New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1926, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 SENATE AND HOUSE BOTH HAVE FIGHTS Dismissal of English Impeach- ment Action Is One POISON GAS TREATY ROW Upper House Likewise in Wrangle Over Bill Authorizing Construc- i tion of Bridge Across Columbia River in Northwest, Washington, Dec. 11 UP—The senate and house each had several fights on its hands today. The house had before it the $259, 336,000 interlor department appro. priation, but the first order of busi- ness in that chamber was a report by Representatives Michener, repub- lican, Michigan, recommending dis- missal of impeachment proceedings against Judge William English, In the senate, not only were dif- | terences over the poison gas treaty pervading the atmosphere but a row had developed over a bill to author- 1ze construction of a bridge across the Columbla river between Long- view, Washington, and Ranier, Ore- gon. Judge Impeachment Impeachment of Judge English was voted by the house at the last | session after an investigation based | on charges of malfeasance in office and other misdemeanors published by the St. Louls Post-Dispatch. He resigned, however, shortly before November 10, the date set for his trial before the senate, and the house prosecutors, headed by Rep- resentative Michener, decided recommend that the proceedings be dropped. Representative LaGuardia, republican, New York, however, has objected to such a course, insisting | that the trial proceed. Other Mcasures With the interior bill before it. the house had the second regular de- partmental supply measure of the session and one which contains as many if not more provisions ot local interest to a number of members than any other, since, In addition to $222,708.000 for Civil and Spanish war pensions, it carries appropria- tlons for a number of reclamation projects and other undertakings af- fecting various areas. Army Too Small Members of the house mill- tary committes, meanwhile, are showing concern over the disclosure that the actual strength of the army has been reduced to 110,000 men instead of being held at 118,- 000 because of the increased cost of rations, They are planning to ques- tion Secretary Dwight Davis in an effort to place the blame for develop- ment of such a situation under the current war department appropria- tlons act, which, they hold, was iIn- tended to provide for an army 118,- 000 strong. Poison Gas Row. The Geneva protocol for suppres- slon of poison gas in warfare, i1 arousing such a controversy that Rome of its sponsors are considering the advisability of having it return- ed to the forelgn relations com- mittee, It was brought to the senate floor by Chairman Borah of that commit- tee and he is leading the fight for ratification, while Chairman Wads- | worth of the military committee, is | morshalling the opposition. Outside the senate, a number of | (Continued on Page Thirteen) JUDGE OPPOSES LAW; WON'T GIVE MAN LIFE Baumes Statute in New York Assailed by Justice in Theft Trial —_—— New York, Dec. 11 (A—Rather than send a Negro to prison for life | following a fourth conviction for thefr, County Judge Frankiin W. Taylor, has threatened to resign. “If to be a judge means to be a moral coward. I am ready to resi.m from the bench immediately,” Judge | Taylor said in defense of his attitude | on the state's so-called Baumes law | }':r-l'(‘re the appellate court in Brook- yn. Against the demands of District Attorney Dodd that he return Harry Simmons, convicted of steallng $116 ticm the Commonwealth Fuel Com- pany, to Sing Sing for a life term, Judge Taylor imposed a first sen- | tence term despite the Negro's record as a fourth offender. Justice Lewis | of the supreme court ordered Sim- mons resentenced and Judga Taylor appealed. “There are those why cry for au- tomatic punishment,” Judge Tayler argued. “It is my observation, how- ever, that all fourth offenders ave not all habitual criminals, Many felonies are comparatively trivial. “I have sat in John D. Rockefel- Bible class with reformed erim- als, many of whom I know have ‘gone straight” 'Those persons wio frantically cry for reaction and de- mand the life sentence for all fourth offenders, regardless of the merits | of particular cases, disregard the | fact that some day they, too, will be asking for mercy when God is their Judge.’ The words “shall” and “must” in the Baumes law, Judge Taylor as- serted, indicate permissive action. District Attorney Walsh, appear- ing for Mr. Dodd, argued that im- position of the life sentence was | and not optional, and | : Taylor had no course than ordering a life.term in Simmons’ case, l to | “F‘W BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1926. — ""f SCHOOL IN NORTH END AY STOP THREATENING JAM pA7ED BY FLAMES Sure to Follow as Population Gains A Washington, Dec. 11 (P—In- creases in the population in the United States are certain to be followed with corresponding in- creases in sickness and death, the annual report of the sur- geon general declared today, re- cording the 128th year of the public health esrvice. The increases in disease “sure- 1y will follow,” the report said, “unless means of prevention are || placea at the disposal of the || public health agencies and the people themselves co-operate with the health authorities. JERRY 15 STIL A WAN OF MYSTERY | Unknown Soldiér Fails to Find (lues to His Identity \PATHETIC SCENES ENAGTED | Large Crowd Visits Him at Legion | | Home—Mother Secks Her | Missing Since War Times—Ap- pears at Armory and Theater. “Jerry Tarbot” scanned thousands of faces last night, but there came ‘to his mind no flash of memory | upon sight of a familiar face and he is still groping, groping, as he has been during the past years, striving to push aside that | heavy past. Hundreds of men and women visited him at the American Legion home on Washington street last night and nearly every one of these | people earnestly tried to help him, |but he stated that he received no clues as to his identity. “Jerry” had dinner with friends {at the Burritt hotel last evening {and he went from there to the jhome of Eddy-Glover post, where he was engaged in conversation by Louls Feingold, a former member {of the United States marines, who |saw active service in France. At 8 o'clock “Jerr; made an appear- ance at the Capitol theater, where ing bouts at the state armory, ‘Arch street. At the armory he was {introduced by Vice Commander Na- than Avery of Eddy-Glover post He later went back to the Legion home, where he remained until 11 o'clock. Many people engaged him in con- versation and several pathetic scenes were enacted as he sat in one of the rooms at the Legion building, liste: ing to the words of those around him and endeavoring to plece together the broken thread of memory. Lost Son in France An elderly woman entered, ac- companied by her husband. Both | were obviously of foreign birth. Clutched tightly in one of her hands, the mother held a photograph of her |son who never returned from ‘Frnnce. On her face were written tales of grief and of sleepless nights, but a ray countenance as, with faltering steps, she entered into the roon nothing. She nferely his face and that in the photograph. | She made as if to speak to him sev- eral times, but finally being con- vinced that the man before her was not her missing son, she departed. It was sald that she had secured al- most no sleep the night before, be- lieving that her boy had come back to her. At another time while “Jerry” was at the armory, those in the room heard the door open and the whisper went around, “There's Jerry Tar- | bot.” Standing in the doorway was a man whose features were almost identical with those of the unknown | soldier, who, even then, was in the ring at the state armory, under the | flerce glare of the shower lights, while a raging fight crowd, stilled by the awesomeness of the occasion, ried vainly to recognize in him a | buddy, missing in action; a brother, | from whom nothing has been heard since The Blg Parady, or a son, swal- lowed up in the might struggle. . Local Man Resembled Jerry But this man was not “Jerry Tar- bot" He was George Sadl, an em- ploye of the Central Lunch, whose | friends had urzed him to visit the | | his appearance corresp.nded in | nearly every detail with that or Jer- ry Tarbot. He is a Syrlan and Syrlan and “Jerry,” upon his return, felt sure that he is not of that na- was tried out in Turkish and Assyrian languages, but further clues. Mr. the part of France to which “Jerry” ments around Belleau Woods and | Chateau Thierry. Rev, Fr. Oates. “Jerry's"” the evening of Rev. of Washington, who, he claims, was his instructor at Fordham Prepara- tory school fn New York. “Jerry" is sure that he attended that school | at some time between 1902 and 1907, and an investigation is being carried (Continued on Page 12) ‘ ‘Worl o, ™0 o Disease Increases ™ 1ol Son, | three | curtain which forbids him | lany but momentary glimpses of the | ihe ‘was introduced by a memberof ; of hope lighted her | She said | looked at | “Jerry,” her gaze wavering between | Legion home, due to the fact that | the | Mrs. {To meet this need. |is to be angeged. Principal Slade Calls At- tention to Crowded Con- ditions at Present Plant, Urging New Building. Possibllity of a new high school in this city, probably in the north- ern section, was hinted at by Joseph M. Halloran, chairman of the school accommodations committes at a school board meeting yesterday af- ternoon. The matter of needed in- creased high school accommodations was brought to the attention of the board in a letter from Principal Louls P. Slade of the Senior High school. In his letter Principal Slade stated by junior high school will necessitatc the use of all avail- able accommodations. It will necessary to make use of a small, ill-lighted room in the front part of the vocational building basement. He suggested that a building be constricted on the site on which the old Open Air rchool now stands. The buildins sho 11 have accommoda- tions for 17 class rooms. an audi- toriur1 large enough to seat the en- tire enrollment for many years to come, two gymnasium floors, a li- brary, a cafeteria, administration of- fice, accommod: ti and nurses in their first ald work, he sald. Principal Slade’s letter follows: “The time has come when ar- rangements should be made for in- creasing the accommodations at the senior high school, and just as soon as possible. The groups from the juntor high schools will make a net increase of bout 100 in the enroll- ment of the sc’ ool on January 31. another teacher For this teacher, our last available school room must be furnished; the room is a small rather poorly lighted room in the front basement of the vocational building. If we should find it nec- mare additional accommodations, we may be obliged to hold some classes in sections r: the auditorium. “For » sclution of the problem, T would recommend the construction and vocational buildings to be joined to each of these Luildings on its north arc south sides. This bulld- |ing shoul be made the central unit |the Herald staff. Later in the eve- ;n5n, senior high school group, with Ining he appeared before the huge | |crowd gathered to witness the box- | provision L1 its accommodations for | the activities and fnterests common to all in the school. “To meet these common needs the new building should contain: “1. An auditorium large enough to seat the entire school for many years to come, “2, Two gymnasium floors; one for young men; one for young wom- en, and in connection with each gymnasium, baths and locker rooms. 3. A lbrary large enough to al- low for normal growth. “4, A cafeterla, ing rooms for the service of phys clans and nurses and for first aid in emergency cases. “A new building for the purposes indicated would release within the lacademic and vocational buildings i space for at least 17 new class rooms. {The south end of the academic building which now contains the |auditorium and young men's gym- nasium, it would be necessary to | make over with considerable new The east basement of |the vocational building (now occu- ipled by the young women's gym- | nastum. dressing rooms and room re- !served for a cafeteria) could be al- Itered at a relatively small cost. “The mew construction which fs | recommended could be so arranged | as not serfously to interfere with the | conduct of regular school activities.” When the board voted to refer the matter to the school accommoda- | construction. | tions committee Chairman Halloran | lof the committe said this would ! open the possibility of a new high ! |school in another section | city. It is Principal Slade’s plan to |keep the high schools as one unit {and it is expected that he will not | favor any plan to have two separate units in the city. It is expected that it Mr. Halloran goes through with | his plan he will receive much sup- port from the northern the city. SPRINGFIELD LOSES ITS OLDEST RESIDENT Mrs. Fliza N. Marshall Was 103 Years Old—Always Upheld Younger Generation. Springfleld, Mass.,, Dec. 11 (A — Eliza N. Marshall, oldest | woman in this city, dled here last he was unable to read or to under- | stand elther of them. And again his | She face, which, for a few moments, had | previous to making a trip west in | brightened, assumed its seeking ex- |1537 which consumed four months | turned my back on my family's re- pression as he turned to others for by train and canal Feingold knew |off at the Harvard commencement | referred and the two men discussed and movements of troops and artillery, | 1litical opponent for the presidency. | together with several of the engage- | Stcphen A. Douglas. memory fs coming back | school. to him and he was speaking early in | during three wars, Peter A. Oates | evening at the age of 103 years. had an active life, and just boat, stopped | where ,she met the poets Whittier Longfellow and Lincoln’s po- She was born in Woolwich, Me., | May 21, 1823, and in 1837 emi- grated to Iowa where she taught She was an active worker being a mem- ber of the G. A. R. relief corps, and knitted socks for the soldiers in the Spanish-American, Civil and d wars, She refused to belleve that the present day younger generation was decadent and attributed her longev- other on by persons intercsted in his case ity to the fact that her father lived fo be 104 and her mother 103 years old. e T that increased enrollment occasioned | graduation | be | ns for physicians | essary in September to provide still | of a building between the academic | Administration offices includ- ' section of Nobile Unable to Speak English, So Davenport, Ta., Dec. 11 (P— The American Business Club of Davenport, which sponsored a lecture here Monday night by General Umberto Nobile, who flew over the North Pole, has tiled suit for $1,800 against the Lee Keedick Company of New York, booking agency for the aviator. The club charges false and fraudulent representation, claiming General Nobile was unable to express himself in English and could not make himself understood by the audi- ence. 'WOULD GLOSE STREETS T0 PROTECT CHILDREN School Board Sees Traffic Menace on Two Thoroughfares In a letter to the board of edu- cation yesterday, offcers of the Elihu Burritt school told of the igrent dangers children playing on the school grounds experience be- |cause of meager playground accom- |modations. They recommended the !following tmprovements: Detail of traffic officer at junction of North |and Clark streets; closing of Lee and i(:xark streets during certain hours, and enlarg ment of playgrounds. | Supt. Holmes said he wrote to th police department and in the reply {from Chiet Hart, which was read at the meeting, it was stated that the officer in that section has to patrol a beat and might be called away for arrests. The chief said the officer would be near the school as much as possible during the hours of closing. i According t- the letter, plls are affccted. It w ion of the board that the traffic on Lee and Clark ithat the thoro r closed withovt hardship. During the discussion Committee- man Mc.ris Saxe related the dan gers of tr i and urged that m ures be taken to educate the chil- dren to safety measures. He said one - inute a day before the close of each scsslon of school should be set aside to urge the pupils to he careful, present time, he said. | Although the members that closing the street to t be a new Dian, they voted to recon mend this. On an amendment si gested by Committeeman LeWitt of the school accommodations commit- to 1000 pu- the opin- is little streets and could be working a great helfeved ce the commit- for tabled indefinitely tee had only appropriations Ischool construction. The upwerd revision in salary of school teachers as outlined in th last evening's Herald were appro by the board. Tt was found that the increases granted teachers in olementary onl high schools placcs ow Britain’s salary scale in a fav orable position in comparison with other schools throughout the state The school accommodations cor mittee was given power to enter into {a cont nent for the Nathan High school annex. | Tn a letter to the board Principal Wessels of the Nathan Hale school stated that there were about 100 boys in school who ware in radio clubs and he rccommended that a | radlo be purchased at a cost of [#64.50. Supt. Holmes spokce favor- (Continued on Pa;;e 12) RETURN T0 CATHOLIC GHURCH HER AMBITION Mrs. Charlie Chaplin Plans to Again Embrace That Faith Hale Junior of the | Los Angeles, Dec. 11 (P—The Times says Lita Grey Chaplin, es- | tranged wife of Charlie Chaplin, h announced her intention of return- ing to the Roman Catholic church which faith, she says, she renounc- ed when she married th. film come- | dian. She would have her | children baptized by the Catholic church so that “they might enjoy the consolation” she says she “threw away.” She 1s quoted as follows: “Now that my marriage has turn- ed out to be a faflure 1 can return to my church. My mother and my | grandparents w raised and grew | up as devout members of the Rom- an Catholic church.. In my eiforts to promote marital happiness, I consented to stake everything and ligion. Now I can turn to the faith of my childhood.” Mrs. Chaplin explained that her separation fom the Catholic church occurred at the time of her mar- rlage to Chaplin two years ago. The marriage could not be recognized by the church because Chaplin had been divorced. His first wife was Mildred Harris, film actress. “I felt the separation from the church most keenly at the times just after my two bables were born. I wanted them baptized in order| that they might enjoy the consola- tion I threw away. But in defer- enc to the wishes of their father, T| never had that done. Now, when I return to the church they will go! with me for baptism and christen- ing,” Mrs. Chaplin sald, Lawsuit Is Begun| Bhe need is greatest at n::»‘ two | SIXT EEN PAGES BRISTOL THEATER Plyhouse Ouly Place o Giy At (Offering Vandeville DAMAGE PUT AT $25,000 Actors and Actresses Tose Effects and Scenery—Proprictors Unde- clded Whether to Rebulld—Palace | May Be Reopened. (Special to the Herald.) | Bristol, Dec. 11.—The Bristol thea- the playhouse in the | of located on North Main street was gutted by fire this Chief Hayes estamates the $25,000. Podestrian Gives Alarm | At about 6:43 a. m., .he atiention | of Officer Con Connelly, sk duty at police was attracted by a passerby 'apping on The officer wulked | {over to the window and looking in' the direction to which the person pointed, noticed large clouds of smoke rolling from a building in tha vicinity of the west end of the yard. He called fire head- and Squad A, Hose Com- No. 1 and Hose Company No. sponded, At about the same time this call was received, another call came in from an engineer on a passing train, which had stopped at the passenger station to notify headquarters that two freight cars were on fire. Welch Fire Company in Forestville was then called and it went to the freight 1. which is immediately in the rear of the Dristol theater. This call was found to be incorrect, the er heing unable to see the accurate location of the fire on ac- connt of the clouds of smoke, Three strcams of hose were lald and were played continuously on (Continued on Page 13) LAROR UNION OBJECTS T0 CANADIAN WORKERS Wants “Border Commu- ters” at Detroit Barved From Jobs in U. S. ter, largest ity, morning, loss at who was on headquarters he window. D 11—(P— Canadians who commute to Detroit and who, labor leaders say, compete with Amcrican workmen, have come un- scrutiny of the federal gov- troit, Dec crament, 'he government about the 10,000 residents who are said by the De- troit federation of labor to commute daily to Detroit where they earn wants to know Windsor, Ont., to Amerlcan citiz A protest against the commuting Canadians was lodged by the federa- tion with Dr. P. L. Prentis, district dircctor of immigration, and urged. Dr. Prentis e matfer up to Washington, night Harry Hull, commis foner general of immigration, ®r- dered Dr. Prentis to obtain detailed information about each Canadian worker who passes through the im- izration office her The objections to Canadian labor competition comes at a time when some Detrolt plants are working only part time, or partial shifts be- cause of scasonal slackening throwing many American workmen | out of employment. Federation leaders have denied that their objection is to Non-union workmen, claiming, that the bar should be raised against all workers living on the Canadlan side, wheth- er they hold union cards or not. CITY LOSES PLANS OF HOUSE UNDER PROBE Specifications Mysten’ously.’ | | ‘| Disappear From Build- ing Dept. Office Building department attaches are today endeavoring to solve the mys- tery of the disappearance of plans and specifications for the Andrews | house on Lake Boulevard, alieged to be a three family house in viola- tion of zoning. The plans were filed when a per- | mit was issued, about two years ago. The department has placed docu- mentary evidence in the hands of Prosccutor Joseph G. Woods as the first step in a court action against Charles S. Andrews, who it is claini- ed, converted an authorized two- | family house into one of three tene- ments. Prosecutor Woods has call- ed for the plans, but a search of the office files disclosed that they have been taken away. Inspector A, N. Rutherford said today he is unable to account for their Joss since it is strictly against | the rules of the department to take | out plans. * * | THE WEATHER Hartford, Dec. 11.—Forceast for New Rritain and vicinity: Rain tonight; Sunday partly cloudy. Not much change in temperature, l | | * | | automobile by ! escaped. | throngs and impeded | yesterday. Average Daily Wi Dec. 4th Circulation For " 14,149 eek E: PRICE THREE CENTS 'TWO HOLD-UP MEN |DEFENSE CONCLUDES CASE SHOT BUT ESCAPE WITHOUT CALLING FORMER Rttempt Made to Rob New York) Restaurant SECRETARY FERDINAND MAY G0 70 FIVE BANDITS INVOLVED, PAR]S FOR TREATMENT Three Unwoundea Grab \I(‘(Imfl Toss Them Into Away While Patrolman Continues | Shooting. | New York, Dec. 11.—(P—Two of | flve gunmen who attempted to hold | up wealthy patrons of Lindy's restaurant, in Broadway near 50th | strect, were shot by a policeman in | a pistol battle early today. wounded men were thrown into an their comrades and | The attempted robbery emptied | the restaurant and caused such ex- | Paris citement in the neighborhood that police reserves were called out to preserve order. Policeman Returns Fire The gunmen had just stopped thelr automobile to enter the restaurant when Patrolman Glennon turned the corner. Without warning, one of the men opened fire at the bluccoat. (lis shots went wild. Glennon re- turned the fire and the other gun- men also turned their guns on him More than twenty shots were ex- changed, the bullets striking the granite front of the Rivoll theater and smashing glass in nearby store windows. Glennon, who had emptied his re- volver, dodged in a doorway to re- load. He heard two of the men cry “I'm hit” and saw them stagger into the car. One man, who had remain od at the wheel with the engine run- ning, stepped on the gas and the car bounded away at breakneck speed. Meantime, the restaurant patrons were in a panic and ran into the street shouting hysterically. Crowds | from the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden joined the the work of the police reserves. Glennon commandeered an auto- mobile and took up the chase, stand- ing on the running board and fir- ing at the flecing m ne. At h stroet the automobile turned west and disappeared. Bewxlchmg Eyes and Provocatlve !lent on the question of the rem Auto and speca | S€EN 28 Poss1b|e Means of Saving Life—Political Phase Studied i Bucharest, Rumanla, Dec. 11.—#) | —Discussion as the advisabllity of | removing King Ferdinand to Parls | The | for radium treatment at the Curie | institute has been resumed in gov- ernment and royar circles. When Professor Regaud of the Pasteur institute came to Bucharest a few days ago he pro- | posed that the monarch be taken to | Paris. The government, ‘llml time was however, at not willing to ac- | quiesce, Professor Rigaud has now returned to Paris and it is under- | stood he is discussing with the Curie institute arrangements for the treatment of the king, who has been variously reported as suffering from an intestinal ailment and cancer. Radium is extensively used in cancer cases. Official circles are absolutely si- oval of the king to Paris, but it is felt that the trip to the French capitol would be a gaod thing for two rea- sons—First, the king’s life might be saved, and, second, should the king die In Paris it would eliminate the necessity of having former Crown Prince Carol return to Bucharest. It is considered that should the king die in Ducharest, refusal by the gov- ernment to grant Carol permission to return would place the govern- ment in a bad light and create sym- pathy for the errant son who abdi- cated his right to the throne and left Rumania. On the other hand some of the leaders hete are of the opinion that with Ferdinand in Paris, Carol, al- ways the king's favorite son, might Induce Ferdinand, especlally in his enfeebled state of health, to forgive and forget and reinstate Carol in dynastic rights. Mouth More Attractlve Than Legs ENGINEER UNCONSCIOUS e AS TRAIN PLUNGES ON Alert Conductor Pulls Emergency Brakes—Engine Pilot Dies l | Altoona, Pa., Dec. 11.—P—A | mystery of the rails, resuiting in the | death of Reuben E Crum, of Harris- | burg. engineer of the Red Arrow ex- press, was being investigated today by I'ennsylvania railroad officials. Crum died in a hospital here last night a few minutes after he had been taken from the cab uncon- In Hospltal intimation that something was wrong came when the train, No 69, bound from New York to Detroit, rolled through the station at 9:15 p m, without making the regu- lar_siop. Frank T. Hess of Harris- bufg seized the emergency brake | cord and the train came to a stop several rods past the usual point. Crum was found unconsclous in the cab, slumped in his seat and blood renning from a wound in his licad. Members of the train crew jald that the position of the brake lever and throttle indicated the train | was under control and that Crum | was slowing down for the stop when he lost consciousness. Thus far officlals have withheld the statement of the Fireman Victor E. Sholley, of Harrisburg. So far as known there was no witness to the accldent. HOLD-UP IN HARTFORD Two Armed Men Rob Wooster Pool | Parlors Farly This Morning—Es- caped With $300. Hartford, Conn,, Dec. 11 (A—Two armed men held up three employes and a patron of the Wooster pool | varlor at 50 Asylum street, shortly after 1 o'clock this morning and looted the safe and cash register of about $300 after binding the four to a radiator. The poolroom, the larg- nst in the city, is owned by EIli | Pakulski. The robbers Death Takes Man Who Rose to Great Wealth New York, Dec. 11 (A—Joseph H. | Steinh -dt, 62, who rose from push- cart peddlar to the presidency and sole cwne.shin of the produce firm of Steinhardt and Kelly, doing an annual busincss of $15,000,000, died of heart ‘isease at his home here caped. He was one of the chief figures in the ope up of the fruit and vegetable regions of the west and northwest. Mr. Steinhardt was credited with having introluced the western apple in New York and the honeydew melon in Amer’ a. He brought these melons from Africa and leter grew | mine, | Stx Oxygen Tanks Are Installed in the first commereial crop in Colo rado. H: had fruit lands in the Tmperlal Valley, and New Mexico. | has suffered. Arizona, Colorado, | lose millions if New Year's parties Shapely Limbs Not Nearly as Important in Charm- ing Masculine Sex, Ac- cording to Some Promi- nent Feminine Notables in New York. New York, Dec. 11 (A—Bewitch- ing eyes and a provocative mouth hold a greater charm for men than shapely legs in the opinion of som: of New York's feminine notables. They are quoted in & symposium on legs by the New York American which was prompted by its under- standing that Dr. Marle Charlotte Degoliere Davenport of Vienna, said in Washington: “Girls cultivate your legs above your mind. They are your most im- portant asset. They count over edu- cation, intellect and culture.” Dr. Davenport, who is 102 years olq, was reported gs displaying a pair of trim ankles in explanation of her winning a hushand 47 years her junior. Ann Penunington Disgrees But Ann Pennington, exponent of the Black Bottom dance and ad-| srtised possessor of the shapeliest gs in the world, disagrees with the centenarian physiclan. “It's only in the dancing “mld that legs are a girl's best she is quoted as saying. ‘\!lne are Ol course, if you know what I mean.” Can’t Sing With Legs Louise Hunter, Mr‘lropollmn Opera soprano, also disagrees with Dr. Davenport. “I am glad if T have good look- ing legs,” she sald. “But they wouldn’'t get me into grand opera alone by any means. It's talent and brains and character that a woman (Contiziued On Page 12) CONDITION CRITICAL Sick Room of Jap Emperor— Heart Stimulants Used. Tokyo, Dec. 11 (P—S8ix oxygen| tanks were installed today in the; sickroom of Emperor Yoshihito, 1 dicating his condition is critical. Empress Sadako is at his bedslde. The stricken ruler’'s weak pulse is causing conslderable anxiety. Heart stimulants are necessary. The navy is considering dispatch- ing a cruiser to Vancouver, B. C., to bring Prince Chichibu homeward in case he is unable to make con-| nections with a trans-Pacific liner on his agrival there from New Eng- land. The entir: nation 1is anxiously watching the reports from Hayama, where the emperor ls confined in his villa. Hollday business already The merchants may TO THE STAND Fall- Dobeny Oll Con- spiracy Case to Go to | Jury Early Next Week —John McCormack Gives Testimony. Singer Called as Character Witness for Aged Mag- nate—Govt. Not to Call Hughes in Rebuttal. Washington, Dec. 11 (#—The de- cnse rested today in the Fall-Do- heny oil conspiracy tri The attorneys for Edward L. Do- heny and Albert B. Fall announced ! their readiness to send the case to the jury within a few minutes after the opening of today's secssion of court. They abandoned the proposal to have Fall himself take the stand as Doheny had done and explain the story of the $100,000 that passed be- tween the oil magnate and the then interlor secretary in 1921, before Doheny’s ol interests were awarded the lease to Elks Hills. McCormack Called. The case in behalf of Doheny was rested late yesterday and two char- ter witnesses were called for Fall. One of them was Postmaster Gen- eral New. Today the Fall attorneys £aid they were content to rest with- out putting another word of evidence into the record, but the Doheny counsel got permission to reopen their case to hear John McSormack, the singer, as a character witness for Doheny. At the same time the prosecution disclosed that it had abandoned the idea of calling Charles E. Hughes as a povernment witness in rebuttal. Then Owen J. Roberts, for the government, began the presentation of the prosecution’s rebuttal. It was indicated that the case would go to the jury ecarly next week, Action is Surprise Sudden termination of the de- fense case apparently surprised the I prosccution. It had been declded 'on in overnight confercnces among counsel, who assessed the possible effect of ecveral big developments during yesterday's session. These included the resistance of Doheny himself to the penetrating cross- mination conducted by Roberts. d the refusal of Secretary Wilbur to produce confidential navy records on which other witnesses have tes- tifled to a *“war scare” in the Pacific in 1921, when Doheny took the first of his oil leases—a contract to build a naval fuel oil base at Pearl Har- 1 bor, Hawail. The defense attorneys did not pra» test ilbur's stand, apparently be- Heving that nothing would be galned by seccking to probe into naval secrets which now remain a mys- ‘ery before the jury. It is the defense contention that Doheny, after being told of a threat of national danger in the Pacific, en- terod upon the leasing arrangement as a patriotic duty, and not as the sult of a criminal conspiracy with McCormack, the only defense wit- ness called today before the case was rested, raleed the full tone of his volce in dcfense of the good rep- utation of Doheny, with whom he said he was well acquainted, Rchuttal Starts. Roberts began the rebuttal by reading a letter from Rear Admiral J. K. Robison, who represented ile y in the leasing negotiations: The letfer was dated March 24, 1922, and was addressed to the late Representative P. H. Kelly, then chairman of the house naval affairs (Conl(nued on Page 12) .+ MARY WESSEL ESTATE APPRAISEI] AT $46,234 Inventory ] Filed To- day in Court of Probate The estate of the late Mary F. Wessel is valued at $46,234.41, ac- | cording to an inventory filed today In probate court by the appraisers, P, H. Alford and Stanley Eddy. The {temized account of holdings is: Tirst mortgage on real estate, $22,000; deposits, Savings Bank of New Britaln, $2,262.48; deposits, Burritt Savings Bank, $773.25; de- posits, Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Sa ings Bank, Mliddletown, $2,316.13; | one $1,000, 1% per cent bond, Conn. Light and Power Co., 108 plus inter- est. $1,083.60; one $500, 7% per cent bond, Conn. Light and Power Co., 116% plus interest, $582.32; 25 |shares 5 per cent preferred stock, | Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. at 1003, $2,606.25; 33 shares, 5 per cent, American Telegraph & Cable Co., pfd., at 30%, $1,002.38; 20 shares, 7 per cent, American Can Company, pfd., at 162%, $2,630; 26 shares, 8 per cent Conn. Light and | Power Co., pfd., at 118, $2,950; 30 shares, 7 per cent, Duquene Lighting Company, pfd. at 116, $3,480; 26 shares, 7 per cent, Eastern Connecti- cut Power Co., pfd., at 104, $3,600; 15 shares, 6 per cent, Eastern Con. necticut Power Co., pfd., at 105, $1,- and other celebrations ape haited. 575; watch and jewelry, $460; ‘Tur- niture, Hgo. y |