New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1928, Page 23

—— DRYS LOSE WIND FROM THEIR SAILS Hoar Mayor Walker on Wagon iR M, Because of Stomach | wesnington, Jan. 31 (UP)—The {Walsh resolution for a scnatorial {investigation of the public utilities New York, Jan. 31 (UP)—Drys Industry was undergoing revision by who hailed Mayor Jimmy Walker's an interstate commerce sub-commit- ascent of the water wagon with joy | tee teday. were chilled today by his announce- | ment that he did it only for stomach’s sake. i‘msu RESOLUTION IS tee Takes up Measure to |Interstate Commerce Sub Commit- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 381, 1928 vorseons tson U1VES SOLUTION TOMARINE MATTER 1 ! Hurley Urges Private Ownership | of Vessels fo Coolidge | Chicago, Jan. 31 (UP)<-Solution | {of the American merchant marine | problem by private ownership of| When the full’ committee failed | sLips and by a governmental survey | said, “and one of our queerest. his to agree on proposed amendments |to determine advisability of federal | was started by Walter Camp and BUSTER' LOU GUEST AT LIONS HEETING (Continued from First Page) which gave him the biggest thrill, and caused a hearty laugh when he | told of the first &nd only football he ever played, while soldiering in France. s “The All.American team is one of American’s unijue institutions,’ : t In fact, the mavor hinted broad- 1y, he was looking forward to the!republican, Indiana, appointed Sen- | Coolidge by Edward N. Hurley, of | has been throwing rice over since.” time when his tummy would be its ators Sackett, republiean, Kentucky; | Chicago, in a letter made public to- ! old self and assimilate a wide vari- oty of things. No Moral Prindple There is no moral principle in- volved in his five months’ abstinence Mayor Walker explained to report- ers who questioned him about the anpouncement of the Rev. Christian F. Resiner that he had sworn off liquor. The news, however, caused discus- slon and argument in New York, Washington, Albany and probabiy Tucson, Ariz. It was explained here that the mayor’'s list involved no disagr ment with the principles of Tam- many Hall. Many leaders of the wigwam, it was said, have been on the wagon for the same reason of health, but it has nothing to do with their political principlos. In Albany, an effort was made to start a wet-and-dry argument in the legislature with Mayor Walker the subject, but democrats hastily but it off on a point of order. In Wachington, the director of prohibition enforcement, praised Jimmy for joining the legion of the saved. He denied, however, that he had expressed the hope that Gov. Smith would follow Walker's exam- ple. eifect caused a mild political out- burst, with Rep. Black of New York, taking the lead in denouncing the supposed statement. FARNERS SCORED AS INDIFFERENT Lack “Gei-Up”, According to v Kansas Speaker Chicago, Jan. 31 (A — What's wrong with the farmer, according to T. F. Hopkins of Liberal, Kans, is that he lacks gumption and “get-up.” Hopkins, who owns and operates a 2,000 acre farm near Liberal, voiced his views at the interstate com- merce commission hearing on grain ratea now being held here. “The American farmer is shiftless and lazy,” sald Hopkins. “He joy- rides around in unpaid-for automo- biles, instead of attending to his| work.” Hopkins had been called to testity as to his methods of farming, be- use the eommission had been told his eperations have been consistent- 1y succesaful. “Every tarmer who spends his time tending his farm s making & 50 of it.” he said, “if the average farmer worked as hard as the busi- ness man in the city we wouldn't hear any more of this talk about hard times on farms. ‘"We have some good farmers, but we Bave a lot of poor ones. Most of these unsuccessful ones buy auto- moblles on the instalment plan be- fore they get their crops harvested. Any lack of success they have is due to lasiness, shiftlessness and.im- providence. The automoblle is & neoessity, but it is too big a tempta- tion for most of them, and they spend more time riding around than 1s good for their farms. “On my own farm I do everything Dy machinery and tractors. I haven't a single horse or mule on the place.” Fall River Operatives Accept Cut in Wages Yall River, Mass., Jan. 31 UP—The cotten mills of this eity, which put inte effect yesterday & wage reduc- tion @f 10 per cent, found no fur- His reported assertion to flmt\ |seeking to limit the scope of the |investigation, Chairman Watson, | Pine, republican, Oklahoma, and { Wagner, democrat, New York, as a sub-committee to work out & com- romise amendment. | They are to report this amend- |ment late today and the full com-. i mittee will continue ' Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, iis confident of a favovable report with only minor amendments but several members of the committee are known to oppose the entim: reso- {lution. ! If the committee reports unfav. orably or amends the resolution enough to defeat its original pur- {posc of investigating all phases of !the industry, Walsh is expected to (continue his fight on the floor of the senate, FORT H, 5, WRIGHT | INGLUDED IN BILL | {Long Istand Coast Defense Needs Tmprovements | _New London, Jan. 31 (P-—Fert :H. G. Wright at Fisher's Island, N. | Y., in Long Island Sound, s one of the eight coast defense posts which lare shown in the report made be- fore the congressional committee on | appropi | eral Hero, to be in use by the war | department at the present time. | Fort Michie at Gull Island and Fort {Terry at Plum Island, which to- ! gether with Fort Wright, comprise the Long Island Sound coast defense jarea, are in the hands of caretakers. iThfs(’ three forts are the only three | now maintained by the government ‘ln this section. Fort Mansfield at Watch Hill, R. I, was sold at auc- tion two years ago to a shore site department syndicate: Fort Trum. | bull, this city, was abandoned by | the department many years ago, and later came into the possession of the treasury department which now {maintains the coast guard academy |there; and Fort Griswold at Grotons jcoast defense bulwark In Revolu- | tionary days long ago was turned | over to the state of Connecticut. | NEW SLEUTH ASSIGNMENTS Sergeants T. J. Feemey and J. C. Stadler Go Into Detective Burcau, Succeeding Fiynn and McAvay. Sergeants M. J. Flynn and P. A. McAvay having completed their per- fod of scrvele in the detective bu. reau, will return to night street duty | tomorrow, Chlef Hart announced to- |day. Sergeants T. J. Feeney and J. | C. Stadler will go on detective bu. reau assignment, the former on the |2 p. m., to midnight shift and the latter on the 7 a. m., to 5 p. m. shift. Sergeant Flynn will be on duty from 7 p. m, to 4 8. m, and Sergeant McAvay from 9 p. m., to 6 a. m. ) ' Tunney to Fight Before Oct, 1, Rickard Says New YorKk, Jan. 31 (UP)—Tex Rickard’'s office announced today that a guarantee of $100,000 would be posted this afternoon insuring Gene Tunney a heavyweight cham- plonship fight before October 1. The deposit, as required In the Rickard-Tunney contract, will be made at the New York Trust Co. by Henry Aitkin, assistant treasurer its debate. | | regulation of intercoastal shipping the American public has been mar- | rates was proposed to President ried to it ever since. And Collier's There wers a large number o | visitors present at the meeting, many | day. | i of them professional men who had | | Hurley was chairman of the U. &. | | shipping board and head of tne | oen shining tights in the ficld of cmergency fleet corporation during | o Ly Tomaln sports pros | { part ot the Wilson administration. | moters. ‘The attendance prize was | e Can't te Successfully | awarded to William Moulton. James | The financial loss resulting Iromi Donohue and Joseph Haffey enter- | opcrations of the shipping board | tajned with solos. 1 COSGRAVE GIVEN CANADIAN WELCOME {Irish President Facas Light Pro- gram There Today Offawa, Ont., Jan. 31 UP—Wel. comed as the representative of the youngest of the British dominions, William T. Cosgrave, head of the Irish Free State, faced a light pro- gram today, his last at Canada’s capital. Seemingly none the worse for the derailment of his train yesterday, in which one man was killed, Mr. Cos- grave had only a luncheon engage- ment ahead of him before he en-| trained for New York via Montreal. During the morning hours a drive around the city was the only event on his schedule. 380 enlisted men who will be sent to college, was advocated as & Dew step by the army. “The purpose of this battalion,” he said, “is to create & group of; young men in industry in the pro- | curement of munitions in time “f ar™ | Coast Guard 3 - | Al but eight of the fortifications' Northampton, Mass, Jan. 31 (UP) | guarding the coasts.of the United |Frances St John Smith, missing | States are in the hands of caretak college student, wrote a letter to ers, It was revealed today In testi. | Der governess in New York, dated ANOTHER SMITH CLUE Letter Alleged to Have Been Writ- ten by Missing Girl Says She Dis- liked College Life. propriations committee, simultane. |08 Jenuary 13, in which she said ously with its report of the army 8mong other things that it was appropriation bill. i -;lgl':’ 'lo b-.‘bl:;k a‘t colle Major General Andrew Hero, Jr, |SULROrities learn night. | chief of coast artillery, who attri. | 8craps of the letter which had mony made public by the house ap- (WO days befors her dimppearance buted the condition to reductions the coast artillery had to transfer of many of his men to the air corps, said the caretaking de- tashments consisted of from 16 to 24 men at each fort. “While they maneuver the guns and installations once a week, or |every day,” he sald, “the armament | and power plants do not receive that i dally attention and functioning at suffered along ‘with other branches of the army and | receptacie ions for the army by Gen- | thep defoctions from the ranks of thefr operatives when they opened for werk today. Only two mills were affected by walkouts or discontented workers yesterday. e Davol mills, which were closed after some of the loom fix- ¢rs and weavers had walked uut; were {dle today. The managemen -t mo date for their reopening. The| MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT Davie mills continued to operate in| ‘The police were notified today of spite of & walkout 100 weavers. |the return of the operator's liccnses fhe Fall River ftextile council, |Of Joseph Zak of 43 Lyman street, with which the majority of the tex- John Keywsky of 357 High street. tilo workers are affiliated, voted last G. Albert Grabinsky of 270 Linwood night to stand by the decision vot- street, and the suspension of the ¢ 1ast week by & narrow margin to | licenses of Cornelius Curry of 108 roiuse to eall & strike in ,wt,ulhmour street and Alex Kijewski of a--dnst the wage cut. 44 Albany avenue. (oolidge Does Not Mean To Take Further Action ‘Washington, Jan. 31.— (@ — Trosident Coolidge contemplates no firther action relative to the soft co 1 situation. it was sald today at the White Vi use that he had suggested two or 1 ree methods of treating the subject ' to congress, but that so far as re- | 1o+ts had come from them, it was, «'var that the majority of both mine o »rators and mine workers were in | position to the steps recommend- | of Madison 8quare Garden. Under | the contract, {t must be posted be- | fore February 3. ‘The terms provide that the time | and place of the fight and Tunney opponent must be announced 40 days before the fight. Fdelty Industrial Bank Notice of Dividends No. 6 ei Any further investigation or a 1ion, as the president now views fit. niust be left to the discretion of | congress. FLIER 1S DELAYED. Etowah, Tenn.,, Jan. 31 (UP)—| Low visibility caused Captain Charles | Donnellan, good will fiyer, to delay | his take-off from here for Atlanta today. He was forced down late ycs- terday by fog. The Board of Directors of the Fidelity Industrial Bank declared the regular quarterly dividend for the period ending February 15, 19238, of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per share to stockholders of record at close of business January 31, 1928; and an extra dividend payable April 1, 1928 of One Dollar ($1.00) per share to stockholders of record March 15th, 1928. C. H. MAXON, Treasurer |and fleet corporation, Hurley said, | demonstrates the government's in- | | ability to operate ships successtully. | Not only do American ships fail ‘(o pay expenses in the bitterly con- | | tested foreign shipping business, | | Hurley said, but the American bot- | toms in intercoastal business, where | there is no foreign competition, also_ | are unable to show a profit, | Frivate Ownership | Private owners of ships would | I necessarily solve the problem, in | order to exist, Hurley said. | "1t five men schooled in rate | structure were selected by you, Mr. President,”” the letter said, “to make | JONES BILL HAS President Cosgrave aided in the|drill that is necessary and that is |been torn up and then !were unearthed in a wastepaper | in the cellar of the {Dewey house where the girl had ‘roomed‘ | ‘ The letter, which had been re- icelved by her governesa, a Miss | Hamtlton in New York, is now in {the possession of Major Thomas J. ffllmmond. legal adviser of the |Smith family here. Mr. and Mrs. 8t John Smith, parents of the missing student, left rewritten work of rescue when his train jumped a switch at Limogese, about |23 miles from Ottawa while making | 55 miles an hour. He aided in ex- |for their home in New York yes- 1y t) | normally the case in Banama and 1n\ur“,_ atier: two woeks' in North | Honolulu, “When & national guard unit or & | reserve officers’ training corps unit | |tricating the injured from the over- |come to shoot one of these guns, | M RE A |turned engine and cars and sent a|usually something unforseen hap- | 4 | telegram of condolence to the fam. | pens, something that the caretakers |ily of J. A. Bovd, railroad foreman| would not in normal course of their | TCivil Service for Employes Is One Adopted Today t Washington. Jan. 31 (UP)—The en to the parliament house Where system of coast defenses gencrally | senate voted today to put employes of Montreal, who died at the throt- tls of the presidential train. His | private car left the ralls but did not | real efficiency of those harbor de- | overturn and no member of his pa ty was injured. Following an enthusiastic welcome at the station, Mr. Cosgrave was tak- Premier MacKenzie King called a a survey of intercoastal rates and to | ©f the United States shipping board | tention to his presence in the gal- | submit thelr recommendations, their | | report would be most helpful in de- | termining the advisability of the Jones ship blll to make the change | dinner ! government's participating in con- | | trolling intercoastal rates. One | | rate expert might be chosen from | the interstate commerce commission. | | One might be selected from the rail- road classification committee, two | | from shipping interests engaged in this service, and one from the ship- | ping board.” | | the survey, the chaos which existed in railroads before the commerce commission | regulation of rates. | ! undertook | RATTLED T0 AID ! (Continued from FKirst Page) | ment on it Different Walks of Life The eight men and four women ‘who will decide the fate of Hickman | occupy various walks of life and a wide range of age. The four women. Mrs. Elizabeth | A. Bullis, Mrs; Emily Lindrum, Mrs. Virginia Roess, and Mrs. Roach all are middle aged and are housewives. Of the men, Ellas Kahn, retired merchant, Arlo Rickett, dry goods' merchant, Edwin Venables, retired, | J. A. Ruggles, retircd United States army colonel, and Howard Bkews, ! | tarmer, all are well advanced in age. 1 | Robert L. Bowman, salesman, ! Harry H. Wood, citrus grower and | | Howard Atkinson, occupation not | given, the remainder of the jury are younger men. | “No Laughing Matter” Spending Christmas day in fail | and facing mob violence just be- cause you resemble Willlam Edward Hickman is no laughing matter ac- | cording to Lewls D. Wyatt, of Cory, 1 Ind. For the iIndignity suffered and| since his life was endangered, Wyatt | | believes he should share in the re- | ward offered for capture and convic- | tlon of “The Fox.” ! A lengthy treatise on the subject | in letter form was received by Chief | of Detectives Herman Cline. His Letter “It's no laughing matter,” Wyatt | wrote. “It was only a miracle that the mob didn‘t take me from the of- ficers because they seemed sure I was the man wanted. Then too, I have a wife and three littie girls and the time I spent in jail in Las Vegas | kept me from getting home for Christmas.” . | Wyatt was taken from a train at' Las Vegas, New Mexico, and held | for identification by Los Angeles authorities. He was the first sus- pect arrested. B | Q% the milk in that bottle is purity. ordinary safeguards. AANNNANVNENANNNNNNNNARNRR washed in the o Sterilizer in New \\\\\\\\\\\\\ " iland, democrat, New |, He cited, to show the necessity for | reatrictions on government loans to | YOUNG HICKMAN Sarah | {thorne street under civil service. | The Bruce amendment to the was adopted by a vive voce when | voting began before final action on | the bill. | The senate also accepted an! amendment by Senator Swanson, democrat, Virginia, which would in- struct the board to operate its ships from as many ports as possible. An amendment by Benator Cope- York, to modity | private ship corporations was de- 61, indicating the| | strength of the majority in favor of| final adoption of the bill, FAMILY SKELETON | TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE i CAUSES $1,000 DAMAGE Frozen Pipces Being Thawed When Flame Ignites Woodwork of | Bullding on Grove St. Damage estimated at $1,000 wus| done Ly fire in a six tenement wood- en house in the rear of 38 Grove street owned by Mrs. Maria Wisk this forenoon, and had the blaze not, been discovered in time, the build- ing might have been totally destroy-| ed, in the opinion of fire depart- | ment officials. An alarm was sound- ed at 10:08 o'clock and the recall did not come in for almost an hour. | The fire started on the first floor, | where frozen pipes were being ! thawed, and made its way through the partitions on the north side,| coming out“Tn the attic and burn-. ing the roof. At least two of the/ tencments were unoccupied and all| were damaged by water. Man Dropsfi Dead at Wheel Of His Automobile Truck Stamford, Jan. 31.—UP—8eized | with a heart attack as he was driv. ing his light automobile truck on Myrtle avenue today, Gulseppe So- lani, 60, a fruit peddler of 59 Haw- died before medical aid could be given. The truck went | up on the sidewalk and struck | Angclo 8erante, a laborer, who was repalring the walk and then hit an iron fence. Berante although knock- cd down was unhurt. Medical Examiner 1. Ralph W. Crane, gave a verdict of heart disease, as the causs of Solani's death, | | One New Case of Smallpox | Reported in Middletown | Middletown, Jan. 31.—(M—One | contented spirit lery as the members cheered. In the evening he was guest at a given by Premier King. Tribute was paid at the dinner to President Cosgrave's coolness at the time of the accident and his work in alding the injured, and calming the fright of the other passengars. HUGE ARMY BILL REPORTED TODAY (Continued from First Page) Horses Old The advanced age 9t army horsee was described by Major General W. C. Riyers. “I think two-thirds of them average 1% years,” he said. Supporting tha various appropria- tions sought for the army, Sccretary Davis said that the morale of tle ranks “is bette: than it has been since I have known arything about the army.” He pointed out reen- listments are running high and de- sertions very low, attributing the somewhat to im- provement in the food ration. New Uniforms Davis joined with Major General Charleg P. Summerall the chiet of staft in enccuraging the providing of new uniforms for the army. “It ought to be something a little bit better and dressier,” he said, citing the recent dedication of the Cana- dian war memorial in Arlington cemetery, he said: “We had the Canadian troops lined up on one side and our troops lined up on the other side. Physical- | {1y and In every way our compared splendidly with them, with the exception of those uniforms, It was not flattering to our men."” General Summerall advocated a service, dress and full dress uniform for every army man, suggesting bluc or some other shade or combination tor dress and full dress. Furniture Taken Up The matter of furniture for of- ficers’ quarters also was touched on by Sccretary Davis, who said there was now a scrious lack in this re- spect and he considered it an “im- portant item” regarding moral. An appropriation of $326,400 to pur- chas2 9,546 pleces was proposed. The estzblishment of a munitions battalion,. to be composed of about troops | new case of smallpox was reported | here today bringing the total for | Middlesex county to 121 cases. | Health authorities reported that the Like a Medal of Honor The UNITED MILK Bottle Cap is like a Medal of Honor, because it is a guarantee to the world that Protected at every step by more than Your UNITED MILK bottles are epldemic here was well in hand and | that “normal conditions” were prev. alent. Mary cases were discharged and | quarantine lifted from several | tamilies | READ HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS CULARALANANALANALERRRARANRRRRN RN SR full of milk of protected nly Miller Hydro Britain, 'HE Herald will do a quick job of filling the job if you ampton. Mrs. 8mith has Beep in se. !clusion the entire period wader the |care of physiciana. | President Not Likely to Interfere About Game ‘Washington, Jan. 31 UP—President Coolidge has taken no action with respect to the Army-Navy football controversy and there was no indi- l‘c:\'mn at the White House today that he intended to do so. A few dayvs ago Representatives Britten of Iliinois and Fish of New York gave the president a detailed (description of the controversy which hinges on the refusal of West Point to observe the three year eligi- bility rule and it was said afterwards that they hoped Mr. Coolidg: could !see his way clear to taking a hand in the matter. | WALTHAM CO. DIVIDEND New York, Jan. 31 (@—Waltham Watch Company has declared u divi- dend of $6 a share on the 6 per cent preferred stock, the first distribution on this issue since reorganization in 1922. The company cleared up back dividends on the 7 per cent prior | preference stock on July 1, 1927, with a payment of $19.60. mopnEiil The Same | “So I am not quite sure about the | fenses In the hands of caretakers.” | i General Hero sald the garrisons | at the elght excepted stations were ' airly reasonable,” and that the| was in a satistactory condition. | your insurance broker. We rej Stroné. Relia W | Washington, Jan. 31 M—The pre- | diction that it will take eight or| !nine vears to complete existing river and harbor projects upon the basis | of a $50,000,000 annual expenditure | was made today by the house appro- | priations committee in reporting the ! \army appropriation bill. | | The measure allots a total of $61,« | for work of the army en- of which a lump sum of| 50,000,000 is for work on projects| already authorized. i 333 Projects ! “There are 555 projects to which this appropriation {s applicable,” | the committee said, “either for| maintenance or improvement, or | both. Of this number 363 have been completed so far as the present| needs of navigation warrant and lre‘ on a maintcnance basis. This leaves 192 projects on which improvement work remains to be done to the ex- | | tent justified by commercial uses and | i the chief engineers estimates that to | complete these projects to the ex- | tent necessary to met the demands | {of commerce will cost approximate- | 1y $250.000,000, The committee said f* had heard many witnesses interested in im- provement of navigation on the Mis- | sourt river between Kansas City and | the river's mouth. The estimated | amount required to complete this | | project is $6,340,000. ! Subject to Revision | “This figure is subject to revision | you caniAltord 0 pAY: but it is the latest available,” the | Special Ayrshire | committes said. “The chiet of en- | gineers has indicated his wish to/ | push this project to completion as | rapidly as circumstances will per- | mit and stated that the allotment | may be as much as $3,000,000." e Temporary Housing | ‘Washington, Jan. 31.—(UP)— | More than 26,000 soldlers, including nearly 4,000 officers, are quartered | in temporary housing, Maj. Gen. C. | P. Summerall, chief of staff, told the house appropriations committee in tertimony made public today. | Summerall did not go into de- tails about housing conditions, his | discussion of which some time ago | resulted in his recall from a speak- | ing tour at President Coolidge's be. | hest. | Maj. Gen. W. C. Rivers, inspector general of the army, described housing conditions as “bad” in sev- | , eral places, when he appeared before |the committee. 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