New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1929, Page 1

OF INTIRIDATION Charges Employers With Threat- ening (0 Oust Workers Yoting British Laborites ALLEGES EXPRNDITURES OF RIFALS ARE REAT English Election Grows Hotter as Voting Day Approaches—Labor Leader Asks That Political Parties Publish Incomes and Expensos— Says Tories Have Virtually Beem | Given Millions in “Presents.” Crewe, Cheshire, England, May 25 (M—Charges that employers have told those working for them they will lose their jobs if they vote for labor parliamentary candidates in the British gcneral election May 30 were made by former Premier Ram- say MacDonald in an election ad- dress here last night. He expressed a desire for-an act of parliament forcing political par- ties to disclose sources of their funds charging that favors were granted industries and individual firms in re- turn for contributions to campaign ©h . “If the employers in order to get the safeguarding duties threaten their working people that unless they vote with them they will lose their jobs, I will challenge that as being illegitimate,” Mr. MacDonald declared. “Fighting Cash” “In this fight we are up against cash on the other two sides. I would like to pass an act of parliament that every political party and organ- ization taking rart directly or indi- rectly in elections, should register themselves and, like the trades unions, should put in every year a full statement of income and expen- diture. “I would offer no limitation. All T would want to begin with would be to get the facts. I would like to get the source of the liberal fund and the conservative fund and to know how much money they are xoing to spend by election day. Why, it would amaze you. A quarter of & million sterling (about $1,250,000) would be far too short an estimate. These people who cannot stand an- other penny of taxation can pay fire insurance by subscribl party,” he said in attacking em- ployers. < Ol Near-Bribery “It comes to this: ‘If you give us a ten thousand pound subscrip- tion we guarantee in our taxation and industrial legislation to give you the equivalent back,'” Mr. MacDon- ald gave as a hypothetical conser tive or liberal promise. The labor leader instanced Lord Melchett, the former S8ir Alfred Mond, president of Imperial Chemi- cal Industries. Lord Melchett told the shareholders that the company, by reason of the operations of the government's de-rating legislation removing the burden of local taxa- tion, had received a present of $1,000,000 & year. That represented a gift equal to $20,000,000 in capital, Mr. MacDonald added FLO0D IS BELIEVED WELL IN HAND NOW Worst Dangers Along Mis- sissippi Thought Past —Work Goes On Memphis, Tenn., May 25 UP—En- gineers today belicved that the worst dangers of high water on the Miss- issippi and its tributaries have pass- ed for the present. Supervisors of the men reenfore- ing the strategic Mounds Landing levee which protects three Mississ- ippi delta counties announced that an emergency embankment around the weakest spots had been completed. Major John C. H. Lee of the army district levee commission has noti- fled Governor Bilbo of Mississippl that fears for the levee's safety were exaggerated. June rises predicted for the lower Mississippl apparently brought ne discouragement to the engineers to whom the present stationary stage at Memphis and a possible early fall offered every hope that a repetition of the 1927 flood disaster at and around Greenville would be present- ed. & Similar reports came from the St. Francis river in Missouri and the Red, Arkansas and White rivers in Arkansas, and most of the tribu- taries were stationary or falling. Yale Cognoscenti Win Baseball Game New Haven, May 25 (UP)— ‘The Yale Daily News claimed today that EIli brains, discredit- o4 by the loss of last year's “culture contes to Harvard, had been vindicated by yester- 32 to 7 victory of the Yale Phi Beta Kappa baseball team over the Crimson. ‘The honorary scholastic so- cieties clashed on the diamond at Yale field, resuming a rivalry that had been dormant for two years. Hershey of the Blue “Cere- belli” hit a home run. bringing 18 twe of his teammates. DR, HIALMAR SCHACHT FUTURE OF EUROPE IN SCHACHT"S HANDS German Financial Expert’s Reply Due by Monday at Latest Paris, May 25 (®—Dr. Hjalmar 8chacht, German reparation spokes- man, has before him probably the most difficult decision of his life, In it, no matter what its character, wiil be bound Germany's and Europe’s ccopomic future for decades to come. Fifteen weeks' parleying between him, his German confreres and the financial experts of six creditor na- tions appeared today to be all but concluded, with negotiations at a stage where on a single person's as- £ent or non-assent rested success or tailure, And, it appeared, that per- on—in this case Dr. S8chacht—must answer, either today, tomorrow or Monday. Briefly, the reparation parley had simmered today down to acceptance or refusal of. an offer tendered by the creditor nation delegates with the understanding it was their last word, and that no further compro- mise or concession on their part was possible. The offer entails annuities contin- uing- through 59 years, starting at 2,050,000,000 marks (about $492,- 000,000) in settlement of claims ugainst Germany arising out of the war. In addition’ there was another requisite of additional annuities of 25,000,000 marks to Belgium to cover depreciation of Belgian currency “the German occupation, con- ditions making a large part of the anuuities unconditional. to permit commercialization and refusing cer- tain German reservations, previously made, STANLEY MEMORIAL CHURCH 'BUYS HOWARD ST. HOUSE Rev. Raymond N, Gilman and Bride To Occupy Home After Their Honeymoon Officials of the Stanley Memorial church yesterday purchased an eight room cottage at 29 Howard street for use as a parsonage, following the contemplated marriage of their pastor, Rev. Raymond N. Gilman, to Miss Gladys C. Shaler, June 1, The home was purchased from Linus Anderson and is a modern frame house. It has a frontage of 60 feet and a lot depth of 150 feet. The purchase price was approxim- ately $8,000, The church officially takes pos- session June 1, although renova- tions, repainting, repapering and other alterations have been started. The committee in charge of the purchase consisted of A. W. Ritter, chairman and A. 8. Spencer. Rev. Mr, Gilman and Miss Shaler will be married June 1 and will go to the White Mountains for their wedding trip. Upon their return the¥ expect to go directly to house- keeping in the new parsonage. Mr. Gilman at present maintains bache- lor quarters in an apartment at 666 East street. ~ Call Linder as Witness In Gas Station Hearing Clerk Thomas Linder of the board of adjustment will be subpoenaed to superior court to testify Tuesday morning in the action brought by the:Standard Oil Co. through Attor- ney Donald Gaffney, to require in- spector A. N. Rutherford to issue a permit for construction of a gaso- line filling statiof at Franklin square and Pearl street. His testi- mony, together with that of Mr. Rutherford and a representative of the oil company, will make up the petitioner's case. Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham will be present to defend the city’s action in refusing to per- mit operation of a filling station in the industrial zone. The petitioner claims that this ‘s an unreasonable exercise of police power and that it is contrary to the principle of zoning, in that it im- pOses a greater restriction in an in- dustrial area than it does in a busi- neas district. Municipal Investments Earn $23,368 in Year The annual report of President Edward F. Hall of the board of finance and taxation lists $23,368.13 in incomes earned on invested sink- ing funds. During the year. the ac- counts were further increased by city appropriations totaling $97.700. The total of sinking funds is now $645,255.4. BRITAIN HERAL NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1929.—EIGHTEEN PAGES “ty Mutual ambitions have developed prospect of simultanéous take-off Orchard, Me,, in effort to span Atlantic. right, top to bottom, are French trio, Assolant, Lotti and LeFevre, whose goal is Paris. Under map is the Green Flash, which Capt. Lewis Yancey (lower left) and Roger Williams hope will MRS. TUNNEY GAINS FOLLOWING RELAPSE Wife’s Illness Adds Former Heavyweight Champion’s Woes to Pola, Italy, May 25 (UP)—After a consultation of physicians attend- ing Mrs. Gene Tunney it was ncunced at 9 a. m. today that her condition was good and that no op- eration would be necessary at present. ? Prof. nob'r(u Cristofoletti, noted Italian surgeom, came to the retired heavywelght champion’s villa on Brioni Island early today for a spe- cial examination of Mrs. Tunney and later conferred with Dr. Zadro, di- rector of the Rovigno clinic. After their conference they announced Mrs. Tunney's condition was not ex- ceptionally serious and was even slightly improved over yesterday. Prof. Cristofoletti was requested to come here by Tunney when his wife suffered her relapse. Tunney broke away from the bed- side yesterday long enough to make the trip to Rovignor for Dr. Zadro. His departure was the first intelli- gence residents of the island had that Mrs. Tunncy again was ill. Travelling by motorboat to Fasano on the mainland, Tunney hired an automobile there to rush to th: Povigno clinic, where he obtained tho services of its director. They made the trip back to Brioni Island an- (Continued on Page 15.) ~ ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF | CONVERSATION AT CONN. TAlL TEWRLERS [ lg CONVEATION HELD WEne” THIS Wi — carry them to Rome. At top is French Bernard monoplane. Aasociated Preas Photo Associated Press Photo of two planes from Old At extreme LIVED ENTIRE LIFE IN SAME DWELLING George Miller, Curtis St. Resident, Dies at Age of 51 Years George Miller, years old, who lived all his life in the house at 141 Curtis street where he was born, died at 3:45 o'clock this morning at the New Britain General hospital. He was a son of the late Herman Miller, one of the first German na- tives to setile in"New Britain, Many years age Mr. Miller acquired the home on Curtis street and the Miller family is one of the best known of the settlers in the northwestern sec- tion of this city. His 51st birthday was on March 4 last. For 30 years George Miller was a machinist at the Union Mfg. Co. This is practically the only place he wa employed during his life in this cit Me left thc company’'s employ in May, 1924., He was an attendant at services at St. John's German Luth- eran church. Surviving him are three sisters, Misses Catherine, Carrie, and Mar- garet Miller; five brothers, Edward, Charles, William, I'red, and Louis Miller, all of New Britain. Funeral services will be held at the home on Curtis street Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. Martin W. Gaudian, pastor of &t. John's German Lutheran church, will offi- ciate; Burial will be in Iairview cemetery. EXPECT OCEAN RACE | TOMORROW MORNING Atlantic Fliers Tentatively Set Starting Time at 8 o’Clock | | Old Orchard, Me., May 25 (P—A Sunday getaway of the Green Flash for Rome and the Yellow Bird for Paris hinged on weather reports as the crews of the two planes turned for recreation today to the christen- ing of a new aircraft. | Roger- Q. *Willlams and Lewis A. | Yancey of the Green Flash and Ar- mano Lotti, backer of the Paris hop decided their planes needed only fuelling to put them in readiness. A tentative zero hour was set at § a. m, | tomorrow. Announcement was made that a big Savoi-Marchatti amphibian, turned out by the Airvia Transporta- tion Corporation, of which Williams s president, would pair up with a coast guard amphibian to accompany {the transatlantic planes during the (Continued on Page 15.) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair tomight and Sunday; | not much change in temper- ature, ginia, lumberman. | L. WLLING T0 LSt LIOUOR PRIVLEGE British Ambassador Will Co-| operate if Asked by America HIS PERSONAL OPINION Sir Esme Howard Agreeable to Can- cellation of Importing Rights, He Says in Reply to Request of Vir- ginia Lumberman. Washington, May 25 P—S8ir Esm~ Howard, the British ambassador, is personally willing to relinquish the | time-honored privitege of importing liquor into the United States enjoyed by foreign diplomats. g “If the United States intimates a ; desire to cancel the privilege,” sald at New York last night, he wil! be glad to cooperate with other members of the diplomatic corps in complylng. It was made clear in a statement issued by the British embassy here that the ambassador, who is dean of the diplomatic corps, was expressing his personal opinion and was not speaking on behalf of the corps. The ambassador's statement was drawn’from him after he had been shown an article prepared for publi- cation in a number of newspapers this morning dealing with corres- pondence between Sir Esme and James T. Carter, Lynchburg, Vir- The article shown to Sir Esme. the embassy statement said, was in- correct. The embassy declined to make public the correspondence without the consent of Mr, Carter, who initiated it. A copyrighted article Lynchburg published by the ington Post this morning, which was not shown to Sir Isme, saye that Mr. Carter, whom it descrihes as a prohibitionist, sent the ambas- sador’s letter and a copy of his own original message to President Hoover with a demand that “neces- sary steps be taken immediately to accept the proposal of the British ambassador.” The lumberman, questioned at ynchburg early today, declared he had not kept a copy of the ambas- sador’'s letter and refused to com- from Wash- of his message to Sir Esme. The Post’s Lynchburg article says Mr. Carter approached President Hoover with his demand “armed with a letter from Sir lsme How- ard, intimating that withdrawal of the privilege of -diplomatic -liquor ‘would be gladly accepted and scrup- ulously adhered to"." “The gratutious offer of the envoy to forfeit the liquor privileges on behalf of the diplomatic corps in the event such a suggestion were made by the American government,” the article continues, “‘was in reply to a letter from Mr. Carter. The latter had urged Sir Esme to ‘join hands with the better element of the peb- ple of the United States and try to help enforce the profibition laws of the country.’ “Sir Esme Howard’s answer point- ed out that the government of the | United States voluntarily granted to foreign diplomats the privilege of transportation and using alcoholic beverages. The British ambassador then declared he had no doubt if the American government would suggest that this privilege be with- drawn, such a suggestion would be | | cheerfully agreed to and meticulous- ly observed by the diplomatic corps.” I ment on it or divulge the contents | S CONGRESS ABANDONS WEEK-END VAGATION Works Hard on Hoover Program and Hopes for Early Rest Washington, May (—Con- gress passed up half of its week- end recess today to drive forward with the administration's legislative program in the hope of hastening the start of & longer recess next month which may continue all sum- mer, The senate has been told by Sen- ator Watson of Indiana, the republi- can leader, thal no such vacation can be contemplated until the farm relief and census-reapportionment bills have been sent to the White House and the tariff measure passed by the house and referred to the senate finance committee for rewriting. 25, The census-reapportionment bill, | providing for the 1930. population count and rearrangement of the house membership on the results of that enumeration, was still the “un- finished business” of the senate to- day despite the agreement which limited debatc on it after 3 p. m. Thursday. After passage by the sch- ate, it will have to be acted on Ly the house. ) That chamber is speeding toward a vote on the tariff bill at 3 p. mi Tuesday, under the special rule adopted yesterday by a vote of 234 to 138, which practically shuts off all amendments except those intro- duced through members of the ways and means committee. Debate on these amendments is limited to five minutes, and more than 20 of the 91 thus far approved by the com- mittee were adopted yesterday in rapid succession. WOMAN SLAYS MAN WHO GRABBED HER Returns to Tennessee Mountain Store . and Wields Wagon Spoke Georgetown, Tenn., May 25 (P— Tmproper advances to a 25-year-old mountain woman who went to pay for five cents’ worth of candy, caused the death yesterday of Lee Atchley, a grocer here. He was clubbed into insersibility late Thurs- day night by the woman, Eva Cofer. Witnesses said the merchant's wife and seven-year-old daughter were in the store when the woman entered to pay for the candy which she had purchased earlier in the day. Atch- ley grasped her wrists, witnesses said. She struggled free and fled. Within a few minutes she return- ed, and, meeting Atchley at the en- trance of his store, attacked him with a heavy spoke from a wagon wheel. The merchant collapsed from his injuries and was given first aid by Dr. J. T. 8mith, who said the man apparently had been drinking. He died early yesterday. While county authorities prepared for an inquest, Atchley's wife said she would fight such a step. No Action Against Her No warrant had been sworn out against Miss Cofer today and- the sheriff’s office in Decatur, county seat of this (Mugs) county, said no action was contemplated until the inquest had been completed. Dr. W. B. Campbell, of Cleveland, Tenn., called into consultation by Dr. Smith after Atchley’s death, agreed with the local physician that an in- quest would be necessary to fix the cause of death. Both physicians said it was possible that the man’s skull had not been fractured and that death could have been caused by shock. Miss Cofer went about her usual tasks unconcernedly yesterday, spending most of the day picking strawberries on her father's farm. Georgetown is a little village which- has neither electricity, tele- phone nor railroad service. It is sit- uated only a few miles from Day- ton, made famous several years agoe by the Scopes evolution trial, MUST REMAIN IN AR UNTIL BARLY EYENING Will Not Come Down Ustil Meter Falls—Refuclings Made Withewt Difficulty—Flers to Receive $16,- 000 1f They Better Record Set By “Question Mark"—Plane s fgc- ondhand One. Fort Worth, Tex., May 25 U= | The single motored airplane Port Worth today was within & few hewrs of establishing & new record for |sustained flight by lightsr-than-sir craft. B Every endurance and distance flight records knowa to man and bird will be perched on the wings of the ship at 7:13:15 e'cleck to- night when it wil have surpassed by an hour the record of 150 heurs ¢ minutes and 15 seconds made last January by the army momoplane Question Mark. 1f successful in breaking the army plan record, the two civilian pilots, R. L. Robbins and James Kelly, plan to sail onward to answer the question put to the Question Mark on its fiight—how leng can an airplane stay in the air? Robbins and Kelly said when they took off at 11:33 a. m. last Sunday that they would stay up until the motor fails. The Fort Worth already has beat- en the dirigible endurance recerd of 118 hours made by the fil-fated French Dixmude and the distance record of the German Graf Zeppelin which covered 500 miles in 111 hours and 46 minutes on its limping voyage to America from Fredriehe shafen last fall. 1t Is estimated the Fort. Worth al- ready had flown between 10,000 and 12,000 miles, nearly halt way areund the earth, and if still in the air-te- night will have flown farther than the Question Mark. . The records of 60 hours and .7 minutes set last July by Adjutant Louis Crooy and Bergeant Vieter Croenen of Belgium, was's by the Fort Worth on the third day of its flight. S Robbins and Kelly: sre K their meneplane cless te fieM, their base, & der_of the figh prod net be recogaised is the ship lands at the same field: which it took off. P . The plane was refuelled twice Jast night, 120 galions of gasoline being transferred in the two contacts With the auxiliary ship plleted by K. X. Hoffman and H. 8. Jones. > ters and newspapers wers to the pilots. Robbins, who owns the Kelly have had little fin ance in the flight. Since P off, however, the Fort Wi i ciation of Commerce announced ‘it would raise $16,000 té be presented to the fliers if they are successtul. Robbins and Kelly would receive § 500 each and Hoffman and Jones of ' the auxiliary ship, each would re- ceive $2,600. Robbins, an automobile mechanie, iearned to fly by hanging around an air field. Kelly left a west Texas ranch to attend an aviation schesl here and earned a pilot's licenss zeven weeks ago. Robbins purchased the Fort Werth zecond handed. It is not certain how many hours its metor has been run before he obtained it, but he had flown it 500 hours before beginning the endurance flight. The motor i of the Whirlwind type in Col. Chas A. Lindbergh's famous “Spirit of St. Louis.” Exponent of Fascism Will Answer Salvemini Professor Angelo Flavie Guidt who is making a lecturs teur of this country, will answer the anti-Fasclet , - arguments offered by Professsr G: Salvemini, formerly of the Univér- sity of Florence in Italy, last Thuss- day night, in & lecture hers tomer- row afternoon.' The lecture delivered at the auditerium ‘of - Central Junior High scheel o’clock. PLAN MEMORIAL DAY A Memorial Day dinner bers of the G. A. R., ans and allied served in the dining First Congregational ch next Thursday, fellewing cises at the war memerial "t z'l' il i g HI [ 3] i b4 1]