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NEW BRITAIN
HERALD
FINAL EDITION
Average DaK Circulation For
Week Kndinj
April 18th .
Week Knding in
ESTABLISHED 1870
NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1925. -SIXTEEN FACES.
PRICE THREE CENTS
ENORMOUS GAIN IN NUMBER
OF AUTOS CAUSES PROBLEM
OF BUILDING NEW HIGHWAYS
New York's Stream of
Motor Cars 20 Per
Cent Greater Than
This Time Year Ago.
'Already 272,000 Pleasure
Vehicles Registered in
Metropolis Parallel
Roads Considered.
y Th Iwoctatsd Press.
Nsw York, April 25. New York's
stream of motor cars is twenty per
cent greater than It was a year ago,
officials at the motor vehicle bureau
of the state tax department an
nounced today.
More than 272,000 passenger cars
have been registered to date In the
greater city, they said, an Increase
over the same period last year of 45,
.('00. More than 50,000 trucks have
been registered,-an Increase of over
8.500.
All Records to Go
At the present rate qf Increase,
3 925 will break all records. It was
raid. Last December HI, a total of
406, 380 passenger cars and trucks
were registered here. ,
These tremendous gains are ag
gravating an already serious traffic
problem, officials said. Slate and
city authorities, as well as automo
bile organizations, were said to be
of. a loss to find a satisfactory means
of solving the problem. ,
The American Automobile associa
tion has completed surveys pre
liminary to opening up attractive
new travel routes. This is expected
1o coax many motorists from old
crowded la hps to new ones.
Trafllc Problems
Officials said that tho problem is
not confined to New York alone,
Philadelphia, for instance, urges
transient motorists to go around the
city, as fnr as possible, rather than
to pass through the down town dis
trict Movements are under way to
build special roads for trucks and a
safety parallel road for the Lin
coln highway betwoen New York
and Philadelphia has been proposed.
Westchester county, New York,
also Is studying proposed parallel
roads on the Boston and Albany post
roads to relieve tho motor conges
tion.
MOTOR VEHICLE DEPT.
CLAIMS FEES ILLEGAL
Finds One Court Made 19
Charges Instead of
But One
Hartford, April 25. That a cer
tain local court in Connecticut made
1 different charges for the travel
expenses' of a few witnesses who tes
tified in catjts based on 1 violations
of the motor vehicle laws la revealed
In tha motor vehicle department's
biennial report fo the governor. A
court docs not have tho authority to
charge up costs for any act not act
ually done, according to the stand
taken by tho department, and the
ipenses of the witnesses in tho case
cited woulr have- been substantlal-
'y the same, if they had been called
to testify against only oncAiolator.
"Costs arc taxable under 1he fee
system provided for in tho general
statutes." says the report, "and no
cats are deductible from a fine lm-'
posed as the result of a conviction
or violation of the motor vehicle
"All fines for breach of the motor
vehicle law arc payable to the state
ihrough the department," it is
pointed ou'. "Tho process of syste
matic collection has raised many in
teresting legal questions, most of
ivhicli have been decided by rulings
nnd determinations in the olfice, but
there are several matters which ere
itill open. In 1 ?1 9, tho attorney gen
era! gave an opinion Interpreting the
aw to the effect that tho gross
jinount of any defaulted bond, given
.y a defendant charged with viola
lion of tho motor vehicle, law, is pay
able to the state, without deductions
if costs. In many courtH, prior to the
ssuance of this opinion. It had been
ihe practice, when a bond was for
feited, to deduct the costs from the
ace amount of the bond and send
he balance to the state. I'pon ap
plication of the attorney general's
.'pinion, controversies with some
court ensued, causing long contin
ued and difficult processes of coi
'(ctlon. There are still some uncol
rcted amounts due the state It is
claimed, which It docs not seem pos--ible
to collect. Some disposition of
tliia matter must bo mads by the
legislature."
Lyceum Theater Is Razed
By Fire at Baltimore, Md.
Baltimore, April 25. The Lyceum
theater was destroyed by Are of un
determined origin early today, with
a loss estimated at $100,000. The
blaze started in the men's smocking
mom. Only the front and rear walls
remained standing but little or no
damage was done to adjoining bulld-
lnj owing to thick fir walla
BALKAN STATES IN
FLURRJHORRY
Fully Realize Seriousness ol
Situation in Bulgaria
CONDITIONS CALMER TODAY
British and American .Ministers Do
Much to Smooth Out Unfiles
Bulgars Reported Fleeing Across
Frontier.
Bit Tlit Associated press.
"he situation In Bulgaria, as re
flected by despatches from Sofia and
outside points, is apparently calmer,
a fact which Is attributed In some
foreign quarters to counsels of
moderation by the American and
British ministers.
Neighbors Incited
Bulgaria's neighbors, howover,
are In a stato of anxiety lest her
troubles, which the Sofia authorities
ascribe to a. communist plot, spread
to their own territories.
Rumania appears to have become
fully alive to the danger threatening
tho Balkans, Sofia advices say, and is
lending Bulgaria every assistance,
while Greece maintains a mora or
less neutral attitude.
Jugoslavia's position ia not so
clear and a Berlin dispatch says
German government circles empha
size tho danger of possible Jugoslav
intervention in Bulgaria, which they
point out might easily lead to an
other Baukan war.
Reports Knowing Details
The Bulgarian government pro
fesses to bo In complete possession
of tho details of the plot for the
bombing of tho Sveti Krai Cathedral
In Sofia last week, tho disaster
which, coming on top of tho attempt
against King Boris and the assas
sination of General Georghieff,
brought tho declaration of martial
law and tho present situation.
The authorities say tho plot was
carried tflit by Bulgarians, paid
lavWhly for their work by mm.
munisls who remained In the back
ground awaiting tho outcome. This
is supported by advices reaching tho
German foreign office which declare
tho aoup had long been planned and
that its objoct was to seize power
in Sofia and establish a strong oper
ating base for the spread of com
munism in the Balkans.
ltefiigoes Fleeing
Dispatches through Berlin and
Belgrade tell of executions of per
sons charged with connection with
theplot, Numbers of Bulgarians are
reported to bo fleeing over the
Serbian and Kumanian frontlrs.
An Italians correspondent tele
graphs that tho streets of Sofia still
present a "civil war aspect" and that
possibility of a recurrence of vio
lence is indicated. Arrests in the
search for terrorists continue.
REACH AGREEMENT ON
$10,000 CONTRACT SUIT
Action ot Charles Wilier Against
S. V. Menus and S. L. Kaplan
Settled Out of Court.
Tho $10,000 suit of Charles Wilier
against Samuel V. Menus and Sam
uel L. Kaplan for alleged breach of
contract 1ms been settled out of
court. Nalr & Nair represented tho
plaintiff, while Wyiiam M. Green
stein acted for tho defendants.
GAS CAUSED DEATH
Coroner's Verdict In London "Mys-
j tery House" Death Is That Es-
j caplng Gas Was Responsible.
London, April 25. A coroner's
'jury Investigating the Hloomsbury
! "mystery house" today returned a
verdict that Granville Cooke nnd
' Selwyn Foster, whose lifeless bodies
were found there about a month
ago, riled of asphyxiation caused by
, escaping gas. The jury expressed
no opinion whether tho deaths were
accidental.
"In a gloomy old mansion huilt in
a graveyard In the Woomsbury sec
tion of Lendon the bodies of Cooke.
50, a poet and inventor and Foster,
21, son of a wealthy family, were
found dead under circumstances not
satisfactorily explained to the po
lice." J Washington Woman Dies
Of Injuries in Italy
I Turin. Italy, April 26. Mrs. Elis
abeth Murray, of Washington. D. C,
died today from the effects of the
Injuries she received yesterday .In
Jumping from a met or omnibus
while touring with a party of holy
year pilgrims. She leaped from the
bus when frightened by the close ap-
proach of the ear to a precipice.
Mrs. Murray was Ss years old.
SHEFFIELD WIN'S MATCH
London. April 25. Sheffield I'nlt
ed won the English football nssocl
a'lon championship at Wembley sin
dlum today, defeating Cardiff City,
1 to 0.
VERYJJNCERTA1N
Neither Hindenburg Nor Marx
Expect Any Walkaway
MUCH DEPENDS ON TOTALS
If Voto Falls Below 28,000.000, Then
Marx la Believed to Have Good
Chance Former War Ijord Would
Benefit by Greater Voto.
By Th Associated Press.
Berlin, April 26. Former Chan
cellor Marx, choice of tho Weimar
coalition or republican bloc, and
Flefd Marshal Von Hindenburg,
champion of tho parlies of tho
united right, today were on tho last
stretch of their race for tho presi
dency of tho German republic, with
neither expected to havo a walkaway
In tomorrow's polling. Political
leaders say the result is fully as
problematic as was tho contest In the
United States between Charles Evans
Hughes and Woodrow Wilson In
1916.
With no tangibla figures or other
data available for the purposa of
forecasting, the speculators are oc
cupying themselves with guessing at
tho whereabouts of that familiar but
elusive election apparition, the stay-at-home
vote, and the extent to
which Von Hindenburg will profit
by ballots cast for complimentary or
sentimental reasons.
Flection figures
Previous election statistics wholly!
fail to suggest a basis for compUta.
tlons, as tomorrow's balloting will
proceed to a large extent under com
plete" disregard of patty lines. If the
total vote falls below 28,000,000,
which Is 10,000,000 less than the
number of qualified voters in Ger
many, it is believed that Dr. Marx
will command a safe majority. On
the other hand, If the turnout of
voters advances the total poll to
more than 30,000,000 there Is belief
that Von Hindenburg will be the
beneficiary of such increase over the
nominal voto irf German elections.
The field marshal's managers are
depending upon his popularity as a
war hero and his reputed non-par-tlsanshlp
as attractions for other
wise Indolent voters, and believe that
any appreciable Increase In the total
vote as compared with previous elec
tions will be gathered in by their
candidate.
The campaign which closes tonight
has been marked with unwonted se
verity, as fas as it was waged . on
paper, and rcgariilessof which can
didate is victorious ' It is already
quito plan that the division of tho
ultra-bourgeois and liberal elements
Into two sharply dellned camps will
continue to have Its effects long after
the official count of Sunday's polling
Is recorded.
Even if tho republican bloc is vic
torious it will still be opposed by a
strong minority in Germany's post
election developments, while on the
other hand tho election of Von Hin
denburg, his opponents say, would
presage Internal political and eco
nomic ramifications, and possible
foreign reactions, which they shrink
Irom contemplating.
SIX JURORS CHOSEN
Moerl Murder Case Will Not Be Re
sumed In cw Haven Until Next
Tuesday.
New Haven, April 23. Six jurors
were in the box when superior court
Judge C L. Avery late yesterday
ordered adjournment of the case of
Olympia Maori charged with mur
der of John Uagnano until 9 a. m.
standard time Tuesday nevt. Before
the court rose fifty additional tales
' men were drawn who will be expect
ed to appear at 1 p. m. standard
time Tuesday. The jurors accepted
are:
r. 13. Perry, Milford, F. J. Beach,
Milford, S. I). Hartlett, East Haven,
Walter L. Candee, Seymour, C. M.
Perry, Southbury and Irving A.
Andrew, Orange.
The first panel of talesmen has
been reduced to 29. The number pf
! talesmen excused by the court was
37. The defense has nine challenges
left and tho state 17.
Salem Police Holding
Willimantic Suspect
WilllmnrfHc, April 25. A- local
police officer will be to Salem, Mass.,
sometime today to question Peter
Robinson, of Boston, held by the
Salem police and wanted here as a
suspect in conncetlon with the
breaking and entering of the store
of Benjamin Eisenberg on April .
Robinson was arrested yesterday,
according to word received by the
Willimantic police.
It is said that he confessed to the
robbery and said he was aided by
Thomas F. Syvaln of Lewlston, Me.
The latter was arrested in Provi
dence three hours after the break
in this city last week, and was sen
tenced to three years in the state
prison at Wethersneld.- Ho wns
found guilty In the Windham county
superior court.
Hopkins Grammar School
Cornerstone Is Laid
New Haven, April 25. A famous
New Haven school Hopkins gram
mar Is to have a new home and
the cornerstone was laid today In
the presence of a gathering of
alumni which Include men who have
achieved distinction In many lines of
endeavor.
The new slto Is In the Edgewood
district of the city. The old and
somewhat historic building was In
High street at the corner of Wall,
I a site which will bu embraced in
the new development at Yale around
ll coming Sterling library.
Interlaken Hotel, Lakeville, Is
Destroyed By Fire, Loss $100,000
lAkevlllo, Conn., April 25. Inter.
Inken Inn, one of the largslj sum
mer hotels In Litchfield oounty, was
burned today, the loss being placed
as high as 1100,000.
The Inn was a frame Vruoture of
two stories and had between 75 and
100 rooms available for guests.
The fire Is thought to have start
ed at a fireplace, and quickly spread
throughout the lower floor. Fire
Man Drowned. Motorboat Sunk and
Two Truckloads of Liquor Seized
Coast Guardsmen, Armed With Machine Gun, in
. Thrilling: Morning; Raid Off Margate, New Jersey
Atlantle City, N. J.. April 15.
A man Is .believed to have been
drowned, a motorboat was sunk and
two trucks with 167 cases ot liquor
aboard were seized following an
early morning raid on a rum fleet
oft Margate. Another croft made Its
escape under coast guard fire.
The liquor was recovered by
Coast Guards after It had been
thrown over board by the crew of
the sinking craft, which was riddled
with machine gun bullets.
H. A. White and J. Brinckley,
warrant officers, had lain in hiding
for five hours awaiting the appear
ance of the smugglers on a tip that
a cargo was to be landed. At two
o'clock two motor boats were heard
approaching a bulkhead at the foot
of Union avenue. The government
men saw two trucks carrying twelve
or fifteen men drive up.
The coast guard party waited un
til one of the trucks was nearly
loaded before they shouted a com
Nationality Question Drawn Into
Corbin Avenue Building Dispute
Mangan Accuses Upson of
Discrimination Mangan
Asks New Hearing on
Naplvs Case,
C. W. Upson, one of the remon
strants appearing before the build
ing commission last night in oppo
sition to a permit for a two-family
house to be erected by M. L. Ken
nedy on Corbin avenue, was subject
ed to a severo cross-examination by
Judge William F. Mangan, counsel
for Kennedy, the purpose of which
was to bring out whether Upson had
aid to Mrs. Paul Zehler:
"I'm not so much interested in the
two-family house as I am In keep
ing tho Irish out of the neighbor
hood." L'psoa denied having made the
statement, but the denial came only
after Judgo Mangan and Attorney
Michael A. Sexton, one of the re
monstrants, had engaged in a wordy
battle on tho propriety of the ques
tion, and Upson finally decided to
speak. Upson was asked If ho had
not given a builder an estimate on
the cost of furnishing lumber tor a
two-family house In the Immediate
vicinity of the Kennedy house, and
ho avoided the question, according
to the charges of Mangan. by saying
he gives estimated on hundreds of
jobs. Mr. Kennedy produced a writ
ten estimate on the job and Upson
admitted the figures to he his. He
denied knowledge of where the
house was to be built. Vr. Kennedy
later told tho commission he had
discussed the Corbin avenue job
i with Mr. Upson and Informed tho
latter thero was some question about
Jhe permit, to which Upson replied,
ho says:
"No one will object but Jake
Yung or Besse-Leland."
W. S. Rowland presented proxies
signed by 16 property owners as op
posed to the building. He and his
neighbors feel it Is not to their Inter
ests to have houses of moro than the
or.e-famlly type, he told the building
commission.
Discussing the Stewart two family
bouse for which a permit was only
recently issued and which is now
under construction, Mr. Rowland said
that it was an oversight on the part
of himself and his neighbors that
no remonstrance was made. He and
those living near him were under
the Impression that this area is re
stricted to one family houses, he ex
plained. Judge Mangan asked if Rowland
was voting the proxy of Mr. Upson.
When sn affirmative reply was re
ceived, the attorney asked If Upson
made a statement to the effect thnt
it made some difference who nas to
get tho permit. i
A. F. Schilling. John Carlton and
James North said they were opposed
and understood deeds already re
stricted the area to one family
houses.
Park Commissioner Maxwell S.
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THE WEATHER
Hartford. April SI Forecast
for New Britain and vlelntty:
Mostly (loudly, probably local
showers tonight and Sunday,
warmer tonight and Sunday.
Fresh south nnd sou Hi wot
winds.
apparatus was called from Mliler
ton, N. Y., Sharon and Canaan. Sev
eral cottages closo by the Inn were
saved.
The property was bought two
years ago by John Terry of New
York City and the Inn had been
kept by him. Its location was be
tween two of the large lakes In this
section Wononscopomuo and Won
onpnkcoke apd about a mile from
Hotchklss tclipol.
mand to surrender. The smugglers
took to their heels, fleeing toward
Ventnor, under rlflo fire from the
sailors. One of the motor boats Im
mediately put out into the thorofare,
and within a few minutes disappear
ed. The other evidently had difficult
ly In starting Its engine. Boatswain
White warned the crow that If they
started their engine or attempted to
escape he would fire on them. Dis
regarding the order the engine was
started and the boat began to move.
The Coast Guardsmen opened flro
with a machine gun. The bullets
splintered the whiskey cases piled
high on the dock and brought a
cry of "I'm hit?" from one of the
men. The engine began to sputter
and stopped, just as the boat caught
fire. One of the sailors at once tel
ephoned to the Longport Coast
Guards for assistance, but when the
latter arrived they found the boat
had sunk and tho men disappeared.
r -N
TWO JUDITIUNS SYIUKIMY
Beginning today. Saturday, the
Herald will publish two editions,
one at 31:30 a. m, and one at
12:45 p. m. In this way, we
hope to accommodate our readers
who wish to buy a Herald at
noon when they have finished
their week's work. Many of our
reaiicrs have requested this
change, and after trying the
early edition for three successive
weeks, we have decided that the
noon edition Saturday will be
come a permanent Institution in
New Britain.
TWO RUM VESSELS ARE
TOWED TO NEW LONDON
One Is Screw Yacht Hornet
Woman Reputed Head
of Bootleg Ring
New London, April 25. The twin
screw yacht Hornet, formerly the
Contango, owned by George J.
Duffy, Whitehall street. New York,
and the motorboat K-IOOS.I, owner
unknown, were brought to this port
this morning by prize crews from the
coast guard destroyer Jouett which
captured the vessels in rum row
early last evening. The yacht was
captured after a chase of 15 miles
during the course of widen eight
three inch shells were .fired at her.
The motorboat was raptured after a
12 mile chase, and hove to only when
the last of 12 shots struck within
a few feet of her. Neither boat
had liquor aboard, but both are held
for violation of the navigation laws.
The Harnet has never been caught
although it is reputed to be one of
the most active rum runners oper
ating in these waters. A woman
bootlegger is said to be the head
of the syndicate which operates tho
yacht. L. Bush of Portland, Me.,
was captain at the time of seizure,
the orew consisting of William G.
Ross, Los Angeles. John Thomas,
Charles Buckner. and .T. Huntley, nil
of the seaman's Institute. New York.
Aboard the motorboat were Captain
Carl Olsen of Newport. Thoams Mor
ano and John C. Cavatt, both of
Newport.
Dept. of Justice Silent
On Next Wheeler Move
Washington. April 25. Depart
ment of justice officials had nothing
to say today about the collapse of
their case In Montana against Sena
tor Wheeler.
The speed with which the jury
threw out the department's charges
and exonerated tho senator manifest
ly caused disappointment anl cha
grin, and in view of the circum
stances no official would predict
whether the separate proceedings
brought against Mr. Winder in the
district of Columbia would be
pressed.
Wil l, BE KXTKRT.UM U
New Haven. April 25. Alumni of
Wesleyan resident here will enter
tain President James I.uken Mc
Oonnughy of the university and Ir.
I-rederirk Slorum, of the Van Vleck
conservatory Monday night at Pwighl
Hall. Ys'e. The gathering will b
medium of getting acquainted with
ths new president.
BOY OF 15 SLAYS
Hillord, Del., Youngster Said
Parent Whipped Him lor Thelt
MOTHER SAYS HE'S CRAZY
Child is Lodged In Georgelown Jail
Pending Investigation of linital
Slaying Shot Over Mother's
Shoulder,
iillfort, Del., April 25. Closely
questioned by State Detective Dono
van today, Lawrence Millinan, 15 i
years old, admitted he shot his fath- I
or, Charles Mlllmun, G3, as the lat
ter lay asleep last night beside his
wife, mother of the boy, at their
home on a farm fivo miles below
this town.
The boy himself brought news of
the shouting to Milford and notified
a physician. Ho said his father had
been shot and killed by an unknown
Intruder.
Deddos on Slaying
In his confession later, the boy
said ho had stolen $20 from his
father a week ago. and that on dis
covery of the theft, his father had
beaten him severely every day since,
and told him ho should not leave the
farm a single day for a year.
The boy then decided to kill his
father, lie obtained his father's
shotgun, waited until his parents
were asleep, and committed the act
He said he levelled the gun over his
mother's shoulder so not to injure
her.
Immediately after the shooting the
boy gave tho alarm and compelled
his mother to go with' him in the
father's automobile, to the home of
a relative.
Tho mother declares th boy is of
unsound mind. He is now In the jail
at Georgetown.
CHAPMAN TRIAL COST
TO STATE $16,766,28
State's Attorney Hugh M.
Alcorn Makes Report
to Court
Hartford. April 2G. The cost of
the Gerald Chapman murder trial
to the state was $10,760.28 State's
Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn reported
to the court today.
STAMFORD LIQUOR HAUL
Fifty Cases of Scotch Seized By Po
lice Arter Power Boat Runs
Aground On Rocks.
Stamford. April 2Ti. Fifty cases
of Scotch whiskey were seized by
tliu police here this morntug after
the power boat Eddie grounded on
I Hie rucixs at r itiu iuc.ii ui .suuiiiutiu
Point. 1 ho police, who bad been
informed that the bout would make
an attempt to land liquor were on
watch all night, but it was not until
daybreak they discovered the boat
aground and men in three rowboats
attempting to remove the cargo.
' Two men In one boat were cap
; tnred after they had landed 12 cases
j underneath the dork of the Ponus
I Yacht club. They gave their names
i as Edward Iiiek, 21, Riverside,
Conn., and Francis Grceney, 16,
Stamford.
Two men In another boat, on dis-
I covering the police rowed to Jack's
! Island and escaped to the Stamford
I shore after wading through mud al
j most up to their hips. Later the
i police found 12 cases hidden In a
I held, evidently, by the two men, who
had been returning to tho Eddie for
another load when discovered
The third boat had apparently
been unloaded before the police cap
tured it. The men In It escaped.
Greenwich Votes $223,000
I For New School Building
! Greenwich, April 25. At a town
meeting last night it was voted to
expend (225,000 for a cite, school
. building and equipment for the
j North Mianus district here. The
I favorable ballot was cast after Julian
! W. Curtiss, chairman of the town
I school committee, had withdrawn a
j resolution to have the nia'ter post
poned at the suggestion of certain
Mianus citizens tor the purpose of
further eonsiderating .purchase of
land. Mr. Curtiss agreed to with
draw the resolution after a critieism
of the action of the school commit
tee had been made by Charles C'ar
vetfe of Mianus.
More than l.Ofin persons, includ
ing many New York business men,
crowded the town hall where the
meeting was held.
j dm its 5 n Kf.i..Kir;.
I Bridgeport. April 25. - Ha lore
Friedman. 16. who gave his address
1 as th" Atlantic bot"l and whose br
ents live at 597 Pembroke street
I was bound over to the May term of
t the criminal superior court from city
court today when he confessed to
five, burglaries. Bonds wre tixe,1 at
12. eon and he was remanded to jail
to await trial.
Will, ADMIT LAYMPV
Augusta . Me.. April 25. --The
Maine confer, nee of the M thodist
Fpise'ipal ohureh today aw-roed.
by vote of S4 to 21. the pror.ot.ul
that laymen be admtttrtd ss mem
bers ot the snnuai conference.
FACTORY, HOUSE AND SHOP
DESTROYED BY FIRE TODAY
IN CENTER OF COLCHESTER
IS
Wider Radius ol Changed Time
Than Ever Before
NEW ENGLAND IS SPLIT
Mas., Rhode Island and Connecticut
Adopt New Time While New
Hampshire And Vermont Retain
Standard Time Mixup In Chicago.
New York, April 25. Moro clocks
the country over will be turned
ahead one hour tomorrow morning
at 2 o'clock when daylight saving
time goes into effect for live months
than any other year since the world
war when it was started, tho mer
chants association estimated today.
New York city will be governed
entirely by the hypothetical April to
September time meridian, this being
made mandatory by city ordinance.
This will accordingly embraco all
business institutions within tho city
limits, and accounts for the princi
pal financial and commodity markets
such as the stock, consolidated, curb,
cotton, coffee, sugar and produco ex
changes. Radius Is Wider
The radius will be even wider, the
merchants association said, because
the federal reserve banks both here
and at Buffalo announce they will
keep the new time, oponlng and
closing an hour earlier, morning and
evening.
This, according to the association,
Insures corresponding observance
throughout the respective federal re
serve districts, tho federal depositor
ies governing banks, and banks, all
business activity, it said.
Steam trains which shuttle New
Yorks hundreds of thousands of
commuters to and from the suburbs
will advance schedules one hour on
Monday morning to conform to the
daylight saving Injunction of tho
board of aldermctj.
Station Clocks Unchanged
Station clocks in the main, how
ever, will show the old time. The
.interstate commerce commission re
quires the roads to operate all
through trains on eastern standard
time, and this will be reflected from
the principal clock towers. Tatrons
will accordingly experience another
summer of having to look twice to
recall why the clocks are always "an
hour behind."
Of all the railroads coming into
New York city, the Long Island rail
road alone will operate on daylight
saving 100 per cent, this time pre
vailing throughout Long Island ter
ritory. Somewhat wider observance this
year than ever before is reported in
the remainder tot New York and in
New Jersey whero the shift in time
is optional.
STRIKE IS SETTLED
Operatives of Buttim Factory In
Wtllliigton Hill, Near WHUniautlc
Return lo Work.
Willimantic, April 25. Tim op
eratives ot tho Frank Tarazek But
ton factory In Wlllington Hill, have
returned to work after the settle
ment yesterday of the differences
between the company and the em
ployes who walked out a week ago,
when refused an Increase of 10 per
cent in their wages. The workers
lefused. at that time, an ofl'er of a
ihe per cent increase. Following
numerous conferences during the
week an increase of seven and a
half per cent was accepted.
Miss Annie Wlnstock of the U. S.
department of commerce has been In
Willlngtnn lllll during the past fen
days looking over the eonditlons
there. The strike of the J00 opera
tives is the first in the history of
that town.
Mt. Vesuvius Again in
Eruption After Silence
Naples, Italy, April 25. After
eight months of eomparativo rest
Vesuvius is in . r.iplion again. The
i volcano off e is a fantastic speetnelc
: especially at right when incandes
cent lava flowirg from the southwest
!side of the crater casts a Kiow oer
the area. The present art vity oeeui-s
' p riodieully and is caused by the
t roilapse of a seelion of the run of
:the erater. Professor Malla ndra, the
; director of the Yesmius observatory
i has gone as ni ar th1 eritter as pes
j slhh.) and eon firmed the cause of
J the eruption as the collapse of the
; rim. whieh allow the lava to flow
down the volcano siope.
President of Portugal
I Decides He Won't Quit
Lisbon, Portugal. April 25.
j President Teixelra Gomes today
i withdrew the resignation which he
tendered yesterday, but which con
gress refused to accept.
The president's action followed
the recent short-lived revolutionary
attempt in Lisbon, but when the
; chamber considered the matter veg
, lerday the leaders of all partus
1 praised the conduct of President
(tomes during the iroul.le ;in,l re
ijeete, me resignation 30fi to 14.
A povular demonstraiion has been
arranged in honor of the president.
Levine Factory Manu
factured Women's
Coats And Suits
Total -Loss Is Placed
At $35,000.
Watchman Was on Duty
But Knew Nothing of
Blaze Until Informed by
Passing Pedestrian.
Colchester, Conn., April 25. Firs
starting shortly after 2 o'clock this
morning destroyed the Harry Levine
Mfg. Co.'s plant In tho center ot the
town here, Jumped to a new dwelling
house owned by Mr. Levine, burning
that nnd left a repair shop connect
ed with the Iouls Herman garage In
runs. Tho loss was estimated at
$35,000.
The fire started In tho rear of ths
first floor of the Levine plant from
an undetermined origin and swept
through the plan so rapidly that it
was impossible for the firemen to
check it there. Patrick Kcnney, a
watchman, was in the boiler room
at the time the tire started but knew
nothing of the blaze until after It
had been discovered by a pedestrian.
The plant was a two story and a
half wooden structure erected about
four years ago.
The Levine dwelling house de
stroyed was being completed at a
cost of $7,000. The flames after
jumping from the factory swept
through the building rapidly.
Fireman Injured
Joseph Dcmver, a fireman, was
caught between the two burning
buildings before making his escape.
Sparks set Are to the roof ot the
Brodcr gain store nearby but this
blaje was extinguished by tho fire
men with little damage.
The Levine factory, which manu
factured women's coats and suits,
employed 60 operatives but was
being operated with a skeleton force
as tho. manufacturing season Is over.
There were but six employes In the
fa!fbry yesterday manufacturing
samples for the fall trade. It was
not known this morning whether or
not tho factory would be rebuilt.
FINN!
ARE Mil BLAMED
Both Nurmi and Ritola
Likely to Be Absolved,
A. A. U. Man Says
By Th Associated Press.
Omaha, Neb.. April 25. After a
long distance telephone conversation .
this morning with Kenneth L. Wil
son, athletic director at Drake uni
versity, at Dcs Moines, relative to the
alleged exorbitant expense demands
made by Hugo Qulst, manager fof
Paavo Nnrml and Willie Ritola, Fin
nish running stars, G. V. Wendell,
chairman of the Mid-Western A. A.
U. registration committee, told the
Associated Press that Nurmi and
Ritola 'undoubtedly would be ab
solved from any blame in the affair."
Wendell said that Wilson told lilm
that "Qulst apparently is the only
one connected with tho affair," and
that "Nurmi and Kitola are wholly
innocent from any connivance for
extra money.1' Wendell will com
municate this talk to Frederick W.
Rubien. chairman of the national
registration committee of tho X, A..
I., at New York, and said ho was
confident that Nurmi and Ritola
would be al.wotved from any blame.
"Wilson told me that Qulst called
him aside when the matter of e$
petiscs for participation in the lirake
relays was mentioned." Wendell said,
"and that he (Wilson! did not have
any doubt but that the Runners
were innocent th.it. any such da
mauds were being made."
CONTRACT NOT BINDING
New York Judge so Rules in Action
in Which .!ow-i-h Parents. Had Ar
ranged Children Marriage.
! New York. April 2.V A contract
o? ni.il rine nnole h nire u raM'i by
the paients of a bey and tirl Is not
binding upon citlcr minor. l'.ryoUIn
Supreme Court Judg Faber lias
; ri.tr d.
' As a r. suit e' this ruling, made
y.-si, r.'Tiv, a ""e 1-r. ;,eVi of
J promise .sc.it hrouiilit by Ldc.i Pop.
Olskv. 1 9, ef I IsUaleOS I lows.
; again' Harry A. Kmkesl-i-. -' or
Hrook.yn, has been .b-opp' i Miss
I Popofs'.y and young l'i .K' l.sletn
were formally matched by their par
uts. an acrcenu-nt Inning been
isic-n',1 in September. '2I. between
! the respective parens and before a
rabbi here. The marriage was to
i have taken place September (I. 1K3,
j but young FinUelstein. at that time,
refused to go through with it be
I cause, lie sai l, the families had
j quarreled since the sicnlng of the
I r.greeniert. Miss 1'opofsky prompt
ly brought suit.
) Though he would not honor ss I
I gal the acre.-ineni to marry. Judge
i Fiber gt anted ti e cirl $?.S0 glvrti
j to Flnkelsteln dowry money st
the time the sgrccnivnt mas signeli