31311311311111) 1870
J 111ted States Needs
Many
Capital,
Says Smith
cw Capital Is Not Available Until Saved, Says
Government Representative, in Interesting
Talk at Kiwanis Club
Luncheon.
; hat American business and the United States government are iiv
of billions of new capi-,ta1 and that this capital can be supplied
he w orking people of the nation were the statements by R. Edwin
h of the industrial division of the Government Loan Organizao
at the meeting of the Kiwanis Club, held yesterday at the
11! James hotel.
Thirty million workers, saving an extra dollar a week for three
... would release $5, 000.000 000 for productive investment, he
— s1iti1great benefits to both the borrower of the capital—andy the
11;. e who had invested it. He proposes that this capital be acoumu-
Hlirougrh investment in Treasury Savings Stamps and Liberty
purchased at their present market value.
prosperity." he told
.11 ‘what the average
. r. u; wants to know is how
capital will beatnilable
lhc interest rate on borrow-
will be lower."
Sphinx. holds no secret regard-
.1 1H,: -1 and the. answer fortu-
the solution of the
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,.-.'.11\ speaking. more capital
1 m :nnlahle until it has been
1' .1«~i ave-d; there is no oth-
’i‘iw process is slow, but the
:1 mi it is the only method
know-s of. There is no
it; patient. intelligent
1‘1‘111 {10111 men of influence is
.1 1:. Older that progress may
i inted.
a:-1.1ii_v speaking,
c
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also. interest
rates are determined by the supply
and demand of capital. or credit—the
more funds available for loans the
lower the rates and vice versa.
est rates will. accordingly: go lower
when them is eithei a iesaened de-
mand for money or an increase in the
supply of lonuable funds. The latter
is cleaily the choice of broad-guage
business men with an ambition to see
America attain greater industrial and
commercial prestige.
“Briefly. then, American enterprise
now needs. and will continue to need.
more. and 'more liquid capital. for cap-
ital must furnish the life-blood of the
1ici~er prosperity on which our hearts
and 'minds are set.
:‘Aud the demand A
is urgent.
(Continued on page Three)
TOMOBILE TRUCK
UNS HEAD- ON INTO
HORSE AND WAGON
——;——
‘Iadeline Mutschler In-
- 1 in Accident—Taken
' Torwalk Ho so; t a l
er of Truck Net Held~
'olice‘ Who Found Ac-
t Was Unavoidable
1; on the slippery pavement.
'1 onile truck yesterday after-
:shed into a horse and wa-
Westport avenue. thrbwiug
er, Mrs. Madeline Mutschler,
years, of Blithfield Farm,
Hill road. to the ground.
1c Linded 011 her head: smash-
11.13011 into bits and causing
5-1 to run away. As the; re-
ti 1 accident. Mrs. Mutschler
iii-i to the Norwalk Hospital
'1::i11;i_1:1:c, where it was ascer—
lm‘ ixrr injuries were painful,
.N‘ho suffered a slight
the brain. bruises of
1-7. and knees. together
i shaking up.
(i1‘ilPd madly down
‘1'” Mil. rounded the
.1 ti .- left of the grave
‘III the street, where it
‘ 'i'i'v' i.
' ~ truck was operated
:elsoii. ol' Flushing.
.'-:l by the American
Patrolman Frank
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1‘1-><:'ir1ntial nomination
of $500,000 to the
1
“s today filed suit f0
'1 from Major Albert
«'1: ij‘licogo. treasurer of
«a :e was surprised w en
’?.~ action of Colo el
'1: the suit and said that
no obligation to return
any money donated by
. unpaign fund.
‘ there is no personal ob-
part to repay Mr. Proc-
7' ia‘vr declared. "There
-’ notes 011 the bank which
,. Possurer and the suit is
' 1. insed on one ofethose.’
1” 1‘100101' undertook to. flu-
1 .
D‘irmed on Page Seven.”
ehle Knocked
Down by Automobile,
H Wellrle, of 162 South
“’3 Stepped from 'behind an
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of an automobile driven
{many of 283 Eula venue.
"Title was thro P '
HOSPITAL MAY
TREAT DISABEED
SERVICE MEN
The Norwalk Hospital may soon be-
come a "contract" hospital, where dis-
abied (xx-service men will be treated.
This announcement was made last
night by Dr. William W. Tlaccy. If
:1 contract is signed with the Goverti~
mcnt. the Norwaik Hospital w'lll be
placed in the same category as the
Bridgeport and Stamford general hos-
plluis.
.'i)1-. “'iiliain W.
Tracey is the phy-
sician appointed l1y‘tlie Government
to handle the cases of Norwalk ex-
scz'vice mcn disabled or sick from
causes resulting from their service in
the war.
tcccntly D1. ’l‘rn ccv xccehedn '1 com-
munication i‘iom the Govenimcnt to
obtain '1 contract with the Norwalk
Hospitu to handle all such cases. The
matter was brought before the execu—
tive committee of the Norwuik Hos-
pital Association for action. The mat-
ter of signing the_coniract. l1oWever.
has been somewhat dciaycd. but it is
expected that it will be signed soon.
-In case the Norwalk Hospital oili-
ciuis sign the contract. ex-scrvice men
under Government supervision and in
need of treatment will be taken to the
hospital. where‘they will‘remain while
being treated.
MARITIME EAYNNS-
BNIEE TANEEE Bill
VVASHINGTON. Liarch 24.—-Presi-
dent Ilarding favors passage of a
“brief. concise” emergencv 1111111: bill,
applicable only to a small number of
farm products. Senator Willis, Re;
publican. Ohio. declared today. after
a forty-five-minute conference with
the President.
The bill which will be introduced
early in the special session oimGOn-
gress and given administration sup-
port. Mr Willis added. probably will
Emerg-
ency bill as passed at the last session;
.“Some thing? he- said “ were drag—T
ged into that E1111 which ought not to
have been th The new 11111.».
South Main street; at " "9
.‘3< ..1 enmg. almost “1'35“" 1
seriously lnj '
'rue. '
mmumesmivmm
OflloeuSeoondOlusmm.
Inter-.
»‘ . not provide for duties on all the prod--
.- uéts covared in the Fox-due}
' 11‘s put hiniéelf 111 the vicious poster of
Westport Man Found Guilty
of Reckless Driving in
Running Down Howard
Field and Family \
EITHER BNAREES
NAT-SMASTANTIATEM
A le Suit for' $5,000
Damages Held Up Pend-
ing Settlement
A tine of $60 withcosts was given
Charles Keyser. of Westport. on a
charge of reckless driving. by Judge
George H. Vosburgh. in the down-
tofin court after a hearing that last—
ed from 3 until 5 o'clock. yesterday
afternoon.
Keyser. who was (represented by
Attorney Leo Dmis. was accused of
reckless'driving. with driving while
under the influence of liquor. and‘with,
having failed to stop after inflicting
injury. Inasmuch as the State pres-
ented no evidence that could substan-
tiate the two latter charges. Judge
Vosburgh said that he could only take
the evidence on the charge of reck-
less driving
(Continued on page Four)
[EANENS SENSE
.IN PNPULANITY
PHNNE CONTEST
A_ final spurt ls belng.made by the
friends of Miss Mabel Kclsler. of the
Norwnlk branch of the Southern New
England Telephone Company, sothat
Miss Keisler will win the popularity
contest among the employee of the
Telephone Company for the Bridge-
port district.
Miss Ruth Nichols. orvthe Stamford
district. and Miss Keisler are almost
tied. vote for vote. in the race. and
members of the Kiwanis Club. of
Stamford. are backing Miss Nichols.
Miss Keisler. on the other hand. is
having the help of not only the mem—
(Continued on page Two)
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Judge J. 'E. Keeler’s Eleva-
tion Gives Fairfield (Joun-’
ty Three Justices
Falrfield county {1111 have a major;
ity on the Supreme court bench in
1922 when Judge John ii. Kecler, of
the Superior court. takes his position
as justice of the Supreme Court of
Errors and Appeals. to which he was
raised by the Senate yesterday. Judge
Keeler's appointment takes effect of
August 30.1922. and will make three
Fairfieid county men on the Supreme
(Continued on page Two)
PAULETEE 0N ,
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Cg-IICAGO. March 24.——Eugene, A.
Paulette.- National League baseball
player. today was placed 911—4119 inel-
igible list by Judge Kenesaw M. Lon-1
dis, Commissioner of Baseball. for his
alleged connection with throwing
baseball games. Paulette was a mem-
ber of both the Philadelphia and St.
Louis clubs.
Paulette. in his statement to the
Commissioner. denied having thrown
ansflba'il game and asserted that dur‘
ing the last playing season, he held
'hlmelf aloof from corrupting arse
cations: but. according to the Com-
misaldu'er. the fact remains ."thut--h1e
altered to rhetmy his deep: and that-
alleged gamblers.”
cases more.
'have' been request
4113110 which
Paulette admitted to the (2911111111..
. stone:- that h'e rooeived ' o’ '
. Assessments Show Big
Increase Over Last Year
" Many 11111111111111 Concerns of the City Raised from
.000, and
_’ $10,000tof
Appeals
ceived M
One reason why so many manufac-
tutors have filed protests with the
Board of Belief against what to term-
ed “outrageous" increases in aweso-
menu over the 1919 list, is given be-
low in some of the figure: token yea-
terday afternoon by a Sentinel report-
en from the tax books.
It: will be noted that in many in-
stances increuoe’s of from 310.000 to
350.000 have been made: in some
It is true that the list
complaint after complaint. filed with
it by manufacturers or their represen-
tativw
It was not so long ago that it was
stated that the J. & J. Cab Company
was seriously considering curtailing
its business here it they were "goug-
ed" on their assessment: as they have
been.
The Arnold Company has been in-
creased 810. 000. as has the Crofut 8:
Knapp Company The move:- Manu-
facturing Company has had 'an in-
-—Last Se§8ion Will Be Held Tonight.
crease of 836, 400 added to its assess-
Board of Belief. and instead of an
afternoon session, the session will be
held from 7 until 9 o'clock. this even-
taken from the books of 1919 and
given. below. which is of the repre- low!
aentutlve industries of the cltv. in 19.19. ‘ 1020.
some instances, shawls u decrease in . American ‘Hatfjompany -
the assessment. or that,the' awess- 866 00 $00,050
ment this year is the‘isame as last. ’ American La Dentelle Company
The Board of Relletdnce it start- 825 400 $75,200
ed its meetings on )7 afternoon The Arnold Crimpuny
of this week. when representatives of 820,000 830,000
the South Nor-walk Board of Trade The Bennett VVlre Company
called to file 8. Mat protest against $13,145 ‘ . $19,000
the increase in assessment: on factory J. 8:. J. Cash. Inc.
propertv to such an Extent. has .had» 856. 950 $111,010
Board of Relief Has Re-
from Interested Parties
1
ment of last year.
The Hi Po Battery Company has
been increased 86. 350.
Today is the last sitting of the
lug. at the City Hall.
Some of the concerns and figures
from the books of 1920 are given be-
Clover Manufacturing Company
354.200 ' $00,000
Connecticut Lace Vt’orks
3100.200 $100,200
Crofut & Knapp
$141,075 "‘ $157,075
Ferris Coal Company
$18,040, $16,500
Harris 8: Guns
$132368 8143.280
(367.780 on the coal yards and
(Confirmed on page Ten)
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Judge Keeler Gives East
Norwalk Man Until 'I‘uess
day to Turn Sum Over to
Former Wife
“I will give this
Tuesday to make. ion
$100 " said Judge John E. Keekl‘ in
the Superior court, yesterday after-
noon. to Attorney John J. Cuneo in
the hearing on contempt at court
charges against Captain Richard G.
Hendrick, of East Norwaik. “and will
let him make satisfactory arrange-
ments with me for the balance. If
he doesn't make the payment I will
send him to jail."
"Hendrick was in arrears on tEe
payment of the sum of $390. alimony
to his former wife. Helen W. Hend-
rick .and had been ‘ordered to appear
before Judge Keeier to show cause
why he should not be held in con-
tempt of court. 1 . -
The. divorce was granted Lfrs.
Hendrick on December 5th. 1919. and
the alimony has never been paid.
Through her attorney. John J. Cuneo.
Mrs. Hendrick had her husband
brought to court.
\Vhen he took the stand Hendrick
said that he had not had the money
to pay the judgment against him. nor
had he any property on which he
could realize the sum.
JAE TNNNPS T0
MAINTAIN ARDEN
TOKIO. Llarch 23 (BV Tht‘ Asuoci-
nted Press). ———An official We: Oflice
statement, today says that in accord-
ance with the declarations of last year
concerning the occupation of import-
ant districts of Saghallen Province.
Japan has decided soon to station
troops on the mainland at Nikolai-
evsk., Soflsk. Dekaatrl. M1150 and oth-
er important district points in the
hope of maintaining peace and order
by temporarily introducing a civil ad
ministration.
’E ‘ an residents (it”tl~ .e tog-ion
The Russi ed to place implicit
ops and show
trust in the Japanese tro
sympathy .wlth
Japan's action,
the real motive for
the statement asserts.
; Nugmspmnn; Starch 24-
phi-”es remit: 11.1% mm “W"
em seriously injured. no
any destro the result or a tow-
yet! I! ”out, glen mil'e'u
we: newt-burs
bag 11th “to“ W
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horop— "
late today, and: . .. . <
.Wmuntmum
MAS Blli NEEMIET
Outlook for Future More
Optimistic, Decrease to Be
Made by Cut 1n Labor Ac-
count—To Feel Effects of
Drastic Retrenchment—
Anticipate Much Better
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The New Haven Road is expected
to show a deficit after charges for the
month of February or about 82. 797.-
000. says the Boston News Bureau.
This compares with a. deficit utter op-
erating expenses and fixed charges of
$3,140,000 in January and $2,888,000
in December.
In March, however. it is anticipated
that the showing will be better. Traf-
fic is understood to be making some
recovery with the greater degree of
industrial activity in New England.‘
The turn in trafilc—came early in Feb-
ruary.
This month New Haven will also
feel to greater extent the cl‘i'ccts of
drastic retrenchment and reductions
in the payroll through laying of: of
employees. The road continues to
pare down forces wherever possible.
but it has about reached the limit in
that direction.
Since retrenchment started last No-
(Contlnued on page Ten)
MASTER PLUMBENS-
' MET TNEETNEN
Members of the Master Plumbers‘
Association. of l-‘nirfield county. gath-
ered. last night. at the Hotel Mahack-
emo for dinner. and. at the some time.
discussed the present situation in what
is termed by the two factions con-
cerned the “strike‘fl or the “ lockout. "
A number of those people w 110 have
not as yet’ joined the asset-lotion. or
who have contracts with their men
which extend to Arrli lst. were pres-
ent. last. evening. and thoroughly dis-
cussed mattera pertainingrto the re-
sumption of activities. ‘ ‘
1'
It could not be .leagned if‘ the
plumbers intend» doing- whatj the
master builders have already done.
i. (2.. “import" labor in orderto care
for work that has to be done. This
phase of the matter would not be dis-
éu'ssed by members of the association
imvnlght.
‘ ion and his belief that manv of the.
said. '
\
BOSTON, March 24.-—Robert Lan-
sing. former secretary of State and
member of the American Peace Com-
mission. will reveal in his forthcoming
book on "Peace Negotiations," which
will be published by Boughton. leflin
Company. March '25. how close he
came .to resigning from the Commis-
sion because of differences with Fresh
dent Wilson over the Shantung decis-
terms of peace imposed on Germany
were harsh. humiliating and seeming-
ly impossible of performance.
The publishers of this book. which
has been eagerly awaited by histor-
ians andthe public. have carefully
married the text of the manuscript
but they have permitted the general
trend of Mr. Lansing‘s argument to
become known. It is expected that
when ”the text is printed many of the
opinions expressed by Mr. Lansing
will be controverted by other writers.
President VVllson. according to Mr.
Former Secretary of State Reveals 111 Ills Forth-
coming Book on “The Peace Negotiations,”
the Inside Story of His Diflerences With Pussi-
dent Wilson Over the Shantung Decision and
the German Peace Treaty, and Tells of mm-
culties and Embarrassments to Which He and
Two Other Commissioners Were Subjected.
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ii
the Peace Conference purpoued to tie-t
gotlate a preliminary treaty which
would start the League of Natioh'i‘
functioning without lasing the doom-
ment before the United States Senate.
and evidently was much pertur
when his Secretary or State told him“
that the on! way to change the stat;
us from wa to peace was by a .rll'tl’e’:
fled treaty or a Joint resolution at
Congress.
A profound cOnviction that immed—
iate peace was the primary need of
the world Mr. Lansing implies. way
all that kept him from resigning from"
the Peace Commission because of mi»
damental disagreements with tho
Pre-dent on principles} The femur ”
Secretary discloses thanln 1916. short-
i_v before a. meeting in Washington at
the League to Enforce, Peace at
which the President was to speak.
Mr. Lansing wrote to Mr. Wilson ob- ..
13.1
Lansing‘s belief. at one time during
(Cdntlnued on page Twelve)
HOUSE JAMES
NENEY Bill
1 r
HARTFORD, March 24.—-The jitney
regulation billwas tabled in the House
tonay, as soon as it reached that body
from the Senate. and the House ad-
hered in sending to the committee for
a hearing the Buckley amendment to
the world war veterans’ relief bill.
which the Senate adopted yesterday.
Mr. Buckley said that the Senate evi-
dently made a. mistake in adopting
the bill for while a committee has the
right. to draw a bill .the idea in this
instance was to give ample opportun-
ities for those interested in changes
in the present law to be heard. The
House by adhering sent the amend-
ment back to the Senate.
The roads, bridges and rivers com—
mittee reported a bill to abolish tolls
on trunk line highway bridges after
Sept. 30, 1922.
The judiciary committee made a di—
vided report. the first :this session. on
the matter of repcal of the civil serv-
ice law. a majority being in favor. The
report was ordered printed. Senator
(Ccntinued on page Nine)
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ALBAINY. N. )'.. ,‘March 24. The
Motion Pictures Exliibitors’ Lcrgue
of New York State. in conference here‘
today. went‘ on rezord as opposed
to the Lusk‘Clayton bill designed to
create a motion picture censorship
commission. At the same' time» the
Leaguendopted irresolutlon declaring
it was “emphatically opposed to the;
exploitation of criminal sensational—
ism as illustrated in a proposal to
film Clara. Smith Hamon. ”recently
acquitted by a jury in Ardmore. 011111..
on a charge ‘bf slaying Jake L. Ham--
on. ~
A statement issued by the League
“The pix-opened measure or any oth-
wattle
'equltuble censorship
'turei. 'l’t is an absolute insult to the
, A111- attempt at cenhonship Will be vig-
totem fought by this organization
‘meaim of the treacheiy "attributed .
Deli-mounted spokesmen
m illogical and in-
, a too transparent
' {the motion pic-
mamas mt ole-.11 pictures as
ooh I.- anybody; and have alway-
admits! them. by}: they know that
object an new be attained by the
W bill :17th is neither just nor
of moving pic;1
and eoencr 91 minions
1:: and
'X'oi a producer ud- ‘
DEBS ARRIVED IN
CAPITOL QULETLY
W'ASHIN GTON. March 2 4 .——L nat-
tended and without the knowledge all."
public, Eugene V. Debs. imprisoned
today from Atlanta Penitentiary and
for three hours discussed his case With.
Attorney—General Daugherty. Tho
unprecedented trip of Mr. Debs was
made with lib
Harding. w 0 recently requested Mr.
Daugherty to review the case of tho '
'Sociailst leader and make a recon“
mendation on it.
The attorney- general.
lug late today that Debs had Mal
Washington and Evan on 1113 Wily W.
to the Atlanta Penitentiary. nil int
while there was no precedent for calls
a guard. it had been decided in con- ‘
ference with President Harding shut
self at his trial. he should come here
to. answer in person such inquiries on
the government desired to ask. Mr.»
Daugherty added that he believed he
had the authority to place the prison— ;
er on his honor and that he had aa-
sumed full responsibility.
Debs arrived in Washingtonpearly
in the day. Went to the Department
of Justice about 9: 45 o'.clock confer.
red with Mr. Daughclty and Guy D.
Goi‘t‘. assistant to the attorney- -gcneral.
from about 10. 30 to 1: 30 o‘.ciock and,
left Si'ashington at 3: 30 o 'clock on the
return trip to prlsOn. His movements
from the time he left Atlanta yester-
dav wcie kept stiictly secret. except
to a few officials of the Department
(Continued on page Six) l
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IiAR’Tl ('1'R11Tliu1ch 24. ——After
pleading guilt} to the charge of con-
spiracy in the Madden 1nu1der in
South Manchester, .1111: 30 1919,
Francis Murphy. of New York. and.
’.\c\v Jolser was loam sentenced to
{10m one to two year-1 in state' 5 pri-
.on b\ Judge Ham-“s in the Criminal ._
The sentence v sis in conform- ~
the 1ccommtur‘iation of
tornev Hugh M. Alcorn. who
mend that the
Couit.
ity uith
State’s A: d
. he woul rccom
tits}: years which the accused had
spent at the countv jail '1“ alting trial
be taken into- considc nation. The max—
imum penalty under the charge is five
years. .
In presenting the pi
tence. Mr. Alcorn said
.soner for sen-
that this Cal.
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Two I! ht automomle accident.
filled up oip‘aoe on the police blotter at.
headquarter: yesterday afternoon, _
happening within several hundred feet
a! each other. and» hail! hour sport.
The first was when a car. driven by
Humid 0:11.qu run into by” un-
tomoblle, the registration bombard or
which were 114436.011 North Main
otreet, in from of the store 01 Du“.
Whoa: Flint. No one was 111111.111!
new W at 2:11 o'clock.
m W was driving his our down
w some; mosaic-1‘
7“.
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Jecting to the use of force to settle ,. «.
Socialist leader. came to Washington" ,
in unnouno- 1 »
ing a prisoner to Washington without 1 .
inasmuch as Debs had defended bin»- 1‘
“in,
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