New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1930, Page 3

\ \ | | | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH §& 1930 Mexican President Seeks to Curb All Gambling, Drinking and Vice To Make Country More Civilized Rubio Says Foreign Capi- EAST HARTFORD SCENE tal Will Be Welcomed in| OF SIX DRY LAW RAIDS Building Up All Indus- i tries. | OMcers Enter Pleasant street tablishment by Using Magic Password—"Sicam-Shovel,” Mezxico City, March § (UP)— Prosident Pascual Ortiz Rublo today | 2T ord, March 5.—Six places in disclosed, in an exclusive imterview | oSt Hartford were raided by de- witr the United Press, the seneral PUtY sheriffs working out of the objectives and polities of the new | state's atiorney's office last nizht. xican administration. The largest liquor hanl was made in 1t was the first occasion on Which | the home of Mrs. Mary Izzo. Four the president has made any public | harrels of wine anhl a gallon of Ii. rronouncement on the internal and | quor were seized. Small ameunts of iniernational problems confronting | liquor were found in the Iast Hari- his goverment ford whoe rebuilding shop, Irank J. In gencral, he said. Mexico has| Macchi, proprictor; James Moriar- five distinet and {mmediate aims. | iy vestairant shd hetel, the Deos They are: A | ple’s Drug store owned by Max Ra- 1. The infusion of morality and dom; a Main street pool room run by John Coskey and the Mahogany Lunch, Charles Roth, proprictor. James Lynch was arrested in Moriarty's restaurant. All arrested except Lynch were able to get $500 bond for their appearance in court Monday morning. It is said investi- gators have been able to make at least two purchases of liquor at ca efficiency in the machinery of jus-| tice. 2. Exploitation of Mexico's nat- | ural resources and riches. 3. Increasc in agricultural pro- | duction. | 4. A vast extension of the nation- al highway system 5. An immediate solution of the | labor proble : : | 0 e e o 1 s o e e e | One raid was also made in Hart- et e | fora after four officials using the meevanta Borclen Capiial pass-word “Steam-shovel” were ad- The president also emphasized | miited to a tenement at 291 Pleas- that Mexico is ready to welcome, | and expects. additional foreign cap- | ital to be attracted to the country %o | assist in exploration of natural re- sources. The progressive climination of al- cohol, and abolition of the national ambling evil arc iwo goals to- wards which the Ortiz Rubio admin- istration will direct its social cfforts, he declared. The president rciterated his be- licf in the cordial relations now cs- tablished between the United States and Mexico. ant street, Joseph Virnola. arrested and a large quantit cohol seized. T0 TRIAL MONDAY 0il Man to Face Bribery Charge, “Inyestment of forcign capital Last ol 0l C here,” he said. “in such a way as aS[O Il ases 1o favor cconomic activities of the country, by those who have honest | commercial intentions, will be wel- comed by the government. We will give capital all tac protection it needs within the law, and without detriment to the rights of labor. “Peace mow prevails throughout the republic. and the guarantees we March $ the Washington, (P—What is expected {o he last criminal action growing out of the oil scan- dals of the Harding will begin Monday with Doheny facing a charge bribed former Secretary of the administration Edward 1. of having In- make are the best manner of at-|terior Albert B. I7all to exccute the tracting foreign capital here. famous lease on the Elk Hills naval The government views with | petroleum reserve, pleasure the increasing number of | Confident that he will be acquited visits to Mexico by United States!in spite of the fact that Fall was husiness men and tourists, who are | convicted on the same charge a few getting an exact knowledge of the | months ago. Doheny is here ready to country and the possibilities of es- | go on trial. take the stand himself tablishing graater commercial ex-|and again tell his story of lending change. $100.000 to J*all, a friend of many “Regarding the outstanding for-!years' standing. ! elgn debt. 1 intend fo strive for Hogan to Defend settlement within the country’s fi-| Trank J. Hogan, who has served nancial capacity and with strict Ye- |as chief counsel for the defense in gard 1o national honor. all the criminal actions arising from “The problems to which T have ths oil leases will plead Doheny's referred will be solved through ' case, assisted by Joseph J. Cotter, hard work and cooperation. who was counsel for Doheny's Pan Urges Morality American company when it negotiat- he Mexican social movement i od the ik Hills lease. a consummated fact. It remains onl Atlee Pomerenc and Owen J. 1o develop Mexico as 2 modern state. iloberts again will serve as spec to enable her to take her place prosceutors for the governmer among civilized peoples.™ President Ortiz Rubio’s arc They have anno for the tria need that they decla and expeet no de- tion on the government's cfiorts to make Mexico a moral nation Was! Both government and defense af- positive. torneys have said that no new wit- “The moralizalion of our people neeses will be introduced and no new occupies the government’s most ser- | issues raised, with the testimony fous attention. To obtain that end largely a repetition of that which we will act with all necessary dili- | has been given in former oil cas gence and energy. Attendod Yall's Trial *Our recent recommendations for Doheny was a constant attendant the prohibition of cxploiting zamb- ling institutions went to all terri- | hut the Jatter will be unable fo be torial as well as state governors.” | present at the coming trial. At liber- ‘The president’s statement in that | 1y on bhond pending an appeal fron when I7all was on trial for bribery. connection refutes the theor. | his conviction, 1°all is ill 2t his hom Erowing out of recent Snterviews|in Ll Paso and has seldom left his with lower California officials— | hod in the Jast few months : coupled® With ambiguous statements | \ssociate Justice William Hitz of from the interior department—thali (ho District of Golumbia supreme such resorts as Agua Calicnte and court will preside. A panel of 1 Tijuana were excluded from the | men and eleven women have been | anto-gambling drive. . | summoned for possible jury duty. The rccommendation, the presi- g 7 dent said unequivocally, is to be ap- wlied to every section of the repub- lic. He was no less severe in his statements on liquor. What Congress Is “I consider alcohol one of the Doing worst enemies of civilization.” he |\ % | said, “and it must be eliminated . Sat progressively from the country.” lay Regarding rumors that important | Senate cabinet changes are impending, Troceed with tariff bill Ortiz Rubio said they were abso- | ASriculture committee considers lutely unfounded. He also indicated | NV resolution to inquiry into farm he desired to have all officials co- | 'elicf situation. operate closely with the press. a sit- | House: uation which, if realized. will mark |~ In recess. an innovation. Elections committee takes up The president still wears ban- | awson-Owen contest from IFlorida dages over the jaw wound he re-|in executive session. coived on his inauguration day. and | Ways and means commitice con- thus far has mot left his privaie !inucs hearing on narcotic bureau home 1o which he was carricd six | Dill hours after he had ihe oath Friday of office. He s now able 1o devote | Senafe: regular hours 1o official business, | Voted duty on cement however, and reccives cabinet offi-| Chairman Legge of farm hoard cers frequently. Within a few days, the pra will move to Chapultapec castle. | told agriculture committee improve He will occupy the 1r‘=plr‘ndnnt} | | | ment was in sight for farm relief, Scnator Nye demanded reconsider- ation of vote increasing sugar duty. Lobby committee heard Warren Doane of Philadelphia, festify | was employed by Senator Grund House: g Adopted special rale to limit de- | bate on the Parker motorbus bill to 5 ¢ g o six hours, I\gfiefiofgg(ei;ot%"f;g\Toda"} Repreeentative Sirovich advocated international board {o regulate opi- New York, March § (®—Unre- | um manufacture. corded incidents in the world wide sident auites in which the Emperor Maxi- milian and Iimpress Carlotta once lived. Recent presidents as a rule have lived in the comparatively | small houses near the castle. | Representative Johnson, Nebraska, task of the Associated Press staff|Urged flood control constriction pro. in getting the news of the world [8ran. as means’of relieving unem- will be told by Kent Cooper, gen-|Ployment. eral manager of the Associated Press| Reduction in tobacco fax was de. in a radio speech over the WEAp}mandml by Representative Walker. network of the National Broadcast-| Banking committee resumed hear- ing company at 8 p. m.. eastern|ing on Letts' bill to authorize farm standard time tonight. Mr. Cooper | board to enforce double liability of will speak in the “New Business|Joint Stock Land Bank stockhold- World Series,” and be in tro- | ers. will uced by Merle Thorpe, editor of | (he “Nations’ will also Intensiveness I'ress cffort B tell of iness.” Mr. Coop- of the scope and the Associated RAID ENFIELD INN Hartford, March § (UP) Tnn was Enfield raided by federal prohibi- tion agents shorly | of collecting news. after 6 o'clock | _— last night and a all_quantity of MOTION PICTURES OF SWEDEN |alleged intoxicating liquor was . W. Swanson who visited Swu- | Scized. Joseph Arnold, arrested s den last summer will show motion | Proprietor, was charged with illegal pictures of Sweden at the Vega so- | possession. The raiders found 11 $ety meeting this cvening. All meni- | pints of alleged whiskey and nearly bers are invited, ‘mu quarls of wine. Es- | \ Handsome Memorial Chapel to Be Buiit in Bristol | | 2 V% \ Boat Making Class Conducted Under the Auspies of the Hartford County Y. M. C. A. APPFALTODAYIN Decision of Nationalist Congress " LIOUOR PURCHASE O Boston U. §. Attorney Plans Test | of Foderal Decision | The | has a right to purchase liquor und - | Tax Commissioner Mass, March § of whether ey a citizen Roston, question the prohibition act gocs to the su- | preme court of the United Stat:s toda | has been in lower filed by Ass torney Elihu 1+ 1 right of se:- the nationil relation to in- n sun- har- “The appeal will b - United Stat onc. 10 test the leg tion title two. of prohibition act in its dividuals. That act stance that no person shall sell ter transport or purches lianor without it Decision of the c¢a have a national ant first obtaining a per- which wou'd although before, w status court | precipitated in the ease of James | (Special to the lerald) e furiture will be used throughout.| ~ Carlyl ller Barnes was the son Bristol rch s ured above| with individual oak chairs in the | of Wallac fou the is the proposcd new “Carlyle Fuller| ehapel. The screen work i5 to be ex-| Wallace Barnes Co.. one of Bristol's Barnes Memorial chapel” which was | ceptionally fine lavgest industrial plants, and suc aceepted by the city council this| The main chapel will hold 130 | cecded his father as head of the con- week as a gifi from Lena %, Fuller| people. and there will be a separate | corn, He was born in Brictol and I, and Harry C. Barne iis hand- | wing to be used as a family chapcl. | lived here for virtually his entire ome struciure, which will cost an|The structure will also contain Nife. He dicd years ago at the estimated $150.000 to complete, will | fices “for the West « ry Assn.. | age c vear Mr. Barnes was be located en Pound strect in West| & flower room W @ minister’s | prominent in indusirial circles not | cemetery, The plans for the chapel | room b only his city but throughout the | were drawn by Perry & Bishop, New |able @5 a vaul 1o, His hobby was mmsic, and he | Britain architects there being room for 50 casket 15 an excellent flauti. nd cell | The building will be constructed| There will be an clovator in the This love of music will be per- of Welmouth scan 1 trim- | chapel petnated in the fine orzan to be in- med vith Virginia stone, and the cost of the structurce is esti-| stalled in the chapel roof will be of tile in 1 I style mate Al 200,000 and will be in- 1 « pel was offered 1o city by The belfry will contain a tolling bell | ereased 1o §150,000 by the instalia- Mr rmes widow, Mrs na 1 and an organ made by Harry Hall [tion of the organ. furnishings, and | Barnes: and his two sons, Fuller I, & Co. of New Have All of the other incident il 1 con- 1 Harry C. Barnc who now have main chanel windows will be of 12th | dract ) been a o Carlson | carried the control of the Willaco niury il The floors will | & Torcllo of N Britain, and Barnes Co. into the third generation he made of and all hardware | heating and plumbing work will be | of the family, This zift w ceepted 10 be uced in connection with the | done by the 1 A. Shaffor Co. of this|a he eity council mecting on Tue chapel will be of wrought iron. Oak- | city. | day night, [in small v centors, and 1o numerous 0 rimary purpose, in o ifhe Ua I1a Nt pfo A erosts prodch to boys through their actual e ot ot T ntere is: Iirst, to stimulate cre- L tary of the Hartford County Y. M. inspiration connected with his par- C. A, has posulted in A ticwlar interest; sceond, to give him 0‘ s 4 programs for interest clubs among ‘“““"]:\““ DL SSonias ol M n 0| bo. vouns men of the county|Manent intercst for him because it A 1nny Talas S S mance that e dily be awaken R history of his craft interest: third, The Har(ford County Y. M. . 4, Mmusic. samp collocting, travel “u.»H‘m\'\‘.ln\‘\hv ch ','\vl;;r"\‘v‘ll‘.\n\ in- 4 i fidias ! n s s through in Keeping with an emphasis being | POUCT LheRe AnrocTHIte S rom S e En e ; made by the program scetion of the |MeNt the work of the Junior Insti- BrEC, o0 St b National Council of the Y. M. (', A, fute of Artssand: seience Aty = bl gl announces the launching of an ex- Ranization which fosters construc 5 = tensive prograrm of activities for|1ive hobbies by providing continuir INJURED WOMAN REJEGTS Hartford County towns through In-|incentive and dircetion. The Har forest: clubs roups of boys who | ford county Y. M. C. A. has engage:d CHEGK OFF-\RED BY 1 Y terests or hobbies and then given a|0f Arts and Sciences in - 6rder 10 SRR chance 1o study and follow up their Make a vast supply o material, o hobbies in their leisure time. This|methods and programs availabic Dii atldied With Settenzent of ¢ move is timely and significant. A The plan adopted by the Hariford A R . o SR e N R G Hew iasyer Tells Council club progras is to discover all 1 Claims Committee. natural practical vital interests that bhoys and younz me like i o 100 council committ have, and then to gather to; on el met night and cor.- the availablo material connected idered number of cases on which with the interests from numerou reports will by i it the March v meciing of the council. among ther wor n o 1 eraft will hat ol AN Montanile, v reotyped methods of L vwhom a check for 3120 waz madc Anterican life to draw in- | out several months a0 in settlement piration in the « of the Greeks o im. Attorney B. L. Alperi and the Romans. They will study | toid committec the cheek hal th methods of the Indians: th 10 casi as the claimant will absorh work done by the peo- | wis not satisfied with the amount, ple in Turkey and Syria today nd he asked that an item of $1%2 Seulpture i Soap o rvices in M. Montanile s Boys interested in sculpiure, us- household during her incapacitation, ing soap ns a medinm, will see how | by her daughter-in-law, be consid- their ciforts . mil to the carly cred, in addition te (wo small bilis cfforts of gri seulptors, like I'h weurred in connection with an a - dias of Grecee and Rodin of France n for §3.000 brought against tie Boys in clubs in m eleetri city as a result of a fall city will range in their crafts fror It was brought out that the com- simple clectrical coils to advance:d | mittee had considered the §182 bill | radio. They will use technical mo- | when the hcaring was held, but hal | tion pictures, released by national | decided to allow only 0 on the | clecirical manufacturing concerns, | entive elaim. Attorney Alpert sail | They will study the lives of the the amount asked for scitlament wis WALTER A. DE SAGER {pioncers in the field—of Bell, or | $40u. No action was taken in ti Steinmetz, of Idison natter the profitable use leisure time Boys collecting stamps will hay Mrs. Nellic 15, Norton of 319 Shorter hours of labor and the in- pictures available also—pictures outh Main street asked payment ¢t crease of labor-saving devices have colorful as the countrics from which | bills amounting to approximater increased the amount of free time, stamps come. And there witl | 108 and Mrs, Annetta Carpenter of and the standardized routine of other things on which they may | #4 Rockwell avenue asked payme i@ most work has given the tivities of | feed their curiosity, such as lanter of §§0. Mrs. Norton fell at the co | this free time a greater importance | slides and pamphlets. Boys interest- | her of Leland and Wooster streets | than ever in forming the character |cd in wood craft not only will make | and Mrs. Carpenter,at Glen s [0l young men; [County ¥ " officinls{thiits and dosks and. tables. b md Rockwell avenue. There was a believe. will also learn ih of people | hole in the road at Leland and Fapert Called In of Oberammerg who are notel Wooster sireet and an alleged slip _Tn, October the Hartford County | for th fon Playe for. 1l pery conditio Guen el Y. M. C. A called Walter A de Sa- | gkl in wood carving. and for their | Reckwell avenus ger of New York into consulting ser- | peautifnl home life e e _ TR { vice Mr. de Sager had completed sible, the standard: a kg | sevaral years of successful develop- | p % FAN IS SIS fang guilds will be incorporatel : ¢ ment of Interest clubs for boys at| o (Lo ideals of the club. . Hartford, March & h the Weet Side branch ef the Y. M harve of the Mctropolitan RS IV e A Te T stimudating Creative: Work budset of $160.000 for the presen Lake George last summer. and had| The purpose of such training fiscal year will b 15,532, accord traveled extensively throughout the Mot to make highly-skilled artists|ing 1o a sched e by William | country during the summer. and|OF artisans. Where a hoy shows | . Blodgett, sta X commissioner }m,-p- fall studying the problem of | special aptitudes or desir in any | The tax is figured on the average boys" activities. His work carried him | £iven field through his clubs, th receipts of he fiv wns in th | 1o the Louis. Detroit. and Cleve- | normal procedure will he to help | district. The tax is payable Septem- | Allandiv.aic. 15 Y. M. C.. As him enter a school for thorouga | her FFarrar of Watertown, who was in- | dicted by a federal grand jury o | I'ebruary Tth on a charge of pur | chasing liquor for beverage pur- | poscs. Moves to Quash Case Farrar moved to quash the ment against him which | tained by Judge James M. Mortoi. Jr., yesterday and Stone immedial.- 1y relegated the question to national | status by announcing he would ap- peal the decision against the crnment’s case The involved of two pints of liquor street-railway employe Rotondo of Medford Cambridge stor The court sustained the contention of JFarrar's counsel that the section in question refers only 1o permitte s indic was sus- S the by from the casc purcha rar, Fran latter & in such as druggist, hospitals anl others, entitled legally to buy or sell liquor under permit. GRUNDY ADMITS HE EMPLOYS DOANE “No Apology” fo Make for Acts, He Coolly Tells Senate Washington, March § (—Sena- tor Grundy says he has no apologies to make for transferring records and f from the American Tariff league news bureau to his quarters it the senate office building, for cmploying one of his old associates of the bureau to help him with the tarifl bill, nor for permitting him to uce the facilities of his office. The senate lobby committee conducting an investigation of news- paper reports that officials of high tariff organizations have set up headquarters in - Grundy's office stoutly denied by the senator. and next week will examine John Lerch of New York. an attorney, in con- neetion with these charges. Back in the days before Grundy was appointed to the senate en he frankly didn't mind being called 1 tariff lobbyist, he was in chargs of the league’'s news bureau anl Warren 1% Doanc of I’hiladelphia was one of his employes there. Since he entercd the senate Doanw has continued to work for him. tes- timony before the lobby committes developed, at a salary of $300 month and has occasionally used - desk and a typewritcr in the sena- tor’s office. | Senator republican. Wis- consin, a member of the commitics, last night asserted in the scnate, that Doanc was cmployed to pe form cxactly the same work he for- merly did for the tarifi league and that the rccords and files of th news burean had been removed 1o Grundy's office. Grundy was had “no said. for to reply. He apologies” o make, he hiring Doane or for using what he termed his own data and that of Doanc's from the leaguc's bureau. If he could find six more like Doane, he added, he would employ them, too. During the day, Doane thur L. Paubel, secretary of th American Tarift league, had ap- pearcd before the commitice. Doane said he had been cmployed by Grundy at $300 a month for six or rs and that he had uscd scnator's office for his work at capitol. Faubel said he hal in Grundy's office only twice had been summoncd but was to be present. Prepared Gofi's Address ibel also said he had preparcd for an address on the tarif cd by Senator Goff, republi- West Virginia, and Blaine re- aquick news and Ar- cven he the heen Lerch unable da delive forred to this testimony in his speech last night, calling forth the tement from Goff, that el's conncction with the speech had con- sisted in looking up “certain tics and corroborating certain f The West Virginian accused lobby committee of unfairness in not reporting to the senate mony that Eugene R. Pickrell of New York had furnished data for addresses to Scnators King, demo- crat, Utab, and LalFollette. inde- pendent republican, Wisconsin. This in turn brought forth an cx- planatory statement from Lakol- lette, who said Pickrell had supplied him with a “factful statement on imports and exports” which was used only for its “statistical infor- mation.” Vermont Sends Sympathy To French Flood District Paris, Mar. § (® — With sad memories of her own floods the state of Vermont has voiced her sympathy for the flood sufferers of France. The American embassy foday for- warded to the French government the following cablegram reccived from Governor John E. Weeks: “The citizens of Vermont deeply touched by the suffering and 1685 in France caused by floods. Pleasc convey to President Dou- cur heartfelt sympathy.” are merguc Herald Classified pin Ads are {he money, first cousins of testi- | SUFFIELD LEARNS TAX ¢ GUT THERE IS ILLEGAL Independence Tells Collectors I'hat Licns for Unpaid Tayes Arc Disgrace in This State. Hartford. March S.—Tor the past ew years Suffield i payers have W all weit when it 1 Commissioner Wii- Blodgelt that ihe prior to April 1 well until ye | learned froni " [ iara W | ments or ting barga terday was abate per allowed on taxcs paid own are :llezal C. H. Prior, Suflicld ined meeting collectors T in that x collector atements at of Hartford other capitol Vot fxp) 1he day’'s tax [ 1y offi ol town Te annually Blodgett clectors had no reduction no mat- pointed out have pern to male abate- Suffield docs He 2 under the circumstances the tax collector could he held responsi- ble for the two per cent. He later ex- | plained 1hat no such action would bo taken but that the state fax de- partment will inform Suffield offi- cials that the reduction is not legal I Styles Lien Disgrace and the st the reductions were in town replicd right to vote how small while a Zew of the ments, that meetings 1o th o e towns Jegislature whic that ter that ission not od Placing liens against property be- | cause of unpaid criticized by the “Few states have said. “and in responzible for unpaid = he tax tax commissioner. ace this dis: * he Conneeticut the ¢ are poriion of .najor nnpaid 300,000 1xes in this country fotal § as of April 1 of last vear, it was pointed ouf. and yet Hartford country is only fifth in the state in regard 1o taxes unpaid Litehfield tops the list with 94.6 per cent of its taxes collected. Among the officials attending were: elye, Plainville; Frank G. Sherwood. I'rank E. Tolmes and . Belden, Rocky IMill; Berna- dotte Loomis. New Britain; 1. B. rroudman and G. Lucas Newington; and J. Hemingway. Plainville. Harold W, WILL EXAMINE SUSPECT Windsor, March 8.—Believing that Anthony Agofsky, 26, of Bridgeport, may be the same man at whom he fired three shots Tuesday night in | Windsor when he suspected the man | of being an automobile {hief, Con- stable Maurice Kennedy planned to £0 {0 Stamford todoy to sce the man who is being held in that city as suspect. Stamford authorities be- lieve Agofsky is one of the trig that jumped out of a stolen auto here Friday morning after a gzun batilc an allowed the machine to crash into a pole. The auto stolen from Hartford last Tuesday. NO MORE LIQUOR LAS PROBABLE Gongress Unlikely to Adopt More Plans This Session was Washington, Mar, § (UP)—Iur- (her prohibition legislation at this sossion of congress seemed improb- able today in view of contrary opin- ion in the house over the adminis- tration’s enforcement program. So far only one of the Wicker- sham law enforcement commission's [ proposals, all of which were ap- proved by DPresident Hoover, has been acted upon—the suggestion that the prohibition burcau be transferred from the treasury to the justice department. A bill to effect | this shift has passed the house and probably will be approved by the s Two Others Prescnted | Two other commission bills have | been considered by the house judi- ciary committee. Thesc would mend the Jones law {o define slight and casual” prohibition vio- lations, and hestow upon United States commissioners power to 1] persons charged with minor of- fenses. Both of the measures. which T heen considered by a ju- diciary sub-committee, have brought gether forfh as many counter-proposals, modifying amendments and ad- verse criticism that agreement. even within the committee, appears further away now than a month Rep. Bachman, republican, W. Va. dey member of the sub-com- suggested in a speech hefore at court con- gestion be relieved merely by | ing more judicial districts in the ¢ where dockets most clogged. He said the commission’s recommendation to amend the Jones law might be adopted ' also but indicated he would oppose an extension of court commissioners’ powers. Wets To Oppose Plan members mit house yesterd creat- are es Other sub-committee have still other opinions and the | wet minority on the full commit- tee is preparcd to oppose all legis- lation so far recommended for re- |lict of congestion in federal courts. |""A half dozen further recommen- | dations of the law enforcement commission, which were referred to various house comamittees, have Leen completely ignored and there seems no possibility they will be acted upon before adjournment. SEEK TWAIN RELICS Hartford, March S.—The furni- tures of Mark Twain's home that have fallen into other hands are be- ing sought by the house committee of the Mark Twain Library and | Memorial commission. The organiza- | tion hopes to restore the historica | home of the former Hartford resi- dent. Herald Classified Ads exceedingly i o read the is to spend one’s time ‘lmn. f India to Work for Complete Was Turning Point Resolution of Hindus: to Strive After Freedom Changed Mahatma Gan- dhi’s Entire Life. London. March § (B—The decision of the Indian nationalist congress : work for complete independen from Great Britain marks a turnin, point in the carvcer of Mahatms Candhi and envisions possible vio lence, a thing that has always bec Lcld repugnant to b Parzess abandoned. th the ceremonies When th movement 10 boyco welcoming the Prince of Wales India in 1921, their enraged coni- patriots robbed and burned their homes and killed many of them. Gandhi. apostle of non-violene: immediately recalled the mass eivil disobedience order which he had issucd and bezan a long fast as pen- ance for the nationalists' sins of vio lenes I Prince 1921, when the in Calcutta, th nationalist congress at Ahmadaba i elected Gandhi “dictator” and gave m authority to name his own sur cessor, The nationalists wished 1o authorize “violence if necessary” but Gandhi threw so much force against he proposal that it was defeated. Congress Outlawed The British authorities could n> longer ignore the rebellious tenden cies of the nacionalists and outlaw cd the congress, arresting thousanis of men and women. At that moment. one word from Gandhi probably would have precipitated a revol: tion, and nationalists today assert | ihat Gandhi had been secretly as- sured that native Indtan troops, in- cluding the Sikhs. awaited only h word to revolt. This was inconsisi- ent with the principles of the apos- of non-violence, but Gandhi pushed to the limit by the extremc- ists among his foliowers, did seris ar. ultimatum on the viceroy givinz him seven days in which to change the governmental policy and threa:- at Christmas of Wales w cning the next step of mass eivil disobedience should that fail. Then came the Chauri-Chaua riot. Police interfered with a relii- gious procession in that town and 27 o them were pursued {o their bar- racks and killed. Violence had again spoiled the Mahatma's plani. He immediately suspended his ulti- matum to the viceroy and again dil penance The Indian mystic had -been' {threatened with arrest for about » vear. The government at last took the long contemplated step and ar- rested the Mahatma as he led h's | fellowers in sundown prayer on th: banks of the river Gujrati. Appear- ing in court wearing only a loin icloth, he was sentenced to six years sedition at Ahmadabad on Marei He became No. 287 o Yerawada prison and entered upan 1or a six-year program of self-improve- ment, But he was released in Fen- ruary, 1924, after serving nearly tn> years, Gandhi immediately resumsi Icadership of the nationalists and nurged them to take up spinninz their own yarn- for cloth as an au- tidote to violence and for economic rcasons. The Indian leader wishel (5 break India’s independence upin | Lancashire for textties. The charka or spinning wheel .was placed on the nationalist fl. In December, 1924, Gandhi head- cd the nationalist ceagress which met at Belgium. 1t was his first appearance since his imprisonmen: The next year a woman, the Poetess Sarojini Naidu, led the nationaliz:s meeting for the first time. Ther.- after until the congress of Deceni- ber. 1929, Gandhi kept out of the | limelight. Then last Christmas re came out for complete independence from Great Britain, a more radicdl | step than he had cver before advo- cated, Severe Earth Shocks Fail to Harm Canal Panama City, March § (P—Severs earth shocks which rocked ths Isthmus of Panama at 10:44 p. m. last night, did no apparent damage to the Canal. The shocks were described as the strongest since those of 1913-1914. Residents were thrown into & panic |and rushed pell-mell from creaking |frame houses, where bheds move:!l land china crashed. Neither injur- ies nor material damage were re ported anywhere. Long after nidnight crowds wer scated around public parks in Pan ama City, hesitant {o return te their homes in the fear of a repetition of |the tremors which were strong cnough to displace the needle in on of the two Canal scismographs. The All America Cable company’s {Balboa station. reported that the movement as recorded on !2 inches of receiving tape, signifying that the duration of the tremor wa between 28 and 30 seconds, Caisson Disease Victim Hartford, March $.—The second victim of the “bends” was taken to the Hartford hospital yesterday afi- crnoon. Samuel Lumford, 43, was stricken with caisson discase, known to workers as the “bends,” when he came up from a well pit being dug in | the South Meadows for the Hartford Electric Co. Two weeks ago another worker on the project was seized with the same disease. It will be 10 days or perhaps two weeks before Lumford will be able to regain the use of his limbs. with Jack Oakie—Polly Walker NOW SHOWING EMBASSY {