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B £ S '"“”‘l-‘\‘ltfi“r B T o | p i o | N 5 “Vaq 1\ News of the World By Associated Press s Jml;aauuoo N1y ESTABLISHED 1870 W BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation fo) Week Ending 137187 Aug. 28th. .. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1926.—TWENTY PAGES. Spain Is Reported as Retiring From League . EXTRA RIGHTS FOR AMERICA OPPOSED Many Delegates Think U. S.; Shonld Be on Same Footing ; 4 WORLD GOURT RESERVATION Paris, Sept. 2 (A—The Havas agency's Geneva correspondent says Spain will withdraw from the League of Nations without await- ing the decision of the council regarding her demand for a p manent council seat. Officlal no- tification to this effect, he adds, will be given the League within 24 hours. PRICE THREE CENTS 'Army Airship TC- Route of Ill-fated Shenandoah 5 Flying Over | This Is First Inland Flightr of Government Dirigible Since Terrible Disaster Which Occurred One| It This Opinion Prevails At Geneva NE Year Ago Tomorrow. @ Meeting It May Mean That Fifth | w PASTI]R Tu TAKE | Reservation of This Country Can- PULPIT E EE e ot sl e BN not Be Accepted. N 12 | traversed by the illfated Shenan- | fi doah a year ago tomorrow, the army | " Geneva, Switzerland, SOpLdzc(sz |afisnip TC-5, - semirigia Thatopinion SHaG e L adl B 8 e D ey 2 | journed over Ohio today on a hould have the same rights in tno [Rev. Henry 0. Olney of |joom ot Vo world court as members of the . | Field, Illinois. | © League ot Nations council, but no Chicago Called by ke i ot ThanA Mieht by more, was voiced by many delegates D |a government idirigible since the today's session of the international People’s Church e conference convoked to discuss the | Sunshine and_gloomy sides ater . American reservation to membership e L : n the court. The Peoples' Church of Christ has | through the air. It entere e Might Refect Reservation called Rev. Henry O. Olney of Chi- |near Belpre, atter T I¢ this opinion welghs 1n the con- | cago to succeed the Rev. F. L.|Parkersburg, Va, at 8:55 a. m., ference, it may be impossibl o el X iy el i topt the fith American reservation, | Brooks as pastor. He comes o New [ancidonmayedie Slst e requiring the consent of the United | Britaln September 8, and will begin The ship passed over KA']"‘HS i States to requests for advisory | his pastorate by preaching on the |19 2. m. eastern standard time, and opinions from the court on questions | ¢ wing Sunday, September 12, was flying so low that members inSwhich stefclains fnterest | _ Mr. Olney was horn in Naples, N. | it crew waved gaily to people gath- (nhioirenson) foritns lfinat inailuw 5 els S URETID MREE 8 DS 1k ceev e SRS pastl paid of the League of Natlons Is 80 ob- |, "toacper. He has taken special | glimpse of it. scure that it is uncertain whether | pae of e unarimous or only majority vote js | .,1",,,,, ilvery glory of the Shen- ! ¥ necessary when the league council Bl e ey slas ol o ssks the court for such opinfons. | dcaligand (tenfomadied 10 o Majority or Unanimity i Bulk flormed e n me of the delegates held that, ‘l)”’;ml\),\ ..\ St : k t T : ‘ i unanimity were made essential, S SHEslent on they dcscn m{n the United States could not vote an: 4’\5‘ « (.l}r 1 L]H.zf‘\'\ ':.‘. ’r.‘ " ,‘ u,‘“: ay as a party to a question at i aghers;itha hanautlosh. cgtied, o e, whiel it only a simple major- oLy dicisiblsigaiing it g 17 were needed, it would be impo mediate vieini £ Ohio fz " sible to accord the United States the her south. to block the de ion of the i vl o7 Italy and France joined in an ap- peal to the United States to waive % insistence upon the right of veto, to ree to sit temporarily with * the ague council on an equal footing | with the great powers and to abide hy whatever rules may be accepted | by the great powers and the mem- ers of the council generally. Consideration Resumed | Consideration of the five Ameri- | an reservations to membership in | & World court was resuracd today iy delegates of 38 states, members | of the court. With the first three | ccepted yesterday and action on the | surth deferred, the fifth reservation cemed the crucial one was debated. Backed by Poland REV. HENRY O. OLN! Y | courses fn commercial law and com- # 1t tound a champion in Count {’:!tlrr‘!’?l ~m]vnr‘nn\. New York ity lichael Roatworowski of Poland, [ 21 SaEoush ‘l“ 4\@1 on who said it was a reasonable con- \‘"}"C!; Ly ia. ated from 4 ition and should be approved. The | < » ation would debar the court | course of the Mcody Bihle Institute from entertaining without American “0": 280 n : m consent a request for an advisory | The Pastor's course in / opinion touching any dispute or | ’“’fl ““!" ast two Aty ; question in which the United States "” hica [ e ! had or claimed an interest. The | TSE 0 il Polish epokesman interpreted this | church of i o caving as a desire by the United States to | there to come to New Dr 1o on a footing of equality With the e TeErae e 4 members of J ouncil, which body is the one re- Lreme i "‘°‘[ 1 YEAR THEATER LEASE ' The French View | “romageot, French furlst, | t Q\','?,,,f :;:i."' <; of the tifth ‘mm Equity Theaters, Inc., to Take Cver | ition hinged entirely upon the an- New Biarhoe e B wer to the question whether the | ouncil should request advisory Washington Streets pinions by unanimous or simple | majority vote. This was a question | Georz ed to the on which opinions differed, but it 3 c., th « must be answered definitely before | building of constru action could be en on the reser- | tion at Wi on vations. ‘.'f’rlh't for rs, from Janu L. Fromagot emphasized that if | 1, 1927, ntals are: Tor 2 majority vote was suffficient any | $10,000; for ) ible American objection could 000; for the next passed over and the opinion of 15.000; and for the " court could be asked despite | Amrican opposition. He warned the , confrence that this would jeopardise because . S. Has Nearly S(v 000, 000 the American reservation | . + would render it inoperative. | For German Reparations Belginm's Suggestion | Chi zo, Sept. 2 (A—The United M. Rolin, Belgian jurist, agreed States /904,000 cash as its first with M. Fromageot and recommend- |installment of German reparations 1 that the league council ask the under the Dawes plan. 1as ers that the rotund cheery face of | Count Quinbnes De Leon, Spanish | 4 ¢ poren ki ambassador to Paris, was 1ot seen ,¢'co, « at the councl table. in the plan for the new Vance street It is understood that the Spanish gy o) which is to be built at a cost forelgn office is preparing SOME | or 250000, 5 mermit having been cort of statement as to the Teasons jccq ve for its withdrawal which Will Pre- |y uilding inspector. A sumably be sent to the council Vo i Gallkh hin the next few days Besides Dr. Benes, those arten is one The excepting a wi attend- build- and be! apparatus. Pipes under the |ing will be run in a subway throughout the structure will (Continued on Page 18) 1 unique features contained | erday at the' office of the | building | e large enough for the heating | army dirigil 1 route to- lay from icld to Scott INield, Illino hat was said to the first inlar nment di he n; peeted to arrive about noon to LAW HOLDS WHIP OVER RENTING NEW HOUSES Incomes Cannot Be Col- | lected Until Tuspector 0 K 1ce of ¢ d state tene- es having been hinery 3 0f occup: hous ifl ment com Rutherford ment tod: the sued the first, ompleted a threc Austin street. cetion with this that Inspector »d the state cannot he in houses re issued, retation of the hot | Interesting in the fact peru; rentals measure is Rutherford law to find collected for "for which no certific according to his ir law. | Hereafter no building may be used lor occupied until a certificate of cupancy is taken, t hose of t that apartments certificate to show that all building 1 zoning regulations have been lived up to and the building is safe for us The state certificates, which r: also issued by the inspector. | fect only buildings of three or mor partments. | | 8 the state regulation r s, Inspector Ruther- he does mot anti- have difficulty in hav- to the of- rent- me s befo property owners ym» to secure certific ing tenements. making no n rried in the columns pipes visible in the m building. Warren, Holm Powers Co, of Lansing, Mich,, the architects ex- | plain the local building is one of the fore runners of a new idea in school construction which will soon sup- plant the old methods of construc- tion., The Hayes Construction Co., jof this city will build the '«hnul‘ and John E. Downes will superin- tend its ercction. BURNED 10 DEATH Steamer Speeding to Azores With Supplies —0— Providence, R. I, Sept 2 (— Under full speed ahead and with orders to reduce running time, the steamer Canada of the Fabre line, loaded with tents and other reliet supplies, left here this af- ternoon for the stricken city of Horta, Azores, quake brought struction on Tu; The Canada was where an earth- two hours late in sailing from New York yesterday in order to hundreds of tents and supplies. More than sengers sailed from New and here, the most of will stop at the Azores. last minute three filled up empty spaces baggage with clothi take) At in g, sh on other 200 pas- York whom the passengers their and canned goods for their distressed relatives and friends. Sponsors Start Park St. South Church at Assured of a hear posed widening of soon as field rred their notes property vements to vities, After engines to tenta sponso ng conferrin, tepar . membe Arch Street Improvement ciation expressed conf today ymovement will get und, month after nearly two y ation, the idea Sponsors of con were n i cwed their WOULD MAKE ARCH ST . CONTINUATION OF MAI ac- today Ma treet be ended along the line of Arch str d tha latter thor- ull,’:h known Main strec aft rhey declare Arch street is the logical continuatlon of t sin the curve i not as abrupt as is the east turn ey would have Park street begin at the South church corner, a « which ould round out t reet as wel of removir had delayed bs has been co ngineers have gathered all ary to the preparation \owing proposed -t and a public hearing now tween the present and t jected highway. ‘The is reduced to a compa deratoln by the wil ty owners to pay t back curbs and v they claim w of that e work setting em ol tive prope tt TEXAS POLITICIAN T0 rolley poles ipleted. 1 da on- of stands be- e proje cost low ss of costs of aiving dam- PAY ELECTION WAGER Harnessed Lile Mule Winner, Must Pull Winner Around in Little Red Wagon. the rs on the in Tex itive Ruch arnessed » in H , in whi iy, with which the RAIN PREVEN TEST. Roosevelt Field, N Sept —Rain prevented today the plane, built for the w and Washington. is loc sat- first long-distance test flight of the giant Sirorsky | York to Paris non-stop fiight | fiight Will be made tomorrow er conditions permitting. The pl | Wil fiy over Philadelphia, Wilming- ton, Del., of Idea Would DAth on three floors and th ourt for an advisory opinion as to | The fund will be used to catisfy . Ale whether future advisory opinions | judgments awarded by the Ameri- South Windham Woman Tried to g ger for Govern- R et equested by unanimity of erman claims commission. = . S or Miriam Ierguson in the housc of hould be requested by Y . - AT b » majority of the council ., If the | Tor that e the! American [ HUITY Fire SWith “Rergsenc the thirty-ninth legisla t Hol- court ruled that only a nijruiv A soxciany ves 2 Sons Attempteta Save) Hor “‘,q‘, that Mrs. Fergus 1a be necessary M. Rolin was confident |of the German reparatio reclect ihat the United States would not in- | The treasury expe: Willimantie, Co Sept. 2 (P Believe me.” said Holliday, “I'll sist upon this reservation because lceive $12,000,000 in repar When Mre. Sophie Nosal, 42, at- harness Loftin 1o that gl she would realize that it would place iyear to pay the cost of maintaining tempted to hurry along a €moul- on him all the collars ace per in a privileged position the American army on the R ng fire by pouring kerosene on jchains he can carry and he will also He asserted that the United it In her home in South Windham [be hohbled so there can't b. # states senate had ‘\‘M(Cl" d 0““"" Field \lmoum I’artv to ¢ today, her ,ymiymf mv:lv:htl running away." eory that unanimity v fire causing burns which resulte s . lial and that if it now was estab- Explore Abyssinia {1 08 8 8w hours later TEREE MEN GUILTY lished that the senate W Chicago, Sept "1/?\’r.r* expedition Her two sons, 15 and 10, were 1 » he was certain it would re- under thoa Britie i 'Il'.’vl‘cl M- the house at the tfme. ' After i cum of natu his y and th % model the r tion. i otenatuial SELOY. s they had wrapped their mother in ', . . . Other Business Matters s ‘ley A;w\s will I\.;\cihm f]l:‘u riigs they ran for help, ona for a Trio Convicted in $300,000 War | X anah day to spend six months in explor- i p = Minister enes of W‘_ ”I‘L”m =SS oE L PO necighbor and the other for a doe- | praud—Will Be Given Sentences | Chekoslovakia presided. The coun- |In Abyssinia, regarded as on tor. Despite desperate efforts of cil disposed of various routine mat- fhe two T A cE . the physicion to save the woman's —~ Next Wednesday. A liialne (Hat venoria ot m|littie ME RS, mhet Giner ial i S5 R ITSS PR D ST SE e ET s B N NClC e ' poisonous jungle at the headwaters 1f€ she ¢ Al s Now Tork t. 2 P—A sealed number of league committees SEEE i h would be. forwarded to the of the Amazon river. verdict, opened in federal court to- whie 1‘- Spaits abstention, while | | DF- Wilfred Osgood, curator of the | Sfores Stay Open Next y revealed the conviction of three [] il AR SRR nsiderable |department of zoology of the mu- Wed d After men in a $300,000 war fraud xpected, caused a CORSIAETTHE isoum, will head the expedition ednesaa) €INO0N | "'y, " nlicted men a ptain fiutter in the league lobbies. ThC "l ooconintas will be Jack B | Announcement made yesterday by | ponjamin F. Faiter, former chief of iding cause was the action of | = W CH T e DAl the Chamberof Commerce that the | o0 tesiite braneh ‘of St 10_commission charged With Xeor- 'youis Agassiz Fuertes of Cornell uni- | Wednesday half holidays would con- | yyonarts division of th depart- anization of the council, which | ot e sudam Cut- clude after next Wedne P e P T i e o o turned down Spain’s demand for a tine court tor o will | erroncous Yesterday terminated | ¢y Weiss, Abraham 1. Levy, who permanent council seat at yes be volunteer photographer was | the halt holidays for this year. Next | . © 0 F 0 SO e ot ont | day's sec for the rece impson-Roosevelt Wednesday stores will be open | (o founa not Fullty s ' Senor , who represented oxpedition to Turkestan, and Alfred ' all day. Monday,September 6. which | sy . gon i T v : The trial started a month Th | spain on the reorganization com- |, Railey, tant zoolo, and |1y Lakor Day. the stores will Del oo will pe meutencad next Wodnes. } mittee let it be known that he Was | taxidermist. closed all day la awaiting fresh instructions from | ———— —| The men were specifically charged f 3 ) ere specifically charged | ¢ .3 Madrid as to the course to be fol- ',: (e dallar Vateh oo n dene nis | lowed. He expecis these instruc- | vlies contracted for during the war. tions tomorrow. B 3 After leaving office, Falter conr It was the first time within the | LATEST IDEA IN CONSTRUCTION |=i iimeeit wich o Sew vorr or memory of faithful league follow- | zation known as the Univers BUILDING PERMIT Zong Taw Violation |Bullding Classed As Single Family | Dwelling Shows Three Kitchens and Three Baths—Rutherford Sees No Course But Rejection Open, Fdward J. Hennessy, former chief| A thorough reorganization of | |building inspector, today applied for | ¢ight of rtments of the Sen- a permit to build 2 one family dwel- | ior Higt must be made at the ling at 25 Long strect and his suc- | Cpenin C s the ssor, Inspector Arthur N. Ruther- [result of v ch- ford, after examining the plans ad- | ers leaving t w mitted he cannot issue a permit. |Britain schools. Hennessy's plan shows a kitchen| Twe new teachers have been and a bath on each of three floors. |engaged in these e dey The section of Long street in which |including three in the Hennessy proposed to locate the ! partment, which is considered dwelling is restricted to two family | most importa school. does three kitchens and vying as it o his notion of a y e, Rutherford re- it does not. Accordingly open other than to Ex-Tnspector’s Plan Said to Be| RESEMBLES NAPLES GASE. {Bight Out of 1 Depaftmems Afiected by Changes Three Instructors in partment Alone — Popular Regan Sisters Retire From Faculty--New Clork to Take Up Duties Sept. 7. house r of the he case is identical fn many re- | partme also lett spects with the ho! on | school's empl his department Hart street, which is the most seri- | will also los her instructors. ous dispute the building department | The only departments that have | has been invelved In and in which | failed to feel the effects of the Hennessy was given the center of the nge the department of Ger- e. Honnessy maintained through- | man s taught entirely by hat the Naples family could | Mrs. Amy C. Guilford; the depari- d a dwelling with a Kitchen and | ment of home economics, depart t ment of the library depar ct*would not make the bu ment, taken care of by Miss Helen other than a single family ho . Smith; department of music, |was reversed in this claim by . Matthews; de building commission : ny other 1 education, iges were later ordered by the M. Cassidy and board of adjustment, With the ho Leonel 1. Depot, and the dep: practically completed the Naples | ment of Spanish. case is now in court. The 12 n teachers are miss plan accompanied the ap- | Jonnje H. Olsson, to succced Miss Rufherford admitted | puth Fuller in the art departme afternoon this in - tself is|yjjss pora Protass, to succeed Miss h to require him to refuse his | yo,ipeopine F, Ka in arithmetic v chiet a permit, :‘-mu»v::u and bookkeeping in the commer- AN ATILELLY, ‘)‘“:\ ?1,],. e e | cial department; Miss H. Regir Lgslionad as o he 4¢ ot 5| Connor, to succeed Miss Norma o Regan; Miss Katherine Griffin, to i succeed Miss Mae Regan; Miss Sl Helen Stahl, to succeed Miss | o comes | Irances Ferguson, all In the de- ithin this elas Asked if | partment of MissRGIGve s lee SO Nickerson, to succeed Miss Rebe al est V., art ¥ nch ¢ am, to s as dircetor of history d nd Miss Catherine W. succced Miss Mabel Pihl Pearl to 'succeed in Ur n \wrtmen R. ceed Stew- partment, to We and M ow, Mrs. Ellene Sheridan, in the s department; Leonard Nixon, to su ceed Miss Beatrice Neal in mathe- maties de M. Carr, to succeed Dorothy : McCabe, and Miss beth L. 5 Mac osh, to succeed Miss Ruth i ‘i , hE 1 h:sv ch s take from the hool some of its most popular Regan and Miss INY. HIRTFORD wsa y with the students. 5 dedi- cated to both, Norm L 4 and Rendered Useless When Tt | yae st year. Mis sec- A z retary of the teache and Hits Pole After R. Stewart 1 nt. 12338 Another that of the Skidding rkship in the ¢ mic building. s Fannie Hol enjoyed un- us popularity h the students The police service car was bhadly pite the fact she had the this morning when it skid- | gicagrecable po. of checking led on et pavement on ch up on them when they were late Hill, Elmwood, and struc or taré Miss Isabel Westlake will he roadside. The front p take her place. fender and maged to such an £ Hart arranged o as stove in, and the runnin irn the for another car of the same ange with a cash consideration. Policeman James McCabe was when the accident happened. man John C. Stadler was in | e rear seat, taking Alfonzo Seidor North street to jail. Al were shaken up by the impact, but were not injured. The police patrol In charge of Po- liceman Herbert C. Lyon was sent 0 the scene and fowed t 1 car to the m ipal mobile Policeman Ire detailed in one of the roads he and Peliceman Stadler took dor to jail Born in I . S. But Is Barred at New York clom Refused admittance to the United States, although e claims to be a natural born cit- izen, Wiadislaw Vrobel has retained Attorn: Golon of this city ent his inte in New York Vrobel was born in Hartford and at the age of four y he and his parents and other members of his family went to Poland, where they have since made their home. Desiring to return to the United State the young man obtained passage a and is , without per few 5 weeks ago is Island, N. now mission to land, according to Jinformation received her: SUZANNE SAILS THE 25TH Paris, Sept. 2 (—Suzanne Leng len, former womer awn tennis wpion of the world, who rec turned professional, has complet- tlons for her Ameri ill sail on the septemb prep: |director, = — i — * HIGH TIDF | Sept. 3 (Standard Time) New Haven: 8.46 a.m. 9.08 p.m. ew London: 6.47 a.m. 7.02 p.m — ”* ey THE WEATHER | Hartford, Sept. 2—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tomight and Friday: possibly showers to- night; cooler tonight TORTURED 70 DEATH Chicago Man Mcets Horrible Death, Presumably Victim of Bootleggers' Feud. (&) 2 ¥ —Bolieved to have 1 to death with fir and a rope, the body of a man was 1in a field near Chicago Heig today. Police at tributed the killing to a bootleg war that 1 seven lives in around the neck and ad nearly been burned was charred sufficient- Iy to make identification difficult. Police said it appeared that gasoline ad been po on the man's It could not be decided whether the man had been killed by fire or from strangulation 131,637 NAMES SIGNED Five Foot Box Necessary to Carry Iinois Petition Asking for Dry Referendum. Chicago, Sept. 2 (B — A five foot box containing a petition for a statewide referendum on modifica- tion of the prohibition law, signed by 431,637 voters, was carried with ceremony today to a train which will bear it to Springfield for filing. A truck with a banner, “Bring Back Beer,” carried t ctition to the station, led by a a and fc lowed by George RBrennan, demo- cratic senate candidate, and a re of and state democratic leaders, The by two sheets bound together contains 17,276 more signa- required to in November. petition rods, It ha tures than the get a statewide nd 190,000 240,000 vote | Jewish Rahbi | Rcsu.ns to Become [)uector of Movies Burbank, Cal.,, Sept. 2 (#—Rabbi nst R. Trattner has resigned as |leader of Temple Emmanuel of Los Angeles to become a motion picture it was announced today. “Because of its universal language the motion picture has become the dominant force in modern civiliza- tion and the church or synagogue and the motion pictrue have much in common,” Rabbi Trattner explained. 12 NEW TEACHERS ENGAGED English De- | ts,| Welch, REFUSE HENNESSY REORGANIZATIONIN TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR SETTLING MANVILLE MILLS STRIKE IS REACHED TODAY BEN WELCH, FAMOUS | Factory Owmers Now Must Ratify Terms Reached at Confer- ence Between Gover- nor and Labor Men STAGE COMEDIAN, DIES i\\'as Only 52 Years Old— | Stricken Blind While | Doing His Act | Al & = P e I Parties Wili Get To- actor and edian, died i (ime/actor and cltj.ln]”m’?ospilf ! gether Late This After- sterday afternoon at the age of 52 noon—Troops Still Are on Duty at Plant. | New York, Sept. old time at y | He recently became blind. His wid-| v survives. a brother of Joe Welch, | ewish comedian, who died several years ago, was stricken blind even years ago while playing with | one of r Hammerstein's pro- ductions at Washington. Despite his blindness, Welch continued his work | and for the last five vears has been 2 headliner on the Keith vaudes famous Providence, R. I, Sept. 2 (P—A tentative agreement for settlement of the strike in the Manville-Jenckes company's textile mill fn Manville, | Which led to a battle between strik- ers and state police Tuesday night ville cireu a o | He was born in America, .mw;fl‘f,;"dnfi;'fi}'fl.fi,‘,’?‘wfifi r:nr::g;n:}. ;‘]\“HI most of his lfe in New|gs conference of Governor Aram J. f’"k inning his stage career| pothier and labor leaders, at the while a boy. |state house this afternoon. The Luneral services will be held here | agreement now Sunday under the auspices of the|the min Jewish Guild of America. awaits approval by management, which had previously authorized Governor Welch's eyes first began to bother | p | >othier to pre: him while he was playing in London, | strijcers, Drtasl T emoNcE s later, while In Boston, he told n Bl 5 it Another conference will be held ! 1'1‘1 ‘x:] 'm, c(\mrll not see b wnd‘!_h!‘ | in the executive offices at 4 o'clock wootlishts. A few weeks later, while | this attangon: at wilah i il playing in Washington, his vision | management will be resent. passed entirely, but he went on| g at the proa vith his lines. The audlence, and |ihg govarnor, ‘{nciuded Thomay making them laugh had gone blind, | Land branch of the American Fed- Tt WA mot until werhs 1o paseeq |eration of Labor; Francls J. Gor- that the public learned of Welch's | Al &R organizer of the United R, extile Workers of America, and had toid him conference besides some By that time specialist the Adjutant General Arthur C. Cole. Persons close to those attending e was no hope of his regaining his sight. i For years Weleh carried an fn. | the conference said that only - one surance policy with a disability | ©Pstacle remained for the settle~ clause. One night, in Providence, | €Nt that being the disposition of fellow players suggested he should | the case of one non-union loom fix- claim $10.000 outright or $75 a|er- Four non-union loom fixers ori- ekt on hiatosl He drew the 'ln’\lly had been hired and retaingg policy from his pocket and asked a | bY the company over the obpections of the union. ince been plained. The union Jeaders. it was learned, agreed to a disposition of the case of the fourth man and it was un- derstood that it was upon fhe ac- ceptance of this agreement by the | manufacturers that the success of today's peace meeting rested. Three of these have “disposed of” it was ex- friend to burn it. As the flames ate up the policy Welch eried: ! “I'm free, again. I can make my plans as T did in other days gloom for no benefits. > on THREE SLAYERS WILL DE EXECUTED TONIGHT Ohio Murderers and Man Who Hired Them Lose Clemency Appeal m befor Troops Still On Duty. nville, R. I, Sept. 2 (#——Peace I ou‘n'd over this little textile center today despite the warlike aspect of the Manville Jenckes Company plant, |stil patrolled by steel helmeted na- tional guardsmen behind barbed wire, machine guns and searchlights. Riotous demonstrations on the Blackstone river bridge which result- |ed in injury to nine persons and damage to the mills had given way to peaceful picketing on the part of 1500 striking operatives and a re- opening of settlement negotiations under the leadership of Gov. Aram Columbus, 0., Sept. 2 (#)— ome tonig the clectric chafr at Ohio penitentiary will :11\:‘ three s in r\)»lv!lun of the “§30 mu " of Pomeroy’s “hill of h\)nm.\ der <4 Governor Vie Donahey inter- | J, potnier. venes, _ | A new peace offer, the terms of The trio face execution for the |whieh have not been disclosed, will murder of James McCumber, 65, be presented to the workers today who knew too much about the boot- | heir chief lieutenant, Horace A. cgsing activities of John Bryant, | piviare, organizer of the United O e COhaemncd mextile’ Workers of America. Mill Toin Hearlor 30 ol wiite, ‘tha | officials submitted their terms to other doomed’ men, - testified they | GOV Pothier and he in turn present- “got rid"” of McCumber at the behest |80 (hem to the workers through of Bryant, who, they sald, offereq |AdJutant General Arthur C. Cole, {hem $30 each o get him out of the | COMmanding the 103rd field artillery r. They actually received $30 be- |d°atchment now in charge of the veen them, it was brought out. |Plant. Both Hedrick and Rhoades claim | General Cole and Riviere met on o other fired the fatal shot, which |the barricaded bridge in front of the as fired after they had “siugged” | plant last night. In‘a conference on MeCumber, Hedrick pleaded guilty, |the “deadline” established by his vhile the other two were convicted troops General dellvered the TPomeroy May 1. |terms and received Riviere's prom- The three were convicted of the | ise of their submission to his workars murder of James McCumber, March |and another conference today. 15, Hedrick and Rhoades said they| Gov. Pothier is the newest media- were employed by Bryant to do tor in the situation, the efforts of a Cumber because he | federal conciliator to bring about a about Bryant's boot- settlement last week having failed, said the he disagreement hinged on the ori- ginal dispute which resulted in tha strike on August 18, the employment of three non-union loom fixers, whot discharge was demanded by the workers. Gov. Pothier conferred yesterday with mill officials, labor leaders and Negro told them y would “never want for any- ut after the deed was ac- gave them only $30 to tween them, “In the absence of word from the trial judge hle u- favora pros¢ attorney and members of the others In the state house at Provi- Y, or any others, we see no rea-|dence and later expressed confidence son for Interference with the or- that a settlement could be made, He derly processes of the court, sald|goplored the necessity of troops in the clemency board's report. Final pleas for mercy for the ted by t governor wv with the clemency board. Hedrick, and her two children, 1 yesterday with the chief e Manville, but sanctioned their pres- ence and announced they would stay |until order had been restored com- pletely The militiamen, with their hos- pital and medical detachments, were lecision in ccutive, He told them he would be | g Mol i1 ie mille today: tided by the decision of the board | oty were brought in last night, the e : Lridge barricades were erected, ma- Hedrick plended gullty at once,| ynet un SECCIR PO SHAERE 8 but Breant and Rhoades entered|inrougn tho night searchlights play pot sullty pleas and were convieted | oq gver the scene of Tuesday night's Who actualiy fired the shot that|TIOUNE ~where state troopers and sheriffs fired into a mob of strikers. One more sympathy strike was led yesterday when all but 15 of killed MeC termined. i nber has never been de- Irick and Rhoades told conflicting <tories. They sald they . the 300 work Nourse “slugged” McCumber in his home|h® 00 workers in the Nourse mill Ll - < 5 Of the Manville Jenckes company at wnd then compelled him to walk a|°f | Woonsocket walked out at noen. distance of nearly five miles, before a bullet was put into his head. Each uses the other of firing the shot. rey threw the body in an mbon- |doned cistern. Previously 12,000 operatives in the company's social mill at Woonsocket had declared a sympathy strike. |Both Woonsocket walkouts have been entirely orderly, while the com- | pany’s Globe mill in that eity eon- tinues to run as usual. HELD AS SLAYER. Montreal, Sept. 2 P—Henri R. Bertrand, secretary of “La Roevue s Moderne,” a weekly magazine, today Woonsocket Situation. held criminally responsible for | Toonsocket, R. I, Sept. 2 (P— causing the death of J. A. Beaudry, With 1500 workers in two of thres publisher of “Le Prix Courant,” on |Manville Jenckes company mills here August 14 Beaudry was shot twice on strike, there was little excitement in the back as he sat at his desk |apaarent today. Governor Pothier while going over his financlal state- ments. (Continued on Page Eight)

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