New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1928 —EIGHTEEN PAGES IOWA GIVERNIR FREDICTS HOOVER WILL OFFER BEST PLAN YET TO AID FARMERS Issues Significant State- ment After Confer- ence With Republican Nominee This Morn- ing. Candidate Given Assur- ances That Indiana, II- linois, Wisconsin and Minnesota Will Give Him Big Majorities. Aboard Hoover Traln, Omaha, Neb., July 18 (A—A prediction that Herbert Hoover will offer a plan of sarm relief more practical end in- telligent than any heretofore ad- vanced was made today by Gov- ernor John Hammill of Towa after & conference with the republican presidential candidate aboard the speclal train. Message to Convention This is the message which the governor said he would take to the republican state convention today at Des Moines to which city he is to fly by airplane from Council Blufis, to address the state political gathering. After half an hour's conference with Hoover during a ride between Missouri valley and Council Bluffs, Governor Hammill declared that the farmer has in Hoover “a real cham- pion,” “When his final explanation of his platform is made it will chal- lenge the admiration of all those interested in agriculture and the na- tion as well,” Hammill said. Asked upon what he based this conclusion, the governor said he believed the G. 0. P. standard bearer was going “to be specific and is going to have a rellef program that is worth while.” Is Certain Farmers Will Be Satisfied GOV. GLAND WITHDRAWS RUM PATROL RIGHTS Agreement Terminated — U. S. No Longer Active in British Waters MWAMMILL Miami, Fla., July 18 (P ation of the | United States coast g {allowed to patrol waters of British | possessions oft the Ilorida coast in search of rum runners b pub- irough a letier from the lington on l‘(('nl’d in federal district court here The letter tendered an apol v to the British government for teehnical violation of agreement and stat- ed that hicreafter the dry flect will | remain five miles off Bahaman Terniin- rd boats were sement under which | | terpret BELGIUM, ENGLAND ' AND POLAND SEND WORD OF APPROVAL {These Powers in Accord With American Plan to Meet for Treaty Renonncing ‘War BRUSSELS NOTE GIVES “FULLEST APPROBATION” British Text Will Be Published Fri- day Morning — Warsaw Declares Principles Outlined In Kellogg's | Note are Identical With Those for Which Poland Is Working. Strenuously Washington, July 18 (P—Belglum, |the fifth of the 14 nations Invited il-}‘ the United States to participate {in the conclusion of a multilateral Itreaty for the renunciation of war 'lias informed Secretary Kellogg that the treaty text as submitted meets |its “full approbation.” In a note which has caused much satisfaction to Scerctary Kellogg and | American government officials, the | Belgian government said it had ex- amined “with lively sympathy” the invitation of June 23 in which the country s asked to participate an original signatory to the war treaty. Attached to Plan | elgium is deeply attached i said the communication, dat- | ¥ 17 and made public by the |s nt today. *“She has for the real- ion of movements tending to con- ite peace. She is therefore Py 10 pay e to the idea inspir : the draft t ty. “The text prepared by the govern- {ment of Washington commands the | tull approbation of the royal govern- ment. This government notes with tisfaction the explanations and in- ions contained in your ex- collency’s letter. It is pleased to |note that the proposed pact will | maintain unimpaired the rizhts and obligations arising from the cove- s anti- | | | to | soli W. C. 7. U. TURNS THUNBS DOWN ON OLD R0OT BEER New Hampshire Branch Objects to 1t Because It “Contains & Yeast Cake.” Manchester, N. H., July 18 (P— Root beer and pretzels will be the | fare at the lawn fete of the East Manchester Tennis club with ap- proval of the First Methodist church and the disapproval of the local W. C. T. U. members, Miss Edith P. Flander, one of the leaders in the state W. C. T. U. ranks warned the club members that the root beer contains a yeast | cake, the yeast cakes cause fer- | mentation, that fermentation creates alcoholic content to one bottle of root beer and that the whole com- bination causes the W. C. T. U. folks to look askance at the menu for the fete, But the club committee consulted | the authorities of the church with | which it is affiliated and—well, root | beer and pretzels will be served to- | night. | 0. 0.P. IN COUNCIL MAY OPPOSE BONDS |sweeping across Mexico in tt Agreement Reported Reached a Seashore Conference LARGE ISSUE AT STAKE, Republicans Said to Have Had | Comnficld Point — Mayor Paonessa Has Two Vetoes Meeting at Ready for Tonight. Republican leaders who were reached this afternoon would make no comment on a reported agree- ment to oppose a water bond issue of $1,225,000, claimed to have been reached last night at a republican | caucus at Cornfield Point. At an informal mecting of the council Monday night at the Mayor's office several of the republican mem- Lers raised objection, but none de- clared absolute opposition. When the memorial committee met last night, the absence of republican council members, of which tecmen, was noticed, Roger W, | we can help stop it, we shall do so {one authority said | United States government to have | tinuance 20 are commit- | U. 3, WILL DO ALL WITHIN MEAY o, PREVENT REVflll"‘ Government Circles Annonnce; Intention of Protecting This Side of Mexican Border CALLES HIMSELF SEEMS T0 BE MOST POWERFUL Students of Mexican Constitution Say that President Alone Has Power to Act in Such a Crisis as the Assassination of President- Elect—May Stay in Office Longer Now. Washington, July 18 (UP)—The United “will do whatever it can on this side of the Mexican sorder” to prevent revolution from wake of the assassination of President- Elect Obregon, it was declared Io}ny in government circles. “Revolution is the want to see in Mexico last thing we i naturally, if American interest in this phase of the new crisis which confronts its neighbor is due to the dosire of the a strong government in Mexico, it was i1, Obregon's election to the presidency had been considered here as a guarantee that the present gov- {ernment policies would be continued undisturbed strengthened. Now, it is realized by American officials, the sole hope for the con- of stable rule in lies in President Calles’ ability to keep disorder from spreading and to put a strong man, probably himself, in the presidential chair own term expires December 1, Although no active steps to strengthen the embargo on the ship- ment of arms into the southern re- public are planned, it clear that vigilance along the bor- der to prevent the and perhaps even Mexico after his was made movement of guns and ammunition to potential | revolutionists would be redoubled. PRICE THREE CENTS IMEXICO IS TENSE AFTER SLAYING 210, A L ;’n. iy, OBREGON AND ARMY IS BEING HELD IN READINESS FOR ACTION Body of Dead General Rests in State in Hall Ambassadors in National Palace Guarded by Friends. 1Members of Cabinet and High Government Offi-| cials Stand by Bier Hon- ‘ oring Their Dead Chief- | tain—Mourn His Death. ‘ | Mexico City, July 18 (A—TUpon a | great bier draped with the national | colors the body of President-elect | Alvaro Obregon rested in state in the hall of ambassadors in the na- tional palace today. 'There he had received the diplomatic corps when preside and where he had expeet- cd to receive sain when he began his sceor A guard of rs of the 3 y sur- rounded the dead leader. The body | was borne to its resting place shorfly | after mid on the shoulders of | Aaron 8o governor of Nueva on; Ricardo Obregon ader in congress and a group of cabinet and army and navy officers. A guard of honor composcd only of army offi surrounded the na- tional pa the body arrived | after passing from Obregon’s home through streets lined with soldicrs. Calles 1s M As the cortege enter President Calles came the balcony and took his place at | the head as chicf mourner. The president was barely able to rest r\ln his emotion as he met the casi Topete, e as mer d the palace, down from Man Who Was to Succ‘ee’d Calles of Shot | | | | : Many Rumors of Upris- ings But All Prove to Be False—Strict Cen- sorship is in Force Throughout Country. {President Calles Surrounde« ed by Strong Guard—All Saloons Closed as Well ag Theaters — Slain Man’ Opponents Flee City. Mexico City, July 18 (P—Assassine ation of President-elect Alvaro Obres gon caused stringent measures today to curb disorder. Censorship was in force. Police and soldiers patrolled the streets of 1lh. capital and the roads of the sur- | prepared for rounding countryside. The army was an emergency, all | troops being ordered to barcaks and ‘ held in readiness in case of disorder, There were innumerable rumors in the capital of uprisings and othep killings, but all proved to be untrue, | Intense excitement prevailed everye | Where, but neither the newspapers | nor the government had any informe ation of trouble breaking out anys . Wwhere in the republic. The war di partment today issued an official communique saying that the army | would guarantee the public peace, | Callcs Protected | President Calles was surrounded | by a strong guard. All saloons were | closed as were theaters and othep places of amusement. § ! Many of those known to be ope | posed to Obregon fled from Megxico | City betore the fury of his friends | and supporters which was kept in | bounds only by police precautions, Knowledge is Specific “I can speak with knowledge that Is specific,” he said. “Mr. Hoover is The headquarters of Luis Morones, secretary of labor and Obregon's | political opponent, were surrounded Whitman being the only one present. Inquiry disclosed that a great num- ber of them had gone to Cornficld nant of the League of Nations and shores. |trom the Locfrno agreements which Return to their owners of two | B R boats capturcd more than a vear ago i s S This embargo was laid down January 7, 1924, when it appeared that Adolfo de la Huera, who at Later today the body will be sent | by special train to Obregon's home | PRESIDENT CALLES geing to make farm rellef the first principle of his administration. He regards 1t both as a moral and pos- itive obligation of the party and of himself. He recognizes that there is 2 problem and that it is an obliga- tion upon the whole people. “The farmers are going to have faith in Hoover and in his program. In my judgment he is going to offer & plan more sound than any offered to the American people.” Governor Hammill sald he would deliver this message to the conven- tion in much more elaborated form, explaining that he would outline the and intelligent | and liquor cargoes was ordercd. The liquor is stored in warehouse here. One of the cap- | libelled and sold at auction. The state department also prom- ised the British embassy to remit bail and drop charges a i\ six | men arrested by the coast guard pa- trol in connecticn with the two seiz- ures. The agresinent permitted can patrol boats to r waters only for the purpose serving rum craft. The state department was said Ameri- British a government | tured vessels is said to have been | of ob- | | ntees of securi Appreciates Action “The Belgian government highly appreciates the action of the Amer- | 1 sovernment which permits it to |/oin in the great work destined to |develop the spirit of peace through- | out the world and to diminish in | future the risk o fnew catastrophes. | “The royal government would be grateful if the government of the { United States would inform it as to i the date and place it may choose for the signature of the treaty.” Germany, France, the Irish Free | State und Ialy, in addition to Bel- gium, | before Point where the agreement tions is reached. Gets Sccond Consideration Tonight's meeting is the secon which action on this bon issue will be sought. Last mont the board of finance and taxatio brought in a proposal to provide money with which to construct a filtration plant but the type of plant to be used had not been agreed on. Councilman Donald L. Bartlett, one of the G. O. P. leaders, moved that the resolution be tabled for one reported to have on the water system and on salary ques- bee: that time threatened to overthrow the Obregon administration by revo- lution, was recelving arms from this country. The order was soon follow- ed by the collapse of the de la Huerta rebel movement. Known Mexican revolutionists in the United States are also being closely watched. Most prominent of these suspected rebel leaders, and a man reported to have the largest following in Mexico, is de la Huerta who has been under justice depart- n d d h n ment surveillance in his California home for several months. Calles All Powerful the funeral train. officers and accompany Obregon to his last rest- | at Cajine, Sonc-a, from which state | Calles,also comes. Calles invited the public to as- semble at the national palace to ac- company the cortoge to the station. It was expected that Calles would | not feel free at this time to go with | Cabinet members a military guard will | ing place. File By Picr | All night long persons desiring to pay their last respects to Obregon filed by the bier. Guards scrutinized the visitors carefully but practically all who desired admission were ad- NEW HAYEN TEAGHER FOR 58 YEARS DIES Dr. Susan S. Sheridan' Started Her Teaching Career in 1870 | by a guard at the instance of Pres- | ident Calles, who feared that there.. | might be some attempts at violence. Lies In State General Obregon’s body rested to- day in state in the great salop of the national palace which he had‘expect. ed to occupy for a second time in December. It was surrounded by & guard of honor composed of mem. bers of the cabinet and the highest | officers of the army and navy. The one armed warrior-president | was slain yesterday afternoon at & | banquet in his honor by a man whe | approached under the guise of shows | ing Otregon some cartoons he had now have given their unquali- fied acceptance to the text of the treaty in its revised form as sub- mitted by Secretary Kellogg. The Washington, July 18 (®—As the Mexican constitution is iInterpreted by American students of that docu- ment, initiative in meeting the situ- mitted. President Calles sent this telegram to all governors and military com- manders: month, and it was 50 voted. Since that time the slow filter plant has been agreed on and it was explained in detail to the council at also to have requested the treasury department to transfer from the Florida unit Boatswain Larry Chris- tiansen, who commanded a patrol N ! drawn of the dinner. He fired six £ Taven Inly 18 UM e B ieks frialifieh nreai oy san 8. Sheridan, for 58 years &!concealed among the sketches. The teacher in the public schools of this | nssassin was almost torn apart by definite things which Hoover would present in his acceptance speech at Palo Alto, Calif., on August 11, No Equalization Fee The governor conceded that the | equalization fee had been definitely thrown into the discard,but he de- clared emphatically that the farm leaders of Iowa were surrendering no principle and no cause, but were agreed that there were more ways than one by which the agricultal problem could be solved. Finally the governor predicted that Jowa would go for Hoover by & | majority of at least 200,000. After (Continued on Page 14) DODGES LIQUOR BILL, SALESMAN BEATEN UP Victim Waylaid by Duo as He Steps From Auto Waylaid by two New Haven men as he stepped out of his automobile on West Main street, about opposite | Liberty street, this forenoon, Morris Reicher, an automobile salesman, was severely assaulted, according to | his report to the police. Reicher, who formerly was a storekeeper, is said to have admitted to the police that the assault was precipitated by his fallure to pay a debt of $150 growing out of a liquor deal some | time ago. Captain George J. Kelly detailed Bergeants O'Mara and McAvay and Officers McCabe and Harper to in- vestigate the report, but when they arrived, the New Haven men had left. Taking up the chase in the police service car, the officers went as far as Milldale and returned through Meriden, without catching sight of the allegea assailants. Reicher gave the name of one of them and it is expected that an ar- rest will be made, Reicher said the men were wait- ing for him, apparently, as he had no warning of their presence and before they desisted in their attack he had been scratched and bruised about the face and cut and scratched about the arm. The pair jumped into a waiting car and sped towards Plainville, obtaining several minutes atart before the pursuit was organ- iged. It was thought one of them had & revolver, although nobody saw a weapon. The manner in which he held his hand as he entered the au- tomobile, indicated, however, that Be might have been armed. boat which participated in the “Pop™ Nesle incident last year off Gun Cay. The incident led to charges that | British boats had been seized in Bahaman waters and that Nesle had taken part of the liquor car- | gors for himselr. | Nesle, a former American dry agent, who was said to have been {on the patrol boat as a pilot, was convicted at Nassau of receiving stolen goods from a ship and served a term of one year imprisonment. British authorities sought the ex- tradition of Christiansen on charges of piracy but on fulfillment of the American promises, the British em- bassy was said to have agreed to drop ‘its request for ex‘radition. DROWNED AT MOMAUGUIN New Haven Young Man Meets Death ‘When He Takes Part in Midnight | Bathing Party. New Haven, July 18 (P—Funeral | services for Thomas Aiello, | drowned last night during a | night bathing party off Momauguin, | will be held from his late home, 25 Winthrop avenue and St. Anthony's church on Friday morning. Aiello with several other youths who have been staying at the shore resort, went in swimming late last night. No one saw him drown nor was anyone aware that he was in trouble. The first intimation anyone had that all was not well was when Alfello failed to return to the cot- tage. Scarch was started and Afel- 10's body was found soon after. BURIED T0 THE NECK New Haven Plumber Caught in Cave in But Managed to Keep Head Above—Finally Dug Our. New Haven, July 18 (#-—None the worse for his experience, Herbert A. Raban, 70, a plumber who yester- day was buried to the neck in loo: sand and rock when a sewer pipe excavation caved in, was back on the job today. Raban was working in an excavation six feet deep when the sand and rock on the sides start- ed to slide. He was unable to climb out in time to avoid the slide but by standing erect managed to keep his head out of the pile. Fellow workmen soon freed him and he was taken to New Haven hospital where his bruises were taken care of after which he was allowed to leave. acceptance of Great Britain also is expected to be received today and within the next week or ten days it is thought the nine other nations will make known their attitude toward the new pact. | Arrangements as to the place and (Continued on Page 12) SHITH CLUB TO OPEN DRIVE WITH DINNER {New Britain Democrats Plan Function for Noti- fication Day | A dinner and enthusiasm meeting mu probably mark the opening of |the campaign by the Alfred E. |Smith for President club, President Cyril J. Curtin announced today, and it is likely that the day of Governor Smith's acceptance will be selected | for the event. The club, which is the outgrowth of the New Britain Democratic club |has not met for the past two |months, awaiting the return of Thomas J. Smith of this city, who went to Houston, Texas, as one of the delegates from Connecticut. It |1s expected that Mr. Smith will be | the principal speaker at the dinner. President Curtin of the Smith club was in charge of the campaign to |bring out new voters prior to the April election, and was successful |in accomplishing a feat without pre- cedent when the democrats made a greater number of new voters than ilhfl republicaps on successive days. Yale Glee Club to Be In Paris This Evening Paris, July 18 (#—The Yale Glee ctub which will make its Parisian concert debut tonight, was formally presented to Paris officials at the city hall. The visitors signed the city’s golden hook which is reserved for notable visitors to Paris. i BIG LIQUOR SEIZURE | Scandinavians Greenwich, July 18 (UP)—Liquor | valued at $25.000 was seized when police stopped two New York auto- mobiles here today. Charles R. Powers and Howard Erie in one car and Joseph R. Bent- ly in another were held in $2.000 ’em‘h for hearing Friday. All were of New York. The men said their load was con- | signed tor Stamfora. &et them to bed. ( Continued on Page 12) ( Continued on Page 12) “Show Us Some American Girls,” Cry Boy Visitors From Denmark Guests Amazed at Broad- way and Sights of York — Inspect Factories Today. “Show us some American girls: Half a hundred young Danes, ar- riving in this country in an inter- change of boys to further worl peace, stepped off the boat at New York city, looked about, and voiced this cry as their first demand upoa their American hosts. Four of the six destined for New Britain have | already reached here, and both the guests and their ‘“American par- ents” are feverishly seeking to make the visitors acquainted with some of the young American misses whom they are 50 anxious to meet. Whether or not they are culti vating the ways of this country i an eftort to make themselves mor attractive to the girls, the to adopt some American youth, although they have been in this country for only some 48 hours. One of New Britain's guests today was proudly displaying his lack of garters and was boast- ing, “I wear my socks like the col- legians.” Broadway Lures Them Almost overcome by the warmth of their reception in New York yes- terday and by the myriad new won- ders which have assailed their eyes and ears, they are still rather dazed in their impressions of America, but they all agree upon what has struck more forcibly upon their minds. The bright lights of Broadway at night impressed them more than anything else, and the youths from abroad wandered up and down that thor- oughfare Monday night with such unsatiable eagerness that it was al- most impossible for their hosts to The boys arrived aboard the “United States” and reached dock in New York at 11 o'clock Monday Local | young have already begun of the customs of | morning. A welcome committee (Continued on Page 13) GENERAL HAS FALL V |51st Infantry Brigade Commander Breaks Collar Bone When He is Thrown From Horse. Camp Devens, Mass., July 18 (P)— Brigadier General Albert C. Gray, ! commanding the 518t infantry |brigade, Massachusetts National Guard, received a fractured collar- | bone today when his horse stumbled and fell while the general was di- | recting instructions of his troops. New Lawyer Will Act d As Corporation Counsel ! Attorney Harold N. Williams who was given the attorney’s oath in su- | perior court at New Haven last week will be acting corporation counsel at tonight's meeting of the common | | council, taking the place of Judge |John H. Kirkham who will be out of the city. Several opinions by Judge Kirkham relative to salary matters will be considered by the council. Mr. Williams is connected | | with the office of the corporation counsel. n ] DAME TERRY ILL London, July 18 ()—Some anxfe- ty was felt today for Dame Ellen Terry, noted actress, ill at her home in Kent yesterday. She had not improved today. After her indisposition last February, the famous actress enjoyed satisfactory health until yesterday. * THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Local thundershowers tonight or Thursday; not so warm Thursday. L —— * HIGH TIDE — JULY 19 New Haven 1:47 a.m.,1:53 pm. am. *fiv‘ Charles D. Henry, candidate for president, this morning. Large of Georgetown daughter and Allan Henry Hoover, | who became “With profound sorrow, I inform you the president-elect was villain- s [ (Continued on Page 13) ] MRS. HOOVER'S FATHER DIES THIS MORNING Death Comes as Daughter Was Speeding on to His Bedside Placerville, Cal, July 18 (®— father-in-law of the republican died herc Herbert Hoover, Mr. Henry died without having realized his last wish—that he might live to see Mrs, Hoover, his daugh- | once more. The end came at 15:30 a. m, while the special train| ibearing the republican standard | bearer- and his wife toward Califor- mia and home, was racing westward | across Iowa. Arrangements to speed | up the schedule of the train so Mrs. | Hoover might reach Placerville see her father alive were made yes- | terday, but at best they to| could not | reach the west coast before Friday | morning. | At the bedside were Mrs. Guthric | Cal., another son of the presidential candidate, Mr. Henry, who was §4 years old, suffered a paralytic stroke on July 4 while on a camping trip with Mrs. | Large. Physicians said he wouid have died almost at once except for his remarkable vitality, Aboard Hoover Spccial, Fremont, Nebraska., July 18 (P)—Immediate- ly after word reached the secretary and Mrs. Hoover today of the death of Mrs. Hoover's father, C. O. Henry, announcement was made that the welcome home reception planned for the presidential nominee at San Francisco would be postponed until after the formal notification cere- monies at Palo Alto on August 11. First news of the death of Mr. Henry was conveyed to Mr. Hoover | at Omaha by the Associated Press. As soon as the special left that city, the secretary broke the tiding to Mrs. Hoover, who had been encour- aged by late reports last night as to her father's condition. She will remain in her private stateroom during the remainder of (Continued on Page 14) | schools city and founder of the English de- ! partment in the school, died at her home, 519 Orange street today. A fall in 1903 lamed' her for life and she was never en- tirely well from that time on, but the illness which caused her death was contracted last April. Dr. Sheridan started her teaching career in 1870 at which timpe teachers re- ceived $1 a day and there wera few lishment of many new schools, one of them named Susan 8. Sheridan | Junior High school in her honor. She held a B. A. degree from the of Omaha and a Ph. D. . the latter conferred on Sheridan had been confined to ‘a hospital for several months but was taken home when she expressed the desire to die in the house in h was hprn. Funeral services will be held from | her late home and St. Mary’s church on Friday morning. Burial will be | in St. Bernard's cemetery. H. §. HANES FOR COUNCIL Vacancy to Re Filled By Republi- cans By Street Man. H. Stuart Hanes of ot will be clected a first ward mber of the common council at tonight's meeting, representatives of t district having selected him from among the four candidates for ¢ position. Tonight's meeting will <0 elect Frank L. Conlon a sixth ward councilman. Mr. Hanes is con- nected with the Stanley Rule and Level Co. and Mr. Conlon with the i Stanley Works. |Cinder in Eye Prevents Watson From Speaking Indianapolis, July 18 (P—Senator James E. Watson of Indlana was unable to attend a third district re- publican rally at Salem today, where |he was to have made the principal speech, because of an injured eye. Watson got a cinder in his left eye while en route to Indianapolis from the east yvesterday and had to be given medical attention. WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK Brooklyn, N. Y., July 18 (UP)— Greek met Greek today and Charles Proccopious was minus $1500 when the meeting was terminated. Proc- coplous told police he was counting his money in the rear of the Sugar Bowl when two other Greeks enter- ed with guns, forced him into & backroom and took his monep, Hillhouse High | She lived to see the estab- ! Election of Coolidge | 70 Coolidge | maddened friends of the slain gene (Continued on Page 13) MILITARY AND NAVAL SPECTACLE PROPOSED C. N. G. and Naval Base Men to Be Invited to Dedication The entire personnel of the Cone necticrt National Guard and the men stationed at the New Londor naval base are to be invited to take part in | exercises marking dedication of the World War memorial at Walnut Hill iplrk. September 22, and if accepte ance is voted there will be more than 5,000 uniformed men in parade on that day. This is planned to be one of the | blg features of the dedicatory proe |gram which includes a parade, me morial exercises at the monument, & dinner at which thousands will ba fed, and a display of fireworks. Plans for the parade will be dise cussed at a meeting of the executive | committee next Monday night. Dis- | cussion of speakers will also occupy the committee’s attention. FINDS MOTHER DEAD Major General O'Ryan Also Finds Sister Killed By Gas Fumes tm Same Apartment. New York, July 18 (P—Major General John F. O'Ryan, comman- der of the 27th division in the World | War, today found that his mother, | Mrs. Anna O'Ryan, who had been missing several days, and his sister, Mrs. Anne McLeer, had been asphyxiated in the daughter's Flat- bush apartment. General O'Ryan had not heard from his mother for several days, and when all telephone calls wers unanswered he went to the aparte ment and found the bodies. Mrs. McLeer was the wife of Lieue tenant Colonel James Crooke Mc- Leer, who served under General O'Ryan in overseas. They were married in 1925. MRS. OBREGON COLLAPSES Navajoa Sonora, Mexico, July 1€ (UP)—Senora Maria Tapia Obregon, wife of the dead president-elect of Mexico, was in a m of complets