New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1927, Page 1

" ESTABLISHED 1870 SACCO-VANZETT GRASP LAST HOPE Fuller Putting Finishing Touches on His Decision CONDEMNED IN DEATH CELL tiovernor Postponed Meeting With Executive Council Until Noon Thursday—Rumor of Last-Minute Reprieves—Madeiros in Third Cell Boston, Aug. 3 P—Gov. Alvan T. I‘uller's meeting with his executive ouncil which was to have been held today has been postponed until tomorrow at noon, it was announced this morning by William L. Reed, the governor's assistant secretary. Although no explanatory state- ment was made, it was surmised at the state house that the delay was to enable Governor Fuller to submit to the council his findings in the case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo ‘Vanzett!, radicals who are under sentence of death for murder. Announcement Tonight Governor Fuller had announced that his decision on the case would be announced tonight between 8 and 9 o'clock. If he chooses not to in- terfere with the execution of the sen- tence the council has no jurisdiction but in the eventuality of a pardon, a commutation of sentence or a re- prieve he must obtain the approval of a majority of the council of eight members. It was said at the state house that the postponement of the meet- ing would not delay announcement by the governor tonight. Mr. Reed said that Governor Fuller telephoned him this morning to postpone the meeting because he would be occu- pied all day and that he wanted to sit with the council when it met, Seven-Year Battle At End The two radicals whose seven-year battle for life, presumably is draw- ing near an end, awoke today to their first morning in the death house cells to which they were trans- ferred late last night. i With them, in a third cell, was Culestino Madeiros, convicted of an- other murder, and like them sen- tenced to die in the electric chair sometime during the week of August 10. It was Madeiros, whose confes- sion exonerating Sacco and Vanzett! from complicity in the South Brain- tree murders formed the basis for their final and latest unsuccessful appeal for a new trial. He has been several times re- spited in order that his testimony might be available in behaif of the other two whose own execution was nostponed from July 10 to allow the zovernor and an advisory committee more fully to review the lengthy literaturo of the cclebrated trial and subsequent appeals. 102 Are Interviewed Governor Iuller yesterday Inter- viewed the last of the 102 witnesses who have given him the bencfit of their knowledge of the circum-1 stances surrounding the crime and | trial. | One of those to be heard was| Dudley P. 1 assistant district aitorney of Norfolk county, who has | had charge of the famous case for | the prosecution in its later phase: Ranney was reported to have ' quitted the governor's chambers in | evident agitation, a fact which gave | rise to an unconfirmed rumor that | | youngsters of that age and Connecticut Advt. Dept., Hartford, Conn. VNAAa vy State Uhnry BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 83, 1927. —SIXTEEN PAGES |Commissioner Stoeckel Finds Boys And Girls Best Drivers On Road| Not One of Youngsters Arrested For Driving While Under Influence of Liquor. Hartford, Aug. 3 (P)—The state police and the motor vehicle depart- ment came to the defense of modern youth today with reports expressing the utmost satisfaction in the results of the new law, in affect since May 1, which has given automobile driv- ers' licenses to 5,200 boys and girls from 16 to 18 years of age. Superintendent Frank M. Nichols of the state police said that in the three months these youngsters have been driving cars by their own legal right not one arrest has been made of their number on the charge of | driving while under the influence of tliquor, so far as he could recall, and the Connecticut Motor Vehicles de- partment reports that not one of this class of drivers has been in- volved in a fatal accident. In fact, the 16 and 18 year old drivers have not even been involved in a spec- tacular accident, although some under jhave been involved in fatal crashes : | but they have been unlicensed oper- ators. While the newly-made drivers have in the first three months of the law's existence established this en- viable reputation, Robbins B. Stoeckel of the motor | vehicles department attributes much of this excellent record to the fact that theyoungsters are carrying their new responsibility with care and when on the road are careful driv- ers. What will hapen when they become used to their priviege and ' Stoeckel does not | grow careless, Mr. predict, but he has expressed the opinion that at present these boys' and girls of 16 and 17 years are the best drivers on the road. There are 600 girls among the 5,200 licensed since May 1, all under 18 years old. There are 43 more boys 17 years old and §6 more girls of this age. NEW HAVEN MAN FALLS INTO BARREL; DROWNS IN EIGHT INCHES OF WATER New Haven, Aug. 3 (A—A barrel containing eight inches of water along side of a flight he suffered a heart attack as he was descending the stairs, tumbled 0\r~r‘ the bannister and fell head first into the barrel. He was drowned before his plight was discovered by mem- bers of the household. Petrello, employed as a laborer at the New Haven Clock company was of narrow | stairs was responsible for the death today of Pasquale Petrello, 49, when | |the household. Others in the house | were hastily called and the barrel kicked over, Petrello’s limp body being dragged from it. Police were notified and two pa | trolmen on their arrival at the house found Petrello dead. Medical Ex- aminer M. M. Scarbrough pronounc- | ing. Petrello, according to friends, has been subject to heart attacks for a | considerable period. He was a wid- [FINANGIAL WORLD HIT BY STATEMENT | But Recovers MOST LOSSES WIPED OUT | i Tew of The Prominent Issues Climb Forward to Record High Levels. New York, Aug. 3 (P—The Stock Market broke 3 to nearly 16 points on the first onslaught which followed President Coolidge's statement that he did not choose to be a candidate in n1928 and immedi- iately staged a remarkable recovery which substantially reduced, or wiped out, m.ost of the early losses and carried a few issues to record high s, Market Not Demoralized. The initial break, while unusually severe, was by no means demoraliz- ing. Offerings appeared to come !traders who have been sponsoring | the reecnt advance. been on a small scale months, according to leading com- | mission houses, with the bulk of | speculative activity in high priced of to small | large them. speculator because margin required carry ed the extreme declines, sequent rally undoubtedly was stim- ulated by short covering of profes- slonal “shorts,” who sold stocks Wall St. Flops 3 to 16 Poims‘l of selling | largely from pools and professional | So-called pub- | | lic participation in the market has | in recent | issues which do not appeal to the the | Jed death due to accidental drown.| OPening prices. asa rule, register- | fing. 3 | The sub- | JUDD WOULD DENY QUIGLEY HEARING Acting Mayor Does Not Want Former Mayor Before Council {NO DEBATING SOCIETY | | Commissioner | Following Early Morning Panic A»Dppo‘lllon To Issuance of Sewer Bonds On Part of Citizen Cannot Be Voiced Before Administrative i Body, Tt Appears. Acting Mayor Willlam H. Judd will oppose allowing Georze A. Quigley the privile {addressing the common council in opposition to a $2,000,000 bond issue with which it is proposed to change | the city’s system of sewage disposal, he Judd, by reason of his republica leader in the common i council, has moulded many of the nt council’s policies, one of *h has been to deny all except bers and other officials the privilege of speaking at meetings, The former mayor announced yes- terday his intention of asking per- { mission to speak and he charged {that the city is not properly plan- ning its sewerage extensions and it |it carries through its present scheme {wil lay out much money unneces- y had been in con- with members of the coun- cil who assured him of their will- ingness to listen to his arguments. { Because of Judd's leadership of the majority side of the house, it is { doubtful if Quigley could obtain the | privilege over the objections of the | acting mayor. | In explaining his objections today, | ! acting Mayor Judd declared: position as found with his fect sticking out of | ower and is survived by eight chil- the barrel by another member of|dren, all of this city. DEATH RIDES AGAIN fBRITAlN RULES FATE ON MILFORD TURNPIKE OF NAVY CONFERENCE Hartford Man Is Found Japanese Compromise Plan by Roadside; Struck by Sounds New Note of Unknown Driver 1 Hope Is Belief i Milford, Aug. 3 UP—Death stalk- | ed the Milford turnpike last night ! for the tist time sinc: January 1, when Eric Peterson ot Wara street, Hartford, was found on the side of the road, on the verge of death. Although fecbly alive carly this morning, he was not expected to live until dawn. 1t is estimated that a dozen po- Geneva, Aug. 3 (® -— The an- nouncement that the six plenipmun- tiaries at the tripartite naval con- rence, supplemented by three or | four other delegates, would some time today to discuss the new situation created by the compromise plan stirred the' hopes of these conference circles in which licemen were patrolling the streteh |@ belief is still held that a treaty of six miles called Connecticut's ‘20 eventually be drawn up at Gen- “death pike” when the accident oc- | “Vi curred. A flying squad of six crack | Whatever decision, if any, the state troopers had been cned to | “big six” and the others can come the turnpike yesterday afternoon (0, is felt to depend upon the ver- and Milford police officers yesterday |diet of the British cabinet meeting announced their intention of pa- ing held in London today. trolling the turnpike without pay The American state department during their spare time. bas been heard from by its delegg- Peterson, _the victim of an un- |tion although in what the known motorist was found lying in | American spokesmen to the grass on the side of the road op- 'say before the meeting with the posite the home of C. Sapatowitz, cther plenipotentiari The time about a mile east of Milford center, ‘has been too short, they said, for by Robert Harris and ‘Dhomas Bilin- word to arrive on the question from (Continued on Page 11) GUEST IN CITY DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK Mrs. Chapman Was Vi it-‘ ing Her Son When _ | Fatal Attack Came ! While on a visit with her son, | patrfck . Chapman of 35 Connec- ticut avenue, Mrs. Mary Catherino | ‘hapman of Providence, R. I, was | suddenly stricken with an attack of heart discase and died this morning at 4:30 o'clock. She was 71 years old. Mrs. Chapman had been in excel- | lent health during her four weks' | visit in this city and yesterday went with her son on a trip over the Bear | Mountain route. She appeared to be in good health last evening when she retired. At about 4 o'clock the fanily was called to her bedside and 2 half hour later she passed away. decendants survive as follows: four Gaughters, Mrs. Mary V. St. Sauvuer of Providence. Mrs. Ann J. Kelly of ovidence, Mrs. Gertrude T. Durrl- can of New Bedford, and Miss Lau- a Chapman of New York city: vo sons, Thomas H. Chapman of Providence, William F. Chapman of Hartford, Granville J. Chapman of \West Virginia and Patrick F. ard orge V. Chapman of this city: wenty-five grandchildren; and one reat grandehild. The remains will be sent to Provi- dence, R. T, at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon by John J. Tarrant. | I'uneral services will be conducted | in Providence will be in St. 16 Friday and burial | Francis' cemetery, Pauline Garon and Her Husband Are Separating Hollywood, Cal., Aug. 3 (PPauline Garon, film actress, and her hus- band, Lowell Sherman, star of both the stage and screen, have separat- ed. Both confirmed reports yester- Qay that they are living apart but declined to discuss the nature of their difficulties. Sherman returned to Hollywood recently after more than a year on the New York stage. |sky of Orange. {A man's body wa |of the road. !them had punctured his {spot where the body {side of the road from a speeding car. | | against Theodore E {and attached property They noticed a bun- Rapid City, but may come in the die lying in the road and stopped to course of the afternoon or early eve- see if it contained anything of value. | ning. lying at the side | Hugh Gibson, chief of the They carried him to | American delegation, meanwhile has their car and drove him to the Mil- | considerable liberty of action as to ford hospital where Dr. A. C. Car- calling off or proceeding with the penter and Medical Examiner Wil- | plenary session of the conference llam J. A. Fisher declared he would | which has been st in principle for probably not live through the night. | tomorrow. The hair had apparently been scrap- | ped from the man's head when he | was struck, exposing his raw scalp. Twe ribs were broken and one of left lung. His chest bone was also broken. Following an investigation of the | was found it | was found that no blood or shattered ‘ | s. (Continue on Page 13) PRINGE OF WALES T0 G0 ON AIR’ SUNDAY {New York, Hartford and Springfield Stations to Broadcast glass was in the road and police were inclined to believe that the man had | been struck elsewhere on the turn- pike and the body thrown off on the For a while suspicion was directed at the two young men who brought | the victim to the hospital. Their old touring car was minus a right front mudguard which had apparently | been recently removed. They were leased however. When the bundle was opened by New York, Aug. 3 (#—The Prince | of Wales will broadcast through- .ouf the greater part of the United police the nature of its contents led | States and Canada next Sunday aft- to the belief that he was a seafaring | crnoon, the National man. | company announced tod: M‘Rm”Es The prince's address at the cele- | bration of peaceful relations between | the United States and the British Wife of Bus Line Owner Alleges In- in Askipg For | peoples, to be held on the interna- | tional peace bridge at Niagara Falls, will be broadcast through the com | pany’s blue and red network, headed |by Wiz, New York. The Broad- | casting company said it is expected | that additional stations in Canada and the United States will join the petition for divorce has been brought | cyain of the peace bridge coremon. nest Wagner of |'j. - this city, ovner of the Wagner Bus Grace Beatrico Wood Wag- . according to the writ which has been filed with clerk of the superior court, Hartford. Deputy Sheriff | Martin H. Horwitz seved the papers | 7 of the de. tolerable Cruelty Divorce. Charging intolerable cruelty, a Some of the stations which will | broadcast the ceremonies are: WJZ, \"\\ York: WRC, Washington, D. ld: © WJAR, Providen 3 \\'orc‘t‘tlt‘r; WTIC, Hartford. fendant in the amount of $20,000. The writ is returnable in the superior | Woman Plckmg Berries court the first Tuesday of Septem- | Is Bitten hy Rattler ber. e v The plaintift sots forth In her com-| Bath, N. Y., Aug. 8 #—Mrs. Wal- ter Thompsen, 50, of Cameron, is in plaint that she and Wagner were 0, of married November 4, 1 and that |4 scrious condition in a hospital Nere as the pesult of a rattlesnake on various occasions since that time | | bite, which she suffered yesterday, he has been guilty of intolerable f cruelty. She sets forth that they | While picking berries on a farm her home Mrs. Thompson have two minor children and, ac- [tear her X cording to the writ, the defendant |reached into thick undergrowth, and owns property and real estate to the |the sndke struck out without warn- value of $30,000 . ing, severely biting her right hand. Mrs. Wagner claims a divorce and | Serum was rushed from the Cor- custody of the children. The writ | nell university laboratories today in is signed by Attorney David L. Nalr. |an effort to save the woman's life. meet | Japanese | Broadcasting | and WBZA, Boston; WBZ ( freely at the cpening, and by the , 3 S > “The common council is a legis- appearance of strong banking sup- | &l ; {lative hody—not an open forum. I porl dos ihe high Evedls s | believe the council should make its Dupont, which opened 15% POIts | o 0" gocigions without being influ- lower at 230, rallied to a new high | .5y gutsiders. It a member of record for all time at 299 before the | Mo Ly outsiders, T & OIS 6 | end of the first hour. Timken Roller | " "o, othing at a meeting then Bearing showed an initial loss of |2 S0¥ S0FCIINE BE 5 WIS | Saenalntsito B1IEmnd Shen S056H | every Tom, Dick and Harry PR | believe ;‘; ‘\";‘;:'“"‘g;,',ff;”:,;:n“"n(fx,/"etr | should be allowed to come and take A mrt in the discussion. If you're go- 2271, Atchison from 193 to 197, nr It = Baltimore & Ohio from 118 to 1 L‘;]‘ e dosilnt hen il onen s | Houston Oil from 148% to 156 and | UP and invite b les N | T, §. Steel common from 134 3-8 to | MAkE It @ (sbating socety i 157, Similar recoveries took place | judges. in most of the other active issues. | M(¥ e “I have never felt that outsiders Total stock sales in the first hour | o113 b given the privilege of the ran above 800.000 shares. floor at the meetings. I feel that Cotton futures, which broke about | Mr. Quigley stands in the same pos $2.50 a bale at the opening, also re- | tion as others who have been deni covered about hait- their loss before | this privilege in the past.” the end of the first hour. Other com- | .\ se Ml G modity markets made littie or no re- cill A1l b0 L o isive Mty s sponse to the Coolldge announce- |, . "or tyo fioor; it not then I may ment, grain, rubber and sugar quots Helsnd | tions showing practically no change LBl from yesterday. Foreign exchanges L ED L LERT The former mayor Large blocks of stock were thrown | P L [into the market by professiona D D traders who have been sponsoring ) e e the recent advance. Houston Oil e collapsed §32 points on the first ) "o nunon council floor should be | sale, Generai Motors 6. Fastman |(ie COFRIIE MO | Kodak 5%, Union Pacific 5 and |“'""" . ccores of others including U. §. Steel | common, Baltimere & Ohio, Bald- | M N’I‘ER TRl[S T[] win Locomotive, United Drug and | Reading skowed initial losses of 3 | to 4 points. Trading was with blocks of 5000 to 10,000 s quite common in the ecarly dealings. Initial losses in the popu lar issues ran from 1 to 8§14 points. o8 eel common opened with a block of 2,000 shares at 1341%, off | 1-4, and General Motors opened | with a block of 6,000 shares at 222, | | | rned of the city ssible unusually heavby, | | |Senator Dale Says It Means “Plan” or “Intend” His Native State oft 6 points. The first sale of Atchison was a | block of 5000 shares at 193, off | 51-4. Initial losses in some of the | other popular issues were: Union [ | Pacific 5, Baldwin 4, Chrysler 3, ! Allied Chemical 4, Eastman Koduk | 5%, Reading: 3%, General Railway | Signal 2. Internatfonal Nickel 2 Hudson 31, Houston Oil S14, | cible Steel 2, United Drug 3 | General Asphalt 2. Advance Began June 28. The Stock Market, having pleted an uninterrupted | since Junc 28, wrich carried both the rail and industrial averages to record high levels, was in a vulner- able position for such an unexpect ed announcement. The current “bull” movement started more t} three years ago and frequently has been referred to as a “Coolidge mar- ket." The only serious interruption to the advance took pla arch. 1926 when a bad break took place {on selling inspired largely by the | increase in the w York Federal Reserve redisconnt and the in- terstate commerce commission’s re- jection of the original Van Swerin- gen merger plans. . Another reaction of moderate pro- portions took place last fall and | there have been the usi | backs from week to week but th | general trend has been unmista [ably upward. During the current | year, the averages of 20 leading rail- |road and 20 leading industrial stocks have advanced about points each. Sensational Washington, Aug. 3 (P—The word is frequently used in Ver- nd is accepted to mean “‘plan” intend,” Senator Dale, of that id today in commenting on Coolid; statement of ‘s’l\'\' Fre ye siden terday senator Dale lief that Mr. tely out of th “I do laying c icated his own Coolidge was defin- 1o presidential race. think Mr. Coolidge fs that subject,” he said. and con with Tva Vt, Aug. 3 (UP) — ins the same in New it does anywhere else, to Miss Florence Ciley ss and former s mont village where Presi- was born. Plymout “Choose” m gland as according tmistre this Ve icnt Coolidge Miss Cilley, long a friends of the dent, id she thought he meant YW h«\l he said when he said “I t choose to run for “In all my years of school-teach- ing I never heard that New England had a special definition for the word aid. statement president from choice FLIER SUING LEVINE Maurrice Drouliin, Brings Action Sceking To Compel Him To Ful- fill Terms-of Thelr Agrecment. gains have taken (Continued on Page 14) Aug. § (P—Maurice | hin, F aviator, today action nst Charles A. secking to compel him to fulfill the terms of their tentative contract I'signext early tn July, when Drouhin was chosen to pilot Levine's mnno- plane Columbia in a return Atlantic flight from Paris to New York, “All that Drouhin wants 1s to have Levine deposit 300,000 francs in bank for Madame Drouhin in case of his death, as the contract stipulated,” one of the flier's friends told the coresspondent. “As far as h is concerned. there will be plenty of that In case the flight is successful, as Drouhin's contract calls for half the returns from the movies, oil and gas com- pany contributions and other re- vards of being a successful air Paris, began e m e THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; not much change in tempdrature; moderate northerly winds, ek S * HIGH TIDE i | | (August 4—Daylight Time) | New London New Haven | #*. ' DEFINE WORD CHOOSE. hool m'am | president | To Plymouth folk | A means | simply that he will not again run for | COOLIDGES AMBIGUOUS “I CHOOSE TO RUN" BRINGS TORRENT OF OPINIONS FROM ENTIRE WORLD Political Preferences Reflected In Newspaper Comments But Many Editors Think Coolidge Will Run Opinions Differ on Use of ;m Dubious word “Choose” | Coolidge’s Statement But Not a Few Think “ This Opens Loophole for | Him to Accept if “Draft- | ed” by Republicans. Connecticut newspapers. Coolidge's state com- z in cnting on ment,” part said: “Sphinx Has Spoke Ansonia, Conn., Aug. 3 (A—An- ntinel: The Sphinx has at |last spoken. President Coolidge, on fourth anniversary of his being svorn in as president by his vener- e father in the little farm house Vermont following the tragic death of President Harding, stated v in characteristically brief mmatical manner: “I do : to run for president | sonia s VIEWS OF PUBLIC MEN ALSO DIFFER From all in over the United State today come newspaper anent Coolidge’s to his not choosi again. Naturall comments | statement relative g to run most of the com- 1 prefer- newspapers 2 in for office vision is meant. ments reflect the of opin ences of the polit = what respectiv but a general tendency see | presented a seri: | renomination | dent to two ter {stance and not the | clu to believe that the president’ leaving a loophole for him to cept the nomination as duty in case the republicans s see fit to draft him for office. the other hand, some editor writers declare positively that this statement has put Coolidge definite- ly out of the runnin s of press comments from leading American papere Other President’s Statements: York Evening World 'odly reprints the following utterances of other extending beyond a sccond term: George Washington, 1796: *“The period for the new election of citizen % pdminister government: of the being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when vour thoughts mployed in design son who is to be clothe portant proper, especially it duce to 2 more distinct of the public voice, that I now apprise you of the we formed to decline United States with im- to me con- appears ould being con- 'r of those of whom a chdlee is to he Thomas Jefferson, ing that representative ment, responsible at short per of election, is that which produ the greatest amount of happines mankind, T feel it act which shall that principle, a uld lingly be the person who, disre ing the sound precedent set an illustrious predecessor, should fur- nish the firsi mple of prolonga- tion beyond the second tern 1 1808 impair gard- by es §. Grant, 1575: “T am not renomination. I would not accept a if it weré tendered unless it should come under suc circumstances as to make it an im- duty—circumstances not likely to arise Theodore Roose ise custom whi , 1904 h limits the pres regards the sub- form, and under T be candi- nother nom no circumstances will date for or accep | tion.” To Test Country 1, Va. Times Dis- hmond, say ‘1 do not choose The patch R (Continued on Page 11) JEWELS RETURNED New Haven Woman's Gems Come Back As Mysterfously As They Disappeared. New Haven, Au, teriously as they disapp valued at more than 3t returned to Mrs. city. Mrs. Sperry on July 19. A memb tective bureau sought which might lead to the ap- prehension of the thief or thieve 1, jewels 0 have been L Sperry of this the loss de- in v for of the Drou- | Levine | A telegram messenger boy, Monday, brought a smail package to Mr: perry’'s home for her daug Cather The messa was in the package Questioned by a messenger boy said about forty years, greatly upset very nervous, had given him the | package urging him to deliver it im- muIIM 1y. Police search tor the woman c ed today when Mrs. Sperry d to let the matter rest Lou G ehng Knocks Out Another Home Run Toda) New York, Aug. 3 (A —Lou Gehrig advanced his season’s home run to- tal to 36 today by crashing out for the circuit in the second inning of the first game of a double-header between the Yankees and Tigers. Stoner was pitching and none was one base. The blow gave Gehrig a lead of two hemers on Babe Ruth. in ge detective the that a woman as- ded W cau- | tious wording of his statement is ! . Herewith is | presidents in declining nominations | .| the executive | ing the | expression | €0 resolution I |* “Believ- | - |his pagty s (5 |inclinations and render further serv- © lice it would still be possible for him y to do no! unwil- | of of- | nor have 1 ever been a candidate for | “The | jewelry | and [t Torrington, Conn., : The Torrington Register: What | | President Coolidge says he means. | We all know him well enough to be sure of that. When he says he does not choose to run for president in 1928 that settles it. | However, the people usually do | [the choosing and they may choose Mr. Coolidge for another term. The | nation needs him, the world needs him, and the American people cer- | tainly want him. He has been the | | most useful president in a generation | or more and his popularity is founded on the reaiization and ap- | preciation of this usefulness. | Here is popular confidence and af- | ction that might easily upset any { tradition. H | £ i Only Personal Wish Hartford, Conn. Aug. rttord Times The statement ot be accepted as a definite « ation to be a candidate for a third term. The President’s words ;\\\v' obviously chosen with meticu- lous care, not only to express the |exact meaning which he wanted to also to avoid the mean- 1g which he did not wish to go 3 ng that to be he does not a candidate Mr. Coolidge merely states his personal | ‘H‘('ll":\'\\nh He sets the door to the |nomination ajar but does not en- tirely close it. Tiould the leaders of impress upon him that it |is his duty to put aside his personal cept a renomination. Should be an in; t demand on the of the people that he ignore third term rule Mr. Coolidge could do so. to art Could Enter Contest New London, Aug. 3 (®#—The New |London Da alvin Coolidge does Inot choose to run for president in 1928, Granted the desire he could we. the republican nomination. It is the desire that he lacks. His brief, unequivocal, unsolicited m handed to newspaper men y rday afternoon, settles a moot | point of political controversy—for at 1 four year: Before that dra- Imatic message, the world had ex- |pected his candidacy for renomina- tion next year. Now, by virtue of statement which leave no room for |doubt, the world is assured that he | will not run—from choice. | Yet the choice of words may spite of popular construction, opportunity for the president nter the lists. in leave et to Makes No Promise Bridgeport, Aug. 3 (P—Bridgeport | |Post: “The form of President Cool- | rtling renunciation may ts in the minds of many as to his exact meaning. If he had said: ‘I will not run,” it would have (Continued on Page 11) | DEMPSEY-TUNNEY BOUT | WILL NOT BE DELAYED | Rickard Announces that Flynn, | vast | ministration stalwart, Average Daily Circulation Fer Week Ending July 30 . 14,028 PRICE THREE CENTS DO NOT “Will the President Ac- cept if He is Nominat- ed?” is on Every Lip- Hoover Mentioned as Possible Successor. Statement Interpreted by Some as Clever Piece of Political Strategy — By Others as Sincere Decli- nation — Ohio Favors Longworth and Willis. htrologer Declares btars Show Loohdge Vill Run and Win, Too New York, .\u_ President Coolidge will be renom- inated and r cted in 1928 by an overwhelming majority, Pro- fessor Gustave Meyer, Hoboken astrologer who predicted Coo- lidge's election in 1924, said to- day. p (UP)— Washington A ug. 3 (#—A night of speculation left Washington poli- tical heads still muddled today over President Coolidge's terse announce- ment that the did not “choose” ta run for president in 1928. Instead of clarifying the situation as the time approaches for active campaigning to get under way for the 1928 national conventions, the action of Mr. Coolidge brough’ a outpouring of opinions which phically illustrated the unczer- inty in the minds of both friends and opponents of the administration. Most of these opinions were ine formal, because there was a great | reluctance on the part of politicians to commit shemselves on the ques- , i tion which was on every li 11 the president run if he is nominated 2" ‘Will Run. Smoot Says. Senator Smoot of Utah an ade thought Cool- idge would run, although he would i prefer not to, in Smoot’s judgement. Other said Coolidge was definitely out of the race. Still others said the fssue had been put up to the republican party, with the president now in a position to cast his line info the quict pools of Black Hills streams and await developments. The thought which was persist- ently expressed in the capital was concerned with the course now to be taken by the friends of the presi- dent who have insisted that he would be nominated whether or ot he chose lo serve for another term. Persons wise in the ways of politics de not expect the answer to this question to be immediately :ppar- ent. be Gossip Says Hoover. The gossip here long has been (Continued on Page 11) PRESIDENT'S OFFICE SWAMPED WITH WIRES Telegrams From All Over Country Attest Interest in His Statement Rapid City D, Aug. 3 A tre- mendous stack of elegrs was laid before President Coolidge (os day, attesting the widespread reac= tion and surprise with which the country has met his statement that he does not choose to run for an- other term. They came from everywhere, and while they were not made public, they were said to convey the expres- sions from political leaders and friends in virtually all of the states, Mr. Coolidge has scarcely lett bis office yesterday after making his re- markable and unexpected statement hefore the wires into Rapid City started humming and soon the com- mercial lines were augmented by Jack's Manager, Agrees to September 15 or 22. 3.—(P—The heavyweight | Aug. | championship match at Chicago may be staged September 15 after all, as or planned, instead of Sep-| ember 22, Tex Rickard declared to- | day on his return from Chicago. | | Rickard declared he was making | | every effort to convince Jack Demp- | sey, Who has been holding out for a later date, that September 15 s the { most desirable time for the battle. | Rickard has advanced his arguments | |in telegrams and telephone talks | with the former champion within the last 24 hours and expects to de- |cide the date definitely today. Tt will | positively be no later than Septem- | ber 22, Rickard said. Rickard talked with Leo P. Flynn, Dempsey’s manager shortly after re- tunring form New York and receiv- ed Flynn's assurances that either lthe president's | Washington with the fast mounting personal wire from communications. In the midst of all this hubbub, Mr. Coolidge settled back into his accustomed way of saving nothing |once he had made his statement, | apparently content to let the country place such interpretation upon it as it chose. He was interested, how- ever, in the comment his pronounce- ment had aroused and he examined closely all data that came to him from various sources. Some of the messages which reached Rapid City were relaved immediately to the Summer White House 32 miles up in the hills last night, but the bulk of them were left on his desk for his perusal to- day. While the president withheld fur- ther comment, the summer capital was swept into a frenzy of specula- tion. Far from the centers of pop- ulation where news is not readly September 15 or 22 would be sat- isfactory. (Continued on Page Ten)