New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ———_—-_———__————umfl 3!“" ESTABLISHED 1870 OHIO MINE FIRED: | COOLIDGE NOT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT NEXT Y WATCHHANIS Sor ‘Officials Claim Bomb Sef O by Strikers UNABLE T0 SAYE PROPERTY County Prosecutor Taking Measures to Prevent Further Trouble As Result of Union Fight — Night Guard to Recover. Dover, Ohio, Aug. 2 (P —Simultan- eous with the discovery early today of the burning of the tipple of the Maple Leaf mine near Newport, re- ports were received that John Hines, night watchman at the mine had been shot and slightly injured. Officlals of the Pocock Mining ‘company of Massilon, owners of the mine, asserted their investigation re- vealed the tipple was fired by a ‘bomb, but residents of the vicinity sald they had not heard an explo- sion. Both mine company officials and Sherift Laird denied any knowledge of Hine's shooting, but Dr. R.-M. Morrison of Ulrichsville said he had uttended him at his home there. Dr. Mor! n said Hines was shot in the back with a shotgun, but was not seriously hurt. Fire Gains Headway The tipple fire was discovered by . persons living near the mine, but it had made such headway that the property could not be saved. Unofficial estimates placed the loss at more than $10,000. Officials of the miping company declared that union pickets which are being maintained on a 24 hour basis near the mine were in their tents when the tipple burned. Immediately after the destruction of the tipple Sheriff Laird and James E. Patrick, county prosecutor, went into conference to determine what action should be taken to prevent further trouble. It was the Mapie Leat mine that figured yesterday in a fight near Newport between non- union workers and union sympathiz- crs in which John Vesco, 50, of Wainwright, Ohio, was shot. He was reported in a serious condition to- day. John Horger, Jr., who faces =& charge of shooting with intent to kill in connection with his injury, was at liberty today on his own recogni- | zance. No hearing wil be held pend- ing the outcome of Vesco's injuries. Vesco was declared by the non- union men to have been a member cf the attacking party of union ad- ,herents, but he denied it. Donahey Makes Request Columbus, Ohio, August 2 (P—| Governor Donahey today asked the governors of Illinols and Indiana to join him in requesting a re-con- vening of the interstate conference of miners and operators represent- ing the central competitive field in the hope of settling the coal mine wage dispute “on an economic ba- sis.” As soon as Governor Donahey re- ceives word from Governors Ed Jackson of Indiana and Ben Small of Illinois that they are agreeable to the plan, he will call the Ohio miners and operators together, he | said. The telegram which went to the governors read: '0al strike situation in Ohio is reaching the point where publio welfare demands breaking of the deadlock between united mine workers and operators. Am told similar conditions prevail in Indi- ana and Illinois. Will you join me in requesting re-convening of the interstate conference of miners and | operators. Please wire if you' are willing te join in concerted of{ert. on part of Indiana, Illinois and Ohlo to have controversy reopened in the hope of settlement on economic Tension in the situation was un- relieved today despite a quiet night following renewal of disorders in scattered warts of the southern coal field. With the operators and the union miners seemingly deadlocked over the wage question, reports of more mines contemplating resumption of operations on a non-unfon basis continued to come in. i Yesterday's disturbances although |° not of an alarming nature, com- manded the attention of Gov. A. V. (Continued on Page 8) KILLS BIG RATTLER Fred Wegner Has Trophy of Morn- ing Experience That Is 44 Inches Long. Frederick Wegner of New Britain avenue, Plainville, who was hunting for mushrooms with his younger brother William, had an experience this morning that falls to the lot of but few people these days, that same experlence being desired by still few- er, we imagine. As tangible evidence Frederick produced at the Herald office this afternoon the remains of a rattlesnake 44 inches long, from five to six inches in circumference and possessor of 13 rattles, indi ing that the snake had been an in- habitant of the rock region for thir- teen years. Tt is belleved to be the largest rattier Killed in this section for several years, as well as one of very few, though the ledges between the_White Oak quarries and Farm- fngton have long been known as a district where rattlers may be found. According to Wegner's story he almost stepped upon the serpent he- fore he saw it. He was making to- ward a mushroom and noticed the snake wiggle through the grass. He despatched it with a club, later bringing it into this office, dead, thank goodness. 110 NF Y. 3RITA Issues Formal Statement T Not Choose to Run For Office Again. Rapid City, South Dakota, lidge today stated: “I do not 1928.” 13008 RELE NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1927. —EIGHTEEN PAGES | EAR . 'oday Saying That He Does , Aug. 2 (AP)—President Coo- choose to run for president in The statement which was typewritten on small piece of paper was handed out today without comment by the presi- dent on the fourth anniversary of the United States. of his becoming chief executive HIGHER INSURANCE RATES ~ WILL BE EFFECTIVE SOON Minimum Charges Will Be Raised Effective October First is Forecast. Higher minimum rates in many instances on fire insurance covering dwelling properties will be made ef- fective by the New England Fire Insurance Exchange, October 1, ac cording to announcement emanating from the Boston office of the ex: change today. Increases are effective on all poli cles excepting those covering dwell- ings within 500 feet of a hydrant and within two miles of a fire sta- tion, in which cases the premiums remain at the same figure. The higher costs of insurance are in no way affected by the recent un- favorable report on fire fighting facilities issued by the National Board of Fire Underwriters for that survey did not result in changing the classification of New Britain, local agencles explain. Rates Figured Properties within 500 feet of a fire hydrant but in excess of two miles from a fire station and these which are within 1,000 feet of a fire hy- | drant and within two miles of a fire station, will henceforth be charged as follows, provided there are no more than two housing units in build- ing: Brick bufldings, with combust ible roof, 60 cents per hundred, con- tents, 67 cents per hundred; with non combustible roof, buildings 6 cents, contents 57 cents; fram buildings, 70 cents for buildings and 72 cents for contents with com- | bustible roofs, and 60 and 62 cents | respectively for non-combustible | roofs. These rates are lower than | previously obtained. Properties within 1,000 feet of a fire hydrant but in excess of two- miles of a fire station, and proper- ties in excess of, 1,000 feet of a fire hydrant and within one mile of a fire station, provided the fire sta- tion contains an automobile double- tank chemical or pumping engine will hereafter be charged as follows: | Brick buildings with combustible 00f, $1 per hundred on building and !$1 per hundred on contents; with non combustible roof, 87 cents on | building and 87 cents on conténts; | frame bulldings $1.12 on building |and the same on contents, provided the root is combustible, and $1 each | on building and contents if non- | combustible. These rates are about | 15 per cent higher. | It in excess of 1,000 feet from a | hydrant and in excess of one mile from a fire station the rate will be | $1.37 each on building and contents | for brick buildings with combustible | roof. and $1.25 for each if the roof | 1s noncombustible; the rate on frame buildings will be $1.50 for each on combustible roofed buildings and | $1.37 for non combustible roofed houses. These rates are also higher, Ithough it Is a new classification. | The rates mentioned cover three | year terms. 1 NEW HAVEN CITIZENS SEEK LARGE DAMAGES Estimated Individual Loss- es by Storm at More Than $200,000 New Haven, Conn., Aug. 2 (P— Claims for damages from individual ! citizens as a result of the record rainstorm yesterday afternoon will amount to more than $200,000, city officials estimated today. This amount will be in addition to the sum which the city will be forced to expend in repairing damage to city property. The claims are expected to include damage caused by the flooding of | cellars, by the backing up of sewers, for lawns damaged by overflowing streets, automobiles put out of com- mission and for many other incid- ents of the storm. The actual damage to the city it- self and its property will be confined to the repairing of pavements, the fixing up of sewers, repair of bridges, the removal of treces torn down by the storm and other similar damages. During the five hours which rain fell almost continuously yesterday, 5,731,135 tons of water were poured over the 14,034 acres within the city limits, according to calculations of the city engineers. A survey-of the city’s business section revealed that the damage to stock, fixtures and buildings of cen- tral stores would amount to at least $50,000. ‘Weather bureau officials said that the storm here yesterday brought a heavier rain than was reported in any other part of the country. HURT ON BICYCLE Eleven-Year-Old Norval Peterson Rides Into Auto of Publisher Removed to Hospital. Stratford, Conn., August 2 (®) — Eleven-years-old Norval Peterson of Stratford was seriously injured shortly before noon today at Strat- ford avenue and Yale street when his bicycle turned into the path of an automobile operated by Liberato Maturo of 645 Chapel street, New Haven, Italian newspaper publisher and head of the L'Aurora Publish- ing company, Brideport. Maturo was arrested following the accident. The boy was removed to Bridgeport hospital. CIVIL INFERS MEET Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 2 (P— Nearly 300 members-of the Connec- ticut Association of Civil Engincers were gathered for their annual out- ing at Lake Quassapaug near here today. In the morning Waterbury was defeated at bascball by the Bridgeport team 9 to 6. ‘Water sports and novelty contests were held. WCUE SPOTS MAN WANTED IN GEORGIA| |Local Policeman Respon- | sible for Arrest in Hart- ford at Early Hour | day MORE GUARDS FOR JUDGES OF SACCO Worcester Homes Protected on Exe of Decision FINAL WITNESSES HEARD ‘Worcester, Mass., Aug. 2 (P—As a precautionary measure in anticipa- tion of the announcement tomorrow by Governor Fuller of his finding in his investigation of the internation- ally celebrated Sacco-Vanzetti mur- der case, Chief Hill has placed an extra police guard at the homes of Justice Webster Thayer, who pre- sided at the trial in superior court and Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg of the Massachusetts supreme court. Boston, Aug. 2 P—Gov. Alvan T. Fuller came early to the state house today to interview a few last wit- nesses and to work on his decision in the case of Nicola Sacco and Bar- tolomeo Vanzetti, radicals who are now under sentence of death in the week of August 10 for a mur- der committed seven years ago. The condemned men have now not much more than 24 hours to wait for the word which means their life or death and which the governor has promised to deliver some time on Wednesday. Vanzettl. for. the third succ day at his breakfast and even as and obtained an extra glass of milk. His strength was said to be rapidly returning to him after his two weeks of fasting. Sacco Weakening Sacco, however, has not yet brok- en his hunger strike begun July 17. He was described as showing signs of weakness but the prison physicia has seen no signs of danger in his condition. It was recalled that in 1923 he went without food for a month without showing any serious effects. One forcible feeding that time ended the strike. The Investigation which has in- cluded two visits to the prisoners in the state prison where they are awaiting execution, scheduled for the week of August 10, was virtual- 1y climaxed last night by a confer- ence which lasted nearly three hours with Judge Webster Thayer, who presided at the trial. Thayer was summoned from Maine by the governor and made the trip through a heavy rainstorm. At the conclusion of the meeting the superfor court jurist withheld com- ment and departed declining to be interviewed. Judge Thap¥r Awice re- fused pleas for a retrial and has himself been sharply assailed for his canduct of the case and alleged prejudice toward the prisoners. Not In Death House Sacco and Vanzetti are still fn cells in a section of the prison apart from the death house to which it has been the custom to remove con- demned men 10 days prior to their execution. Tt was pointed out, how- ever, that the transfer was optional with the warden. Sacco is entering his seventeenth without food and has grown { perceptibly weaker as a result of his | Sollle Arthur Byrd ot Hartford, | | formerly of Fairmount, Georgia, was |arrested in bed in his Hartford room- | ing house this morning shortly after | midnight by Chiet Detective Ser- | | geant William P. McCue of this city |and two Hartford policemen. He will | be returned to Georgia where he is { wanted by the authorities. Byrd, who claims to have resided | the Underwood | | was employed by | Typewriter company. His arrest was | | the result of an investigation con- ducted for the past two weeks by | Sergeant McCue, who had recefved | information that he was in this vi- | | cinity and was wanted in the south- | | ern state. ! | Two weeks ago Sergeant McCue | notified the officials in Fairmount | | that Byrd who, he had been fn-| formed, was wanted there on several counts, was in this vicinity. Yester- | ‘duy Chief of Police William C. Hart | reccived a telegram from AN | Corchran, sheriff of Calhoun, Gordon | county, Ga., asking that Byrd be ap- | prehended. Sergeant McCue, accompanied by | Detective Sergeants Charles J. Keefe |and Robert Sutherland of the Hart- | | ford police department went to the | rooming house conducted by Mrs. | | Gillis at 6 Park Terrace, Hartford. | | this morning at 12:30 o'clock and | |arrested Byrd, on the strength of a | | warrant charging him with felony in | | Georgia. Byrd admitted his identity | and admitted having been involved ! [in some financial difficulty n | Georgia. He did not divulge the na- ture of the offence, neither do the |1ocal police. He was locked up in the Hartford police station where he |is held awaiting an officer from | Georgin. eH has agreed to return without extradition papers. | |in Hartford for six or seven years, il * OFFICER DENIES GUILT Old Girl While On Duty—Bail | ; Fixed At $1,000. Norwich, Aug. 2 (A—Pleading not guilty to a charge of assaulting a iglrl under sixteen years of age, Wil- {liam J. Sharvan, a local policeman, | had his case continued today until | August 18. He was released in $1.- »w(\(' bonds. The attack is alleged to | have taken place on July 22 while | Sharvan was supposed to have been on duty, | Further consideration by the com- mon council of charges of miscon- duct against the policeman was | postponed rfom last night until Aug- ust 17 ! his hunger strike. Vanzetti ate yester- day for the third time since he and fellow prisoner started their pro- test fast but, as in the past, there was no indication what his future course would be. Assistant District Attorney Dudley P. Ranney spent more than an hour | with the governor today and after- ward said that he had outlined in- formally the government's case at the request of the governor. Counsel for the defense had devoted several hours to final arguments before both the governor and his advisory com- mittee, which has completed its work. Mr. Ranney had said that he would make no argument before the governor unless he was requested to and the conference today was un- derstood to have taken more the | form of question and answer than a formal plea. Another witness with governor talked was Daly of Randolph. PRIEST COMPLAINS OF MOTION PICTURE Rev. T. J. Laden Appeals to Police Department for Aid in Suppression the H. whom William Efforts will be made by the Cath- olic clergy in this city to prevent the showing of a moving picture, “The Callahans and Murpl advertis for a local theater Sunday evening, and an appeal was made to the po- lice department for aid this after- noon. Rev. St. John the Evangelist chureh, call- ed at the police headquarters this afternoon and complained of the pic- ture, stating that it was a caricature of the Trish which was not truthful and has caused trouble in other cities, It caused a -small sized riot in Torrington recently, he said and was liable to cause trouble here. He said the matter would be taken up with all the Catholic clergy in the city and asked that the newspapers be notificd of the agitation. Captain George Kelly promised to investigate the picture with a view to taking what action is found nec- essar U. S. Minister to China Called to Washington ‘Washington, Aug. 2 (A—DMinister MacMurray at Peking has been summoned home by Secretary Kel- logg for conferences in connection with the situation in China, at i Thomas J. Laden, pastor of | of Istay leaves the T QUIGLEY WANTS TO OPPOSE ISSUANCE OF SEWER BONDS Husky Police Force Candidate “Bucked” By Railroad Train e Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 2 (P— Harry Colson, husky candidate for the police force, was today very lame and bruised but more than anything surprised. He was bumped by a locomotive in much the traditional way of a goat. Colson, with other section hands, was weeding a track of the Boston and Maine railroad near the Green street crossing. An approaching train on the next track made so much noise Colson did not hear another which came from the rear. He was tossed into the air, turned a complete somersault and landed in the ditch. Not a bone was broken. —_— e J GONDEMNED SLAYER MARRIED IN PRISON dersey Criminal Gives Name to Little Daughter GOES TO CHAIR ON FRIDAY Decides On Wedding Ceremony . When U, Judge Declines to Let Technicality Interfere With Exe- cution Set For This Week. 2 (UP)— electric chair away, Salvatore , condemned slayer and center Trenton, N. J., Aug. With death in the three days Meri of the soc-called semicolon case, to- day asked and received permission to marry so that his two-year-old son might be legitimatized. Only the principals and the ne- ssary witnesses will gather afternoon in Merra's cell and hear “ather Cornelius McInerney, chap- lain, perform the ceremony which will make tragic mockery of the phrase “until death do us part.” Asks Right to Wed When Merra, sentenced to die for the murder of . Theodore = Conway, paymaster for the Public Service wark, heard today cuit Court Judge J. W. jDavis had denied an appeal for a stay of exccution he said he wanted to marry the woman who has been ¥n as his wite. City Clork Egan of Newark was notiticd and he dispatched his secre- tary with a blank marriage license. on officials would disclose no r name of the bride, save that Mrs. Salvatore Merra, of New- " the address which has been used by the prisoner in writing let- ters to her. Gives Up All Hope It was believed Me: s decision was an indication that all hope to pe the death penalty, , had been aband “The semicolon case reviewed by several courts since Merra was convicted of murder with a co-defendant, Salvatore Aannelli. Counsel for Merra claimed that in the jury’s verdict, which granted mercy—life imprisonment—to Ran- nelli, the portion referring to Merra was separated from Rannelli's por- tion by a comma instead of a semi- colon, contended that the ab- :micolon legally entitled mprisonment, Davis' refusal to grant a . 8. supreme court s the only place of appeal, since Governor Moore has refused to act. Judge (OOLIDGE MARKS FOUR YEARS AS PRESIDENT, Possibility of Being To Decide Candidate for Re-Election, Rapld City, S. D, Aug. 2 B — Calvin Coolidge today ends four cars as president of the United States to which he succeeded upon the death of President Harding. One year and seven months re- main in the four-year term to which Mr. Coolidge was elected president in the fall of 1924 — a little mor than a year after he first took oftice. In this period it will be decided whether he will or can succeed himsclf for another elective term four years which would entitle to the office of president for longer period than served by any other chief of the nation and terms totalling eight years the year Harding him cuti added to and seven months of Mr. term completed by him. L THE WEATHER | New Britain and vicinity: [ Paray clondy tonight ana Wednesday; cooler tonight; mederate (o fresh northwest winds. | | | | | L * HIGH TIDE August 3—Daylight Time) New London 1:49 a.m., 2:25 p.m. | | New Haven 3:14 a.m., 3:41 p.m. ’ 19 ) this | been | two regular | Convinced City is On Wrong Track in Two Million Dollar Propos- al. When the finance and| taxation submits a proposal to nwi common council for authority to sell | [bonds in the amount of $2.000,000 for changes in the system of sewage | disposal, former Mayor George A. | Quigley will ask permission to ad- dress the council position ,he announced today Quigley, who for three terms| headed the city government, n an exhaustive study of sewage d posal and sewerage when he was in the office of mayor, \5k\ilx\g‘ numerous cities and even going 4\5‘ | | board of ' | in op- | members far as the national capitol at Wash- ington in his quest for data, and he is convinced the city of New Brit- ain is on the wrong track, he de- clares. “When Senatonr Hall brought a resolution before the gencral assem- | bly asking authorization for a $2,- 000,000 sewer bond issue, I hoped it would not pass for there is no way, scientific or otherwise through which the rotten conditions down at the sewer beds could be improved; un- less manufacturing concerns will in- tall private disposal plants on their own premises. Poisonous chemicals coming from manufacturing wastes in this and other manufacturing | cities in Connecticut are responsible for the stream pollution, and for bathing conditions along Long Ts- jand Sound. The mixture of domes- tic and industrial sewage causes the difficulty and if the latter were re- moved the efficiency of the beds would be improved,” the former mayor argues. Ex-Mayor Quigley leans to the beliet that the city of New Britain | by indicating its financial ability and willingness to pioneer in eleaning up the Connecticut river will fi itsel called upon by the state departmen of health to make the heavy outlay | necessary, No other city in the state has taken this step, he claims, and he opposcs New Britain's move on | the ground that it is an attempt to clean up a stream that is polluted many miles up the river from the point of New Britain’s sewage en- try. He has talked with several coun- ol members with reference to the formal protest before the common council and finds they are willing to give him an opportunity to make known his objections. The present trunk line system was installed when this was a ci f 000 residents. Now that it ha creased to twice that size, Q: | sees New Britain's great sewerage need as that of increased trunk lines, he points out. FLYING SQUADRON ON MILFORD TURNPIKE To Lessen Auto Accidents on Dangerous Stretch of Highway New Haven, Conn., Aug. 2 (P)— A flying squad of state policemen under Trooper William Schatzman | | was scheduled to take the road to- | !day in fulfilment of the promise of ‘!hf' state to aid in curbing motor | vehicle law violations along the Mil- I'ford turnpike. Five in number, the | ment were assigned to aid Schatz- !man. They are from the Center- | brook, Hartford and New Canaan { barracks Trooper Schatzman that three men will b the Milford turnpik Al times be- tween 3 p. m. and § a. m., three en going on duty at the first hour and patrolling the turnpike until midnight when they will be relieved Iby the other three who will be on | duty until morning. Warning signs telling moto; that the Milford turnpike is patrolled by state police were fixed at either | end of the turnpike today. The pa- | trol by Milford police will not be relinquished, the Milford chief of | police said. AVIATOR KILLED WHEN MACHINE CATCHES FIRE said today on duty on | Fatality at Selfridge Field, Michigan —Parachute Fails to Open in Time Mount Clemens, Licuten Mich., Aug. 2 Le Clair D. s 27th air squadron | 1 Mich., was kiled ¥ when a pursuit plane he w w; ting caught fire and fell 1400 feet. | Schulze jumped, his clothing ablaze, but his parachute did not | open until he was within 50 feet of ! the grour ficld officials | | betieved a silk scark Schulze wore | {around his neck prevented him from reaching the rip cord of the para- chute, Schulze's mother lives in Los An- geles. Coolidge Will Leave About First of Month Rapid City, S. D. Aug. 2 (P—Tt| was stated definitely at the summer white house today that the President and Mrs. Coolidge expect to leave| the Black Hills the first part of Sep- tember. Meanwhile they have no plans to visit either Yellowstone N tional park or the Coolidge home- stead In Vermont. lin spi Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending July 80 ...... 14,028 PRICE THREE CENTS JAPAN, STRUGGLING T0 SAVE PARLEY, BOWS T0 SUPREMACY - OF BOTH ENGLAND AND U. 5. 5,000 Shoe Shiners to Hold Mass Meeting for One Day Off in Seven o New York, Greater New shoe shiners in seven. Tomorrow night they will hold a mass meeting to awake public sympathy for the shoe shiners’ plight and to petition Police Commissioner ~ Joseph A. Warren to close all shoe shops on Sunday. DEMPSEY-TUNNEY GO Auvg. 2 (UP)— York's 50,000 want one day off |ENCOUNTERING DELAYS Jack Refuses to Fight Be- fore Sept. 26—22d Is Rickard’s Ultimatum Los Angeles, Aug. 2 (P—Jack Dempsey will not be ready to meet ne Tunney in a return heavy- oldiers Iield. He made this state- , but will request that the fight be staged any day after Sept. 26. | Dempsey said today he would insist upon this delay in deference to con- ditions which he could not foresee when he was in the east recently. cago, Avg. 3 (P—Tex Rickard aid today that Sept. 22 would be the latest date he could possibly hold the Dempsey-Tunney fight in Soldiers Field. He made this state- ient in commenting on a despatch from Los Angeles which said Demp- scy would bo unable to box until after Sept. 26. Rickard immediate- ly wired Dempsey explaining the sit- wition and advising him to be ready to fight on that date. Chicago, Aug. 2 (P—The date of the Tunney-Dempsey fight at Sol- diers Field herc undoubtedly would be put over from September 15 to September 22 due to Dempsey's re- quest for a postponement because of the illness of his wife, Tex Rickard intimated today after he had sent to Dempsey at Los Demsey wanted the contest delay- ed until September 29 but Rick- ard said that date was too late, be- cause Soldiers Field had other en- gagements after September 25. Rickard intended to leave for New York today with George Getz. his Chicago ally in promotion of the fight, golng before the Illinots State Athletic Commission to get pro- moter's license. New York, Aug. 2 (P—The date for the turn heavyweight champion- ship match between Gene Tunnay and Jack Dempsey in Chicago has been definitely shifted from Septem- ber 15 to September 22. Billy Gib- son, Tunney’'s manager, said he was informed today by telephone word from Promoter Tex Rickard. New York, Aug. 2 (A—Suggestion | of possible action, by the New York State Athletic Commission, growing out of Tex Rickard's decision to stage the Dempsey-Tunney fight in Chicago instead of New York, was seen today by boxing observers. The boxing hoard, at its regular mecting, declared “it had nothing to say— now' hut at the same time made public additional correspoidence with Rickard tending to show that it held the promoter obliged to ho'd the title bout here as a result of receiving sanction and $27.50 price for Dempsey-Sharkey tickets. A letter, dated July 1, informed Rick- ard, on the authority of Commis- sioner William Mvuldoon, that the , Dempsey-Sharkey bout was approv- ed with the "distinct understanding” that the championship fight would be held in New York, Rickard did not reply to this let- ter, the commission disclosed. Rick- ard has contended he made no nromw to the board but the board indicated it would call for an ex- planation of its understanding with him, State Board Estimates City‘s Population 72,295 Ne Pritain does not appear to be a larger city than Waterbury in tion estimates compiled board of education, this announcement recently t the office of the state t: commissioner in whick the pepart- ment was cited as authority for the statist At the office of the board of edu- cation in Hartford today, the pop- on of the five largest cities in Connecticut, based on the school ation, were announced as ¢ Haven, 172,295; Hart- 59; Bridgeport, 158,350; 73,666; New Britain, the ponn by the stats of enume follows: ford, 17 Waterbur; Heart Attack Fatal To Former Lawmaker Cheshire, Conn., Aug. 2 P)—Hen- S. Terrell, 68, who represented hire in the legislature in 1908 and again four years later, died sud- denly last night. Mr. Terrell had gone for a walk and suffered a heart attack as he was returning to his home, dying almost immediately. He had served as a selectman for sev- eral terms and had held other town offices. He Is survived by his widow and two daughters. \Would Limit Cruisers to Eight For Self and Dozen For Britain and America Until 1931. Coolidge Instructs Delega- tion to Make Effort to Agree With Other Pow- ers to Save Conference. 2 Geneva, August (P—The As- soclated Press learns that the Jap- anese compromise proposal, made in an effort to save the tripartite naval conference from failure, pro- vides that Great Britain and Japan shall cease building cruisers when the reached the end of their pres- ent authorized programs, and that up to 1931 the number of 10,000 ton cruisers shall be limited to 13 for Great Britain and the United States, and eight for Japan. Secondary Class The plan also calls for a second= ary class of cruisers with a maxi« mum of 8,000 tons each, but noth- ing is said about 8-inch guns in con- nection with this type of cruiser. The plan proceeds by suggesting that, if any bullding program be- comes a menace to the other signa- tories, they can be empowered to denounce the arrangement. The United States would not undertake to exceed the British cruiser strength before 1931.. Americans interpret the Japanese compromise to mean that, if the British stop with their present stréngth, that strength would consti- tute the total cruiser tonnage up to 1931. The correspondent understands that W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of the admiralty, told Admiral Saito that the compromise was impossible under the present instructions of the Dritish delegation, but that he im- mediately telegraphed the text to London for submission to the cab- inet. Hugh 8. Gibson, head of tha American delegation, has cabled the proposal to Washington with ex- planatory comment. Coolidge Intercedes Rapid City, S. D, August 2 (A— President Coolidge has instructed the American delegation at the na- val armament conference to make every effort to reach an agreement but failing in this he expects the meeting to adjourn soon. Mr. Coolidge feels there is no foundation for any report that the conference will recess until fall or some other time. It was sald at the Summer White House today that Mr. Coolidge un- derstands an effort wil be made to reach an understanding at a plenary session today. He expects the Amer- ican conferees to make an effort then to agree with Great Britain but should they fail they will come to an end. Armament Problems. Madrid, Aug. 2 (A—If Great (Continued on Page 8) FOREIGN AGITATORS NOT HELD AT FAULT Yale Speaker Thinks Americans Should Am- ericanize Newcomers 2 New Haven, Aug. 2 (®—Amerl- cans are at fault if there are groups in any community who cannot speak nglish ,do not understand Ameri- an ideals, do not live according to American customs, who have trans- planted their own revolutionary doc- trines to our shore and wish to overthrow our government, Miss Etta V. Leighton, civic secretary of the National Security league, said today in an address before the sum- mer normal school at Yale univer- sity. ‘America must be interpreted in the terms of honor, justice and hu- manity on which she is founded it | either the native or foreign-born are enthusiastically to believe in her,” she said. “Justice is the greatest need of man. General public apathy to wrongs suffered by the forelgn born is fertile soil for communism. The callous indifference of the na- tive born is a greater menace to our institutions than all the plots of |alien agitators. ““We cheat the foreign born when we fail to make plain the differences between foreign and American ideals of government. We are unfair to the foreign born when we blame them for all the dangers facing our country. The adult student must be Lelped to understand the economic principles underlying Americanism, because it is not fair to leave the foreign born to withstand unalded the assaults of agitators agdinst our American system of government. ldeas cannot be killed. They can only be accepted or rejected. Ac- cepted they function in the life of the community. Rejected. they lia dormant like the wheat in the pira- mids to come to life again under favorable conditions.”