New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1929, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 10 MORE FLORIDA BANIS IN TROUBLE, - STATE IN CHARGE! | Five of Institutions in Tampa— Fruit Fly and Apathy Blamed by Oficials BRINGS LIST OF FAILURES IN PAST 2 WEEKS T0 18 Board Issues Statement Saying “Un- wise Gossip” and Insect Cause of Difficulty—State Comptroller Says Unnecessary ~ Withdrawals and Propaganda Contributing Causes. Along With Mental Attitude. Tampa, Florida, July 17 (A—The Citizens Bank & Trust Company, 2 | state institution and nine other sub sidiary banking institutions, failed to open their doors today. Besides the Citizens, four of the | depositors were in Tampa. Notices posted at the Citizens bank by a state bank examiner said the insti- tution was in his hands. The branches affected were: The Bank of Ybor City, on which a run was made Monday, the Lafayette bank the Citizens' Nebraska Avenus bank, Franklin Bark and the Bank of Plant City, Bradentown Bank and Trust company, First Bank and Trust Company of Sarasota, First State Bank of Fort Meade, and the Bank of Pasco County at Dade City. Examiner at Institution E. P. Jackson, state examiner, has heen here since Monday checking up on conditions. Captain R. A.| Gray, assistant to the state comp- troller, was expected from Tallahas see at moon to take charge. The hoard of directors of the Cit Bank & Trust, at a meeting tod issued a written statement explain- ing conditions as due to “unwi gossip and confinued adverse condi tions following the appearance of the Mediterranean fruit fly which was responsible for a fecling of unrest and fear, developed on the part of the people.” Hope to Pay Depositors The directors predicted that all | ain. dcpositors would be paid in full and that the depositories would go out of busines Paid in capital of the Citizens' | Bank and Trust was given as $L,-| 000,000 in the published statemeat | of the bank as of June 29 last and | deposits ak in excess of $3,000,000, | John T. Bize is cashier; L. A. Bize, chairman of the board and D. L. l'one' . Gordon Hunter Aney is president. Paid in capital Nebraska avenue was $50,000 deposits of $182,650.8 published statements, The Lafayette Bank had paid in capital of $150,000 with deposits of $457,222.65; the Bank of Ybor City | paid in capital was $200,000 and | deposits of $2.679,237.69 and the| TFranklin bank's paid in capital was | 50,000 with deposits of $322,986.87, according to statements conJi-r tions of June 29. Figures for other branches involv- were not available immediately. of with | according to | of ed Comptroller’s Statement ssee, July 17 Amos, state comptroller, day issued a statement to the Asso- ed Press in which he said *un- nccessary withdrawals, propaganda and the mental attitude of the peo- ple” primari s the cause of the | failure of cighteen banks in llon- da within the past two weeks, of which closed their doors (ml.n Comptroller Amos said there was | a “financial depression to a certain decree everywhere over the state, | ccentuated by the effect of the Med- | iterranean fruit fly and quarantine. “I regard this as the darkened hour just before the dawn,” he said, “if the people will not tear down the | temple upon their own heads. That is what they are doing nosw. ) y wa | | I I \ i | Al | NEW SWIMMING PaOL ASKED FOR 5TH WARD Councilman Mlynarski Pre-| _ Judge Moves to Immediately Jail pares Petition—Would End Traffic Hazards Construction of a municipal swim- ming pool on the Washington school grounds will be advocated by Coun- cilman Joseph Miynarski of the fifth ward, who said today he will intro- duce a vesolution at tonight's meet- | ing of the common council asking | that a committee of five be appoint- | cd fo handle the project. The district represented by Coun- | cilman Mlynarski, the northwestern, is densely populated with children, hundreds of whom go daily to the wading pool in Walnut Hill park and to Willow Brook park swimming pool. It is his wish to save the chil- dren from expe gors by constr uncilman — Miy bonsoring @ measure Arierican H ting a pool ski s to require ware Corporation to weeo a fence about the Lock Shop pond and require the “New | Fiaven™ railread to fence its right-of 1o | regiment, | hill | from | will gradually | to | chiet NEW BRITAIN HERALD e | o, 'r-mged Baby ) Piogy,,, Thieves 1 I 7 w— ; as con- gratulau.. L nths old daughter on her n saving his automobile from thieves las: night. Mr. and Mrs. Winters lef: the baby in their machine whi they went into a hospital to visit a friend. When they came out the machine was gone, but the stron: lungs of husky little Mary Patri- cia Winters had caused the thieves to abandon the muchine a few blocks away, where police found it when they were attract- ed by her continued crying. LOCAL GUARDSMEN FIGHT EACH OTHER One New Britain Company With “Enemy” in Mimic War | OTHERS WITH DEFENDERS Militiamen Hear “Secret” Plans of “Invasion”—>Make Camp in Densc Fog—Local Man in Boxing Final —H and 1 in Second Place. (Special to the Herald) | Trumbull, Niantic, July 17 —New Britain should be neutral in the “Niantic war’ which is being aged at the Fred Stone ranch in | East Lyme this afternoon. The third battalion, which includes Company 1, is the “enemy,” and the remain- der of the regiment, which includes the first, second, and special units battalions, will have Company H and Headquarters company of New Brit- This is the principal ceremony with Governor's Day, banner event at Camp in connection the annual camp. Company L. of Bristol is also in the ranks of the “enemy,” but the other Bristol company, Headquarters | company under the direction of Sec- ond Lient. Joseph E. Zimmer, re mained in camp to do guard duty. Twenty-six governors who are ex- pected to be present and thousands of relatives and friends of the guardsmen are expected to occupy every portion of a recently erected grandstand on a high embankment on the ranch. Members of the state police under the personal directior of Major I'rank Nichols will be on | duty throughoutthe day. “Invasion” Plans Revealed After guarding the secret of the ceremonies for several weeks, Col- | ealed thel general facts to the boys in a talk vesterday afternoon. The third bat- | talion, known as the Red army. advancing from the north. This| the | Sit = is und he comma Ma- the Citizens' | STOUP is ur der the command of Ma jor Joseph J. Nolan and Major Clar- ence C. Scarborough. The rest of the the Blue army, presumcd to be part of a large force which is m bivouac. Suddenly the outpos system, handled by Company L of Bristol, is fired upon by the my" and is forced to fall back grad ually. At a given signal the camp to break up suddenly and pack for a retreat. This is to be dope with speed. The packs contain only the The first battalion, which is bi- vouacting near the edge of the voods, gradually moves back and walks toward the west along by the cdge of the wood. The second bat- talion, which is parked further west proceed easterly toward the edge of | the wood. At this point five “enem airplanes will come in from the | north and will fly zbove the Blue army territory. Then the anti-air- craft guns will begin firing on the planes, which will circle the field. Blow Up Buildings “Bombs” will ba dropped and_old | barns and buildings will be blown up in the atta Major Scarborough will advance toward the crest of a overlooking the camping site the north. The Blue tion of Lieut. army, under the direc- Col. Orville A, Petty move the line in any of several methods of advance. This will be left to him to decide at the time. All the men and of ar to guide left and keep the lines as straight as possible. The advanc to be aided by the heavy artillery zuns and will be proceeded by four arge tanks from the tank corps of {Continued on Pa ' Paonessa {vsual | Rlcau | Mayor | that |terms of the city | pup tents and tent pins. | |of tha city. [to be spread |unanimous vote |ana accepted, | Aldern | No formal NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 192 .—TWE FEDERAL FARM BOARD AT FIRST MEETING | Members of the newly right, s James (. Stone and ex-officio membe Presic Angles. Standing: William liams of Oklahoma City and C. nt B, COMPENSATION CLAIR Backs Mrs. Bleau’s Plea—Fire Dept. Wants $50,000 Tonight's meeting of the common | | un- council interest promises to be one and of importance, the calendar of business including cral questions of considerable public concern. Mayor Paonessa, with te of *the in conformity av June meetin | will make a report on his investig tion into the claim of Mrs. Eugena for damages resulting from gas which came into her home afte a pipe had been broken during the course of a municipal construction job. She was denied compens on the ground that she did not port the occhrrence with in the limit specified the chs 5 because she did not commence suit inst the city within one year, as denied hearing in the court Paonessa's report is exnectes to be in the form of substantiation Mrs. Bleau did observe th charte 550.000 Appropr will also receive report of the hoard of finance axation asking that an appropr tion of $50.000 be made to construc: fire station in the western seeticn 1t is proposed to buila ment plan, the cost ver a period of five plan approved hy meeting of the month by she 1 Seck The a and eouncil cn a deferred p years. The wa finance board last Numerous reports of the hoard of firdnce and taxation concernint sireet construction will be made an authority to proceed will he sough he 1 ation of Counciln nk A. Goddard will he received and provision will the election of form:r ' William H. Judd his sor, that election to be made August si made for suee the er meeting. (mr«o Tmproving; No Bullatin I‘“'icd Tendon. Jul\ 17 (P—It ficially statcd at Bucki today that the improvement yesterday in the condition of King eorge after the operation on him Monday coniinued to b bull OV Cleveland Editors for Contempt (P — \lh.! Mat- | were Cleveland, Ohio, July 17 Touis D. Seltzer, editor of Cleveland Press and Carlton K. son, chief cditorial writer, held in contempt of court by Com- mon Pleas Judge Frederick P. Wal- ther tod.y. They were Sl'l\il‘n(l‘\]' 30 davs in jail and fined $500 each. | Judge Walther, who heard the charges hrought by himself as a re- sult of an editorial in the Press criticizing his granfing of an in- juncticn to racing interests, ordered | immediate execution of the sentence. Denies Motlon for Stay The juri denied a motion 1y of exccution, saying there was | no stafute to support it. Newton D B forme cretary of war and attorney for the newspaper- men, hurried to the court of appenls to attempt to obtain bhond for the men pending further efforts for | stay | pam. ‘\uw| In spite of Bak that he would app appellate nnouncement | 1l at once to the court, Judge Waltner is call for Sheriff Hanvatty fo | the two men into custody at take | trom for | m | once, The injunction involved b granted by Judge Walthers to op: ators of the Thistledown race track restraining Sheriff 3. J. Hanrauy interfering with use of the “contribution” stem of betting. provided it is legal. The sheriff took the and that the tem is illegal nd that therefore the order was not Linding and closed the t Calls Injunction “Monstrous” The Press. in an editorial publish- ed the € lay the injunction wa granted and twice revised in later itions, declared the injunction monstrous’ or ridiculons and @ Judge the jud cused made "he dupe of 1acing instituted charging the and contemptuous if the p true, he is upon the bench.” Baker nrgted freedom of the press in the which concluded when » Waither charges. int con mpt procecdings, editorinl was livelons serted that ments were sit or He “not fit to for ring strenuously ho, mornin ed o this refu; was Jud the organized farm board of Lexir Schilling of Northf as t hey met for the Ky., Alex zton, vice chairman; H. Alinn.; Charles Mo, Hoov inde r Legge; Denman of Ia ton, Arthur chairm. Associated Press Photo time in M. Hyde. sceret n, and Charles ( Wilson of Hall, first Washington. Teft to v of agriculture Teague of Los S, N. arl Wil- MAYOR WILL SUPPORT British Press Pictures Dawes As Violent, Bombastic Dinner Orator, Whose Methods Startled English |“Roared As If He Where On Parade Grounds” Paper | Says—Audience “Amazed and Embarrassed” As “Oratorical Volcano” Is Loosed By Ambas- sador — Voice London, Dawes tod July 17 (P)— 1y is in the T lic eye more spectacul ever, with the English ing wordy, highly colorful accounts of hig eppearance erday neon at luncheon at Vintner's hail. Amt iglish pub- rly than press carry- yes | He indulged there in a vocal out- | burst on Anglo-American relations which brought him the characteri tion of the “oratorical volcano" some papers and caused others revert to his tet “Hell Maria.” toared As Though On Parade “Hell and Maria Dawes roared ag he were de ground.” Daily Ma hile his audi- sat sile sme almo: embarrasse the crescer in to sobri and th par vid me as cam Th widience, which casions ambassador “startled said the Daily noted that on previous oc- he had confined himself closely to manuseript, but came terday unprepared, after announcing dor | Express, | Called Harsh “something to say” he im- mediately “dived into an oration on the relation between English American peoples. His harsh voice was raised to a high | piteh, his actions and gesticulations were to match.” Ambassador Dawes in his spr‘m‘h {declared nobody needed to explain to him how to get on with the Eng- lish, Knows 1 “During the w to know I lifetime whole sel nglish Well ar,” he said. “I got the English better than a could have taught me, situation was saved by rerifici generosity of glish government and the E Znglish “I do not know what the reper- sions of this specch will be, and | iness man a chance on the nt to touch, friend friendly. I am going to repe ions. get these great peoples in not to help them to be but to prove they are Mfia!{UlTflES RALLY 10 CITY'S DEFENSE Bieak I'p Barn sdale N Meeting as “Stalling” Charges Are Made Mosquitoes rallied city oificials who under last night and,broke up a meeting of the Barnsdale Community associa- tion just as criticism of city officials S tening to become overheat- to The subjc . of the t under Barnesd: cjcet has been “in without any definite action be- shown that property owners in 2 scetion to the west believe it being considered as more or less A joke by city officials | Var ussion was 50 of the to to us persons present at | meating reported having talked the mayor, to the city engineer, the beard of compensation and sessment, and to different council- men without being able to get any finite information as to the tus of the project. person quoted {he as having agreed way tieir land. nerson quoted the city engi ing the Sanberg family was hold- up the proj One property reported the Connecticut Power Co., as being the ob- stacle now. B. H. Mclilhone, man ager of the w DBritain distriet, states that the Connecticut Light and Power Co., has granted a right of way, although the papers have vet been signea One property owner quoted the mayor as saying the entire matter | dc pres Sandburg to a right Another of over mg t ownc Light & c not Walther of having been | wojy THI WEATHER | New Britain and vicinity: Fair and slightly wermer te- ahly Thurs- BABY DOES NOT WAKE WHEN AUTOS COLLIDE New Britain Soldier Driver | of Car in East Lyme Crash Niantic, peacefully ial to the Merald) July 17 baby in the rear seat of i mother’s 1 sedan the latte going at an allegedly high speed, was struck by a second of a side road onto the Boston Post road in East Lyme late yester- nd was spun around in a com- plete circle before coming to a halt s it crashed into a cement post. The woman was Mrs. James dridge of New Jersey, while the which struck her automobile was owned by Private Michael Frugale and driven by Mess Sergeant Joseph | t. both of whom are at Camp Trumbull with Co. 1. 169th regi- ment, C. N rgeant was re- turning after being at the temporary quarters of his company at the Fred Stone ranch in East Ly and Frugale are New Britain men. According to the sergeant’s story, proceeded up the road which yuns from the Stone ranch to the main thorough and as he ap- ached he did not sce anyone. Mrs. idge was driving in a wester on when the accident occur- red. After she was hit the car was hacked into a ‘ditch with its rear fender and running hoard folded The Frugale automobile also receiv- ed fender damages amounting to $60. S pas slept out he AlC direed ond Cook Connie Lindelof was enger in the Irugale car. Bombay Town, Under Deen Flood Waters London, July 17 (A—Exchang» X ph dispatches from Bombay v said widespread floods wer reported in the Sind division of that province. At Sukkur Barrage entire township has hecome suv- morged, with 12 deaths. Tn Middle Sind hundreds of cattle died from exposure in forrential rains. Milos f desert have been transferred into | a huge lake. a Our | the | the | machine coming | ‘me. Both he | *| The the | NTY PAGES AR CLOUDS ANG *OVER MANCHURLA, DISPATCHASSERTS Appearance of 2,000 Russian Troops on Frontier Causes Gonsternation (NANKING SENDS REPLY | T0 SOVIET GOVERNMENT: to Harbin Immediately, Rumors | Say—Armored Cars Said to En Route to Sx(‘m‘——\loxu\\ Senses More Difliculty in lu'm Tone of Chinese Note. Peping, China, July 17 (® | Japanese press dispatches from | | Harbin said that the appearance of 2,000 Russian troops at Pogranich- | |inaia on the Siberian-Manchurian | frontier has caused Lonshrndllon\ |all along the eastern branch of the Chinese KEastern railway. The dispatches, which were not confirmed from any other sources. said that ar clouds were rapidly | thickening. General Chang Tso-Hsiang, chief | of the Kirin provincial government, | was reported to have been ordered | to Harbin immediately. Several | armored cars were said to have heen dispatched by the Chinese in | the direction of Pogranichinaia. Many Protests Heard Moscov July 17 (P | Moscow rang until an early hour to-| ¢ with popular protests and dem- onstrations against the Chinese gov- |ernment, despite announcement of what was considered conciliatory | communique from the Nanking gov- ernment. | Russians and Chinese expatriates | stormed the Chinese embassy on the | Prapotkin Pereulox, throwing rotten | eggs, sticks and stones, and smash- | ing window panes. War helmeted and heavily armed regiments of “Gaypayou” (secret police), cavalr |and infantry were hard put to pr serve order, | | Causes Panic | Inside the embassy the demon- | stration, which increased in intensity | | ((‘ovmnuml on Page A1 MEN LOST ABOARD CHILEAN TRANSP[]RTJ Crew of Ship i\pparontly Drowned as Ship Foun- ders in Gale | Two) Valparaiso, Chile, Ju 17 (P— Forty-one officers and crew of the | Chilean transport Abtao were m |ing today, apparently drowned, aft- | er the sinking of the Abtao yeste day off this port in one of the most violent storms that has visited this region in years. Only two of the| | vessel's crew of 43 were known to have been saved. | At noon the transport appeal for help. Three | swered, the Ilora, the Antarctico, and the Imperial, The Imperial picked up Boatswain's Mate Enrique Aranda and the Antarctico, a swl- or named Francisco Miran, Two torpedo hoat destroyers, riving at the location given by ship in its distress signal fo several bodies among wreck from the ship. It did not appear |likely that there were any oth survivors than the two men picked up. Heavy seas and high hips inside the The storm raged over |and central Chile all day and | particularly severe off the ports Valparaiso and San Antonio. Tele- graphic communication on land to the south was partially interrupted The Abtao was launched under the name of Ernest Kemsoth at Em- den, Germany, in 19 1-2 feet in length-and was capable | of making ten knots, radioed an | boats an- winds kept harbor to- southern . d; cue wis | Bootlegger’s Bluff Fails With Agents || Sunbury, Pa., July 17 (UP)— Colcnel Wilbur Leitzell, d forcement official, was glad to- day that his men accepted the in- vitation of Charles Feudale, of Shamokin, to “come right 1 and satisfy yourself I've got no liquor in the house.” One agent stur tread of a stair tipped up, revealing a liquor, Lietzell said. Other agents found a wine cel- lar behind secret panels, and stili another discovered that the gas jets leaked intoxicants, the offi- cial said. Feudale was held in $2,000 bail for federal court - WOMEN HEARD IN - ADOPTION DISPUTE bled against the The tread cache of step. Miss Chatlield, 82, Insists She‘ Wants Divorcee “Daughier” | APPLICANT 33 YEARS OLD| Attorney for Brother of Liderly Resident Calls Woman They Ob- ject to a “Clever, Scheming” In- dividual in Court. Ansonia, July 17 (P—After sion lasting until after noon upon the application of M Chatfield, 82 years old Seymour resident, to adopt Mrs. Helen gzeant Chapman, New Haven divor- cee, Judge James E. MacKay in the probate court continued the hearing until next Friday morning at 11 o'clock Miss Chatfield and ) were both called to the latter, who confessed aid she was going to get marriel and wanted the nante of Chatfield to appear in the announcement of her marriage. She was characterized by ex-Congressman P, B. O'Sullivan, counsel for Joel Chatfield, brother of Miss Chatfield, who is opposing the adoption, as “a clever, scheming a ses- today Chapman stand. The to 33 years | woman.” Mind Still Clear Miss Chatfield, who was closely examined by Attorney O'Sullivan gave quick answ to questio and showed herself to be a won |of sharp mentality. She said she |and her brother Herman, who Iis |now dead, had always wanted {o |adopt Mrs. Chapman, whom she had known since the latter was a two year old baby. Miss Chatfield’s brother yester filed application in the probate court for the appointment of a conserva- wr for his sister. The hearing on this has been sot by Judge MacKay for July Judge ¥. M. Mc (Continued on I‘A: Two) WETS AND DRYS SEE MERIT IN STATEMENT |Wickersham Stand Taken in Two Ways at Capital [7:2) wet ton, July of hoth viewpoints thing to ‘their f{ ns bearing on contained in the letter of W. Wickersham, chairman President Hoove w enforcement commission, as to the gov- ernor’s confe New London, Conn. 17 the have liking and lh' found some- in the sug- ponents dry read nee at Comment withheld in quarters pending a clearer pretation of his remarks on the Among the dry spokesmen who did comment, the suggestion that prohibition enforcement re- ponsibility be divided between the te and federal governments r ceived the greater emphasis, while the wets apparently were more pressed by his remarks about was some subject. im- the (Continucd on Page Two) <Pomcare Agam Given Confidence 12 (P—While Premier confined to his bed haustion and extreme fatigue from his strenuous efforts on behalf of the debts accords with | America and Great Britain, the | | French chamber of deputies gave him a $ccond vote of confidenc [350 to 235. vote came on the resolution | of the socialist deputy Blum seeking subordination of the Young plan adpotion to immediate evacuation | of the Rhineland. The resolution | was posed for a confidence vote by | Vice Premier Louis Barthou, who | thus took another opportunity to cmphasize the government's victor- ics of yesterday. Poincare Needs Rest While the vote was being faken was noised around that the pre s physician had found a slight | but said Paris, July Poincare wr today with e it mic feverish condition, he was | not in the least gravely ill. He preseribed 24 hours' complete rest | and M. Barthou said he expected M Poincare back in the chamber “riday. | morning . Vote, Though Il and Not Present The double was nearly and was opposition yesterday. majority today that of last night significant because the had onc less vote than while the additional deputies present all stood by the go nment fact was, the test of strength came t night, the prem won his fight ,and the remainder of the di cussion it seemed would be largely for the impression of constituents, Both Say Same Thing Deputies Blum and Aristide Briand, foreign minister, during the ssion said the same thing nt ways. Both agreed they peace in Lurope and oug friendly relations with Ge many, but M. Briand balked handing over the Rhineland before the subject was even discussed the forthcoming conference on justment of the Young plan. The cabinet, with the exception of Premier Poincare, assembled after the morning debate to consider the situation. Apparently all the mem- bers were pleased with the way in which things were going. in diffe: wanted to have ad “arthy appeared as | prohibition'| George of | inter- | The | Average Daily Circulation Fo‘r' Week Endmg July 13th . 15,040 PRICE THREE CENTS INTEREST CENTERS ON GOV, RITCHIE IN WICKERSHAM PLAN Govemors Conference Awaits Maryland Executive’s Comment | on Prohibition Suggestion TAXATION TOPIC BEFORE CONVENTION'S SESSIONS Views of Presiding Officers Today | Postponed Because of Late Opene | ing—Gov. Byrd, Gov. Shafter and Guggenheim Speak, As Well As State Tax Commissioner Willlam H. Blodgett, | New London, July 17 (#—The |second session of the 21st annual | governors’ conference’ opened today. | with attention focused on Gov. Al« ‘hcrr C. Ritchie of Maryland, the day’s presiding officer, because of ‘his promise of “comprehensive com- !ment” on George W., Wickersham's letter on prohibition enforcement. This comment was delayed, however. The letter from Mr. Wickersham, who is chairman of President Hoover’s law enforcement commis- sion, was read yesterday by Gover= [nor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. It suggested that division of prohibition enforcement between federal and state governments, the former attending to importation, manufacture and interstate shi ments, and the latter to retail saie, might lead to modification which would make the liquor laws “reason- ably enforceable.” Speakers Introduced Gov. Ritchie’s comment, plann for delivery at this morning's ses- ion, was postponed because the ses- sion started late. Gov. Ritchia merely introduced the speakers of the da Three of these, Tax Coni= missioner William H. Blodgett of Cennecticeut, Gov. Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia, and Gov. George ter of North Dakota, talked on taxation, and the fourth, Harry i ingzenheim of New York, president |of the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promoiion of acronautics, spoke on aviation. Most of the governors made states nts after the Wickersham lettaw S T but Gov. Ritchin withe held comment until he had oppor- |tuaity to make it formally befora the conference. | “I am not going to make myself Ifoolish,” he sald. “by saying such things as ‘speculative’ and ‘interest« ‘ing’ or somd such silly things Will Receive Comment When the session began today, | Gov. Ritchie told reporters that he | would reserve his comment for ex- | pression for round table discus- sions that will follow tomorrow's closing session. Tax Commissioner Blodgett warn- |ed the governors against allowing |the national authorities to encroach on state rights in the matter of tax- ation, saying “the estate tax had no business in the federal government program in time of peace. It should be saved for war emergency and dropped when peace begins. You governors should have as one of your objectives here plans for ways to keep the federal government from imposing on your collective states in dhv matter of all corporation, inheri- ‘hn(‘v’ personal and death taxes. | | (Continucd on Page Two) - PAPERS COMMENT ON WICKERSHAM SCHEME | Editorial Opinion Sees Sig- nificance in Letter to Roosevelt he United Many new Press pers {oday comment- y on the letter of George W. Wickersham to Governor Roosevelt, read at the Eastern Point, Conn., mecting of governors. The New York Times: “It will confirm the fears which the Anti- Sulcon league had at the time of his (Wickersham's) selection by Mr. Hoover, that his heart is not really in the cause, that he is weak- kneed about the prohibition law and its enforcement and that his nomination by the president was one more sign that prohibition was about to be betrayed in the house | of its professed friends. x x x x Everybody knows what this would mean in states like New York or Pennsylvania or Louisiana—yes, we may as well say it, Kansas. Tt would mean no enforcement at all." | Opinion Somewhat Early The New York World: “The | merits of Mr. Wickersham's sug- | gestion are completely obscured by the extraordinary fact that he has had the temerity to make any sug- gestion. x x x It seems to us a per- fectly amazing spectacle to sce the | chairman of that commission an- nouncing conclusions and issuing advices before the study and in- vestigations have been made. X X X | The conclusion in this case is con- siderably to our taste. The Baltimore Sun: “This state- ment x x ¥ stands in sore need of rification. Does Mr. Wickersham mean x x X change the 18th amend- ment to permit modification x ¥ x lor x x x enforcement of the law as it stands. If so. he is begging | the whole question.” The Boston Herald: | B ed 1 “The Volstead (Continued on Page Two)