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CONGRESY' PROBE OF $4 IISASTER EXPECTED TODAY House to Take Up Butler Reso- lution While Senate Starts . Inquiry TEN NORE BODIES RENOVED FROM CRAFT Corpses Found on Floor Between Motors—Lethal Gas May Have + Caused Deaths—Announcement of Names Made Early Today. Washington, Jan. 7 (UP)—The first congressional actio. on the 8-¢ disaster was expected today. By previous arrangement, the house will take up the Butler resolu- tion authorising President Coolidge to appoint a special commission to investigate the disaster, as well as safety devices to protect undersea craft in the future. Passage Wwas expected before night. Meanwhile, the senate naval com- mittee will prepare the way for action by the senate early next week, 1t will consider the similar Hale resolution today. Johnson in Attack The house probably will not vote Lefore further discussion of the accident, which already has pro- voked bitter criticism of the navy Jdepartment for several days. The latest attack was from Rep. John- son, democrat, Oklahoma, the home state of the S-4's commander, who charged in his maiden speech in the house late yesterday that navy of- ficers are attempting to blame Com- mander Roy K. Jones, which he said was “cowardly, a shame and a dis- grace.” Before the house begins considera- tion of the resolution, the naval af- fairs committee will map out a pro- gram for other naval business before it. It will decide today how much more time will he given to Rear Ad- miral Thomas P. Magruder to testify regarding his charges of inefficiency in the navy department, so that it can set a date for beginning work on the naval bullding program. Magruder, who went to Phiindeiphia today to testify in an investigation there, will appear again beforo the committee Monday. In the last few days the admiral has sat, silently, for long periods while committee members took sides over. his case. Twice It appeared that blows might be struck. Ma- gruder became angry for the first time yesterday, when he resented criticism from committee members. Four Removed Boston, Jan. 7. (B — Ten moro bodies of B-4 victims had been re- covered today, making 13 in all that have been reclaimed from the wreck off Provincetown and divers (here were hopeful for continued taverable conditions today to com- plete their search of the engine room »f the sunken ship. The bodies of the men were (Continued on rlxe 15) LOGKJAW IS BLAMED FOR DEATH OF MAN, 82 Newman H, Miles, Hurt Christmas Eve, Dies at Hospital Lockjaw resulting from injurles received when he fell while enter- ing his home at 21 Iiberty street on Christmas Eve is belicved to have caused the death of Newman H. Ailes, 82 years old, who died at the New Britain General hospital this morning at 6:20 o'clock. He suffered cuts about the body when he fell, following 3 weak spell 2nd from the time of the accident nntil this morning he had been in & critical condition. Me was active for his age and worked until the time of the accident. Mr. Miles was an employe of the Humason & Beckley division of landers Frary & Clark Co. for the 60 years he had made his home in New Britain. He was a stock clerk n the eoncern in the latter years of Lis services. Born in Lakeville, November 15, 18485, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erick Miles and Mary (Holley) Miles, he was educated in his native city and came to this city where he went into the employ of the only New Britain eoncern with which he was connected during his long life. Mr. Miles’ ancestry dated back to Revolutionary days. For many years the Miles’ home was on Washington street but for the past 27 years the family lived in its present hame on Liberty street. Mr. Miles was a member of Red Men and was an attendant at services at the First Congregational church. Mr. Miles was an active republican in his younger days and was & former member of the board of po- lice eommissioners. Mr. Miles' death comes about 11 months after that of his wife, who died In February 1927. Surviving him are two daughters, Miss Elsie M. Miles principal. of the Lincoln school, and Miss Sadle H. Miles. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock at the home on Liberty street. Rev. Theo- dore A. Greene, pastor of the First Congregational church, will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. P T. Barnam’s Estate Divided For Last Time 37 Years After The Famous Showman’s Death Trust Fund, by Which $40,000 Annuity Was Provided for Circus Owner's Widow, Distributed Among Relatives of Deceased—New York Real - _ Estate is Included. Bridgeport, Jan. 7 (M—Final dis- tribution of a trust fund: of $875,- 624.57 established by the will of the late P. T. Barnum, world famous showman and circus owner was made here today through the pro- bate court, The trust fund provided for a $40,000 annuity for Barnum's widow, the late Baroness D'Alexan- dry D'Orenigiani, who died in Paris last June, Barnum died April 7, 1891, IRav. ing an estate inventoried in 1901 as $4,279,5632.01, Distribution of the trust fund principal wad announced as follows: EMPEROR'S BROTHER WILL WED GOMMONER Japanese Prince Chooses Bride From the Lower Classes Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 7 (P — Per- sistence has won for a prince the hand of a commoner. The engagement of Prinee Chi- chibu, 25 year old brother of the em- peror, to Setsu Matsudaira, 17 year old daughter of Tsuneo Matsudaira, Japanese ambassador to Washington, was confirmed today. Official an- nouncement is expected shortly Negotiations for the engagement were begun informally last July by |Baron Kenjiro Yamalawa. Am- bassador Matsudaira declined the of- fer because he thought the honor too great for him and his daughter. A second offer was made by Count Kabayama. The ambassador was finally persuaded to yield wishes of the royal household. The dowager empress stood to be in favor of the marriage, having chosen Setsu some time ago herself. Prince Chichibu is_well ac- quainted with his prospective bride, which is somewhat unusual in the case of Japanese marriages, | No tmperial prince ean marry the |daughter of a commoner, according to court regulation. Ambassador Matsudaira while a member of a noble family, is himself a conymon- er. Consequently Setsu will be adopted, it is believed, by one of her relative peers, either the Mar- quis Nabeshima or Viscount Matsu- daira before the marriage, Prince Chichibu is the second son of the late Emperor Yoshito. He was educated at Oxford. He return- ed to his native land by the way of the United States when his father was taken fatally ill, Well Known Here Washington, Jan, 7 @P—An offi- cial announcement must come from Tokyo before Tsuneo Matsudaira, the |Japanese ambassador, will comment (Continued on Page Thirteen) |LINDBERGH WILL FLY OVER DANGEROUS WAY Hero Flier Makes Ready to Continue Trail to San Jose Managua, Nic., Jan.! 7 P—A chain of volcanoes today pointed the way to new conguests for the knight of the air. Before Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, lay 210 miles of fly- ing to San Jose Costa Rica. Leaving Managua, the trail of the Lone Eagle ran the length of Lake Nicaragua, largest body of fresh wa- ter between Lake Michigan and Lake Titicaca on the Bolivia-Peru bound- ary. From the lake a rugged range of volcanoes led to the central plain on which San Jose is situated. The congress of Nicaragua, pre- sented the flyer with a diploma of valor and a medal of “merit and honor Termed a “true knight of the air” by General Estrada, chief of staff, Lindbergh was told he had honored Nicaragua and the chamber by his presence. President Adolfo Diaz handed Lindbergh the diploma and pinned the medal on his chest. Lindbergh also received a present which he said he did not know how to use. A beautiful canc of native wood was presented to the fiyer by the general reception committee. The airman had an opportunity to watch natives at work picking coffee when he went to the EI Tezate plantation of Rafael Carbre- ra, former minister of finance. Lind- bergh refused to do any coffes pick- ing himself, even for photographic purposes. He consented, however, to pose, under a coffee tree with the members of the party. Nicaraguan senoritas also were disappolnted. During luncheon at the plantation, the national orchestra played for dancing but Lindbergh preferred to chat with members of the party. He even avolded the lunch so far as partaking of the delicacies was concerned. President Diaz, who has been fil for some weeks, was unable to go to (Continued on Page 15.) { | | To the estate of Caroline Thomp- son, daughter, $291,876.19. . To Helen D. Rennell, granddaugh- ter, $145,937.60, E To the estate of Julia H. Clarke, granddaughter, $145,937.59. To Clinton Barnum Beeley, grand- son, $97,291,73, . To the estate of Jeasica B..Seeley Marshall, granddaughter, $97,291.78. | To the estate of Herbert Barnum Seeley, grandson, $97,291.74. In addition to ‘the .trust fund of its charge New York real estate, left by Barnum valued at $65,000. SUNDAY ROLLER POLO FATE T0 BE DECIDED Ordinance Committee to Pass Also on New Parking Rules At the meeting of the ordinance committee of the common council, Alderman David L. Nair chairman, Monday evening, at the common council chamber, at 8 o'clock, a public hearing will be given on the petition for an ordinance to permit the playing of roller hockey on Sundays between the hours of two and six o'clock p. m. and there will {also be a hearing on the application of the Mohawk A. C. of Hartford for a reduction from $25 to $10 in the license fee for amateur boxing bouts, Action will be taken on the rec- to the |emmendation of the board of police | commissioners that parking of ve-| is under- | hicles be prohibited at all times from the corner of Hartford avenue to the west side of Willow street, on of Councilmen Green, Boyle and -Ba-! blotsky that parking be prohibitcd on the west side of Stanley street from the junction of Hartford ave. nue for a distance of 200 feet north, and the resolution of Councilman D. L. Bartlett that no parking be per. nitted on the west side of Washing- ton street from the south line of the Elks' property to West Main strect. The proposed “no parking” regula- tions on Main street, west side, from Walnut street northerly to the north line of the John A. Andrews Co. store will also be acted on, The salaries and ordinance com- mittees will meet jointly to act on the recommendation of the former that an ordinance be drafted as fol- lows: “The compensation of all offi- clals and officers of the city and of all full time employes of the city, except day laborers, and employ North street, also on the resolution 1 (ot the Consolldated School District, shall be fixed by ordinance and | printed in the ordinances, Chapter 21, relating to salaries and bonds." The purpose of the proposed ordi nance 18 to place on the regular pay- roll, certain employes whose com- pensation is fixed by the boards em- ploying them, without reference to the common council. The license committee will be in sesslon with the ordinance commit- tee while the Mohawk A. C. petition is being heard. ATZY¢ CLUB T g SIWESS WiLL BTTERL IN (926 —— uod 1,148 ADDITIONAL MARINES HASTEN T0 FIGHT REBELS Large Forces Prepare fo Aug- ment American Troops in Nicaragua (681 READY 10 SAIL FROM THE EAST COAS That Sandino's Men Will Destroy Bridges and Wreck Railroads, 15 Fear—Major General Le Jeunc Aids Officers to Run Down Eva- sive Outlaw—Argentine Associa- tion Makes Plea For Peace. Washington, Jan. 7 (UP)—In the east and west today, 1,148 marines and officers were concentrating on Hampton Roads, Va., Charleston, B. C. and Ban Diego, Cal,, preparatory to departing Monday to join the forces fighting the rebel leader Ban- dino in Nicaragua. Headed by Maj. Gen. John A. Le- |Jeune, marine corps commandant, 681 will sail from east coast ports, while 467 will embark on the west coast. LeJeune will leave from Chbarleston. LeJeune 'will spend about two weeks in Nicaragua inspecting U. B. forces and looking over where marines will try to eliminate Sandino before the Nicaraguan pres- |1dential election in August. The entire Nicaraguan marine |force will be under the command of | Brig. Gen. Logan Feland, who will {leave from Charleston with LeJeune and Lieutenant Colonel C. R. San- | derson, i Col, Dunlap is Commander | The new force will be commanded | by Col. R. H. Dunlap, sailing from Hampton Roads with about 200 men, In addition to Feland, Dunlap and Sanderson, 40 other officere will be included in the force leaving from the east coast, of which three are majors, 12 captains, 13 and 12 second lieutenants. chiet gunners will accompany group. The Pacific coast force will | | | Two the the area lieutenants be. “You Must Get Ready to Die,” Ruth Snyder’s Mother Advises Her New York, Jan. 7 UM—Mrs. Snyder, condemned to death for murder of her husband, in her cell at 8ing Sing prison was told today by her mother, Mrs. Jose- phine Brown, that all hope of re- prieve is gone and that she must prepare harself for death. The conversation between the con- demned woman and her mother, who has been a frequent visitor at the prison and is the legal guardian of Mrs. Snyder's § year old daughter, Loraine, was secret. On leaving the prison, however, Mrs. Brown sald: “I had to tell her that all hepe 1s gone. I wanted to be the one to do it. T told her that it was useless to cling to faith any long- er. I told her to prepare herself. 8She has been a brave girl, but she knows now that she must die.” W. H. DAY DEFEN INSURANCE SCHEME School Board Member Also At- tacks Commercial Co. “STALLING” IS CHARGED Committeemaa Claims Effort is Be- ing Made to Confuse Program He Sponsored and to Delay Installing of @prinklers. 8chool Committeeman William H. Day, sponsor of a movement to in- | stall sprinklers in public schools hit at the Commercial Co., today for alleged “stalling” and delaying a re- port from the New England ex- change on the latter's aprinkler in- vestigation so that the school com- mittee would not be able to act on the matter until it was too late to figure it in on the appropriation for next year. Requests Early Action The committeeman sald he recom- mended to Louis W. Young, acting chairman of the finunce committee that the speclal insurance committee | get. together and act on the matter | without regurd for the repert of the New England Exchange report. At 5 IN HERA NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1928 —EIGHTEEN PAGES 20 ARE IROWNED | SRS ek STANLEY THREATENLONDON Thames Overflows Banks and| Submerges Gountryside for More Than 60 Miles LONDON TOWER NENACED; | ROYALJENELS GUARDED| Tramway Service Stopped—Granite ( | ND INCENDIARISH | AT PUTNAN SCHOOL Supt, Holmes Says Facts Do Not Support “Firebug” Theory | | Walls Washed Away—Throngs | e v 3 s oo DOWNES BLAMES ~ BOILER 1 ‘Chief Noble of Fire Department | Beneath Torrents—Record Break- | ; Convinced Blaze Was Not Set and | Tide Augments Disaster. b Supports Defective Wires Ex- London, Jan. T.—(M—A flood | 5 brought death and destruction to the | planaon—No Report to Hart, NCO‘,"NE “There is no evidence to support center of London today. Twenty bodies were from districts where the River | the theory that a “fircbug’ was re- Thme:flbun; its :nnkl. ll;‘c;ur ‘pur- sponsible for the Putnam school sons, ieved to have eén In a|fire” Supt. §f ¢! flooded house, were missing. Exten- ‘v.o:lay i:pdw ‘taniuy B Holmes, ssi) aive search of the poorer districts, it | cussing the difficulties foared, wight shew more vic- iencounu—red in determining the tims. course of the blaze which caused o ::em“:r(::;p:h1V:: alt;nza:k’;‘l éfi: \\m:;ugefl oi “"‘3;"% Thursday night, | Mr. Holmes finds some basis for of alarm and tense fzxc}tfnl?flt i“C:“ |the idea that an overheated boller “lh“ beenr;m\\(inov?n éor :lza;\uflr‘”‘“as responsible, since a large sulted. The flood was due 10 RewY |amount of acrap paper thrown fnto| rain -ner.C}hrmmas :snm\'x- . nocir-1(he furnace after the closing of { mally high tide and a gale made {school might have had the effect of matters worse. | alone the Vi, |%nding too much heat into the ‘ :ho l'l’:nl;t! “-\!I h-l]olr\s1 a‘;“mlf; |pives. Physical evidences although | to Tflem'o;l:mm(:; wn(;(:r ‘rfiveming‘nm conclusive could have resulted | erritic v o . P L5 |from boiler difficulties, he said fol. | :ex':t‘::‘cf"t::‘:-.ky c;!}’]\:!ru::il; :;I“!L: ;:awmg an inspectton, but he is at a| 5 0ss to account for th the top of this wall which 18 four | the blaze into the e.,‘:mag’:,:l:: :: ;‘e:‘tr ‘;-::;‘-alae r:‘v‘l)! f:rl; ;\;Hll: :{,“‘,’K,“ ‘:lhe build;n: and the absence of more - | damage in cellar an 4 minster street. At some points the | “Ope guess in .hou(d,,m:f,o?:: ans waters overflowed, but the wall it- |other, It could have been caused selt held against the rush of the|hy any one of several things. I am ‘waters, 5 |convinced the Polish aschool blaze Granite Wall nerl p;\-as caused by Incendiarism, and we At onc ppint beyond the West- have had a slight fire at the Bart- minster end of the embankment, an- [lett school for which we could not other wall burst. The waters rushed |account. But, of course, that could { through the gap, inundating the (leryfloully have been coincidence,” | streets. Two people were drowned | Mr. Holmes declared, there, The basements of many K That Mr. Holmes does not place 1 Rivers and Homes are Submerged | PRICE THREE CENTS T0 GIVE CITY ESTATE IN STANLEY QUARTER, RETAINING USE DURING LIFE 360 Acre Tract in Northern Section to Become Property of Municipality for Park or Other Purposes. Property, Partly Develop- ed as Model of Land- scape Gardening Art, Offered to Community as Gift From Prominent Citizen. Word of a very munificent gift to the city of New Britain wes re. ceived today from Paris. France, where Alix Stanley, of this city, is spending & few months, when it ‘Wwas announcedthat he was willing to deed to the city his entire real cstate holdings in the northern sec- tion of the city for park or othee purposes, subject to his use during his life and that of his wife. Mr. Stanley’s own homestead, “Tippo- nitin,” {8 on the tract as are sev- eral other houses and he has spent many years in developing the prop- erty immediately adjacent to hw home as an example of landscape gardening. Its beauty, in situation and development, outrivals that of any other spot in the city and ft has the added advantage of being adjacent, at the north, to the pres- ent Btanley Quarter park. With the addition of this tract the city will have a park system surpassing that .of any other. In addition there ap- pears that an admirable situation for a public golf links will be of- fered for some time in the future. The property consists of over 360 present the committee has & report from & mutual insurance organiza- tion givipg figures op the cost of in- (Continued on Page 183) headed by Major H. C. Plerce, who | will have assisting him 19 officers, jof whom five are captaina, eight (Continued on Page 13) \JUDGE MAY PARDON JURORS WHO The electric conduits which oper- | ate the etreet cars were invaded by the waters and tramway service was stopped. On the opposite bank of the river matters were much worse. There s no embankment and the strects were quickly flooded. Hundreds of dwel {lers of the poorer districts were roused. They fled in haste and terror houses were flooded. | much credence in the incendiary iidea. is indicated by the fact that ‘he will not suggest to the hoard or the police that an investigation be made along these lines. Downes Suspects Boller John E. Downes, supervisor ef |8chool buildings and construction, madg an official inspection yester- day and has reaclied the conclusion that the fire was due to an over- Los Angeles, Jan. 7 UM — Nine jurors, five of them women, who were discharged from further jury duty in municipal court for drinking the evidence In a lfquor case and then acquitting the defendants may be given another chance. Municipal Judge Thomas L. Am- brose, who discharged the.nine with a sizzling lecture about the “sacred duty” of citizens as jurors, indicated | action because elght of them had ap- pealed to him for judicial forgive- ness. he ninth juror, A. A. Hulester. fainted from the excitement occa- sioned by the turn of affairs yester- day and could not join his col- leagues in the appeal. The five women, most of them i middle aged, admitted to Judge Am- brose that they had partaken of the | bottled evidence. Of the eight, somc said they had barely tasted it. Others admitted they had taken a drink while the remainder confessed they DRANK LIQUOR AND FREED MAKERS today that he might reconsider his | had helped themselves on the second !round. | The three other women Jjurors | making up the panel of 12, denied to Judge Ambrose that they had| | touched the liquor. } In. the words of the judge, how- | ever, “the bottle went to the jury | room quite full and came back very | much depleted.” Bailiffs told the court the call for the evidence was made by sev- eral of the jurors soon after they |reached the jury room. The jury de-, liberated for three hours before ac- | quitting George Bevan, charged with |sale and possession. lie made en-| trapment his defense. | The prosecution told the court in @ verbal attack on che action of the jury that the customary time for a {municipal court jury to deliberate in a liquor case was only a few min- | utes. He said it was unnecessary for |the jurors to sample the evidence | because attorneys had stipulated that the liquor it contained was intoxicat- ing. from their beds, amid an uproar of | shouts and cries of alarm. | partition of the walls, eating its way Many public buildings were |into the attic and then spreading thrown open to shelter the sufferers. | through the piles of supplies stored Police and others assisted in remov- | there, ing the stricken there and supplying | The outward evidence to support them with food. | this theory is a hole burned in the Royal Jewels Guarded floor just above.the boiler room near Among the noted buildings which | the point where the pipes pass. were partly flooded were the Tower | Miss Anna M. Gelssler, principal of London, where the military gar- |of the school, diccounts the theory rison turned out to protect the royal ! that boys sent into the attic to bring jewels and other property; Lambeth |down supplies were careless in the palace, residence of the Archbishop | handling of matches and that the of Canterbury; 8t. Thomas hospital, [fire started in this manner. where all lights were put out, and | Doys rarely go upstairs, she sald the Tate picture gallery. today. About once {in every two Tremendous floods in the upper [wieks supplies are brought down, (but there is sufficient light to make the use of matches unneceasary, she insisted. On the day of the fire the Janitor had been upstairs, but that was several hours before school iclosed for the day, she sald, and | lulso pointed out that desks for ! “ (Continued on Page 15.) heated boller causing a fire in the (Continued on Page 15.) —% THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight; Sun- day unsettled, possibly lght rain and colder, | ) OH, Bov. AU O OF wiew AS TACKLE THE Ui Sckicory gt MUNIC | PA— TunsY 2 (TR T s “m ANgD Y0 A9D $84.480 To (AT BRFEN 05~ which he was sent are kept in & e R | | MEXICO ASKS MORROW | - FOR FINANCIAL ADVICE iCounlry Has Insufficient | Revenues to Meet Her JE.coarn, Fonmer FoOrcALL. CAPTAN, 15 SPOKE SMAN FOL (MPROVEIMER. 5 At NOTTH EAD SCUCCL— HE HITTHE LinE / S b 3 Obligation i | Mexico City, Jan. 7 UP—The Mex- ican government, faced with the Prospect of revenues insuffticient to | | meet obligations and expenses, has | turned to Dwight W. Morrow for ad- | vice, ‘ Montes De La Oca, Mexican sec- | cetary of the treasury, called at| acres of land with four dwelling | houscs, barna, garages and other buildings, *“Tiponittin” is the inter- esting name which Mr. Stanlcy hux applied to his own home on the hill overlooking Hartford, Newington and New Britain. The proposed gift includes also the Gad Stanley house, & fine example of a Revolutionary home in fine atate of preservation, and historically onc of the most in- teresting houses in New England, and the Amon Stanley house, & colonial house of later date, and one other dwelling house. Three Large Parcels The whole property lies at the center of the old settlement, which has been known since colonial days as “Stanley Quarter.” A glance at the map will show it adjoins the Ppresent Stanley Quarter park on the west side of the Hartford road and is divided by highways into three large parcels. The west farm, which adjolns the Stanley Quarter park and runs northerly along the west side of the highway for a considerable distance, and which includes “Tipe- nittin” and the Gad Btanley house, contains one of the highest hills in this sectlon, and a fine forest run- ning down to the west to a little brook which continues on through 8tanley Quarter park. On this sec- tion of the property, Mr. Stanley (Continued on Page 13) FRENCH WORLD PEACE NOTE RATHER DUBIOUS Anti-War Proposals Deal Only With “War of Aggression” Washington, Jan. 7 tote, Proposing u treaty 1o outlaw ‘Wars of aggression,” was given out today at the state department in wn atmosphere clouded with doubt over an early agreement to submit an anti-war declaration to the powers of the world. The insertion (B)—1'rance’s of the “aggressive the American embassy and conferred | war” phrase into the document con- with Ambassador Morrow, neither | stituted the hitch in the negotiations, the treasury official nor the former ' Lecause the Kellogg plan had beem Morgan partner would comnTent on |ty declare against war in any form. | | the meeting. | Two representatives of the Mexi- lcan treasury department have al-| |ready conferred with international | | bankers in New York on Mexico's ! gnancial condition. | | A recent statement of the treasury | | department forecast a serious slump | |in revenues. This was attributed to | | “the general psychological Wusiness | depression.” | The Mexican debt agreement calls FEAST 4T ODD FELLOWS MALi~ on the external debt of Mexico in {1928, 1t was for the purpose of dis- | Fuente. chief of the Mexican depart- taent of credit, and Fernando Bar- rosso came to New York as emis- saries of President Calles. They met with members of the international committee of bankers on Mexico, the chairman of which is Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan and Com- pany. ‘There were reports in Wall street that proposals for a readjustment of the debt agreement would be ad- vanced. The meetings held in New York so far are understood to have | tion treaty - 5.000,0 for the payment of about $35,000,000 £20llt " FERTINE. - L S0 | ternational disputes |cussing this that Fernando De La|'Nat the subscribing Nevertheless, diplomatic discus- sion of the arbitration and concilia- commitments betweem the United Btates and France con- {tinue with practical assurance that | the Root arbit tion pact that ex- pires February 27 will he succeeded by a new peace ugreement of this character. The note madec jrublic today sug- gested a multilateral internationa compact to renounce “all war of ag- but declaring untries shail " for the = of what- arise between “employ all pacific 1 scttlement of “differen ever nature may them.” It asserted that 4 multilateral treaty renouncing warfare would constitute a declaration of interna- tional will which “could not fall to (Continued on Page 13) LINDBERGH OFF AGAIN Managua, Nicaragua. Jun. 7 UP- Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off for been preliminary discussions rather than formal pegotiationa San Jose, Costa Rico, at 11:08 this k¥

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