NET PRESS RUN AVERAGE DAIliY CIRCULATION for the month of January 1020 5 , 2 4 1 light 8UOW or rain late. tonis^ Member of the Andit Bnrean oC aad Tncflday. Clrcalatloaa VOL. X m i-, NO. 100. (Classified Advertising on Page ,8.) SOUTH MANCHESTER CONN., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1929. TE N PAG ES PRICE THREE CENTS HOOVER PAYS CHURCH-STATE PRESIDENT GIL EDISON, 82 TODAY, AVISITTO PACT1N1TA1Y ESCAPESDEATH GIVES HIS VIEWS OLD INVENTOR S IG ie T IW A Y R Y M N A U r r e t ON LIFE PROBLEMS Studies State Problems on No Special Ceremonies At­ Fireman Killed When His ><& His Way to E£son Cele­ tend Historic Event; New Tram is Dynamited^No WARRANT OUT World’s Greatest Inventor * bration— Naval Situation Papal Flag is Hoisted for One Qsie Hurt— Seek Predicts Prosperity Under Interests Him Greatly. the First Time. Mysterious Non. FIHIW.E.EGAN, Hoover Bat Warns N O T E ^ W Y E R Against S to d Specula­ Ft. Myers, Fla., Feb. 11.— Presi­ Rome, Feb. 11— The Treaty of Mexico City, Feb. 11— Dras­ dent-Elect Herbert Hoover arrived Conciliation settling the 59 year tic .precautions .were taken here at this picturesque little west old confiict between the Catholic here today to guard President tions— Has Discovered coast town at 10:30 o’clock this Church and the Italian State was Emilio Portee Gil, following an Attorney in Watkms Case is morning, coming especially to pay signed at noon today in the Lateran attempt to assassinate hiin by Rnhher Snhstitate; Plane tribute to Thomas A. Edison on the Palace. blowing np bis train with a Sought Following Grand occasion of the electrical wizard’s 1 Only a handful of men— officials dynamite bomb near Comon­ Will Never Take the Place 82nd birthday. of the church and the state— wit­ fort, State of Gnanajnato. Jury's Report of "Con­ nessed this historic event as the When the president arrived The house boat Saunterer, on long standing dispute was sealed in of Anto— His Advice to which Mr. and Mrs. Hoover made amity and friendship. at 1:20 a. n | ., fede^ troops spiracy to Defraud." the jo irney around from their pre­ Cardinal Gasparri, Papal secre­ formed a cordon aboqt the Youth. inaugural vacation estate at Miami tary of state and the representative railway station and escorted Beach, docked at Edison’s private of Pope Pius XI, signed in behalf the president, to the presiden­ pier on the Caloosahatchee river. of the church; Premier Mussolini, Hartford, Conn., Feb. 11 — A tial palace. Mrs. Edison, Mr. and Mrs. Heury who, also, holds the post of foreign bench warrant was issued by Judge Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 11.— Ford and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fire­ minister among his other portfolios President Portes GU refused L. P. Waldo Marvin in Superior Thomas A. Edison, the worid'a in the Italian Cabinet, signed as to comment upon the attempt stone were waiting to greet them Court here today for the arrest of greatest inventor. In an interview at the pier’s end. The aged inventor deputy for King Victor Emmanuel. upon bis life which is attri- remained in the tropical garden of Cardinal Gasparri was reported bnted to sympathizers of Jose William E. Egan, prominent attor­ today on the occasion of his 82nd his summer home. suffering from a cold and fears had de Leon Toral, the yonng re­ ney, and law partner of former birthday, predicted that greater na­ As the Hoover party walked the been felt on'Sunday that his indis­ ligions fanatic who was exe­ tional prosperity will-come daring position might interfere with the cuted on Saturday for killing Attorney-.General Prsuik E. Healy. 1,400 foot length of the pier, Edi­ scheduled signing today, but the President-Elect Alvaro Obna- The warrant was issued on request President-elect Hoover’s adminis­ son rose from his chair and walked apprehensions proved goundless. gon. forward to greet them. of Hugh M. Alcorn, State’s attor­ tration but sounded a warning that In addition to Premier Mussolini ney, following a report handed in there is a danger of “ loss of confi­ “ Hello, fisherman,” he shouted to and Minister of Justice Rocco, Mexico City, Feb. 11— President tne President-elect, and then, whei| Under Secretary for Foreign Af­ Emilio Portes Gil was safely back by a Grand Jury which has been dence and ultimate panic” In the in- - all had reached his side, he waved fairs Dino Grand! was in the little in the capital here today after nar­ investigating Egan’s procedure iu creasing orgy of stock speculation. to a very larg' battery of waiting group representing the Italian state. rowly escaping a fate which has al­ handling the case of Roger W. Wat­ Edison also said that the United cameras and said with a hearty No Ceremonies most become traditional among kins, now serving a fifteen-year chuckle “ here they are.” There were no special cere­ Mexican presidents— assassination.. States should build a navy on a ' Over the week end, the Presi­ monies. The agreements compos­ Those who dynamited the presi­ sentence in Wethersfield prison fo^ parity with Great Britain and an­ dent-elect has put in some intensive ing the treaty were read by Signor dent’s train yesterday are believed defrauding investors who purchased nounced that he has found over 1,- fishing as his boat rounded the Pacelli. the advocate, who, durin,g to be synapathizers of Jose de Leon securities' through Watkins’^ Na­ 400 plants tEat may prove capable Florida coastline. He also has had the later stages of the negotiations, Toral, who was executed Saturday tional Associated Investors. of producing rubber. Edison is ex­ opportunity to consider many of the acted as mediator between the Vati­ after Portes Gil refused a reprieve. Wells’ Report perimenting a. his laboratory to vita’ problems of state about to can and the Italian government. One fireman was killed, but the find a way to grow a huge domestic Disposing of reports that the Ralph O. Wells, foreman of the confront him without subjection to president, his wife and baby, daugh­ Grand Jury, and one of the leading rubber crop that would help Amer­ the interference of the innumerable Vatican would join the League of ter were entirely unhurt. No one ica in a national emergency. Nations and participate in inter­ attorneys here, submitted the re­ job hunters and well wishers who else In the official party suffered in­ port. with the notation that his in­ President-elect Herbert Hoover have been haunting his pre-in­ national conferences, it was learned jury. A few persdns on the train arrived at the Edison pier on his that the treaty stipulates that “ the vestigation disclosed that large augural vacation headquarters at suffered minor bruises. sums of money had been paid to yacht, the Saunterer, shortly after Miami Beach. Vatican will remain extraneous The president returned here at the Interview was granted. He was from all temporal competition with Every time you snap on an electric light, use a v acuum cleaner, ride a street car. attend a movie, turn 1:20 o'clock this morning.. Several Egan; by Watkins of which there Important Problem was no sufficient explanation to he warmly welcomed by Mr. Edisou one of the most important of other states, unless contending 'On the'radio, play the phonograph, drive an auto that uses a stq^rage battery, or do a thousand other things close friends were waiting 'fdr him parties appeal to the Vatican to that are commonplace now, you owe a debt to ’Thomas A. Edison for his inventions made all these things at the station and embraced him as found, The note declared that the who exclaimed, on his extending his these problems is the naval situa­ Grand Jury had not attempted to hand: “ Hello, Fisherman.” tion, as affected by the passage of exercise its moral and spiritual possible. Above is a striking sketch of this modern miracle at tl^Q left, the aged inventor is seen he stepped off the train.- ' aid.” working in his laboratory and below he is shown with his first phonograph. Invented nearly a half century Bridge D.Tnamlted fix the civil responsibility in the af­ Mr. Hoover smiled broadly the Cruiser Bill, and as amplified Press Comment ago, which thrilled the^ world when it equeaked “ Mery had a little iamb Its fleece was . ” fair.. Beyond the nqte, no details Pose for Pktnres' by the '‘act the United States was The dsmamltlng occurred at Osservatore Romano, the official about 7 o'clock yesterday morning. of the report were made public. Edison, Hoover, Henry Ford and the prime mover in the virtually organ of the Vatican, in comment­ The Presidential Special, one of the Immediately upon receiving the Harvey Firestone then posed for universal adoption of the Kellogg- ing upon the terms of the settle­ finest in the world, was taking the Grand jury’s report the state’s at­ cameramen. Meanwhile Mrs. Hoo­ Briand anti-war treaty. The Cruiser ment, says: president to this city from the State torney went before Judge Marvin ver, Mrs. Ford, Mrs. ' Edison and Bill, providing for construction of STOCK MARKET MUDDLED ASSETS OF STATE auji -made his plea for a bench war­ “Italy’s full acknowledgment of of Tamaultipas. where he had rant for Egan’s arrest. Judge Mar- Mrs. Firestone chatted gaily. Then, 15 of these ships by 1931, is now the Pepe’s sovereignty gives the formally surrendered his governor­ after Edison! had made a brief before President Coolidge with in­ i vin ordered such a warrant at once.