New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1926, Page 22

o Ay S GREET COOLIDGE ON RETURN TRiP Special Train Met by Throngs in Middle West President Coolidge's Speeial Train, Nov. 12 (A—The welcome which the people of the middle west gave the president and Mrs. Coolidge on their trip to Kansas City, Mo., two days ago was repeated today as their spe- cial train carried them ‘Washington after the president had made ap important pronouncement on foreign policy. The United States, declared before a great crowd in Kansas City on Armistice Day, will 4 ¢ to the world court only on the conditions laid down by the sen- ate. The significance of the utterance was not lost on the assemblage which had gathered for the dedica- tion of the Liberty Memorial, ere ed in the metropolis of the south- west In honor of the men and wom- en of thesWorld Wa Mr. Coolidge Aware of reports that the nations| that are members of the court will never accept the senate reserya the erowd broke into applause which cheers mingled. President Coolidge was deeply im- pressed with the great crowd which greeted him, those at the m dedication exercises being by varlous officials at 15 well as pleased by his cord tion. It was also with pleasure that he found opportunity during the seven hours’ visit to go to Ka s City, Xansas, for a brief tour n- spection. All members of his official party expressed sat ion at the program and the efficiency with which it was carried out to the smallest detail. Secretary Dwight Davis of the war department, who accompanied the president to Kansas ( for Kansas after the dedication, but Everett Sanders, s y to the president, and other members of the party are returning on the train to ‘Washington. They are due in the Capital city late tonight. Only operating stops are being made by the train but this is pro- viding opportunity for peopla at the stations to extend a welcome. At other points the train has slowed down as crowds have appeared to shout a greeting. At Independence, Sedalia Jefferson City, Mo., the President and Mrs. Coolidge went to the ob- servation platform last night and acknowledged the plandits cheers of hundreds while flowers wera given by the citizens to Mrs, Coolidge. The train passed through St. Louis just before midnight but stopped only in the railroad yards. | WAPLE HILL KRGS 30 membe wing meet Maple Hi y at the home o ;11 on Robbins henefit of Dr. * lin; liome. Luncheon committee in ch Mrs. James nue for the toward | ' |spending a f and | |L. Monfer, and Mrs. F. B. Rau. | | A benefit bridgs party will be {given by the V'oman’s club of Maple | Hill on Friday evening, November | 19 at 8 o'clock at the Sequin Golf | club Those wishing to reserve tables | are requested to notify Mrs. Wil-| |lam Allen, Mrs. G. K. Spring or| Mrs. H. B. Anderson. | Robert Hicks of Maple Hill avenue has returned from a trip to Charles- [ton, South Carolina. | Mrs. Arthur Hollings of Newlngton spent last weck-end i+ Plttsfield vis- liting her Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hare, formerly of Maple Hill. | The Maple Hill Bridge club will |meet next Tuesday afternoon, No- vember 16, at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs, William H. Allen on Robbins avenue. | Mrs. M. 3. Shonts of Stuart street | is spendir he week with her| | daughter, Miss Henrietta Shonts, in | |New York, o | | Mr. and Mrs. Harry webster of| Newington center will spend the | week-end in N s guests of [Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Edward Bla Mass, hag rcturned home v days with her sister, Mrs. Mann of Robbins ave: I nue. Nelson Miss Marg rty of Waij- ford is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. inner ot Thompson street | Miss Arline Root of Golf strect at- tended the Harvard-Princeton game in Cambridge last Saturday. Mrs. Jonath: streat has returr friends in Drie, F Hart of Thompson d from a visit with Mrs, Herb tain her b her home ¢ |West Haven Man Dies | In Automobile Crash | New Haven, Nov. man was killed and several injured accidents here yester- and last night, | Willlam G. Tinker, 59, of West vas killed and Charles M ity was seriously in: automobile in which | g driven by Powell, in some unexplained manner lurched from the road and hurled itselt over | the sidewalk and onto the beach, crashing into an old pier foundation, ning over twice and coming to a stop in the water. Powell was found to have a frectured He is un- der arres Mrs. Child Granted Divorce Decree Nov. 1 {P)— 'The at- for Mrs. William Washburn today admitted that a divorce d been granted her from the ormer America assodar to yesterday. s was giv- und on. Mr ¥ address as Paris. Mrs. started suit against Mr. Child ober shortly ter he had wn his st nderson will b this evening at olf street. enter- 1 of th when Paris, | since his NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1926. A -_— e e =3 ] (. 0. P. REGULARS GIRDING LOINS Seek Additional Strength in Retorning “Ontlaws” Washington, Nov. 12—(P—Pre- liminary skirmishes in the fight that looms over control of the senate in the seventicth congress have begun, although the organization body still is months away. Facing the possibility of a situ- ation similar to that of three years ago when republican joined with selection of a democrat as chairman of the powerful interstate commerce commission, although all other chairmanships were held by public: snator Borah, Idaho, has that party leade permit Lynn J. Frazier, North Dakot ejoin the republi- can ranks after two years of wan- dering in the senate as a lone figure banishment from party councils. Indications that the republic vill make every effort to orga the new senate also were found in the appeal made by Scnator Curtis, Kans the party floor leader, the republicans of Maine to elect one of thelr number at the special HIGH COATS an 12 (®—0ne | of that | insurgents | committee on committees after con- democrats {n forcing | ferences with others of the republi- re- | Norris, republican, Nebraska, from the chairmanship of the agricultural committee: s 1f the republican caucus and com- mittee on committees reinstate Senator Frazier and thils action §s conformed by the entire senate, further readjustments would be necessary, with some republicans who have taken their seats since March 4, 1923, placed lower in the lists and so much .farther from chairmanships. Senator Frazier now i{s a member of the committees on banking and curreney, mines and mining, pen- sions and post office, ¥rom the bot- tom of each list he would advance several numbers toward the top and the desired chairmanships of each. Tablet Marks Site of First Methodist Meet Johnson City ,Tenn., Nov. 12 (#— gite of the first Methodist confer- ences held west of the Appalachain his three years of service entitle | mountains in Fastern Tepnessce and him. Frazier was one of the | Kentucky, under Francis Asbury, four republicans read out of the|first Methodist hishop fn America, party after the Coolidge landslide of | has been marked by a large granite 1924 on the ground that they had |boulder, | supported the didacy of the late |. The marker was. taken frem the | Senator Robert M. LaFollette for bed of the Watauga river near an {election on November 29 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Bert M. Fernald. But even if the republicans win that contest, their position at the helm remains precarious because | they will have only 47 seats in the new senate, with the democrats having the same number and the other two held by Senator Ship- stead, farmer-labor Minnesota and Senator Frazier. If the latter votes with the Te- publicans, that party would need {only one more vote to have a clear { majority for organization, provided al the Insurgents vote as republicans |until the senate offices had been filled, Senator Borah's proposal was | made in a letter to Chairman Wat- son, Indiana, of the republican | and with . who now wants the committ, andings to which can insurgent group Senator Fr the | the presidency. | Action on the suggestion probably | will be taken soon after congress anclent ford which Blshop Asbury crossed as he made his trips from east to west. On the front side of the marker are chiseled these words: “William Nelson’s ancienc home for Methodists and Methodist Preaching by Blshop Asbury.”” On the reverse side are the words: “Slte of annual conferences, 1793, 1796 and 179 General Motors Cuts Generous Holiday Melon New York, Nov. 13.~(P)—Gen. eral Motors corporation made & generous holiday distribution to its stoekholders yesterday, aggregating $34,800,000 for the quarter, part of | which was an extra cash dividend of $4 a ghare on the common stock, peyable in the first week of the new year. This action by the directors, sald Alfred P, Bloan, Jr, president, was the best possible evidence pot only of the general position -of the cor- poration from the standpeint of its current business and its financial position, but it also expressed the confidence of the directors as to the future. READ HERALD CLASSIFJIED ADS HOUDINTS Wi FILED IN GOURT Brother Receives Apparatus With Strict Proviso New York, Nov: 12 (P—The late Harry Houdini willed his magic se- crets and illusions to his brother, Dr. Theodoroze Franz Weiss, known to the stage as Hardeen, with the pro- viso that the apparatus for perform- ing them be destroyed upon the brother’s death. The bequest 1= r 2de In a will shich was filed in surrogate's court yesterday. The will gives the bulk of the stage magician’s $500,000 col- lection of books Lo the library of | congrepgs in Washington, provided the gift is credited to the donor. The magician, known as an exposer of frandulent mediums, left his books on gpiritualism and occultism to the American Bociety for Physical re- search. The & 9 of HoudIni's estate is not indicated but his widow, brothers, and sister are the principal benefi- ciarles. His widow, 3Mrs. Wilhelm- ina Rahner Houdini, is executrix and heir to his dramat.c library. Houdinl, who signed himself “for- merly Ernest Weiss” stipulated "hat none of his estate should “ever di- rectly or indirectly go to Sadie Glantz Welss, the divorced wife of my brother, Joseph Nathan Weiss, and the present wife of my brother, Dr. Leopold Nathan Welss. Auto Body From Fir Tree His Touring Home Montesano, Wash., Nov. 12 (®—A tour in a Douglas fir log is under preparation by E. W. Wade, who 13 making an automobile body from & glant tree. The apartment plan calls for & combination bedroom and lving room with two folding beds, two clothes closets, a combined kitchen and dining room and a china closet. The log home is to be electrically lighted throughout and have electric cooking appliances, The stump meéasured nine feet four inches across and is now 16 feet lopg, weighing 4250 pounds. convenes December 6. 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