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NEW BRITAIN HERALB News of the World By Associated Press Avenge Daily Circulation per Week Endia f JAQ ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1928.-THIRTY.SIX PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS CONFERENCE FACES FARMINOPROBLBIS Renews (Mdsace In tainic Soundness ol New Englud COL. I A. DEEDS SPEAKS Cliali insu of KUcs-Bement-Pond Tells of Work ot Pratt and Whit ney Aircraft CompanyWltes Ail- Uon OpportunHtea. -PortUnd, Me., Nov. It OrV Man ufacturing and busineia opportuni ties in New England and the possi bilities of improved agricultural method! m ere the subjects of discus sion in group meetings here today of delegates from the six states to the fourth annual conference of the New England council. Renewed Confidence Renewed confidence in the -nomic soundness of New England has resulted from the recently com pleted industrial and marketing sur veys made by the department or commerce, Groton James, chief of the domestic commerce otvlilon, told the manufacturers' group. Mr. James in emphasizing the strength of this section in the di versification of its Industry pointed out that there were 217 kinds of manufacture here sufficient to be in- eluded as separate items in the last census of manufactures. New England adapabillty to the manufacture of airplanes was point ed out by Col. E. A. Deeds, chair man of the board of the Niles-Be- men-Pond company of New York, holding company for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft company of Hart ford, Conn. After showing that suitable fac tories were available for conversion to airplane manufacture at small expense and that most of the neces sary Taw materials were at hand, Col. Deeds said:. Many Opportunities "There is every opportunity for New England's commercial inter ests to make capital of these favor able factors and to take a proper share of this new industry, whose future possibilities show indications of equalling even the remarkable development of the automobile." H. L. Morse, a Boston banker, as tailed the "pathetic" lack of budget ing and quantitative planning and "willful Ignorance" of the modern tools of business which, he said, characterised some New England business men and were Interfering wtth the progress of industry In this section. "It is my opinion," he declared, thnt th fAiMicll nan undertake BO activity better calculated to serve l he industrial welfars of New Eng. land than a campaign to educate New England industry to a full ap preciation of the character and value of budgetary control and all that it implies." R. H. Dick, Identified with the Harrington associates In New York city In research work, praised the work of the council in developing ths research point of view. Agriculture Discussed The agricultural group considered progress in merchandising and heard Harry R. Lewis, agricultural com missioner for Rhode Island and chairman of the council's agricul tural committee, laud the coopera- (Continued on Page 17.) AGENTS RAID TEN N. Y. NIGHT CLUBS 200 Prohibition Officers Swoop Down on Alleged Speakeasies New York, Nov. 16 ( Sweeping from Greenwich Village to ths mid town theatrical section, 200 prohi bition agents shortly after midnight raided 10 alleged speakeasies and night clubs and arrested IS persons. Warrants were issued during the past few weeks on evidence gather ed by two special agents from Wash ington operating under orders of Mrs. Mabel Walker Wlllebrandt. as sistant attorney general in charge of prohibition enforcement. The agents reported the seizure of a quantity of liquor in each place. Those arrested were all employes and were charged with illegal pos session of liquor. Patrons were not molested. The raids were marked by effi ciency and secrecy. ' The raiders gathered at prohibi tion headquarters late In the after noon and were given their Instruc tions behind closed doors to prevent any leakage of information. Even the telephones were temporarily dis connected. Assembling in groups of 10 the agents descended almost simultane ously on suspected establishments. Although the raids were made be fore the evening's revelry had fairly started in many of the places, some were well filled with patrons. Among the places raided were: The Gay Paree, in West 59th street; the Clubman's club in West 51st street, the Chat-O club in West Bth street, the Sixty-first street grill In West (1st street, Mac's cafe In West 45th street, an alleged speakeasy In Sixth avenue, Martins' restaurant In West 45th street In the Greenwich Village section, two adjoining res taurants in Sullivan street were raided, Jimmle Kelly's and the Roma. At the same time city police raid ed a restaurant In West Slat street, arresting a waiter on a charge of unlawful possession of liquor. STEWART MOTION UNDER ADVISEMENT Attorneys Ask Judge to Direct ON TRIAL FOR PERJURY Defease Counsel Contends Govern ment Has Failed to Prove Case Against Oil Magnate to District of Columbia Supreme Court. Washington, Nov. 1 0f Justice Jennings Bailey 'today adjourned until Monday the perjury trial of Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Indiana Standard Oil company, without ruling on the defense motion thst he direct a verdict of not guilty. Washington, Nov. 16 Justice Jennings Bailey in District of Co lumbia supreme court took under advisement at the lunch hour to day a defense motion in the per jury trial of Robert W. Stewart of the Indiana Standard OH company that he direct a verdict of not guilty. No Session Tomorrow Justice Bailey declined to Indicate whether he would decide the ques tion at the afternoon session or wait until Monday. No court session is held on Saturday. Arguing the motion, defense counsel contended the government had failed to support its charge that Stewart had falsely sworn be fore a senate committee that he had no knowledge of the bond transac tions of the Continental Trading company, involved In the Teapot Dome oil ease. Sen. Nye on Stand As the last witness. Senator Nye of North Dakota, testified the oil man had sworn to the senate pub lic lands committee last February that "ha had never received per sonally" any ot the bonds of the Continental Trading company. Earlier Roy J. Barrett, tax com missioner for Stewart's company, had told of acting as trustee for 76,000 of the .ponds at the oil man's request. With the jury excluded Jesse C. Adkina argued for the defense thst an acquittal should be directed by ths court on the ground that evi dence had not been produced to support the charge. NEW BRITAIN NATIVE DRV BOSS OF STATE Robert L. Sengle Chosen Deputy Prohibition Administrator Hartford, Nov. 16 UPh Robert L. Sengle of 62 Van Buren avenue. West Hartford, executive secretary and coupsel tor the state police de partment since 1921, has been se lected by the treasury department to succeed Frank T. Putney as fed eral deputy prohibition administra tor In charge of the Connecticut district, according to advices from Washington. Mr. Sengle was born in New Britain in 1894, attended the New Britain schools and later Syracuse university, class of 1915. Completing his course there he went to the Yale law school, where he received his L. L. B. degree in 1918. He was an editor of the Yale Law School Journal. He went with a classmate to Fort Worth, Texas, where they practiced. While there Mr. Sengle also taught in the law school at Texas Christian university for a short time. In 1921 he returned north, becoming affili ated at once with the state police department. He has done consider able legal work for the state board of fisheries and game, codifying the laws of that commission and rep resenting It during sessions of the legislature. He has also renrramtpil the motor vehicle department in preparing legislation and has acted as attorney for the state water com mission until the recent reorganiza tion of the attorney general's office. He opened his own law office in West Hartford over a year ago. When he will take up his new duties has not yet been decided, pending a conference with Mr. Put ney and Prohibition Administrator Lewis, in charge of the New Eng land division. Mr. Sengle Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Sengle, formerly of Black Rock avenue, this city. Questioned today by a Herald rep resentative. Mr. Sengle said he knew nothing of the appointment except what he had learned from the newspapers. "In lieu of any thing definite I cannot very well make any statement at this time." he said. He added, however, that in the event he should make a change, now or at any other time, he never could lose his keen personal inter est in the state police department. MR. KOYES DIES Washington, Nov. 1 OP) Mrs. Theodore W. Noyes, wife of the edi tor of the Washington Evening Star, died today. 8he had been 111 more than a year. She was born in Staf ford. N. Y.. and lived later in North Dakota, coming to Washington In 1I8. Funeral services will be held .here tomorrow. Hold Fate of I 1 "I The jury trying Col. Robert W. Stewart, tihairman of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, for perjury, in the District of Columbia supreme court is shown at the top leaving their hotel. The three women members of the panel are shown below. Col. Stewart is charged with perjury in connection with Teapot Dome oil lease investigation. ENGLISH WEEKLIES ATTACKCODUDOE Claim Armistice Day Speech Is ASSERT HE BROKE RULE Declare "After Years of Sonorous Silence, Punctuated by Utterances of Discreet Inanity, He Delivers Dying Kick." London, Nov. 18 UP) Great Brit ain's literary weeklies today echoed, and In most instances emphasized, the "shock" which has been sus tained by President Coolldge's Armistice day's speech. The New Statesman la the most outspoken. "Pecksnllnan guff." it heads a special editorial. The Sat urday Review, the Nation and even the Spectator, which is the staunch est exponent of hands across the sea policies, join In criticism of the president's utterance. Broke Rule The New Statesman declared that President Coolidge broke the rule that an outgoing president should make no Important speech or take any other significant step. "After years of sonorous silence only punctuated now and then by the utterance ot some discreet in anity, he suddenly delivered a sort of dying kick with a victousness of which few people on this side of the Atlantic would have supposed him capable," the paper says. "His Armistice day speech was in effect a denunciation of Europe and all Its works from the standpoint of a 100 per cent New England back woodsman." No Serious Harm Concluding a more than page long editorial along the same tone challenging the president's facts and motives, the New Statesman says that after all speeches like (Continued on Page 25) CITY TO WAIT MONTHS FOR DEBTS PAST DUE Red Tape Holds Up Col lection of Old As sessments Assessment of benefits and dam ages on the 81 sewer construction jobs to be reported Wednesday night to the common council will require at least four months. Clerk Arthur W. Bacon said today. It Is the income from this source which is intended for further sewer construction work, and since the mayor and the board of public works are anxious to proceed at once, it is probable that the city will borrow money Jn anticipation of assessment payments. This plan of procedure will be considered Mon day ni0ht when the board of finance and taxation will meet at the office of Mayor Paonessa. Clerk Bacon explained today that 10 days 'notice must precede each hearing, and that Inspections and re ports to the common council are in volved In each of the 81 jobs. Nor mally, this number of jobs would re quire nearly two years of the board's docket, but an effort is to be made to rush these. Comptroller Hanford L. Curtis has refused to sanction payment to Thomas F. McGratfa of a salary of 840 a week for his work in connec tion with compilation of a list of streets in which sewers have been constructed without assessments sgainst abutting properties. A reso lution to this end Is to be submitted to the common council next Wednes day night, Col. Stewart Full Blooded Indian Making His Home Here' A full-blooded Indian and his family, the first to be found in this city in the years that the personal tax census has been taken was discovered today by Registrar Thomas J. Smith. He is Joseph Dlna of 811 Church street who came here from his native home In Okla homa. His wife is also a full blooded Indian and they have two children. He Is in his SO's. and is employed nights in one of the local factories. SEE TROUBLE BREWING IN SALVATION ARMY Leaden of Reform Party Want to Limit Power of Booths London, Nov. If UP) The condi tion of General William Bramwell Booth, commander of the Salvation Army, was stated .to be unchanged today. He passed a fair night. The summoning of the high coun cil ot the Salvation Army was be lieved in some quarters today to in dicate that a contest is brewing of a successor to General William Bramwell Booth, commander. With reports from the bedside of General Booth indicating that there was considerable anxiety as to his condition the high council was call ed to meet early in January. The council has been nominally in exist ence for 24 years but never before has it been convened. The meeting was set for January so as to give members abroad time to reach Lon don. The notice convening the council said nothing about subjects to be discussed. A statement issued by High Commissioner Higglns said, however, that every arrangement for efficient functioning of the Army exists under the system of admin istration Inaugurated by the Army's founder. The general of the Salvation Army was understood to possess the right to nominate his successor. This might be interpreted as excluding the need for discussion aa to suc cessorship. Some persons, however, saw In the unprecedented convoking of the council indications of a contest over who Is to assume command. Leaders of the reform party in the organization were known to be anxious to modify the enormous power Invested in the Booth fam ily. These have contended that the high council has the power to re move a general from office and elect a successor. This would nullify the right claimed by the general to nominate his successor. ATHEISTS TELL COOLIDGE "GOD DOES NOT EXIST" Wire Chief Executive Saying Can not Accommodate Him For Thanksgiving Proclamation. New York. Nov. 16 (UP) The American association for the ad vancement of atheism sent the fol lowing telegram to President Cool idge today: "In your Thanksgiving Day proc lamation you call upon the Ameri can people to give thanks to God Almighty. The members of this as sociation will do nothing ot the kind. "We are thinking of the helpless women and children struggling in the sea and crying for help. That help was denied them by your mythical being, the giver of all good and perfect gifts. "Sorry we cannot accommodate you. Tour Jod doesn't exist. "Woolsey Teller, general secretary." VESSEL INSPECTED BEFORESHE LEFT Records Show Yestris Was Re ported in Perfect Condition ENGLAND WANTS INQUIRY British Maritime Officials Not Satis fied With V. S. Methods Entirely Want Name of Captain Defend ed Pending Investigation New York, Nov. 16 UP) Records ot the inspection of the Vestris made by three United States department of commerce inspectors and agents of Lloyd's the English maritime in surance firm, show the liner was re ported in perfect condition before she sailed. The ship presumably was gone over from stem to (tern, as the re ports were made on boilers, engines lifeboats and other llfesavlng equip ment, hull, plating, pumps, water tight doors, double bottom and water-tightness of the ballast tanks. Three V. S. Inspectors The three United States inspectors were Edward Keane, in the service 17 years, F. N. Bruning and Freder ick L. Dennis Keane and Bruning both are licensed masters, each with more than five years experience at sea in command of vessels. The Inspection was begun Novem ber 2, continued the next day, re sumed on November 5 and complet ed Nov. 7, three days before the boat sailed. Lifeboats Lowered In discussing his inspection Keane ssld that to determine the efficiency of the lifeboats they were filled with stevedores and members of the crew and lowered to the water at the pier In Hoboken. "There was not the slightest dlffl culty in accomplishing this," he said. "If the crew of the Vestris required two hours or rrrore in getting the boats over, as I notice Is their claim, it was their Inefficiency rather than the Inefficiency or condition of the boats." Plenty of Lifeboats He said the Vestris had fourteen lifeboats, two more than were re quired by law. The Inspection made by Lloyd's according to Captain William S. Heasley, assistant superintendent of the Lamport and Holt line, was made Nov. I and . while the ship was In drydock In Brooklyn. Tn all probability the examination included the coal port named In the stories of the survivors." he said. Rescued firemen of the Vestris (Continued on Page Six) 6,000,000-SHARE DAY LOOMS FOR MARKET Tremendous Flood of Buy ing Orders Sweep Issues to New Levels New York, Nov. 14 (0) A , 000,000 share day loomed on the New York stock exchange today, when a tremendous flood of buying orders poured on the floor, lifting two score issues to record high levels on gains that ran as high as 121 a share. Trading facilities of the exchange were again swamped by the wild orgy of buying, which received its chief impetus from the unexpected ly small increase of less than $2. 000,000 tn federal reserve brokers' loans as against early estimates of $100,000,000 or more. The ticker had fallen more than an hour be hind the market before 1 p. m. New high records were established by such popular issues aa U. 6. Steel common. Bethlehem Steel. Anaconda Copper, Texas Co., Pack ard Motors, Montgomery-Ward, Westlnghouse Electric, Johns Man ville. North American Co. and Northern Pacific. Waves of profit-taking swept through the market, at Intervals, carrying several issues down (1 to 15 a share below their high levels, but fresh buying support was in variably supplied and new leaders brought forward. The curb market also was the scene of riotous trading, total sales crossing the 1,000,000 share mark In the first two hours of trading for the first time in history. A wide as- (Continued on Page Six) $50,000 Fire Sweeps Shelburne Falls, Mass. Shelburne Falls, Mass., Nov. 16 UP) Fire early today awept Memorial Hall, a four story brick building used by the town of Shelburne as a town hall. Damage was estimated close to $50,000 and the fire was said to have started from an over heated furnace. For a time the flames threatened to spread to a number of adjoining buildings. Including a six family apartment house, which wss slightly burned as was the frame building housing the stock room of the local offices of the telephone company. Help was summoned from the near by city of Greenfield. THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Mostly cloudy and soniewliat colder tonight. Saturday cloudy, fonoxred by slioweis ha the afteraooa or at night. DISTRICT ATTORNEY HINTS MAY BE MADE TO PREVENT SEVERAL VESTRIS WITNESSES FROM TAB Among Those Lost and Rescued Connictirt-t SI AVt Dept., Hartford, Chum. SAYS HOOVER WON by mm VOTE W. C. T. U. Claims Credit lor Polcal "Dry" Planks HAS 401,(97 MEMBERS Gains Have Been Recorded in Or ganization For the Tear In S6 StatesCash Receipt $231,501 Expenses 121.160. Boston, Nov. 16 Credit for "no small part in the work of shap ing events leading to the adoption of dry planks by both major politi cal parties, aa well as the nomina tion of 'undoubted friends of pro hibition' by one of these parties," was claimed today for the Women's Christian Temperance Union by Mrs. Anna Marden Deyo, corresponding secretary. Mth Convention Speaking before the Mth annual convention at the Tremont Temple here, Mrs. Deyo declared that the W. C. T. U.'s slogan of "dry planks and dry candidates" had been taken up by women's organizations, church bodies and state political conven tions. After outlining the play whereby regional conferences were called to further the light for the election of dry nominees, Mrs. Deyo said. "There was no attempt at coercion of tho membership in the matter of political action. The fullest liberty and tolerance is given each individual member in her support of our principles. It is a matter of record that the rejection of Governor Smith and the support of Herbert Hoover was the unanimous verdict of our 10,000 local unions; our thou sands of country organizations and each of our 52 state W. C. T. IT. or ganizations, acting independently of each other. Women's Vote "In the lipht of all the sacrificial service given, of all the loyalty shown. It is not too much to say that Herbert Hoover's decisive vic tory at the polls was due in a large measure to the women's vote. No other issue than prohibition could have sent the women to the polls by the millions. The W. C. T. U. sup- (Contlnued on Fage 17) GOSS & DE LEEDW CO. INCREASES CAPITAL STOCK Directors Vote Raise from $200,000 to $250,000 Effective on January s, lt2. The Ooss ft De Leeuw Machine Co. directors have voted to increase the paid In capital stock from $200, 000 to $260,000. the Increase to take effect January t, 1929. This decision was reached at a directors meeting held yesterday. Notices will go out tonight to all stockholders. fff. ate ' jV JHj ml Jjl I. The accompanying pictures show (upper left) Mrs. O. S. Stevena of Buenos Aires, wife of the representa tive there of the First National bank of Boston who is listed among the missing; (upper right) Mrs. Cllne Slaughter aged 21, of Chicago, last woman to leave the stricken Vestris and who was picked up by the tanker Myrlam; and (lower left) C. I. W. Stone of Christlanburg. Va., who Is listed among the missing. Couple Once Divorced Will Be Married Again Max Kurtz of 60 Elmer street, Hertford, and Jennie R. Kurtz of 253 Elm street, their marriage having been dissolved in the di vorce court, have decided to marry again, and have applied at the office of the town clerk for the necessary certificate. They filed notice of their Intent and will' call next Monday' for the license. SEARS, ROEBUCK PICKS MM STREET STORES Will Take 10 Year Lease for $150,000 in Doris Building: It was learned from reliable sources today that Sears, Roebuck & Co. of Chicago has selected the four stores in the new Doris block at 33-41 Main street for its local business site. Representatives of the company have been seeking a suit able place in this city with a large floor space for some time and the selection of M. Cohen's block was said to have been made today. The building has pienty of space in the rear for the purpose of erecting an addition for the storage of goods. The papers have not been signed, it was learned, but it Is expected that the officials of the company will conclude the transaction in the next few days. The deal will Involve a 10-year lease at $15,000 rental per year, it is said. Doris block is a recently constructed building and the company will occupy the four stores to the left of the main en trance to the Doris hotel on the up per floors The building Is located practically at the juncture of four important thoroughfares, leading to outlying districts. New Britain will be the first city in Connecticut to house a retail store of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Nolle Loitering: Charge Against Yale Halfback New Haven. Nov. 16 (0) Charges of loitering preferred against Chauncey K. Hubbard of Middle town, first string halfback of the Tale varsity football team, and Moses Eisenberg, second hand clothing dealer, who is known te Yale men as "the original Moe.'i were nolled in city court today. The men were arrested last night in front of a cigar store when they refused to obey a policeman's com mand to "move on." Hubbard was said to have declared that "no cop is going to make me move on until I am ready." Coach Mai Stevens, who investi gated the arrest Insofar as Hubbard was concerned, la quoted aa saying that "it is getting so that yon can't even stand In front of a theater without some policeman telling you to move on." EFFORT Turtle Warns That Any One Interfering Will Be Dealt With Severe lyFour Officers of Steamer Called Today. Others Have Told of Inci dents of Inefficiency U. S. Naval Experts Think Delay in S 0 S. Responsible for Loss of Lives. REVISED FIGURES OF THE VESTRIS TRAGEDY By th Associated Press. Revised figures issued by San derson and Sons agents for the Lamport and Holt line, show:. Aboard at sailing: 226 per sons, 128 paasenegrs, 198 crew. Rescued: 60 passengers, 168 crew, total 215. Presumably dead: Passengers -68. crew 43, total 111. Bodies recovered: 22. Missing: 89. Dead and missing includes 27 women. IS children. New York. Nov. 16 UPy Charles H. Tuttle, United States attorney, announced today that he had receiv ed reports from confidential sources mac iea mm to say that any one attempting to prevent the full testi mony of witnesses as to the sinking of the steamer Vestris would be most severely dealt with. Officers Called Frank Johnson, chief officer of the Vestris. and three minor officers were served with subooenaa tml.v tn appear before the federal Inquiry imo me aisaster. Earlier in the day Federal Attor ney Charles H. Tuttle had announc ed that Johnson could not b found Oovernment agents, however, event ually reached him at the Hotel Hol ley to which he had gone after ar riving here on a rescue ship. The other officers subpoenaed were J. O.' Bulger, second officer- w L. Welland. third officer, and Charles Verchere, third wireless of ficer. The four were expected to testify this afternoon. , Private Inquiry Dropped The private Inquiry into the disas ter which had been started by Lam port and Holt officials, has been dropped, said David Cook, managing director of Sanderson and 6on, the line's arents. H evniain ik. u. company's Investigation was not re- saraea as necessary in view of the broad federal Inquiry. Demands Wireless Message Mr. Tuttle also said he had sub poenaed whatever wireless messages, if any, were sent by Captain William J. Carey, master of th vir the local offices of Lamport and Holt or irom me office to the captain, and also the files of the Radio Cor poration fo America to determine whether Carev had sent an m.. eages to Sanderson and (ton, local (Continued on Page J$) BROKEN HEARTED WIFE SEEKING $5,000 BALM Romance of Factory Cli maxed With Aliena tion Suit Claiming that her husband's love and affection were alienated through blandishments and seductions, Mrs. Rozalls Jachimcrak, about 45 years of age, brought suit today through Attorney M. F. Stempien seeking $5,000 heart balm from Mary Mlodziejewski, about 85 years old, married and a mother of sev eral children. The plaintiff alleges that in May 1925. the defendant met her hus band at the P. & F. Corbin Manu facturing Co. where both were em ployed and stole the love and af fection of her husband, thereby de stroying the happiness of the plain tiff's home. In consequence of this, the plain tiff claims that she has been suf fering distress ot body and mind and has lost the love and society of her husband. She further alleges that as a result of her distressed mind her health has been lmpsred and a happy home ruined, while her husband has totally neglected and abandoned her. It is said that the defendant last night pleaded with the plaintiffs counsel not to take the case to court and threatened to take her life because of the shame brought on to the family. The plaintiff oa the other hand Insists that the mat ter take Its legal course as the anxiety of the last three and ens half years caused her to lose her health, weight and become Ugkkjr nervous, she claim. The ease Is scheduled te be tried n court and ths papers wait br Pmtr AwMt MatUkMr. :