I - NET PRESS BEN AVEBAGSi DAILY CIBCULATION for the Bfontli of November, 19S9 \ ^ t e w > t«y - 5 , 4 8 8 Contt- H enben 'of the Aiidit Barean of Circulationa / ■ CONN., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1929. FOURTEEN PAG^ VOL. XLIV., NO. 68. (.Cbissllled Advertising on iHype 12) SOUTH MAI 415 SAVED AS JAPANESE DELEGATES LSLi^VE WASHPSTGTON SHIPISSDNK » ------ s OFF M YORK SENATEDEBA1E Bermuda Liner Rammed by Porter Resolntibn to Study Conditions Will Be Taken TALKED Clyde Steamer in the Har­ VALUE)AT bor-N earby Ships Pick Up After Holidays— Ac­ SECRETARY Up Passengers. tion by the House. I W G R E pR E A K New York, Dec. 19.— (A ? .)— ] Washington, Dec. 19.—(AP)— Lawyer Tells lob b y Probers He Resents Fact That Mr. Rescued when their ship was •ram­ The Porter resolution to carry out (Hd Wood Shop, Owned by med and sunk at the fog-hidden en­ President Hoover’s wish for a study Hoover’s Name is Being Bandied About in the Inves­ trance to New York Bay, 250 pas­ of'conditions in, Haiti arrived at the Victor Hedeen Entered; sengers of the Fumiss-^rmuda Senate side of the Capitol today, On their way to the Important London naval armament conference, Japanese delegates stopepd off in and was made the newest addition steamship Fort Victoria were safe Washington where i'optimistic hope” for the success of the parley was expressed. Here you see them tigation— Says He Met President Through Charitable to the list of subjects slated by that as they called on Vice President Curtis afthe capitol. Left to right are Reijiro Wakatsuki, chief delegate; Attempt Made to Set the ashore today. chamber for action after ^ristm as. Vice President Curtis; Admiral Takeshi Takerahe; and H. Saito. In preliminary confereftces with American Including the crew, 415 persons House approval of the' measure officials, the Japanese representatives agreed not-to complicate the London meeting by insisting on imusually Work and Had Done Legal Work for Him. were saved without loss of life or has now placed it squarely before heavy big-cruiser strength, but they are expected to op pose the abolition of submarines, advocated by other Place on Fire. the Senate, which body usually in­ powers. They left this afternoon .for New York. injury. terests itself deeply in all matters Washington, Dec. 19 — (AP) — The Fort Victoria was -rammed Antiques and reproductions val­ in this testimony?” Senator Robin­ pertaining to foreign relations, and Eldwln P. Sbattuck, a lawyer who son asked. ' ued at more than $600 were stolen amidships by the Clyder liner Al­ although Senators so ftir have had “I certainly do not,” he said, “and gonquin at 4 p. m. yesterday as the but little to say on the subject, it is when forced entry was made at JYe has been described repeatedly as lurving been hired to work for lowier I can’t make it strong enough.” Bermuda-boimd ship stopped off expected much discussion will de­ Old Wood Shop on Pitkin street, Sbattuck said the ‘Inferences” Ambrose Lightship to drop her pi­ velop. COMMUNITY FUND ASKSP*'’* ''- ™ " Qqban sugar rates because of his owned by Victor Hedeen of 37 Ifol- frbm some of the testimony about lot. The Algonquin was outward Much Discussion Mendshlp of President Hoover tes­ his relations with Hoover were “im­ lister street, it was learned today. bound ' for Miami and . Galveston This proved the case in the House, IN NAVAL ACCORD tified today before the Senate lobby proper.” with 189 passengers. where it was called up with indica­ A willful attempt to remove tiraces conunlttee that he never discussed “Are any of of the facts untrue?” tions pointing to speedy action with­ AID FOR 55 POOR FAMILIES of the robbery by setting rife to Pick Up Passengers the subject with Mr. Hoover but Senator Blaine, Republican, Wis­ ’rhe pilot boats Sandy Hook and out extended debate. Members, draperies h an ^ g over the doorway siaid he had talked on sugar matters consin, asked. New Yorker, the first vessels to however, engaged in a verbal row in of the partition between the. gen­ with Walter Newton, one of the ■‘T have .not discussed the sugar which Representative Moore, Demo­ MULE ESCAPES GAS Joint Statement I^ued Fol- eral workroom and the storeroom respond to the S O S signals of the THAT SMOTHERED 59 Ptesideqt’s secretaries. tariff with Mr. Hoover. J have dis­ two ships, picked up the life boats crat, Virginia, accused Representa­ Those Needing Christmas was unsuccessful. ■A letter 'written by H. C. Lakin, cussed it with Mr. Newton,” Shat- of the Fort Victoria with her pas­ tive Fish, Republican, New 'York, Police Investigate. president of the Cuban Company tuck answered. with having injected the racial ques­ McAlester, Okla., Dec, 19.— lowing the Parley Held in The break occurred -Tuesday sengers and most of her crew of (AP)—Amid tears and tragedy, who had employed Sbattuck, to a He said he had discussed the slid­ tion into the issue. The New Yorker Help About Same in Num­ night, being made by exerting pres­ Cuban official had said that Shat- ing scale proposal ■with Newton and 165. comedy appeared at the mouth had proposed that a negro be one sure on the front door until the had been asked by Newton to dis­ Captain A. R. Francis and 12 of of the Old Town Coal Company Washington. tu ^ h^d conferences with the chief his crew remained aboard the Fort member of the commission. ber as Last Year; Fifteen small catch Ipck gave way. 'Ilxe po­ executive , on sugar and that the cuss it. Before the debate subsided Repre­ mine where Tuesday 59 r’ iners Victoria until she sank at 7:30 p. lice Were called by Mr. Hedeen yes­ President- had instructed Newton Asked About Letter sentative Oscar De Priest, negro Re­ were killed by an explosion. m. They were rescued by one of the terday morning and Officer: John to bring members of the House Sbattuck was asked about a let­ publican;' IMinois, took the floor and Scorning all rescue workers, a Washington, Dec. 19— (AP)— A McGlim investigated, later turning tugs which were trying to keep Typical Cases Cited. ^ Wajw and Means committee into ter which Lakin 'wrote to Secrets^ made hie first regular speech in the gaunt, black mule sauntered out the case over to Police Lieutenant her afioat. The Algonquin, with her joint statement issued today by the contact 'With those seeking lower Aballi of Cuba which said Shat- House. He supported the President's of the shaft, solemnly suiyeyed William Barron. He is now work­ Cuba# rates. tuck had had a conference with bows stove in, but not dangerously American and Japanese delegations position and advocated that one With 55 dependent families on the crowds gathered aroundv the ing on an angle that he is confident Sbattuck was not . questioned Hoovett damaged, anchored near ihe scene mouth of the mine, and -then to the London naval conference said member o f the commission be of his list fo r ’ a^d this winter, the Man­ will bring ligh^ on the case within a, about his conferences \rith Newton ‘T had talked -with Mr. Newton,” of the collision to wait for the fog race. Before he took his seat, De ambled eagerly toward a pile of that as a result qf the conversation^ chester Commimity Fund, a joint few days. and most of the short hearing, was he said. T had not talked with 'the to thin before returning to her pier Priest said he wished the members •hay nearby, while 'onlookers held here, an agreement in tiie ob­ president. committee composed of the Mam The articles taken were a curly devoted to his relatiims with' Mr.^ today. Her passengers remained of the minority were as solicitous laughed, some with a touch' of jectives of both coimtries was. Chester Chamber of Commerce, the maple lowboy valued at $20(), a re­ Hoover. ■ “Then the President gave you no aboard. about the “black people of Ameri­ hysteria. established. I^wanis and Lions Clubs emphasiZes production of the original antique! Worked for President directions at all?” asked Senator ca” as they, were about those of “The discussion, like that at RobhUKHi. ' • . the need of immediate contribution an antique, butterfly table ■valued at . The . attorney said be resented the HAPPY REUNIONS Haiti. Woodley, (home of Secretary Stim- fact jthat Mr. Hoover’s name had to the fund now being raised to $350, and three curly maple , chip- “Absolutely not,” Sbattuck said. New York, Dec. 19.— (AP.)—The fiis Conclusion son) was concerned ■with the gener-' pendEile mirrors, 'made to retail at been “banded About”- in testimony "I never, jecelved any instructkmi alfeviate suffering and to carry lobbys of the Hotel McAlpin, head­ “I congratulate the gentlemen for al philosophy underlying naval $25 each. Nothing else was missing before'the lobby committee and said from the President.” Christmas joys into homes where quarters of the rescued passengers starting in right in Haiti and con­ PROBING CAUSE agreements and the opportunities though the small shop houses many inferences drawn from his relations Walsh lasked if Sbattuck didn’t many children await with no defi­ of the Bermuda-boimd steamship ceding the common people .the of the coming conference,” fhe valuable pieces of furniture, both •with the chief executive, were im­ know tiiat lAkin was “counting nite assurance the advent of a hap­ Fort Victoria, was the scene of right of self determination and hope statement said. genuine antique and. reproductions. proper. He asserted he had been heavily” his relations wito Hoo­ many happy family reunions today.