New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 - BURNS DETECTI e nh v wae famaqry aug ,wmomo“ VES T0 TRY TO IDENTIFY AARONSON AS CROOK WITH LONG RECORD ' Sleuths Due Here To- day to See Prisoner Held as Swindler of Virginia Bank. {Alleged Confession and ‘Attempt to Bribe McCue Denied—Judge Refuses to Lower $25,000 Bond. Hartford, Jan. 24 (A—A requisi- tion was received today in the gov- ernor's office from Gov. Harry 8. Byrd, of Virginia for the extradition of Joseph Cohen, alias Arthur Aar- onson ,alias Herbert Grossman, now under arrest in New Britain, to an- swer to the charge of grand larceny in that state. Officer C. P. Williams, of Newport News is named in !hu requisition as the person to receive the accused and convey him to Vir- ginia. Additional charges may be filed egainst Arthur Aaronson, who claims to be Benjamin Sachs, now being held by the police, according to John C. Loomis, president of the Commercial Trust Co,, who was re- sponsible for his arrest. Mr. Loomis was advised this morning by the W. J. Burns detective agency, on behalf of the American Bankers' associa- tion, that the man is wanted in dif- ferent parts of the country and that operatives from the Burns agency would be in the city today with evi- dence and additional warrants: if necessary to see that he did not elude them again. Accused As Joseph Cohen One of the places he is euspected of having-jumped bail is Johnstown, Pa., according to a statement pub- lished in the American Bankers’ As- soclation Journel for August, 1926. | Under the title “Fake Factory Buyer | Scores Agalin,” the journal, under two photographs resembling the man held here, states as follows: “Aaron Aronowitz is again busy, this time assuming the alias of Jo- seph Cohen. Aronowitz, whose true name we belleve to be Herbert Grossman, is a smart operator work- ing an attractive scheme that is the subject of numerous warnings in past issues of this supplement. In articles appearing on page 4, of the January, 1926, and page 2 of the Docember, 1924, issues, his alluring miethod of procedure was explained, but his recent activities prompt an- other warning. “Aronowitz usually claims to be a member of a reputable concern in a distant city, and is in town for the purpose of selecting 2 site where his company intends building another plant. Using a local realtor or Chamber of Commerce in his ap- proach, Aronowitz is invarlably en- tertained during negotiations as a welcome purchaser of the property. In due time he secures an introduc- tion to a local bank, after which he opens an account, using a bogus cashier’s check for his initlal deposit. The check is for a large sum, rang- ing from $5,000 to $35,000 and is drawn against before collection. Un- der the name of Joseph Cohen, this crook recently operated in Virginia &nd succeeded in securing several thousand dollars’ worth of Liberty bonds, of the fourth issue for $1,000 each, “If member banks would bear in mind that sound banking practice re- quires complete investigation and the refusal to advance cash on un- collected items, they will save losses from attacks of criminals of this type. A wire to the issuing bank will determine {ts invalidity, prevent loss and should also result in the eriminal's apprehension. “Aronowitz is described as years of age, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, slight built, medium dark complexion, blue eyes, dark chestnut hair. This man s badly wanted for bail jumping in Johnstown, Penn., and in other cities for passing bogus checks. Should you recognize him or know of his whereabouts, detain him and im- mediately notify your local police and this department.” “Alias Harold Lloyd” Seven times the American Bank- ers’ Associatign Journal has issued warning against the same man, ac- cording to an article appearing in the January issue, which mentions five others besides the above and the | tollowing: “Aaron Aronowitz, alias Harold Lloyd, who was arrested on our agents' identification several months ago, has forfeited his bail and dis- appeared, In the light of past rec- ords his freedom can only suggest the possibility of renewed depreda- tions against banks. “In this connection member banks might bear in mind that he is a dangcrous operator and one to be on the alert for. V to warnings issued in the Ma tember and December, 1924, Tebruary and June, 1925, pliments. “Aronowitz geenrally passes as a and representative of a reputable manu- | facturing concern, endeavoring to purchase property to establish a branch factory. He interests a local realtor in his proposition, iy usually (Continued on Page 11) 30| call attentions | sup- | Woman Loans Nightie To Man Arrested on Complaint She Made Hartford, Jan. 24 (UP)—A fine of $20 and costs for drunk- enness today was imposed upon John McKone who last night made a two mile journey in the patrol wagon, clad only in a silk nightgown and an ulster. The man was arrested by five policemen and a detective on a complaint of a woman who sald he was running about the apart- ment in which she lived, stark naked and-ringing doorbells. The nightgown in which he made his journcy to the station house was lent by the woman who caused his arrest. BOY OF 14 ADHITS DANBURY KILLI Youngster Says Man He Hit Had Attacked Mother 'SHE NUTILATED THE BOBY Argument Started Over Furniture, Boy Tells Police—He and Mother Slept Al Night in Room Over Victim's Dead Body. Bridgeport, Jan. 24 (P—Peter Zwarick, 14 year old youth who, with his mother, Mrs. Rosie Svoritch | Caboza, was arrested in Yonkers, N. Y., vesterday suspected of implica- |tion in the murder of Frank Vanco in Danbury, today admitted to police in Yonkers, according |tion received here, that he his mother murdered Vanco | Wednesday after the Danbury and last man {had attempted to choke Mrs. Ca- |boza. | The youngster admitted his part in the slaying after hours of ques- tioning upon the part of Yonkers and Danbury authorities. Mother Still Silent According to Peter's confession, |which Mrs. Caboza had at noon to- |day refused to verify, he and his | mother slept on the second floor of while the body of the slain man lay in a bedroom on the floor below. house and returned to Yonkers. The body was found Saturday. The youngster told police that he and his mother went to Danbury from Yonkers Wednesday morning |to claim a supply of furniture which |belonged to them and which Vanco |had promised to send to Yonkers |but had failed to do. Went to Mother's Ald In the argument that ensued be- tween the man and the woman, | Vanco according to Peter's story, |grabbed hold of Mrs. Caboza’s neck |and started to choke her. His | mother's scream for help brought |the Boy to her side. Realizing her |danger, Peter picked up an iron bar {from the nearby stove and brought |1t down with full force upon Van- |co's head. | The enraged woman, Peter told I police, seized a large knife that lay on the kitchen table and started to |siash her assailant’s body. Before the boy could restrain his mother, §he had badly mutilated the body. | Realizing the danger of discovery |1¢ the body were left in platn view !where it had fallen, the pair, police say, dragged the body into a bed- !room on the first floor of Vanco's home. After removing his clothing they placed the slain man on the bed and covered him up. The body {was in this position when found Saturday. Remained In Death House Mrs. Caboza and her son stayed that night at Vanco's home, oocupy- !ing bedrooms on the second floor of |the home. The next day they went |to the railroad station and boarded !a train for Yonkers, according to the boy's confession. | Coroner John J. Phelan today set Wednesday afternoon as a tentative date for an inquest into the murder. The hearing will probably be post- poned if the mother and son fail to walve extradition rights. b ) Attorney Danbury, Conn., Jan. Assistant Prosecuting |Leonard McMahon of this city went to Yonkers, N. Y. today to |assist in the questioning of Rose |Caboza and her son, Peter, under |arrest there on the charge of mur- dering | Frank Vanco, in this city. He ‘was actompanied by ' County {Deteativa William. Kearns, of | Bridgeport. Polico authorities said |this afternoon they had received |no definite information in regard |to_the reported confession by the boy. Coroner John J. | Bridgeport will conduct |here Wednesday. Phelan an of inquest Neck Broken in Accident Hartford, Jan, 24 (A—Julius | Bridschge, of 117 Park Road, West | Hartford, night foreman at the | Prospect Garage here, died early | this morning at the Hartford hos- pital, where be was taken suffering | | from a broken neck following an | automobile accident yesterday after- | noon on the Benlin turnpike. to informa- | Vanco's house last Wednesday night | Thursday morning they left Vanco's | Hartford Man Dies| w0y ‘paogyrey BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1927. —SIXTEEN PAGES DEMOGRATS START FIGHT FOR SLASH INGOVT. TAXATION Rep. Gareett Petitions Honse fo Again Take Up $385,000,- 000 Reduction Bill INVITES REPUBLICANS 10 HELP SERVE COUNTRY Rep. Mills, in Replying, Says Pro- posal Should Be Dismissed as Purely Political Move and Declares Enactment of Suggested Legisla- | Washington, Jan. 24 UP — The |democrats today carried thelr tax fight to the floor of the house, |where Representative Garrett of |Tennessee, the minority placed upon Speaker's table a pe- [ner tax reduction bill from the |republicans voted more than a |month ago to pigeonhole it. Quotes President Quoting President Coolidge as {having said in his message to cor |gress that “whenever the state of |the treasury will permit, I believe in a reduction of taxation” Gar- rett declared there was an esti- mated treasury surplus of $383,- 1000,000 for the present fiscal year land that “the consumers of the |country to whom the corporation {tax is passed on should be given |the measure of relief proposed in {the bill.” | The Garner measure would re- |duce the corporation tax from 13 11-2 to 11 per cent and repeal the |automobile, amusement, club dues land produce stamp taxes. Under [the rules the petition will require [the signature-of at least 218 mem- ibers, of which Garner said the democrats could furnish only 152, lif every democrat were able per- sonally to appear in the house. Signatures Needed “So, it results are obtained, we Ishall have to have the signatures lof a considerable number of re- |publfeans,” he declared. *We be- lieve the country wants it and we |stand ready to help pass it through !a republican congress and let it be signed by a republican president |with whatever political benefit may | oo laccrue to them thereby, because {we have sought our country’s hon. lors that we may serve our coun- Itry's good. We offer ourselves (republicans) to and {nvite let us help Mills Makes Reply TWhen Garrett concluded, demo- |crats flocked about the speaker's | table to sign the petition, but de- | sisted while Representative Mills, | republican, New York, chosen by if‘r(‘sillem. Coolldge to be the under | sccretary of the treasury, delivered | a reply. The democratic proposal, Mills said, should be ‘“dismissed as a po- litical gesture” because of the im- possibility of enactment in the re-| maining days of the session. It should be remembered, said, that tax laws are not solely on freasury surpluses. | pointed out that certain taxes being | tincluded this year will not be avail- able next year. Replying to a question by Repre- | sentative Garner, of Texas, Mills said he would favor tax reduction in | the first session of the next congress. To a question whether the reduction | would be retroactive to apply to {1927, Mills said | that bridge when we get to it.”” “Yes,” rejoined Garner, “and you want that bridge to come as close to the 1928 elections as possible.” | When Mills had concluded demo- | crats rushed to sign the ‘document amid such confusion that Speaker Longworth suggested it be trans- |terred to the house lobby to per- ymit the chamber to carry on its | business. SHEAN NOT RELEASED }(‘hapman's Accomplice Still In ‘Wethersficld Today, Despite De- ports He Had Been Freed. | Hartford, Jan. 24 (P—Walter L. | Shean is still in Wethersticld state prison, offiefals at the prison an- | nounced today. This was in com- | ment on reports circulated in New York to the effect that the former | companton of Gerald Chapman had | been released. witness against Chapman at the | trial here nearly two years ago, was | sentenced May 16 last, to serve a prison term of from one to five | years. He would not, therefore, be eligible for parole until May 16, of | this year at the expiration of his | minimum term. { e il Six in Family of Seven Dead in Crossing Crash Rockford, Ill., Jan. 24 (® — All but one child of a family of seven {are dead after a crash yesterday ‘in which a Chicago, Milwaukee & ‘Sl. Paul train hit the automoblle of |1 Knight at a crossing. Knight fand an eight year old son died to- day, while the mother anr three other children, aged 4 to 11, were instantly killed. Helen, aged 13, the only mem- ber of the family to escape, was thrown uninjured upon the pilot of the engine. The Knights recently came here from Red Boiling Sprjngs, Tenn. tion at This Session Is Impossible. | leader, | tition to take the $335,000,000 Gar- | |ways and means committee where | Mills | based | He | “we should cross | Shean, who was the state’s :tar | “Cinderella Man” Produces Two Witnesses to Show Wife Deserted Him—i Case to Be Resumed To- morrow at White Plains | Instead of at Carmel, N. Y. Carmel, N. Y., Jan. 24 UP—The| Edward W. Browning separation sult against his wife, the former| Frances Peaches Heenan, which opened here at 10:50 this morn-| ing was adjourned to White| Plains 35 minutes later by a ruling| of Supreme Court Justice Seeger. 2 trial will be resumed at 10| a. m. tomorrow In its new jurisdic- | tion. Only two witnesses were put| on the stand at today’s opening, both witnesses for the wealthy New | York realtor. They were Edward | P. Carney, his chaufieur, and John| T. Gorman, Browning's secretary.| [ Both testified that they had been| told by Mrs. Browning and her| mother, Mrs. Catherine Heenan, that | | Mrs. JBrowning was “sick and tired | |of it"all” and was not going back' |to the real estate man. The court| room was filled with three hundred | seated, and one hundred more stand- | ing against the wall. Photographers | (Continued on Page 14) | Browning Applauded, Peaches in Tears, as Sensational Trial Is Begun Only to Adjourn Quickly BROWNING CHRONOLOGY (By United Press) Following is a list of some of the recent happenings in the life of Edward W. Browning. March 12, 1924—Paris courts grant Browning divorce from his first wife, Nellle Adele Lowen, who had become involved with Dr. Charles H. Wilen, a dentist. July 6, 1925—Browning adver- tises to adopt a girl, “about 14,” as a companion to another adopt- ed daughter. August 4, 1925—Adopts Mary Louise Spas, daughter of a Bo- hemian family. Says she is 16. August 11, 1925—Surrogates court voids adoption, finding Miss Spas to be 21. March 5, 1926—Browning meets Frances Heenan, 15-year-old high school girl at a dance. April 19, 1926—Browning mar- ries Miss Heenan at Cold Springs, N. Y. October 4, 1226—Mrs. Brown- ing leaves her husband. October 16, 1926—Browning sues for separation. October 18, 1926-—Mrs. Brown- ing sues for separation. November 22, 1926 — Mrs. Browning granted $300 a week alimony and $8,500 counsel fees, pending trial of their consolidated suit. December 15, Louise Spas sues damages, claiming mental anguish.” January 24, 1926—Separation suits comes to tr 1926 for “shock and 'HARTFORD YOUTH DIES | . William Leonard, 17, Said to Have Gone to Father’s Defense | Hartford, Jan. “ ing | Fishkin, 24 (UP)—Tollow- he death of his victim, Louls 22, held in $2,000 {bond today, charged with stabbing land fatally William { Leonard, 17 a butcher knife {last night. | The attack s alleged to have oc- | when Leonard attacked | Fishkin’s father upon the latter's {refusal to sell the youth some | wine, According to Tishkin, accompanied by Frank Burke, ap- proached the clder Fishkin in front of his house, and asked for {some wine. Fishkin refused and ithe two set upon him, it was said. | Tishkin, secing. his father | getting the worst of the encounter |is alleged to have picked up the | butcher knife and stabbed Leonard | in the back. | Leonard died 1in the Hartford ihospl!:\l this morning. Iishkin" case was continued until January 27. He has no attorney. ANOTHER INQUIRY ' Alleged Sale of Federal Patronage In Al Thing Ordered Probed. was wounding with Leonard, } States Is Latest Washington, Jan. 24 (#—A blan- | ket investigation of the, sale of fed- eral patronage was recommended to the senate today by its judiciary | | committee. ! Starting out with the consideration of charges made in congress of the sale of such patronage by republican party officers in the south the gn» {mittee decided to broaden the #eepe to take in all states in the event there is any charge to justify an in- quiry. The committee approved a substi- | tute resolution offered by Chairmar Norrls which recited the charges o such sale of public offices. It would direct the judiciary committee to “ascertain whetherssuch officials of | political .party organizations have | improperly. illegally or dishonestly | used the influence and power of their | positions in bringing about the ap-| pointment of federal officials and | whether they have used such in- fluence in making assessment or de- mands upon any public federal offi- cials. Particular attention would be given to whether money was solicit- ed or involved. | Picks Wrong Lot as | He Starts to Build Roosevelt St. House Joseph Rerrotta, owner of several parcels of land on Roosevelt street, called at the | | office of the building inspector | | this afternoon to complain that | | someone is building a dwelling | | on his property. A permit had | | Dbeen issued to Joseph Ewanow- | | ski to build on the Buena Vista | tract and he began operations | | on the wrong lot, an investiga- | | tion disclosed. Ewanowski owns adjoining land, but his is ap- | proximately 100 feet from the spot where excavations were started. i *| | New Britain and vicinity: | | Mostly cloudy . tonight and Tuesday; not much change in | temperature. [ THE WEATHER | *. * | | water but was restrained by F. C. KELLY NAMED ON AFTER BEING SLASHED FINANCE COMMISSION Cashier of City National Bank Chosen by Mayor Weld Francls C. Kel ier of City National bank, was today ap- pointed a member of the board of ance and taxation. Mr. Kelly, a democrat, takes the place left |cant by the resignation of Thomas | F. Flannery who has moved to Ber- { lin. | Mr. Kelly came to New { from New the Britain York city in December, part in the organiza- | tion of the City National and he was elected cas At the an- nual meeting last week he was made a director. Commissioner is a banker of long experience, of which, with the exception of the year he has been in New Britain, was gained in New York. He was one of the leaders in the campaign against one-way traffic on Mair street nmorth of the railroad cross- over. MEETS TRAGIC DEATH a Coupe Breaks Through Ice on Lake irl Escapes But Her Fiance is Trapped and Drowned. Cranberry Lake, N. Y., Jan. 24 (P —Tragedy broke in upon a voung couple’s dreams of romance when Glenn Oswald, 31, was drowned and his bride-to-be, Miss Marie Fetsie, 19, narrowly escaped death after their automobile coupe broke through the ice of Cranberry lake | last night and sank in 20 feet of water. The two, who were to have been married February 23, were driving slowly along the frozen surface the lake when the car dropped sud- denly through the ice, Miss Fetsle struggled through a window on the side of the coupe and rose to the surface. When her sweetheart failed to ap- pear and she realized he was trap- ped at the bottom of the lake she ried to throw herself into the fcy by- standers. ARRESTED FOR MURDER Lockport, N. Y., Man, Accused By Son, Held on Charge of Killing Wife With Axe: Lockport, N. Y., Jan. 24 (UP)— John Kaufman, ¢8, was arrested on a charge of killing his wife, Mary, with an axe in their home today. George Kaufman, a son, tele- phoned the police station and sob- ed that his mother had been kill- d. He accused his father who he said had started uptown. Police caught him 15 minutes lat: SAYS SENATORS DRINK Those Who Do Not Could Be Put in Less Space Than Says Senator Bruce. a Taxicab, Washington, Jan.24 (UP)—All sen- ators who refuse to take a drink could be put in less space than a taxicab, Senator Bruce, democrat, Maryland, told the scnate today. His observation came in a general pro- hibition debate after Senator Wads- worth, republican, New York, had deplored hypocrisy over dry viola- tions which he said had been created by existing conditions. Bruce's charge was a reply to Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama, who said, “you could put all the wet senators in a taxicab.” of | Pressing Clai |Mrs. Jennie Tucker and Miss Mary Wooley Two of Six Known Heirs to Property Estimated at $125,000,000 left by Eng- lishman. Hartford, Jan. 24 (#)—Mrs. Jennie | Tucker o Britain |avenue, who claims to be an heir to the millions left by Willlam Jen- nings of England, today wrote to Miss Mary Wooley, president of Mount Holyoke at South Hadle relative to a united {effort So far as Mrs. T cnows there are te, Mrs. Harriet of Philadel- New college the claims. | six heirs to the | Stratton | phia; ! Park, Stockbridge I, was the youngest of cleven children; Miss Mary Wooley, of South Had- ley, ss., Frank F. Wooley of An- thor R. I, and Erving Wooley of Boston . Never Heard of Woman Mrs. Tucker endeavored today to make it clear that she does not in- sist that Mrs. G. T. Eddy, of Trovidence, R. L, is not an heir to the Jennings estate, now estimated at $125,000,000. All that she does insist is that she ncver before heard of Mrs. Edd the only heir to the estate. Mrs. Tucker's claims were represented in those filed by her mother, Anna Liza Wooley Stratton, in 1870, He | mother for years had insisted she {was the sole heir, but since her death it appears that her children, of whom three survive, are in the same position as the three children Ma ny, |of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Wobley, of | | Providence, R. L, her brother, and father of President Wooley, of Mount Holyoke. In addi Tucker is today getting with her own brother and sister, and intimates she will consult a lawyer in the latest effort to press her claims. | Claims Tong Dormant | The Tucker claims have been dor- mant for years, pending some dis- | position of the Jennings estate, and |based on the claims filed many vears ago. Mrs. Tucker today sald she would not now agaln press her claims except for the | Providence that Mrs. sole heir. Mrs. Tucker bases her claim to the Jennings estate on the assertion that her grandmother was sis William Jennings 'MORE THAN BILLION INVESTED IN MEXIGO xact Figures of American Capital in touch Eddy Involved Below Border is $1,389,061,000 Washington, Jan. 24 (P)—More than a billion and a quarter of American capital had been invested in M the face of reports from American consular officers obtained today at the state department. The exact figures are $1,380,061 000 of which $318,638,000 is in oil lands, $317,427,000 in mines, $248.- 158,000 in railways, $166,047,000 in rural property and $1 scattered miscellancous investments. | In addition the figures show $50,- 1070,000 in refineries; $35,771,000 in urban property; $30, 000 in pub- lic utilities; $26,140,000 in merchan- dising enterprises; $27,71 | manufacturing enterprises; 000 in smelters; $1¢ Der and $6,938,000 in terests.” In addition the figures show $50.- 070,000 in refineries; $35,771,000 in urban property; $30,709,000 in pub- lic utilities; $26,140,000 in merchan- | dising enterprises; $27,716,000 in | manufacturing enterprise ,180,- 000 In smelters; $10,035,000 in tim- | ber and $6,938,000 in “concealed in- terests.” xico up to last December on ‘concealed in- Increase Noted | In Violent Deaths | ~Boston, Jan. 24 (P—A marked in |crease in violent deaths among the {member policy holders of the New |England Mutual Life Insurance com- {pany was reported at the annual {meeting here today by President | Daniel I". Appel. Of the 156 violent deaths in 1926, 56 were suicides, 47 {were killed in automobile accidents, |seven died of carbon monoxide gas. |11 drowned, while murder and rail- |road accidents claimed four victims |each. Of natural deaths among mem- ber policyholders, heart disease |caused the deaths of 208, arterio- sclerosis 207, and cancer 110. |Large Samuel B. Stratton of Asbury | and Mrs. Tucker, who | , or her claims to be | on to com- | | municating with Miss Wooley, Mrs. | claim from | s the | } for Vast Estate ———e e At Last Shaw Balks! Declines to Write Truth on Marriage London, Jan. 24 (UP)—The sprightly pen of George Bernard Shaw, which never hesitates to dig into statesmen and kings, has wavered before marriage. G. B. 8. was asked to con- tribute an article to the “Book of Marriage.” A few days later Shaw declined with thanks and added: “No man dares to write the truth about marriage while his wife is living unless he hates || her like Strindberg—which T | don't || “However, T shan || volume with interest, that it will consist evasions —_— PROSECUTOR DEMANDS NORRIS BE EXECUTED “Apparent Danger” and | Right to Defend Him- self, Is Defense Plea Austin, Tex, Jan. 24 (P—State defense closed their testimony in the Norris murder trial at 9:50 a. m. today and the judge began his | charge to the jury soon afterwards. Arguments to the jury are to be limited to six hours to a side. After the judge's charge the state opened arguments with John Shel- ton of Austin, special prosecutor, | demanding the death penalty for the { fundamentalist pastor, who is charged with the murder of D. E. ! Chi 3 “He has read the knowing chiefly of forfeited his right to life and liberty,” Helston told the jury. The Fort Worth pastor, whose trial was brough of venue, was surrounded by friends when court opened today, and he ! explained that a number of them, fearing a demonstration against him had gotten permission from court bailiffs to sit within the rail. Fred D. Holland, a former Fort Worth policeman and a number of mem- bhers of Dr. Norris' church formed the little circle around him, The arguments which followed the judge's charge are expected to last until tomorrow afternoon. The chief point in Judge James R. Hamilton's charge was on “ap- | parent danger.” He explained that the question of whether Norris was | in apparent danger of his life should | be viewed from the standpeint of { how the circumstances appeared to | the defendant. He declared that | the defendant was not bound to re- | treat but, under the law, had a right | to stana and defend himself it at- tacked. | There are four possible results: | A verdict of murder carrying five years to death. Manslaughter, two to five years. Not guilty. A hung jury The arguments started about 10:25 a. m., and with each side tak- ing six hours the case may go to the jury tomorrow afternoon. MOURN DEAD STUDENTS Town and Gown Join in Tribute to Ten Students of Baylor College Killed in Crossing Crash. Waco, Tex., Jan. 24 (UP)—Town and gown joined here today in a memorial service for the ten Bay- lor college students who lost their lives Saturday in a crossing acci- dent. In the bus demolished by an In- crnational and = Great Northern ain was the basketball squad and Seven persons injured in the wreck were in hospitals where physiclans sald they eoxpected further casualties. in a most serious condition. back may be broken. Drops i)ead While at Work Putting on Chains Putnam, Jan. 24 (A—While put- ting chains on his automobile last night at Abington, Robert K. Safford, for many years owner of the gen- eral store at South Woodstock, drop- ped dead. He and Mrs. Safford with |two friends were returning to their homes from Hartford when Mr. Saf- ford decided to put on chains be- cause of the slippery condition of [the highway. He was 53 years of Besides his widow he is sur- vived by two sons. |ag2. FALL'S TRIAL POSTPONED Washington, Jan. 24 (/) — Trial of Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the Interfor, and Harry F. Sin- |clair, on charges growing out of the lease of the Teapot Dome naval ofl reserve, was postponed today until April 3& here on a change | no | Fred Acree was | His | Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Jan. 22nd ... 14,447 PRICE THREE CENTS ENGLAKD READY T0 SEND AN ARMED FORGE OF 16,000 MEN INTO CHINA; NATIONALISTS PUBLISH MANIFESTO Hartford Woman Asks Mt. Holyoke President to Work with Her in Declares Ability to En- force Its Will and Offers to Negotiate Separate Treaties With Foreign Powers. /In Meantime Anti-Europe- an Outrages Continue and Foreign Concessions at Shanghai Are Under Strong Guard. | Hankow, Jan. 24 (#—The Nation- |alist government, in a manifesto is- |sued today, proclatmed its inability Em enforce its will in nationalist China and invited the powers to join it in negotiating new treaties with |economic and territorial integrity as their basis. The following are ex- tracts from the declaration: | “The leading assumption of all | British and other foreign declara- tions of policy in regard to China (is that she is unable to look after | her own interests and that pursuant | to the 'spirit of the Washington eon- |ference’ the powers must enter into self-denying ordinances regarding | China in order to safeguard her in- | tegrity and independence promote | her political development, rehabili- tation and her finances. | _“This is not true ef nationalist |China. Today this new China is | strong and conscious of its power, its ability through economic means to enforce its will on Chinese soil | against any power. | “The question then is not what | Great Britain and other powers may | wish to grant China to meet ‘legiti- mate aspirations in the Chinese na- tion,” but what nationalist China |may justly grant Great Britain and the other powers.” | ‘This great, impressive fact must | be grasped. | Protest Own Power. | “Today effective protection of for- | elgn life and property does not stand land can no longer stand on foreign | bayonets and foreign gunboats be- | cause the arm of the Chinese nation- alist—the economic weapon—is more | pulssant than any engine of war- | fare than foreigners can devise. “The British in particular must | understand that the forces in the | present revolutionary situation are handing over protection of foreign | life and property to the government | that derives its authority from those |in whose hands is centered power | that can paralyze the economic life {of the foreign nationals in China. | "It is, however, the view of the | nationalist government that libera- | tion of China from the yoke of for- | eien imperlalism need not necessar- |ily involve any armed conflict be- }t\\‘m\n Chinese nationalism and for- eign powers. For this' reason the { nationalis. government prefers to have all questions outstanding be- | tween nationalist China and foreign powers settled by negotiation. It is | this sense that the nationalist minis- Iter of foreign affairs indicated as the policy of the nationalist govern- ment to the American minister when |the latter visited Canton last au- tumn, and the same policy has again been indicated to the new British minister, the Japanese representa- |tive and the representative of the | American minister. | Offer to Make Treaties. | “In order to prove that this is not an jdle statement of policy the na- | tionalist government hereby declares | its readiness to negotiate separately with any powers for the settlement |of treaty and other cognate ques- tions on the basis of economic equal- | ity and mutual respect for each oth- |er's political and territorial sov- erelgnty.” England Is Ready. London, Jan. 24 (UP)—Great Britain today was ready with 16,000 troops, marines and sailors, to meet | the nationalist problem in China which was construed here as menac- |ing British lives and property. | What were belleved to be com- plete reports of troops and naval movements and orders here and in India, Malta, Hongkong and Gibral- | tar indicated that 12 battalions . of | British and Indian troops had been (ordered to China or were en route | there, and in addition an armored car section of the tank corps and naval units were under similar in- structions. | The submarine X-1, reputadly the largest in the world, left Portsmouth | today to join the Mediterranean | fleet at Malta. Refugees streamed into Shanghai from the interior of China and for- eign warships converged on that rich port from the high seas. For- elgn concessions at Shanghai were under guard owing to labor disor- ders and the uneasiness was accen- tuated by the Cantonese defeat of the Chines defenders of Shanghai at Lanchi, 100 miles southwest. British business houses at Han- kow opened today. Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, of Man- churia, charged that the Cantonese represented Bolshevism. Eugene Chen, Cantonese foreign minister, offered to negotiate with the forelgn powers on a basis of (Continued on Page 13.)