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ESTABLISHED 1870 SNOWDEN REFUSES | COVPROISE PLAN FOR REPARATIONS Tells Creditor Nations That Un-. less They Can Offer Better Terms He W111 Quit GREAT BR TAIN CANNOT MAKE FURTHER SACRIFICE |~ 60 Per Cent Offer,’ Turned Down By Chancellor After Study, Throws Hague Conference Back in Crisis, ‘With Every Possibility That Fail- ure to Ratify Young Plan \\‘ill Follow Shortly. e Hague, Netherland: P —Philip Snowden, British chan- cellor of the lu»hu;m told the other crulllor nations at the repara they tions co! nce today that if uld not toward Grea s no use going on with the con- contained in 1 ated his previous state it Britain could n further sa Amount Insuffic Mr. Snowden s, er of I Bel- glum and Japan to allow Great Brit- tain an 1 share of in reparations on the ind that the offer was insufficient to satisfy lis governmer 'h ief delegates of the four its aligned against decided soon as > com- creditor Great they s reply to their ! at noon r action to | eas fler refused w seeking to for retu and other m r governm pt to aver from the con cation of the plan. Mr. Snowden in consider the furth that ad of 60 per cent of Bi aims it P to 3 upon examing le availablc onl said was utte to his governme the Hotel De ers ..of ihe, cre N an withdraw > on appli- reparattons his compromise refu 1o suid per cent, . he ly inacceptat meant the inev the c tions im- mediately communicated with their governments, Iiven Mr, Snowden has kept in constanf touch with mier MacDonald during the past days, two Mediation Talked of One of the ecleventh hour expe ents talked of to save the con - was the mediation of G 1 Stresemann, German foreign mi ister, Gr Britain and the oth creditor powe It was under Reich delegate aloof from the tion annui free for clusively ence ood, however, th prefcrred to hold question of repa and to keep his Optimistic Outlook Aug. 17 (P—Afforded ef breathing space oy More The Hag yet another by (Continued on P 15.) NON-STOP AVIATOR: CONTINUE ON FLIGHT * Plane (‘irclcs Field All Night as Refueling Is Delayed Rock Sprin, The bip piloted Wyo., A Spokane Sun Mamer and Walker, left for Cheyenne o'clock this morning after d th ort here all night. 1 arrived over Rock Springs ) last night, s h ad taken off an emergency *d from Cheyen trips into rapidly to refuel the plane, parently had nearly gas supply During thg contadts theh refueling hose broke twice and only 150 gal- lons of could 17 () God,” Art plane four sky which ap- exhausted its Believing they faced bad weather between here and Cheyenne, Mamer and Walker electer to remain in this vicinity overnight, instead of contin- g on to ( 1uted preparations to make a n refucling contact had been comy enne as s where ' that red, the weather pilots decided on before ht to Cheyenne another contact continuing thei THE WEATHIR New Britain and aicin Fair tonight and Sunday; Slightly warmer tonight. r something substantial | conditions s NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, ATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1920, — I IGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS tled a lon Why get 1 ring a deba out that a marr longer than a sir single man, his life s where he girl out while “Lindbergh w been able to c d had a wife ALDERMAN HANGED - FORROM MURDER Exenu ion Caried Ot This) —— Iormnga Fo Lauderdale | KILLED GOAST GUARDSMEN Doomed Man Walks to Scaffold Wit} Steady Steps and Prayer on Lips— Calm Throughout Ordeal, “'il-‘ Say. .auderdale, Tla.,, Aug. 17 (@) battle on lderman calmly affold w showing lonly exee als, a adviser ¢ ! essary no s faltering. witness 6:03 out borders the of sun ros which 1 base. w minutes later tt en down and at 6 ng hear started with it to . where relatives have arrang- 1 and bwwial nan was convicted in Janu- 'y Sander body was d m run ll.umr\ into a Florida port. During the bat- tle Robert K. Webster, secret serv ice , also was Kkilled, but the | rum - never was tried for his uhmx COPPERHEAD ATTACKS - MEN iN SOUTHINGTON Reptile Puts Up Battle { When Life Is Threatened Pre- | | fight with a A thrilling copy head s waged for ral m ore making its es- cape was of two lo 1l me experience n on a dirt road near South- t yesterda | | Bryce L. 1 secretary of Y LR CIE A Albert assistant ral and | Brockway, ant perintendent in the were department, out They drove to th lormitory gathering berries Cathole road and truned off towar Southington, going four or direction of the a copperhead, w s three feet long dar ross the road from the L ngside. Mr. Long, who was d stopped his car so that » was pinned under one mil town, m" front | | searched | patch | The men got out and for rocks with which to the rept In the mea snake wige > and, trying to escape, made an a |on the two men. Brockway threw his rock which bowled over the but only stopped in for a few seconds. While snake Long, with his rock, at- tracted the attention of the snake | for another moment, Brockway, a | veter grabbed ed direct- the attack taking ground, but the than 60 former short stick, T ly Brockway the ho is more stepped and escaped Ty more the . the third time go- r Brockway's st. for the latter to lunge. Brockway his stick. The clear off fangs. » was no time third struck back wtih blow partially warded off the snake Jalthoush “the *body of ithe , reptile struck Drockway on' the arm. | its third attempt to s into either of the ke changed its tagtics the road into the iling in it f men, the s and darted ¢ bushes. McCUE STILL SERIOUS Hospital authorities repo morning Detective geant | William P. McCue had spent a much | night last night than he has| the hospital. | regarded as | this | that easier admission to is still ce his His condition serious. PIDES—AUG. 18 G New London $:30 am.8:10 pm. New Haven 9:53 aam., 1035 HOOVER RECEIVED FOUR BURN ALIVE, éPresIdem Formal jDEMOCRATS WELCOME HIM lowly | 1 to have | stand was re | promise of the Flood Byrd, liver Rivals for Legion’s Eleventh District Baseball Crown in Batile Here Today \l ZEPPELIN APPROACHES HIGH SIBERIAN MOUNTAIN RANGES ON SECOND HALF OF FLIGHT TAHS, W"_I_ HEHT Gra% Just South of Arc- WAY BUT OF l]flfl g C‘"'e i Early Moming —Region Gmws Wilder as Huge Airship Presses on Toward Tekyo. Spirit of Optimism at Meet Ten vflamesui NOTE INDORSERb PRAISED Appointed 10 swdy Reports Conflict With Ear- — Bond Issuc Bridgeport Pins Hopes On These S Committee to B Iinancial Sitaa Bridgemri and Buffalo Play Today BY VIRGINIA TOWN TWo 9 ’THERS HUR'[ In American Legion Diamond Serzes lith t Stak 1 Mo g Mo 11th Region Champaens‘nm at S ake 0 Escape Night Fire RESCUE EFFORTS FUTILE However, and Indicate Ship Is North of Position First Given—Storm May Lie lier Messages, Members rized at Meeting N Guest Madison This Alternoon Famxly Games Take Place at Diamond No. 1, Walnut Hill P‘. Ahead, Rumors Say. at 2:30 o'Clock—Eddy-Glover Post Corps to Play Concert—Big Crowd Expected—Visiters aise Local Hospitality. t south of the to Foliow Specch— this Huge Barbecue Children Trapped on Sccond Floor Community Spotless Tor Visit | of Home—Two Survivors, Serfous- e position as 6 of Chief Exccutive and Official | 1y Burned in Hospital, May Not Party. Live. ried- Madison, Vi ppelin lent Hoover, nal thro County's i the ends rer, today be nd all th lison ‘luxn\): Post Corps in Concert -way point inhabited - Madison, a town of 500 | it was occasion, BANDIT HAD FAITH IN FAKE MOUSTACHE ted Weeks Ag Mr. Hoover accepted the invitation to attend the cer K ¢ Slatersville Bank Robber Mother Finds Body Strap- Wiits, However, Under ped to Chair and ion Gas Jet Open p R e the coun democ their seriodical visits in t d in the most proper way in an a . of arly old- ed soul grounds on the had been made |a plantation kitchen; the correct and hite el ARt Iu\uml this the fair T h of outskirts of towr in his abi as spick and span as | g, St b : ¢ : led: Carl speaker’s tizen of Ux president’s which had S 5 e 85 de pounds Al accessories of a e giving off early savory ig day to com Chamber Head Presides Dr. J. N. Glore, president of Madison county Ch | traaitior barbecue wer correet, it ship was t Circle e Mos- - was merce was chosen to pre half of the county The del governor, H with his staff and other ad arranged to come from ond in an field, to be enth district's ntative in congress, J. A o ref and himself, in turn, to in- t or h wa o him at twice, * troduce the presiden a is guilty It was the first occasion of which |ir ed last night President Hoover had decided to de- v was held and address in of four ned o > tragedy at Asi 1 ion 1o and the 1z in 1 e French was fo lames his clothing in that from |as he t k and good time inous re- VS w ly mount half of Siberia Toward Indorser Williar H l\[\hmm May Be hope for rges of Ahead many, ,h‘ r of the ass the taken to jail (Continued on Page 15.) “ontinued o ze 15 (Co Two) Iy to messages most plain being ansk, THIS WEEK'S AFFAIRS . by Knight S BIG NAVY DIRIGIBLE GLIDES OVER CITY .., POWDER ?UFF 65 ETS N PRISUNER 9 POCKET Prowler Arrested After Chase by Army of Children MARE g, s TR HRAD 7 ‘510€ | ME A ;“~ LEM S oue QRAKES A\ngeles Prm’id’cs A Show for New Britain Los D ciTy ENGINEER'S ANSWER YO PROFOSAL FOL Wilow BROOI pevATA] bond whick in po. \DERMAN eAR\'\.ET‘ S QesonM\uN CREATED SURPRISB— vv \\]\l\lv 4 “WOU,s'z 1s continued Ow The hborhood t of the way, soon First L house, > would g the vigorously on the door opened he would v words and t was home, he would the next on his act S ¢ door ¢ no one AMERICAN Leaion's! REGONAL BASEBAL! TOURNAMENT AT AEw GRiTan ATTRA 016 CROWDS —— CLVFI\)‘(D dgor before g RIGHT the crew of 40 student officers on hoard May A FEW WEEBKS MORE Of 74 first flight made since her recent overhauling. and th It was t At the house directly across the by the Los Ar S (Continued on Page 15.)