New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1927, Page 18

18 10 MEET BRIAND | [talian and French Premiers o Have Interview Rome, Dec. 15 (A—Pre be glad to mes Minister Briand of Irance for solemn consecration of an under- standing between France and Italy,” he told his council solini will has been criticised tion given that por an as created & world-wide ex- lost her + modus vive ‘two f » possibility ations between (NEA Service, Washington Bureau) High Army fliers who are going higher are Brigadler General James 5. Fechet (upper,) assistant chief of he Air Service, who is to become chief, and Colonel Benjamin D. Foulois (lower,) commandant of Mitchel Field, Long Island, to succeed Fechet as assistant chief. rejoiced om- ncd silent ac He over the solemn and fmpos memor f fifth anniversary of the fascist 1 on Rome, ob- served with no d ance of pub- lic order and commented with pride upon the efforts of t gm“wr"‘ntnl soon be greatly ¢ his confidence in the he 250 out of 600 polit- soon be freed | r conditionally | of the peoples y and the evident | uousness of continued st fascism.” SHOWING STEADY GAIN Attendance at High School Contests ascist re annou ical pri and a larg liberated Increasing Yearly, Comparison of Figures Reveals. Although the New Britain High- Hartford High school football game played in this city on November 19 resulted in the greatest profits from | any of the annual games played here lin the long history of,relations of the two schools, last year's game at Clarkin field, Hartford, drew largest crowd in either city since the PLEASURE CRAFT | taken in Expens amounte 59, resulting in net profits of $5872.91, Last year, bowever, § was received in gross receipts, $1,284.03 in expenses and $6,11 the net receipts. Appre ely $242.31 more than the two schools recelved th row ved ear and over $200 w this ¥ cived when the two teams played Memorial fiield in Willow Brook two years ago. following information public by the Senior authoriti ahsoluts inn attempts in Amendment Asking Eliming- tion Defeated Today in what ton, D 15 (A—Resum- n of the tax bill, th ated an am ate the tax on for- Wash ing considera house today by Repr Tilinois, to elimi built plea 1 democrat gt committ 5.319.18, net; 07, expenses. 11, ith w York ting from two tax on the salt ment of eack Stock Iixc cents to o or transfer $100 wor “You a man in 1 You cannc CXPOnses, 1, net axpense dates did voring t! SIS at ) Britain, , gross: $1,247 1es previons to th ittract crowds as large la ir years. CitSf Items ’ pre 8¢ % as those uardia, re- tack a pro of wir le, farmer A will be a regular meeting of Dawghters of America, ol this evening 39 o'clock in Red Men's hall tion of officers will be held ana ial will follow. rt pharr iptions . There Teclar holic nbia compound The Fair— Man Eu;'nc:! to Death n Automobile Fi « iy 1 . 15 ] at New Dritain to Mr. and 50 Wallace son was born 11 hospital teda d Madden n Shaw, chairman of the ¢ to arrange for the Rich- ved lecture to be held in this has called a meeting of the “1 of the committer to be #lon home on %Vash- Decem- Mary's choir will re- 3 o'clock this evening b al of senior st s at 7:30 Tlotel Be- ported to quar- 1 of the 4 one-way traffic of the Savings Dank on Main street stigation s bein into rt nt McCue at s, \u Dudley street that man rout part the re to erne utomo- sign in Firitair An 5:30 rnacotole At L Irove up win- by for oke a her house of the deseribe o in v is unable in 1 the ca 10 amount of $219.18 sprinkling $8.50 were rds tha of- Loomis new b street LL SEER THEATER SITE to ough the ive 1 o ernadotte hoard of aldermen last night. Blair of 240 Hartford Cath E. Vibberts of ley strect have filed mar- intentlons at the office of town clerk. A deed transfering the property of the Farmers Milk Co. to the United Milk Co. was recorded today the office of the town clerk. lative to 1} lbee In o buy ter In this city, the oned and n cing made ere eting ibald nd Bros. of Hartfo Itors presenting the theater fternoon riage re th n, sald this ¢ READ HERALD CLASSIPIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS at who s | 'POPULARITY OF FOOTBALL® | the | ar over that | High " (had made eve this | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1927. FOUR SENATORS NAMED BY HEARST (Continued From First Page) Robinson of Arkansas, the cratic floor leader, told the commit- tee that in his judgment, “there t any one who would think t one of these senators received or would receive one dollar for any touching their service.” of committee, evidence d demo- action nator Reed chairman of the that there was no any senator had trom the sources Pennsylvania, added i receiy money amed. tor ceived Heflin some he irs. from K 1 the timony that he had payments for expeuses was lecturing on Mexican a but that the checks came Protestant ministers, {men and others interested in Necture: Borah and La Folletts [said they had received money from no one Malone saying | hag ican | with the e trans: had v K began his testimony 1 lid not know and never én Arturo M. s the Mex consul general at New York, whom he was represented in documents as having worked, never heard of the alleged ctions described, said, he ever acted as intermedia between Mexico and any other go {ornment, any members of c ss, or any individual. “I have ne as mentioned said. *I r been to Mesico nor assoei- ated with Mexico. 1 have never had $ 0,000 in my possession from whatever. “I have not n Sepator Heflin sine 1913, have not seen Secnator Borah for five or six years, haven't seen La Follette since he can the sepate, haven't seen Norris eince 1918." Taking the stand ness in the committee the charges, Mr. Hearst said E. B Coblentz, one of his Mew York edi- tors, decoded the documents which |were in code and which he claimed came from the Mexican official archives. Mr. Hearst said that some of the |documents came to him about May |this year and some as late as a |month before their publication. Donor’s Name Secret Declining to make public the name of the person who gave them to him he said that “it would not be healthful for this man in Mes ico.” He gave the name in to the committee on a slip of paper. Chairman Reed, republican, Penn- sylvania, questioned Mr. Hearst about the documents, which have bren appearing in the Hearst new: rs and which have been de- d to be forgeries Mexican They have largely he e he idea why he my name have en any sonrce the f s inquiry into cla offich by dealt ywith alleged propaganda efforts by | Mexico against the United States, Explaining how he got the docu- {ments, Hearst said: 7 man I have named to you communicated information that these documents were available in- !dicating un anted interference. |He gave this word to Edward Clark, manager of my mothe; Finally he said that for expenditu {of 31,000 to $2,000 he could copies of the documents relating the United States senate. This man never said he had seen them. “Later I authorized expenditu {of about $1,000. That was in April of this Ten Documents Produced | This sccret man and John Page, Hearst reporter, produced abom en documents, Hearst said. hey were original documents nd seemed of great importance,'” Hearst declared. hey said they effort to determine their authenticity. Chey said they the documents Sheficld and to the embassy and had ind anything wrong, hey said the persons who {livercd them from the |reau were going to ‘ana probably would documents with them. 1 would lik these clor to had submitte to Ambassador counsellor Dbeen of de- rchives bu- lrave Mexico bring other I told them might those < get tending corroborate already 1 Pa nd the other man met fhese clerks at 8an Antonto and got more documents.” Hearst said the methed taken to £ot the papers unknown 1o him Saw Serious Situation. After getting the San Antonio documents, Hearst said “the situa- tion was increasingly serious. “I was pondering what to o, said ked Clark to take them to the summer White Hou He did. T understand he was informed there that although the president believed the accusations serious, th the money never reached named.” “Are you sure cepted the mon. No,” Mr. Hearst nor do *t the moncy.” 1in all he to he any of any sen: Reed o replied, 1 or ac- I have believe they did paid about $15 the documents, tor Robinson, Uearst said he large busi- terests in Mexico, mines He did not recall or location of the mines was good, he said. “Did you learn of grammatical | errors in the documents? “Yes, but I am not unusual, as government often not graduates of high 00l in Mexico." Why didi't you seck 1o find out tors were paid? it would reveal he documents, wded the senators were owned so S Only “Becausc nature of “You conc never paid “Yos the Onue of your objects then was to congressional investigation to produce the nagnes of the scnators which you were unwilling to take responsibility for?™ Notified that his name was includ- cause a ed in the list, Senator Heflin imme- | diately came before the committee, “It was not delivered to me,” Hef- lin said, referring to a statement in unablo | any further documents | informed that is | clerks | some expenses when I was | lecture tour about Mexican a i he said. | hese checks were from Protest- ant ministers, K. K. K. men a others interestea in my lecture continued Heflin. “No official or representative Mexican government ever hed me I first heard of this from a paper man several days ago. man said he got it from the I me At this point Senator Reed, repy lican, Pennsylvania, chairman of the investigating committee disclos- ©d that the documents named Dud- | q Malone of New York agen. for the Mexican gov- | ernment in the alleged transaction. Heflin declared that he had n met Malone for a number of yea T'his is the work of some enemy,” he said. I will have a good deal to ay ahout this on the floor of tn scnate. Things have come to a piti ful mess when Wwe cannot avoid blackn; ing at us. 1 hope the committce will prose- these crooks and scoundrels.” LaFollette Deni arge Senator LaFollette, named in o decuments as the genator 10 a fund of $15.000 was provid d, followed Heflin on the asked to be sworn. Ch told him that only the “R M. L.t were used in the documents “Inasmuch as these initials respond to own and no other senator has such initials I would appreclate the opportunity to speak “The attempt to link my name with these charges is an infamons intolerable fraud. 1 have »d either direct Iy by a Mr. Haberman or one purporting to represent hir Nor have I been approached hy any one else in connection with rela tions hetween the United Statcs and Aexico, i tee is un on a of the ap- pr dlers ems to me that the commit- obligation to prosccute this investigation to the limit to the ond that the authenticity of these documents may he established or thelr falsity proved.” “I am not unmindful that these charges appear in newspapers pub- lished by Mr. Hearst,” eontinued LaFollette. “I am not unmindful of the fact that these papers are the most ardent supporters of the pros- ent administration. I am not un- | mindful that I have resisied to the utmost the policy pursued by this administration in regard to Mexico. | “The dastardly attempt to link my | name will not cause me to devi from the course 1 marked out for self in regard to the Mexican | thett not reccived any mone e, or emolument of an persons directly or “I have things of val kind from any | indirectly.” Disclosure of the charges was made at a senate commitiee hea ing, which called William Randolph | ijearst to the stand to explain docu- | ments on the subject recently pub- | lished by his newspapers. | Borah Smiles on Stand. | After Heflin and LaFollette had | taken the stand In turn and had de- | nied involvement in any slush fund and demanded prosecution of those who had made the “disciosure, Senator Borah took the witness oath and was informed by Chairman Iteed that he was supposed accord- ing to the documents, to have been destined to receive §500,000. | As Reed read the amount, the crowded hearing room rang with | laughter, and Borah smiled. “My first information of this reached me about the time the docu- ments were first published,” said Mr. Borah. “Mr. R. E. McFarland, {a newspaper men trom Mexico, re- | ferred to it. “He sald he had heard of tho: documents while he was in Mexic 1o said he understood one of the documents purported that four sena- tors, including myself, were sup- posed to have received money. “No one cver approached me in a matter oft this kind. I had no communication from any person in | connection with this either by mail, wire, word or any other manner.” Reed sald that Dudley Field Malone of New York “Suppos- ed” to have heen the intermediary. “I have had no conversation or meeting with Malone of any kind about this. I knew him about five or six years ago. Has he been | subpoenaed 2" Norris Denles Charges Washington, Dec. 15 (P—Senator Norris of Nebraska from his sick room, today denied any knowleds of a Mexican slush fund which was Geseribed in documents presented to a senate investigating committee to- day by William Randolph Hearst. Informed that Senator Hiram Johnson, republican, California, was coming to him for a statoment, Sen- ator Norris arose from his bed and was sitting in his library in a dres ng gown when the Californian & or Norris, who appeared very aid “All T know about this matter is {what I saw in the Hearst papers. 1 have no other knowledge of it. I do not know Mr. Elias and nsver was visited by body representing him He referred to Mexican consul general in who was named in the presented by Mr. Hearst. have never received any money cr emolument or anything of valu from anybody in ction with Mexico,” the Nebraska senator con- “I have never had any of- any intimation that anybody {contemplated offering me anything. If 1 had the public would have heard | of it without waiting for Mr. Hearst | to publish the fact. | “It seems to me now to be the | duty of the committee to go to the bottom of this matter and particu larly to trace the source of these | documents. If any of these docu- ments are anthentic, the Mexican | government is guilty of an offense | which cannot be described in words. 1t they are false, the men who per- | [ petrated them on the public and | blackened the reputations of Ameri | can officials and Mexican officials | alike, deserves exposure and punish- | ment to the full limit of the law. | | “In view of the fact that my name | Ihas been mentioned, 1 fcel I have |the right to ask the committes to g0 to the bottom of it.” Through Willlam Randolph Hearst {the committes sought to inspect | dacuments which the publishers has an Arthur M. Elias, ew York documents con | the documents that he was supposed | claimed were officlal Mexican gov- | to have been paid $330,000. “I have.not received a cent except | the transfer of the money. | ernment directing | From | correspondence : |them the inquisitors desired to learn !I- 0‘ B- B- FLAYS GRUELTY of the four senators selected in papers. publisher as a wit- ness was Arturo M. Elias, Mexican consul gencral in New York, half- brother of President Calles and the n alleged to have Landled the af- - in this country. Elias’ path to witness chair was cleared by his crnment last night, the Mexican v here announcing t inctricted him 1o testify. The only restriction plz testimony by the embassy st was that he should not thing “that may affeet political official matters relatives to his gov- crnment.” In welcoming the senate investi- gation, the embassy reiterated its often announced insistence that the Hearst gocuments are forgerles. In addition to Hearst and El nator Reed, republican, Pennsyl- vania, the committee chairman, call- ©d as witnesses Dudley Iield Ma- New York lawyer; Vietor Wat managing editor of he N the names which were printed in H Following th facsimiles York Daily Mirror; George Hinman, tormer Hearst correspondent in Mexico City and John Page, whose name has apeared as author of the vies of articles on Mexican affairs st newspapers. OBSERVES 85TH BIRTHDAY Mrs. R. L. Barnes of 80 Dwight Street Surprised by Friends and Ret " cs at Informal Gathering. Mrs. R. 1 treet celet yesterday. prised by and re Barnes of 80 Dwight r §5th birth pleasantly a number of h atives who gathered hon in the afternoon. She re many cards of congratulations and was showered with many beautiful gifts. Supper was served after the party. 'ELL SERVIC arewell service for Miss Mary missionary to Kijabe, Brit t Africa, will be held by members of the Emmanuel Gospel church this evening. The program will start a 5 o'clock and will consist of music, prayer and addresses. Rev. E. Leona will pre Miss Slater A Slat i s been homie on a furlough and is returning | to Afri GIRL HELD FOR THEFT (therine Walsh, aged 23, of on, will be arraigned in rtford police court at 4 o'clock this afternoon on the charge of It is alleged that she stole articles in a Hartford department storc last Saturday. She is the daughter of Constable John Walsh of Newington, coast. brict | d Smith | Doctors Discuss Ways To Combat Diphtheria Diphtheria and how to control |and prevent it was the subject under general consideration at the meet- ing of the New Britain Medical so- ciety last evening. It was one of the most largely attended meetings held in some time. More than 30 {local physicians were present. At the meeting of Jehuda Halevi |William F. Flanagan presided. lodge, I. O. B. B., last night, Presi- dent Harry H. Milkowitz was in- structed to notify the central or- ganization that the lodge protests the treatment of Jewish men and women in Roumania. Press reports state that students have been pulled from traing and assaulted and other ignities have been committed against Jews. A resolution was in- troduced in congress this week calling for action by the United States government to cnd the re- ported persecutions under penalty of severance of diplomatic relations between the United States and Ru- mania. Nominations of officers made at the mecting and p presidents’ night was observed. The clection will be held at the meeting Wednesday, December 28, Dog, Believed Mad, Holds 200 Lynn Persons at Bay Lynn, Mass., Dec. 15 (UP) — A dog. belleved mad, held 200 factory workers at bay for half an hour on 'Summer strect here today. Finally police were notified Patrolman Linus Shanahan sent to the scene, The policeman was about to kill the dog when he recalled Mayar Ralph 8. Bauer's recent ruling that there should be no shooting of Iynn dogs despite a state order that unleashed dogs be put to death. 8o Shanahan borrowed a clothe: line from a neighboring backyard, lassoed the dog and turned it over to the Animal Rescue league. | T0 JEWS IN ROUMANIA Jehuda Halevi Lodge Objects to Treatment Accorded Because of Religion. distribution came in for consider- able discussion. Practically all o |the physicians participated in a dis | cusston, following a with the state health department. {Child Painfully Scalded Tipping Over Kettle | Peter Be: painfully scalded when he overturn- led a kettle of boiling water at his {home, 29 Lasalle street, about 2 o'clock this afternoon | Britain General hospital and the ent of the burns is undetermined. STANLEY SCHOOL ME| For the first time in a Parents and Teachers voted last evening to hold meetings regularly once a month when such action was taken by the Stanley school group. M. C. Shields, pic t, was in charge of the meoling. The program lineluded Christmas excreises by the pupils. !" A constitution was adopted and it was voted to meet regularly every {month during the school term. M !Hazel Nelson Hoffman sang an Miss Effie Carlaton gave three read ings. Tomorrow afternoon the ation will sponsor a Christ and Santa Claus with & program for the children. and was S fres {Borah Proposes Billion Dollar Farm Corporation ! = et Washington, Dec. 15 (P+—Creation 'Acts as Own Air Mailman | And Delivers His Thanks Stamford, Des 15 (P—Acting {his own air mallman, | Bowman 000 was proposed in a bill intro- S duced by Senator Borah, republican, Lieut. John '1gano, he Army Air corps, flew | from Mitchel Ficld, to | nk you note” at the home George Bender, where he ntly entertained at dinner. |Bowman flew low over the Bender | house, but his aim was not true and |the note lighted on the roof of a house across the street. However, the | tenant of The house rescued the mi Isive and delivered it to Mrs. Bende “RINO SHOWERED A miscellaneous shower was ren- dered in honor of Miss Elizabeth Pelogrino at her home Tuesday eve ning at 37 Acorn street by her sister, Miss Rose Pelegrino. About 50 guests were present. The room was decorated in pretty colors of blue | and white. She received many beau- tiful gifts. Selections were played |Bowman left for the field without and games were enjoyed. A buffet | (landing after circling around until lunch was served. {his note was delivered. | | There are about two gallons of | in blood in the body of the average ladult. Ona of every three New York city is a Jew. persons How do you spend your money? ew Britain Heral OVER 14,000 DISTRIBUTED DAILY The Herald is the Only Newspaper in New Britain With An Audited Circulation 1of a federal agricultural corporation | |with a capital stock of £1,000,000,- ! 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