New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 28, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NE'- "",'a .’ [RITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN L,LNNE(,TICUT 'WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1926.—EIGHTEEN PAGES PALM BEACH TODAY VIEWS WRECKAGE AFTER HURRICAN Damage o Houses, Highwas, “Boats and Waterfront More Than Million THRILLING RESCUES OF FOLKS CAUGHT IN FLOOD I'ashionable Hotels Flooded With Water, Streets Strewn With Wreckage and Seawalls Washed Out—Electric Light Service Crip- pled Along 50-Mile Stretch—Wind Attained 100-Mile Velocity, West Palm Beach, Fla., July 28 (/) fter a 48-hour battle with hurri- cane winds which cut off communi- cation withg the outside world, this city and Palm Beach early today began a check of the storm’s dam- «ge which conservative authorities place well above a million dollars. Scenes of Wreckage Today the wind had subsided and| the seas quieted. The landscape was dotted with uprooted palms and debris and m of Paln Beach were inundated. The » fronts of both cities suffered | the greatest damage while fashion- able resorts and hotels were flooded by water Dredges used in the work Palm Beach harbor were torn loose by the tide and wind just before dawn Tuesday and rammed through the pler, carrying the boats to de- struction against the Florida east coast railroad bridge. The flotilia was thought to be worth nearly $150,000. Eleven large tied at the municipal dock were overturned at their moorings at the heights of the storm Tuesday morn- ing and & man and woman were rescied from the Yacht Club deck house where they had Peen marooned for nearlyseight hours. hrilling Rescue Made ptain Gus Jordan and of Palm Beach, swam Hugo 200 (Continued on Page 13) MARRIED MONDAY, SHE ASKS AN ANNULMENT Bridgeport Woman Find Her New Husband Is Crook and Fraud Bridgeport, nulment of evening, July 28 (®—An an- marr to which took place Mon will ie sought by Mrs. er, ached co her 26 this 1g that her hus apparently deceived her | nd that he is being held by the | police on charges of defrauding sev- rxpl local 1adio conecrn Witk his arrest y:sterday it was revealed to the young woman that she had ed g hospital orderly and not doctor that Miller ki cieimed fo be. In court today his case was con- tinued until police can -make a fur- ther investigatien in the ca “He is held in bonds of §1,000. HOLDUP MEN CAPTURED | Boy Directs Police Who Ar- today after d l:and had Small rest Providence Yeggs Within 15 Minutes of Robbery, Providence, ., July - | Within 15 mmulcs after the holdup of a suburban store in this city this morning, ‘stick up” crew t'rmn‘ police headquarters invading North | Providence arrested the two alleged | robbers in the village of Lymans- | ville, | Lewis B. Lincoln, storekeeper at 156 Glenbridge avenue, was held up at the point of an automatic, then clubbed over the heéid with the gun butt by one robber while a second tole $38 from his cash register. Lincoln, after the capture,’ identi- fled William J. and, 20, of this ity who the police say, has recent- | y ccmpleted a two year sentence | or robbery, as the man who held | he gun and clubbed him. Arnold | harp, 20, also of Provi c,ienufl s the man who robbed the cash | ! year old boy who told the | olice which way the men fled and described them in detail, contributed ably to their apprehension, Jac- pording to the yj ice, his Reporter Surely Thought He “Saw Things” New Haven, July 28—What would you do if, when rambling through he anthropological section of Pea- ody Museum at Yale, looking at ead animals, a large white animal fhould rise, stretch itself and them valk towards you? This was tie xperience today of Walter Kiernan. ewspaperman, who was looking for story. He jumped behind an un- becupied case and prepared to bat- le with .the animal as it ap- proached. Kiernan is mouth, sajd his heart was “in then suddenly the ani- pna) holted for a door. It was a agrant caning. The newspaperman uit rambling for the day. ny of the main streets | blown in from Lul\t‘\t'(vrth.; on houseboats | decision i export busir iing. Average«Daily Circulation For Week Ending July 24th ... 12,870 PRICE THREE CENTS {HAD LEGS BROKEN AT REQUEST OF HIS WIFE She Refused to Wed Him if He ‘Was Bow-Legged—Now She Secks Alimony Newark, N. J., July 28 (P—Alle- gations that he had both legs | broken at his wife's request, to cor- rect bow-leggednéss, enabled Philip Harris to defeat her chancery court | action for temporary alimony, it | was announced today. Explaining that he earned $15 a | week, Hassis' affidavit stated: “This is occasioned by the fact that before my marriage I was bow- legged. Before my wife would consent to marry me she insisted that T have my legs broken and straightened. “I submitted to an opemation, but if I am on my feet for any length of time I suffgr euch terrific that I am forfed to stop work.” Mrs. Lottle Harris, disclatmed re- sponsibility for the | which she said took place six after the marriage. They married twenty years ago. Alimony of $5 a week port of a minor daughter | lowed. LOWERED TARIFF, years were for sup- was al- This and Aid for Farmers Is Towa Campaign Foundation INEQUALITIES Porter, Democratic Sena- |ECONOMIC Claude R. torial Nomince, Arraigns Repub- licans for Tolerating Special Priy- iliges, Des Moines, Ta, July 28 (P— {Downward revision of the tariff and | support from the federal government of some agency empowered to handle or faciltate the foreign mar- keting of agrneultural products, was |advocated today by Claude R. Por- | ter, _democratic senatorial nominee, in the keynote address before the {Iowa democratic conve Criticizes Republi e 10 rec- mid- 1 priv- largely conditions ‘tolerating ch he said { responsible for | inequalities and for “failure |1y enforce anti-trust laws.” Like the keynote speaker in 's_convention of the republic: varty, Mr. Porter, & Des Mo yer and veteran democr oted himselt surrounding the 1 to critic | ents of farm relief industrial east. Farmer “It s significant,” | during the Jast. three : | have hag upon our statute books the hest tariff in the history of niry, the farmers of Iowa d as never be T s couceded leaders of t movement the Mississippi spec | ileges” wk was present chiefly farm in- ¢ oppon ye the by in I'B.s'. Gets Profits said the steadily eastern indus- increasing their r favorable exports which e largest of any ere steadily diminish- ¥ ted that instead of permitting international bankers to loans abread that might be used for the purchase of goods in other countries, the government should assist’ the federal agency in extending credit to those n eding |American farm products on condi- tion that the money be used solely | for that purpose. Hope for such legislation, he s: “rests in a united middle wes a unifed : scuth must be realized through t es were ion, hitherto single c wh were d, and a spirit of t does not sacrifice and principle of the plan already advocated by numer- ous farm groups. eMr. Porter said he was confident that the problem would be pointing with optimism to the deter- mination of Towans to overcomnic thelr adversities. (Continued On Page 12) PARTY'S KEYNOTE have | - | private which | solved, WHINLEY PAID ALL HIS OWN EXPENSES Tllinois Probe Discloses Defeated Man-Accepted No Aid IT COST HIM $360,616.72 Investigation Thus Far Has Dis- closed Only About $623,000, Fifth of Three Million Alleged, as or Having Been Spent. Chicago, July 28 (P—Senator Wil liam B. McKinley decidéd to stand all of the expenses of his fight for renomination in the recent Illinois primary, Henry I. Green, * his per- sonal attorney, testified today, before [the senate campaign funds commit- In line with that policy, tor, who was defeated for the repub- ican nomination by Frank L. Smith, accepted no outside contributions, Green said. It was disclosed yester- the campaign cost McKin- cy $350,616.72. o Other Large Sums, Green financing the campaign m! m “singular,” but that the idea was that of the senator in which concurred. The witness said there may have been some small sums spent or services rendered by o but that all he not exceed $5,000. “Pardon me,” he added, “I under- stand that Mrs. McCormick was to | have spent some money for adve ng in foreign language pape but whether she did or not I do not know.” Paid For Circulars, “Were there not circulars sent out by or groups of individual | Reed. here were, out of but I paid the e: P Green re- lied. 6 e charitable tions. o you know Hill being in the the world court?” “John Wesley Hill ness, and with Reed’s help ide nim as chancellor of Lincoln morial university in Kentucl Only School Contribution. “In aid Green, “I was di | rected to have reissued for the ben [fit of this school $5,000 in stoc | held by Senator McKiniey. That only contribution 1 know of senator to that univers Hill and MgKinley had | trienas for years, the witness knew. nd it was his impression that Hil to Illinois to speak in the primary without getting {money for it, except his expens: Green said several persons spoke or McKinley or for the world during the campaign, but | thihk of none but Hill fr state Allen F. |republican in- to itu- Reed turned the donations i airman to McKinley and educational of a man named tate to speak for | ne | the me 2 any could of Monticello, Tl 1 committeem land mana Smith's campaig: had been directed to bring h memoranda, kept In cod md other documents bearing on con- {tributions and expenditur: 2 Moore also was to give his deci- ion as to whether : would ques- tion the committ authority to compel him to disclose the names | of those who he said had given $15,000, $10,000 and lesser amounts to the Smith fund. The only names which would give at e opening Monday were those sull, Chicago utilities executive, who don d $1 000 1 his own. I He gave $75,000 leaving $53,000 of |the total of $253,000 unaccounted | tor. Combining | Smith expenditure: contest with _the |George E. Brennan spent in wir |the democratic senatorial nomination the committee has found a total of |about $623,000 or about a fifth of |the $3,000,000 which it developed was spent in the Pennsylvania pri- | | mary last May. | Moore nation Moore McKinley ingthe republican $20,000 “anx THQUSANDS OF D SERTERS Peking, July 27 () — From T 000 to 10,000 soldiers have desert- |ed the allied armies which are fighting the national armles near " the French Debt to America Has But Minor Part in Dr. Anderson, Banking Internal Obligations of Financial Trouble Economist, Country Are 350 Billion Francs While Only 23 Billion Are Owed to U. S. New York, (P—T debt to Amer July played but a small ent financial trou- bles, in the opinion of D Benjamin M. Anderson, ecconomist of the Chase National bank, who believes that solution lles in fixing the franc at a new par. The trouble is that the total French debt exceeds the total wealth of the nation if the franc is figured at par, Dr. Anderson writes 1n the Current, Chase Economic bul- letin. U. S. Debt Comparatively Small The internal debt is 350 billion francs. The external debts chiefly war loans, are only 23 billion gold francs. Therdfore, the reasons, the French are wrong in thinking that the franc would be restored if America cancalldd its war debt. A clause in the financial state- part in her s ca and other external | | botrowings ha | mitted to the chamber of deputies which blamed the fall of the franc | on uribalanced budgets of the past | is upheld by Dr. Anderson. Spent More Than Received In 1924, Anderson says, the gov- crnment spent 41,214,000,000 francs cn ap income of only 27.083,000,- 000. In Dr, Anderson's opinion if the franc, were stabilized at 3 1-2 cents the total franc debt would be 79,000,000,000 gold francs or 26 per cent pf the French national wealth. “If the Bank of Irance tomorro.. would announce redemption in gold of the paper franc at a fixed ratio,” Andesson says, “the definite rees- tablishment of the pold standard at a new par and would courageaus- Iy pay out gold at this fixed rate to all who present notes for redeinp- tion, the exchange quotation of the franc would instantly settle at the par set, aand the exthange erisis ment of Premier Poincare as sub- 1 would be avaw™ the sena- | declared that this method | ht ad heard of would | by | been | urt | m outside | Explains That| Warren, 0., Cxty of 40,000 Persons, GHURCH WILL FIGHT is Broke and is Unable Even to | | Pay For Police and Fire Servnces B e e Public May Even Have to Contribute to Buy Tire For| 0DJECts {0 NEW]][)(}[‘S BUSll]BSS One Fire Truck—Sheriff and Deputy to Be Sole Guardian of Law After Saturday 0PPOSE »Q.'II‘VIMONSY CLMM Trustees Meet to Discuss Warren, Ohlo, July 28 (#—Finan- eral mon cially embarrassed to the point of‘llnm the fi |dire poverty the city of Warren, jtions. | with its 40,000 population by Satur- [nance day night will find itself without a |truck in the remaining station Is police department, reduced to one |sorely in need of two new tires) The fire station and faced with a public [business men ced to take up a subscription to buy tires for one of ction to buy the tires. the fire trucks. Council's stringent measures, so 1 learn from Attorne bbe yesterday are legal. Has Grown Too Fast The growth of city from 10,- 000 in 1910, to 40,000 in 19 ago it was necessary to re department to two sta- Tonight 2 z Action Against New Pumps Being t night's emergency ordi- abolished one of these. A mit Was Not Issued, col By an emergency ordinance which | the city council passed last night the | police force of sixteen men will go | out of existence Saturday. As it is Ithe policemen and firemen have re- ceived no pay for two months. Sheriff John Smith, of Trumbull {county and his deputy will patrol the streets and enforce the law in the jcity, The sheriff accepted the job from the council and promised he {would do the best he could. Will Solicit Funds And In the meantime a committee ill solicit business men of tt ity for funds to maintain the fire department The income from whatever fines are assessed |lice court and from city licenses will be used to meet the back salaries of the policemen. Financially Warren had grad |been going from bad to worse. HOT SPELL HAS COST SIX MORE ARRESTS IN 1 .. TOBACCO MEN DEARLY POISON L!QU!}R CASES | 2cim ‘qunzmx”l s be filed “o a \n.‘u- opened, they 7 3 d they claim the Voelker, Xlleged Buffalo (23 0 Sas witkout meeting s 1o Distributor, Reported Naming ‘Higher Ups’ Co. m \ filling st lot fr maint on on djoinir enue s blan ed 1tion I is one ack into t of nding t g facilities will be main- actme h a proposed tax of street lights, | refused agpe X to vield a sum estimated at | ago on 35,000 a year. The city at one |cated wit considered an occupational tax | property discovered that 6,000 of its all mill workers, lived thr Simmons comp mit m ground 100 of the discharged Inspector Harry E. | s been under suspension two days charged with accepting | §40 bribe from the proprietor of | peak He was second in ommand force. nd it is now zoned for* tion of th removes it from h plots the comp: nd being farther than 100 feet lot on which the building stands y made new application nse to conduct a d by and the pu from of > licen: 1blic. wo: led today However, th conducted an were stees have d learned building the re- “th ion Hartford Growers Fear Loss of Half of Crop Hartford, 28 () — Loss {more than half their tobacco crop {a finan $ 1000 s feared by the grow , the death list of | |Hartford, due to the excessive heat |which stands at 37. The ~ {last week which in some lowed the statements of . Voelk gang make a full conf er up in the | quirement a violation of th insist the entire of t can A no station ned within om any po A meeting of t il be held toni fon s EDSEL FORD THINKS be ! F: m it of the lo e chur ht to consider w July of | 7.—TFede today Buffalo, July 1 mo! al nts | police ecarly made six loss of more than e arrests in the Niagara frontier. s of poison liquor e action fol- instances authorities leader of the reg to| amir alcohol traf. that James listribution |burnes holes in growing leaves and | ldried up the ground gener. ing the plants to top out were matured, backward bec Even with p [tew days the growers that more tha f of the |be saved. In Ellington which is in the he of a former lake there is alway {some moisture but tk loss there lexpected to be about one third of Ithe crop. Leaves are reported burn 1 to a crisp around the edges whole fleld Tarifivill Isuch %s 1y, before t The crop was alrea use of the late sprin caus- wood " Believes President Stands| Better Than Ever With Public Y President ( position wit ever has becn y Edsel Ford nanufactur M, do not crop can ('.L‘ ot lo moon-! and owner who is @ to violate rohibition aect, Hamilton, ¢ reported two as a result of t y of some of the poison coi carload of coal. With obert Little of of July 28 () oolidge the people WaS exXpress growers find conditions East Hartford and xpcct to save more than their crops. nd the cal showers at the 1 heat which {the backward toF |mal for t 'BOY FALLS 0UT OF TREE, ; MAY BE INTERNALLY HURT | haun-l Street Tad Taken to Hospital o | one | n who is a 1p. Coc Mr. the Hams in the Wi ca ccompanying ed newsy to to ques ce in t viation vs of politi Granbys ha time of th ombined to br cco nearly to nor- vietims riseq to si se in Lockport at suffering from alcohol poisoning. Voelker the g of the ted by nandagu. Ford 3 Inr ared h of com- well as gave his al conditions. the president, he md policies,” m r of economy aded, is and Mr. Coolidge at extent responsible for tion cohol a federal grahad a in 1922 on a ¢ conepiring to violate the in connection witl freight of alcohol d at more than indictment was | prossed in June, 1926. Pcople on Islands Are H'&stenmg to Mainland nah, Ga. July 28 (A—Wo- children fron¥ the resort vere brought herc y on a special t. in anticipa- | on of the hurri which tore up the Florida wind velocity in X0 from the islan forward hurriedly \!.‘\I.y of the refugees mad ®ip here by automobile. o n of to rin$, lic fally 1 country, derful condition,” is to a gr espec he prohibitios e from ars ) There Under ned House automobile for Hnmm New Hamp: and then to his summer home al Mai 1 this And Kept to ve th Observation, Hoon 5 Woods, proceed ; W | Joseph Karbonic, an eight y fell out of a cherry t 15 Laurel str | severe cu |and he may hav al injuries, | Dr. David P. W skowitz who answer- |t the/New Britaln General he where his case is now und et today, br Norwegiart Swimmer Is Tryine to Cross Chs mnol Cape Gris-Ne Fr (M — The No 1 er u ent water ng in glish mor E | im the ch an- DELEGATE FROM POLAND 10 CHICAGO VISITS HERE| Rev. Czeslaw Szelagowskd, the |Services of Air Mail Being Used Here But Patronage Is Light Although been who At- | tended Eucharistic Congress Guest of Kasimir Blogoslowskl. some interest has shown by manufacturers here in air mall service to wesfy the situation at present does not ‘justify the establi ment of special direct dispatch to Hariford, Postmaster H. E. Erwin said today. “Thegmount of air mail sent from this city varies from day to d he declared. “It has run as high as three pounds in a day. This, of course, is a bad time of the year and it is im- possible to judge the future by the present situation. We ex- pect that there will be a pick up in air mail correspondence when business increases in the fall and that its value will be more generally recognized.” | Rev. Czeslaw Szelagowski, the two delegates from Pol the Eucharistic Congress at Chicago, is visiting at the home of Kasimir Blogoslowski of 20 Orange street. He will return Augus to Plock, Poland, where he is associated with a university conducted by holic church, Father Szelagow- ski has long been a friend of the Blogoslowski family. {Round Table Talkrl‘J,v Heads of City Boards Mayor Weld has summoned the chairmen of all commissions to his | office for a meeting Friday evening at which matters of commgn inter- est will be discussed. This is the second of a series of meetings planned by the mayor to effect clos- er coordination in the work of muni- cipal departments, Blamed Boys, But Finds Own Horse Let Down Bars Sturbridge, Mass., July 28 (#— After being convinced that small boys or neighbors were letting down the pasture bars so his horse might roam at will, Michael Bojoko made known today that he was all wrong in his surmises. He found that his own horse was letting down the bars by sticking his head under each bar apd pushing it from the bar post, one of d to Two Trolleys |day to |trolley e hree in- ducted to- cause of the Main street here ng con 6:08 last nig salesman, was k Goodspeed, |was | tor, > cars as a | The accide |south bound tr [ed at the Pearl street ero |struck a north bound car tracks opposite. The question has this switch had been left whether the southbound one end of |proper rails and the other swerving along the switch rails toward the |opposite track. The public utilities |commission has begun an investiga< |tion under the direction of Joseph P. Wadhams. The Connectcut com- |pany engineers are also seeking to determine the cause of the accident and the police department is mak- ing an independent inquiry. Motorman Patrick Coffey who was operating the southbound trolley to- day signed a statement in which he says that the switch was closed and in order. He gives it as his opin- ion that his car split the switch. f on the open car or HIGH TIDES July 20 (Standard Time) New Haven 1.34am. 2.08 pm. New London 12.06 a.m. 12.42 p.m. % * THE WEATHER Hartford, July 28—Forccast for New Britain and vicinit Cloudy, probably showers to- night and Thursday GASOLINE INVASION, Installed on Ground Building Per- tion. | > board | the prohibited distance | h trustees | 0OOLIDGE 1§ STR[]NE" is in “BUDDIES” WILL ATTEND J.D. MGKENNASFUNERAL | 'mbers of D. A. V. and V. F. W. of This City Will Act As Guard of Honor. The funeral of James D. McKenna, commander of th Disabled an Veterans of the World| will eld Thursday morn» |ing at 8:45 o'clock from home {of his parents at 357 Prospect av-| e, Hartford, and at 9:30 o'clock | from St Josep thedral, Farming- Hartford. Colt-Caldwell- | Veterans of Foreign ford, will be in charge| of the funeral and will accord LJ“ full military honors. Members of the New Britain posl of the Disabled American Veterans war, be the ton avenue, Robinson | Wars of I pos and of Private Walter J. Smith post, | V. F. W, of this city will meet to- night to make plans to attend the funeral in a body. guard of honor for the body. Those from this city desirous of attending funeral .are asked to be at the| W. club rooms at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. | will be furnished. | Burial will be in Mt. | cemetery, Hartford. LEVIATHAN PROBE St. Benedict A1l Charges of Liquor Law Vio- lations Are Anonymons {HARTLEY ISSUES DENIAL Commander Declares Crew Knows Well They'll Be “Thrown Into the| Brig” if They Violate the Liquor Regulations. New York, July 28 (#—Investiga- | | tion of charges that lquor had been sold aboard t viathan was be-| gun today, shortly after the giant liner arrived from Boston, where she had been in drydock. Charges Anonymous Thomas H. ger of the United States lines, nt aboard, said the charges nymous and not specific. | names of those alleged hased liguor nor those | {who sold it were gl Other in | vestigations of simiiar charges have [been fruitless, he said, | he inv ion was ordered by| | the shipping board at Washington, | following assertions by Dr. H. S. | Stayton, head of the association ainst the prohibition amendment, | st week him they that passengers had told bought liquor from etew: |ards while on the lner. on of the | Captain Herbert H. commander, said that Hartley, the he had for- | bidden the sale of liquor on the ves- who | risen whether |Hartford hospital, split it, |in a vain effort to save his life. car continuing on the {blood transfusion operation was per- el nd that orced. Crew Knows Rules members of the crew aware,” he said, 1 be thrown into the brig if they found selling liquor, and that will be discharged as soon as t. This goes this rule was strictly are wil are hey the ship touched po for officers, too, regardless of the amount of braid they wear. We found two cases of liquor in stew- rds’ fined. Hartley added that he the annonymous letters were written by disgruntled seamen who had been discharged. Other officers of the Leviathan said that many passengers brought liquor aboard and some of them tipped the stewards with bottles of mpagne or whiskey _instead of money. One left left behind rooms more re they ship ald, when passengers 4t New York they them in their state- than 600 bottles of liquor. They were left, the officers said, Dbec e the owners selzure by customs officials. the Three Investigations Are Belng Held Into Fatal Hartford Crash Collide At Corner of Pearl and Main Streets—Motorman Swears His Car Split Switch 1k, who was 32, a world war veteran, was employed by the Con- necticut Floor Covering company of | |141 Windsor strect. He died at the |Hartford hospital from loss of blood rom a mangled leg. Atter some delay Falk was |moved from the wreckage of the |open car. George F. Arthur, a axicab man, of 43 Claremont street, re- | witch- supplied a piece of rope by which an ing and |improvised tourniquet was tied about IFalk's leg to check the flow of blood. Arthur then took the man to the where surgeons i\\'orkcd over him for several hours A formed as a last resort, but he fail- ed to respond. An honorable army discharge found in Falk's pockets showed that he had enlisted in the army at Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1917 and been mustered out in 1019, He saw ac- tive service with Company L, 365th Infantry at St. Mihiel in September, 1918, and later in the Meuse-Ar- gonne. Yesterday, he applied to Chief Gordon of the Manchester police for a license to sell linole- ums, The Hcense was granted on presentation of Falk's army dis- charge, Chief Gordon said, The local men| have been chosen to act as a special | Transportation | S STARTED TODAY Rossbottom, general |, “that they | rooms once, and both these | teared | MEXICAN GOVT. TO PUT OWN WORKERS INTHE CHURCHES Priests Forbidden to Name Catholic Laymen Who Ave fo Take Over Houses of Worship ‘BLOODSHED ALREADY 1§ REPORTED FROM GOUNTRY Ma, | | yor of Town Stoned to Death By Infuriated Worshippers — Govt. Oficials Must State Their Posi- tion And If They Are Not In Favor | | of Measures They Wil Be Re- | | Heved. Mexico City, July 28 () — The [ Mexican government today issued or- ders by which it refuses to permit Cathollc priests when they cease to function at midnight Saturday to turn over their churches to commit- tees of Catholic laymen appointed by them for each church. Instead, the government has or- dered the churches placed in charge of committees appointed by the mayors of each town or city. Letter to Prosccutors The government's determination of unyielding pursuance of its an- nounced policy of putting into effect the new religious regulations is fur- ther indicated by a letter Attorney General Ortega has sent to all prose- cuting attorneys and agents of the department of justice. The letter requests an immediate, specific and |frank statement as to whether the attorneys and agents unreservedly support and sympathize with the government's religious policy. This is construed as meaning that any person not heartily In accord ‘“)th the government, will be dis- |charged from the service. | The department of the interior |has sent the following letter to the |governors of all states. | Message To Governors The executive is acquainted with |the fact that the Catholie clergy is in a rebellious impulse and as a |demonstration of their desire to dis- |obey the constitution they have or- {dered a suspension of religious ser |ices.atter tha 31st when the new re- {ltgtous regulations become effective. | “As the executive considers this |new move of the clergy against the constitution tends to excite publle ‘nph\lon and to provoke disorders |against the public peace, I urge you to adopt the necessary measures for enforcement of the law without ex- |ception. ! *Also notify the municipal author- |ities of your jurisdiction that as soon as they are aware of a priest whe |intends to abandon his church to de- |mand of him the 4elivery of the uilding with a careful inventory. Committee of Ten “Municipal authoritles must turn over the church to a committee of ten citizens to be appointed by the mayor. In no case will municipal authorities allow church buildings to |be handed over to committees ap- | pointed by the priests themselves. “Please urge municipal authorities to see that this is enforced. Notify [the department of all citations of | violators."” Faints From Exhaustion Archbishop Mora y Del Rio whe fainted from exhaustion yesterday |during his arduous task in which he [confirmed about §,000 children to- ddy continued his work. The arch- | bishop is 72 years old. | Between 25,000 and 80,000 chil- |dren have been confirmed in the thedral during the past week or ten dm--z. The Catholic authorities estimate | that '\lrv'\d\' more than 90,000 con- y |firmations have taken place in the | cathedral here from July 1. The regiona@ confederation of la- bor, which is the strongest }bor or- gan jon in Mexico has issued or- ders for parades by all its members Sunday in Mexico y and other im- portant centers as a demonstration of support of the government's re- ligious policy. The Mexico City municipal author- {ties report that Father Antonio Es- pinoza is the only priest in the city to register at city hall in reply to the municipal order. It is not known whether the church authorities will {declare Father Espinoza’s action of accepting orders from an authority not ecclesiastic improper. ‘Women Parade Barefooted Puebla dispatches say women of that city paraded barefoot through the streets yesterday to show their sorrow over the religious restrictions. |They marched to the cathedral where special ceremonies were held {and prayers offered for relief. First Death By Violence While government officials today were investigating reports from Aguascalientes of the first death by violence as an outgrowth of the present religlous situation, Catholies throughout the republic continued to flock to the churches to perform their religious duties prior to the putting into effect next Sunday by the government of its new religious regulations. Stoned To Death The death reported is that of Mayor Humberto Cervantes of Noch- istan, state of Zacatecas. One report is to the effect that he was stoned to death by an infuriated mob after he had murdered a Catholic priest and that all the members of his family were killed. The other re- port says the mayer was hanged after he had fired at the priest and then ordered his arrest. Today there were constant pil- grimages by the faithful to the (Continued ou Page 16)