New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1929, Page 11

TRY 10 PEAGH_ flm._fiflVfl!NflR Legiaire Do’ Are Glred it ey . Oklahoma City, Jan. 9 (M—Leg- falative decks were'clegred here to- day for investigation of the admin- istration of Governor Henry John- son, tatget for more than a year of bitter opposition by anti-administra- tion forces who have sought his re- call on charges of incompetency. The governor’s forces were com- pletely routed and -legislators seek- ing to bring about his impeachment sained quick control of the house organisation yesterday ip the initial seasion of the twelfth biennial legia- lature. - Anti-administration forces already .had gained control of. the aenate, g ' Form Coalition Marshalling r- forces - with dispatch, Johnson's opponents form- ed a coalition of republicans and 10 insurgent democrats to take control of house, and dictate the per- sonnel ‘o 'a ‘committes on commit- tees which i3 to choose all house groups, Including an investigating committee to inquire into the con- duct state officers. Ji C. Nance of Cotton county, an wed enemy of Governor Johnaph, who succeeded in forestall- ing 1 impeachment session of lature in December, 1927, was gplected speaker of the house after withdrawal of Allen Street, an inistration man, Street's with followed defeat of the Johy forces, and a vain plea for and party regularity, ction was regarded in some as equivalent to impeach- eedings against the gov- d investigation of lcers whose conduct subject ‘of criticism. 1937 Survivors icleus of the insurgent dem- scral up, which formed with republ ns to gain control of 58 of the 108} votes in the lower house. consists‘of survivors of the attempt- o4 1927 impeachment session of the egislature, which was self-called, and broken up by court action ini- tated by Governor Johnson after he had used national guardsmen to bar the legislators from the state ~apitol Governor Johnson, a democrat, maintained the house had no con- stitutional right to convene itsel?, and although a mafority of the leg- islators; succeeded in meeting and prefer charges against him, the senate accepted the ruling of the state supreme court that the session was "lqlll and refused to take mo- tion, } The supreme court ruling was written . by Chief Justice Breanson, himself the target of charges st hat time. b who was impeached in 1933 after a bitter legislative battle, was a spen- tator to yesterday's proceedings in the house. Like the present execu- tive, Walton used the militia to half an impeachment seasion, but finally yielded “and convened the sessioh which discharged him. Governor Johnaon's . employment of Mra. O. O. Hammonds aa Wis confidential secretary, although thére is no statutory provision an employe, was the .basis of one of the aix charges preferred ag-inst him in 1927, Mrs. Hammonds, the subject of bitter attacks by anti forces, still holds the'position, Al other charge was basedl on his em- ployment as a special state agent of Jose Alvarado, then under convic- tion of burglary and now serving a term in the penitentiary. Not To Be Probed Chief ,Justice Branson. was ‘turn- ed out of office in the November 6 election and will not be a subject of investigation of the current sessiom. Ilt was believed, however, that, in- vestigation would be made of the office of Harry B. Cordell, president of the state board of agriculture, charged In 1927 with employing al- leged incompetent and:non-working persons in his department. ‘The three anti-administration democrats and two republicans chos- en for the committee on commit- tees were wcheduled to meet today to thresh out committee assign- ments. The combined houses also prepared to hear Governor John- son’s biennial address, postponed from yesterday when the coalition refused to halt organization for de- livery of the measage. East Has More Indians Than Western States ‘Washington, Jan. 9 (M—More In- diang live in New York than in the wide open spaces of Wyoming or Kansas and other states commonly thought wild and wooly as compared to the state in which Broadway glitters. 3 The Indian population of New York totals 4,419, according to in- | formation’ furnished by the interior department in connection with its appropriation bill. Wyoming has 1,963 Indians; Kan- | sas, 1,641, . There are just two Red | Men resident in Delaware. Okla- homa has the greatest Indian pop- ulation—119,335. | Knowlton to Receive | The Death Sentence Cambridge, Mass.,, Jan. 9 (UP)— The death sentence will be imposed upon Frederick Hinman Knowlton, Jr., young Framingham buciness man. convicted of the murder of a | Beverly school teacher, in Middlesex superior court at 4 p. m. today. Knowlton was convicted of 'the murder of Miss Marguerite Isabelle Stewart, whose body was found be- sidé the Cambridge turnpike in Con- cord on March 30 last. The state supreme court recently sustained the first degree murder verdict against him, and only gubernatorial intervention can now save him from Jack C. Walton, former governor.!the electric chair. of low —caomy kv such | * s > By the Associated Press. a record. restricted area. chased. when the stork arrived. were adopted. continued. it, but ahe says: after this Boston—A tooth 11 museum, years or so old. river, Alaska. |The lowest prices was $2,750 11871, Reno—Nevad: | Levi P. Moulton, than inhabitants, | New York — Mrs. Franklin girls' class in of justice, cut ‘to seven gallons war, and Rep. S8amuel C. Eddy, Canaan for speaker and ° inauguration of Trumbull for third term. | in the field priced sixes f ‘e Soto Six—the vogue in design, new in style, new in performance, the supreme. new value i ameong all the sixes under $1000—is the most significant car of the year. In five months’ time it has won a greater popu- lar triumph than ever before accorded to any mew car. Yetits newness singles it out today as it did on the day of its introduction. In its class, there is no match for its sparkling individuality; there is nothing to equal its obvi- ous quality and inspiriting performance. Because it is Chrysler-built, it stands at the New York—Gussie Lefkowits, 19 year old stenographer, seems to hold ' givisions Within four minutes she received four spmmonses to court gfln four policemen for “four traf- violations. She parked in a re- stricted area, then turned the wrong way, then was found to have only; when engine falters and suffer no a license permitting her to drive if |||} effects from experience, e had glasses, and then in front of her office she .;.rked -again in a Evergreen, Colo.—Frederick Hunt- ington Douglas, landscape artist and Mrs. Douglas arranged to adopt the expected child of a Denver woman who had been left & widow with sev- eral children. A layette.was pur-' It had to be duplicated Both twins New York—Mrs. James A. Stifl- |man is retiring from magasine pub- lishing. Her magazine has been dis- She invested $63,000 in “I feel as free as |if some one had given me $1,000,000. The money I sank in it was money T had made in stocks. It has been quite an adventure, but T think that !into the ground each month in Cali- | stick to aviation, Writ- ing people are very temperamental.” feet two inches long and weighing 300 pounds is at the Harvard Dental 8chool |in lessening the wastage due to over- It is & mastodon's, 50,000 ! production. It was found im- bedded in a bank of the Porcupine New York—Seats on the New | York stock exchange now have a total paper value s of $660,000,000, 1 The latest sale was for $800,000, D.| | Roosevelt, who conducts a school | American history |once & week, interrupting her duties in Albany as the first lady of the state, hes taken her puplls to the court of Magistrate Jean Norris, so they could study the administration _Los Angeles—Gasoline has been for a dollar. There is a retallers’ price-slashing.| Bridgeport—Greater spirit of, co- operation between rural and urban is urged in message at opening of 44th session of state Grange. Milfordi—Two ¥ale aeronsutical students dive 1,200 feet in plane Hartford—James A. Frear, op- anfrom Wisconsin will give principal talk at annual meeting of New England Tobacca Growers as- sociation ‘which opens here: Satur. day. 4 . Bridgeport—Sign of enforcing drunken driving law here given in sentence of ten days in jail plus ley, former policeman., |Gas Saved by Being Pumped Into Ground San Francisco, Jan. 9 M—As a measyre of conservation and to pro- vide pressure to increase the flow of crude oil, nearly a billien cublc feet of natural gas is being pumped back forma flelds. Reatorage of gas in great subter- ranean reservoirs was undertaken a8 an experiment, encouraged by ! federal and state agencies interested | ‘While engineers are unable to de. * | termine how much of the atored gar is beling lost by escaping throi fis. |sures in the earth, they are confi. !dent that a great reserve supply ir being accumulated from the quanti |ty that formerly was “blown off’ |into the air. The “blow off” was due, previ ously, to the necessity for the pur in in the opinfon of | Chase By utility companies of mor prohibition ad- ministrator, is the dryest state be- cause it has the fewest prohibition violations per square mile. Nevada has more square miles of territory ’ ks | sas than could be used at certah periods of the day in order to havc an adequite supply for the “peak load"” houps of the day. | Art for'State of | | Oklahoma in Bill Oklahoma' Gity, Okla., Jan, 9 (P —The Oklahoma legistature will be asked to appropriate’ $76,000 for art's sake. ‘ Frank . Phillips - of Bartlesvill who has made millions in oil, ofte: to :aatchithe appropriation with n | equal amount, and the $160,000 i to be used for decarating the stat capitol with 16 mural paintings o historical character. Club women of sponsoring the .mj mittee of thelr. Oklahoms ar« ement. A com leration will req Hartford—Nominations of Benn-lommend that Capt. Gllbert White tor Roy C. Wilcox of Meriden as | Parisian artist,. who painted thre: president pro tempore of the senate murals, which were unveiled in th: North | capitol Armistice day, ' be asked tc of the house paint the made prior to opening of legislature three murals were & gift to the state Governor -by Phillips as a memorial to Okla- other murals. White's homa's war dead. | | 4l BE o $100 fine‘'and costs to Charles Quig- very pinnacle of value in its ‘price range. New todsy as any car can be, 35,000 owners are already enjoying the distinction and satisfaction which play so large a part in De Soto ownership. 313% Féeton, $845; Roedster Espanol, $845; Sedan Coche, $845; Cupe Business, $845; Sedan, $885; Cupe de Lujo, $885; Sedan de Lujo, $955. All prices et factery. PRODUCT of CHRYSLER ™ J. B. MORAN MOTOR: SALES CHURCH STREET PHONE 2842-] - | DE Soro S1X NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1929, FLASHES OF LIFE: MRS. STILLMAN DARKNFSS SCAVFS CANAL'S SHIPPERS Puam Lises Thousands of Dollars Anpoally Panama, Jan. 9 (P—Although shipping interests have often claimed lars were lost annually hecause the Panama Canal was not operated on a 24-hour basis it has been learned that some skippers appear to be ad- verse to running their ships through the Gaillard cut after dark. This has become evident - since overhauling the locks on the Pacific side started on January 2. Opera- tions at that time were put on a 24- hour basis and the marine superin- tendent_has issucd this communica- tion: “It has come to the attention of | this office that during the first few | days of continuous | masters of several vessels scheduled | to make a night transit, after be- ginning the transit, refused to pro- ceed through the Guillard cut, mak- ing it necessary for the vessel either to anchor in Gatun Lake or tie up at Pedro Miguel or another nearby mooring station, thus not only con- that hundreds of thousands of dol—}’“"“l the prearranged achedule and | Machado for his consideration. | delaying.through traffic by the par- |tial transits, but causing congestion |of available space. | “In view of the above, effective January 14 and until completion of the lock overhauling, no vessel will i be scheduled for night transit unless the agent assures the port captain in writiflg that the vessel will complete & operation, fhe |tax of $1,000 would beimposed on all the transit as schedul | | pected to be completed ‘wbout May 1. f ik CIGAR TAX PROPOSED Havana, Jan. 9.-~(P—An annual Cuban clgar * manufacturers using cigar making machines under a measure which received the endorse- ment of the interior department to- day. The measure, secking to protect workmen against the introduction of machines, will be sent to President | REST ROOM FOR WOMEN IPor the convenience of all women nd girls the Y. W. C. A. has fur- The overhauling of the lopks.is ex- | cateds ished a reading and rest' room in Lconard building. The room is pen from 11:30 a. m., to 2:30 p. m. | Office girls, store girls, school | #Arls, and women visiting the stores ! o Telp make the room & plessant pace in which to spend. the neon heur. . Herald Classified Ads never fail to hit the mark. ‘ o HEADACHE Grandfather Is Happy! “It is astonishing,” he says, “how easy warm with Koppers Connecticut Coke, 1 it is to keep the house You see it burns so evenly and requires so little care that the house maintains a more even temperature than it has for years.” ’ This Coke costs much less than coal. It gives as much heat as coal, . in all leaves very few ashes, and is the ideal home fuel. Comes sizes—Furnace, Egg, Stove and Nut. 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