New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press STABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD “;n:ll”“ ) igynqrl 9IS AMERICAN MARINES UNDER ORDERS TO PREPARE FOR DUTY IN CHINA WAR ZONE Forces at Guam and| San Diego Held in Readiness — England’s Military and Naval Machinery Active. Chinese Nationalists Re- ported Defiant and Chal-l lenge All Foreign Pow- ers Which Seek to Main- | tain Concessions. Washington, Jan. 19 (UP)—U. 8. marines at San Diego and the Island of Guam were under orders today to prepare for immediate service in na, where the anti-foreign demonstrations threaten lives and property. At a joint conference between retary of State Kellogg, Secre- of the Navy Wilbur and Rear Admiral C. B. McVey, it was decided to prepare for evontualitics, but to delay actual dispatch of additic troops pending further offic vorts from China. Consular reports confirmed press cables that many Americans have fled from Hankow, Kuling, ang, and Foochow to escape native m American T bs. Policy of Retrenchment, issi s and others gradually wit general trend in is in Hankow, is retrenching of all ivities by from the interior a : the in towards large missionary « American: from Consul General Lockhart at Hankow sald. John Van A. MacMurray, Ameri- ecan minister, reported he was le ing Peking yesterday with his family for Wi ington, arriving in Frans co on February 9. ray was ordered home last week by Relloge to confer on a new Chinese |\, oo policy necessitated by the id rise the nationalist movement. His ies are isting that another nister bo apopinted, though Kel- Murray will return ta er King. Administration Undecided. The administration is frankly un- cided on a policy to meet Chinese mands for imn o applicat of the so-called Washington treaty surtaxes and abolition of extraterri- I rights under which American nd courts are maintained in Foreign Powers Deficd. London, Jan, 19 (UP)—In of an impressive British n; esture, the Cantonese government, irough Its foreign minister, Eugene (‘hen at Hankow, has defied all for- cign powers which seek to maintain concessions in China. The challensg: to the I i sued in Express mes- aze from (Continued ‘On Page 12) ALIENATION OF LOVE S BASIS OF §$10,000 SUIT Patrolman O’Keefe Sues Lewis Sinskie for Theft of Affections John member partment, $10,000 & this city, has alienated O'Keefe of this city, of the regular police today brought suit inst Lewis Sinskie, also alleging that the lat- the affcctions of the plaintiff’s wife, Mrs. Margaret O'Dell O'Keefe. The action is re- turnable in the superior court the first Tuesday in February. Attor- ney Thomas F. McDonough s counsel for the plaintiff and the writ was served by Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz, who has at- tached money of the defendant in local bank. The principals in the action are well known. Mr. O'Keefe at pres- 'nt 1s under suspension from the police department, having pleaded ilty to the charge of drinking while on duty. Mr. Sinskie was for some time a clerk in the store con- ducted by at the corner of a de- for Main and BEWARE THE Xiss It's the Kiss and Not the stick That's Dangerous, According to Dr. Mahoney. Boston, Jan. 19 (P—Don’t worry out the lipstick, but look out for t kiss. Dr. Boston health commi: 1id to- day that blaming the lipstick for the cpread of discase was all wrong. “It's no more harmful than good butter,” he said. “Our pure food and drug ‘inspectors examined cos- metics on the market and found them all right. You can take my Kiukl- | san | MacMur- | | which | ing |In the pockets were | keys and members of his family| {been due to a gu | was intere Woman Observes Her 98th Birthday With Getting Boyish Bob Hastings, Nebraska, Jan. 19 () To be In style, the modern miss has bobbed hair, and Miss Ellen Harn belleves in being in style. Therefore she celebrated her 95th borthday yesterday by hav- ing her locks shorn in the latest mode. When airplanes first began carrying passengers for pleasure, Miss Harn kept abreast of the times by being, at the age of 90, one of the first persons to take a ride over Hastings. EDEL IS BLAMED IN MURDER CASE Goroner Finds Him Responsibe, for Mastrianos Death 1820 BILL IS VITAL CLUE nal | Grand Jury Gets Facts Against Meri- | den Hotel Employ—Coroner Says | He Found Bill Like Vietim Had | Was Used by Alleged Slayer. New Haven, 19.—(®—Fred W. Bdel, of Meriden has been held “criminally responsible” for the death of John Mastriano, Jr. of that city whose bod Carmel on had been s Sunday, by Coroner Eli Mix. A special grand jury sat here to- nd Coroner Mix went hefore it. Afterwards he made public h grand jury had before it | del case. Coroner Gives Details Coroner Mix in his finding went into the conditions sur- rounding the finding of Mastriano body and of the evidence offe: placed some hours prior to the time he was Killed. \ The body, found at 4 p. m. v downwards in woods sixty fec from Shepard avenue at Mt. Carm It was fully clothed, the overcoat be ing drawn over the head, both arms extended, inside out, stocking on the right leg | pulled down and torn, overcoat and | undercoat unbuttoned, vest pulled up in front to about the nipple line, Jan. December 23rd and who | d ind the front flap of shirt pulled up ! q d into dec d’'s mouth, cents, two few papers. The hlood trail from the roadway to the place to which 'the body had heen dragged. Upon a bank on the road- was was Mastriano's blood-soaked cap and handkerchief. .38 Bullet Caused Death autopsy showed death to have shot wound in An the left side of the f bullet was taken from the head. Tt {had entered the upper lip, penetrat- | ed the ull and caused death. no had bheen employ Meriden and in company Ma Hotel M. quently in was fre- of Edel. The |latter was employed in a clubhouse known as Dudley's in Hamden, op- posite Shepard avenue and was fa- miliar with' the surroundings. He also had been employed at Hotel Matis but had left that place and d with others in a res- Meriden taurant in { Right Lunch. el Lost, Other Won On night of December 18, coroner said, Edel told Mastriano (Continued on Page 16) wag found in Mt. | t to death the previous | find- | del in hig company | trouser hip pockets turned | ce. A .38 calibre | known as the | the | oRITAIN CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Jan, 15th 14,280 JANUARY 19, 1927.—EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS ACTION URGED ON SEWERAGE SYSTEM: {State Water Dept. Suggests| Deferred Payment Plan WOULD SPLIT BOND SALE Construction of Collecting Links Must Be Undertaken at All Events and Should Be Made to Conform Will Through Death Horace Wilcox Booth, son of the late Horace Booth, died today at of three days. He was about years old. He had been visiting with his son-in-law, Charles Morse of the Morse Hardware Co. and had been making his home at the Hotel Leo- pold. He was a native of New Britain and was a leader in the business Financing of the city's 5 : L o 3 sal plan in two | life of the community or many dollar sewage disposal p | vears, retiring more than a score of installments Is favored by the state | .ori'ago He retained his residence water commission in a letter to iy New Britain until he sold his Mayor Weld today. | South High street proprety now oc- By means of this deferred pay- |cupled by the Business and Profes- ment plan, units of an auxiliary sys- sional Women's club, and he then | moved to Short Beach. For several |tem of collecting sewers which will |be necessary whether or not a fil- | vears p: ;u:‘.g!\fl 1. |tration plant is to be built can be | |made to conform with the disposal Mr. Booth's schooling was ob- tained in New Britain. When he |necds and requirements of a city of 1100,000, the estimate of New was a young man he engaged in Ithe drygoods business on Main street | Britain’s size in 1940, it is explained. |a few doors north of Church street | In the million dollar cost approxi- in the building which was the pre- & made by the state department |decessor of the present New Britain @ included the collecting sewer sys- Trust Co. bank. tem which, the department sugge | His birthplace was on Main street, | might be built through a bond saie | With Projected Plan. million | he has wintered in Bel- | in Bellingham, Wash. Inorth of Myrtle street, in what was known as the Booth homestead, a business building. As a young man he joined the Iirst church, re- taining his membership up time of his death. He was not ac- {tive fraternal | Mr. Booth's first wife died seve years ago and } widow survives as do four sons and two dauhgters. William Booth of Forest street is his son, and Mrs. 'A. N. Abbe of Vine street is his sis- ter. { Although funeral have not been made, it is expected that the body will be brought here for burial. The death of Mr. Booth requires distribution of the Booth estate, which includes some of the city's most valuable properties. Its asse ment on the grand list issued last lweek was $616,000. Mr. Booth was given no outright bequest, but had the life use and income of a con- siderable portion. The heirs-at-lasww |set forth in the will are to be the benefiel al exccuted at once, and followed up | by a later issue of city bonds. A part of the letter sent by S. H. dhams, director of the te commission, follows: ‘At the conferen of the state \mcnr commission with yourself and | |other officials and citizens of New | Britain in May of last year you will | | recall that the engineer of the com- mission submitted estimates of cost |on three different types of sewage |treatment plants. These estimates | | were as follows: Sand filters | Activated sludge . { Imhoff tanks and sprink- | ling filters “The state |not changed these estimates Ithat time. It was also pointed out | |that such estimates were tentative | |as many local factors such as ex- | cavation costs were not known and | averages had necessarily to be em- {ployed in making up the figures furnished. At this time too the | |state water commdssion recom: |mended that a sum of money be | made available by New Britain to be | Wa ‘ water $1,719,000 | $ 900,000 | McGrath, forward and center, re- $1 5,000 for commission has |school basketball team, and James since | Scully, first substitute, were today numbered among the 13 members of | the squad who confe nt scason and were barred from urther participation in athletics un er headmasters’ rules during the ent basketball 0. Zaleskl and McGrath, who with | Al Havlick, made one of the strong- ost center and forward combinations {used for sccuring basic engineering |in the history of the school s jdate; nesded o an Iy ERAROT hut |jost to the team during high ar Captain Marion Zaleski and Frank | spectively, on the New Britain High | d to playing with outside teams during the pres- | ool | H. S. Basketball Team Rent Asunder as 13 Players Go on Qutlaw List | Zaleski, McGrath and Scully Admit Activity With Out- | side Clubs and Cannot Play games for the rest of the season. Only John Matulis and Edward Sowka, guards are left for Coach Cassidy to reorganize a team for the game with South Manchester high school on the school gymnasium Sat- urday afternoon. ales and McGrath admitted playing in a game with the Corbin | Screw team against the All-Middle- town team on Saturday evening, De- cember 11. The season for the high school officially opened that after- noon in a game with the St Thomas Seminary team. Scully a: (Continued on Page 12) to the | e married again, His | arrangements | HORACE W.BOOTH DIES AT 78; IAUNT VS, NIEGE IN ONE OF BOOTH ESTATE HEIRS ABTlflN FOR §10,000 Holdings to Be Distributed to Heirs at Law Named in Katherine Rutherford, Driven Into Water, Brings Damage Suit ECHO OF AUTO ACGIDENT ! Ruby Glannotta of Berlin, Owner of | | | | | | Bellingham, Wash., after an illness standing on a site now occupied by | 78 | Car, and Anna Redden of This City, Driver Made Defendants for | Milldale Mishap. | As the result of an ident in which a car through a railing, down i into six feet of | Giannotta of Berlin and An den of this city have been defendants in an action for $10.( damages broug by Kather Rutherford, also of this city, | first defendant's aunt. | The accident occurred on Octot 16 at about 4:30 o'clock in the | morning, as the party was returning from the sesqui-centennial exposi- tion delp! G car in| | whict ¢ were riding was a clos- ed one and it was driven by Anna Redden at the time of the accident, although it was owned by Ruby | Giannotte. | The plaintiff sets complaint that, to the negli-| [gence of the owner, who was in| control of the car at the time, and [due to the negligence of the driver, | | the latter drove the machine across | | the way betw Meriden and [Milldale at the intersection of the | Cheshire road, through and over a! railing on the north side of the road, ac a water, forth in he 1 a water. | According to the plaintiff, she was | | subjected to ph 1 and nervous| hock, exposure, fright and terror, | was caused to despair of her life| |and ‘was made sick and ill. She| | states that she lost practically her| | entire wardrobe which she had with | her at the time, and she was forced | to expend considerable money for |taxi hire, medicines and for the | services of a ph . The plaintiff is represented hy ttorney Arthur W. Upson. The | writ is returnable in the superior court the first Tuesday of February and the papers were servevd by Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz. Action for $2.500 been insti- | tuted against Samuel and Lena Ap- { plebaum by the Sehneider & Naugh- |ton Bakery Co. claiming money ‘mnrr_- exact estimates of cost, This recommendation of the commission’s | {was adopted and during the past eral months the collection of this engineering data has proceeded | under the supervision the city | 'onz‘nmr | “It mjght be noted here that the | |estimated cost of the different types of treatment plants shown above in- |cluded as well the construction of |'Trio on Rampage in This certain collecting sewers which will | o 2 o) be required by New Britain wheth- | City Linked With Store Break BURGLARY IN BRISTOL of ler or not a treatment plant is built. | Moreover, while the population of | New Britain is now 75,000 in round numbers it will in all probability be in excess of 100,000 by 1940 and may reach a higher figure. The | estimates quoted above are based on the population of New Britain in 1940 and the reasons for so doing | {are too obvious to need setting down { her “The (Special to th Bristol, Jan. 19. E are of the opinion that the youths who exchanged a fusilla hots with New Britain policemen on Monday, are the ones who were im- plicated in the robbery of the An- rson and Bloom store in Forest- ville early Sunday morning. car used by the burglars, which be- longed to Paul Koletzke of Pond misapprehension over the stimates of cost possibly arose from |the fact that the state water com- mission In presenting its estimates suggested that the city might well | gy \oopiingtord, was found Tue: separate the whole construction prhlg"“‘ et i {ram Into units, budget the cost and |14 it 1s understood that some of »pr‘ = of vears. Tollowsng this sug. | the articles taken from the .»\ndvrs;m' | sestion further It was stated that |and Bloom store were recovered by New Britain might advantageously |the New Britain police who took {request of the present legislature | the car back to New Britain. |authority to issue bonds with which It is said that the car in ques |certain units could he completed, |tion was seen in Bristol early Mon- |the cost of finishing the plant to bo day morning by Officers James |met by a second bond issue at a |Keith and Willlam Thompson and it |1ater time. |is believed that the burglars waited “Tn the light of engineering in- |until Officer Victor Chabot on the formation about to ve available it | Forestville beat had departed for is quite probable that some revision |his home at 4 a. m. to commit the {of the estimates quoted above avill | burglary. be necessary but that 1t wiil amount | 1t {to more than a small percentage of |in question was scen in Meriden, |the estimates shown above is very |ynhich time three youths were in i Lpprabaile, and then again in Southington, at o which time there were only twi This leads local police to believe |that one of the men had been in- ery truly, 8. H. Wadhams, “Director” \EFFORT NOW UNDER WAY T() OBTAIN NATIONWIDE REFERENDUM ON 18TH| Both Political Parties Said to Welcome Chance to Re- move Prohibition From Washington, Jan. 19 (P—A stud- ied effort is under way here to in- terest dry members of congress in | a nation-wide referendum on the rrohibition question. Of all the proposals advanced by the wets, this one now is looked upon by the wet leaders as the most | promising means of solving the wet | |and dry problem which has agitated hoth hous s for several sessions to the exclusion of pressing public enators and representatives | bheen told by that congress the wet leaders cannot effectually set- !tle the controversy without a direct expression from the people, the wets contend, never have been given an opportunity to pass on prohibition cither before or since the amendment was ratified, Removal of this subject from the | field of national politics would be | welcomed by leaders of both of the major parties but they do not believe | it can be done through the medium ward for it that lipsticks are harm- | iss, but kissing— i there's the danger | election to warn our young people against.” | forms in which the question would | mental supervision?" of individual state referendums such as those held in the last general because of the different 18th | jured in an exchange of shots with the New Britain police and had been left somewhere for treatment. The police are now exerting their offorts toward locating the injured ‘momhcr of the bandit trio. ‘ That the gunmen who have run the gauntlet of Merlden and New | Britain police since last Sunday eve- {ning in a stolen automobile, com- | mitted burglary in the Anderson and | Bloom store in Forestville Is also be- \\f’\l‘vl by the local authorities, who learned last evening that the soc pipes, stickpin, baseballs and har- raonlcas found in the car after it was abandoned on Diamond eet, Field of National Issues be presented. | Senator Edge, republican, New Jersey, leader of the senate -vets, Hm prepared two questions for sub- | mission to the voters which are be- | ing studied by a number of senators. They are: ing from the store. Tt is probable, hall the congress amend the na- ¢ : the police say, that the revolver used tional prohibition act 50 as to allow |1\ {ha thieves when they returned the manufacture, sale, transporta- |, .. s S H: T‘xrx‘nu r‘l\lx , .nl ' lmfponrx {the firs of Superntimerafy Officer on and possession of ‘hevernges |y ....” M McCue on West Maln containing as great an amount of al- (J0ES8 " HENE OR TS cohol as is lawful under the consti- e et st e | tution, ,provided that such am-na- |the store: as the list of missing ar- ments shall not interfere with the teley h\{‘l\llh‘fiv-’l l’«‘\v(fl\l‘\" aRtiashox | constitutional powers of the several | Of bullets. besides cigarettes, cigars, states to legislate with respect to [harmonicas and other merchandise. | Intoxicating liquors as each state | The store was entered in\n_v deem proper? | night. “Shall the cighteenth amendment [ The automobile has been returned the constitution be resubmitted | to the owner, Paul Koletzke of Wal- 1o the several states, as provided by |1Ingford, who came to this city last the constitution, with such changes |Night and claimed it. He told the as will legally permit the manufac- ture and sale of Intoxicating liquors |if such manufacture and sale are |before the theft. permitted by state law, such con- stitutional amendment to further |an accident since the thieves began prohiblt drinking of | beverages on premiscs where cold | Meriden, as the driver was known | and to provide for effective govern- |tn have taken a number of risky | chances in traffic. 3 to the body was caused by a collision The police had he- The | s reported also that the care | dry | plainville, are part of the loot miss- | last Sunday ! police that the mark on one side of | lieved it might have resulted from | intoxicating | thelr trips between New Britain and | ESTATES INVENTORIED IS LAID T0 BANDITS HAVE $32,125 VALUE Mrs. Mary A. Smith Left $21,363 and Miss Hildur Torell $10,762 te of the late Mrs. Mary Cmith is valued at $21,363.60, and of the late Torell at $10,762.21, according to in- ventories filed in probate approved today by Judge Bernard F. The estate of Mr: was left in its entirety to her daugh- ter, Mrs. Harry P. Batte . was ap- D d by Stanley R. v and Wil- liam J. Coholan. It emized a Smith, which 10 shs Conn. 8% at 120°, shs Colt's Arms at 283 40 shs Union \I(muf‘uxhr- ing Co. 104 shs Ames ware Corp. at 86 . 0 shs Torrington Co. 30 shs North & Judd Mrs Co. at 23 5 13 shs Ohio Power, ferred at 90% 12 shs Rochester Gas .mrl Electric pfd. at 103 shs American Super- power Corp., pfd at 93 Deposit, Savings Bank of New Britain L. 73 pre- | The itemized Torell's holdings, probate court, Deposit, New Deposit, Bank 38 shs Stanle at 27 80 shs Cdrlwon Automobile Bond, Fourth Liberty Loa Cash from Vega Lodge 100.00 Cash from Valkyria Lodg 100.00 Cash due from Carlson & Torell account filed is as follows: avings Bank of Britain .. Berlin of in Savings Works, pfd., e 1,026.00 §00.00 50.00 1,159.05 400 Bridgeport Pactorv Workers Go on Strike Bridgeport, Jan. 19 (UP)—Charg- ing their pay had been cut 50 per cent, 400 employes of the Shits Tex- tile company of this city went on strike today. The strikers are both men and women. A huge mass meeting was held this morning at Textile Work- ' hall here. H. L. Smith, general manager of the Bridgeport plant refused to make any statement regarding the strike. hey employes who went on strike were weaver | % = = I THE WEATHER 1 | New Britain and vicinity: I Rain tonight and Thursda warmer tonight and much ! | | colder Thursday night. | 3 Miss Hildur J. E. ! court and | % | Elrod and * | | due. Benjamin Baggish of Hart- | ford is counsel for the intiff and |the writ is returnable in the. su- perior court the first Tuesday of | February. Deputy Sheriff Horwitz served the papers and attached property of the defendants on Co- lumbia stret. E. N. STANLEY RE-ELECTED SAVINGS BANK PRESIDENT Office of Chairman of Board Abol- ished—Maurice Stanley Be- comes Permancnt Director E. N. Stanley was reelected presi dent of the Savings k of New Britain at a meeting of directors who had been reelected by the in- | corporators at the annual meeting today. * ItI was voted to abolish the of- fice of chairman of the board which for many ars had been held by the late H. Davison, who dled vear. Since his | there has been no chairman » board. M ce Stanley ded Mr. Davison as a d formally elected to th Bdward during the ector board 5 with President following officials: rer; Charles I . B. Oldersh Stanley Noah mith, Oldersh W. Trau Anderson, Parker, J. B. i 1D, 11, Hart, Ernest W. Stanley F. Moore, PIE oah Lucas, Christ and M Charles J E. Allan (e McDon- H. VETERAN FIRDMAN DIES New Haven, Jan. 19 (P—\William H. Johnson, 78, retired fire depart- ment captain and first al drill- master in the New Hav ment dicd at Norwich from old age disabiliti tired in 1902, after serving "1 vears. | * tion from taxes of EN. REED SOUNDS WARNING AGAINST CGRRUPTION WHEN HE OPENS FIGHT ON SMITH Married Teachers Not Wanted by Officials Of Allentown Schools el Pa, Jan. 19 (P— ers i Allentown remain unmarried ing has been issued ard. The new orc ct women teacher already married. “Disorganiza- tion" of th ching staft be- cause of the frequent invasion of Cupid was given by the board as the reason for its edic Allentown, omen te hools must or qu his edict school 1 wili not aff by < e — Hllinois Senator-Desig- | nate Appears Today, Demands OQath of Of- fice and Contest is Im- mediately Started. Deneen Argues That He Be Admitted and Binghant of This State Also Rallies NUMEROUS BILLS BEFORE ASSEMBLY - Second Avalanche of Proposed | Laws Introduced ONE BARS INTER-MARRIAGE down a bank and into six feet of Would Provide Penalty Where Negro | and Caucasian Wed—Another Asks Three Judges Sit On Trials Where ‘ Death May Be Penalty. State Capitol, Hartford, Jan. 18 () —The 1927 general assembly today | received its second avalanche of bills. Many of the measures had to do with | restoration of | appropriations forfeited rights. and On the desk of each legislator to- | | day was a copy of a specch given by Governor Trumbull before the sec- ond New in November. our own problem: Members of th their permanent s aid of the journal in whiel the seating arrangement announce yesterday was printed. Senator George F. Hall Haven presided in the absence President pro tempore F. C. Wal cott, who is out of the state on bus ness this week. lower hous Law On Hotel Keepers An amendment to the act concern- ing hotel keepers whereby the pro- prietor would not be liable for the | loss of or damage to valuable be. longing to a guest unless the guest ! in person keeping | for, was in the tor would than $300 | had deposited the property at the hotel office for saf; and received a receipt the introduced by nator § senate today. The propri not be lable for more damages for loss of or dama, property delivered unless there agreement in writing that the liabil ity shall be greater. prepared by the Connecticut Keepers' association. Senator Burrows introduced a bil calling for a $2.000 to remove the head grave of Colonel W Groton to the rotun tol aw Hote one from Ledyard er appropriation bill England conference here | 1t is entitled “solving | ol | s today with the of New | of | Licutenant Gover- | | nor Brainard is acting governor in | the absence of Governor Trumbull. s an appropriation the liam Ledyard in da of the capi- was a calls to Defense of Adminis« tration. Washington,. . Jan. 19 {—Frank Smith of Illinois made_his long« expected bid for a .place in the sene ate today but was kept on the anx< |lous seat while senators argued whether they had a constitutional right to exclude him. As a debate over legal technicalis | ties stretched out through the afters | noon hours, with the Illinois sena« | tor-designate listening from a sea | in the rear of the chamber, the lead= | | ers began to despair of a vote today and to lose some of their previous confidénce over the outcome. Thers were multiplying predictions that the vote would be close, With few exceptions, the senators divided into two groups, one bent on denying his admission pending further inquiry into the financing his primary campaign, the other king that he be sworn in as a tor and his fitness investigated afterward, As the fight developed, those cone j;tending for temporary admission, appeared to be conceding that they were beaten. They were led by Deneen of Illinois, and included many of the other republican r gu- lars. The exclusionists were led by Reed of Missouri, chairman of the campaign funds committee, and in- cluded in their ranks most of the democrats and republican insure 1 | gents. Meeting fan earlier than usual, the senate hoped to reach its decision before adjournment tonight, There was an unusually large ate | tendance on the floor, and the gal- i leries were jammed. Comes With Deneen. Smith remained at his hotel suite until just before the senate met, | when he proceeded to the capitol to join Senater Dencen who took him to the chamber to offer his credene tials, The senator designate took a seat in the rear of the chamber. Imme- diately after Vice President Dawes called the senate to order, a quorum call was demanded by Senator Cure tis of Kansas, the republican leader, and the clerk called the,roll. Smith's certificate of appointment 0 | from Governor Small then was pre= sented to the senate by Senator Deneen. As he sent the paper to the heur The bill was | 1| (Continued on Page Twelve) | AN B v il(ElL(lfifi CAUTIOUS ON ' ARBITRATION POLICY 1 for $20,000 for maintenance of Put- nam camp at Redding for two years and 000 for improvements. Prospective home builders are en courag in within next three y |Declines to Commit Him- self on Mexican Situa- tion Today i to make plans for a dwell- ier a bill introduced by Senator Cu- helli any twelling before 1830 belli holds th Senator Cu and lists co ol B Writtan perm of the fire derably by 1 rner Bill slon from the ¢ this would increase Al department or of the first which provides for the exemp- | one building | Washington, Jan. 19 (A—Despite Secretary Kellogg's statement last aying he “welcomed” the on resolution for arbitration of the oil dispute with Mexico, the tate department gave evidence tos day of a desire not to commit ‘tself selectman would be necessary for in- | too far on that subject. lation of an oil burner under a | the senate by Sen- bill introduced i Smith nator Hall. twelfth, ((‘nnflnurd on Page 12) introduced Department officials Interpreted the secretary’s statement as meane ing only that Mr. Kellogg would wel« come an expression of opinion from the senate, and did not wish to ex- |press any opinion on the form of STARVATION AND A BROKEN HEART BELIEVED TO HAVE KILLED YOUTH 00.00 | TIowa Young Man Found Flaming Love Passages Marshaltown, Towa, Jan. 19 (® — Flaming love passages culled from a magazine and incorporated in b setheart wrote to te love figured in a coroner’s s gation today into the mysterious death of Charles Elrod of Lewellen, Nebraska, who was found lifeless in his hotel room here recently | So far, the authorlties have been | ble to learn the cause of death or to fix a motive. They have prac- lly abandoned a theory of sur- cide. The only possibility advanced has been that death due to star- vation and a broken heart. | | The girl, Veda Bellefeuille, 19 year old high school student, told in- vestigators that she wrote letters to t his igned them “Dexter Or- | ten” and “Keith Clayton,” fictitious | | he really loved her. The letters| told of the great love of “Orten” | and “Clayton” for Miss Bellefeuille. One of the letters for which the | |you | mine?"” Dead—Letters From Magazine Found girl said got her ideas from magazine story said: “When vou are with her, do vou have to tighten your muscles p from arms? That is the heat of my love. Does yours equal it? If not, aside and give me a chance. kee “T am the kind that stops at noth- | ing to gain what T want and 1 want her so much that at tmes I wonder | kind | (it T am suffering from a new ol' insanity. land her sweet, Just the sight of her childish characteris- tics set my blood racing through my ask | equal veins at an incredible speed. again, does your love )4 Investigation has disclosed young man's stomach. Containing | the | light from the ci to sweeplng her into your stand | an apparent absence of a motive of Top~ names she seiected from a magazine |bery and murder as Elrod was al- {love story, in an effort to learn if |most penniless atter a gift of a dia- mond engagement ring to tha girl. A suicide theory was shattered when |chemists could find no poison in the | the resolution. | Prospects for arbitration of the | dlspute with Mexico have brightened | with the announcement by Kellogg, lafter a conference with President |Coolidge, that he approved of that |method in approaching a settlement, President Calles of Mexico, has in- licated unofficially that he might look upon arbitration as a way out | of the controversy | The sudden switch of the spot- il war in Nicaragua to Mesico came last night when the ecretary of state, after a half hour talk with the president, declared in |a formal statement that he approved | of a resolution introduced by Sena- | tor Robinson, the democratic floor leader, calling for submission of the Mexican dispute to arbitration or to some impartial tribunal. The Arkansas senator’s resolution has been referred to the foreign re- latlons committee, which tomorrow plans to take up resolutions seeking withdrawal of American naval forces from Nicaragua and to declde whether it would make public & “corrected” copy of Secretary Kel- loge's testimony on Nicaragua which was delivered before it in executive session, The arbitration resolution, intro- duced after the Mexican-Nicaraguan debate had bobbed up with renewed (Continued on Page 18.)