Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 30, 1922, Page 1

Norwich Bulletin VOL. LXIV—No. 291 " OPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1922 TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS "RICE TWO— CENTS SHIPPING BILL PASSED THE " HOUSEBY VOTE208T0184 Sixty-Nine Republicans Voted Against the Measure, While " Four Democrats Supported—Entire Connecticut Dele- gation Cast Affirmative Ballots—Ends the Most Bitter Partisan Fight of the Present Congress—As Passed the Bill Contains Nothing Relating to the Sale of Liquor on American Ships—Measure Will Go Monday to the Sen- ate Committee. Waahington, Nov. 20.—The adminis tratlon - shipping bill around whi wagd the most bitter partisan fight the. present congress was passed todu: by the house with 24 votes to spare The final count was 208 to 184. Sikty-nine republicans broke awa) from thelr party organization and op posed the bill, while four democrais wupported it. There never doubt about the result by which it went through was much lower than estimates publicly given by most qf the leaders. It was, lowever, fust about what they figured on priv ately. In the face of threats to delay. if n: prevent 1is passage by the semats, th measure wili go Monday to the senac conmmittee whicy plans to accept it as| posssd by the house and take the figh to _ghe floor next week. THe usual motion to rccommit, for the striking out of the provision relai-! ng to the tax exemption and di compensation wus made by Repre: tat've Hardy, n merchant marine com: vamied it and defeated, 215 to of the mexchant “marine committee, and Represcntative Edmonds. Penr., renking republican. rman Greene, ! Texas. ranking democrat| pping board, in devologng %.5 , shall endeavor to continue: samshlp routes and regular alf the immigration coming into ae United States must come in American ‘aips, under-a prowision of the bill, and wnother section would authorize the presi dent to turn over the transport service navy and marine carps. As origirally drawn, the bill gave the | was much|to ihe ghipping board for disposal and but the margin|meke contracts with private steamship | owners for transportation for the army, ! shipping board jurisdiction over coastwise rates of vessels rgcelying compensation. | but this section was withdrawn pending k Members of the merchant ma- rearings. o committee sald the section w&S in- ended to prevent ruinous competition. All Connecticut members of the house voted for the bi DODY FOUND IN VACANT LOT New York, Nov. se | woman, home. 29.—The body believed by the police to be that| {of Mrs. Jennie Becker, of the who ' disappeared six months ago, was| found tonight in a vacant lot near heri ' OF WOMAN MISSING SIX MONTHS of a Bronx. Her husband, Abraham Becker, and 2 !,Syfidicali_stshFreed |Huuseif£ommons | | From Joliet Prison Gov. Len Small Has Commut-| TF - ed Sentences of Wm. Bross Lloyd and 16 Associates. Springfield, Ill, Nov. 29.—(By the A. P.)—Sentences of William Bross Lloyd and 16 associBtes, serving sentences i Joliet penitentiary and the Cook county jail- for violation of the state anti- syndicalism law_today, were commuted to expire at once by Governor Len Sma! The commutations were presented s Thanksgiving gifts to the prisoners. They were to be released tonight. The prisoners begar serving their sentenccs last weelk. - In taking this action Governor Smail announced he was In full acord with the dissenting opinion of‘ Justice Carter of the_supreme court, who. contrary to i majority opinion, questioned the const Now gracious plen And in the purse i By multitudes, in gl | I thank Thee that howe’er we climb Still, still, beyond us P lish B \ntif; the New Free ‘ste Constitution—To Be- & -ome Law Dec. 6. “London, Nov. 23.—(By the A. P.)— The Irish blils unanimously passec their third reading in the house of commons today and were sent without amendment to the house of lords, where no difficul- ties are expected. The remaining stages will be concluded this week and the bilis will become law well before December 6, the last day allowed according to spe- cial provision. The debate in the commons today was again tame and there was only a small utterance of members. John Robert Clynes assoclated the Labor party with the final stages of this legislation, which he said, offered England an opport: ty of atonement to Ireland, and, e , THANKSGIVING rules the board, s gold; ad accord, Thy giving is extolled. Ah, suffer me to thank Thee, Lord, For what Thou dost withhold! There yet is something higher; That though through all our reach of time t We to the stars aspire, burns sublima The pure sidereal fire! BRIEF TELEGRAMS | | | | | Anonymous communications would be barred from the mails under a bill in- troduced by Representative Hawes, democrat, Missouri. s been cntered agninst Lexing- S. C., for $7.5 Suit 1 ton count sult of the lynching of Will Allen a ne- gro, near Lexingtor, in August, 1921 J. M. Ridley, an engineet at Croydon, Surrey, England, claims to have heard a wireless concert broadcast from New< J, Sunday n M. Thoburn of the opal church died at his Pa., after a ilnger- i Bishop James Methodist Epl home in Meadviile, ing !llness. Amendment of the immigration quota law to permit admission of Armenian. Greek and Syrian refugees from Turkey was proposed in a resolution by Senator ; ‘Walsh, democrat, Llassachusetts. The supreme court refused to grant Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League permisison to file a brlef as “a triend of the court” in three liquor cases iwhich are soon to bs argaed. An anti-semitlc demonstration in Vi-} enna by students has caused the sus- pension of classes in all the universi- tles. Jewish students were beaten and driven from the buildings. Prohibition s not wanted in Tulsa, Okla, declared Prosecuting Attorney F. Seaver in explaining why he had or ered a wholesale dismissal of liquor cas- es in the county court. Turkey will be glad to make m gen- jeral treaty with the United States and i be happy to begin negotiations at any time, Ismet Pasha informed The Associated Press. Plans for demilitarizing the islands of the Aegean sea were discussed by the sub-commission of the Near -East peace conference to whigh thiz problem has been entrusted. General William Bramwel Boath, commander in calef of the Salvation Army, left London for India, for 2 tiree months inspection of the work of his organization there. PRORAM FOR OF ANEW —— FORMATION POLITICAL PARTY Conferences to be Held in Washington Friday and Saturday —-Thirteen Senators and 26 Representatives Are Listed to Attend—Friday’s Meeting of the Congressional Con- ferees is to be “Behind Closed Doors”’—Session Sat- urday of National Progressives is to be Public—Sena- tor Borah Among the Promoters. ‘Washimgton. Nov. today the program for progressiv ferences here next Friday and S: with the names of thirteen senat twenty-six representatives lised tendinz to be preeent. republiczn, Wisconsin, who with Repec- sentative Huddleston, democrat, Ala- bama, called the conference, stated that Friday’s meeting of the congressional conferees would be “behirid closed doors.” The Saturday sesslon of national pro- gressives is to be publie, with accommo- dations for §00. Senatars and senators-eiect in ths list en out by Senator Lafoilette's office o eight republicans, four democrats, 1 ome farmer-laborits, Semator-siect Shipetead of Minnesota. The republicans listed are: Borah, Idaho: Brookhart, per, Kansas; France, Maryland; Frazi and Ladd, North Dakota ; Lafollette, W' ocousin, and Norris, Nebraska. The democrats are: Senator-elect Burton K. Wéeeler of Montana and Senators Ashurst, Arizona; Owen, Okiahoma, and Sheppard, Texas. The senatorial list as originally an~ nounced included the name of Senator Walsh, democrat, MasSachusetts, but he demanded that it be withdrawn, declaring he was not in sympathy with any move- ment to form a new “bloc” in congress. Nineteen republicans and seven demo- Iowa; Caj , | nesota ; 29.—In announcingtives-elect announced as conferees are: Republicans—Beck. .| Frear. Lampert, N der and Voigt of sylvania; James_ King, I Wi : ght, Laguardi York; Reid, Schall, Minnesota; lair, North D: kota, and Woodruff, Micigam. Democrats—C&lins, Mississippi; Hud- dleston, Alabama; McSwain and Logan, South Carokina; Mansfleld, Texas: Mead. New York, and Thomas, Okiatoma. A few of the congressional conferees who will meet Friday meening in the semate agricuture committes room are members-elect of the next: congrees, but most are now serving. The announcement of the plan for se- cret conferences of the seriators and rep- resentatives sald: “In_order that there mpay be full and free dlscussion upon the important sub- jeots of legislation which will be taken up for consideration, the conference will meet behind closed doors. Any state- ments which senators or representatives may care to make to tho press will be given out after the delfberations of the conference are concluded” A number of members of congress. in addition to those anmounced today, are expected to attend the meetings, the ac- ceptances including only thuse received who shoulderell the fight through :he|friend of the family, Reuben Norkin,i Twouse, declaréd tonight that despite)are held as material witnesses. District amepdments the measure would pave the: Attorney Glennon expressed a ‘bellet! way for puifing the American flaz at a cratio representatives and representa- | up to this afternoon. A record American flight for a pony blimp was made when a small dirigible —_— e I thank Thee for the unexplained, high place on the seas, The generai} visw on both sides was that had an at-| tempt been; made to pass it as framed, it would hdve been swept to. overwhelm- T ing defeat - - re Was a shout of approval on the| T # side when the final. vote anpoungd, but it was not half so hear- given Representative ston T, “the republican leader. ;w. v osing address pleaded ear- uektly ‘With nis party to stand behind the yrésident and. give the bill & sweep- | that the woman had been ‘foully mur-| dered.” The body bore evidence, according to authorities, of having been encased in. l'me. Five hundred perfons, many of them the gruesome ast The crowd had been ‘present since mid- afternoon, when it was vromen, e learned find. that r had informed the police hismiss wife lay buried in the vacant lo since had become an automobi taken in custodyr, and !nri ing “rakjort! MMr.” Mondell had ' ihe last wor cheered, The house, . defeated an amendment by Red rpttis. R “Whtuiative, Lanham, -democrat, . Texas ted af mer- :% to the ship subs'dy ‘atsorting-that he.had-p; fawwiind tha ‘préposat in” the final hoje thot a spade may Dbe ealled by its prop- ar name. Ar passed by the house no Mne vu.-! Wt in the il velating to the subjent; * lguor selling on .. American ships.! When the question: was reached yester tay in committes of the whole, the Bankherd out-and-out prohibition . ameéndment was put aside and a sudsti-| It stipuiated that if a ship, on any pa Héuldr voyage, permitted the . transpo: tation of liquor, it cowld not share .stbsidy. for that voyag The Edmonds amendment went out on a demand for a separate vote in the houss - by Representative Cramton, bl Michigan, an advocate™ ot proffbition enforcement, who conténd- »d that it was not as strong As existwng law, and might be construed by some Rs wiping out the present statute. Mr. Widmbnds Himselt voted for the Cramton| proposal. against which there was only a° handful of ‘scattering votes. A _volce from ‘the shores of the zreat maritime state of Massachusetts was tha police dug. When a cry from ! nd eyery ome of the 204 re-ione of the diggers indicated to the spec-| = A for it got up anaimom that something had been foun: < i %0 " throw n the last stage of the cordon of police to keep the spot clear for the worlemen, it became The woman's tightls beon beaten to body. was death: out encased Y meagure what he ! bed-ticking. from which the color had, rél ‘was its proper name. Mr, Lan-{ faded. Hands and feet a wete - Bound together and, according to the ausawrities, she bore evidence of having In the menths spent by the police in Mrs: feconstrusting events disappearance that on the night ot April 6, Becker and | Becker's they preceding his wife visited friends and drove away in his car. Baoker, the police say, told them that on his way home he stopped at the welding shop of Norkin. questioned . Norkin The police for ; {hours at a stretch, beginnine vesterday. litte -offered .by. Mr. Hdmonds accepted.| Today they started again, and kep: up unti]l sunset, when they 1 lut=ide his shop. Norkin continued dnythin gabout finally one of to it. the toolk t at m deny knowing The police say that! detectives gripped Tiim by the collar and pointed to various spots until, they Dig there and ‘you'll find her.” As soon as the body was unearthed, Norkin was ordered held as a matertal witness and was locked up In default of bail. Becker had told the assert, Norkin sald: police that his wife had gone away early on the mora ing of April 7 and he daid what had become of her. Taken from his cell lifted. foday against the bill. Reépresen-| where the corpse to not know the morgue lay tonight, Becker tative Andrew. republican, of that state | took one look at it and. withut a change declaring it offered a eTOUS preco- Gent, which, *if adonted, “will hound us ‘for ‘years to come., Ty of_golitical talk, but the Wi ression, sald: “That's not my‘ 4 He~ was “asiced to -examine the ' body Now and then there .was a brief flur-| closely and.did so, to the clothing, shoes holding their. forces in ‘line, présented | refusal to-idéntify the body. and put through motion after motion‘to| Was a smaller woman, he dectared, and shut_off debate. Dill the house quit for Thanksgiving. ‘house made a number of changes two front ones Officials asserted. after Were missing. traders.| and even the teeth. but continued -his His wife Then after passing the|had all her teeth, while in the conpse it . was .over ¢ in the bill as reported by the merchant | that Becker had denled every item of marine committes, One of them gave|the descr'ption of Ms wife the which . he o ‘appropriate annu- | Eave the pollce when he asked them to congTess Tight, to | ally out of the merchatit marine fund the | Soread the alarm that she was missing, money necessary to carry out the pro- visions of the act. Another provided that m.llon of the bill giving income tax rf tlons to shippers sending their goods abroad In American vessels was it, and _the house also stipulat- i steamshlp Leviathan should for less than the cost of re- 3,166,000, - of shipping board vessels not less than 4 1-4 per cent. on déferred payments. instead of ‘prospeéctive con- bring the governmerit not 4:14 per cert, Interest, instead wru less ot last. Aprl, MANSLAUGHTER OHARGE FOR MOTORCYCLE DEATH New Haven, blno,, 121 Spring Nov. Mass., ‘wos bound over to the court by the North Haven town court today on a charge of 29.—Louis Com- street, Springfield, superior manslaughter. | Combino was held responsible by Coro- ner Eli Mix for the death of Louis Mor- tonlo, also of Springfield, who was kill- ed here November 6, while the side-car of 2 motorcycle operated Ly the defendant. ng in Police claimed that the motorcycle, which collided with an auto truck, was operated at an exces- , | sive rate of speed. RUSSIA DENIED UNLIMITED DISCUSBION AT LAUSANNE & The hope that lies 1 thank Thee for the before, | The victory that is not gained— O Father, more and more unattained— The good we hunger forl I thank Thee for the voice that sings ' For mystery—the dr —Florence Earle Coates, in Scribner’s. To inner depths of being; For all the upward spread of wings, From earthly bondage freeing: eam of things Beyond our_power of, seeing! learned | tionality of the syndicalism law, whan the court decided their sentences. “No human agency,” declared the goy- ernor, “can accurately determine how long any human being shall be incarcer- ated. These men are mot crimin: Since ttheir indictment and - onviction in Marth, 1921, they have suffered se- verely. I declined to extend clemen:y in their cases prior to their incarcera- tion, No great can come from longer incareeration for them. That the antl-syndicalism - law was “war\ psychology,” and that while it might be well in times of war, enforce- ment of such 2 law ‘“might be very short-sighted in time of peace” was the contention of Justice Carter in his dis- senting opinfon. | The six assoclates of Bross Lloyd who are serving sentences at Joliet are Jack Carney, Arthur Proctor, Edgar Owens, Ludwig Lore, I. K. England and Niels Kjar. These were given indeterminate Sentences of from one to flve years. l Ten others, Samuel G. Hankin, Janres A. Meisenger, Karl F. Sandborg, Chas. rumbein, Perry -Shipman, Morris A. Stolar, John Vogel, N. J. Christensen, Samuel Ash, and Oscar Jesse Brown. were sentenced to one year in the Cook county jail. A One. defendant, L. A. Caterfield, is not affected by the commutation. Caterficld is now on his way from Russia to-begin serving his sentence, according to in- formation - received by WIill- Colvin. sec- retary of the pardon board. the men must serve QUIET THANKSGIVING DAY FOR PRESIDENT HARDING Washnington, Nov. 29.—President Harding has planned a quiet Thanks- |giving day. White House officials said tonight he would do some work ‘probab- ly during the morning having dinner with Mrs. Harding in her sick room and spend the remainder of the day resting. Mrs. Hardlng has so far progressed | able to spend part of each day in an easy chair. In fact, her condition has shown such improvement that Brigadler General Sawyer, the White House phy- siclan, decided to spend Thanksgiving day at his old home in Marion, ‘Ohio. PREMIER POINDARE TO GO TO LONDON DEC. 9 Paris, Nov. 29.—(By the A. P,)— along the road to recovery that she is’ many other members, he appealed to the leaders in both north and the south to bury the hatchet and work for unity. The government spokesman was Douglas Hogg, the attorney general, who expressed confidence that the Free Wgovernment would loyally carry out treaty, which would expunge the men:- ories of he past on both sides. He did not wish to discuss unity in Ireland, merely saying that i unity wag desirea by both parties it would come much bet- ter without either party being preached at from this country, or any pressure be- ing exerted. The British government {looked to the future whh great hopes. I The Irish bills just passed by the house of commons virtually complete the legis- !lation necessary to set up the Irish Freo | State permanently under the Anglo-Irish treaty. signed De€ember 6, 1921, it was neces- sary to complete the enacting legislation within a year from that date, or by Wed- nesday next. The bil's have through the house of commons, as the government was unwilling to accept any amendments, having obtained the opin- ions” of the government's officials that the constitution, the most important fea- ture. in the legislation, conformed in every changes would give rise to difficulties with the Irish makers of the constitution |and might conceivably wreck the whole Dproject. COUZENS TO SUCCEED NEWBERRY IN SENATE Lansing, Mich., Nov. James Couzens of Detroit today was appointed by Governor Groesbeck United States senator from Michigan t fill the unexpired term of former Sena- tor Truman H. Newberry, who resigned {recently. Mayor Couzens has accepted l":f appointment, the governor announc- 29.—Mayor The notification of his appointment has been forwarded to Mr. Couzens who is in New York to spend Thanks- giving day with his daughter, a col- lege student. 4 ‘The governor announced Mr. Couzens, |Who has gained natlonwide, prominence | through his municipal rallway venture in Detroit, would take his seat In the | 8énate as soon as his Detroft affairs could be arranged. Under the terms of the treazy, ; bhad smooth sailing | way with the Irish treaty and that any- as | traveresed the 450 miles from Scott Field, Ill, to Bynum, Alabama, in ten hours. Francis Massadeus has reslgned from the directorship of the American €on- servatory of Music at Fontainbleau, France. Max Dollone, a composer, has been appointed to succeed him. Radium has dropped $50,000 a gram in price and the Standard Chemical company has been forced to close its carnotite properties in Paradox valley Col., throwing 350 men out of work. Fish varying from minnows to small perch have clogged water supply pipes In hundreds of residences in Chi- lcago since last Sunday. Defective screens across intakes permitted the ! fish to be drawn in. Police continued efforts_to selve the death in Los Angeles by a polson of a man who reglstered at a down town ho- tel as V. E. Boge of Portland, Ore. In- formation from. Portland was that the man was 20 years old and unmarried. Bootleggers of New York, whose cur- rency stuffed pockets and diamond coVv- ered cravats have attracted attention of | bandits, ar® surrounding themselves | with corps of armed guards and move about in constant fear of assassins’ guns. Alfred E. Lindsay, broker, who plead- ed guilty last March to swindling prom- inent New York women out of $500,000 | through fake stock selling schemes, was sentenced to serve from five to ten years| jat hard labor in state prison. H The Manhasset Manufacturing Co., ! which operates tire fabric mills in Taunton, Putnam and Warren, announc- ed a wage increase of six per cent. to affect about 1,500 employes. This is the | second increase since September 1. | New York and New Jersey clties are! ibeing flooded with liquor from the”Ba- | hamas, Scotland and England, it was| asserted by Frank J. Hale, prohibition | enforcement official, who has just com- Ipleled an extensive investigation. : Romeyn Park Benjamin, brother of the widow of Enrico Caruso and son of !the late Park Benjamin, has announced {that he will soon make his stage debut |under the direction of a noted play- | wrisht. | Willlam Gibbs MeAdoo of Los-Angeles, i former secretary of the treasury, was |arrested in Tulare county and cited to | appear before Judge J. S. Clack Satur- |day to answer a charge of speeding at | the rate at the rate of 51 miles an hour. ! The Nova Scotia throe-masted schoon- er Barbara W., loaded with fertilizer and bound to Wolfville, N. S.. from| Boston, was caught in a northeast snow ; squall and driven on'to the rocks near | Henry Hancock and M Alberta Blackburn, both of Connersville, Ind., jwere arrested in New Haven on the charge of being fugitives from justice. They were held without bond pending word from Connersville. Dr. H. W. Evans, of Dallas, Texas, was elected imperial wizard of the Ku {Klux Klan by the imperial klonvoka- tion, meeting in annual session in At- lanta, Ga., to succeed Colonel William J. Simmons, founder of the present klan |the Cuekholds Light off Southport, Me,l“‘“ TURKS ARE IN REVOLT IN WESTEEN THRACE London, Nov. 29 (By the A. P. It is reported here that a Turkish revolt, accompanied by violent fight- ing at some pilaces, has broken out in western Thrace. The correspondent of The Times at Constantinople telegraphs that he hears the insurgents are masters of the situation and that an armed tand of 5,000, having machine guns, is marching toward Dedeagatch and demanding the holding of a ple- Discite., A despatch to the Dafly Express from Constantinople desorfbes the situation as dramatic and chaotic. It adds that not only are the Turks re- ported to have revolted but that bands of Bulgarians and Macedon- Lians have. crossed the fromtier. s e FEDERAL TAX COLLECTIONS SHOW HEAVY DECREASE Washington, Nov. 20.—Federal tax col- lections for October aggregated $111,012,- 249, a decrease of $42,150,237 as com- pared with October, 1921, according to omplete figures for the month compiled today at the treasury. Collections since July 1 amount to $711,759,468 against $1,119,964,882 for the same period of 1921. Chief among the decreases by com- parison, with collections of a year ago was the reductlon in income and profiis { taxes. " Those two items brought in only $29,434,464 In October while for the same month last year the collections wero $42,250,297. Another decrease noted in the monthly figures was on tobacco taxes where pre- viously increases have been shown in comparison to the 1921 recorl. Tobacco taxes for last month totalled $24,850,- 044 while for October, 1921 the same source yielded $25,933,064.. Since July 1, this year, the tobacco taxes have brought in $110,300,999, which is $9.- 1914,624 larger than for the same pericd last year. - The itemied lst of receipts discloses increases, as compared with October a year ago $6,463,419 in the manufacturer's excise taxes on automobiles, motorcycles and accessories, and $2,055,118 " in the corporation tax, which last moath brought in $12,265,151. MAN DROWNED IN CONN. RIVEE COMMITTED SUICIDE Hartfofd, Nov. 29.—Chief William J McKee, of the East Hartford police an- nounced tonight that an autopsy DYy Medical Examiner Henry N. Costello j#*howed that the unidentified man whose body was found {n the Connecticut river this morning nad committea »mi- Chie McKeq sald, however, thal cw- ing to the suspiclous circumstances con- nected with the case, he would continue his investigation. Lleutenant Walter L. Stiles, of the state police, and Spe- clal Investigator Edward J. Hickey, of State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn’s of- fice also are investigating. The body was found in about a font of water. An automatic pistol, .25 cal’- bre, from which one shot had been fired, was on the bank and a .25 calibre bullet ‘was found in the man's head. The authorities are at Joss to account SENSATIONAL SGYPTOLOGICAL DISCOVERY OF THE CENTUERY London, Nov. 29 (By the A. P.)— What is claimed to be the most sensa~ ticnal Egyptological 8 the century is announced in & Calro des- patch to the Times from the “Valley of the Kings” on the site of anclens Thabes, near Luxor. A series of wub- terranean chambers has been explored and so far has disclosed the funeral paraphernalia of the Egyptian Tu- tenihamun, one of the heretic kings of the eighteenth dynasty reigning about 1350 B. C. The discovery was ammounced tofxy by Lord Carnarvon, specially summon- e dfrom England by the explorer, How« ard Carter, who had been excavating i this place, with Lord Carnarvom, fo1 seven years, but up to the present with little success, In the royal of the empire, directly below the tomb Remeses VI, a chamber was @ which contained Tutenkhamun's geme« studded throme. This is described =1 one of the most beautiful art objects ever found. - Moreover the explorers came upon ex- quisite carved gilt couches inlaid wity ivory, other furniture, a quantity -of royal robes, some of them richly deco- rated, life-size statutes and vases of the most intricate design, and, the remain: af large quantities of victuals for the dead. Important papyr! also “wers found which are expected to clear up man: important points relating to the eigh'. eenth dynasty. — THANKSGIVING DINNER AT AMERICAN CLUB IN PARI Paris, Nov. 29 (By the A. P.)—The American club treated Ambassador My- ron T. Herrick and the French senator, Henry De Jouvenal, tonight to a Thanksgiving dinner as near to the o fashioned variety as the French kitch- en can supply. C. Inman Barnard, who presided, showed the guests the megal commemorating the first Thanksgiving dinne renjoyed by the Pilgrims in the seventeenth century and remarked thatl a good many troubles had happened meanwhile; yet there were still many things to be thankful for, “Americans abroad,” said M. De Jou- Venel in the course of his speech, “wili probubly continue to celébrate Thanks- giving. 1 hope they wiil always have good reasons for so doing, but Europt will have less reason so long as the United States remains outside the com- | munity of nations™ | The senator assured the diners tha lhe wasn't going to ask for anything “It has become quite a habit, 1 know," ihe raid, “eince you gave your boys and your resources in tne common cause But at the present time we have come to realize that we can no longer count upon the United States.” FORMER SENATOR AGNEW'S SUMMER HOME BURNED Ridgefield. Nov. 29.—Fire early today destroyed the garage at the summes home of George’B. Agnew, former United States senatce from New York, at South Salem, N. Y. just across the state Mme. Three automobiles in the garage, which had chauffeurs’ quarters on the secomd floor, were burned. The i6ss was placed at $50,000. ‘The caretaker was the only person af the summer home. Hgp reported that he he bill would pro- ivate owners of the c Afloet and the es- tfeasury of a revolving to American - citizens lon of ships. Another rehant marine fund,” would Lfom -m;el:;dl of tonnage 5,.an , according to 'Bil, to $4,000.000 annu- bor oént. - of the-amount of ‘which would total $30,- Lausanne, Nov. 29.—(By the A. P.) ~—IThé Russian delegation tonight re- celved a communication from the near | east conference, rejectlng the Russian (request “to be allowed participation in {the discussion of all questions before that body, without being limited in the straits problem. France, Great Britain and Italy are unanimous in standing by the Poin- care noté inviting the Russians to par- ticipate only in the discussion of the atralts. 3 Premier Poincare has d the British prime minister’s invitation to go to London on December § for a prelim- linacy discussion of the Brussels confer- ence on reparations, according to the Matin, The Italian premlers reply has not yet’ been received. - for the distance between the place where the man apparently had shot himself and the place where the body was found. The body is believed to have been in the water two or three days. - NEW RECORD BY WIRELESS SOCIETY IN MANCHESTER, ENG. FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OF STOCK DIVIDENDS heard an explosion and found ths door organization. of the garage blown open and the interias in flames. Fire apparatus from t™s tewn and Katonah, Mount Kisco and Bedford- Hills, N. Y., went to.the scene. The fire. men were unable to check the garage fire, but nrevented the flames from While showing & number of visiting librarians the interior of the vault at the state llbrary in Hartford, State Li- brarian George S. Goddard accidentally set off the burglar —alarm.- Policemen rushed to the library, ‘only to be told the circumstances. New York, Nov. 29.—The Americanr Bank Note company today declarsd an extra dividend of $10 a share and a stock dividend of 10 per cent on the H common stock. The regular quarterly dividend. of 75 ceénts on the preferred stogk also was declared, New York, Nov. 29.—In addition to #s regular quarterly dividend of 3 per cent the Miadle States Oil corporation L — WAEM WEATHER FORECAST Hartford, Nov. 29.—The new wireless FOR THANKESGIVING DAY recelving station of the Wireless Soclety. of r, England, copled o messages from thirty-six American ?;- LEGISLATURE IMPROBABLS tions, some' as far west as Oklahoma, on v the night of November 26, according to | Hartford, Nov. 28mcGovernor Lake said . a radiogram received today by the |tonight that he would call a ‘special sés- . American Radio Relay league.' The|Sion of the Jegislature to consider § larges: number of stations heard in any previous night was twenty-three, ten days ago, A to increase the eapital stock of the Standard Ofl company of Kentucky from $12,000,000 to $17,500,- 000 to be followed by declaration of a year. on..a Compensation graduated scals . would b¢ extended #hip owners out of this fund acdording to. tite mpeed, size and type < o -the W The compensation would nat exodeding tén years to making eontracts ‘with“the ‘:. fimd “the vessels would be & Ameriean bureait of ship- Tedeiving compensation would' A6 cRxTy crews ‘of wihioh at | SPECIAL “COAL" SESSION OF ‘Washington, Nox. 2.—The mercury tomorrow. will rise for day, the weather burean indicated tonight by- forecasting warmer weather generally % e Ay east ‘of - the Mississippi,. except in Wir- New " Haven, Nov. 23.—Dr, Sterling { ginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, how- Prios Taylor was apoointed medical ex- | ever, where it will be fair. Tonight's aminer for North Haven by Coronér. Mix {prediction’ was 'that partly cloudy to today. e sucpeeds Dr. Rebert B. Good- | cloudy. skies would overspread the eastern year, who served in that capacity for | part of the courtry, with ight snow prob 0- resiEns by reasan of age. |able in extreme northern New England. Goodyear who vigwed the| - S e mwflfld h‘;lfle wreck | BURCII: JURY DISCHARGED; 7 ‘Bar. Harbor express by oollision Aoaiite oo At ity s HOPELESSLY DEADLOCKED Placo within' the town limits, Los Angelés, Nov. 29.—The jury In .| "Dr. Taylor recently resigned from the | the third trial of- Arthur C. Burch “for| naval hospital at Washington.” ths murder of J. Belton Kennedy, Te- ported to Judge John W.-Shenk at 9.45 ‘glook tonight that it was hopelesely deadiocked - and was dlscharged. e NORTH HAVEN HAS NEW MEDICAL EXAMINER ators and representatives continue to sit in congress for four months after they have been defeated for re-election would be abandoned undeér an amendment to the constitution reported out by the senate agriculture committee. . A fedoral grand Jjurs, FIRE DAMAGE OF $6,500 IN SOUTH NORWALK GREAT BRITAIN TO. HALT : ~_ SCRAPPING OF WARSHIPS s o Nov. 33, —(By ‘he A P.)— Great Btitain will scrap no more war- ships under the Washington —disarma- ey P ‘have quota, “according to-the Il.'flllm ury’m' u;ngw South Norwalk, Conn., Nowv. | N which is now oeg.ph‘»by ng' manufacturing concern. The tudflnl;!. 3nd .exonerated hospital at- some . Htendants of respomsthity. - < a ship| Every man has an idea (h rovides "sthink him important. at others P g