Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 17, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 148 . POPULATION 29,685 MURDER AT DARTMOUTH Henry E. Maroney of Medford, Mass., a Senior, Shot Dead by . Robert T. Meads of La Grange, Ill., a Junior—Compan- ion of the Victim Testifies That Meads Pressed His Pistol Against Maroney’s Side and Fired—Murdered Student and His Companion Had Taken a Partly Filled Quart Bottle of Whiskey Form Meads, Who Had Agreed to Sell Them a I’inngor $8—Meads Waived Examination and Was Held on Charge of Murder. Hanover, N. H., June i6.—A student quarrel over whiskey ecarly today result- ed in the killing of Henry E. Maroney, of Medford, Mass., a semior at Dartmouth colege, and the arrest of Robert - T. Meads of la Grange, Ills, a junior, charged with murder. Meads fled after the shooting, which occurred at Maroney's rooms in the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house. While a posse of students was searching for he walked twelve miles to Mascoma Station and rded a train for Boston. He was captured on the train by High Sheriff Claude M. Mu who took from him an autom: ned a con- fession in which med he fired in self defense. When arra'gned here before Judge Harry E. Burton, o the murder charge.| Meads waived examina nd was held without bail for th jury. He was taken at Woodsville e an defense would be direci A. H. Meads of Chicago, who is an at- torney. Out of the Tonflicting reportsl of the affair. the college authorities and county o found it difficul determine the facts. Mea i im that = be acted in defense of his life was not supported by details given by others. Early statemenls to the college authori- ties that a vislt to Meads' room early and other stud- with liquor were statements, this morning by Maron: ents had no connec disputed by subsequent The story told to Connty Sol . Newton, by Harold M. Whittaker of, Somerville, Mase, Maroney's roommate, was regarded as the most direct ac- sount of what happened. Whittaker and Maroney went to Meads’ room in Northj Massachusetts Hall to purchase a quart of whiskey, he said. They offered him 8. i he agreed to sell them & pint_for that price and had gone to get . Whittaker sall, when Maroney picked up a partly flled qv bottle, passed it to Whittaker and told him to take it away. Whittaker » the ground from the window feet below, and as Meads fired three Neither of the men it was an at- mped elv Maroney shots aft was hit et faroney and \Whittaker then went to heir rnoms at the fraternity house and prepared to go to bed. They had not touched the liquor. he eaid. i hortly afterward Meads entered their rooms. Maromey was in the bathroom. Meads sat down at Maroney’s desk. When Maroney came ous ‘of the bath- room. according to Whittaker's story, he approached Meads. Meads reached across the desk. pressed his pistol against Ma- romey's side and fired. No word was ex- changed between the men, Whittaker them and they tohught to frighten them. itor John | i the | his | today that Marone: said. Maroncy died almost instantly, shot through the heart. Meads ordered Whittaker, the latter said told the officials to “get out of here, or I'll do the same to you.” As Whittak- er started to leave by one door, Means bacKed out of another, covering his re- treat with his postol. Two other students, James C. Chileut of Bangor, Maine, and Clifford F. ¥Hart, of =Brooklyn, Y. aroused by the shot. rushed out of their rooms, but not in time to catch Meads. In his flicht Meads was joined by Fr- win T. Weis, of Hull, Alabama, who, when ugqestioned later, said he knew there had been a shooting. but did not know the nature of it, and sought only to aid his classmate in what he thought was a trivial scrape. Weis returned to Hanover and was detained for a time, but he was released later. Sheriff “Murray hoarded the train at Canaan, having received a telegram to be on the watch for the fuugitive. When accosted Meads, the lattedr admitted identity. Asked if he were armed, the student surrenderad his pistol. He said he was going to Boston to get in touch with his father, in order to have him helf in his defense. Meads told the sheriff that several students, among them Maroney, had gone fo his room, overpowered him and ‘stolen the quart bottle of whiskey. He sought fhem to recover his liquor, he said, and, in a quarrel, fired in what he considered self defense. Both Maroney and Meads were en- signs in the navy during the war, Ma- roney in the transport service and | Meads as a.flyer at Pensacola. Maroney was presldent of the Dartmouth Dras matic Society and pecpular at college. He was suspended last year because of a drinking.row, but was allowed to return on a pledge that he would abstain from| liquor until he was graduated. President| Ernest M. Hopkins expressed the beliet! had kept his pledge, although ft was considered possible that, with his degree earned. he assumed that he was released from it and had arrang- ed a spree with Whittaker by way celebration. Meads was invelved in-a fatal shoating of a fellow freshman named Arnold dur- ing his first yvear at.cpllege, a .shotzun being discharged ‘while they were ex- amining it. Before his dpath Arnold made a signed statement thai it was an accl dent. FATHER OF MEADE IS TO ARRANGE l"Pl‘l BON'S DEFENSE Chicaga. June - 18.—Albert H. aMeads+ father of Robert T.. Mealls, Dartmouth funior said to have admitted killing Hen- *y T. Maroney, a senior, last night, left ‘oday for the east to arrange for his son’s defense. XO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ELWELL CASE Investigation of New York, June 1 the murder of Joseph Bowne Eilweil, wortsman and W expert, who was shot in his home Friday, centered to- “tie woman in the case. it upon l i an effort to learn her identity, M Marie Larsen, housekeeper for Blwell, taken to the distriet attorney's of- was s fee jate tonight and was questioned closely. Assitsant Distriet Attorney John rsen told him slippers and room after wound T. Dooling said Mrs. I she had removed a negligee, boudeir cap from Kb ghe found him with through his head, bul a t and that she had hid- den these in a washtub in the cellar. I e house- Aceording to Mr. Dooling t keeper said shg did this ‘to protect the " le said Mrs. Larsen declared she know aothing about the woman except that sae s about years old Htter the examination the houseksep rr returped to the well home wiih a detective. !l‘lr‘ Larsen id duripg her cross 2x- amination that aft Elwell was taken o a hospital she had fixed up the room. It could not be learned from any of b district attorney’s assistants tonight whether Mrs. Larsen meant that the bed had been slept in, and that she had made it up before the detectives reached the no"!":»e-' police theory is that if the womaa whe owned the negiigee ;‘hm;\‘l/!‘s h:“r;l assed the nig! m the ::Afimzedpd in leaving Jefore the murder was discovered, she may have tnowledge of the crime which is expec’ 34 "to solve the mystery. TO DISTRIBUTE SUGAR TO PRESERVE MANUFACTURERS New York, June 16 —Distribution of wugar to preserve manufacturers and can- ning concerns pro rata according’ to re- finery capacity was determined upon atia conference here today betwgen A. W. Riley, special assistant to cAttorney Gen- eral Palmer. Marcus Blakemofe of Louis- ville, Ky., president of the National Pre- pervers’ and Fruit Producis association, and representatives of fwo large sugar refineries. Mr. Blakemore wired the 67 members of his association, which is said to rep- resent 90 per cent. of the jam and jelly output in America, that “therefore the gugar crisis is ended, as refineries have agreed promptly to supply sugar where needs are urgent” He pointed out at the conference that sugar represents 60 per cent. of finished jam and jelly prod- wets. He predicted that asa result of the refineries’ agreement there would be an inerease of 40 per cent..in the output of those products next winter. IRISH CONSTABLE KILLED IN A STREET CONFLICT Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, June 16.—Constable Doogue was killed in a street conflict which lasted ten minutes Jast night. Chief Constable Rahill was seriously ipjured and Sergeant Morris and Constable Hannon received slight in- Juries, AFPPOINTED TO STATE BOAED OF AGRICULTURE Hartford, Conn. June 16— William Bpaulding of Norfolk was today appoint- by Governor loleomb to the state ed of agriculture to sueceed the late Kimberts of Goshen, ON TEIAL FOR KILLING A DETECTIVE . SERGEANT Washington, June 16.—Witnesses from Maine and Connecticut testified today as to the past of Joha McHenry, 20 y old youth, on trial here for the killing of James [. Armstrong, a detective sei- geant. Armstrong and a garage OWner were killed last fall in 'the attempted robbery of a garage office. . Sheriff Stillman E. Woodman, of Washinston county, Maine, one of to-| day’'s witnesses,: testified that Mctenry | shot one of his deputies in 1916 while confined in the Washington county jail, and Edward W. Wheeler, chairman of the Maine board of prisons, told the jury that MsHenry had served a term in the Maine state penitentiary for a series of robberies. Testimony as to the life of McHenry in Connecticut was presented by George H. Sampson, superintendent, Fred W. Owen, assistant superintendent, and Miss E. M. Emmons, teacher in the Con- necticut School for Boxs at Meriden;| Frank T. Howard, a police sergeant of ! Meriden, and Miss Maggie L. Moore, teacher . in the Connecticut Reform Schoal at Cheshire. NONE OF STOLEN JEWELS FOUND ON CARUSO ESTATE Edsthampton, N. Y., June 16.—Detec- tives who for several days have been searching the hundred acre park sur- rounding the summer residence of Enr rico Caruso in an endeavor to find the half miliion dollars worth of jewels stolen from Mrs. Caruso finished ~their task tonight without discovering any- thing. Interest now centers on the John Doe inquiry to be held Friday, at which time Sheriff Kelly has promised “sensational revelations.” Counsel for George Fitzgerald, the chauffeur Who is held on a technical charge of illegally possessing a revolver, said tonight that hLe regarded the arrest of his client as a cloak to shield the real culprit. FINES OF $10,000 FORE KEEPERS AND BARTENDERS OF SALOONS New York, June 16.—Fines aggregating | $10,000 were imposed in federal court to- day on approximately 100 proprietors and bartenders of saloons who pleaded guilty to violating the national prohibition law before the United States supreme court | declared it constitutional. The fines ranged from $25 to $250. One man, who admitted having attempted to transport 90 gallons of alcohol Without a permit, Wwas fined $500. TRADE UNION CONGRESS ‘ TO DEFINE ITS ATTITUDE | Tondon, June 16.—The parliamentary | committee of the trade union congress ! decided at a meeting today that a special trade union congress be convened in or- der that the whole trade umion move- ment may define its attitude toward the production and handling of munitions of| war for Ireland and Poland. TURKISH PEACE DELEGATION HAS ARRIVED IN FRANCE Toulon, France, June 16.—Damad Ferid Pasha, Turkish grand vizier, and the members of the Ottoman peace delegation arrived here today,on board .the yacht Goljemal. They left for Paris on the night express. Iud in sections of Ohio. ‘the party leaders in the pre ot | *2% | neen-Brundage forces. NORWICH, Electrical Storms in Central States Telegraph Service to All Cities in the East Was Badly De- " layed. New York, June 16.—Electrical storms in the central State today caused a tieup of the wires of the-western Union Telg- graph Company and for, several hours prevented New York from receiving base- bail, racing and other telegraph reports, the company announced tonight. The worst damage was' caused around Harrisburg, it was said. Blowouts in fust boxes alsp occurred in Philadelphia Service to all cities in the east was badly delayed. STORM KILLED ONE MAN AT TOTTENVILLE, S, L New York, June 16.—One man was killed during a storm of tornado like intensity that swept over Tottenville, Staten Island, late today, uprooting trees, blowing down telephone and te e- graph poles, electric wires, fences and demolishing a small unoccupied hotel. TO BRING HARDING IN CLOSER 5 TOUCH WITH PARTY LEADERS WaiNngton, June 16—(By the A. P.) —Plains for bringing Senator Harding, the republican presidential nomince, into closer touch with party ledders, particy- larty 'those of the progressyv wing, were discussed at a lensthy conferec which the senator had with Walter F. Brown of Toledo, his floor manager at the Chicago convention. The conference is understood to have resulted in & decision to send invitations at once to a number of prominent pro- gressives asking them to meet with the republican nominee to discuss the present situation and the coming campaign. _The list of those to be invited will nol be madeupblic_at present. Friends of Senator Harding said to- night that the proposed éonference would be heéld before the neminee’s formal no- | tification which will be some time after July 15. The senator, it w said, hopes to utilize the views ex by aration of | While some of his speech of acceptance., the meetings may be held beofre Mr. | Harding leaves Washington Monday, the greater portion are expected to take piace while he is on his planned vacation. | The visit of Mr. Brown today was re- garded by political observers lLere as significant. In 1912 he was chair.nan of the Ohio state progressive committee and was active in the campaign for Theodore Tie wis a de ezate to the re- nt Chicago convention and after the ( in tac pranary Harry M. of erty of Columbus, the semators {manager, as a delegate-at- ected as Mr. Harding's floor manager. % 3 “1 think you will find that the progres- sives will ie behind Senator Hardin; Mr. Brown said as he left the senator's office. Indications that Mr. Harding, however, intends to ascertain the views of ail lead- ers in the p was contained in his announcement today of a conferance last night attended by Senators Lodge, re- publican leader in the the; senate; Bran- of; Connecticut ; Fall of New Mex- €0, &nd Smoot of Utah. This meeting, at which the platform adopted in Chi~ cago was discussed, 1 ected to the forerunner of many lar informax meetings. Senator Harding also gave much at- | tention to Ohio political matters ce nferg | ring in addition to Mr. Brown with W\ | L. Parmenter of Lima Ohio, former state chairman. The candidate made public a letter to Secretary of State t Smith of Ohio, withdrawing his petition for re- | nomination as the republican candidate | for senator at the August state prima- | ries. The petition was filed on the eve of Mr. Harding’s non ion for the presidenc Shortly senator left his of- fice for v. General Pershing call- ed and remained in confererdce w for about fifteen minutes “It was mere'y 2] \general as he deparied. a very good friend of The deluge of congratulatory telegrams and letters which began coinci t with The senator is the nomination. continued ftoday, Al though the nomince arrived at his office | early and remained late, additional hep | had to be obtained to clear away the great mass of correspondence. Among the tel Tams received during the day was one from Thomas Tagart, the Indiana democratic Teader and can. didate for senator. “I desire to take this yportunity te congraty upon your nomination” | said Mr. Taggart. “It was certainly = | great vietory for you. I remem with much pleasure your many n nesses while in the senate and T hava said repeatedly that if we had to have republican pre: my first cholc A letter of congratulation from Resr Admiral William S. Sims also was re. ILLINOIS COURT HOLDS PRIMARY LAW 18 UNCONSTITUTIONAL Springfield, Tils. June 16.—The state supreme court today held the Tllinois pri- mary law unconstitutional. The validity of the primary law, which was pax clection 3 d by the state leg- lature in 1919. was attacked by at. torneys for William Fox, convicted in Chicago of fraudulent voting in the p mary election held April 13, 1920, The case was brought (o the supreme cour: on a writ of error. state central com- mittees of the political parties and an| county central committees out, and rein- states old committees elected urder the old primary law, now revived. It g lodges the Mayor Thompson faction i Chicago and returns to n power the De- Elsewhere it up- sets plans for special eleetions. SIX MINE WORKERS' OFFICIALS FOUND GUILTY OF CONTEMPT Pittsburgh, Kas, June 16.—Six om.| cials of the Kansas branch of the United | Mine Workers of America wore- fmmd‘ guilty of contempt ‘in the Crawford county district court today and were sen- tenced to the county jail to .serve until they were ready to testify Defore the Kansas court of industrial relations. The men were James Mclllwraith and 1. fi.| Maxwell, 'Poard membe Thomas Cun- ningham. travelling auditor, and John Steele, Willard Titus and John Fleming, joint board members. On an appeal a stay of execution was granted by Judge | A.J. Curran, and the men were re- leased on bonds of $2,000 each, BRITISH TANK STEAMER RAN FIUME BLOCKADE Fiume, June 16.—A British tank steamer ran the blockade teday and jfrom 8.5 CONN., THURS JUNE 1, 1920 PRICE TWO CENTS British forces ar Batum. e about to Bar gold was unchanged in London at 104s 4d an ounce. Bar silver was 82 cents an ounce in New York and 444 in London. Fifteen cases of cholera were found at. Moji and two others in Osaka, Japan. Ex-Senator Taggert, of Indiana, pre- wili be the demacratic presidential nom- inee. East river at Hell Gate is being dredged to make it more navigable to ‘warships. Central committee of Free Masons of London is. considering. rebuilding. of Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem. The supreme court of the United States has been called upon to decide whether cloth is clothing under the Lever act. Gov. Henry J. Allen filed his petition for renomination on th erepublican ticket at the August primaries, in Kan- sas. Owing to the steady increase in éxport freight in Baltimore, the Baltimore and Ohio has placed an.embargo on export goods. Local showers were experienced throughout the province of Sakatchewan and phenomenal growth of crops is re- ported from every district. United States Edward W. Backus, Ambassador to Brazil under Presidents Hayes, Garfield and Arthur, is dead at Tarpon Springs, Fla., aged $6. Italy’s claims on reparations paid by the Central Empires, including pensions has been fixed at 60,600,000,000 lire (normally about $12,120,000,000.) Additional sums of gold released from the deposits of the Argentine Embassy™in Washington bring the total amount re- leased in this movement to $19,600,000. A gift of $1,000,000 by George Fast- man for the school of music of the Uni- versity Of Rochester was announced at the meeting of the board of trustees of the university. Garfield Cottage, 2t Flberon, N. J. where President Garfield died Sept. 19, 1881, was partly destroved by fire. Spon- taneous combustion is believed to have caused the fire. Thwo persona were killed when the Cal- ifornia limtied, east bound on the Santa ifornia limited, east bound on the Santa 12 miles south a La Junta. Forty per- sons were injured. Infant mortality rates for 1919 of the twelve largest American cities in the birth registration areas showed decreases to 23.4 per cent, compared with the last four years. Justice Weeks sentenced Inspector Henry .formery in charge of the Fourth Inspection Digtrict, New York, to not less than two nor more than five years at hard labor in Sing Sing. Benjamin Sllverman, 33 years old, of New York. was arrested charged with stealing $30.000 worth of bonds belonging to Munds, Rogers and Stackpole, .25 Broad street; on Marel 1. 2 Frederick C. Ruckert. metal manufacturer, who was shot to death in his apartment in Hoboken early last month; left nothnig to his fii- ance, Miss Clara E. Vorrath. The voice of Madame Melba, singing Lingiand, was heard by ireless telephone at the Carabanchel military station, near Madrid. The piano accompaniment also was audible. wealthy white al Hearings in the cases of “Big Bill" Haywood and 92 other member of the I W. W. scheduled to take place be- fo re the Chicago Federal Cireuit Court was postponed indefinitely. A civil tribunal, consisting of repre- appointed by the government labor bodies, decided the postal telezr#ph and telephone was unconstitutional. London newspapers zabeth, eldest daughter of {ing Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Ru- and mania, is betrothed to Prince George of Sparta, brother of King Alexander of Greece. Governmental determination to pass the Irish home rule bill was expressed in a long stafement to the House of Commons when discussion o fthe meas- ure in the committee Stage was resumed by, House iembers. Two alleged auto bandits who are be- lieved to be mixed in automobile thefts frim Maine to California, anl who admit- ted to the state police that they are ths heroes of the shooting bee in Westfield wors -wosted in the woods of Wilkinsonville, Mass. Consternation preveils among the Christians in Cilicia. southeast of Asja Minor, as a result of the 20 day arm tice between French and Turkish Na- tionals, Which included no clause for a Governor Cox, of Ohio, or McAdoo the protection of the Armenians. VANGUARD OF DEMOCRATS ARRIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO San Fran: Marsh, the sco, Jume * 16.—Wilhur W. of Waterloo, lowa, treasurer of democratic national comwittes, rived today and joined committes cials who are arranging for the party’ national convention, which opens Jun 28, sPlans for the reception cf ennvention viistors, particularly women a'szates and wives of delegates wore laid at 2 meeting_of the Woman's Stae cratic Club of California today. It was said the organization during th» eonven- tion would advise with its eizat ~m- bers who are delegates to rational meeting. Vice President Marshall ie! Monterey,. Calif., to remain June 25 before returning nern, Homer Cummings, chairmai democratie: rational committ 3omo- of Sinnott. former chief doerksep> house of representatives, keeper for the convention. E. H. Moore, campaign ma.. £ Governor Cox of Ohio, was eijucted to arrive tonight. the of as clief door- GENERAL FEDERATION OF 2 WOMAN'S CLUBS IN SESSION Des Moines Iowa. June 6.—A recep- 1tion at the state capital tonight formal- ly opened the. fifteenth biennial conven- tion of the General Federation of Wo- man's Clubs, which Will be in session here for a week. Hundreds of delegates representing more than .2.500,000 club women of the United States are in at- tendances Proposed reorganization of the gen- eral federation was among subjects dis- landed a cargo of oil for Gabriele D'An- nunzio, the insurgent leader here. cussed today at boar¢ and committee meetings preliminary. te -the eonvention. | the-lish Repubii lutions Adopted _ma' id a Great Demonstration at Convention in Montreal. ‘ederation of Labor reaffirmed its stand for recognition of the Irish republic amid a great demonstration at its convention here today. Resolutions adopted urged that the “military forces of occupation in Ireland be withdrawn,” and nat tha Irish people be accorded the “rignt of seli-determination. REGULATION OF CONDITIONS AS DESIRED BY THE A, F. OF L. Montreal; June 16.—The American Federation of Labor in convention here today authorized the continuation of its organization campaign in the iron and steel industry. The executive council was to call a conference of the international unions concerned in this work, to pro- cure their “full cooperation” in the cam- paign. The recent stgel strike was declared a “wonderful success,” by Joseph D. Cannon of New York, mémber of the na- tional committee of iron and steel work= instructed ers, in an address to-the delegates. He appealed to the federation to aid the 300,000 organized steel workers to pre- parg for a “new strike.” The federation condemned the prac- tice of clothing strikebreakers or strike guards .in control of private individuals or agencies wearing the uniform of the United States army or nav. The uniform of this great nation of free men,” added the report adopted, “should be everywhere a badze and sym- bol of human rights and liberties to which the American Federation of Labor traditionally devoted, and should {never be permitted to become the in- signia of Anny or repression as em- bodies in the practices here complained ot % " Reclassification of the civil service and adoption of a “wage scale commensurats with the skill, training and responsibil- ity involved in the work” is demanded in a resolution unahimously adopted by the convention. The executive council to take up the work of * zing, an alyzing and disseminating” the ind. rial problems of the nation for th: formation of organized labor. Congress was called upon by the fed- eration to provide “liberal appropr ns for the study of social and ind trial problems and technieal research all branches of sciences, touching welfare of the nation’s people. Declaring that the cost of living “m 20 no higher,” the federation demanc that legisiation be cnacted at oncs curb profiteering. instructed d to The convention expressed ‘regret that congress had failed to enact a sle constriictive measure that would aid in checking profiteering.” It instructed its executive council to press labor's “specific propos cons: - tuting a programme of remed: for re- ducing living costs. The federation reaffirmed its dec'ara- tion of -pringiples . laid down in 1913 to the effect that “those contributing to production should have a part in its control” It then went on record in fa- vor “of setting up of conference boards of organized workers and employers, thoroughly voluntary in character and in thorough accord with our trade union organizations as means of promoting the democracy of indust h deveiwop ment of cooperative control ndustry wa nd it was declared there 1 no hope of abundanc no s n our t it is removed “from our indu n the federation en- tion that *“we cannot | aves, but we can give | mighty service in a common effort of hu- man kind." The federation condemned the govern- ! ment for not giving the wgrkers of Porto |Rico and Santo Domingo protection “from cruel and inhuman explo n by corpo; 3 FACTS OF THE WATER POWER BILL UNENOWN June 16.—Inquiry the state department and led to disclose the action ent Wiison on the water | power bill. It learned at the state artment, however that the measure was &t the White Ho: but of- Is there remained silent although it {had D=cn announced that a list of the measures remaining in the president’s hands and his action on each might be given out later in the d The watcr power act was among en measures given a “packet veto” t the president when congress adjourned. Attorney General Palmer later ruled that these measures did not suffer a veto un- less the prestaent refrained from approv- ing them within ten days after their i\ ceipt_at the White House. The time -for last Friday midnight and the other mea: | pproving the water power bill expired ures, including the war laws repeal reso- Washg White Ho the capitol f taken by Pre om, v- lution and tke resolution creating a commission to confer with Canadian au- thorities regarding restrictive orders against the export of pulp wood must be approved before tomorrow midnight. BLAKELY COUGHLIN WAS KIDNAPPED FOR REVEN! GE Norristown, Pa., June 16.—Revenge, not ransom, probably was the motive for the kidnaping of Blakely Coughiin, the 13 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Georze H. Coughlin, who was stolen fro mhis erib two weeks ago, according to a statement tonight by Major C. T. Larze- lere, attorney for the famil Developments today, Major Larzelere I'said, have led the parents of the missing child to abandon their efforts to buy their baby's freedom and turn again to the police for aut. A\ hue he said he was n3® at liberty to disciose the nature of the deveiopments, the attorney declared that Mr. and Mrs. Coughlin have be- come convinced that the abductors did not want money. “Facts “hitherto kept from the police,” he added, ‘ gN: been turned over toa { them and the, “have been asked to aid in the recovery of the child. There may be something of importance to announce to- morrow. |¢ Charies Eiler, chief of the Norristow police, after a conference at the Cough- line home late today, said the police now have a definite clue and that resuits are expected within 24 hours. JOHNSON TO RETURN TO CHICAGO FRIDAY Chicago June g enator Hiram V. Johnson of California 1 return to Chieago Friday from Washington and will depart for the Pacific coast on Sun- day, his son, A. M. Johnson, said today. Mr. Johnson, who has been in Chicago since the close of the republican eonver- tion, will accompany his father. at the | CAUSES OF COAL AND FREIGHT SHORTAGE CONGESTON Montreal, June 16—Tho ~ American| J Do A. Morrow, Vice President of the National Coal Associa- tion, Blames Interstate Commission For Shortage of Coal, Says Embargo on Exports Would Not Cure the Present Difficutly—Representatives of Longdmn and Marine Workers Assert That Restoration of Work- ers to Their Old Jobs Would Bring Relief to Freight Jam Immediately. Washington, June 16.—Restoration of a means of alleviating tion. James Reilly, of the Inte wise Longshoresmen's As City, who emplo; Coal ports. for the existing coal short ally commission. he asserted, was not ng, and ~would is furn ad men which were filled with i seniority i He ‘charged day regular rate of $6.90 an SUSPECT HELD FOR Bf EX Lamantino, alias Vengin on the veranda of the Suny supe! vision street last bound over to the this morning. Bonds fixed at $5.000. Tony rested in connection Wit in 19 year old son of Vin had his case nolled. Evidence introduced showed worked' i ‘nines”at ‘vario: { sufficient eviderice * a tomato can being half | five original known to exist. was Kansas City Art at more than $300.000 a daug! army it for several ge The painting was kept | Paris, during the war. the first of Da Vinei's leave Euro hter of Captain L oston, June 16.—Pe: food pdoduction x New Englk in The council. accordin will seek ‘to_“encourage | sound aa 2dequ and d The movement. pported by farm bureau: of Pre Seave: elected president ®.nd Lockwood of the M tural College, secre‘yr. Stamford, Conn., June Philip Durante, brothers { York city addres: port today for eral commissioner char: parting liquor. A trucl ing over the Post road eei cans of alcohol. The m claimed not to know the of the liquors. CONN, CAVALRY MAY Hartford. Conn. cavalry, will Allen, Vi vers Aug. 1 to §. ford. will be the first ns iona Hartford, Conn.. June Hogan and Morris on charges of embezzles company. bail each for a heering saulted a Mr. Morrow placed the cure the The only remedy, he added, hing of more cars to the mine; Mr. Boland tcld the commission that if restored to he said now were -xperienced workers, and the 1ts of the strikers preserv- wd, the freight jam would be relieved im-| rail- | paying strikebreakers in_comparison PLOSION IN Margaraci and Charles Russo at | become part of the exhibit rdousx. officer, whose family had posse: and stat Ss striking marine and railroad workers to their jobs was recommended to the In- terstate Commerce Commission today as freight conges- The recommendation was made by rnational Coast- sociation; T. B. Healy of the marine workers’ union of New. York, and Frank Boland of Jersey spoke for striking railroad of New York and other cities, While the commission was hearing the representatives of the strikers and grap- pling with freight congestion and coal shortage * problems generaily, J. D. A. Morrow, vice president of the National ociation, issued a statement pro- testing against any embargo on ~oal ex- tages, said to be acute in New Englapd on the An embargo on exports, which government officials have been d “wrong_in prin- that the with th d that the go% ernment eventuslly would have to foot OMB WATERBURY Waterbury, Conn., June 16.—Vincenzo i Amattino, al- leged to be the man who exploded a bomb home of day night. rior court was by Judge John F. McGrath in the city court the case were Garger, also ar- the explosion, was discharged, and, Giuseppe Lamantino, | cenzo, who aas thought at first to know about the crime, by the us times. filled with pow. der and charged with bolts, serews and | shipped today to the | museum, where it will | nd is owned by Mrs. Harry J. Kahn, wife of a former | American aviator, row a resident of | Junction City, Kas. Mrs. Kahn is a} a in the Fouv It masterniec NEW ENGLAND DAIRY AND FOOD COUNCIL ORGANIZED reo es or Sp nzfield, r W, P. TWO BROTHERS CHARGED WITH TRANSPORTING LIQUOR 16 gi ed with trans th 12 5 t night en cla real destination BE ENT TO FORT ETHAN ALLEN June 16.—Tt is prob- able that Troops A and B, Connecticut be ordered to Fort Ethan .. for field training and manoeu- Adjutant Gegeral George M. Cole has requested the war de- partment to issue such orders. Troop A is of New Haven and Troop B of Hart- Should the order go through it 1 guard manou- vers for Connecticut troops in five years. COMPANY CONDUCTORS | HELD FOR EMBEZZLEMENT 16.—Thomas H. Segall, Connecticut company conductors, were arrested today ment from the They are being held in $2.500 | teen years. on Thursday. \Segall is also charged with having as-|lectmen. responsibility present | state that the man ordered held has threatened .to ‘blow. up: tha house.. | The only” evidence “against Garger wax that he wasfamiliar with explosives, giaving TJudge McGrath announced that this was not| hold a man on. The bomb used was a home-made one, 1t is valued | French | is =aid to be interested n!caped from the guardhouse Was 3 ieul- Peter and a New were taken to Bridge- arraignment before a fed- were driv- was | ed by federal officers. On it were two barrels of whiskey and three five-galion med they were following a touring car which was showing the way to New Haven. They the bill. The strikers’ representatives following the conference said that Commissioner Eastman, who heard their presentation, had agreed to lay the matter before the full commission. Efforts of the department of justice toward relieving the freight situation con- tinued today. A statement from the at- torney general on the subject is expected soon. The statement by Mr. Morrow on be- helf of coal operators of the country de- clared the Interstate Commerce Commis- jsion has full autho to relieve the | country from congestion. “The railroads several weeks ago re- quested the commission to direct the plac- ing of additional cars at the coal mines,” Mr. Morrow said. *“The National Ceal Association a month ago requested the | commission to take prompt, decisive S0« {tion, s0 as to enable the operators to produce and distribute an adequate sup- ply of coal. In the ineantime an unlawful and un- distribution of railroad cars among the mines put into effect by the carriers with the apparent sanction of the com- mission, has made matters worse. As vet, the Interstate Commerce Come mission has dome nothing which deals effectively with the car shortage at the coal mi Officials of the National Coal tion are taking the matter up again with commiss! urging im- | mediate action to provide the coal cars d. I such action is forthcoming 1 end any danger of coal shorte e e e COOLIDGE ADY CROSS MESSES HOLY GRADUATING CLASS Worcester, Mass. me 16 —Governor Coolidge. addressing the gr @ iating class of Holy Cros College touay, asserfed that there was no distinction in Ameri- ca. “Our constitution forbids nobility,” ha continued, “because that great document recognizez the truer and finer higher mo- bility of American citizenship.” The vice presidential nominee, attired in academic cap and gown, presented di- plomas to the graduating class of 126 men, the largest in the history of the colleze. This has been the annual cuse tom of the governor of the state. The governor's remarks were made at the close. of orations delivered by class speakers, who chose Bolshevism _as | their theme. He urged thé graduates to centinue their education. “Education tends to briig : and the experience of the pa ution of problems of the . future, class distinction and look to ser- and not selfishne: for service if vice the foundation of progress. “The greatest le we have to learn nails as shrapnel. “Tt tore a big hole in | ‘T1® BYCAteRt esstl T CHUS P | the house, and the escape of the per- '® [ SC€% CET (o0 b mded as the re- sons résiding therein was = considered | L. o) ravolution but those who fought | miraculous. claimad always that theirs was met as —_——————— atempt to tear down but to build up, $500,000 PAINTING SENT TO not an attempt to destrox. but to matn- KANSAS'C SETM | tain their American heritage KANSAS CITY ART MUSEUM| %5, ‘warned those who might b think- R ing “ ¢ another revolution to consider well New -York, June 16.—The painting “La | in€ o o Tesolu ; u | Belle Feronnier; aid to be one of Ihet“""‘h‘;’l hey jere planning to tear dot orks of Leonardo da Vinci ey property. owners had proper of constituted authorite.” Coolidze continued, “transpor- d cease: industry would 1l property be destroyed and + A our pport of the tume, Tot far d'e- n of A dis- tant, when it w grace for thos t 10 ve- main in idlen for theee s n our ho [ INVESTIGATING SHOOTING OF MRS. MAUDE LUCILLE MOSS Camp Grant. Tis. fatal June 16 —Investi- shooting of Mrs. wifs of Captain Le- , at Camp Grant last night. ok a new turn {oday. when camp und vil authorit armed wita rifies. Be gan a hunt four soldiers wno es< sterday. as faced a courtmar- hargzes preferred by foi One of the four ree times o Mos: at Davis Junction. ju camp. not far from where occurred According to a rerart from Momnt Morris, Ogle cor 7 Idiers drove into that triad to buy gasoline and w declined to sell chine. the garace man it, abandoned thelr ma- MISSING NEW HAV BOY FOUND IN DOYLESTOWN, PA, Doylstown, Pa. June 16.—Georgs D, Hudson, 15 vears old. alleged ty bave been stolen from New Haven, Cona.. haw been found i home of Rev. Wiliiam 1dington. near hers. m ke the clerzyman’s honsekeeper, She, ft chargeil, enticed the b away from school at Branford, Conn. ~n May 21. He had been placed in the school by Dr. Frank W. Wright. under wi care the, lad had been put by his mo*i Mrs. Leora S. Hudson. A writ of harbeas corpus was ob'ain- ed today to recover the hov as the Wo- man refused to surrender him. A bear. ing on the writ will be held next Mon- day before Judge Ryan at Dovistown. the custody Ellen Louise H. Atkinson, BECAME ILL IN BOAT, 'FELL OVERBOARD AND DROWNED Westboro, Mass., June 16.—The body of Charles V. Waitt, selectman of Mif ford, found at 5 o'clock this after- noon in Lake Chauney, 15 feet from the shore. He had gone rowing and it is be. lieved he fell overbeard when suddeniy becoming iil. Mr. Waitt was. 51 years old, a nathve of Fayville, and had lived in Milford ff.- For the past five years he, had been a member of the board of ge- He was subjects to attacks of enger on a trolley car, and ' asthma. Medical Examiner Chacles S. bond for this offense was fixed at $500. Knight pronounced tiie death aceidental.