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News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 F.W.LEUPOLD DIES | Mother Flies Into Hysterics As Court Takes Her Children IN HIS 4TH YEAR Arch Street Nonagenafian i Famens Cenetal i This City Since 1883 Honored by Nassau HAD REMARKABLE MEMORY Y"orked in Brasil and Russia Before Serving For Quarter Century in Rule and Level Shop—Leaves 23 | Descendants. In the death this morning of Frederick W. Leupold at his home, 365 Arch street, New Britain lost one of its oldest and best known German ! residents, Mr. Leupold, who was ' 93 years and 7 months of age, was | born in Germany. He did consider- | able travelling and hefore coming to | New Britain in 1883 worked in both ! NF Brazil and Russia as a cabinet mak- er. Upon his arrival in New Britain, Mr. Leupold entered the employ of the Stanley, Rule & Level Co., and | worked for that concern as a pattern ! maker for the late J. A. Traut, for 25 years, retiring in 1908. Despite his advanced age, i Mr. Leupold had a remarkably retentive | memory and could recite incidents dating back 50 years with surprising accuracy. and took great interest in present day problems, being especially in- terested in the land of his birth. After retiring in 1908, he took an interest in chicken raising and was considered an authority on that sub- Ject by many of the fanciers in this city. Mr. Leupold was not affiliated with any fraternal organizations. Surviving him are four sons, Otto, Adolph, Paul and Albert of thi city, and t2grandchildren, five great- grandchildren and two great-great- grandchildren. One of his grana- children iz Mrs. Willlam Steiner, a teacher in the local public schools, and another is Miss Clara Leupold, secretary to the board of directors of the Stanley Works. The funeral will be day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Emma Lehman of 365 Arch street. Rev. O. E. Heydenreich of the Ger- man Lutheran church of Hartford will officiate. Burial will be in FFair- view cemetery. GENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH WILL GRADUATE 173 Presentation of Diplomas Takes Place on Thursday One hundred and seventy-three boys and girls will receive diplomas at graduation exercises of the Cen- tral Junior High school ninth grade on Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. President P. ¥, King of the school committee will make the presenta- tion and will give the feature ad- dress. Of the number graduating there are 15 who will receive honors in scholarship and conduct and 14 will recelve prizes for gencral efliciency and for valuable contribution to the school. . Those receiving the scholarship awards are Martha Signald Ander- son, Joohar Boghosian, Margaret Hildegard Drachenberg, Sidney Ed- win Eisenberg, Marion Paula Griffin, Robert Henry Hausman, Beatrice Himberg, Virginia Munson Hunt, Mary Alice Mangan, Helen Cather- ine Narkevch, ‘William Oliver Nioholls, Walter Philip Neumann, Francis Joseph O'Brien, Felice Mary Scalise, and Oscar Alfred Steege. Those who will be’ presented with the valuable contribution prizes were Ruth Blqoinberg, William Allan Bonney, Evelyn Marie Halverson, William A. Johnson, Anna May Jur- gen, Mildred Sema Keimowitz, Mary Theresa Moutner, Patricia Florence Murray, Walter Philip Neumann, Hagel Elsie Nyack, Francis Joseph O'Brien, Dorothy Louise Potts, Felice Mary Scalise, and William Joseph Ross. Probably the student who accom- plished most and made the best of her opportunities was Joohar Bog- held Thurs- | He was a steady reader | PRINCETON DEGREE IS GIVEN GEN. PERSHI One of Six Receiving Honorary Award at Commencement Princeton, N. J., June 21 (P— l(i °neral John J. Pershing and Vin- |cent Massey, first minister from the Dominion of Canada to the United States, were among the six recipients of honorary degrees today at the an- nual commencement cxorcises of Frinceton University. Degrees were awarded to 443 graduates in cours Both General Pershing and Mr. Massey were given the eral Pershing, Professor Magie r ferred to his “extraordin.ry energy and skill” in directing the training, transportation and disiribution of the American Expeditionary force, his *“superb magnanimi in urging union of all forces under one mand, and his “serene confidence in his officers and men.” In addition to enum .rating the achievements of Mr, Masscy, Profes sor Magie that he “represents the peace which has fos more than a century prevailed along our un- protected borders and the good will which was never more pronounced than now.” Other honorary degiees were: liarry Emerson Fosdick, New York. “a leader for many to whom the formulas of the churches are unsat- isfying, but who still hcpes to sce In these latter days'th: gospel of the kingdom of God guiding and ccntrolling the world,” Doctor of Di- vinity. Albert Abraham Michulson, Chi- cago, Doctor of Science. Samuel Cochran, missionary China, under the Presbyterian hoard o7 foreign missions, Doctor of Phil- anthropy. ‘William Tennent Stockten, Jack- scnville, Fla., former Rhodes scholar and attorney, Master of Arts. MAY USE $1,000 FUND FOR BURRITT SHRINE Money Provided in Will degree of | ¢ Doctor of Laws. In presenting Gen- | com- | el in | -uuo) ‘piojHvH ‘ ‘ydaq 1PV nas IRINIUU0) NEW BRITAI Mtrs. Romain Creates Scene in City Hall and Is Quieted With Difficulty by Spectators. | Loudly bemoaning the loss of her three children who today were com- mitted to the Hartford County home, Mrs. Stanley Romain who last week fought, bit and stoned four police- men at her home at 11 Oak street | and on the following day attempted suicide on the New Haven railroad tracks, today staged a demonstration | in the main corridor of city hall un- 1il quited by municipal building at- taches. H. Clay Preston of the Connecti- cut Humare sociely, through Agents | Phelps and Brandt, moved for com- mitment ot the three children before Judge William C. Hungerford in ity court today. Miss Shoemaker, an agent of Long Lane Farm, where two other children of Mrs. Romain are now inmates, testified as to home conditions which, in her opinion, made it unwise for children to be brought up there. Miss Ruth Bristoll, woman probation officer, was also in court. She told of home | conditions affecting Benjamin, aged | 11 years; Edward, aged seven years; and William, aged five years. The Romain family had been un- {der surveillance for several months. | Two weeks ago the father was ar-; I raigned in court for cruelty to al | pony and on the following day in- | | vestigation of home conditions was| renewed. When Agent Phelps and | | Detective Sergeant Ellinger went to | gerve temporary commitment papers ! | papers for the three children the| [ mother protested so vehemently that | threa more policemen were sum- | [moned and a flerce fight ensued. | {She and her husband were finally | ! subducd, handcuffed and locked up 'at police headquarters. | Attorney L. J. Golon represented her today. | | In police court tnis morning, Judge Hungerford imposed a { pended sentence of 30 days in jail i on Romain on the charges of cruelty [to a pony, and suspended sentences | of 60 days each on husband and wife {on the charge of interfering with an | officer. He placed both on proba- {tion for six months and instructed | Interpreter John tyka to impress | {on them that the offences for which | they were arrested were serious and their behavior in the future must be 1ch that their whpearance in“erfrt will be unnecessary, otherwise the ion of the sentences will be | Hungerford that the pony which Ro- main drove without shoes and kept in an unclean stable has been sold to Pasquale Toscano of 3 Oak street, who has had it shod and ap- pears to be taking proper care of | it. i Relati to the charge of inter- fering with an officer, Attorney | Golon asked for a suspended sc { tence, pointing,out that Mr. and Mrs. | Romain are illiterate and naturally they fought when their offsprings were about to be taken from them. | Had they been able to understand legal procedure they might have | conducted themselves differently, he said. | After disposing of the two charges | | Judge Hungerford continued the cases until tomorrow morning when disposition will be made of the count of neglecting to care for the chil- | dren. Assistant Prosecuting Attor- | ney Greenstein requested the con- | tinuance, on account of the city | court hearing, which was scheduled ! shortly after adjournment of police court. HOTHER ABANDONS BABY LOCKED IN SUITCASE | Prompt Action By Baggage Clerk at New York Station Saves Youngster's Life York, June 21 (P-—A ten day old baby boy was found in a | valise which had been checked by his mother in the baggage room of the Grand Central station early to- day and prompt action by a clerk saved his life. | flight if he can get sufficient back- !ing. This would require at least $25.- 1being the chief requirement, ! for I DIXON LOST CHANGE FOR OCEAN FLIGHT Wanted Plane With Single Motor But Backers Demurred | TELLS OF BLASTED HOPES' New Britain Aviator Willing to Try Pacific Flight But Says Oost Would Be About $25,000, Mostly For Machine. Timidity on the part of his finan- cial backers, caused Lieutenant Carl A. Dixon of New Britain to lose out on the chance to fly across the At- lantic in an airplane. Licutenant Dixon, who arrived in this city to- day onea business trip to New York for the Toledo, O., airport with which he is connected, is visiting at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dixon at South High street. All winter the New Britain avi- ator tried to convince his backers that he could make the flight over the ocean with the Bellanca plane used by Levine and Chamberlin. The plane then was for sale and was of- fered to Dixon for $9,200 at the time, he said today. Certain financiers who were will- ing to back Dixon to make the trip insisted upon his doing it in a three motored Sikorsky, which he declined to do on the ground that this trebled | the chances of motor troubl: As Lieutenant Dixon points out a three motored plane requires all three motors to be in operation, at least on the take off. and not less than two at any other time. With only two operating, the hazards are increased instead of heing decreas- ed, he believes, Willing to Cross Pacific With a single motored plane a | pilot has but one motor to take care of. The backers could not see it this way and declined to take the pro- position seriously. Licutenant Dixon is willing now to try the Pacific 000, a plane worth nearly $20,000 RITAIN HERALD , CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1927. —TWENTY. PAGES. FOURTH MAN WILL G0 IN BYRD PLANE Former Norwegian Naval Lien- tenant Is One Selected HOP TODAY IS UNLIKELY Weather Still Unfavorable—Taking Four Persons to Prove Machine Can Carry That Number Over Atlantic Occan. Roosevelt Field, N. Y., June 21 (P—Announcement was made today that a fourth man will travel in the tran-Atlantic monoplane *“America"” on its occan flight and that that man will be Bernt Balchen, former licutenant in the Norwegian navy. “I decided to take a fourth man Commander Richard E. Byrd, who is in charge of the expedition, an- nounced, “to demonstrate that such a number can be carried on a trans- oceanic trip. I should like to call this fourth man a passenger, but Balchen is so useful that in effect at least he will be an important member of the crew.” Wenther Not Promising. In announcing Balchen’s appoint- ment in mid-morning, Byrd said At that time there seemed to be only about one chance in 10 of hopping off for Europ: tonight. He said that With such weather reports as he then had he would tentatively set tomorrow morning as the earliest time for a take-off. Lieut. Balchen is an experienced pilot. navigator and mechanic. He came into wide notice in 192 when he flew over the Arctic wastes in search of the missing expedition headed by Reald Amundsen. Last year he was a member of Amund- sen’s north pole expedition in the airship Norge, Spitzgergen, There Balchen hecame friendly with Commander Byrd. who was getting realdy for his polar flight in the Miss Josephine Ford and after Byard had flown over the pole he brought Ralcten back to this coun ry. Made Final Tests. Lieutenant Dixon was home today | the first time April 12, when he left here on a flying trip around the country for motion ple- | tures. At that time he was accom- | panied by Corporal Charles Arnold, since ! wing walker and stunt flyer. Corpor- (Continued on Page 17) CREW REMAIN ABOARD DESPITE HEAVY GALE 16 Men Temporarily Ma- | rooned on Four Barges Off Provincetown Princeton, Mass., June 21 (P —A 30-mile gale which swept Cape Cod this morning kicked up a stiff sen ' but 16 men comprising the crews of | our Reading railroad barges which trained at their anchors a mile and half off shore refused to quit their craft and instead stood by hopefully while their convoying tug and a coastguard boat looked on. The gale which had veached 60 miles in the early hours of the morn- ing, quieted down temporarily but then bley strong again at daybreak and a mountainous surf broke alony the shoreline, Co.t Guardsmen from the Pamet ver, Race Point and Highland Light stations watched throughout the night, but the barges seemed in 1@ danger as long as their chains eld. Pamet River sta- power boat and sailors off, but A crew from the tion put out in a offered to take the the men on ail th leave. In the meantime guardsmen camped on the beach and on the 140 ! Roosevelt Field, | east from barges refused to | Balchen beeame a member o the flying staft of the Fokker Zirplane staft at Teterboro and it was he who made the final tests on the “Ameri- ca” and flew it from New Jersey to whers it was of- ficially turned over to Byrd. During the month of preparation here Balehen has heen constantly about the hangar, aiding in many ways. Byrd sald today that Balchen would probably be called on during the flight to he takes his turn at the controls to relieve Bert Acosta, the flight pilot. Balchen also promises to be of as- sistance to George Noville, flight engineer, because of Balchen’s long | experience with airplane engines. Weather is Very Bad Take off for I'rance will be impos- sible either tonight or tomorrow morning and present atmospheric | conditions do not look favorable for a hop off any time tomorrow, James H. Kimball, weather bureau mete- orologist, announced today. “It doesn’t look so good now.” said shortly before noon, 8 it did hefore we got the detailed reports of the later morning in. There is a storm that has been moving north- Hatteras since Sunday night that makes a departurc to- night or in the morning impessible. “That storm is now east of Nan- tucket and south of Halifax. It is of considerable intensity, There were winds of 48 miles an hour last night oft Nantucket and that was not at the center of the disturbance. The prospect for an ocean flight any time tomorrow is not as bright as it was before we got the latest reports on the movements of this storm cen- ter, which is heading directly for the Grand Banks." a Numerous Flights Planned Numerous ocean flights are now |being planned as the result of the | successful journeys across the At- | Inatic made by Charles A. Lindbergh, foot cliff which rises abruptly from | the sca. It was the first time on record | that both positions were occupicd | simuitaneously. | It was believed that the lug: | A. Levine. Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles None of the flights, how- ever, were planned before Lind- bergh and Chamberlin started theirs. Commander Richard E. Byrd, who flow over the north pole, will fly from New York to Paris as soon as Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending l 4,21 4 June 18th PRICE THREE CENTS THREE-POWER EXPERTS TO OBTAIN EXACT STATUS OF NAVIES BEFORE STARTING PLANS FOR LIMITATION TRAIN IS WRECKED JAPANTURNSDOWN U . Regws i NEAR NASHUA . H, BRITISH PROPOSALS Froegle » Nothin Less Than Scrapping Locomotive and Three Cars| Unable to Aghee to Limit Size) of Washington Treaty Leave Rails of Capital Ships —Jap Suggestions « | More Feasible. NO ONE REPORTED HURT|VIEWS ON CONFERENCE! ct as navigator while of “Learned Black- smith’s” Niece hosian who entered school in the United States January 15, 1924, and at graduation Thursday will be an honor student in studies. She had { Gettyshurg which was convoying the | The clerk heard muffled wails is- | barges. would await the arrival of | suing from the valise a few moments | the tug Carlisle, of the same com- | after it had been checked by a well- | PANY, Which was being rushed from dressed, slender, dark complexioned | Portiand, ) before attempting to e the weather permits. have three men with him. ton has announced 0 He expect s to The navy department at Washing- that there 1 ibility that the dirigible Los s a An- attended school less than a year in her native country. The class officers are Walter Neu- mann, president; Bernice Bollman, vice president: Nellie Bores, secre tary; Frank O'Brien, treasurer. The class colors are blue and silver and the class motto 1Is “Knowledge is Power.” The program for graduation fol- low Processional—Jollitication Ascher Central Junior High School Orchestra Invocation— Rev. Frederick W. Schaefer Selection— Mazurka Starbuck-Alford Central Junior High School Orchestra Music— Song of the Volga Boatmen Barquist (Russian Monjik Tune) Boys' Glee Club Music— a. Creole Love Song b. The Old Oaken Bucket Kaillmark Ninth Grade Chorus Music— The Way to the Woogs .. 3irls’ Glee Club Presentation of Diplomas— Mr. Patrick F. King Chairman of the School Committee The Star 8pangled Banner .. Smith p, Class of 1927—Audience—Orchestra Smith Wilbur Gi (Continued on Page Four) A fund of $1.000 now on deposit may be made available as the nu- *us of a fund with which to recon- truct the Elihu Burritt homestead as an historic shrine and a memorial to New Britain's “learned black- smith,” "it became Kknown tod: The fund was left in the will of Anna C. Strickland who died last year and its use for the purpose of commemorating the deeds of Burritt is directed at the discretion of E. J. Skinner who today announced he will consult Judge B. F. Gaffney of the probate court with reference to possible use in conjunction with the movement recently launched = Dby Councilman Frank & Cadwell. }Mr. Skinner is executor of the will. The testator was Burritt's niece. Councilman Cadwell is chairman of a citizens’ committee appointed by Mayor Weld to study the possibil- ity of reconstructing the home- stead for many vears in a poor state of repair. Tt was the suggestion of the councilman tha donatio be used for the purchase and rebuild- ing of the homestead and if the Strickland fund is made available it will go far toward carrying ant the work. members of the committee be- lieve, The memorial committee has not xet held its organization meeting. but it is expected that a gathering will be held in the latter part of this month, in the Savings Bank of New Britain | woman, about 35 years old. i The foundling was taken to Belle- vuie hospital where physicians soon | had him cooing, surrounded by nurses. The pol started a search for the mother. ENDORSE BOARD WALK Milford Deach Assoclations Anxious | 1 to Have Mile Long Promenade | Constructed Along Waterfront. Milford, Conn., June 2 (A—Anoth- cr step in the movement.to add a milé long board walk to the attrac- tions of the Milford beiches was taken ‘last night when gbout 100 owners of property between the Fort Trumbull and Laurel Beaches met. The cost of an excellent walk, be- tween high and low water marks, u mile long and 20 feet wide was esti- mated at .000 by Simon Lake, submarine inventor and treasurer of the Milford Chamber of Commerce, in his address. Since the project was set in motion by the ehamber a year o three beach civic ussociations have endorsed it. The Milford Board Walk associa- tion was formed last nizht. and a mass meeting was decided upon for June 29. It was said that in order to avoid any property damage claims legislative enactment would be de- sirable, secure the barges. | The Gettysburg and its charges | were bound from Portland to Phila- | delphia when the tow line parted | yesterday afternoon. | After battling choppy seas and high winds, the Carlisle succeeded in | getting a line on bhoard the barg Salem, while the Gettysburg se-| cured the barge N aminy to its | towing bhits. The two tugs proceed- ed to Provincetown with the barges. The remaining two barges held anchorage safely awaiting the re- turn of the tugs. New Bedford, Mass., Juae 21 () — The schooner William A, Graber, bound for Cape Verde Islands with general cargo and five passengers aboard, is ashore on Great Ledge Shoal, half a mile east of Dumpling Rock in Buzza:d’s Bay, with coast puard patrol hoats 131 and 237 standing by. The vessel cleared from New Bed- ford yesterday afternoon and went aground late last night. Fatrol boat 237 noticed her plight and stayed wlonside, being joined later by 131. An unsuccessful effort was made to! float the vessel at high water this| morning. Another effort fo float the vessel will be made at 4 this after- ! noon. None of the passengers | been taken ashore, and it is assumed that the schooner has not suffered any damage. The Willlam A. Graber | was formerly engaged in tle whaling | business, geles may attempt a flight from Lakehurst, N. J., its home port, to | Honolulu. Lieutenan's Lester J. Maitland and Albert Hagenberger, army have announced they will attempt a San Francisco-Honolulu flight with- in three weeks. B. H. Griffin, of Oklahoma City, is expected to hop off on the same flight the latter part of July. Lieutenant Carl Ben Eielson, for- mer navy pilot, has entered the pro- posed Seattle-to-Tokio flight, for which a prize of $25,000 has been offered. Ernest L. Smith, air mail pilot, has announced that he expects to hop oft from San Francisco within ten days for a flight to Honolulu. Richard Grace, Hollywood aviator, is reported en route to Honolulu. whence he may hop off for a fiight to San Francisco. Captain Frank Malkovsky and Ticutenant Ludwid Pavlovs] Czechoslovakian airmen, have de- clared their intention of flying from (Continued on Page 17) THE WEATHER and \icinity: Fair tonight; Wednesday in- creasing cloudiness followed by showers at night. ! pilots, | Reliet Train is Sent From Nashua to Bring Passengers in—Cause of Derailment Has Not Been Ascer- tained. Nashua, N. H.,, June 21 (A—The lecomotive and three cars of a pas- senger train vhich left White River Junction, Vt. at 5:45 a. m,, eastern railed near Tkornton's Ferry station between this city and Manchester. First word from the scene was that no one was irjured. The train, on the Boston and Maine railroad, was due in Nashua at 9:22 a. m. and in Boston at 10:30. It was 2 local train making most of | the station stops between River Junction and Concord, but being stationed at | scheduled to stop only at Manches- | ter, Nashua and Lowell for the rest of the way. No One Hurt. | Boston, June 21 (M—No one was rurt in the derailment of part of a train at Thornton’s Ferry, N. H., to- | day, advice received at the Boston | and Maine offices here said. The | cause of the derailment has not yet | been determined, The regular locomotive and an- | other light ergine which had been | | attached to the train at Concord and { three cars went off the jrons. The | southbound track was blocked but service was maintained in both di- | rections over the northhound track. A rellef train was sent from | Nashua to lring the passengers to | Boston. 'The were six or seven cars in the train and it was on time at Manchester, the last stop before passing Thorrton's Ferry. MISS WHITNEY FREED BY GALIF. GOVERNOR Given Full Pardon Criminal Syndicalism ase in Cal., 21 (A— A seven-year fight in the courts over the conviction of Anita Whitney, prominent Cakland on a charge of violat- Sacramento. June Miss Charlotte social worke ing the | calism California criminal syndi- Jaw has ended with the is- suance of an unconditional to the 60-year-old Governor C. C. Youne. The pardon frees Miss Whitney of the stigma of a convict and spares |her from a one to 14 iT sentence in San Quentin prison, which has [ been the object of much of her wel- fa work, Exccutive clemency was requested by hundreds of persons in ail walks of life after the United S preme court had twice the case and up stiiutionality of 1% Whitney's conviction. Miss Whitney gave er the last supr 2 She maintained that to a pardon for herself w been a tacit admission of She was arrested in November, 1818, after delivers speech in defense of John Me accused 1. W, W. leader. H rest followed her defiance o ¢ty authorities nci to make sprech In explaining his 1don last night, o pavdon ofendant by faw aad Miss r the nang ould Con- at he iv | maintained that inot be classcd cluding his said: am issuing 1 pardon for Char- 1otte Anita Whitney in spite of my insistence that wnder ail ordinary circumstances the verdicts of our courts must be unheld; in spile of the undoubted counstitutionality of the law under which she was con- victed; in spite of the fact that the | courts have adjudged that in join- ing the communist labor party she violated the criminal syndiealism in spite of my beliet that noth- ing is more n ary than to instill into our people a healthy respect for the dignity and » v of the Law. “I am issuing this pardon because T do not believe that under ordinary circumstancss this case would ever have been brought to tricl: Lecause the abnormal conditions attendiag the trial go a long way tow plaining the verdiot of the cause I feel that the criminal sy calism act wo= primarily intended to apply to organ ons actually known as advocates of ter- rorism or sabotage, rather than to such organizaticng as a commuuiat labor party.” srae, standard time, for Boston, were de- | Tokyo Considers Geneva Meeting ation of Washington Conference— Varied Opinions. Geneva, Switzerland, June 21.—(®) —Japan considers the present naval conference an entirely new assem- | bly and not a mere continuation of the Washington conference, the naval experts of the delegation made it clear today after a preliminary study of the American and British proposals. They intimated that they would insist upon a detailed examination “of what the various national re- irements in auxiliary craft may [be,” | exten without the miore or less rigid on of the 5-5-3 ratio to White | auxiliaries which they construc the | { American plan to mean. | They dismiss the British proposals ! for limitation of the size or capita | ships as out of the question for set- | tlement at the present conference, remarking that the Washington | signatories are due to revise their | conclusions in this respect in 1931. | They agree, however, that much useful discussion of limitation in siz |tion of hard and fast decisions, | Admiral Viscount Saito head of the delegation, has a free hand to negotiate, the experts made it known, and is not bound to refer to Tokyo continually for fresh instruc- tions. They believe the study of the Brit- ish and American proposals will | take considerab, time, as many points are not exactly clear to them. | They profess not to have been sur- prised by the British proposals, but thonght the American plan would stick even more closely to the prin- ciples adopted in 1922 at Washing- ton. Washington Gratified Washington, June 21.—#-—The Japanese naval limitation proposal was favorably received in official circles in Washington today as dis- playing not only a conciliatory spirit | but as showing satisfaction with her navy's present strength and a will- | ingne | of auxiliary ships to and the United States, The DBritish proposals however, were regarded unsatisfactory by the | officials here insofar as they affect questions decided at the Washington conference and which the adminis- | tration feels should not be discussed at the present conference because tories of the 1922 treaties, Japan's reply was taken to indi- cate that she admits she needs no larger navy than she now has. The 1pancse navy present is on a ration of 5 to 3 with England in the matter of modern cruisers and the same ration holds between Japan (Continued on Page 10) DRUGGIST SENTENCED ‘|Grichtman Gets One to Two Years in Prison | Afte he had stea {that Le was inmocent of the charge of arson in connection with a fire on A\pril 6, in his drug =tore at 391 Main street, Hartford, Leo H. Gricht- {man of 154 Lyons street, this h | changed his plea to one of guilty in superior court late yesterds t |noon and was sentenced to stat | prison from one to Judge Aver, {the case had be |trial concluded { his counsel, Jo: ford and Albert city, admitted his guilt. IFrank H. Bowlen, aged 31, of 77 Capitol avenue, Hartford, and Mer- tell H. Haines, aged 18, of 372 Main street, Hartford, who were S0 charged with arson, pleaded guilty and turned state's evidence. Bowlen, who was employed as clerk in the store, was given the same sentence as Grichtman, and Haines was sen- tenced to Cheshire hey demonstrated the device which Grichtman showed them for setting fire to the store, his purpose being > evidence in nted and the through . Greenberg of this can Druggist Fire Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, 0. A match was glued to a cigarette and placed uader a plece of paper in such & way that the match would ignite aftec cigarette and the flame would catch on to the paper. By this arrangement, the per- (Continued on Page 10) New Assembly and NoP Continu- | | may be held here without the adop- | | to remain in a position of | compurative inferiority in all classes | Great Britain | of the absence of two of the signa- | " ON CHARGE OF ARSON. two years by | teformatory. | to collect insurance from the Ameri-| had burned about one-half the way, | {But Navel Men Look Askance at Provisions Which Would Permit Japanese to Build Un- limited Number of Small Subs. { | | _Geneva, Switzerland, June 21 (P The executive committee of the tri- partite naval conference, under the presidency of Hugh S. Gibson of the United States, decided today to con- voke a meeting of the technical ex- perts of Great Britain, the United { States and Japan. The experts were instructed, first, to exchange views and reach an agreement on the existe {Ing status of the thrce navies, ine i cluding building programs, and sec. | ond, to begin study of tha three sets { of proposals placed beforc the con- | ference yesterday with a view to clarification of their real purport. Offered Communique i An official communiqun was fs. sued saying the executiva commit- tee had adopted a resolution in which it suggested that a technical | committee be formed to “exchange agreed statistics of ths present | cruiser, destroyer and submarine | tonnage” of each of the three pow- | ers and of the designed tonnage of | ships of those classes comprised in the naval programs now authorized and for which money has been ap- | propriated; also “any other infore | mation tending to clarify the pro- | posals.” The resolution concluded with the hope that in this mannes the con- €rence would be in a position 10 start 118 deliberation on “an agreed basis of fact.” Jap Idea More Reasonable Further examination by the Amer= icans of the British and Japanese | (Continued on Page 16) GET 14 TRESPASSERS ON RAILROAD TRAGKS {New Haven Road Police- men Follow Warning i With Action £ Fourteen arrests were made this noon by Captain Kingsley, Lieutenant | Rooney and Patrolman Smith of the | railroad police, in the drive to rid | the railroad company's property of trespassers. The men were driven |to police headquarters in the patrol 1and released on their own recogni- | zance for their appearance in police | court tomorrow morning. | They gave their names and ad- dresses as follows: Burgess Kells of 26 Court street, Julian Carmelo of 106 Lafayette street, John Pohres of 422 Main street, Angelo Tata of 181 Washington street, Fred Reinke of 241 Glen street, Joseph Nesta of 77 | Willow street, Anthony Budan of 42 | Gold street, John ,\xeyh‘kl of 77 Sil- ver street, Fred Lavardare of 63 Lafayette street, Ralph Joy of 127 Jerome street, Rudolf Klampfer of 812 Stanley street, Albert H, Hall of 69 Church street, Angelo and Frank Napoletano of 318 Church street. A few weeks ago, railroad police- ! men in uniform were stationed along the tracks warning trespassers, and at that time announcement was made that arrests would be resorted to as the railroad company was determin- ©d to keep the tracks and adjoining property free of trespassers. Those taken into custody this noon are em- ploved in local factories and were walking the tracks in the vicinity of Elm street. . FIRES IN NEW HAVEN Two Early Morning Blazes Do Dame | age Estimated at About Fiftcen Thousand Dollars. New Haven, June 21 (A—Two early morning fires here today gave | firemen much trouble and did dame | age estimated at about $15.000. | The occupants of the Whitney | Glenmore apartments on Whitney avenue were kept out of the builde ing for about two hours while firee men, responding to two alarms res- cued the sleeping former Judge and Mrs. Livingston Cleaveland, in whose apartmment the fire started, and overcame the blaze. About an hour later fire believed | to have started from a short circuit, broke through the roof of the Labor Lyceum on Howe street before firee men arrived. Damage to the Lyces um was estimated at $5,000 and te the Whitney Glenmore apartment st $10,000. 0