New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 27, 1928, Page 12

FIREWORKS DEALER BALKS AT LICENSE, . . der 1d bei held forth as | Louis Coben Accused 0f Viola- s inrea that the other side naa ber-| ting Itinerant Veodors' Law | Whether or not Cohen Brothers | of Hartford violated the statute per- | taining to licensing of itinerant ven- dors in failing to take out a license | to sell fireworks at 45 Arch street this city, was the question before | Judge Henry P. Roche in police ! court today, when Louis Cohen, one | of the officers of the corporation charged with the violation. For an an hour the court heard stimeny and arguments, and to- | morrow a decision will handed | down, this being a test ¢ | Detective Sergeant G. C. Ellinger A. McAvay testified to Cohen about tak- | ing out a and he declined to do so, telling them that lis counsel Judge F. B. Hungerford, had advis- | ed him that it was not nec ry | under the law. Cohen testified that the corporation deals in candy, fire- works. and novelties, and the reason tor establishing a warehouse in this Oty is that Hartford ordinances pro- hibit the handling of fireworks prior to Independence Day, and New Britain is a central distributing point for the trade in Unionville, Meri- den, Middletown and other places. The corporate 1ights of the concern as set forth in the incorporation papers, include the handling of fire- works, according to Cohen. Prosecuting Attorney J. G. Woeds contended that Cohen’s failure to obtain a license constitutes a viola- tion of the statute exactly as would the action of any other individual or corporation in coming to New Brit- ain for a few weeks or a month. Judge Hungerford replied that the law was not intended to cover such a case and Cohen Brothers do noti{ come under the classification of “tramp merchants.” The law was passed to prohibit the practice of jtinerant vendors who went from place to place thirty years or so 2go, running up rent hills and other debts and leaving no trace of them- selves on their departure. It was testified that Cohen was advised by Attorney Louis Rosen-! feld of Hartford, also by a state offi- cial, that his corporation was not obliged to be licensed under this law, but Prosecuting Attorney ‘Woods declared that no state official or former corporation counsel of Hartford or any other individual in Hartford or in the Capitol could make the laws fo the city of New Britain. He and Judge Hungerford quoted citations of law for Judge Roche to peruse, and it was agreed that the papers of incorporation of the concern would be filed with the court before a decision is handed | down, ‘BIG TIW MURPHY be DIES IN GANG WAR (Continued from First Page) | in front of the house. Before either | could retreat the gun had spoken and “Big Tim” was on the ground, mortally wounded. Diggs, a World War veteran. dropped to the grass with the first few shots and was un- | injured. In the short moments that passed hetween the time that “Big Tim" tell and died, he tried desperately to say something to his hrother-in-law. Whatever he hoped to say was choked back by death. M Murphy, the handsome { blonde-haired woman whose head | came just to the shoulders of her husband, returned a few moments later from nival she had at- tended with friends. Told of the tragedy as she entered, Mrs, Murphy van to the living room, pushed past the police and investizators who | &tood there, and fell prostrate across her hushand's hody “Will Make T i cried ray” m! Oh my | gained her comnpo 1 have no i | Honor |0 room 201 in city |a former p: There was a police theory today that Murphy wrote his death war- ant when he mixed into the clean- ing and dyeing racket in which there has developed dissension between rival factions seeking control. Al Capone recently became associated with one group, his name and un- | | ter beha ethods Failed Him Police believe Big Tim sought to force his way into control of the cleaning-dyeing racket and for the | first time found a “business” in which his methods did not work. Police heard that Murphy went to | the south side several weeks ago for & conference with Capone, despite a threat that if he ever ap peared south of the loop district he wonld be slain. Since his release from Leaven werth he had been arrested once, December 20, 1927, during a polic roundup of known gangsters. Mur- | phy, who was released after a few | hours, protested, tellicg police he ! never carried a gun. When raiders demolished an ela- | borately equipped gambling house on the far north side several months | ago, Big Tim was named as part owner of it, his partner being Nicky | Arnstein of New York. CONN. DELEGATES JOIN IN DANCING (Continued from First Page) | the city's industries, great cotton | compressing plant, ship channel and to oil ficlds. Walsh later said ‘“we didn't go into the oil plant as we thought it | best not to get tainted with oil.” | Many Courtesies | Connecticut’s late arrival has re- sulted in a city and convention re- ception, committees looking up the delegates to offer them the use of | automobiles and many other cour- | tesies. ! The entire party is pleased with the sclection of A. Sidney Lynch as an assistant secretary and that so many Connecticut men have been added to the list of convention of- ficers. David E. Fitzgerald is look- ing forward to a long, hard session of the resolution committee. Until the situation is clarified, the | delegates will give no formal ex- pression of choice for second place. Fine Hall State Chairman Walsh is of the opinion that the convention hall far surpasses those used at San Fran- cisco and New York for convenienc, arrangements and seating comfort of | delegates. He said that the sight during the sessions was colorful be- vond anticipation. i TROOP 8 BANQUET | Boy Scouts and Parents Enjoy Din- Program of Entertain- ment at Trinity Church, | ner and Eighty Scouts and parents enjoyed the annual dinner and Scout pro- | £ram of Troop 3 in the Trinity M. | E. church last night. Scoutmaster Harold Miller acted as toastmaster and introduced the guests and speakers. He gave a short history of the troop and its ac- complishments. The chairman of the troop com- mittee, George D. Ward, presented an honor medal for meritorious sery- ice to Senior Patrol Leader Richard | Burns. With the medal goes the | right to have his name added to the | jonor roll of the troop. Scout Burns and Star Scout Richard Lord were announced as the winners of | a week at camp each. Patrol lead- €rs were also appointed for the next ! 12 months. The rour patrol leaders appointed wer Bagley, C. Burns, R. Lord and O. Moberg. George Burling will act as junior assistant scoutmaster The June scssion of the Court of | Will be held tonight at all, 7:30 Rev. N. F. X. Schneider 44 Years in Priesthood N I Schneider, pastor Mary's church in Meriden, and stor of St. Peter church 44th anni- | iry of his ordination to the o in this city, observed the said eneny she was a good } one but sh t as Tim Wy he sold ur and Com perfectel Wization drew by party abor or His pohitical 4 He aspi her hu Tim's hands was heating the good of the was continuing from the treasiry o New rackets ol tion of meat dealers artists’ models and finally the ing and dyeing business. Mostly he kept in’the-background, 4 friend fire olic pricsthood Monday. He was zuest receptions 14 for German Cath- Meriden. Father the first pastor of ter's parish in this 1150 time a of honor him by the at one Mary's chureh the pricst- . 1884 D. D. He to come to in a Ger- gladly 5o of of that extraction scarcity of Ger- s ordained 1o on June Bishoy Muilins Hart{ nsylvania wrd diocese, B re- the 1 he in Hart- When decided to e of St Catholic Rchnei- first storate members parent Father gation n 2 and house ted the present h on Franklin ars later the pres- st For among and ol thi rishioners and few who his | Peter's parish n contact with 7 (U'1")—Thousands Mt Vesuvius | 4y night and | cismic experts | a dam- menced Mon ued last n there 1s including Americans, are approaching the crater closely to ‘witness the spectacle of the eruption, conti sy zer ot |Land. | As the vessel was without radio, !it handead it - NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1928, LANDRU COMES T0 FRANCE ONCE MORE Series of Woman Murders Re- vive His Memory Paris, June 27 (UP)—An amazing series of woman murders: has re- called to France the activities of Landru, whose murders of women sent him to the guillotine. Une man is sought. Camille Gail- lard, a wine merchant of Morocco, who also is known as Jerome Drat, is being traced through southern warrant charging him with the murder of Mle. Elsie }oce. Mlle. Foce was found strangled to death in a villa at Marseilles which he recently had sold to Gaillard. e had made an advance deposit of 20,000 francs. Subsequently it was learned Gail- lard had owned a villa on the out- skirts of Marseilles and that he had been known as Jerom~ Drat, be- lieved to be his proper name. It was reported by persons living close to this villa’ that Drat was accustomed to receive many women visitors at his villa. Police started around the villa, In the cellas, which Drat kept sealed, was found the corpse of a woman, It was un- der a cement slab and there were indications the woman had recently been murdered. Continuing their investigations, police found the body of another woman buried in the basement. There were indications of recent digging around the villa and police were confident additional bodics would be discovered when digging was resumed today. Police were hopeful that many recent disappearances of women from Marseilles would be cleared up through the investigations now being made around Gaillard's villa. AMUNDSEN REPORTED. SEEN Scaler Without Radio Sends Message By Another Ship It Saw Plane on investigating Ice Floe. Berlin, June 27 (A—A second version containing additional details of a report received in Norway that the plane of Roald Amundsen was sighted by a Norwegian sealer on June 20 is contained in a special dis- YOTE ON TROLLEY STRIKE Employes Cast Ballots for Second Time (o Determine Whether Walkout Will Take Place in State. New Haven, June 27 P—For the second time in as many weeks, trol- leymen of the state went to the polls today to vote on the question of whether to accept the terms offered by the Connecticut company in their disagreement, or go on strike. The polls in the various districts of the state opened at 5 a. m. and will close at 5 p. m. The ballots will be tabulated tomorrow by the joi conference board in session at Fra- ternal Hall here and the results an- nounced immediately afterward. | France by detectives who have aEarly indications are that this city is the only remaining stronghoeld of the group which favors striking. 00D FELLOWS HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE, Departed Members Honored at Annual Program of Exercises A large crowd attended the an- nual memorial service held last eve- ning at the 1. O. O. F. temple by the 0dd Fellows. Grand Master Carl- son was the principal speaker and gave an address on the good of the order. A program was carried out as fol- lows: Announcement by Past Master Baker E. Mann. Sclected songs by entire assembly. Sermon by Chaplain, Rev. E. N. Gilmad, Baritone solo by J. Angos, “The Vacant Chair,” accompanied by Charles Bigge, piano and Howard Beach, violin. Roll call of deceased members by Vice-Grand Lundin, assisted by Past Grand Fred Hoffman. Viee Grand and Past Grand Shea place .wreath above charter, accom- panied by Charles Bigge, piano, Howard Beach, violin, playing “Rock of Age Selected songs by embly. Finale by the chaplain. DEMOCRATS CONSIDER " McDONOUGH FOR SENATE Grand Anzeiger. This states that a tclegram was received from Archangelsk, Russia, stating that the Norwegian sealer, whose name was not mentioned, had sighted the long-missing plane on an | be selected for several months, dem- | recognize the futility of attempti of North East|ocratic circles are being sounded in | g sta y of attempting Dense ice prevented the ap-|the intercsts of a atate senatorial | ice floe southeast proach of the sealer, but the crew of the plane could be seen through a telescope repairing the machine. message to a Russian steamer which in turn sent it by wireless to Archangelsk. Roald Amundsen accompanied by Lief Dietrichsen, Norwegian explor- er, left Norway on the night of June 18 in a French plane piloted by Commander Rene Guilbaud and manned: by three French airmen. The plane had been offered to ‘Amundsen by the French govern- ment as part of relief measures for the missing Nobile party. The report that the plane was sighted on June 20 may be true since the flight to Spitzbergen normally should have taken about seven hours. Therc were also rumors that Amundsen planned to fly directly to North East Land in order to reach the stranded Nobile party which has been marooned for more than a month near Foyne Island just off the North East Land coast. There have been several rumors previously that Amundsen’'s plane was sighted by the two Russian ice breakers now in Spitzbergen waters, but these reports were denied in Moscow. |patch from Tromsoe to the Lokal; Recent Recruit From Republican Ranks Suggested For Upper House of Assembly Although a state ticket will not boom for Attorney Thomas F. Mc- Donough, who is now at the nation- al convention of his party at Hous- ton, Texas. McDonough switched from the re- publican to the democratic ranks prior to the last election. He took an active part in the campaign and has since been mentioned for the school committee and for a commis- sionership. To permit of his at- tendance at convention sessions, he was appointed an honorary sergeant at arms by the state organization. City ltems Arthur Joscph Lord of Forestville and Signe Nathalie Kellerman of 161 Linwood street applied today for a marriage license. Suit for $126 was brought today by Birnbaum's Iurniture House against Eniilio Campagnone, through Attorney Monroe 8. Gordon. Papers were served today by Constable John 8. Recor. SON GETS ALL New Haven, June 27 (A—In his will which was filed today for pro- bate, Elizur D. Bronson who died at his home in West Haven several days ago, leaves his entire estate of 15 Year Old Girl Takes 18 Months Old Baby Philadelphia, June 27 (UP)—Ger- trude Duncan, 15, was under arrest today after an absence of nearly 24 hours with little Ethel Cassidy, 18- months-old, who lives just three doors from Gertrude’s home. “I loved the baby.” Gertrude said. She said she did not want.to harm the child. Nevertheless, she will have face charges of Kkidnapping the child. Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Cassidy, Ethel's parents. sald they would not press any charges against the girl when their baby was re- turned home. $3 Tax to ow to Enter And to Leave Cuba Havana, June 27 (®—A head tax $5 upon all persons entering Cuba and an additional $3 on leav- inz has been imposed under a new ruling signed by President Machado effective immediately The funds will be used public works department charity of by the and for DISCOVER NIW PAINT Atlantic City, N. J., June 27 (UP) An anti-harnacle paint which is expected to save huge sums in dry! docking and fuel costs has been de- | veloped after years of investigation, ! it was revealed today at the 31st meeting of the American ¢ for Testing Materials here. Almost one thousand engineers and from all parts of the e attending. The paint 18 poisonous to barnacles and other' marine growths on ship bottoms. scientis conntr POLICE INACTIVE Houston, Tex.. June 27 (UP)— Despite the influx of thousands of sirangers, the Houston police have almost nothing to do. Their Tues- day blotter showed only 33 arrests, including nine persons who had lingered too long by the flowing howl. Two persons allegedly seeking to sell fake convention tickets and one pickpocket suspect. with the re- mainder hooked only for minor of- fenses, constituted the day's busi- $50,000 to his son, Charles R. Bron- son of Scotland, Conn. His widow, Mary Bronson and daughter Fanny are not mentioned in the will. It is expected that notice of con- test will be filed when the applica- tion for letters of administration comes before the probate court next Tuesday. L. MEN SAFE Mexico City, June 27 (UP)—W. H. Mitchell and John ¥. Hooper, American mining men held for ran- som by bandits, sent a message to friends today saying that they were unharmed, a Guadalajara dispatch to the newspaper Universal said. Federal troops in large numbers are searching for Michell and Hooper, whose whereabouts are unknown. TO BE MARRIED AT LAST Camden, N. J. June 27 (UP)— Miss Martha Shiffer, 55, -told her friends today she was going to be married soon to Robert Owens, 54. after “about 50 proposals in the past 20 TS “1 guess I'll go through with it now,” she said. “I've got a new dress and T'll look as good as a young bride.” WIFE GIVEN FREEDOM A divorce was granted this morn- | ing in superior court by Judge Ar- thur I°. Ells to Mrs. Bertha Norkum oscino from Michael scino on grounds of descrtion. She was also granted the right to us: her maiden name. Albert Greenberg represent- ed the plaintiff while the defendant was represented by Judge Joseph Donovan of Bristol. DIVORCE SUIT SCHEDULED The divorce action of Mrs. Sophie ! Borek Roman against John Koman will be tried tomorrow In superior court before Judge Arthur F. Ells. Albert Greenberg is representing the plaintiff, who is suing on grounds of intolerable cruelty. LINDY GETS MEDAL Brussels, June 27 (UP)—The president of the Wational Federa- tion of Aeronautics today handed to American Ambassador Gibson fits medal for outstanding achievement in aueronautics in 1227, which had been awarded to Colonel Charles A. Lisdbesghy DENTES ITALIANS HAVE ‘RED' LEANING Attorney Casale Replies to State- ments Made by “Uplifter” Statements made by Dr. Paul De- Ville at the meeting of the Lions’ club yesterday, that half of the Ital- |1ans of New Britain are “Reds” be- | |cause of ignorance, have aroused {the ire of many of New Britain's Italian residents. The city has many men of Italian descent among its outstanding citizens, connected with |the legal and medical profession, | banks, newspapers and in busine: {and social affairs in general. Ex- | pressions of indignation were pressed today and the collapse of | Dr. DeVille's attempt to create an | Jtalian social settlement here were | | freely predicted by prominent Ital- | |ians this morning. | The stafements made by the man | who would *uplift” his fellowmen, | | were declared “unfounded, a calum- ! | ny, unmerited and not in accordance ’ | with facts, and should not be per- | mitted to pass unnoticed,” by Attor- | ney 8. Gerard Casale, in a statement | to the Kiwanis club at a meeting at noon teday. Attorney Casale's state- | ment which met with applause, was | as follows: “Dr. Paul DeVille, speaker at the Lions' luncheon, according to re- ports contained in the press, is quot- ed as saying that half of the Ital- |ians in New Britain are Reds. 1If| | the gentleman is correctly quoted he | uttered an unfounded calumny on | |the Italians of New Britain which | | should not be permitted td pass un- | noticed. | “From an experience of 20 years | |in New Britain, the past five spent | in active and actual contact with this | sober and industrious people I must may that the sentiment expressed by | the gentleman is not in accordance | with the facts. The vast and over- | whelming majority of our Italians in | New Britain are God-fearing and | | law-abiding people doing their best | to live in harmony with American |ideals as they best may understand |them. There has never been a1 oc- | casion to question their loyalty to the country of their adoption. | “The fact that the Italian people of New Britain have not their own cultural or social centers should not lalarm older Americans since it is a | symptom of the ready process in which they are being absorbed in the American amalgam, “The Italians are loyal in their memories of the motherland goes | without saying. Witness the great |number from New Britain who vol- untarily returned to Italy back in |1915 to take up arms In her de- fense during the war, But they also | to stave off their absorption by the American nation through the erec- ition of Itallan centers, and are on | |the other hand satisfied to welcome | the time when they can enter into the fullness of American life." AGRIULTURE WINS | FIRST SHIRMISH (Continued from First Page) were allotted for it, although the |leaders were in general agreement already as to what the planks should be—among others, a dry law cnforcement plank and e strong| promise of aid to the farmers. | The definite moulding of the | platform will come tonight when ymembers of the resolutions commit. {tee meet in private, Their product |will be offered to the convention | tomorrow. Session Tonight Meanwhile, it is planned to have a convention session tonight at | which rominating speeches will be- gin. . Convention delcgates took their | time in arriving at the hall today. Many had celebrated into the small | hours of the morning; and others preferred to be leisurely with their | cool baths in hotel rooms equipped with big fans. But long before the crowds swept into the huge coliseum, there was | | fun-making. The bands tried out itheir old favorites and a choir of | | Virginia negroes filled the hall with !the melody of spirituals. | By the Amsociated Prei A delegate contest from Louisiana | furnished the high point of the | purely formal part of the morning | | proceedings. Everyone agreed in | |advance that the Smith majority could smother the challenge that |had been made against the right {of Colonel Robert Ewing and hi |fellow Louisianans to sit in the | |convention but his political eppo- | nents in the state insisted on mak- | |ing their fght. While the convention was going into its ‘second day the platform jcommittee was at work in another [part of town hearing the conflicting | views of wets and drys and seeking la compromise. Committeemen wers doubtful whether the platform |would be ready in time for consid- eration at a night session. Dusky Chorus Nearly an hour before the time set for convening the forenoon mes- {sion, another touch of the revival spirit was given the assembling convention by a very dusky chorus of jubilee singers, who took the platform 100 strong and poured out such old plantation spirituals as “De Heat ob de May,” “Jes' Like |John" and a dozen others. Their | mixed voices filled the huge hall, drowning the hum of the big ven- | tilating fans whihc worked vainly, even in the almost empty hall, to churn the hot, gummy air into a semblance of life. The negro singers made every minor chord and plaintive intonation tell where a 50 piece military brass band was all but lost in the general noise. When they had been at it for a half hour they filed off the stage, now filling with distinguished guests allotted seats there. and left {the convention bands to carry on. | | They did so noisily, beginning with {“How Dry I Am.” while the crowd bsughed and applauded. ' | bed tonight it may have see ifor a party | composed ot only Arriving at the hall just before the convening hour, Franklia D. Roosevelt, floor marshal for the Smith forees, said he understood definitely that the nominating speeches would be made at tonight's session. Roosevelt will nominate Smith, as he did four years ago in Madison Square Garden. The second day of the convention found many of the delegates al- ready hoarse from cheering—and with much more cheering to come. Crowding into Sam Houston hall last night in the wake of a down- pour of rain that -pilled water- spouts through the roof and drove temperatures downward to a point of real comfort, both delegates and spectators cheered to the ccho of a rousing democratic assault of repub- licanism and all its works, delivered by the temporary chairman and key- noter, Claude G. Bowers of New York. Twice he stirred his hearers to crashes of noisy approval that ranked almost as demonstrations— once when he praised Woodrow Wil- son, and again when he demanded that the hand of republican oppres- sion be removed from the throat of |the farmer. Real Action Before the convention goes to some real demonstrating, for there is possibility that nominating speeches for presidential candidates may be made at an evening session. Although the battle over first place on the ticket is conceded gen- erally to have about ended in victory for Governor Smith, much interest centered today in caucuses by the delegations from Ohio and Okla- homa, the last to decide where they will go on the first roll call. The two state meetings were called for th. same hour, a little in advance of the time set for opening the con- vention itself. that a decision to throw to Smith at once the Ohio and Oklahoma votes his managers expect him to get eventually, would settle the whole question on the first ballot. The other headliner among con- vention disputes, the disagreement over a prohibition plank, was having its inning meantime before the plat- form committee, with more than a possibility that in the end it would have to be disposed of on the floor of the convention itself. Dry Organize. Late last night a group of demo- cratic “bone dry” organized to war declaration endorsing !the dry laws without qualification. | Already a contingent on the other side had asked the platform commit- tee to put in a plank for modifica- tion. It is expected that the bulk of the Smith strength, constituting an overwhelming majority of the convention, will reject both of these proposals and accept instead a pro- nouncement for enforcement of the constitution and the law. Convention officials, while thank- | ful for the decided drop in tempera- ture that followed last night's thun- | der shower, hoped today that if any- more rain is to fall during the con- vention period. it will not come down either during or immediately pre- ceding a session In newly erected Sam Houston hall. Floors sSoaked. Some of the arriving delegations for the evening session found their floor sections soaked, and water still dripping merrily down from the wet rafters after the shower was over. A small torrent had descended on the speakers stand itself, and tele- graph instruments in the nearby press section were flooded out. But the storm had ended in time to per- mit the evening session to proceed in comparative comfort, with only a stray drop projecting itself down- ward here and there to surprise an unsuspecting delegate. Anyway, the perversity of the ele- ments was quickly forgotten when Chairman Bowers warmed up to Iis speech. The keynoter, an editorial writer for the New York Ivening Word, is a small man with a not overly-large voic But he lashed out his sentences against the repub- licans like a baseball pitcher throw- ing curves, and the delegates liked it. The amplifiers carried so well that he kept the attention of the folks in the farthest bleachers so distant that they must have been unable to distinguish much of the physical lincaments of the man who was addressing them. Speech Applauded Applause accompanied the speech all the way, as the speaker reviewed the oil scandal, recalled how Daugh- erty was driven from the cabinet, |traced out the goings and comings of Will Hays with the celebrated Sinclair bonds, attacked Secretary Mellon as a republican dictator without sympathy for democratic government, and fired a few shots at the protective tariff. The farm relief demonstration in- terrupted the hour's speech about midway. It began when one of the | official convention bands struck up a noisy air as the delegates were on their feet cheering. As the band joined in, a North Dakota delegate itook up the standard of his state nd carried it backward and forward across the front of the hall. For a while he was a one-rian parade, but other state standards fell into line as the music and cheering went on and ten minutes had elapsed before the place cards of the states all were back at their stations. During all of this time the great bulk of the delegates remained in their places, and the parade seemed two or three marchers for each state standard. Many who did not march, however, joined in the cheering and urged the demonstraters to prolong their tramp about the hall. The evening keynote was an in- novation, designed to bring this part of the convention to the ears of the greatest possible audience of radio listeners. Houston, Tex., June 27 (UP) — Senator Robinson of Arkansas, permanent chaipman of the demo- cratic national convention, in mak- ing his initial addres; today, suggest- ed that “no wet plank be inserted in our platform “It is true” he said, “that the democratic party is not a prohibition party. Neither is it an anti-prohibi- tion party—the fear that this con- vention will attempt to commit the | party to a ‘wet’ platform has alarm- ed many southern democrats who favor the continuance of prohibi- tion because of the evidence of its economic and moral value in the progress of the south. To ignore the practical political aspect of this qugetion is to invite and encqurage It was unquestioned | division in our ranks and to sub. merge these fundamental issues for which we can unite in concert.” Pleads For Harmony He declared that as congress now is constituted and as it likely will be composed for many years to come, there “appears no likelihood of re- peal or nullification of the 18th jamendment.” He pleaded for harmony and for “honorable compromises.’ He at- itacked what he called “false issues |advanced by republicans,” including “sham prosperity;” he advocated honesty in government, and pleaded for a strong farm relief position and for a democrat foreign policy. | "High points of the speech fol- {low “The democratic party has labor- ed to establish the doctrine that the fundamental function of government is to secure equality of rights and opportunities for all citizens. “In this campaign the republicans cunningly seek to raise false issues through which to win their way back inte public favor. ! “The national administration dur- |ing the last sever years is indefensi- Iblo from any standpoint. For cor- I ruption and inefficiency it is paral- lleled only by the disgraceful prosti- |tution of power in states dominated iby the republican party. The asser- |tion of our opponents that the dem- ocratic party cannot be trusted to promote sound business is totally false. The democratic party has at |no time interfered with lawful en- terprises. It is the defender of legitimate business. Better Prosperity Coming “The prosperity of the present by no means equals that under demo- cratic control. “The facts on the whole do not justify the boast in the Kansas City platform. Conditions Worse “The secretary of the treasury ad- {that conditions during that were worse than in 1926. “The President’s industrial con- ference hoard asserts that business | prosperity in the United States is confined to giant corporations. The bureau of foreign and domestic |commerce examined one hundred |thousand concerns in 1927 and re- | ported thirty-four thousand of them |earning no profits whatever. “The commissioner of internal year of the corporations manufacturing textiles and the same percentage of corporations manufacturing leather products reported net incomes for 1925. “The record of commercial and bank failures reflects the falsity of |this claim of exceptional prosperity. “In 1919, only 50 state banks and four National banks failed with ag- gregate liabilities of less than $1 000,000 in 1 361 state banks and 103 National banks with total lia- bilities of $175,000,000 passed into | receiverships. Note the figures for 1926; 772 state banks failed with liabilities of $266,000,000; the data for 1927 is incomplete but it shows | total liabilities of state banks which became insolvent during that year in | excess of $200,000,000, “What are the facts with respect to commercial failures? There were 29 per cent more in 1927 than in the previous year. “Annual farm products decreased more than $1,500,000,000 comparing 1924 with 1927. 20 Per Cent Decrease “The bureau of labor statistics reveal a 20 per cent decrease now in employment over 1927, “The depressed condition of agri- culture is of common knowledge. This, the greatest of all industries, has been steadily declining since the republican party initiated its policy |of deflation in 1921. Every one knows that agriculture has been go- ing backward since Wilson's admin- istration ended. Never before has there existed such discontent among farm producers. They attribute their distressed condition to the poli- cies of the republican party. “The economic equality of agri- culture with other industrics may be promoted by reducing the tariff on manufactured articles consumed by farmers; by a system of export debentures; or by the adoption of the principle of the McNary-Haugen bill. Such equality can never be cstablished by merely raising the tariff on importations of products which are grown in substantial sur- plus above domestic requirements. Farm Relief “This convention should invite support from farmers by declaring adherence to these principles. “The mingled stupidity and au | City convention to boast a prosperity evidenced by insolvent banks, bank- rupt farmers and merchants and by millions of unemployed laborers, in. farmers of the west and of the middle west will not support Mr. Hoover. He has led the forces op- posed to the McNary-Haugen bill and challenged its gdvocates.” Body Is Not That of The East Orange Man Clinton, June 27 (P—A body re- covered oft Clinton Beach yesterday by a lobsterman and identified as John Foran was positively identified today as that of John McAleer, 38, |of Newark, N. J., by Charles Poppe |of Jersey City, a brother-in-law. McAleer jumped off the steamer Middletown of the Hartford and New Yoérk Transportation Company two weeks ago. A verdict of suicide by drowning was given last night by Coroner Lowdes A. Smith. Relief From Houston Heat Promised Today Houston, June 27 (UP)—The weather man promised convention guests no relief from the heat to- day. They had sweltered yesterday through 90-degree , ‘weather though they had a good night's rest with cooling breezes after a heavy rain and thunderstorm in the early evening hours. Cloudy weather was predicted for today, with virtually no change in the temperature. TORNADO LOSS HEAVY Casper, Wyo., June 27 (UP)—A tornado which struck the Sait Creek oil field near here late yes- terday caused property damage e timated at $500,000, reports indicat- ed today. More than 125 oil derricks were wrecked, two gas plants and one pumping station were demol- ished. At least one person was in- jured. reports said. Communication was crippled by the storm and only meager reports were available, {mits in his annual report for 1927 revenue states that only three-fifths | dacity which prompted the Kansas | vite decisive political revolution. The | NO REPEAL OF THE PROHIBITION LAW (Continued from First Page grant of power from the American electorate. Senator Cgraway, of Arkansas, an ardent supporter of the McNary« Haugen farm relief bill, interrupted to suggest that Simpson ask unani- mous consent that Cashman be add- ed to the committee. That consent was obtained. Other members of the sub-committee besides Pittman }and Cashman are Caraway, Arkan. sas; Glass, Virginia; Moody, Texa Harrison, Mississippi; Ray, Uta! Walsh, Massachusetts; Ellingham, Indiana; Wagner, New York; Jones, Kansas, and Bratton, New Mexico. Drys on Hand Leaders of the drys in the conven- tion including Josephus Daniels, North Carolina publisher, Governor Moody and Senator Glass, were on hand with strong prohibition planks for which they were determined to conduct the most vigorous fight of !which they are capable. Each of the three will present the dry planks approved by their state conventions and will urge the sub-commiittee to adopt the most essential parts of each declaration. Should they fail to have the 18th amendment endorsed and the party pledged to its “sacred” enforcement they plan to carry their fight to the convention floor. Before the sub-committee begins its work several hours of public hearings on the prohibition, farm and other issues are on the sched- ule. ~ With the contending elements on the wet and dry issue still far apart on the form of the dry plank, opin- jion was divided as to whether this |question eventually would find its | way to the convention floor and pre- cipitate a real old fashioned demo- |cratic fight. | Are Hopeful Some of the drys, among them Carter Glass of Virginia, were hope- ful that they could obtain the kind |of plank they wanted from the reso- lutions committee—one declaring for rigid enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. Others were less op- timistic, with Josephus Daniels, . North Carolina publisher and former |secretary of the navy, still deter- ! mined to make a fight in the conven- |tion it need be. | Concededly controlling sufficient | votes in the convention to force into |the platform a straight-out declara- ition for general law enforcement, |similar to that of 1924, the Smith managers were silent as to their own wishes. It was known, however, that they preferred to have all ques- tions regarding the platform settled in the committee and it was sug- |gested that they might consent to a |plank as arid any that adopted by the republicans at Kansas City. Little difficulty was anticipated in the framing of a farm plank accept- able to the delegations from the agricultural northwest. It appeared certain that the plank finally re- ported to the convention would en- | dorse no particular panacea for the |ills of the country's basic industry. Come Into Open The fight over prohibition will come into the open at the commit- tee hearings, with spokesmen for the association against the prohibie tion amendment being pitted against |rcpresenla(1\'el of the Anti-S8aloon league and other temperance or- ganizations. The wets will make | the usual demand for a declaration | for repeal of the eighteenth amend- | ment. while the drys will ask for a strong enforcement plank, mention- ing the amendment and the enabling laws. The Boulder Canyon dam fight will come before the resolutions committee with the California dele- gation urging adoption of a plank favoring Colorado river flood con- trol legislation along the lines laid down in the Swing-Johnson bill, ex- cept that they would declare for the | distribution of the waters of the | Colorado river basin among the eev- ;l‘ral states of that basin, “in propor- |tion to their lcgal and natural rights.” Labor There Organized labor, through officials of the American Federation of La- | bor, will ask for an anti-strike in- | junction plank, for modification | the Volstead act to permit 2.75 cent beer; for rehabilitation of oal industry; for ratification of :chlld labor amendment, and i legislation dealing with many other | economic questions. Former service men who are dele« | Bates or alternates to the convene tion will present planks in the inter- est of the veterans similar to those approved by the republican conven- |tion. There appeared little doubt that the platform makers would write them into the party declara- tion. 'Miss Earhart to Sail For U. 8. Tomorrow London, June 27 (UP)—Miss Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz, and i Lou Gordon, of the American trans- atlantic airplane Friendship, left by automobile for Southampton today to sail tomorrow on the liner Presi- dent Roosevelt for New York. Previously Miss Earhart had at- tended the all-England tennis matches at Wimbledon. MRS. WILSON TURNS SPADE Houston, June 27 (M—8miling and gracious but refusing with her usual reticence, to say anything to the as- sembled audience, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson turned the first earth today }in the planting of a tree in memory of her husband on the site of the new Woman's City club building here. Introduced by Mrs. C. H. Cough- lin, president of the club, and by Jesse Jones, Houston's' convention backer, Mrs. Wilson smiled and bowed as she lifted a shovelful of carth and accepted roses and a tiny silver shovel in memoriam. RETURNS FROM AUSTRALIA Walter Fredericks who for the past two years has been living in Melbourne, Australia, returned to this city, his former home, today. He expects to stay here and will probably play with an orchestra in Tndian Neck. He is a trumpet player. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS