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

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 0’Meara Points Laws of Body Forbid Beer Resolution Adopted. Building Trades Council in This City didates to Be Supported. Newspapers and newspapermen, uding the Associated Press, came for criticlsm at the opening of third day of the 40th annual onvention of the Connecticut Fed- e deliberations of the convention were being handled too much in detail. A suggestion by John J. Mec- Gowan, New England representa- ive of the International Typograph- ical union, that reporters be barred from the hall was overruled by Presldent O'Mera, who said that the constitution requires that the press be admitted to conventions, Mr. McGowan suggested that re- porters and others be kept out of the meetings unless they with the federation, A motion was made by John W Murphy, president of the board of aldermen of the city of New Haven, that the press committee, Mr. McGowan is chairman, be au- thorized to request newspapersmen not to report discussions on the floor. he motion as put by President | ara was that the press commit- censor news hefore publication The criticism was provoked by ers carrying full report of the remarks by delegates yesterday on the by-laws requiring the wearing of union labels when attending con- ons. 'he convention adopted a resolu- tion authorizin committee of five 10 discuss with the Connectlcut com- iny the erection of a building to se motor busses by non-union la- or and to take up the question of nture contracts. Tribute to Labor Leaders The convention stood for one min- rte in silent tribute to the memory eri- of the late president of the Am of Danbury. A resolution a ht wines and beer and ihlishiment of government houses where liquor would vensed, “a limited quantity presumed to be for medicinal poses,” was adopted. hree large baking vore declared to be monopolies” and the delegates werc urged in a tion to patron only label, A resolution was adopted king for the return for the be dis- to he pur- resolu to en- dorse the didacy of labor noen for the le ture. The resolution carrled with it a recommendation at where men in the labor ranks elected to the general assembly who cannot affcvd (o give their time for the saary paid by the stale the federation make up the differenc hetween at the state pays and men ilar salary. Ald For Buildi Trades Here. The federation will use its efforts | effecting a building trades tawards of the conncil in the parent organization, in mpatgn ates wers resum- from the print- nnion of Bridge that conditions cration, a label gu Reparts of delr a lega n ¢1 when a ing and p port repor it up and a charter ired for St 1 Morale of Strikers Unshaken ported good from by Businees was e pattern Toxtile mantle report am fit- Willi- 3 six months strike makers d 3 €1l n prog Finan Eut the morale of the strik ehaken. The strike will continue & s ort 15 given the strikers T\l;, typographical union of Hart ford that the Hartford ' Times only union newspaper in the eity. The Hartford local has 145 members, most of whom are mployed by the Tim The New Haven typographi 1l reported that there are four nlon newspapers in that rity, two arge commereial jobs sho and ¥ e-veral smaller #10ps Mr. McGowan. reperted that the {BR' American magazine, Colliers' and the €iturday Evening Post are non union Non-Union Gavel Used At the session vesterday afte liscovered by W. ( international vice president clay and brickmaker's union President O'Meara had opened convention with a non union made gavel, The difficulty was remedied immediately by Mr. Pratt present- ng the convention with a gavel which he said was made unioen hop. Discussion on Use of Lahel The section of the constitution re- aniring delegates to conventions to ave at five union lab thefr weuring apparel forme: Pratt of the that it in a least s on | the (Continued on Page 13) throughonut the state we hod. A new leeal has b estallished in | Tiartford, the Meriden loral has been It—Light Wines and to Be Re-| organized — Labor Can- | ration of Labor at Judd's hall this | morning, when delegates, particu- larly those connec with the printing industry, complained that | affiliated ! |Funds to Be Provided at| of which ! STATE LABOR HEAD BLOCKS ATTEMPT TO BAR PRESS AT . CONVENTION SESSIONS h Out Demand for Good Fur Hits Danbury Health Hat Maker Declares Bobbed hair has caused an in- creased demand for hats accord- Ing to a delegate from the U nited Hatters of Danbury at the state tederation of labor today. This delegats was opposed to the Dan- bury trade school, which he said was advertising for students, Health conditions In the hat factorles were reported as bad. Mercurfal poisoning fs afflicting many of the workers it was re- ported “If conditions continue we will have to do something drastic,”” the delegatc reported. He sald some men are losing their teeth and others are suffer- Ing from nervous troubles due to mercurial polsoning, made neces- sary by the use of inferlor grades of fur in hats, All the good fur belng import- ed into the country is being used as trimming for women's gar- ments, he reported. “When a girl thinks she has a nice sealskin border around her skirt she might only be getting rabbit,"” said the delegate. | BELVIDERE FIRE HOUSE STEP NEARER REALITY Meeting of Finance Board ps will be taken at a me ting jof the board of finance and taxa- |tion Monday evening to provide |fungs for a new fire station in Bel- videre, the purchase bleachers for Willow of additional Brook park athletic field, and for an addition to the slaughter house at the town | farm, Senator Edward I. Hall, chair- {man of the board, conferred today iwith Mayor A, |made arrangements for the meeting. M. Paonessa The fire station and slaughter ’mum) raised five years, but the park appropria- {tion must come out of taxation or {bond sales. van Federation of Labor, Samuel Giompers the late U. S, Senator Robert M. La Tl ., and to the | memory of the late Patrick Ginty | Principal L. P. Slade of the Senior | | High school wrote Mayor Paonessa |today calling attention to store- | the ex- | pected big crowds at the Hartford- New Britain footbull game next month and asked that steps be compantes | 04,1008 for 1,4 “lahor-hating 1 N |troller Hanford I. bakery goods showing the union | re-organization | | Hartford. taken, if possible to accommodate bigger crowds in the stands. Last | year 8,000 witnessed this game in The stands have accom- ) persons. Studying further the condition of the cit emergency tund, Comp- the requirements for appointment o one additional regular patrolman in the police department, and for the purchase of two runabouts for the |detectives and night street sergeants. Action on the purchasc and |pointment was held up this week |because the comptroller feared there not a balance sufficient to meet outlay, Mr. the |at during his absence withdrawals from | the emergency fund had reduced that account to such an extent that ‘hr felt it unwise to permit further New Britain | The Connecticut Te tion will | co-operate with the American Fed- | withdrawalg until assured there was a sufficient amount te meet t or he common colncil has author- the use of emergency funds for [these purposes and tha comptroller will today notify the police commission GOVERNOR CALLS Hartford, Sept STAFF 10 (A-—Governor {John H. Trumbull will be an official | Pratt | the | i | guest in Springfield 20 and 21 adintant Mass., on Sept. .« and in orders from the general's office today his to report to him at Hotel Kimball at 4 p. m. on the 20th for escort duty both is y davs and | {house addition will be built out of | through the issuance iur notes payable over a period of | Curtis has found | {there is a balance sufficient to meet It p- {Knapp, Curtls had been 1! | his home for several weeks and ! i - E: Vv /b e AR l‘ AT o VATIONS 250 ENTIAL S 'b b ey unamberlam Wins Applause by S0 Stating ASSEMBLY AT GENEVA British Foreign Secretary Outlines Reasons for Refusal of Nation to Agree to Peace Protocol—Mosul Plebiscite Not Acceptable, Geneva, Sept. 10 (A—Addressing the assembly of the league of na- tions today, the British foreign sec- retary, Austen Chamberlain, aroused applause at the very outset when he declured there had been a distinct growth of international interest in the league and, what was more im- portant, a distinct growth in th |league's authority, He immediately launched lmu [ discussion of the reasons for Great Britain's rejection of the peace pro- tocol drawn up at the last assembly. The protocol, he said, obscured and destroyed the balance of the league |covenant and emphasized too much the punishment for going to war rather than prevention of wars. Moral sanctions are greater than those of force, declared Mr, Cham- berlain in criticism ‘of the protocol, which he believed was oo ambi- tlous. He did not deny the neces- sity of penalties against an aggressor state but was convinced that moral sanctions would act more surely and i |sue of the conflict. The entire world was unanimous regarding the goal to be attained; (‘\e dlfferences were merely as |the means of attainment. Britaln's Aim “Great Britain,” he continued, “believes we should ‘begin I modestly provided in the Geneva protocol. |Our aim is to promote peace firmly. |to abolish war it we can; If not, t rendec it difficult to make war, and |to give time to the friends of peace [to make thelr infinence felt pronounce their verdict on the side of justice.” The speaker then came out }mu(vnmn_\v in favar of agreemen Germany | un- like thaf proposed with the as most practica! {Continued on Page 18) BEAUTY CONTESTANTS WITHDRAW FROM RACE [Threat of Amateurs to Quit Has Desired Result at Mlantlc City | Atlantic City, N. J., Sept, 10 (P)— Miss Dorothy Knapp and Miss Kath- ryn Ray, New York show girls, whose appearance as Miss Manhat- Mn and Miss Coney Island in the |national beauty tournament now in progress here threatened its disrup- tion, today voluntarily withdrew from the contest. In letters to the pageant commit- |tee announcing their withdrawal {they declared that they had taken the step rather than embarrass the Pageant management, “It was my belief that the public desited sheer beauty,” wrote Miss “regardless of the occupa- tion of the contestant, but I have ‘come to the conclusion that it is 'more desirable that the pageant honors shall be awarded to an ama- teur, and hope that this will form the precedent for the future. I also ibelleve that all other professlonals in the contest should withdraw. Withdrawai of the two New York contestants about whom the “bat- tle of the beauties” has raged for the past month, will lead to the re- {entry of Miss Mildred Walker (Miss Pittsburgh) and Miss Mary Ann | Guth (Miss Erie) who withdrew ves- |terday, according to M. D. Crandall | thelr manager. Crandall's ultimatum to the pa- geant management was that unless | Miss Knapp and Miss Ray withdrew voluntarily or were disqualified hy noon today Miss Pittsburgh and Miss Erfe would depart for thelr homes {at once. Other young women from |Pennsylvania towns were reported to have supported their stand and were likewise prepared to leave Threat To ‘Break’ Brickyard Owners | Unlgss Tihey Surrender To Strikers |Organization Prepared to| Fight Indefinitely, Vice- President Pratt Say No Peace Imminent. | If they don't come through we'll break them,” stated Willlam C. Vice-president of the National Clay Workers' unien, today, when asked if any settlement of the brick strike in Berlin appears imminent Mr. Pratt expressed confidence that the strike will be in the hands of |the union and inferred that the or- ganization is prepared to fight the manufacturers for years if necessary. The situation in Berlin continues about the same as it has been since the strike started. State policemen hired several of the {yards for the purpose of protecting property, it being stated today that one yard has about six state officers have been at on the grounds to prevent strikers from communicating with the strike | breakers. | The union officials representing |the organization as a whole are | watchtunly waiting. No atcion has been taken by them, except to send home all strike breakers possible, It was estimated today by Mr. Pratt {that about 500 men have been re- |turned to their homes in various parts of the country at the expense |of the organfzation. The manufacturers have declined to discuss the matter, referring qu | tions to the secretary of the Con- | necticut Brick Manufacturers' asso- clation, Several attempts to get in touch with the wsecretary, have brought forth the nformation that he was not in his office. It is sald that the Berlin manu- facturers are bringing in laborers from all parts of the count¥y. The { union has combatted this method of securing labor and has stopped the n the long run would decide the fs- | to | more | to achieve peace than is | and | regional | counted by the police after prelimi- BRITAIN NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT THURQDAY SEPTEMBER 10 19 o.—EIGHTEEN PAGES DYING BURGLAR RETURNS BLIND WOMAN'S WATCH Chicago, Sept. 10 (P—A year ago burglars entered the home of E. F. Debower, president of the Amerfean Academy of Letters, through a kitchen window and stole jewelry, Including a special- ly made wrist watch that en- abled Mrs. Debower, who s blind, to tell the time. There was sald to be only one other watch like it In Chicago. Tuesday night the same kitch- en window was ralsed and a package pushed through. It con- tained the watch and this note: “Jem Connors is dieing, want you to have this and pray for him. HIS PAL." The watch strike: the hours and quarter hour and is valued at $100, 'PATRICK SCANLAN DIES N HIS SLEEP Found Dead in Bed in East Main Street Honse LIVED IN CITY FORTY YEARS Medical Examiner Says Heart Fail- ure and Advanced Age Caused | Britain and for the past 10 familiar figure at the Russel & Er- win gatehouse, was found dead In bed this morning in his rooming | for the 30 oy after preparing his dinner coming day went to bed. About § this morning., Mrs. Elizabeth R Waterman Lyon & declared that Mr. of heart failure been dead some discovered, Mr. Scanlan had always been in the best of health, according to those who knew him best, ast sum- mer when he was overcame by the heat. Since then he had frequently suffered from dizzy spells. Until Tast | summer ho had lived wth his niece, Mrs, Mary Garvey, of Main street, removing to his present address in ved, Dr, Lyon Scanlan had died nd old age and had | T eight hours when | June, | Mr. Scanlan was born in Tre 1:\1:\1“ but came to this country when a young man, settling in New Britain 40 years ago. His wife has been dead i (Cm‘thmm] on Page 15) OF MURDERED MAN“ Intrigued by Blood l)rip-z‘ ping From Car She Inspects Interior | Hackensack, N. J,, Sept. 10 (®— Louls Scarpa, owner of Moonachi Manor was killed by a bullet through | the head while srated in an automo- bile in front of the home of Mayor | Frank Gerardi, of Moonachl early | today. [ A .45 caliber shell was found on | the right running hoard of the ecar | although first examination of v!v-i body indicated that the bullet had | entered his head on the left side. | Police said th a carpa opened an | seat Scarpa was 26 vears old and un- | married. Theories that the slaying might have resulted from rum run- | ning activities or that the motive | might have been robbery were dis- | i i influx from Maine and from points south, it is sald. Mr. Pratt has been J|n charge of the work in this sec- tion for some time, tonight and Friday | A | — h commission’s a concrete proposal asked wh ritory was included in the western.! The chairman also asked him why that | of fretght cars, in OF ONECO “ESIDE\“ Oneco, Sept. 10 (A—Myriads of tiny gnats flying in clouds have set residents of this section to sneezing tho past few days, giv- ing rise to a prevalence of what seemed to be “summer colds" with characteristics of hay fever. Many of those who suffer also have a cough which lasts for a day or longer, and many develop slight fever and have restless nights. The gnat nuisance ap- pears to be the only explanatio: as a person can scarcely avold breathing In the {nsects when these are flying. RAILROAD RATES {RE 0PPOSED! {Hearing Before Interstate Com- merce Gommission BUSINESS REPORTED 600D Investors Runnngz Western Trans- portation Units for Nothing, it Is Stated, Burden Termed “Baby on Doorstep.” Chicago, Sept. 10 (M—The rallroad rate burden was termed a “baby of Death of Octogenarian—Was Gate | ‘0 doorstep” by both Chairman Ciyde B. Aitchison, of the interstate Tender At R. & E. Plant, commerce commission, and W. H. | Bremner, receiver for the Minneap- Patrick Scanlan, §0, for more| olis & S, Louls Railway IT than 40 years a resident of Chairman Aftchison charged that the roads had left the doorstep,” and Mr.| mner replivd that previously the ommission had posited it on the| house, 59 Kast Main street. D of the railroads. Mr, Scanlan came home last night Mr. Bremner, testifylng today in apparently in the b alth and | the hearing on the western carriers’ petition for te advanc a five per cent 'leiR‘Y‘ asserted that without rate reductions order- | ed by the commission since 1920, his at whose home he was rooming, went into Mr, Scanlan’s room to|road would not now be in receiver- wash his towels and found the body. | ship. He added that eecurity holders, She notified the police and Officer | of the road were virtually devoting| Strolls hurried to the house a |[rh~xr investment to public service| shortly after Medical Examiner | Without compensation. Advance in Rates, rman Aitchison asked RrrmA; rer why his company had not offered for relief. and v the Mountain-Pacific ter- he had not taken advantage of rate increases permitted in Minnesota. Bremnan answered that he had in- creased passenger rates avd ajeo had somewhat advanced freight rates within Minnesota, but added: “In our entire territory we can- not advance our frelght rate if our competitors do not advance theirs.” H. R. Am Aishton, 1 Railway association, said thus far this year the rallroads had far eeded all records for for the past 14 years. He leaves| ! xceed nine nieces, Margaret, Annfe, Kittle | handling carload freight and had and Maizie Scanlan and Cella Cle lone it with the greatest economy nd efficiency. At the same time 're had been at all thmes a surplus he added. Conditions Good. Tending to show that the inter- tion 0 of 1922 that the raliroads look “efficiency and economy in oper- wion,” offers no solution of the prob- ems of the western roads, President t. H. Aishton of the American Rail- association deseribed the condi-! (Continued on Page 13) ITEST OF STATELAW ON VISITING VENDORS New Haven Salesmen, Arrested Here, Appeal Fine Ruling that the itinerant vendors | ct on the statute books includes | William P. McCue after a complaint was received by the police that the wn were selling aluminum ware, onirg boards, flat irons and dinner ots at homes in the east side of the Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods morning introduced a number ATy inyeatigations Y at Sear. |07 hOusevives from thut section of No liquor was'discovered at Bear- |ty city to ahow the ‘mannet. in pa’s roadhouse. nor was there any | (11 he % on were made in his car. On the body a diamond | " 1" yuronse clatmed that the law :if,: 1:\?::4““:\ ::,“:r{‘ (,‘,‘"q:‘:r““ Y |the men were charged with violat- 2 i SEATI 4id not pertain to them, as they room revealed that he was corre- | sponding with at least 12 women, |N°'® TePresentatives of a legally ;fwm F(,, whom police satd were | "S1ADIIShed firm that has been doing TRariien i 5 business in the state for several ‘Tr-o woman who reported the 128 Tt was claimed that the act slaying was Mrs. Antony TFongor- |3°3!t only with vendors from out- manl. Sko told police that the car |S'de the state who located in this was standing in the middle of the |S!ate for a short period Atty street with both doors open and | McCarthy attempted to show that Scarpa's body slumped over the |°Ven though the agents. working for wheel. the Consolidated Gas Tron Co. of w Haven, delivered an article and % * epted cash for it, the sale was | 1 |not consummated here, but In New | THE WEATHER | {Haven wheie all trarsactions of | { | agents must be approved. Hartford, Sept. 10—Forecast | | In making his dccision. Judes | for New Britain and viclnity: | |Hung-rford sald that he wanted it Unsettled. probably showers erstood that the -ding of guilty th- ease In no way was a reflec- ARRIVES AT CAPITAL “baby on the | { Washington at president of the| warned him |told him to COOLIDGE TRAIN Presidential Party Finds Con- Siderable Heat in Washington IN GALE CABINET MEETS TOMORROW | o TRV EE FEET OF WATER o et L INNEW YORK SUBNAY Take Up Official Duties at Onoe— Son Goes to Northamptan. New York, Sept. 10. (P—The tratn | carrying President and Mrs. Coolidge from ping Traffic in Tube for 24 Blocks to Washington stopped ten minntes in the Pennsyl- vanfa station this morning, president did not |e the train pulled out at standard time, ho was ha fast with Mrs. Coolidgo ai nator Willlam M. Butler of Massachusetts in a dining car that 1 ed Swampscott It it New York, Sept, 10 (P —Five feet of water flowed into the west side ubway tube between $0th and 90th frain. As| ng break | the | il streets, under Broadway, today when a 36-Inch water main broke a block d been a before the station was reached, jaway. All train service between V. H. Egan, veteran Pennsylvania {72nd and 96th streets was stopped statlon master who has arranged for and officials belleved the tie-up the arrival and departure of notables, was the only person greet- ed by the president, 1, standing ! Iwould last until the afternoon. hough the water main break occurred fn West End avenue, at on the station platform, doffed his | e e e 24 hat and bowed. The president smiled s of water found a subterra- and refurhed the how. A¥’ the'traln | £ (58 0C WAIEE JORNC & Aubierras pulled out he waved to Egan. ERIAC os ‘ 3 nnel under Broadway. Fireand subway apparatus was d to clear the tube. Police re- serves were ordered on duty at the five subway stations within the flooded area. Probably 400,000 pere sons were affected by the tie-up. | This was the second time that subways have been flooded within he pust two months. In July the y tunnel between midtown | n and Queens was closed to The only persons on the platform at which the presidential train stop- ped were newspaper mer photog- raphers and secret sarvics men, . a 1 Mrs, Coolidge spent the on the observation with Senator Butler n Sunders. They com- pleted breakfast after leaving ow York. The president read care- fully the morning papers. The special train ning somewhat ahead of schedule, assur- g the exceutive almost a full after- oon in which to get settled ag at the White House. Only trainmen ar gers were the stations at York and Philadelphia where sary operating stops were made. Arrives at Washington, | president’s train reached | 18 p. m. after an from Salem, Mass., | capital squirming and in compa Secretar; soon was being flooded after a break in water main at Fifth avenue Forty-sccond street. - poured into the cellars of over & wile area. In the la apartments in S4th street ater at one time attained helght of 14 foet. When the large water malns were turned off, the water in the subway tunnel fell to only a few Inches. a a few passen- | neces- a The overnight run and found the | . o miasumer. (" ! ARREQT FIVE YOUTHS waitmg at Crion station 1o arivo e | FOR THROWING BAD EGGS president and his wife immediately | to the executive mansion. Thera Mr. Coolidge turned to the accumulation of national problems which Is promlsing him a erowded (Continued on Page Fifteen) thing Concerning Murder of Mrs. Cook as saylng these boys were members of the gang which rotten-egged the home of Mrs. Myrtle Cook, W. T. U. president, Besides Swartbaugh, those arrested were Louls Gilchrist, Pete Tritten, George Thomas and Walter Long. Coroner C. L. Midlin sald that youths were not taken in con- tlon with the slaying but they were arrested in the hope that th might supply information which | Four Armed Men Solect‘ Registered Sacks From Load: Warn Driver Winona, Minn., ne bandits held up wagon early today, 10 (B~ Winona Five mail Sept. a tied the messen- would lead to a clew. Warrants ger's hands and feet with wire and | ore aiso fssued for two other gagged him and then after selecting | vouthg in connection with the egg- the four registered inafl po es out of between 50 and 60 bags, headed towards the twin cities in an auto- mobile, throwing incident. ‘THREE HOMERS IN ROW The messenger, Henry W post oftice. When abont three blocks from the depot, five men inter- cepted him, led him Into an ailey gainst any outery and ke orders.” two men covered the mes- | sengers with guns, one tied Wilifams | Bob Mcusel, Ruth and Gehrig Get Circuit Clouts in Yankee- While Athletic Battle Philadelphia, Sept. 10 (M —Suc- securely with wire. He then forced to lto on the ground, face CCSsive home runs were made by |downward. Meanwhile, the two Bob Mcusel, Babe Ruth and Lou others were scatfering the mall bags | Gehrig of the Yankees in the fourth hurriedly about the gronnd search- |inning of the first game of a double- account in a Carlstadt bank vester- |rcpresentatives of well established [Ing for rogistered pou header with the Athleties today. day for $140, and that the automo- | firms who go into neighboring cities| With the four registered mall [Gray was piteh ngm the time bile In which his body was found |selling goods, Judge William . |pot the lits fled in an itspaniicusals AAIh Homejransat formerly belonged to A. 1. Weldon, | Hungerford found six New Haven |tomobile. T A, A O DHBLEEE ) of New York. men guilty of violating the act in| Pestmaster F. T Hicks doubted [in this inning and it was tho first | Scarpa’s body and the car were police court this morning and fined |that the four pouches contained any (hit off Gray. Ruth followed with brought to Hackensack ach $15 and costs. Attorney Wal- |great sum, |his 17th circult wallop of the scason The body was discovered when o |ter J. McCarthy of New Haven, rep-| A Rurlington rallrnad emploxe |and Gehrig repeated the perform- woman, whose name police have |risenting the defendants, appealed |found Willlams in the alley lying be- [ance. 1t was also Gehrig's 17th been unabla to learn, noticed blood {the dcclsion to the superior court, |side the mall wagon | ofur-bagger of the year. dripping from an expensive car |bonds for which were set at $150. - parked in front of the home of | Joseph Bailer, Max Kittner, Allen Mayor Gerardl. Peering through |and Willium Helsant, Saul Bailer L e R PSR R Wy e TreED B Scarpa’s body slumped in the front|lust Friday by Detective Sergeant OF BONDING CO. CLAIMED Paul Sinnott, president of the bond |\ng firm, is & brother of John ¥ |Sinnott, son-in-law and secretary of heSraver ‘ After citing Mayor Hylan's ap Allege Conspiracy to ) e e nott family to important city posts, Comptroller Cralg and his assistant state in their answer that the bond- ing firm started with a capital of only $500 and that its purpose was Comptroller Craig and His Assistant, of New York, tain City Favors, New York, Sept. 10 (M—The bond- 15 *capitalize or obtain full recog- ing company of Sinnott & Canty. |nition of the relatlon of the said Inc, which recent sued Comp- | Hylan and his appointees of the per- troller Craig and Deputy Comp- [gons Interested in its success.” troller Kerrigan for §750.000 for | The answer charges that action of libel, was Incorporated with the |various city contracts was being in- knowledge an dapproval of Mavor directions, communica fluenced by Hylan for the purpose of obtaining |tions and arrangements originating privileges from the city in its busi- |or emanating from the mayoer's of- ness, it was charged today in an-|fica in city hall." swers filed Cralg and Kerrigan. [ *The tenor and effect of such di- The libel sults were filed after [rections, communications and ar. Mr. Kerrigan had given out a state- [rangements,” the defendants allege. ment to the press in which he sald [“was that the offices of the vari- that 86 Sinnott & Canty calls had jous boards, bodies, departments and been traced between the mavor's of- [officers holding office by appoint- fles and the company in connection [ment of, or subject to the removal {tion upon the company or the goods ardled by it. with the bonding of concerns that were awarded city contracts. James (Continued on Page 15) Average Daily Circulation For Week Endln‘ Sept, 5th MACMILLAN'S PARTY RESCUES CREW OF DANISH VESSEL Water Main Bursts Stnp-\ traffic for 36 hours because of its | and | * lance {s comparatively exposed. Suspect that They May Know Some- | T Vinton, Tows, Sept. 10 (P—Five vouths were arrested here last night as the result of a con- ! d to have been made MAIL WA[iuN ES[;APE'\\ Merlin Swartbaugh at the cor- ] | oner's inquest in which he Is quoted C. | slain Monday night. | 12,187 AT GODTHAAB ‘Smkmg Small Boats Dashed Against Ships ' And Men Are Thrown Into Icy Surf. [PULLED ON DECKS 1 ONE AT A TIME | | Washington, Sept. 10 (® — After |battling an 80-mile gale and rescuing |the crew of two small boats from {the Island Taulk, a Danish naval |vessel, the steamer Bowdoin, of the f\lac.\llllan Arctic expedition, has |Joined the Peary at Godthaab, |Greenland. | A message to the National Geo- |graphic society today from MacMile |lan, sent by way of Springfield, |Mass, vividly plctured the struggles of the Danish sailors, their rescue |and deeds of heroism, 3oth the crews of the Bowdoin ‘anl the Peary took part in the res- |cue, the men from the two boats iwhich sank in the choppy waters of Godthaab harbor being taken aboard the latter vessel, The Irls, a Norweigian trawler, {which was in the harbor, broke |from her anchorage and went ashore {the crew abandoning her without loss of life, | "We are lying in harbor at God- |thaab,"” MacMillan said. “A terrifie |gale struck tonight (Sept. 9.) The wind is ranging between 70 and 80 miles an hour and at times greater. The Danish vessel, Island Taulk, is |also in harbor with us. The harbor 'is well protected only on one side, where the Stag Horn Mountain rises |to a height of 5700 feet. The bale l Shortly after the gale hit us we 'heard the screams of men almost alongside the Peary, Our entire personnel rushed on deck and the sight that greeted our eyes was a |small powerboat of the Island Taulk |full of Danish naval sailors, towing a small dory loaded with another group of sailors struggling helpless- ly against a terrific sea. The wind {and seas crashed them against the |side of the Peary. “One Danish sailor, Laurits Chris- tensen, had forethought enough te throw the heavy tow iine off the powerboat which we made fast as ft swamped and immediately sank, The dory swamped immediately after- wards, *The Danish sailors were helpless in this frigid Greenland water with temperature approximately 29 de- grees and the sea a seething mass |of foam. All were clinging to the ‘Sldl‘! of the sunken hoats made fast |to the Peary. Never have I seen a {greater display of unselfishuess, conslderation for the other man and calmness in an emergency. Taken Aboard One by One | “The water was sweeping the many hands on the deck of the Peary, ready to pull them aboard. But our rail is six feet above the ¥ |waterline, The Danes seemed to & fman to realize thau they, one by one, jmust be taken aboard up the line. There was no fighting, no man trying to push ahead of the other. One by one we hauled them aboard, recov- ering every man of the two boats. | “The Island of Taulk was signalled hy flags. We advised them that aill ‘thrlr men were on hoard the Peary, 'lho men slipped their wet clothes .md dressed in dry clothes of the personnel of the Peary, As this h| essage is dictated they are all sleeping comfortably in our dining | salon, | “The last man to he hauled |aboard was Einar Hansen, who per- w‘\“(rd three men who were behind Ihim to be hauled aboard first. Great |credit is due Chief Detty Officer {Hans Knudsen, who handled his {men admirably. | “The sunken boats broke the line a moment after wa had hauled the {men aboard. As this message is die« {tated the gale is still raging and al- though we have out our anchors, of |which we have two holding, we |have steam up ready to put our noss |Into it if anchors let go. | The Norwegian trawler, which also is lying in the |broke her mooring and went |Her crew abandoned her {loss of lite. “We are thankful to be in harbor tonight. Tt is just a year ago tod the storm hit the Leit Erickson." | The Leit Erickson left Norway in the spring of 1924 to follow the {trail 1o the United States by way of |Teeland and Greenland, but disap- |peared during a storm in the Arctie |waters, Tris, harbor, ashore, without To Publish Bclglan Debt Agreement Soon Brussels, Sept. 10 (M—Publication of the agreement reached § Wash- Ington for the funding of Belgium's debt to the United States is to be hastened, to quiet the many fantas- tic rumors and erroneous interpreta. tions circulated here, The American Ambassador, Wil Mam Phillips, and Minister of Fi- nance Janssen have agreed upon this as the wisest course and have ar- ranged for simultaneous publication of the text in Brussels and Wash- Ington, the date to be fixed by the United States, {$6,000 Payroll Taken By Armed Robbers Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 10 (P—The $6,000 payroll of the Ruffalo piant of the American Wire Wheel corpora- tion was stolen by three armed men who held up two employes whe were taking the money from & bank to the plant today,