n{x]-d has| Arkansas; Broussard, lLoufs.|¢lccted 45 new members, 20 from iana; Heflin, Alabama, and Jones | (ho senior class and 16 from the| New Mexico, will make up the mow | ¢}ass of 1926. I H. Barnes, of New | et il s o rmIiee | Haven, had the highest average, democratic scnators also | Which was 90 per cent, adopted a resolution authorizing ap- | _The list includes: Class of 10 He Thomas G. Bergin, New Haven; Lert L. Catien, Bridgeport; Fleming ames, Jr., Middletown; Israel L. beshevsky, Rockville; Eimer T. L nmr, New Haven; Ralph T. Linse | New Havew, and Philip R. Shiff, New pointment of one additional membe to the senate committees of which the Insurgent republicans now are members, This action was the result of an agreement with the republi- cans, Senator Robinson told the demo- | Haven. eratic conference that democratic Class of 1920—Irston R. Barnes, sonators should let the republican | NeW Haven; Joseph Barrell, Jr, New W. Hynes, 2 Haven; Jame: ain, and John Cooper, New Brit- Haven. party fight out the issue without in- assign- terference ments. over committee Homer Newton I;Zl'kex' | Dies at Age of 76 Let Republicans Al “The minority,” he said, der no obligation to sttle ] of this nature. We should recog- | . Homer Newton Parker, 16, of 57 uize the right of the administration | V2"t street, died at 1 o'clock this to organize the senate. and unless | MOTNINE at the New Britaln Gen- ts efforts prove futile, stand by and | €4l hospital. He was a rotired | refrain from participation in clash. [ MANM{ActuTer, having engaged in s among republicans concerning | CATiage-making in Vermont and | Gonimiite asl gttt having been a partner in the toy | manufacturing company of Mason | & Parker of Winchendon, Mass, He cign relations, “in order that the | Was born in Ludlow, Vt. on July 15, moral strength of our nafion in jts | 1848 and spent most of his life dealings with other peoples may be | Vermont and Massachusetts, com undiminished.” | here about seven years ago. He was Asks Treaty Ratification | employed in this city at Landers, Turning to the program ! Frary & Clark ang then at the Stan- The democratic leader advocated non-partisan consideration of for: ing of the special senate session Mr. Robinson | ey Rule & Level Co. | advocated ratification of the Isie of | He leaves his wife, Hattie Lavina Pines treaty with Cuba without fur- | Henry Parker; one son, MHarry ther delay predicted that the Tay- | Parker; and one grandson, Kermet sanne treaty with Turkey would E. Parker. provoke prolonged discussion and| Funeral services will be held at sald it appeared uncertain whether | 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at B. C the special session could decide the | C. Porter Sons funeral parlors. Re world coun question although | Dr. George W. C. Hill, pastor of the democratic senators “are generally | South Congregational church, will ready to meet and resoive this is- | officiate. Interment wiil be in Fair- sue.” | view cemete He admonished the democratic GIVES $25,250 TO HOSPITAL. mit the party organization on p: Bridgeport, March 6.—Waliter B. | senators against attempting to com- | | {Mercantile Bureau Decides | Yale | in| NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY FALL HUST APPEAR AT COLRT HEARING Ordered to Be at Cheyenne to Testily on Monday TEAPOT DOME ANNULMENT Wil Be Called As Government Wit- ness in Actlion—Many Others Are Summoned To Take Part In Pro- secution and Defense, Cheyenne,” Wyo., March —Al- bert B, Fall, former secretary of the | interior, will be served today at EI | Paso, Texas, with a subpoena to | appear as a witness for the govern- ment in the Teapot Dome lease an- nulment trial opening, her Monday, it was announced today. Under a speclal court order, the subpoena will make Fall's appear- ance at Cheyenne mandatory. | Counsel for the Mammoth Ofl company, defendants in the govern- ment's suit, have issued no sub- poenas, but are reported to have | summoned many witnesses without resort to court processes. A report that Edwin K. Denby, former secre- tary of the navy, had been called as a defense witness could not be veri- fie Getting At Facts | The special government counsel, | Owen D. Roberts and Atlee Pom- terene, went early today to the of- fice of District Attorney Albert D, Walton to prepare for the govern- | ment's presentation, | “Now we are getting the facts,” sald Roberts when shown a despatch | from Paris saying H. M. Blackmer and James E. O'Neil, American oll | men, whose testimony the govern- ment desired in support of its con- tention that the Teapot Dome lease had been executed with fraud, had refused to testify when summoned before the civil tribunal of the Seine, February 24. Forty rooms at a local hotel have been reserved for representatives of the Mammoth Oil company. Six | rooms on another floor are occupied by the government party. Will Leave At On Fl Paso, 1] , March 6. . Fall, former secretary of the |1|H‘r- ior, was served today with a sub- poena to appear as a witness in the | 1 Teapot. Dome oil lease cancellation | suit by a United States deputy mar- shal. It is understood Fall will | leave within 12 hours for Cheyenne, | where the suit opens ¥onday. SUES FOR $20,000 * | "nmdm \l-n Brings Aukm Agnlmn Connecticut Company For Loss of Arm in Fall ¥From Car, | Jeffka of Hamden today instituted | suite for $20,000 against the Con- necticut Co. for alleged injuries sus- 1 tained when he fell from a lrol]n)\ car December 23, 1923, the car| having been started he claims before | he had alighted, His left arm was| amputated as the result of the in- | juries, he alleges. 26 DIE IN EXPLOSION Oxygen Tanks Blow Up in Leningrad | | Unknown Number Injured—Vic- tims Women and Children, | By The Asmoctated Press Leningrad, March 6.—Twenty-six persons were killed and an unknown | number wounded by an explosion of | oxygen tanks in a bullding in the | | center of Leningrad today. The explosion caused a panic in the vicinity and scattered debris/ and parts of human bodies in every | direction, Most of the victims were women and children. " HORE EARTH TREMORS Shocks Reported as Almost as Se- | vere as Those of Last Saturday | Night Felt in Canada. | arth tremors, severe felt | Quebee, March 6. —E: described as the most since the earthquake which rocked | the province last Saturday night, | were reported here as having oc- | curred in Lamalbaie and Les | Eboulements shortly before 7 | o’clock last night and.at 6 o’clock | | vesterday morning, with slighter | tremors during the day. Houses were shaken but no serious damago was reported. The series of shocks have so un- | nerved » section have been able to relieve | ston by “hr)? | that few the ten-| the en u\mcma W ll Enter Two Balloons in Big Races ‘ Washington, March 6.—Secretary | Weeks today authorized the army |air service to enter two balloon “lteams in the national ellmination | balloon race which will be held at St. Joseph, Mo.. about May 1. At | this race three teams will be selected to represent the United States in the Gordon Bennett loon contest. The two army teams will go from the light r school of the army service ut Scoty ficld, Belle- | ville, Til. CAPTAIN KELLY HOME | litiea) issues without thorough con- | Lashar, head of the American Chain| Captain George Kelly of the| sideration in conference. [ Co.. it was disclosed today, is the| potice department has returned to Wants Party Counseling lonor of a fund of to \he| his home, 18 F 'vaq.wy\ u\c‘vmv, “Let mo urge upon you the neces- | Bridgeport hospital for the purchase, from the Peter lent muu.m o8- ity for counseling together and for | of radium %o be used in the free| pital, n.mnu_ Mass., where he prudent action and unselfish serv- | treatment of enlarged thymus gland | been undergoing tre mm»m for abodt foa.” he eald. in children. two weeks. | other children in the Balogh family. | will be given her freedom, the father | of the couple sald today in arranging |ed that his brother, BROTHER AND SISTER WHO ELOPED, ARRESTED Is Peculalr Case—Neither Had Met the Other Until 1928— Father to Prosccute, Jolinstown, Pa., March 6—Stephen Balogh, 19, and Helen Balogh, 17. principals in a brother and sister marrlage that took place Monday at Cumberland, Md., were arrested last | night in a rooming house here and lefd by authorities pending a hear- ing. The arrest of the couple followed a search by police of several citles since word of thelr marriage was re- | celved by the father, Stephen Balogh | of Johnstown, Questioned by police following thelr arrest the couple declared they had posed as first cousins and had| given thelr names as “Stephen and | Helen Balough.” The girl told police | Chief C, 1., Briney that she expected | to glve birth to a child within two months, With the arrest of the couple, it was learned by police that Stephen had been born in Hungary and had | first seen his sister in September, 1923, 'when he came to this country. The mother of the two children had returned to Hungary on a visit at the time Stephen was born, it was declared by the father, who insist- ed to police that the children were brother and slster. There are four Stephen will be prosecuted to the limit, but his sister-wife probably for a postponement of their hearing. Police sald Helen had told them | she was sorry the marriage had been broken up and that she wanted to go on llving with her brother, WCORMICK’S 2 MILLION IS LEFT. TO HIS WIFE Expects That She Will Wisely Give Public Charitie: | v The Associated Press. | Chicago, March 6. nator Medill |school, | trict lived up to its name. |lives of the persons addressed. AIR CLOUDED WITH , MARCH 6, 1925, —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. EW BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending l l ,933 Feb, 28th ... PRICE THREE CEN' PLANES CRASH 4000 FEET IN STOFCHEL PERNITS VERBAL BRICKBATS AZR; PILOTS LEAP TO SAFETY $ NEW GAS STATION Twelith School District in Bris- fol Has Stormy Meeting WO TIE VOTES REGORDED: Neighbors Become Enemies in Vitrolic. Exchange of Repartee— | Fight Improve School Facilities, Ensues Over Project to (Spectal to the Herald.) Bristol, March 6.—Literally “cast- ing a bone in the teeth” of Stat School Inspector Oscar Fitzsimmons and the local board of education, by the refusal last night to take any action in regard to the improvement of conditions at the I'all Mountain the “fighting twelfth” dis- Three hours of battling ang bickering at the special meeting 6% the district, when neighbor insulted neighbor | and voters were continially called | out of order by Chairman Howard And s, failed to bring any de- cision. A half hour of voting by ballot resulted twice in ties of 20 each when the question of erection of an | addition to the present schoo! was being acted upon. A motion to ad- journ was not even'unanimous as nothing was in harmony at the| | session except a concerted effort by several oliques to keep discord abrewing, so it scemed to visitors. Even after the gathering was ad- journed, the pros and cons of build- ing were heatedly discussed and ehded only after Chairman Andrews had wrenched himself away the meeting hall in the Fall Mont Bungalow and had started for home. Homeward bound, the attendants at the meeting exchanged compliments in from | | Sun Antonlo | When two Kelly fleld lided in mid-air about 4,000 feet jumped from the in parachutes, landing safe after the burning planes, wing in wing, crashed to carth. Texas, March planes at an ele | today, fleld, were the pilots. With the 6.— | ception col- | ation of both pilots wrecked maghines | y soon locked Second Lieutenant C. D, MacC |lister and Cadet C. A. Lindberg of the advanced flying school of Kelly ex- of a.fow minor scratches neither was hurt. This s the first time in that two pilots have leaped different ships after a collision and history from | Use of Parachutes Saves Lives of Two Army Aviators ‘GOGS Over Head of Board of | At Kelly Field—Both Machines Tumble in Mass of Flames ! Public Works 'SITE ON WEST MAIN STREET Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Signs Document Favorable to Drs, landed without fatal injury. | Under the command of First| D, W. and J, J. O'Connell and | Lieutenant T. W. Blackburn, ad-| _ | vanced students flying in 9-ship| Standard Oil Company, pursult formation, attack work on a DH-4-8 plane driven by Lieutenant R. L. | Maughan. COL. FECHET NOMINATED TO SUCCEED GENERAL MITCHELL i&ppomtee Fnhsted el WEST VIREINIA MINE ‘ Private in Spanish | Was Wounded at San | Juan and Has Worked His Way Up to Present | | Position. | 1 | Washington, March 6.—The name |of Colonel James E. Fechet }!h'- war department's choice to su [ceed Brigadier ;Miw)\cll, General was sent to the White House today as William assistant chief of the air unvarnished terms, | service, whose public utterances in | some of which went into the inner-|the controversy over alr power have most secrets of the lives of Old Structure Condemned. The meeting had been ly condemned by State Fitzsimmons, who soundly the lack of ventilation, scored lighting anc d after | Ta |the old structure had been practical- | his suc Inspector | étary Weeks has not yet decided on | several wee | General Mitchell will revert to the the day rank of colonel on or April 27, takes office, but § 2 new assignment for him. That he the | kept official Washington on edge for signing 1| Would not be retained in his present | McCormick left his entire estate of other drawbacks of the present builg | POSt: however, had been known for | upwards of $2,000,000 to his widow, ling, which one voter declared had | ¢Veral davs. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, for her lifetime. Mrs. McCormick was | named sole executrix and co-trustee | with Viece president Charles D. 1 Dawes. The will was filed today. i The property, upon the death on Mrs. McCormicic, is to be dl\vdod‘ equally among the three children, | Katrina, John Medill and }Ilizuhmh( Ruth McCormick, when the son reaches the age of 36 years unless | Mrs, McCormick directs otherwise b}" swill, i | Mr. MeCormick died suddenly February 25 in Washington. The selection of Vice President | Dawes as a co-trustee was by the will as follows: “‘Because of his life friendship for | my father-In-law, Marcus A. Hanna, | and my wife,” As Medill McCormick under the special attentfon of his grandfather, Joseph Medill, who founded the Chicago Tribune, 8o | Senator McCormick, by his will, urg- | Colonel R. R.| McCormick, co-editor of the Tribune, | was reared | | exercise supervision for the senator's son. No bequests to charitable or other | public purposes were made, the will | states “Because during my lifetime | at the instance and under the guid- ance of my wife, T have contributed ! |to such purposes, and T expect my ! wife $o to do, more wisely than I| could by my will.” due to natural causes | cational The ta new addition to the old one did not | time New Haven, March 6.—John R, |Will was executed November 4, 1922. | matter, |fights of the years past, aimost like | journment was taken, without {ing accomplished the business, been “good enough for 40 years. Another told of a floor, which had | been laid 20 years earlier, The board (»f eduecation, in presenting the objec- |tions of the state inspector to the present facilitios of tha distriet, in- formed the schgol meeting in a letter that compliance. with the suggested !signed as air service officer on the | How this 'staft of the Lonmv.lndnnl of the sixth Convict It is believed | signed in accord- | shes, although for- | changes must be made, yw.u to be donejwas not the concern (of the board, according to state- ments made by Chairman Andrew in telling of his talks with the ed officlals. A new school or as long as either structure [fulfilled the state requirements, so explained |the chairman said’ that lie had been | ¢nt of the independent | informed. That anything but a harmonions ession would be held was easily ob- served when the district voters gath- ered shortly before 8 o’clock. The o the feuds of Kentucky, although meetings of district had confined to wordy vendettas, {below the surface, Andrews Named Chairman District Chalrman Howard drews went head first into an torical typhoon, which swept and roared for the next three lhours, ora- | when he called the mecting toge H er at 8:30 o'clockk For it was n 11:30 o'clock when the vote for ad- hav Senate Must Conform ‘The nomination of Colonel Feche who is now commanding the air ad- | vance 0 flying school at must be confirmed by Fher eneral Leen intimations Mitchell desired to he as- corps Chicago. that he will be & ance with his w Kelly field, the | that mal erders to that effect are not ex- pected to be his change in status occurs. | Mitchell's Faults ued until about the General Mitchell, as chief expon- air force |theory of natio defense, disclosed himself during the nt congres- sional inv ation to be completely out of harmony with war depart- !ment and administration policy on nearly all matters affecting the air his testin he rpiy criticised both the war and navy de rtments with relation to |air servi cretary | Weeks and his taken (Conllu\lcd on Pagt 23.) (SAVIN ROCK RESORTS | VISITED BY POLICE for | whi mecting had been called. | N tels Raided, 13 genator McCormick did not own | ich the mecting ha .| Nine Inns and Hotels Raided, 1 Gales of oratory, biting sarcasm, and [stock in the Chicago Tribune, his at- Al | Mot AIAREI e Women | veiled insults and some not so |torneys said, although he formerly |\ : 5 | velled, followed the chairman’s as- . was president of the company and ; sl Arrested . sumption of the gavel, Upon callir editor and publisher of the Tribune | FHMPHON Of the Eave, UPOh callne ol oo . beforeitielwanfelected tofotice MFA [ERNI SIRE R [E ST S e O R N on ; |codicil provided for disposal of any | {1°" 2D arsts M HORLS eI nd LT e TGN R T oM | ination as were Frank A. Wood and ! town court here | Tribune stock which might come te | ;i - | D. Clark Hare. Calls for a check- | of a series ¢ the senator from the estate of hig| - TS (ol TR O ot S | mother, Mrs. Robert Sanderson M- (it S OILYAE DAL ulot jor 25 police of 4 4 : | arose almost Immedlately and when [at Savin Cormick, who, survives her son. ; i s the smoke cleared away, it Was | inns and were i on ch found that Mr. Andrews had re of violation of the lguor law and Mr. Hare none. Accordingly Mr. |iy house was arrested together w | Andrews took the helm and rocky |several inmates arg charg C. M. Sheafe In Charge of New|were the seats thereafter, Mrs, | Clark Hare acted as « 1 poli Haven Road Legal Department.| meoting and helped materially i Will Have Headquarters in N, Y, | 5cParating the “sheep from 1] L | Bo&ts" as far as the voters of the New Haven, Viee-Pres- | district were cone or Ralph Mastri, { ident E. G. Bu , In charge of | cept those with the purest o Thil Paro, I the legal department of the | dentlals cast his vot s H. & H. railroad, today ced| Plans for an ad > o at C. M. She , Jr., g ief- | about $3,500 wr v Miss Wm tor, would hereafter have at| Amy Clark, repre bui Harry the Grand Central términal, New | ing committee, whic & York, instead of this city, taking| previous r W charge of all legal matters in that| BlEine y rritory. | 1d comply w state | House W. L. Barnett and N. § | regulations and based her estimate Joseph ham have been appointed | of the cost on approximate figures | was charged with K S general counsel w of contractors. who 1 1t house se a prospective plans. H cquabble |aileged breact t All of these off will report to| started when it was s hat place {nclud B s B. 1. Spock, genera nsel present site did r r enough | Charies Gozopat of West Another announcement today was| g aca u . at the room | Ma 80 X | the appointment of G. E. Ter was insufficient Arthur Dube | E \ superintendent tered by ving. uy more | of T s fon t ent in connectic E Wh v ; said | pla i Y =l uth: a ' and | These Inciu 1 Faithfal Watch Dog Found | » mucknnie 1o the o | some of ) ver {nternational’ bal- | (-ualdll\k‘ Master s Bod‘ | e Offers ,vr 1and d Harry 8| .«'1‘;\,' y 'v e 5 Danbury, Marc Y »ody of | L] 3 ‘7 odore Pulas e ‘ ok hatli t 14 Robert Wilson, about 65 years on = " | was found in a cottage at Lake Ken- | . | to Get osia, a few miles west of this city, 2 {Postal Empleyes to G last night. The man came here r i ————+| Back Pa\ hum Jan. 1st cently from Bridgeport, to be | ot 4 caretaker of the cottage, which is THE WEATHER y"“ ‘\ R Thaay R ROaty the summer home of Charles P, B P SE "“ o g Flemming, proprietor of the Atlan- For New Britain and vicin- will recel et tic hotel, Bridgeport. He was last ty: Unsettled tonight: Satur- Ma 14 an a ‘v\ seen alive Monday night. When the day fair, not much change in ring the Increased i | body was found it was being watched || temperatare: ".\.w\;‘ over by the man's dog. Death was active to o NEN ASHED TO STRIKE Union and Non-Union Workers Included in April 1 Call Mont, W. Va., March §,—All union and non-union miners in the north- cern West Virginia coal fields will be asked to strike on April 1, it was as- | erted today by Van A. Bittner, gen- eral representative of the United | | Mine Workers in this district. Union men have been on strike in northern West ot ment and the present strike call will in non-union mines, “The miners’ organization carefully prepared plans this strike effective,” “and it is the launching of the real Bittner said. |offensive to organize every coal mine were practicing Virginia since the the Jacksonville agree- be directed chiefly at men working has to make sald Bittner, Disregarding a recommendation of | the local board of public works, dlate Commissioner of Motor Ve- | hicles Robbins B. Stoeckel today |signed a permit for the Installation of a gasoline filling station at 398- 599 West Main street, which is the properly of Drs, D, W, and J, J. 1 O'Connell. The new filling station will be occupied by the Standard Oll Co. under a one year lease with priv- ilege of purchase after that time, Attorney George W. Brady car- | ried the case of Drs. O'Connell and the Standard Oil Co. to the s of - ficial's office after the local publie works board had emphatically re- fused to place its stamp of approval on the site, This is the first in- * stance of a refusal by the motor vehicles commissioner to abide by the wishes of the publie works board. Property Owners Objected Charles P. McCarthy who now conducts a gasoline filling atation and automobile accessory business on the site, recently completed ne- gotlations for taking over a plot of land and buildings next east of 898 | West Main street, He plans to in- | stall a “drive-in” station. His ap- | plication was heard and approved as the public works board was anxious to eliminate the present curb pump. When the O'Connell application came in, February 10, a hearing was held, Property owners in that neighborhood objected to granting the permit and after an investiga- tion it was reported unfavorably. Judge Bernard I'. Gaffney, James' North, Frank H. Johnston and cthers were put on record as op- posed to the O'Connell site. Under an agreement made with the auto- t {in northern West Virginla. There | 1oyt commissioner last year, the can be no doubt that the men Work- | nupiie works board submitted ft§ ing in the no-union mines Will re-| recommendation that no permit he |spond to the strike call.” | 1ssued; 5 | Since the powers of the public | OFFIGE m PR]SON | works board are limited to recom- | mendation, Attorney Brady argued |his case before Commissioner’ | Stoeckel. in Maryland Penitentiary | ness Just the Same, Jaltimore, March deteetives are investigating Lusiness activities of Bert M. Mor- gan, convict at the tentiary his enterprises trom prison. With the cousent and approval of Warden Sweezey, day Mo he n, who is serving tence for obtaining money under false representations, has Leen carrying on a mail and advertising business Morgan says has net 000 in the last three years. Morgan is said also to maintain | the offices in a downtown office build- | approved finally by em- | for | wages prompted an investigation by former them of owed Complaints that he ing. plo polic BUS LINES TO START Worcester to Hartford Route Wil Formally Open Tomorrow Under Supreme Court Ruling. Wo March motor bus fr d Hart ester, da Said to Be Conducting His Busi- | C—Baltimore the it was learned to- a five- Object to Corbin Ave. Station Opposition to issuance of a permit | for a gasoline filling station at the | junction of Corbin avenue and | Steele street will be offered by the | board of education because the site is near the plot on which the board |18 planning the erection of a new Maryland peni- | | building. who has been conducting | Ernest Baehr, who has applied | for the permit, is awaiting the de- | cision of the city and state depart- ments through which such applica- tlons must pass and no action will be taken at least until after next Tuesday evening when the board of order | public works receives the applica- which | tion, d him $35,- [ will follow. An inspection by that board The building, police and fire departments must pass on request first and it must be the commis- sioner of motor vehicles. The filling station site is in prox- imity to the plot purchased several vears ago for a school location. e school committee feels gasoline ling stations create hazards in the form of fire risks, increased traffie, ete,, and also disturb classes by at- tracting automobiles, the stopping, starting, racing of motors and shift-. ing of gears causing distractions from study. Chairman P. F. King of the school committee will bring the matter be- fore his board for discussion at a meeting on March 13. It it s found that action is to be taken be- suprome court | fore that date, he will ask the state or city | necessary authority from, members vent busses| Ofthe committee to appear before e o commerce, | the board of public works and re- will leave here at 9 o'clock tomor- | TONSt row. Simultaneously, a bus win| o ——————— leave Hartford for this city, also go- ()’Sullivan of Conn., Only ay of Spr 1. The run- re : 3 or it O e e ttle over twa | ONE to Witness Exhibition time wi v Wor anc Poucfimfififims GUILTY Springficld Bluecoat Admits Fatal shooting of Woman When raigned on Manslaughter Count v visite ¥ morning and 1s will be sente Ambassador to Spain w. ~Alexande P. Moo to Spain ¢ Presid odbye, He i1 nds York, Marc} 21, to es at Madrid |brief rest at Atlantic City and spen |some time in New York Ar- \Ial\mz His Farewells r [a) rtress Monr Va., March ¥ one member of congress waf today 1o witness the open- tests of anti-alrcraft guns ad by the war department as 10 bitter controversy ed in the house over lue of aircraft in war. septative O'Sullivan of Con a member of the houst aft committee came from W ane but his colteagu a“l house, who ha iled to put in an ap har senate nvited, Hundre-d Mine ;\ifectcd By Fumes From Shal Springfield, Ill, March 6.—On indred men were overcome toda by black damp at the Peabody eoa | min at Riverton. Nine werv Lrought to a hospital, here, jbu! physicians said they would recover Several scc fellow workers receiy ed medical attention at their homes. , The formation of the black damp followed a faulty explosion of a shof \ursday in which injured. in the mine one man was seriously w FORBES ASKS APPEAL. ago, March 6.—~Application a writ of error on behaif of Coly °s R. Forbes, former head off S. veterans’ bureau recentiyt 1 guilty with John W. Thomps« of conspiracy, was filed in fed& today. Forbes' counstl r i d court J | seeks to appeal to the U. & r\rflll‘( | o~art of appesia