New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1927, Page 1

» Adst. Dept. Hartford, Conn. " Connecticut S v a4 tate Library: vy BRITAIN HERA Average Daily Week Endmg July 28rd . 14 021 ESTABI:ISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1927. —SIXTEEN PAGES - PRICE THREE CENTS FALSE PRETENSES CHARGED IN ARREST OF OPERATORS OF MOTOR SALES COMPANY Kossick, Lang and Lawrence Taken In Custody on Complamt Preferred By Buyer of Car. Three Said to Have Sold Machine Without Telling Purchaser of Debt Due on It. John Kossick, aged 25, of 32 Ce- dar street; Joseph Lang, aged 32, of 90 Maple street, and Ralph Law- rence, aged 31, of 69 Walnut street, of the Burritt Motor Sales dnd Serv- ice corporation, were arrested this forenoon on warrants charging them with obtaining money under false pretences, revealing, according to the police, an jllegal scheme for the, financing of automobile purchases which may require further investiga- tion. The three were released in $500 bonds cash for their appear- ance in police court, Monday mnm-i ing. The arrests, which were made on warrants issued by Assistant Prose- cuting Attorney W, M. Greenstein, came about as the result of an in-| vestigation into a complaint made by | Willlam Ziel of 442 South street, who purchased an automobile from the Burritt Motor Sales Corp., pay- ing $150 cash and $21 as the first monthly payment, only to have the car taken frem him by Deputy Sher- ift M. H. Horwitz, for the ‘New Brit- ain National bank. Ziel has no car and is out $171 in addition to be- ing lable for payments to the L. A, ‘W. Financing Co. of Hartford on a conditional bill of sale, the police say. According to the police, Joseph Opejlanuk, a Connecticut Co. em- ploye, bought a car from the Bur- ritt Motor Sales and Service Corp. and it was financed by the New Britain “lnllonnl bank. A short time later, Opelanuk turned back the car and bought another car from the corporation, and the latter sold the first car to Ziel without first satisfying the conditional bill of sale held by the bank. Ziel paid $150 and agreed to pay $21 a month to . the Hartford financing company, not knowing there was already a conditional bill of sale to be met, according to his complaint. The, New Britain National took the car from him through legal | process, leaving him without car or money, and turned it over to Ope- lanuk, who thereby found himself with two cars. The police called in Lawrence, Kossick and Lang and in- terviewed them with relation to the deal, and this morning Detective Sergeant McCue and Sergeant Mc- Avay served the warrants on Lang and Lawrence. A short time later, Kossick was sent for and submitted to arrest at the police station. Several weeks ago, stocXholders of the Burritt Motor Sales and Service brought an action for appointment of a receiver to protect the assets. Attorney David L. Nair was appoint- ed recelver and Attorney Harry M. Ginsburg is attorney for the receiver. Lang is president, Kossick secre- tary and Lawrence treasurer of the Burritt Motor Sales and Service Corp. TWENTY PLANES 0 TAKE PART IN TODAY’S MEET Bert Acosta, Hero of Ocean Flight, ‘Will Be Chief Performer at Bethany Ficld. Woterbury, Conn., July 30 (®—A score of aviators, headed by Bert Acosta, one of the most distingulsh- ed of them all, will entertain thou- sands this afternoon at the wviation meet at Bethany Field. Acosta, and Bernt Balchen his co-pilot on the transatlantic flight of Commfinder Byrd's monoplane America, will be present and take an active part in the meet. With them is Lieut. Thomas Mulroy, N. 8. navy, chief engineer of the Byrd expeditions. Fraulein Thea Rasche, German aviatrix, this morning semt her re- grets to Gustave A. Parsons, one of the managers of the meet. Previous arrangements made by her business representative. preclude her atten- dance. Twenty plares from various fields, including eight or nine from Mitchel Field, and four from Miller Field, will attend. Lieut. M. L. Elliott, manding officer of Miller Field, hcad the delegation from thére and act os operations oflicer for the meet. A portion of the 118th alr squad- ron, C. N. G, from Brainard Fileld, Hartford .is expected. Acosta will stunt in a pursuit plane, as well as act as an official of the meet. Para- chute drops, landing on a mark, formation flying, bomb dropping and aerlal races will fill out the afternoon’s program, which begins bank | stops at the UUEBEB EXTENDS BlG WELCOME TO PRINCES Sons of British Sovereign and Baldwins Arrive Today Quebee, Ont., July 30 (P—The Prince of Wales, his brother, Prince George, and Premier Stanley Bald- win were guests of Quebec today. The Empress of Australia, which bore the distinguished visitors from England, anchored off the King’s whart shortly after midnight to await the arrival of the official wel- coming committee. Meanwhile, an unofficial welcom- ing committee, composed of scores of enthusiastic residents of the city, from other parts of the Dominion, and even from the United States, gathered in Dufferin Terrace. Many | were armed with fleld glasses and when the ship was still in midstream in the St. Lawrence they swept the vessel with their glasses in hope of catching ar’ early glimpse of the visitors. There were some speculation as to the possibility of the Prince of Wales dancing while he is in Que- bec. He has long leen well known as a great dancer but to dance is a mortal sin in the archdiocese of | Quebec, an order against dancing| having been issued by the late Car-; dinal Begin and reiterated by the| present archbishop, Monsignor Rou- | leau. The day marks the first time that | two princes of the ruling house had visited Canada together and the first time that a premier in office had dropped in on the country. The mayor had two speeches in French and two in English. The Prince of Wales was seeing the city of Cham- plain for the third time. He was here in 1919 and again in 1924, Prince George passed through Can- ada last year, returning to England | from his naval station in China, but | did not touch Quebec. The princes aboard the Empross’ of Australla attended their final| dance of the voyage last night and did not retire until an early hour. Wales met a number of Canadians and inquired of them for many of the friends he made on previous visits. The day's schedule called for the princes to go to Spencer-Wood, the official residence of the lieutenant governor, while Premier Baldwin Chateau Frontenac, where the visitors assemble for a formal luncheon. A dinner at Span- cerwood concludes the day's activi- ties. Only one engagement has made for the Prince of Wales on Sunday, his attendance at the vathedral of the Holy Trinity, the chiet angelican edifice in the city. Immediately thercafter, Wales, Prince George and Premier Bald- win will leave on the St. Lawrence, a river steamer, for Montreal. WILL REWED HUSBAND DIVORGED AS CRUEL Frances M. Wells to Be- come F. J. Becker’s Wife Again been Married eight years ago and di- vorced two years ago, Frederick J. Becker of 208 East Main street and Frances Margaret Wells of 127 Farmington avenue, today notified Town Clerk Alfred L. Thompson of their intention to marry again, fil- ing the legal five days notice at his office. They have three chil- dren. The former and future Mrs, Becker brought the divorce action on grounds of intolerable cruelty, claiming Becker struck her on several occasions. An alienation of affections suit brought against the wife's - mother was dropped after she was granted a divorce, Boston Billie Boasts He Will Escape Prison Ossining, N. Y., July 30 (& — A threat by James F. Monahan, alias “Boston Billie” Williams, that he will not be in Sing Sing long, de- spite the 60-year sentence which he has just started serving, and a boast that he will escape at the first op- portunity, resulted today in extra not_escape. “I got 10 years In Massachusetts once,” he sald, “and I never scrved any of it. I pald $750 to twe keep- ers to let me skip.” Payroll Bandits Shoot But Fail to Get Money New York, July 30 (A — Walter Wall, 30, a payroll messenger, was shot and seriously wounded yester- day by two bandits who attempted to obtain the $3,200 payroll which at two o'clock, and lasts three hours. PRIEST 40 YEARS Chicopee, Mass, July 30 (A— Rev. Frederick . Bonneville, for 34 years pastor of Assumption parish, will tomorrow celebrate the: fortieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. He has been head of Assumption parish since its ‘creation. His parish has grown from 100 to Wall and Charles Zebransky, an- other messenger, were about to de- liver to an office on West 67th street. The bandits escaped through crowds o home-going office work- ers. Zebransky, who was carrying the money at the time, rushed ahead to the office of G. Reis and company, delivered the payroll, and i stranger as to make possible a find- |and cannot be enforced? precautions being taken that he does spanish American war. conditions continued to be received today from the areas of North Gujarat where many sons were homeless in the towns of Ahmedabad and that number prop- ably would be ably it reports could be had from all the flooded areas. done to crops, but accurate estim- ates of losses of life and property were not avallpble today. AT UNDERWRITERS Construction Here ONINFORMED, HE CLAINS| Building Inspector Asks How Stranger Could Obtain Knowledge of Zoning and Ordinances in Less Than An Hour—Points Out Flaws. Building Inspector A. N. Ruther- ford struck out today at the criti- clsms directed by the National Board of Fire Underwriters at the City of New Britain, whose fire de- partment, it was declared, is retro- grading, low in morale and efficien-! cy, and whose building, laws were termed inadequate, and enforcement only falr. The bullding inspector called at- tention to the fact that greater wall thicknesses are recommended to support his claim that. the under- writers' engineer was not fully in-| formed on his subject. Wall thick- | ness requirements here are greater | than many Class A cities, including ' Hartford, the inspector asserted. | Cdntinuing, he said. “It seems strange to me that the|flooded. building and zoning laws which were more than 10 years in preparation | by men who understood both the technical side of construction and the local elements which enter into the subject could be 8o thoroughly understood and interpreted by a ing of inadequacy, discovery of poor structural conditions and recom- mendations for changes—and all in my office only on two occasions. He sat down with me and discussed in a general way the laws and their enforcement. It was farthest from my thoughts that any individual would presume to have a knowledge of the operation of this department in so brief a time and with such a cursory discussiqn of the subject. ‘Our board of adjustment, the of- fice of the corporation counsel and even the courts have yet to make definite interpretations of many phases of zoning—yet the under- writer engineer calls the enforce- ment of this law “fair.” he know whether it isfatnmwoot or bad, when. even the courts, in whom is vested the power of interpreting the law have not yet said what can This Is true, not only of zoning but also of the building code, many of the provisions of which have not yet been interpreted.” Judd Criticizes Report Acting Mayor William H. Judad to- day added his criticism to that of other city officials who took um- brage at the survey report of the National Board of Fire Underwrit- ers, the acting chief executive of the city dedlaring the report to be a great exaggeration. “I have always considered that we have a very good fire department here,” the acting mayor declared. “The way the men handle them- selves at fires and the very low fire losses in New Britain, I feel, justi- fles this belief. HOMESICK LEPER BACK IN HIS NATIVE HILLS Now Is Happy While Quarantined In Little Carolina Moun- tain Camp Charlotte, N. C., July 80 (P—A longing to return to the mountains of North Carolina, his boyhood home near Tyron, N. C., has im- pelled John Early, a leper for the past 19 years, to escape five times from the Government Leprosarium at Carville, La., his aged parents have told the Chariotte Observer. In the lonely fastness of the hills he has now taken refuge after his fifth escape and is guarded by his brothers, armed with official per- mission by federal and state author- itles, they claim, to oust any one trying to see him in the little camp where he is quarantined, according to the newspaper. “Now he is back among his own people,” said his mother, Mrs. P. G. Early to the newspaper, “The only people he wants to see and we stand ready to take care of him at th peril of all our lives if necessary. Mrs. for the publicity given to her son's| escapes, claiming the government would not molest him if *the news- papers ould let him alone.” Early's disease dates back to the SERIOUS FLOOD LOSSES Reports From India Show That merged—40,000 Persons Homeless Bombay, British India, July 30 (UP)—Alarming reports of flood cotton producing villages have been submerged. It was estimated that 40,000 per- Increased consider- Tremendous damage has been caped cremation and much damag Stonington, father after the hay in the barn had South Manchester offi How doeu‘Dufiy for the night, Where |R|]THERF|]RI] HITS |Movies of Exclusive ““Speak Easy”’ and Prominent Guests to Be Shown Ridicules M to Discuss REPMRINfi I]AMA[]E WROUGHT BY STORM New London District Is Espe- cially Hard Hit WILLIMANTIC MAN KILLED Was Standing Under Tree When Lightning Strikes—Medford, Mass., Man, Walking Home From Work, Also Is Victim of Bolt. New London, Conn., July 80 (P— This city and vicinlty was engaged today in repairing the damage caused by the terrific electrical storm last night. More than 150 telephones were out of crder, power lines were down In many sections of the city, and several were still with- out power today, and fallen trees and limbs dotted many of the city's streets. Automobile and trolley |traffic was paralyzed during the storm last night, and many of the lower sections of the city were Large hailstones fell at the height of the storm, breaking the windows of several houses, and at least one house was struck by lightning. One Man Killed New Haven, July 30 () — One man was killed, a boy narrowly es- was done by a series of elect: less than an hour. ; storms in Connecticut yesterday “The engineer of the National |afternoon and early evening. Dosithe ! Board of Fire Underwriters was in | Couchon, 58, of Willimantic, tdok | refuge under a tree near where he had been catching dobsons for bait and was killed when a bolt of light- ning struck the tree and him, Pinned beneath the body of cow Killed by lightning w. he wus wmilking her, Jesse Oliver, 10, of was rescued by his been ignited by the bolt. The hoy was not seriously injured. The barn was destroyed. ‘When Walter Bush entered the of the Con- necticut company to relieve James a bolt entered 3t about the same time and knocked both men .down, Injuring neither. Duffy returned later In the evening to talk over the escape. Another bolt entered, causing'five separate fires in the building almost simul- taneously. Bush remained at hi: post, directing trolley traffic in thi section, while Duffy summoned fire- men who saved the building. A barn in the town of Manches- ter. was struck and burned. In Ham- | den, a suburb of New Haven, a bolt | pursued an erratic course through a residence, causing about $1,000 dam- age to bullding and furnishings. Hail stones of unusual size fell continuously for 20 minutes at Wil- limantic, breaking windows and do- ing some damage. Hail and wind dld considerable damage to tobacco in the vicinity of New Milford. Heat Wave Broken. Boston, July 30 (UP)—The heat wave was breken and New England was cool today, thanks to severe electrical sterms that swept through this section during the night. But havoc lay in the wake of the storm. Three terrific thunder | storms that converged over eastern Massachusetts caused death of cne man, and paralysis to an aged wo- man, struck countless bmldlngs and ruin of crops. John A. Bergman, 35, of Malden, was killed by lightning while walk- ing on the fellsway. Mrs. Ella Fitz- meyer, 73, was paralyzed and ren- dered dumb by a bolt that struck her Beachmont home. Lightning struck four trolley cars | during the storm, causing panic Tampa Court Promises Some Sensational Ex- posures Following Raid on Fashionable “Key Club” There. Tampa, Fla, July 30 (#—An ex- pose revealing the gqperations of Tampa’s most fashionable and ex- clusive “speak easy’ With prominent business and civic leaders as its se- lect habitues, has been forecast here next week by Municipal Judge Leo Stalnaker, following a raid on “The Key Club.” Judge Stalnaker yesterday an- nounced the premier showing in his court “some time next week” of a series of moving picture films de- picting scenes at the entrance to this club in which & number of repre- sentatives citizens enact the leading roles. The raids were said to have cul- minated repeated attempts of au- thorities to obtain evidence on the activities of “The Key Club” which | flourished for months almost within the heart of the city. Elaborate furnished quarters were maintained | for the use of its patrons. Participation was by membership granted only on the highest recom- | mendation and admittance to the | club was by an unmarked key, which likewise was the emblem of the so-called organization. After repeated failure to gain ad- mittance to the club, police last Sat- urday in an anonymous letter re- | ceived one of the coveted keys from | the wife of a club member who de- | clared she wanted the place raided | | because her husband neglected the | family to pay for booze at the club. Detectives swooped down on the {club and arrested a bartender and |three negro helpers and confiscated a quantity of bonded liquor. They | described finding of a real bar, with brass foot rails, sawdust on the floor and an atmosphere remini- scent of pre-Volstead days. The de- tectives posted themselves at the entrance and secretly photographed patrons who used the key. No charges have been filed agalnst the members and none of them knows who will be the ‘actors | in Judge Stalnaker's pictures. The movies were taken on in- structions of chief D. B. York by city detectives Myers and Ponder who will have charge of the show and wyep xpey give thelr testimony (in the ffurnl ¢ am illustrated lecture. | Judge Stainaker has locked the celluloid strips in a bank vault for safe keeping and declared they will not be removed until the scheduled matinee, . | The picturo should be more pop- lular than any featurc movie ever exhibited in Tampa. “To sce our- | selves as other see ue is.not always pleasant but in a case like this, T | believe Tampa will be taught a great | moral lesson,” the judge avowed. FATAL AUTO CRASH Killed When Machine Two Men Crashes Into Motor Bus Near Sterling, New Jersey. Stirling, J., July 30 (A—Two men were Kkilled last night when the automobile in which they were rid- ing crashed into a bus. The dead were Peter De Massi, ’Surlmg and Angelo Sandello, Sum- mit. The men killed were driving to i(hv’ De Massi home with two others | who were only slightly injured, after attending a party in honor of Pau- lino Uycudun, boxer, at the San- o home. The boxer is training at Madam Bey's farm in Summit for a bout in New York on August 11th. The bus was driven by Clarence Strang, who operates a line between Summit, Stirling and Plainfield. A patrolman, who witnessed the accident, said that the car crashed into the side of the bus. (Continued on Page Two) Ford Celebrates 64th Birthday . Preparing For Big Auto Battle Does Not Think Production Has Reached Saturation Point—May Later Making Airships. Detroit, Mich,, July 30 (UP) — Early blames the newspapers|Healthy, wealthy and happy, Henry Ford today birthday preparing for the struggle reported and the powerful General corporation. celebrated his 64th imminent between him Motors Friends of the billionaire said he was almost ready for his last of-| fensive in the automobile industry. After the battle is fought, they believe, Ford will turn his produc- tion genius and ‘the making of airships, which, he Many Villages Have Been Sub-!gqiq world into a peaceful neighborhood service will be the ruling| passion of mankind.” vast resources to recently, “will shrink the But before he retires from the field in which he rose from a poor farm boy to t he position world's richest man, Ford is going to produce an entirely different car from his previous meet in the open market the foes of the machines and who have forced him recently to curtail production. Ford is going to run the new cars out of his great factories at the rate of and fight to out-sell his rivals. He will meet the competition of the many cars produced by General 1,000 or more a day tion point and there were indica- .| tior today that he wds almost |ready for the fight to begin. There were, also, unconfirmed reports Turn Attention to Motors, rumored to be strengthen- ing its financial position for the battle. Ford does not think automobile production has reached the satura- (Continued on Page Three) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness tonight followed by showers Sunday; not much change in temper- ature; gentle to moderate shifting winds. * K HIGH TIDE ylight Time) 2 a.m. 12:21p.m. :56 p.m. * GRAND JURY WILL [U.S.TO PROTECT STANDING AMONG WORLD’S SEA POWERS IF LIMITATION TRY FAILS HEAR STEPHENSON Indiana Politician Taken From Prison to Testily MYSTERY SHROUDS CASE| His Lawyer, However, Says H» is to Be Given Chance to [ell His Story of State’s Political Graft and Cor- ruption. Indianapolis, July 30 (®—D. C. Stephenson, whose a tions of graft and corruption have stirred official and political circles in Indi- ana ever since they were broadcast from his prison cell nearly a year ago, today appeared assured of an-| other opportunity to tell his story | to a Marion county grand Although Warden Walter H. Daly, of the Michigan City prison, where the former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan is serving a life term for murder of an Indianapolis girl, refused to confirm or d:inuy reports that Stephenson had left the prison, Robert H. Moore of Michigan City, attorney for thie prisoner, said that his client had left by automobiie for Indianapolis. Authoritative sources here also stated that the man about whom the investigation into political corruption in the state revolves would tell his story to the jurors today. Will Go Through Now “I will go through with wyhat T have started,” Stephenson was quot- ed by Moore as saying. "1 purchased persons involved in the investigation in the open market. I paid an ex- cessive price for them. Aftorwards they railroaded me to prison and convicted me of a crime of which [ was not guilty. I can’t even have the right to talk with my attorney privately. They denied me that privi- lege. Now I am going to turn them over to the state of Indiana for a while.” Once before, when one of the two previous grand juries which have investigated the charges of political irregularities was in session, Ste- phenson, who asserts that he once dictated political activity in Indiuna, was brought to Indianapolis to te: tify. Then he refused to answer the questions put to him Additional Evidence . Now, additional evidence is in the hands of the prosecutors and the grand jurors—documents from the famous black boxes which were turned over to one of Re'ny's special assistants on orders from Stephenson a week ago. The pertine of these documents, the most impor- tant of which were placea before the jury by Prosecutor Remy, prob- ably will cause the jury te continue in session Leyond today, when its vacation was scheduled. The sam= secrecy which surronnd- ed Stephcnson's previous return to Indianapclis from the state prison marked his movements lu-% night. the earne care that was exer- sd in presecting the priscrer on his earlier visit s in force today. Ao Indictment The first jury failed to return any indletments in the inquiry but re- commended that the investisation be continued. The second was dis- sed after an alleged attempt had one of the jurors t Mayor John to vote not L. Duvall. All of the testimony taken by the previous inquisitorial juries was im- pounded and turned over to the present jurors. Mayor Duvall and three other Indianapolls officials have been charged with official misconduc: as a result of the investigation. None, however, was indicted by the juries hearing evidence. FIREMAN IS INJURED Brockton Department Member Falls 15 Feet from Rafter While Fight- ing Fire in Station Roof. Brockton, Mass.,, July 30 (UP)— Fireman Richard *T. Leonard was critically hurt here today when he fell about 15 feet from a rafter while fighting a fire under the roof of the Brockton station of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road. The fire, which started from sold- ering apparatus being used by re- pairmen, caused considerable dam- age. Leonard was taken to a hospital, where his condition was reported serious. OLD VESUVIUS ROARING Famous Volcano Now in Throes of Most Violent Eruption That Has Occurred in Dozen Years. Naples, Italy, July 30 (A—In the throes of its most violent eruption in twelve years, Mount Vesuvius this morning hurled hundreds of tons of incandescent fragments far into the air, while a huge column of lava, after nearly filling the inner crater, began to creep over the edge into “The Valley of Hell” towards the Bay of Naples. Although Prof. Alessandro Mal- ladra, head of the observatory re- newed assurances that there was no imminent danger. The low point at which the lava is finding exits from the crater al- ready is covered by the hardened flow of Nov. 3, 1926, but the extent and force of the present flow of flaming material has not been equal- led since Jan. 2, 1916. All night long there were violent explosions, accompanied by the hurling of fragments which contin- ued at a rate of several every min- ute. SPEED, RECKLESSNESS RESULT IN 38 ARRESTS During July Drivers Paid $535 Fines in Police Court Motorists who had not known the danger of driving fast or recklessly through the streets of New Britain, from the standpoint of the police activity, have learned to be careful since arrests have become common. No longer are the West Main and Stanley street entrances to the city the speedways they formerly were, and about the other sections of the city also, more care is demanded and a consideration for the rights and safety of other drivers is re- sulting from the insistence of the police that the laws be respected. Since July 1, 21 arrests have been made for reckless driving and 17 for speeding. It is significant that in all but one case convictions have been obtained in police court despite the fact that comparatively few of the drivers pleaded guilty. Many of them have made the charge that the speedometers on police motorcycles were inaccurate. Nevertheless the court has demonstrated its disposi- tion to accept the testimony of the police as to speed. Reckless drivers have paid fines totalling $340, exclusive of costs, in the past month, and speeders have paid $195. Fines for speeding aver- aged $10 or $15, while $25 has been the average fine for reckless driving. In a few cases, however, the fine has Been $50. The police department now has two motorcycle officers on duty at night, besides two sergeants in auto- mobiles, so that the city is well covered. These men devote their time to general police work, but are always on the alert for speeders and reckless drivers. Cutting in and out of traffic s frowned upon except when circumstances permit of this style of driving without endanger- ing the safety of the drivers or oc- cupants of cars on the road. Ar- rests have been made on the charge of speeding in cases where the speed attained was thirty miles an hour, and there are also cases on record where drivers pushed their cars faster than fifty miles an hour. MRS, WPHERSON SAYS SHE WILL NOT LEAVE in Woman Evangelist Church Row Declines to Resign Los Angeles, Calit., July 30 (P— Aimee Semple McPherson ostensibly remained at the head of Angelus Temple today in spite of conflicting reports regarding her future con- nection with the big religious en- terprise and in the face of a demand by 42 of the Temple's branch churches for a “showdown’ between her and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy. Addressing her followers, from the pulpit, last night, the woman evangelist who has been wrapped up in a controversy between Mrs. Ken- nedy, ousted business manager of the Temple, refused to submit to the demand of the branch churches by declaring the dispute would be set- tled between themselves. At the same time she announced that the courts would not be re- sorted to in the move to settle the dispute. Mrs. Kennedy, she said, had agreed not to resort to litigation. The bone of contention is wheth- er Emma Schaffer, secretary, com- panion and staunch supporter of the evangelist, is legally a trustee of the FEcho Park Evangelical association which owns the church and its holdings, valued at several hundred thousand dollars. Mrs. McPherson contends Miss Schaffer is a trustee. Her mother holds that she and the evangelist are the only legal trus- tees, the third having died. In spite of her removal as business manager Mrs. Kennedy still is one of the trustees. The membership meeting failed to clear definitely the question of Mrs. McPherson’s future relationship with the Temple. The evangelist first had declared that she intended to give up the pastorate, perhaps within three weeks and later said she in- tended to remain in control with an associate pastor in charge while she carried on her plan for a world-wide evangelist movement. Last night she told her followers she did not intend to *“desert” her church but was keeping a promise she had made to the hundreds of Bible stu- dents trained yearly at the church that she would provide places for them when they were graduated as ordained ministers. “I have promised my students that T would go into the field and prepare a way for them,” she said. The evangelist's story of having been kidnapped last summer re- mained a lively issue in the dispute vesterday when Mrs. Kennedy de- clareq that a “diabolical conspiracy to oust Mrs. McPherson and herself from the Temple had been traced back to the disappearance mystery involving Mrs. McPherson.* What the “outside nfluence” or the “diabolical plot” were nedy did not make clear. Mrs. Ken- If England Carries Out Expansion Plan, America is Expected to Act in Correspond- ing Manner. Should Geneva Conference Break Up, and This Seems Likely, It Will Be Without Bitterness on ‘Any Side. Rapid City, 8. D, July 30 (UP) —This government will take steps to protect its standing among naval powers of the world if the disarma- ment conference reaches the ex- pected impasse over arms limita- tion, it can be stated on credibie authority. If Great Britain carries out the program of sea expansion conteme plated by her proposal at the Ge- neva meeting—amplifying her total |cruiser and destroyer strength to 600,000 or 750,000 tons—the ad- ministration is expected to follow with a program for commensurave strengthening of the American navy. President Coolidge is deeply dis- appointed at the apparent failure of the conference to accomplish limitation or reduction in sea ex- penditures. Mr. Coolidge inherited the arms limitation policy from the late President Harding and has caried it forward with his pro- gram of economy. He had looked forward with expectancy to further reductions in American naval ex- penditures, and fought vigorously to prevent the naval cruiser build- ing bill from being passed at last session of congress. Until collapse of the conference is a certainty, no definite announce- ment concerning future American naval development will be made, but the United Press is informed there is no intention on the part of the administration to permit Great Britain to bulld to further superior proportions over the American navy. No Bitterness Shown Geneva, Switzerland, July 30 (@ —Although the British and Ameri- can delegations to the naval reduc- tion conference apparently are as far apart as ever on the knotty 3- inch gun cruiser problem, the feel- ing persists that if a break in the conference is inevitable, as seemed to be the case today, it will be ef- fected without hard words being used on either side. % The Japanese have shown parti- cular anxiety that if the conference adjourns without reaching an agree- ment, nothing should be said atthe final public session which might engender misunderstanding between the powers concerned, but the opin- ion has been given that Japanese intervention will not be needed to tone down the concluding declara- Itios of the Americans and British. All eyes appear to be turned on Washington to learn whether any- thing will develop to change the stand of Hugh S. Gibson, chief American delegate, that the latest British plan for a treaty on cruisers, destroyers and submarines was un- acceptable, but there is no mistak- ing the feeling that only a miracle before the plenary session set for Monday can save the conference. Chiet Objections Washington, July 30 (#—Through Probident Coolidge and his twe cabinet advisers, Secretaries Kel- logg and Wilbur, the American gov- ernment has reflected its chief ob- jection to the British proposals for warship construction presented to the Geneva three-power conference on the basis that they call for & larger American naval expansion than the administration wishes to effect. Feeling that the conference will in all probability culminate with- out the formulation of a limitation agreement because of the inaccept- ability of the British plan to Japan and the United States, the officlals of the Washington government to- day were concentrating upon the study of the American views which will undoubtedly be presented at the parley’s adjournment. The end of the conference is forecast at & plenary session next week and Am- |bassador Gibson, chief of the Amer- ican delegation, is expected to pre- sent this country’s position in an address at the final meeting. There is hardly a faint ray of hope in official circles here that the impasse brought about by the British plan will be dispelled andl the conference will be continued after this plenary gathering. The president at his summer ‘White House at Rapid City, South Dakota, is understood to be plainly determined not to accept the Brit- ish terms. Officials here also regard that with the finality of the British attitude an agreement is impossible and now the only task for the con- ference is for each government to clearly define its position on the adjournment. President Coolidge hu no plans for further limitation parleys and regards the situation as status quo. In the opinion of the president also the tonnage of cruisers and the callbre of the guns around (Continued on Page Two) %