New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1926, Page 11

EW BRITAIN DAILY HFRAL MONDAY, DE (‘"\IBT‘R 6, 10’)(‘ L LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETING OPENS Germanj to Ask Deflnite Date for Withdrawal Geneva, termany will make a determined ort before her delegates leave Geneva to secure a definlte agree- ment upon an early date for ce: tion of the interallied military con trol. his declaration was made to the Associated Press today of the German delegation at the cnd of the first mecting of the 43rd session of the leaguc of nations councill Bitterness among the German peo- ple over the interallied control is steadily *growing, the spokesman | cobtinued, and the question must be | rockoned with as even more import- | ant than that of reducthg the army of occupation in the Rhincland. Moreover, Germany will upon modification of the project invest the league with the right to investigate German armaments, hich' it is expected will be sub- ited for the interallied control. The council convened at'11:45 a . under the chairmanship of For. ¢ign Minigter Vandervclde of Bel. gium and, after disposing of routine matters, adjourned until afternoon It was deemed significant TPoreign Minlster Stresémann of Ger- many did not'insist, as was expect- cd, upon immediate discussion of the plan for investigation of ‘German armaments by the league, He thus created the impression that he hopes to secure concessions in the private conversations which will ho pursuod outside the council. Tailing to get what he wants there, Ye undoubtedly will push the mat- ter publicly 1 the council. FALL MUST AGAIN STAND TRIAL FOR HIS OIL LEASIN (Contibusd from First Page) ent In the jury room. The trial court | sustained the indictments, as did the | court of appeals. The court of appeals was upheld today by the supreme court and tho case will be ordered to trial. Navy Testimony Washington, Dec. 6 (B — Navy | testimony in defense of the oil leas- ing policy of 1922 was put on the | dissecting tables ment counsel in conspiracy trial. today the by govern- Irall-Doheny The witness chair was occupied by | Rear Admiral J. K. Robison, who spoke for the navy department in | the negotlations which resulted in | award of several oil contracts to Ed- ward L. Doheny, while Albert B. | was secretary of the interlor. Owen J. Roberts of government counsel, conducted a cross examina- | tion that brought the admiral un- der a pelting storm of question about many vital features of hi previous testimony. The witness conceded that he had made a mistake in saying in the Los Angeles civil trial for cancellation of the leases that he had not mentioned the matter to Doheny during talks they had in New York. He also per- mitted Roberts to correct from the official record a statement he had made about what took place at a leasing cbnference at the navy partment, identified a draft on a letter in which Fall had inserted “or otherwise” after a stipulation that | the leases were to be awarded by competitive bidding. Recalling Doheny's fo esxpected to make $100,000,000 out of the Elk Hills contract, Roberts pressed the admiral to estimate the value of the whole Elk Hills Re- serve. The witness replicd that he valued tho entire tract at million. “You have testified that the Pan- | ,\mnrlmn (Doheny) bid on the Pearl | QUIT HAVING - SOUR STOMACH Pape’s Dia.pepsin Ends Worst Attack Instantly No Matter ‘What you Ate or Drank ‘3 Sinee I Discovered Pape’ There’s Never Any Nausea After Eating Gone! You never before realized such complete transformation. Blu- est kind of stomach misery turned into perfect comfort almost instant- Iy, Bloat, belching, fermentation, sour risings, zas on stomach, lence—all subside as if my magie The very tgste of a Pape’s Diapep- cin fnstantly calms the most unruly stomach. You feel good all over. Get.a 60 cent package toda drug storp, Tt won't fail you. flatu- by a member | insist | | bureau that | de- | statement be- | > the senate oil committee that he | half al ! Diapepsin | actd | at any | harbor, Mawaii project was $2 000 lower than the next best bi Roberts said, “and you knew that | contract carrled the ‘preferential | rights clause?” | " “Yes." | “Then you valued reserve at $235,0007" “No; there are other savings to the government under the Pearl Harbor contract.”” “Well, how much did they amount to?” “Perhaps as much again.” $500,000, 1s Figure | “That's just the figure | figure 1 used in talking with Secre tary Denby,” sald Robinson. “They got the contract on that basis. | Under the “preferential rights” | clause of the Pearl Harbor storage contract, Doheny's Pan-American | company was glven first call on the | 131k Tills contract, then still in con- | templation. Robison sald he had not discussed the value of this glau; ‘“nl\ the interior department offi- He previously had said he himself did not consider the clause very important; being interested | chiefly in getting the oil stored at| Pearl Harbor as a measure of na-| tional defense. Robison said he knew afhe time that petroleum teehonoligists on the of mines . placed a great ' lué on the Blk Iills reserve but | [he mever had heard any spegific | | tigure. . Roberts' attack was growing more nd more fiery &nd the admiral’s | | response more and morg emphat Ince hgshouted at his interrogator: . “I never make any atttmpt o | force one story to conform to any- thing 1 have testified before. I r cite my best recollection of the mo- | ment and it T make a mistake I have | no hesitancy in changing the story. I never, trim—T tell the truth, and wt's the chief thing, “And that is still your attitude? the attorney asked. “It is, T never trim.” the Elk Hills | HUNTING ARMED MAN | East Hampton Police Iooking I'or | { Man Armed With Knife and Re- volver Who Threatened Several. East Hampton, Conn., Dec. 6 —Ofticials here were hunting le'ln\ fora stranger who on Saturday | threatened several rosidents of t Mt. Pleasant section with a long knife and a revolver. A search of the | woods yesterday *failed to disclose any trace of the man. The man, who said he was from Mass.,, first appeared here Friday when he ba cd for six f | He agreed to close the deals t lowing day but did not reappear un- til Saturday night, when armed with the rovolver and knife, he threaten- cd_several person | Deputy Ray Young and | Constable . . Floods were r‘«llnl‘ but the man had disappearcd hefore | they arrived. They reached the| woods yesterday but could not find | | the stranger. | He is described as about 40 years | old, five feet nine inches tall and | weighs about 170 pounds. He wore | | | ms. | ! blue overalls. |Wants Pension Raised i | For Civil War Widows ! BY GRORGE H. MANNING ‘ (Washington Burean of the N. B. Hn"wjd ) Washington, D. C., Dec. 6—Two | bills to fncrease the pensions of [ widows of Civil War veterans were ntroduced in the house on the open- ng day of the congress by Repre: tative 5. Hart Fenn of Hartford. | e bille are for Mrs. Caroline A. iJOnr‘i of New Dritain, widow of Ld- ward . Jones, who served in Com pany I, 20th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and Mrs. Clara Douglass, ; | Hartford, widow of Chauncey Doug- , of Company C, 29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Doth widows are now receiving pensions of 330 a i month, the maximum allowed under the general pension laws. Congres nan Fenn's bills would raise this to | 350 a mo for each. lass MARAUDER I8 SHOT. | Danbury, Dec. 6 (P—Joseph Ed-| | wards, negro, of unknown residence, is in the Danbury hospital with his| right leg peppered with 'Ihc man was shot by Char b who conducts wsoline station in | Stony Hill di tly after, mid- night last n Russcll told the po- liee that Edwards tried to break in- | to his house and that he shot the {man when he refused to leave, and \:wl he would “get” Russell and then | go into the house. The state police| |are investigating the c L B0 $25,000 FIRE LOSS S Seattle, Wash., Dec. 6 (#) — Fire lay destroyed the main ware- ouse of the Erickson Mercantile mmmnv at Bothell, 23 miles north of Seattle, after threatening to burn the town when dynamite Istored in the warchouse exploded and spread flames. Loss was esti-| | mated at $25,000. | A Seattle fire brigade was sent to| atd the Bothell volunteer depart- | | ment. Residents of the town of 1,- 000 turned out to fight the fire. m: MORSE JURY DISCHA 2 | New York, Dac. 6 UP—The Morse | mall froud trial which started here | on October 4 is at an end, temporari- ‘lv at least with two of the six de- ({rnd'\n(s acquitted. The jury was so | hopelessly deadlocked regarding the others, however, that it was dis- charged yesterday aft r deliberating 85 hours. Hoganville, Ga., | “Uncle Billie" Collins, 111 1 | died here yesterday. At the age of | 45, he entered the Confederate army | and served throughout the four years of the Civil war, He is sur- vived by fifty-five ‘grandchildren and | | 250 great and great-great grand- | | enitaren. TAIRS aged 47, of fell down stairs esterday, ain Gen- FALLS DOW Stephen "M n, hotel ahout noon taken to New ‘Br hospital. He had a restless it was said at the hospital but his condition .is not con- | He has lacerations at the night, toul sidered about the erious. head. v WRIE of al] the ships being the world are motor ves- L] Ne built sels, in | cossity |of the past year there | greater moderation in expenditures. | GERMANY FIVANCES SECOND PAYMENT. Obligation Under Dawes Plan| Met on Scheduled Date Berlin, Dece. 6 (A—Trom her own | 0 | conformily with the Dawes repara- |tion plan. Seymour Marker Gilbert, Jr. agent general for reparation ayments, in his annual report s the execution of the Dawes plan | proceeded normally during the sec- ond annuity year and that payments totalling in exact terms 1.166,904,- gold marks were received from Germany during the period from September 1, 1925, August 31, 182 T‘Nlr\lmllon to the ereditor pow- ers, the report said, was carried out regularly and without difficulty. The share of the United States amounted 1o 33,949,000 gold marks. This m- d an accumulated balance car- over from® the first year,! ounting to 15,308,000 gold marks. The report says that during the* sccond annuity year Germany calmly passed through a trying period of readjustment which, heginning in the first annuity year, reached pro- portions of a eerious business crisis | to | by the winter of 19 The German budget, shows, continues sound e, though it is asserted the ne- for internal horrowings Is| considered possible, This is the, flrst reliable statement forthcoming regarding the German budget. The new fax program is proving en- couragingly productive, but it is sug- gested that in view of the experience | is need of | the report as to bal- | | | | SWEARING IN OF GOULD 1S HALTED (Cnnnmmd from irst Page) indlecated. ‘‘Unfortunately he succeceded .in | that attempt and the law has no! | sympathy at all with one who puts | | himself in such a position and do not hesitate to, enfotce the rul and doctrines applicable to such case.' " “‘That the a claimants have no right which should be enforced in PAPal muncio any court or before any causes the contract to be void by reason of the act of bribery com- mitted by Arthur R. Gould Ayring the negotiations for the building of the road between the province,and the railroad company.’ “Be it resolved that in the sence of official information ctrning the charge thus made, the qualifying oath be administered to th member-elect and that the com- mittee on privileges and clections be and it hercby is, dirccted to in- quire into the truth of the facts so reported an recited, and’ to report the same, at .o carliest convenient date, to the senate, with such rec- ommendations touching action by it | n the premises as may scem to them warranted.” Much Worl ah- con- To Be Done ac sion appointment of committees fo tto notify the | gre re | read the real | appropriation® bills holding right of | way. that's the | resources Germany ha punctually | 0pening prayer was followed by a {met her second annual payment in | roll call, and by the swe: ne | nation of the partics jor thi D old time tion. hands, I so R spea house ¢ fr in Lot Veter: ary No. 1, ev |ax. sta the A | s vention of the York cit | Harty | held o Legio: at 21 Greenwood, 1st Hween 5| ey dered th [} ‘ongress began a 1.ew scssion to- f faced with ted and new ible yof enactment months before it ass of incom- tion impos- in the three adjournment in | March. Sharply at noon, Vice-President Dawes and Speaker Longworth rap- ped the senate and house tovorder. and notified the membership that the business of legislating was un- der way. The holiday-like assemblage which usually attends the convening of | congress crowded the galleries and the snow-covered, capitol plaza and grounds gave a Uhristmas tone (o tho ceremonles. Visit cur office and know truth about your ey My Specialty Comfortable Vision FRANKE.GOODWIN Eyesight Specialist Main St. Thonc 1905 the New Britain Sign Co. | “DOING BETTER WHAT MANY DO WELL” 34 CHURCH STREET Telephone 894 JO J. TARRANT 288 East Main Street DERTAKER and EMBALMER Ll’"()LSTEl“l\G 14 Phone 4010 House: 1431-2 | AUTOMATIC OIL, BURNF Wanted a Responsible Dealer New Britain and Vicinity JOHN FUREY CO. 125 Pearl St,, Hartford W. J. HU \IA\O\' *Local Sales Rep. Auto Electric Service (“. A. ABETZ TEL. 4185 110 FRANKLIN SQ. Usual Program As is the custom, the only o i abasr cndine o of the opening day, major of & Wi the ally president that con- | ess was in on, and ready to ive his recommendations. The| ecutive's. annual m will be tomorrow nd then will begin work the session, with RECORD SNOWFALL WINTER HARBINGER Page) from Iirst of the storm. Pathway to Hospital, Mindtul of criticism that had come gv hen a factory di uds to the hospital only the department of siled a plow to the ospital. Grand entrar The huge eavy now blade Hawkins street, into nd thence to the cen- cify by way of Arch street. plow sent out, at yout 4 ook a rou commencing at headquarters on Com- ct; another went direct itfon on Kensington | and opened up traffic 10 a protection in that secti all fire companies 1 streets to the tracks of main high- | routes of bus companics his completed the | ronds were the night the motor tricks and wish snow I and when the city the day's The procedure in the two houses day was virtually identical ng in of Then came’ the desig. titular leaders of both go to the White House and inform the president ion. Ad- s out of ¢ members. mbulance to point, e tarting urnment for the for the late Senator Cum- £ and Fernald of Mainc Home-Coming Celebration In both house and senate floors ¢ scene took on the character of “homecoming” celebra- Members stolled about, sh laughing and talking ping cath other on the back. The gallerics contained many per ns of national prominence. oosevelt Longworth, wifg of ¢ er, saw her hushand bring th to order. In tha senate, ary Kellogg, formerly a senator om Minneso ked about g & old friends and and colleagues. ter of th > over. from the streets, this morning for work of passible strects where almost hopeless snow had been seen at the ment last night. 11 Night. The regular oflicers of ns of the meeting and election the Sons of Union Civil war, Auxili- will be held \\‘ ening at 8 o'clock in Jr. hall, Herr at Siv Plows Work upt. Kearney and ased their forces at the day. Six plows, manned rs and a foreman, werc sh the night rly | iing 15 motor trucks joined and 40 laborcrs were put oving banks of snow nnd‘ wring crosswalks. A steady stream of men secking employment trickled into the office at the Harvard street rd and in the early hours all | appeared able and willing to | cavy shovels laden with snow | 101 to districts where | were loading. Ahout noon of workmen was large to cope with the storm and ing was done after that hour. | It is {1 public wor! rt of red o cle to be shovelled £ A force of workmen will be on duty | valks and clearing cateh | cventual thaws for a few | an S, Hall, director of th trade school and secretary of New Pritain gection of the merican society of Mechanical en- ncers, is attending a four day con- AS. M E, New at A meeting of SLoLEy branch, tomorrow clock at Judd's Rev. William A O. H, will evening at hall on A be dispa Main eno no Catholic Women's Benevolent will meet Tu v evening o'clock in St. Mary's school hall. Xmas Sale hand painted novel floor north.— 1 VATICAN av 6 (B — A treaty be- and the Vatican gulating the honors to he ren- to French representatives in e Near East, the Balkans and the rient, signed tod by the Monsignor Gaglione. | department | s officials that today | will be re- of of th TREATY W Parls, Dec. TFrance No reports was al injuries have yet been | although deaths have been IF YOU ARE HESITATING— —over a Christmas token to send someone, remem- ber that flowers touch a responsive chord in every person’s heart. Our Christmas baskets make charming g OUR POLICY We invite You to spend a happy fifteen in our storc at any fime, amidst nature’s most beautiful expression— Flowers. We look upon a visit from you as an obligation to serve you to our utmost. With this in mind we never an- noy customers by urging them to pur- VOLZ THE FLORIST 78 West Main St. enterpieces. Flowerphone 3700 avings Bank of New Britain A MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR SIXTY-IFFOUR YEARS RESOURCES MORE THAN $20,000,000 Has no capital stock Has no stockholders. The only division of its net earnings is its depositors. to It is the duty of every person to set aside some portion of his or her earnings to provide for future needs. Are you doing so? This bank invites you to use it as a place to deposit these sav ings. All deposits here are receiving 5% interest. Any amount may be deposited from one dollar to ten thousand dollars. Oren Monday Evenings from 7 to 8:30 178 Main Street New Britain, Conn. gincer Wil- | | upon a man, | was the greatest short story writer toll of storms in other cities. Lwning laden with snow fell at th John Carides store on Arch street, ind one of the iron arms swung through a plate-glass window. " and for Towing Service s reaped a ho wreck- m for tow- | Accessoric alers ireds of sets s who had prepared for win ter's driving difficulties, and tured alcohol and anti-freezng solu- radiators were sold in ht ptities. Many of the servic b ordinarily arly in the evening were kept mtil late at night > of the larger d¢ 1 two of his men w to work v tions doors on du cars. O lers re- porte i having come rom allons of into water m de- s of hundreds of itured aleohol poure MENC(EN ASSAILED FOR GRITICIZING 0. HENRY California Prison Lditor Raps Amer- ican Mercury Head For Call- ing Him “Jailbird." 3 editor of the American Mercury, had aroused th ire of convicts at the state penitc e. The editor was s : current issue of the ation, The Bulletin, > kettle calls the pot a dirty ' the paper remarks. “Mencken is a self-style ‘intelligentsia,’ (which is Latin for shiftless Bohemians, tin horn journalists and mental vacuums of tho Shabbya-Genteel { stamp). “It is true that O. Henry was a jail bird, that is, if having been in jail once leaves that indelible stamp 1t is also true that he of his time. “John the Baptist, John Bunyan, An | of chains to aute- | dena- | Tor. Painc other im- |items of the Eddy-Glover post and mortals including Voliaire, were jall | the editorials. Commander Harry | birds; and if the name of Maliclous | Ginsburg, announced at the meeting Mencken endures, as long as that of | of the Luncheon club this noon, that any one of them, even the most |there were still some very desirable | persimonious hundred percenter of | seats for the show tonight and to- | future generations yill be glad to | morrow night for those who wished contribute to a popular slush fund, |to purchase tickets at the box office | with which to erect a tablet to his | the last minuté. memory and to that his tra-! SRR AL C. F. Chase Director of ducers are prope rl)‘ chastised.” Boost and Pull Ts First National Bank . At a meeting of the board of Legion Show Program |cirectors of the New Britain o and |tional bank held this mornin: in the Charles ¥. 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