New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 27, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 PARIS ADULATION OF LINDBERGH 15 NOT DIHINISHIN Again Today He Is Guest of Notables While Vast Crowds in Streets Cheer His Name MAKES FLIGHT OVER THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S. T0MB Painleve, French Minister of War, and Doumer, President of Senate, Vie With Each Other in Extend- 1 ams Plans to Decorate Brilliant Aviator KING ALBERT OF BELGIUM. GO0D WILL' FLIER VISITS IN STATE Makes Brief Stops at Bridgeport and Hartlord IS BOOMING AVIATION| Maior Dargue, In Brief Interviews, Lauds Captain Lindbergh and Ex- presses Fear Nungesser Never Will Be Found Alive. | Hartford, May 27 —Thelr sched- ule somewhat upset by unfavorable weather conditions and a slight ac- cldent to the amphibian plane, “Ni York” in which they pl:\.nned to tour country, Major Herbert A. Dargue, ew | READ MAN'S WIDOW IS ORDERED TO PAY BACK | ALIMONY TO WIFE NO. 1 || Washington, May 27 (UP)— The widow of a dead man must pay his dead wife back alimony, the district court of appeals ruled. Heirs of the late Alonzo O. Bliss, milllonaire soclety man, must glve $29,152.04 aliniony plus in- terest to heirs of his dead wife. Mrs. Bliss No. 2 in his chief heir. GIGANTIC MOTOR WAR NOW OPENING Two Bilion Doller Concerns| Battling for Supremacy WHOLE INDUSTRY WATCHES | | Board Expected to Rcject Applica- | LONCH CARTS 0K, KIRKHAM'S RULING Corporation Counsel Fails to Up- bold Building Commission | FILES HIS OPINION TODAY, tion From Farley, LeWitt and McDonough on Ground Proposed | Structure Will Not Be Fireproof. | The buliding commission is re- versed in its drive against lunch carts through an opinion received ; at the office of Chairman A. P.| Leavitt today from Corporation | Counsel John H. Kirkham to whom | W BRITAIN HERALD Paogyany; g 3apy ¥R NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, : FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1927.—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. 57 OF 75 CO-EDS SAY THEY AREN'T PETTERS TWO ADMIT LIKI) 1T Champaign, Ill, May 27 (UP) —Fifty-seven co-eds at the Uni- versity of Illinois—out of a group of T5—voted they had no interest in petting. Two professed it was their first interest while the others voted they were merely “inter ested.” NEW ENGLAND NOT HEADED FOR RUIN U. S. Chamber of Commerce Official Sees Growth Here NAILS HARMFUL STORIES POLICEMAN ACCUSED OF SLEEPING ON POST Another Charged With; Failure in Performance of Duty Sullivan and be given Patrolmen James Vincenzo Santucel will Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending May 21st ... 14,664 PRICE THREE CENTS BALDWIN STRESSES DENIAL BREAK WITH RUSSIA MEANS LIKELIHOOD OF HOSTILITIES .- Declares Emphatically Only Interpretation is That England Refuses Further Political Dealings With Soviets. Moscow Representatives Formally Asked to Leave commander of the 20,000 mile “‘good the problem was submitted follow- | ing Courtesies to American Avia- tor—Attends Benefit This Eve- ning and all Tickets Are Sold Out. Paris, May 27 (P—Captain Lind- bergh saw Parls from aobve this morning and again was received in state by most of the French gov- ernment when he came back to carth, It was a morning of play for I'rance’s hero, for he was able to spend an hour in the air and several other hours talking shop with lead- crs of French aviation at Le Bour- get and Villacoublay flying flelds. His fight was made in a French plane, in which he saluted France's unknown soldier by making grace- ful dips over the tomb in the Arc De Triomphe. Painleve Gives Luncheon. Lindbergh's terrestrial ceremon- ies resumed later with a luncheon tendered by M. Painleve at the min- istry of war, attended by Marshal Foch, General Pershing and four members of the cabinet. Afterward the flier attended a vast pecaption at the residential palace of Paul Doumer, president of the French senate. There all par- liament and most of the other Parisian notables gathered to see and to try to shake the hand of the noted New York-Paris traveler. Popularity Persists. No sign of diminution of Captain Lindbergh's “popularity was appar- #nt today. The crowd which gath- «red outside the impressive home of the president of the scnate during today's reception rivalled the great concourse which yesterday cheered and cheered the hero at the munici- pal reception at the 1lotel De Ville. Tonight there will be a gala bene. fit organized by the Aero club for relief of the families of those who have died for aviation. Lind- hergh will be there and there are no tickets to be bought at any price. Those interested in the phil- inthropic enterprise had only to an- nounce “Lindbergh will attend,” to produce a rush for tickets which or- iinarily pcople have to be urged to buy. the Doumer's Reception. The reception by M. Doumer was icld In the white and gold room of (Continued on Page $1) HEROIC EFFORT T0 QUELL GREAT FIRE Explosive Expert Tries to Blast Blazing Gas Well Sanford. Tex, May 27 (P—A raging natural gas furnace, created by the ignition of the huge McMil- lan No. 1 gasser on the main and sirtually only street here, today threatened to increase its score of our known dead as it defied efforts of pan handle fire fighters. Four Are Killed. Four of the crew engaged in tak- ing casing from the well were killed when flames roared skyward yester- day morning. Two others were be- icved to have been cremated in the Jderrick, while seven were hurled to e ground and severely injured. Hope of extinguishing the blaze fore it spread to the tents and ‘rame buildings nearby, rested with cxplosive experts, headed by “Tex"” Thornton, daring torpelds company “mploye. Attempts to ‘snuff out” 200 foot pillar of fire with ‘cam and nitro-glycerin were under vay today. Uses Fireproof Suit Using a fire proof suit, Thornton crawled over the trembling earth 1o the crater forming about the well casing to plan the placing of ex- plosive. He reported the pressure of more than a million cubic feet a day was shuking the casing and appar- “nily enough gas was escaping aut- side the pipe to eat away the ground, He was unable to locate the bodivs of two men unaccounted for, said they probably were caught lie ruins of the wooden derrick. Flame Shoots Up Persons in the vicinity of the well suid the flame suddenly shot to a at licight and then settled to a comparatively steady torch that often ached a height of*200 feet. A teriffic cxplosion preceded the It was hecard for miles and ook buildings throughout the vil- g As the well is located on the only well defined street in town, volun- teers immediately started to move nearby buildings while women and children were sent to places of safety. Steel eables and large hemp ropes used In drilling wells were placed around frame structures and (Continued on Page 31) Brussels, May 27 (UP)—New hon- ors await Captain Charles A. Lind- a decree appointing the airman a chevaller of the Order of Leopold, the highest Belgian order. DEAN OF NEW YORK'S INSURANCE MEN DIES Henry Dayton of Green- wich Had Been in Business 61 Years Greenwich, Conn., May P— Henry Dayton, dean of New York, insurance men, who commuted an estimated 650,000, miles between his home here and New York where he was in business for sixty-one years dd here today. He had been Il lonly a few weeks. For years Mr. Dayton, who would have been 93 years old Sept. 10, had been the oldest commuter on the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford railroad. He was born in Greenwich, but for thirty-four years {lived in Greenwich Village, New York. Forty-two years ago he bought & farm in his native village and then began his “travels” to and from the city. Part of the journey then was by horse car, trains, from Broadway and Canal to 34th street and the rest of the way to Greenwich behind !a soft coal burning locomotive. Mr. Dayfon throughout his life was interested in education, devot- ing his spare time to school affairs. He was the father of the Greenwich public schools and was largely in- strumental in getting the Havemey- er school, a gift from H. O. Have- meyer, and also the building for the first high school here. He became a memer of the town school committee soon after he lo- cated in Belle Haven section of Greenwich. For 34 years he was trustec of the old Greenwich Village school. On June 3, 1924, when he was ninety years old, Mr. Dayton was made a Master Mason, the oldest man believed to have taken a de- gree. He belonged to the Green- wich Masonic club and the Mechan- ics and Tradesmen of New York. He was a member of the Second Congregational church where he was a deacon for years. Mr. Dayton is survived by widow, a son, Charles Dayton of Greenwich, and a daughter, Mrs. Godfrey Titswerth of Sun Prairie, Wis. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Second Congregational church. Burial will be in Putnam cemeter: his Confesses Killing Man Who Threw Brick at Her Baltimore May 27 (A—Miss Mabel Swan, formerly a nurse here, today confessed, Garrett county, Md. au- thorities sald, that she shot and killed her landlord, Daniel Mosser, of Keyser, W. Va., yesterday, when he threw a brick at her. Police allege the tragedy was the result of a feud over liquor making by the woman. Miss Swan rented a farm at Swanton, Md., near the West Virginia line. Waterbury Man Is Killed In Fall of Three Stories Waterbury, May 27 (P—Charles Mitchell, 72, was instantly killed this morning when he fell from a third story window of the American Brass south plant here. The body was picked up by fellows employes. Coroner John T. Monzani will hold an inquest. None of the employes of the plant saw the accldent. SMOKING 1S BANNED Reloit, Wis., May 27 (UP)—Beloit College will retain its traditions and refuse to permit co-eds to smoke. “No matter what eastern schools do on smoking, we shall not not break with our traditions” Miss Luella F. Norwood, dean of women { announced. 27 (A—Minister of the Interior Albert Sacrraut told the chamber of deputies today that the activity of the communists, both in France and abroad, constituted a grave danger to the national inter- ests. HEIRS GET $12 EACH New London, May 27 (A—As one of 60 heirs to the estate of her great grand-uncle, Mrs. Bertha Dodo was located here today and will re- ceive $12 according to Miss Sarah Hoxsle of Westerly, also a benefi- clary. proportion to the nearness of the respective 60 relations. bergh here. King Albert today signed ' The estate was divided in | will” flight in South America, and ! Walter O. Lochner, president of the : National association of Commercial Organization Secretaries, landed at Brainard field this morning at about 11 o'clock, an hour behind the set | time, Grected At Hartford They were greeted, when they alighted from the army plane which had been furnished them at Mitchel [field by Major William F. Ladd of {the 43rd division, air service; exe- cutive Vice-President, Willlam H. Corbin of the Chamber of Commerce, |and President George F. Riggs of the Connecticut association of Com- |mercial Organization Secretaries, |who came to the fleld In Goveinor Ford and Gemeral Motors At Grips —One Car to Every Five Persons In U. 5.—Enough Gas to l-‘lo-t‘ | Washington, May 27 (UP)—While | {owners of 20,000,000 automobiles in | |the United States were puzzling today {over the new “mystery” Ford car, financiers and industrial leaders, however, saw in the machine the lat- est strategy In the battle for sul| premacy between the two giants of | {the motor world, Henry Ford and Navy Used During Year. Trumbull's car, with Major Ladd as his representative. Due to press of time in getting to ! Boston at noon for a luncheon which |is being held by the Chamber of | Commerce there, and at which they will speak, the two men who are touring the country in an effort to “revive interest in aviation, espe- cially along commercial lines and to foster an international and inter- state interest in the value and needs of aviation,” were able to stay but a quarter of an hour. Speaking informally to the group, Major Dargue told of his historic flight through South America, and emphasized the cordiality with which he had been received there. *“One hears much in this country, of the feeling in Latin-America, ‘Yankee imperialism’ and that sort of thing. There is none of it.” Speaks in Bridgeport Bridgeport, Conn., May 27 (A—*1 bring to you a message of good will trom all Latin-America and from the various states that I have visited and I feel that Bridgeport will share the enthusiasm that we have felt in participating in this historic mission that the United States is undertak- ing.” With these words Major Herbert A. Dargue, commander of the 20,- 000 mile good will flight said when greeted by a committee of Bridge- port and Stratford citizens today as he alighted from his Stratford Bluff, Lordship, a. m, Major Dargue had as companion passenger Walter O. Lochner, presi- dent of the National Association of Commercial Organization societies, and was accompanied by Ross G. Hoyt, and Sergeant B. D. Boozer, flylng an army observation plane. They were received on behalf of the city of Bridgeport by former Mayor E. R. Buckingham and by Captain E. Kelly, executive secretary to Governor.Trumbull on behalf of the governor. “The real object of the good will flight,” said Major Dargue, “is to r vive the interest in aviation, espe- cially along commercial lines and | 3 | | at 9:40 state interest in the value and needs of aviation.” Lindbergh “the hero (Continued on Page 31.) A, H. CORP. VETERAN GLAIMED BY DEATH Joseph Schilling, 45 Years With Two Factory Units Joseph Schilling, 76 years old, a former superintendent of Russell & Erwin company where he worked for 25 years until he was pensioned, and an employe of the P. & Corbin branch of the American Hardware corporation for 20 years, | passed away at his home, 71 Grove | Hill, this morning. Mr. Schilling was born in Bezing- | er, Germany, February 8, 1851, the | son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schill- | ing. He came to this city 58 years| ago and entered the employ of P.| & F. Corbin Co. Twenty years later he left that company’s employ to! take a position at Russell & Erwin's | where he rose to be superintendent. | For the past 13 years he had been retired. Shortly after coming to this city he joined the New Britain lodge of | Elks and is numbered among fts| oldest members, having affiliated | shortly after it was founded in| 1905. He was the organizer and | founder of the Foremen's club of | Russcll & Erwin's and was a mem- ber of St. Peter's soclety of St. Peter's church. Surviving him are his wife, three sons, Dr. Frederic Schilling of Tor- onto, Canada; Henry A. Schilling of this city, and Thomas A. Schilling of Washington, D. C.. and a grand- son. Joseph Schilling of this city. The funeral will le held Monday at the home on Grove Hill ,with | private services and at St. Peter's church at 9:30 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Mary's old cemetery, | airplane at | to foster an international and inter- | Major Dargue said “I | ' Police Fail to Unearth Clue To Incendiary in North End_ | |General Motors corporation, chiefly | |controlled by the Du Ponts. i Billion Dollar Concerns | ! The two are the only “billion dol- | |lar” automobile corporations of the | {ten “billion dollar” concerns in the | country. -Their output last year wa: I nearly two-thirds of the total au- {tomobiles manufactured, the Kord | production being 1,363,037 and Gen- | eral Motors, 1,122,000. The total of all auto output was 3,929,535. Ford Sales Dccline General Motors is challenging the | supremacy long held by Ford. Ac-| cording to figures of automotive in- | dustry, a motor magazine, Ford re- | tail sales last July were 37.5 per cent of the total sales by ten lead- ers in the country, while General | Motors made up 24.8 per cent. Ford | sales showed a gradual decline to 27:7 per cent of the total in Febru- ary, this year, while General Motors advanced to $7.9 per cent, according |to the same authority. Competitive Machine Ford's new car, it is believed, 1s | designed to meet the competition of {the popular-priced car of the Gen- ‘eral Motors, the Chevrolet, whose | sales have been mounting. The De- ! troit manufacturer sald he has long { planned & new model, but it was be- llieved it was brought forward at this time to meet his leading com- { petitor. Large Export Trade Both Ford and General Motors | have a large export trade. Europeans prefer the small American car to those made abroad, though import {taxes make it cost nearly twice as | much as paid here. Ford, it was |believed, may throw many of the | present models on hand into the European market. | The battle for supremacy directs {attention to the vast automobile in- dustry in the United States. It now | {sands first in wholesale value of out- |put, which was $3.371 5 last | year, according to the National Auto- imobile Chamber of Commerce. | Eighty per cent of the world's motor | vehicles are in the United States, where 22,001,393 were registered last |year, of which 19,237,171 were pas- | senger cars. Cars, Gas and Taxes There is one car to every five per- (Continued on Page 33) | writes, fa lunch Ing last week's public hearing. Judge Kirkham's opinion, in ef- fect, declares that a permit must be issued when the terms of the building ordinances are met. 1f de- nied undar such conditions it is likely that a court mandamus would direct the ccmmissioners to give & license, the city's legal adviser It is even possible, accord- ing to the corporation counsel, that the lunch cart could be installed without reference to the commission | or application for a permit. If it is to be regarded as a “structure” a permit must be obtained. In the case of the application for permis- sion to place one on the Farley, LeWitt and McDonough property on Washington street, between West Main and Lake streets, it is expect- ed a claim will be made that the building is not fire-proof and the application will be rejected unless amended. Judge Kirkham's opinion to be read at a special meeting of the building commission at 5 o'clock this afternoon follows:— “Your letter of May 2ith stating that the building commission voted to have you obtain an opinion from me whether or not the building commission can refuse a permit for cart to be located at 16 Washington street is received. “The ordinance provides that a permit shall be obtained from the building commission hefore the erec- tion or construction of a building or | structure. “This ordinance s not unconsti- tutlonal because it leaves the issu- ing of a license to the sole discre- | tjon of the building commission. The weight of the decisions is to that effect. Tt is not to be assumed that | the building commission in exercis- ing the disposing power will act ar- bitrarfly or otherwise than in exer- cise of sound discretion. In the cases sustained the constitutionality of such an ordinance it is assumed that the ordinance is to be constru- ed as meaning that the licensing anthority will not in fact arbitrarily exercise its powers so as to deprive anyone of rights of property. “I would therefore answer your question by saying that the building commission cannot arbitrarily and without justification refuse a permit for the construction. erection, ete. of a lunch cart. The fact that per- haps it might constitute a nuisance would hardly seem to justify the re- | fusal of a permit, particularly as the aggrieved parties would have the right to secure an abatement of the nuisance or other relief by court ac- tion or an appeal to the hoard of health or other public authorities. We have not yet gone so far as to prohibit the erection of buildings on account of esthetic reasons, style of architecture, ete. If your board should arbitrarily and without good rcason refuse a permit. the court in (Continued on Page 33) Continue to Push Search for Person Who Set Fires at Polish Properties on Burritt Street. | Not a single clue to the appre- | henslon of the firebug who is be- lieved to have set fire to the barn and printing plant of the Polish Or- phanage on North Burritt street yes- terday morning, has been uncovered by the police, it was sald today, al- though a thorough investigation is being made. Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue and Sergeant M. J. Flynn left headquarters at 2:30 this after- noon for a conference with Lucyan Bojnowskl, pastor parish, which has been visited three times by suspicious fires in the past six months. Father Bojnowski has refrained from comment on the sit- uation, which has affected him no- ticeabl: Shortly before noon today, Chi Hart s informed that John Ni an alleged vagrant, who left 2| the | secn on Broad street, and the chief | summoned Motoreycle Policeman W. | P. Hayes on West Main street and told him to report this tact to the detective bureau. A short time later, | Detective Sergeant Ellinger and Ser- | geunt McAvay took Niva into cus- jtody in a Broad street store. They {booked him on suspicion and later | he was questioned in the detective bureau, but denied any conncctior | with the fire. Niva, who was found in a box {car In “The Pit” several nights ago, | ( 9300 U0 Ponupu0Q) ] Town Home Tucsday cvening, was | | o Arrested 132 Times On Similar Count New Haven, Conn., May 27.09) —Judge Eugene Farley.is of the opinion that a bookkeeping de- partment would aid materially in keeping the record of Clar- ence Nider, 56, who was ar- raigned in city court today for the 132nd time on a charge of drunkenness, Nider became acquainted with the city court on December 16, 1002, when he was brought in for the first time for being in- cated. Since then he has sentenced to a total of 5 days.in jail and served 587 days in fines and costs amount- ing to $314. Before he added %0 days the total for Nider's latest of- fense, Judge Farley' remarked that he w erio! thinking of establishing a bookkeeping department to take care of Nider's record. to * NO HERALD MONDAY n prdance with the us- ual custom, the Herald will | not be published Monday, | Memorial Day. | * * THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturd: cooler tonight, probably light frost in cxposed places. | | | | | * * of New Britaln Chamber of Com- | merce, Advocating Interest in i Loctl Government Economy. Rumors and statements that in- | dustries are moving away from New | England to the extent that this sec- tion is losing out, were denied today by Colvin D. Brown, manager of the organization department of the United States Chamber of Com- merce, who spoke at a luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce at the Burritt hotel. The luncheon was well attended, there being between and 100 | present. Judge W. C. Hungerford, | i president of the local chamber, pre- | |sided. Two direstors of the Connec- | icut state chamber, Major Frank H. | Johnston and A. P. Marsh, were present. Opening his remarks, Mr. Brown called attention to a custom years ago of hiring employes for as little | as possible, n below a living | wage,” and said the custom today is to pay labor according to ability to | produce goods at a profit He advocated committees of local Chambers of Commerce investigat- ing local tax rates and city govern- ments to see if there are places where two men are doing the work of one, and to see that tax payers get a whole dollar’s worth for a dol- | lar. Me said the national fire preven- tion campaign has reduced fire waste from $5 to $1.59 per capita in more |than 70 cities. He pointed out that there were 50 people killed and 1,500 injured every day last year in traffic accidents and advocated Chamber of Commerce committees to investigate traffic conditions. Mr. Brown said the moving of in- dustries from New England where there have been any, is simply in line with a decentralization of in- dustries and that New England is growing more prosperous all the time. He said some of the eastern states have adopted more efficient marketing systems and that is one of New England’s weak points. Mr. Brown's address | Mr. Brown spoke as follows: | “A few vears ago the Chamber of | | Colvin D. Brown Addresses Luncheon | hearings by the discipline commut- tee of the police board before the June meeting of the board, Chief W. C. Hart said today, the former for sleeping on duty and the latter for aleged delinquency in his duties. Patrolman Sullivan, it is sald, failed to put in his final duty call a short time ago, until 4 a. m., and is said to have admitted that he went into a gasoline station near Francis street on Stanley street, where he fell asleep. His last duty call was due at®3:20 or 3:30 a. m,, Chief Hart said, a ten minute lee- way being allowed because of the ong walk from the signal box to the police station after the night's tour of duty. Patrolman Santuccl recently made an arrest in the northwestern sec- tion of the city and failed to dis- e the crowd which gathered, »f Hart said. Other policemen were obliged to restore order after the excitement of a struggle be- tween Patrolman Santucel and his prisoner, and the former is report- cd to have complained to Licutenant Bamforth that he would not make arrests thercafter unless he was as- sured that his brother officers would accord him better cooperation than he received in this case. A few nights later, Patrolman Santucci was a short distance away from Goldsmith's store on Broad street early in the morning when the burglar alarm in the store sound- ed. He is said to have made no ef- fort to assist in the investigation and when asked his reason for his failure to act, he is said to have re- plied that he mistook the clang of the alarm for the ringing of an alarm clock. The store was not on his beat, but according to Chief Hart, he should have hastened to the investigation. 200 MILLION GALLONS OF LIQUOR CONSUMED This Is Estimate of What Americans Have Used {Commerce of the United States had |the vision to see how closely our | country is concerned with world | | trade problems and it took the in-| |itiative in forming the Internation- | al Chamber of Commerce as an ef- | rective medium for mobilizing the | | business opinion of the world. All| |the great commercial nations are | |represented in the membership of the |International Chamber. It partici- | pates in governmental conferences on | | business problems. 1t is credited with being an important tor in the adoption of the Dawes plan, It has | set up a working system of interna- | [tional commercial arbitration to | |take the place of slow and costly | litigation in foreign courts. It makes available to all its members | the results of a study of business | problems by the best business minds | of the international commercial | world. It is the mlvrnal\oninl coun- |terpart of the Chamber of Chmmerce of the United States. | e Chamber of Commerce of the United State cal chambers of commerce &nd trade (Continued on Page 31) CALFORNI AQUEDLT REPIR {Los Angeles Water System Damage Rumor Being Investigated | TED DYNAMITED | i | Los Angules, May 27 UP—A report | that the Los Angeles aqueduct had | {been dynamited in No Name Can- yon Owens ¢ reached the ame time independent | telephone lines through Owens Val- ley were reported out of order. | Deputy sheriffs were reported en ,route to the scene just over the ty line, | on is rugged and isolated. Kern cou The !Record Making Javelin Throw at Games Today Tranklin Field, Philadelphna, (A—A record shattering velin throw of 199 feet, 6 inches by Vincent Moronef, Georgetown *‘l'ni\'x\rsiv all around star, marked | the start of the elitination trials !today for the intercollegiate A. A. A. A, track and field champion- | ships. Moroney's toss was five inches better than the I. C. A. A. A. A | meet record, set in 1923 by Storrs of Yale. It may not be officially acceptad, because of the ald of & brisk wind, | M 27 In Seven Years Washington, May 27 (UP)—Amer- icans have consumed 250,000,000 gallons or more of intoxicating bev- erage since prohibition went into effect seven years ago, it was esti- mated today at the treasury. The greater part of that amount was described by federal authorities as illegal under strict interpretation of the Volstead act but in many in- stances it was perfectly proper. Sacramental wine —consumption— entirely legal—totaled more than 24,000,000 gallons and it was estl- mated home made wine consumption was maany times greater. Some 30,000,000 gallons of whiskey was released from bonded warehous- es for medicinal use during the per- iod. Augmenting this consumption, homes held a consid- erable stock of liquor or hand for “‘medicine” when the coun try went is a federation of lo- |4F tion and production in seven years had been heavy and one government man ventured a gue: of several million gallons annually. Liquor smuggled since prohibition has been considerable, especially from Canada, it was said. 11,000,000 gallons of beer, ale, rum, gin and whiskey seep into the Unit- ed States from Canada each year ft was estimated. HEAVY MEAL AT NIGHT BLAMED FOR MAN'S DEATH Acute Indigestion Kills Eric Lilje- gren, 52, Who Ate Supper Before Retiring. meal eaten by Eric Lilje- gren, 32, years old, of 339 Main street was believed to have been the use of his death early this morn- 2. He had delayed vating his sup- ,per until 10:30 o’clock last evening and after eating a hearty meal he retired. He awoke at 1:30 o'clock this morning and before his room- mate, John Sendell, could bring a doctor to hi: sistance he was dead. Sendell called Dr. David Aronson and whil> the doctor was on his way to the room both men occupied, { Liljegren passed away. Dr. Water- man Lyon, medical examiner, was called and he pronounced death due to acute indigestion and heart dis- | case. Mr. Liljegren was born in Swe- den and had lived in this country only a year. He was a member of the Andre lodge, I. 0. O. F. He leaves no relatives in this country. Funeral arrangements in charge legitimate | About | i | | | —German Embassy Will Take Charge of Interests in England. London, May 27.—(®—Premler Baldwin made the emphatic decla- ration today that the breaking of diplomatic relations with Moscow "does not mean or imply war against Russia.” Repeats His Position Addressing a mass meeting of women unionists in Albert Hall, the premier said: “Our rupture of diplomatic rela- tions does not mean or imply war against Russia. It means what it ape pears to mean—that we do not in- tend to have any further political dealings with Moscow, but we are wholly in favor of the pursuit of legitimate tradee between the two countries."” The premier said he welcomed the opportunity of repeating that the step taken by the government was “solely because we found that the Soviets’ interference in our ‘do- mestic affairs was intolerable and | because we found that in every part of the world their agents invariably engaged in hostile or unfriendly proceedings against us. No Deep-Laid Plot “Our decision was not the result of a deep-laid plot to get up a world combination agalnst Russia,” he said. “On the contrary, as the for- eign secretary has said, we refrain- ed for a iong time from breaking with Moscow out of consideration for our continental allles and friends. “But Soviet Russia made it ime possible for us to retain that attie tude by their refusal to listen to our repeated warnings. It is part of their propaganda to represent our policy as one which aims at war and which is based on forgery. Formal Notification A note severing relations bee tween the Soviet and British gove ernments was delivered at Chesham House, the Soviet legation, this morning. The note requests the of- ficlal Soviet representatives to leave, and specifies who of the others will be allowed to remain to wind up the affairs of Arcos, Ltd., the Russian trading organization. The British diplomtatic mission in Moscow will be recalled immediate- ly. It is not yet decided who will look after the British interests in Moscow. The note, which makes about 700 words, will be given out for publication late tonight, it was stated. It is understood to allow from a week to ten days for the Soviet representatives to leave England. The note was sent to Chesham House by special messenger and de- livered personally to M. Rozengolz, the Soviet charge d'affaires. Simultaneously with its delivery, several trunks belonging to eme ployes of Chesham House were load- ed into taxicabs and started for the railway station. Germans to Take Charge Chesham House announced this { !afternoon that the German embassy Officials said moonshine consump- | had agre>d to look after the Soviet's interests here as part of a system of winding up diplomatic affairs which j where we are not wanted. will require some months. Part of Chesham House staff will be divided between Paris and Bere lin, the others returning to Moscow, Most of them including Charge Rozengolz and other offizials, are planning to leave in less than & week. A spokesman at Chesham House lived in the United the Associated Press: “Now that the note is delivered we know our fate. We wish it were ible to pull up stakes immedi and be on our way. We hava no desire to remain in any country ural- six years' residence it will require a little time to pack bag and baggage. and also the off documents which are to be taken to Moscow."” Chesham House, which was fore merly the imperial Russian emba was closed to the public this afters noon, its ten-foot iron gates guard- ed by a policeman. Iy, r John Drew, Famous Actor, Is Il With Arthritis Portland, Ore,, May 27 (#—John Drew, famous actor, was ordered by his ph n to abandon a theatris cal engagement here last night as the result of an attack of illness. He is being rushed to San Frane cisco under the care of a physician for treatment. His illness was dlags nosed as brthritis, NOTED LAWYER DIES Chicago, May 27 (®—Charles E. Erbstein, widely known attorney in criminal cases, died today at his home here. He had been {ll since of Erickson & Carlson Co. are in- | April 15 and pneurmenia developeds complete. He was about 50 years old. .