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NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1921. SIXTEEN PAGES.
PUJCK THREE CENTS
AMERICAN CONSUL BEATEN
TO DEATH BY MOB, STATE
DISPATCHES FROM PERSIA
Report Tells Of Murder
ous Attack At Teher
an Another U. S.
Citizen Seriously
Wounded.
State Department Immedi
ately Takes Steps to As
certain Real Facts in In
ternational Slaying.
Washin?ton, July 19. A mes
sage received today by the state
department from American
Minister Joseph S. Kornfeld at
Teheran, Fersia, said that Vice
Consul Robert Imbrie died from
shock at 3 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon after having been brutal
ly kicked and beaten by a mob.
The vice-consul and Melin
Seymour, also an American, had
stopped their carriage to watch
a religious demonstration in the
city the message said and were
rushed by the mob who mistook
them for members of a sect
known as the Bahais against
which the demonstration was di
rected. Seymour's condition was said
to be so serious as a result of
the beating he received that he
had been unable to make any
statement.
HOPE ABOUT GONE BUT
SEARCH IS CONTINUED
Every Effort Being Made!
to Find Seven Children
Lost in Sound
As Easy to Buy Drink As Groceries
Here, Judge Ailing Says On Bench;
Lot of People in City Not Bothered
Declines to Comment Further Rut Promises Bigger Con-
trovers)' Than Ever Occurred Betore
Bridgeport. July 19 Although
hop of Aniline seven children who
n out In a canoe from Ht. Mary's by
tho Sea Thursday afternoon, alive,
baa been practically abandoned by
their parent ami upward of 2u
searchers, tho hunt for them contin
ued with unabated teal today.
Two army airplanes from Mlneola
field, under direction of Captain Har
ry Drayton, first euro squadron, who
will pilot qn of them, were promised
to join the search, according: to John
fiousa, who sollcllod their aid. Rousa,
a summer resident at Fairfield Reach,
had taken general charge of the
search.
The canoe In which the children aet
out on the rough sea was recovered
yesterday afternoon near Middle-
ground light, a point midway between
here and Port Jefferson, I-. I. It was
brought to this city by the tug John
Glen, of tho Bridgeport Towing Co.
and was Identified by the owner,
Georgo W. Mills. Scats In the canoe
were In position and this led to the
belief that the children might have
been picked up and the shell aban
doned, but falluro for more than 20
hours since finding of the ennoe to
hear from them has removed hope of
this being true.
Humors of telegram from Florence
Benson, 15 oldest member of the
party and of the finding of a body off
Penficld reef, proved upon Investiga
tion to bo without foundation.
Judge Benjamin W. Ailing tcorfd
the liquor situation tn N lirltaln
thli morning when Impomnf entente
of a 0 days upon Frank Andrtctk of
ft I viuan street, found guilty of lo.
lating the liquor tnw on two counts.
In sentencing Andrcik, Judge Ailing
said, "There la no doubt In my mind
that this man I guilty, but he Is no
guiltier than a lot of other people tn
the city who aru never bothered at oil.
It la Just as easy to buy liquor In
the city aa It la to buy groceries,"
When questioned, after court as to
the Import of tho state-menu, If be
meant to Infer that the police were
partial In their enforcement of the
"dry" laws, Judge Ailing said that
he did not Infer anything. He addud
that he was saying nothing now, but
hat when be did say something, there
would be a biggr controversy In the
city than there has been yet.
The statements mid by Judge All
lug followed the summing up of the
tale's evidence against Andrtcjk In
which the prosecutor ret erred to the
stom conducted by the defendant
a dive to which men from all parts
of the city go for liquor. It was tea
I titled that men went there from Arch
I street, and Judge Ailing said that they
didn't have to go that far to get
JLPJRKHMGIVIL
ill
liquor, and then continued with the
statements quoted down.
Testifying regarding the arrest of
(Continued on Tage 10)
SWIMMERS FROM U. S J
WIN IN EVERY EVENT
Sweep All Before Them
in Today's Olympic
Test
Hy Th Autnf.iaterl Press.
Swimming Pool, l.es Tourelles,
France, July 19. America's Olympic
men and women swimmers today
again swept everything before them,
every American entrant In the diving
and swimming events disputed today
reaching the finals or semi-finals.
jjep&rement omciais expect more
complete reports on the Incident In
the course of the day. The attitude
of the Persian government in connec
tion with the murder of the vice con
sul will be ascertained before any
steps are taken by the Washington
government.
Thla announcement ' was made by
the department:
"A cablegram from the American
minister at Teheran, Mr. Joseph S.
Kornfeld, dated on the evening of
July 18, states that Vice Consul Im
brie succumbed at 3 o'clock In the
afternoon to the shock following an
assault by a mob which practically
cut and beat hlra to death.
"The minister reports that for some
days throughout the city there had
been denouncements of Bahais, a re
ligious sect, and marry religious dem
onstratlons. It appears that at 11
a. m., the vice consul, accompanied
by Seymour, a prisoner in the consul
ate, stopped their carriage In front
of one of these demonstrations, and
It was alleged that the vice consul
hnd taken pictures.
"The mob rushed upon him crying
out that he was a Bahais and though
the servant of an American mission
ary cried out that he was the Ameri
can consul, the mob took no heed of
the statement, dragged the Americans
from their carriage and attacked
them savagely. The minister adds
that Seymour's condition la grave and
that he could make no statement.'
London, July 19. A dispatch to the
Evening News from Teheran, Persia,
states that Major Robert Imbrte
American "consul" there, died as the
result of a severe beating adminis
tered by a mob. Another American
it ts said, who was with Major Im
brie, was taken to the hospital after
being seriously wounded.
Other advices from Teheran had It
that the "American consul with his
Oriental secretary" were photograph
ing a public fountain when a mob sud
denly attacked them. It was said that
the American official was killed and
his secretary and several policemen
Injured.
Death Reported Before
Earlier dispatches from Washing
ton announced that Mrs. Imbrie, had
reported to the state department the
death of Major Imbrie, vice-consul in
charge at Teheran. Her message to
the department however gave no de
tails. Washington officials, it was
said were somewhat puzzled by Mrs.
Imbrle's message and were awaiting
details when they were apprised of
The Associated Press dispatch stating
that the American consul at Teheran
had been killed. Steps were taken at
once to ascertain the circumstances
through official channels.
Major Imbrie was vlce-constf? In
rharge of the Teheran consulate dur
ing the absence of Consul Bernard
Gotlleb, who Is said to be In tho
L'nlted States on leave.
Entering the consular service in
1917, Major Imbrie was appointed
vice-consul at Petrograd, serving later
st Vlborg and Constantinople. He wag
born at Washington In 18S4, graduat
ed at George Washington university
and later received a post graduate de
gree at Tale. He practiced law from
1 f 07 to 1915 when he entered the
French srmy as a volunteer, serving in
the world war until 1917. I
Major Imbrie, In December, 1922,
while acting as observer for the state
department, married In Constantino
ple Miss Katharine Gillespie of New
Itochelle, N. T. Miss Gillespie at the
time was director of the Near East
Relief orphanage. Tho marriage took
place In the chapel of the Benedictine
monks and came as a surprise to the
friends of the couple. Their romance
had begun a year before at Angora,
where Miss Gillespie was caring for
Armenian and Greek orphans.
HENRY B. MOORE ENTERS
MISSION FIELD IN WEST
St. Mark's Church Worker to Have
Charge of Three Districts in
Arizona.
Henry B. Moore of 89 Park drive,
a lay reader and active worker at St.
Mark's' Episcopal church, will leave
New Britain the latter part of August
for Jerome, Ariz., where he will do
missionary work in the Episcopal
church field. Mrs. Moore and children
will accompany Mr. Moore to the west
where the family will make their fu
ture home.
According to present plans Mr.
More will have charge of three Epis
copal missions, one at Jerome, an
other at Clarksdala and tho third at
Jerome Junction. Jerome is the home
of the largest copper mine the coun
try, is 6,000 feet above sea level and
not far from the Grand Canyon. Boy
and Girl Scout troops will be organ
ized at the missions.
For the past six years Mr. Moore
has made his homo in this city and
has been employed in the production
department at the Stanley, Rule &
Level Co., plant. Previous to his com
ing to New Britain he did missionary
work In Porto Rico. While there
Mr. Moore was organist, choirmaster
and served on the vestry at the
church of St. John the Baptist in San
Juan. Rev. Samuel Sutcllffe, rector of
St. Mark's, was also doing missionary
work in Porto Rico at the time Mr.
Moore was there.
GUARDSJTOJH RAY"
rrof. - Matthews. Emrllsh In.
ventor of Allege! Mysterious ftcant,
Arrives in New Sork.
New York, July 19. Zealouslj
guarding the secret of his Invention
known Internationally as the "death
ray," H, Grlndell Matthews. English
inventor, arrived tfclay on the steam
ship Paris for a short visit in this
country. He denied that he hnd come
to the United States to interest the
government or anyone else in his In-
entlon.
His first statement upon arrival whs
that the use of the term "death ray"
for his device was a misnomer. He
said it was in reality an "electric
beam" and that he haj never calfcd
it anything else.
iuaunews aeciarea tnat the ray
could, if "properly developed," de
stroy a city like New York. He also
said it could "paralyze" whole armies,
fly Tli' Associated I'ri.'6s.
Les Tonrelles, France, July 19.
Johnny Wclsmuller, tho American
swimming ace and Sam and Duke
Kahanamoku tho three members of
the L'nlted States team entered in the
100 meter swim free style in the Olym
pic competlon, qualified today for the.
semi-finals, all three of them winning
their heats in the elimination trials,
Sam Kahanamoku and Wclsmuller
won with plenty to spare, the former
turning in the time of 1 minute 3 1
second and welssmuller 1 minute, 3
4-5 seconds, but the veteran duke had
a harded Job, finding himself, unable
to shake of Trolie of Holland Jo two
finishing in a dead heat for .first place
in 1 minute 1 4-6 seconds. ' The Ha
wailan appeared to have slowed up
since his last appearance In Europe.
Bourne of Canada and Zonllla of
Argentine qualified by finishing one,
two in the third heat. Arnborg of
Sweden, Takahishl of Japan and Sted
man of Australia were the other
(Continued on Page Ten)
TWO MAKE SENSATIONAL
ESCAPE FROM CHESHIRE
Stanley Dobruck of This City and
Frank Pntclllo Kluile Reforma
tory Guards
Stanley Dobruck of this city and
Frank Datellio, two inmates of the
Cheshire Reformatory, made a sensa
tional escapo from one, of the work
gangs yesterday afternoon about 2
o'clock, and guards at tho institution
and police in nearby cities and towns
were unsuccessful in apprehending
thorn last night.
Both men were assigned for the
past few weeks to a painting gang and
were working on one of the reforma
tory buildings outside the big fence.
Unnoticed by the guard and instruc
tor, the two crept to a Becond story
window and dropped to the ground
and sped away. Their absence was
noted by the guard and the alarm
was given. Patrols were out all night
searching the woods, but the two were
not located and it is thought th.it
they were picked up and given a ride
by a passing autol.it. Dobruck hnd
20 days to serve to complete his sentence.
mOEB ADMITS HE
KILLED YOUNG FRANKS
Chicago Newspaper Tub
lishes Story of Alleged
Confession
Chicago, July 19. Richard Loeb,
awaiting trial with Nathan Leopold
on charges of kidnapping and slaying
Robert Franks, has admitted that it
was ho who actually struck the blow
killing their victim, says the Chicago
Herald and Examiner today. The blow
was struck with a chisel wrapped
with tape and Leopold drove the aa
tomobile in which they were riding
at the time.
The youths, millionaire' eons and
university graduate students, in their
lirst confession told tho stame story
except that each accused the other
of striking the fatal blow. Loeb, the
newspaper says, made the additional
oonfcsslon after learning the penalty
may be the same for both regardless
of which was the actual slayer.
Stories that attorneys for the boys
plan to spring a surprise when the
preliminary motions are heard Mon
day before Judge Caverly has caused
State's Attorney Crowe to hold secret
conference v.lth his staff anj the
alienists who will assist the prosecu
tion. Attorney Clarence Darrow, chief
of the defense counsel, has indicated
he will not make the customary mo
tion to quash the indictments.
Aid of the police and sheriff's forces
has been asked by Judge Caverly to
regulate tho thousands expected to
seek admission to the courtroom for
the preliminary hearing.
Press boxes, to accommodate news
paper and magazine representatives,
are being fitted up and facilities for
prompt transmission of the proceed
ings by telegraph and telephone in
stalled.
A proposal by a Chicago newspaper
to radiocast the proceedings has
brought over 4,000 replies to a ref
erendunj submitted on the question
by the newspapers to its readers.
Three hundred more persons express
ed opposition to the idea than the
number favoring It.
A resolution condemning the at
empt was passed at the Desplaines
Methodist camp meeting, In session
here.
Attorneys for the defense said they
would oppose any such action a.?
prejudicial.
Was lor 27 Years City Clerk
in Ansonia .
GREAT MILITARY RECORD
Awarded Cold Miilnl I'ur Hcrolom At
Rattle pf hull Kim ami later Vol
unteered " I'Mnpe Frim f antotik
Llbbj I'll
SEN. WHEELER DECIDES TO
ACCEPT SECOND PLACE ON
TICKET WITH LaFOLLETTE
AGREES TO RUN
JAIL "BLONDE BOOTLEGGER"
(Continued on Page Ten)
NEGRO IS LYNCHED
Mississippi Mob of 85 Take Him Prom
Jail, Hang Htm to Tree and Riddle
Body With Bullets.
Meridian, Miss., July 19. Harry
Hhelton, negro, wag taken from the
jail at Scoba, near here, last night,
by about 85 men and lynched. He
was hanged from a tree limb and his
body riddled with bullets. He was
aald to have attempted to assault a
white woman living near Electric
Mills, a week ago.
I inn of $200 And Costs Also Slapped
Onto Wnterbury Woman Convicted
Of Violating Dry Laws.
Waterbury, July 19
Marks, alias Sillier of
street, known to the police, here as
the "blonde bootlegger," was fined
$200 and costs and sentenced to 10
days In Jail this morning on a charge
Mayor Names Committees
On Autos and Station
Mayor A. M. Paonessa made an-
ouncement today of two committees
authorized at Wednesday night's ses
sion of tho common council.
Councilman A. N. Rutherford and
Aldermen William H. Judd and John
Mnera were named on tho com
mittee to consider the need for three
utomobiles for inspectors In the
building department, and on the com
mittee to petition for a new railroad
station on the main line of the "New
Haven" road, the following were ap
pointed: Councllmen F. S. Cadwell, E.
H. Christ, A. F. Eichstaedt and A. (1,
Crusberg.
Anaonla,
P. Kirkhan ' - ' . , ,
Civil war veteran died i
on North Stnte street at 11:11 o'clock
last night In his i7tl year. For
27 years he wa elected city clerk us
a republican, sun King numerous
democratlo landslides. Two yar ago
falling health forced his retirement
and ho was voted a pension by the al
dermen. He was a Mason, an Odd
Fellow and member of the Knights
of Pythian, For years he was prom
inent In O, A. It. circles and the Sons
of Veterans. The funeral will be held
Monday afternoon at 1:30 p. m.
Mela I For Valor
Captain Kirkham came of Revolu
tionary stock, hla ancestcrs settling In
Guilford when the country was under
the domain of GrcRt Britain.
Mr. Kirkham was one of eight sons.
He was born In Mlddlefleld, O., De
cember 5, 1S3T. When President
Lincoln issued his first call for troops,
Isaac ivtrKnam, his rather, was one
of the first to respond. He enlisted
April 19, 1861 In Co. D, Second Con
necticut volunteer infantry. With him
went Austin P. and another son, Gull-
ford M. All three participated in the
first battle of Bull Run, in which Aus
tin performed such gallant service
that he received a gold medal. Cap
tain Kirkham next enlisted in the
navy, serving as ma.ter's mate. While
in the navy he participated In the en
gagements at Roanoke island, Eliza
beth City, Plymouth and others.
He resigned from the navy in the
fall of 1863 and enlisted in February
1864 In the Second Connecticut heavy
artillery.
A Wonderful War Record
At Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864 a
bullet passed through his head but ho
recovered and 44 days later rejoined
his reglmlnt and assisted in the de
fense of Washington when Early made
his famous raid. At Cedar Creek.
Va., he was again stricken by a bul
let, being wounded ia the side. This
occurred October 3 9, 1864, the day of
Sheridan's renowned ride. While
wounded Captain Kirkham was taken
prisoner by the Confederates and con
fined in Libby prison. Later he was
removed to Danville prison and back
again to Libby. Captain Kirkham
was one of three who volunteered to
attempt an escape. Disarming the
guard the three men reached the
outside of the prison but being with
out food and strangers to the coun
try were able to make but slow pro
gress. The weather was cold and
after tramping five miles through the
snow the three men were recaptured.
Captain Kirkham's feet were badly
frozen and he suffered from this more
or less the rest of his life.
A son, Charles C. Kirkham of
Bridgeport, a granddaughter, three
great grandchildren and several
nephews and nieces survive.
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SL.VVTOR WHEELm
BOTH OLD PARTIES IN
FOR STRONG REBUKES
La Toilette's Running Mate
Scores Republicans and
Democrats
Washington, July 19. Senator
Wheeler immediately began his
campaign wit ha broadside
against the political affiliations of
Calvin Coolidge and John W.
Davis.
"I am a democrat, but not a
Wall street democrat," he said In
a letter formally accepting the
nomination tendered him by the
group of La Toilette leaders in
conference here.
The democratic party, lie con
tinued had "wantonly abandoned
an opportunity for great public
service and both it and the re
publican party had "iffnored the
call of the unorganized millions
who are the victims of the pres
ent economic disorders."
m. a. c. rnoFKssoR die:s
Amherst. Mass., July 19. Prof.
Philip B. Haszrouck, for 29 years
head of the department of physics at
Massachusetts Agricultural college
died suddenly of heart disease at his
home here today. He was a native
Tessie Evelyn 1 of Libertyville, N. T and was a
21 Edwards graduate of Rutgers college.
REACH MEN'S FINALS
Paris, July 19. Vincent Richards
of violation of the liquor law. John ' ptatc8 defeated Rene La Coste end
Bartkusof 90 South Leonard street, ,TpBn porotra, France, -2. -,
involved in the same case, was dls- n c i i t s tn th. ,.
charged. Both were arrested es the tt,. rtnht inA ..,kj i
result of complaint made to the ro-!e.i ,n,4 in .h
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in. .j inir niHi my naa pur
chased drinks at Bartkus' place and
had been robbed. Bartkus was prov
en to be the owner, but due to his
absence from the store at the time of
the alleged sale of drinks he Was dis
charged. A police officer testified
that he had been told by Tessie that
she wag being paid ISO a week by
liartKus as an employe.
MORE UNION MEN FLOCK
TO LA FQLLETTE'S SIDE
Raihvay Maintenance Men and Shop
Laborers to Give Him Fullest
Support.
By Tho Associated Press.
Detroit, July 19. Senator Robert
M. LaFollette's presidential campaign
will be given tho unanimous support
of the United Brotherhood of Main
tenance of Way Employes and Kail-
way Shop Laborers, it was announced
at the union's headquarters today.
At a meeting of the national officers
and general chairmen of the organiza
tion, representing approximately
300,000 maintenance of way workers
a resolution endorsing the Wisconsin
senator's campaign and platform was
unanimously adopted. The resolu
tion provides that:
"The Hon. Robert M. La Follette
be given tho unanimous, unqualitied,
wholehearted support of railroad
maintenance of way employes in his
campaign for president of the L'nlted
States."
It also was announced that pro
visions were made for actively en
gaging In the promotion of ti e La
Follette campaign an 1 th,t members
of the brotherhood ".cul'l be urged
lo it. iik j fl.ia.iclal coni-iuutiona in
small amounts.
CITS OASOLI.VE PRICES.
rsew xorK, juty is. uasoline wan
reduced one cent a gallon today by
the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
In Maryland, West Virginia. North
Carollna.New Jersey and Washington,
f. C, and half rent In Virginia and
So. Carolina. This makes the tank
wagon price In New Jersey generally
1714 cents.
New Haven Police Raid
Nets 50 Gallon Still
.New Haven, July 19. Police cap
tured a 60 gallon still and other
liquor manufacturing paraphernalia
in a raid at the home of Carlo" De
Blasio at 461 Chapel street early to
day. Charged with violation of the
liquor law In the police court, De
Blsslo'a case was continued until
July 21.
HIGH TIDESJULY 20
(Standard Time)
At 'ew London
At w Haven
1:S8 a. m.J
11:2 ft. m.
2.14 p. m.
THE W EATHER
. o
Hartford, July IS. Fnrorast
for New Britain and vicinity!
Fair tonight and Sunday; lit
tie change tn temperature.
18 Year Old West Haven
Youth Held as Burglar
New Haven, July 19. John Slm-
b&rskl, 18, of West Haven,twas ar
rested today, being one of seven
young men wanted, the police say,
on charges of breaking and entering
several stores In this city. West Ha
ven and Branford and theft of an au
tomobile In Bridgeport. According
to the police Slmbarski has twice be
fore been arrested for burglary, hav
ing served a sentence In the Cheshire
reformatory on one occasion.
Senator Wheeler's ncceDtance and
his denunciation of the two old-line
parties were embodied In a, letter to
William H. Johnston of the mnehin.
ists' union, headlns: a
to him by the conference of La Fol
lette leaders to receive his reply to
the formal tender of tho vice-presidential
nomination voted yesterday.
Tho letter follows:
"After careful consideration 1 "five
concluded to accept the honor your
committee so generously conferred on
me by tendering to me the nomina
tion for vice-president as the running,
mute of the Hon. Robert M, La Fol
lette, candidate for president of the
United States.
"I have had no desire, as you know,
to become a candidate for any office
in the approaching election, but have
decided that it is my duty to accept
your can necnuse It appears to me
that by so doing can best serve the
highest Interests of the American
people,
"I regret exceedingly that tho dem
ocratic party In the recent national
convention In New York so complete
ly lost sight of the f indnmental prin
ciples of Vmocicy and ignored t.ie
great economic issues of tne prctict.t
hour. It. has wantonly abandoned an
opportunity for great public service
fciat never before was so u'.tarly with
in its reach and so certain to lead to
success.
"While the farmers of the entire
nation are facing bankruptcy, labor
unemployed, business depressed and a
large majority of our citizens sutler,
ing from sinister exploitation, the re
publican and democratic parties in
convention ignored thn rail of the un
organized millions who are the vic
tims of the present economic disor
ders and chose lenders whoso train
ing, whose sympathies and whose so
cial and political association are with
tho great predatory interests.
"Every democratic leader in and
out of congress has proclaimed the
democratic party free from the tnlnt
of Wall street and has blamed with
some degree of truth the financial in
terests centered there, but whose
ramifications extend far bevond. for
Democratic Prosecutor
Of. Senate Daugherty
Committee, Bolts Own
Party For New Independents.
Always FfehMnfr Campaign.
cr, He Is Expected t
Make Wide Speaking Cir
euit of Country During
Summer.
Washington. July 19 Senstor w.,..
ton K. Wheeler of Montana, demo,
eratlo prosecutor of tho senate Daug h.
erty committee today announced hi.
acceptance of second place on the In
dependent presidential ticket headed
by Senator Robert M. La Follette.
ipotil To Dawes
Several days ago Senator Whe!r
announced he could not support John
W. Davis, the presidential nominee of
his party, although he Intended to
work for the democratic state ticket
in Montana, and to give his aid tn.
ward tho reelection of Ms colleague.
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, prosecutor
of the oil committee and chairman of
the New York democratic national
convention.
Refused To Take ".o"
At the same time he made an un
qualified declaration 'that he could
not accept tho vice-presidential nom
inatlon on the La Follette ticket if it
were offered him, hut when thev
gathered here yesterday to map out
campaign plans the La Follette lead
ers refused to take no for an answer.
Their committee spent a good part of
the day with Senator Wheeler, adding
tneir persuasions to those of Mr. La
Follette himself, and the conference
formally and unanimously named hlra
as its first and only choice for second
plnee on the ticket.
The conference, which was as
sembling to receive Senator Wheeler'a
answer at the same time he made hla
informal announcement of acceptance,
is being held under the auspices of
the conference for progressive politi
cal notion, which endorsed Senator
La Follette for president at Its Cleve
land convention. The question of se
lecting a vice-presidential nominee
was left to the meeting which began
here yesterday.
Hot Campaign Expected
Always a fighting campaigner. Sen
ator Wheeler is expected to make a
wide speaking circuit of the country
during the coming summer. His plans
are not yet complete, but he has
agreed to begin hostilities tonight by
addressing a rally of La Follette sup
porters nt a nearby town in Virginia.
One of 8 Children.
Burton K. Wheeler was born at
Hudson, Mass., in 1882, youngest of a
family of 8 children. His father was
a farmer, and likewise the village
shoemaker, though his mother was a
Hale, and a member of a New Eng
land family of mite. An uneventful
youth presently brought out the boy
as a graduate of a business training
school, and a stenographer, who got a
job in Boston and went to work at it.
Went To r. of 51.
He had, however, an ambition to
study law which was little encouraged
by his older brothers, and an ambition
to go west which was even less en
couraged. With his savings of his
stenographic employment he cut him
self looso from Massachusetts, went to
Ann Harbor, Mich., and entered the
University of Michigan law school. He
waited table, cut lawns, and tended
furnaces outside the lecture hours at
the university, and in summer scoured
the rural sections of the middle west.
selling books. So engaged he stopped
one day at an Illinois farmhouse, and
met. the daughter of the family, Sfiss
Lulu White, now his wife and mother
of his four children.
Stopprd at Butte.
Through school and possessed of
the legal education he had sought tn
spite of the advice of relatives and
friends, Wheeler started on again
west, aiming for San Francisco. He
hnd as little money as when he land
ed at Ann Harbor, and when he got
l to Butte, Montana, he had to stop to
earn some more.
ticts Little Start.
The Trent Montana copper city was
a difficult town in the early years of
tho present century when the future
senator landed there, minus friends
and money and cursed with the com
bination of nasal and broad-voweled
the corruption in the ropuhlioan ad- :ankee accent which' in those times
ministration and for the dlsorimina- j always pricked up suspiciously the
tory legislation against the common i western ear. But somehow the young
people of America. What are the i attorney got on his feet. By pushing
people to think when these sine men 1 forlorn hope damage suits of Injured
in convention assembled, seloot as the linlners against the big mining com-
No Matches in House, Yet
Baby Carriage Gets Afire
New Haven, July 19. Three Are
companies, responding to an alarm,
found a baby carriage afire at the
home of Mrs. A. Septo, fit Ann street
today. The carriage was unoccupied
and Mrs. Septo was unable to ex
plain the blaze. She said the family
went to bed In the dark last night
because of a shortage of matches In
the house. . .. i
standard bearer of their party sn at
torney who represents these Interests,
who lives and associates with them
and who typifies all that Mg business
stands for, just as much and just as
truly as does the republican nominee.
"In this situation, I find myself un
able to support either the republican
candidate!, who fiankly admit their
reactiorary (rtar,drt policy, or the
democratic candidate who may claim
In well chosen phrases that he Is a
progressive but whose training and
constant association belle any such
pretension.
"Between Dnvls and Coolidge. there
Ik only a choice for conservatives to
make. The uncontrolled .liberal and
progressive forces must look else
where for leadership."
(Continued on Pag ten).
panies he began to attract attention
in his profession and at the ime
time was drawn Into alignment vfith
a liberal political element aa a spokes
man of which he was sent to the
Montana state senate. He aidd
there in the election of Senator Walsh,
Montana, and later Senator Walsh
procured for him the appointment as
federal district attorney In Montana,
In 1913.
Innipcd By VVIIsnn
The turbulent hard rock miners of
the Butte, underground were stirred
to prettj constant activity from tho
time the German kaiser tried out his
war machine against the world. Tho
soaring price of copper which Regis
tered the munitions demand, was a
temptation for agitation, and thero
(Continued ea Fag Sixteen)