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New Britain herald., 1921-09-16
HARDING DISPLEASES ARGENTINE POPULACE
President Said Bolivar Was Great General While Latina Maintain
 San Martin Was Better.

Buenos Aires. Sept. 16.-Whcn President Harding said at the uu 'eil- ing of the statue of General Simon Bolivar in New York that freedom in the American continent was due prin- cipaiiy to two heroes, Washington and Bolivar, he caused to flame forth afresh an old controversy regarding the relative merits of Bolivar and the hero of Southern South America. General San Martin.
 As a result of this the Junta de Historic Numismatica Americana hero has proposed that congress should pass a law providing S3OO.00O Ar genuine paper with which to make a motion picture film showing the part played by the Argentine hero in the struggle against Spain. The plan is to have the picture displayed in South America and in other lands so that the world may have a better understand Ing of the exploits of the leader who captured Lima. Peru and thus broke the backbone of the Spanish power.
 Historians of the southern part of the Continent have long accused those of tho northern half and of Central America to consistently attempting to belittle the deeds of San Martin. They point out that while bolivar freed the north. San Martin accomplished the titanic feat of leading an army from Argentina across the Andes. free ing Chilli and later capturing Lima. which was the seat of Spanish power. This. they say, put an end to Spanish resistance.
 Bolivar also was approaching Lima at the time of its capture. coming from
New Britain herald., 1921-09-16
GERMAN SUBMARINE,
 U-111, POORLY BUILT
U. s. Naval Investigation Shows That Wodcn Pegs Were Used
 Instead of Iron

Soston, Sept. JS--The German sub marine U-111 was built poorly both as to materials and wormanship in the opinion of Captain C. c. Adams, IT. s. N.. industrial manager at the Ports mouth navy yard. He expressed his opinion in testimony yesterday before the naval board of inquiry which Ll investigating the sinking of the U-boat of Lynhaven. Va, last June. Instead of using brass and copper piping. he said. the Germans, perhaps by the exigencies of their blockade substituted steel and iron with the result that corrosion and rust made the submar- inc unequal to the demands of navi- gation.
 The boat was weakened further he said, by the removal of certain parts at Portsmouth as ordered by the navy department Because the U-111 was going out to be sunk in bombing prac- tice it was though inadvisable to make her shipshape.
 The use of wooden plugs. instead Of iron rivets. testified to by other wit nesses as a probable cause of the sub marines leaking and subsequent sink ing. Captain Adams thought had no bearing on the loss of the boat. They had been tested under pressure nS 40 pounds he said while at the time of sinking the pressure was only or , pounds.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-16
MOVIE' TRUST NOW
 UNDER SEARCHLIGHT
International Combine, Claimed
 by Trade Commission
BY NORRIS QUINN

Washington. Sept. 16.--American movie fans spent si.OOo. 900 for theater tickets every day last year.
 Two-thirds of that amount found It's way Into the pockets of n giant motion picture trust. say charges filed by the Federal Trade commission.
 The commission says 1t has unearth- cd an international plot to control the production. distribution and exhibition of motion picture films.
 It names the Famous Players-L Lasky Corporation as ringleader of the alleg- cd combine and involves II other com panies. All have been given 30 days to answer tho charges. They are ex- booted to deny them completely.
 Details of Charges.
 The commission says the alleged com- bIno already has been SO successful that It's perpetrators have:
 Signed iron-clad contracts with the most popular screen stars to act ex- eiusively in their pictures.
 Acquired a controlling intefeset in the most important American film dis tributing agency and stified competition on the part of other agencies.
 Bought 100 big movie theaters out right and forced hundreds of other the aters throughout tho country to show their films exclusively.
 Opened branches and affiliated with theaters and producers in every Euro pean country and in India.
 Change in Industry.
 Untii 101d the motion picture indus try was in the hands of three different classes of operatives-producers dis tributors and exhibitors.
 In 1916 Adolph Zukor and Jesse J. Lasly set out to get control of all three branches, the Federal Trade commits sion charges
 The threo most important film pro- ducers then were Bosworth, Inc. the Jesse J. Lasky Feature and Play Co.,. and the Famous Players Film Co. Zukor was president of the last.
 Lasky and zukor bought out Bos- worth and thus merged all three com psnies. giving them absolute control of the producing branch. the commission says.
 Distributing End.
 The next step was getting control of the distributing end.
 Tho Paramount Players corporation was the most important distributor. Paramount refused to sell out to the Zukor-Lasky organization.
 Then, tho commission sayr, Zukor in- corpornted the Artcrnft Pictures cor poration as a distributing agency and started to compete with Paramount. The result: Paramount sold out to Zuk- or and his organization found itself in control of the distributing branch.
 The final step was to acquire control of the exhibiting branch. the thoaters. This, the commission charges. was ac- compllshed by buying interests in chains of theatera and threatening the atsrs in the larger cities with competi- ton n they refused to yield to the trusts demands.
 At the same time, the commission charges, Zukor and Lasky secretly op- erated the Reeiart Pictures corporation, and exhibiting agencies and purported to be a competing company.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-16
PATENTS U. s. FLAG

English Firm Desires Right of Ameri-
 can Emblem For Use As Trade
 Mark.
 Buenos Aires. opt. 1s.-complaint has often been made by manufacturers and others that on entering South America for the purpose of selling their products they found that some enter prising person had appropriated their trade marks and patent rights thus be- ing abe to prevent the use of tho manufacturers own brands without adjustment.
 Probably the most curious case of such m attempt to appropriate de- sign was made here recently when an EnEiish firm applied for patent rights on tho American flag. It was denied.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-16

the north. The two generals met in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and General San Martin resigned Lima to his fellow liberator, returning himself to Argen- tina.
New Britain herald., 1921-09-16

A French scientist has shown that an x-ray apparatus can photograph objects through a stone wall more than 2s feet away.
, 1921-03-22

THE price for canes delivered during
4 the week ending the 18th inst. is
SO. 65 cents per hundred pounds OF cane.
AKTIESELSKABET
ST. CROIX SUKKERFABRlK.
March 21st 1921.
, 1921-03-22

commission announced that Germany
had virtually refused to pay the balance.
asserting that the 20 billion marks had
been fully paid. The commission in
making it's announcement, reclted the
the history Of the negotiations for fulfil
ment by Germany of article IS. 1t said
the commission reminded Germany of
her obligation on March 10 and on June
Is the commission insisted on knowing
what LIQUID assets the German Govt.
could offer in payment OF the 70 billion
gold marks. Germany replying under
date of June 23rd, announced she would
forward later a demand that all deliver
les of goods made by her be credited
against the 70 billion, and the commits
sion replied to it on February 10Th mott
flying Germany that the credit against
the account could hardly reach 8 billion
marks by May 1st; Furthermore tho
commission asked Germany to suggest
how she expected to pay the balance of
twelve billion marks due. Germany in a
letter of March 18th, the announcement
stated, virtually refused this demand,
declaring she considered she had fulfilled
her obligation under article 235 under
those conditions the announcement con
tinued, the commission notified the Ger
man Govt, first, to pay between now
and May LIST 1921 the balance Of twenty
billion gold marks, and second, to make
before May 23rd. 1921 a first payment of
a billion gold marks to apply on the IL
billions remaining due. Before fixing
the date or methods of further amounts,
the commission will consent to consider
any proposals submitted before April LIST
1921 by the German Govt. for substitute
ing merchandise deliveries or the trans
ference of German or foreign securities
instead of payments in gold or foreign
exchange. The Govt. of Germany has
been authorized to submit to the com
mission proposals for the issuance of a
foreign loan whose proceeds shall be
paid to the commission, sometime ago the
commission announced that the allied
claims for PREPARATIONS had been forward
, 1921-03-22
ChriStianSted Theatre
No Show Thurs
day Night.
Commencing Monday Night
28th inst.
THE GRAND SERIAL
The Lion Man.
KILOGRAMS.
ST. 0 STATION.


London, March 18th.-Following is
the result of the Grand National StAeple
chase. Shaun Spadah LIST. Bore End.
All White 3rd.
Paris, March 18th The Allied Gov
ell nmept in its note to Germany demand
ing fuffilment of article 235 of the Peace
Treaty notified the German Govt. that
it must pay one billion gold marks before
March 23rd it was learned today. The
money must be deposited in the bank of
France, the bank of England or the FEEDER
al reserve bank in the United States. Ger
many was told it must complete the pay
ment of twenty billion gold Marks by
May first. The commission gave Ger
many until April first to submit a pro
posal to pay the balance IF twenty bill
lion marks. otherwise than cash. Ger
many may submit a plan for a foreign
loan by April. The proceeds of this
shall be payable to the commission. The
, 1921-03-22

ally we'll informed circles it is said they
probably amount to approximately $50 coo
900, 900 marks or roughly two and a
half times the figures fixed 10" iademni-
ties by the Pafis Conference. Comput-
ing of the total reparations was difficult
chiefly because of the widely luctuating
rates, as we'll as the V st task of check
ing Of claims ana computing preWar
values and transforming them into to-
days figures on falling marks.
Washington, March 10Th, The inclu-
sion by the Allied reparations commits
sion of the United States Federal re
serve banks as a optional depository for
Germany indemnity payments brought
from Treasury officials tonight the state
ment that the comm ssion possibly mad
two purposes in view. First to enable
the German Govt. to call upon vast
credits which it is said to do through pri-
vate agents in the United States, Sc
cOnd to employ in favour of the Allied
Govts. the tremendous difference in ex-
change rates. Information gathered by
the reserved banks was said to show
that since the Arnlistice Germany has
been &massing credits in the United
States National Bank holding the funds
in the names Of individuals. No APP
prOXimate estimate OF the amount could
be obtained, but officials said that the
sum would run into many millions. This
money it was said, presumed 10 be for
use in Germany's future trade. In some
quarters it was believed that Allied in
~telligence agents had discovered the
existence of the German funds here and
that the commission had acted on the
feeling that Germany would use the
money in indemnity payments. The
suggestion also was made that Germany
might attempt to borrow in the United
States in which case the shipment of
gold to Europe would re-act favourably
on the exchange situation not strongly
against all the Allied nations. No in
formation has reached the treasury how
ever, il was said, that would indicate
that Germany sought or would seek
loans through private financial houses
London, March 18th. -Four capital
warships of the Hood class will be laid
down within a year, Sir James Craig,
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary
to the Admiralty annou iced in the House
of Commons. The Hood is a battle
cruiser of Al, 200 tons normal displace-
ment and "A, 500 tons with full load. She
carries 8 Is inch guns, IL s. inch guns 4
4-lnch antl-aircraft guns, 4 three=pound7
ers and 5 machine guns and has two sub
merged torpedo tubes and above water.
The vessel was launched in August 1918
and has a complement of 1,475 men. She
is an oil burner.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Would Prosecute Guilty
Persons in Divorce Cases
District Attorney Lewis Protests
Against Proposed Bill That
Would Provide Immunity

a campaign against the divorce habit
aas been instituted by District At
10rney Harry E. Lewis of Kings
county, who yesterday issued a vigor-
'us statement against the legislative
WI TO prevent criminal prosecution of
guilty parties in such litigation.
Inc District Attorney intimated
ssssiiongiy that he purposes to institute
s.nnihal action in future against any
psfson who admits his or her guilt in q
divorce suit.
n,oao am unalterably opposed to the
proposed amendments said Mr.. Lewis
fmhiie 1t is true that there have been
'e~ convictions under this section dna
du.. ."e leel!ng that the personal con-
M. o.s o. individuals, so long as it does
sns W. snehd the public. snouid not be the
,hS1ecs OF state regulation, it seems
arh,. ssas at this time, especially when the
ayse ,ss press is filed with sickening
ssoun's OF domestic infidelity of per-
sSa Sas Claiming high positions in society.
: Use sections of the penal law have
se,t;.e ne or two convictions. with peni-
sary = sentences, would have saln-
i eHect upon these people. 1t really
~ no consequence to the public
Ss"s aas 1hey do in their private lives. but
yats s oi their prominence their pri-
tbst auairs nave news value, and on
vsr', account the public is burdened and
issss seriously damaged by the prom
fences." e press 70 sneir o.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Accounting of Unions
Funds Asked i'm Suit
Action Also Seeks to Restrain
Removal of Chairman Kennedy
From Shop Brotherhood

DETROIT, March 1S.--Suit against
grand officers of the United Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way Employees
and Railway Shop Laborers to restrain
removal from Office of Leo T. Kennedy,
general chairman of the Pennsylvania
system of the union; to bring about an
accounting of the brotherhood's funds
and to compel grand officers to set
aside money for the brothe erhood prov
ident fund was begun in Circuit Court
here to-day
The court ordered the defendants to
appear March 26 and show cause why
m accounting of the brotherhood's
funds should not be made. A tempo
rary injunction also was issued re-
straining the brotherhood officials from
removing Kennedy from Office.
1t became known to-day that Ken
nedy filed suit in Circuit Court here
several days ago against Cradle, Rob
ests and the brotherhood, seeking
$iooloOO for alleged libel. He charges
Grable, in circular to the member
snip early this month announcing he
mad cancelled Kennedy's credentials,
mad accused the general chairman of
characterization and of spreading dis
Sehsion In the ranks of the workers.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Irish Parade Attacked
Constitutional League Speakers
Cell 1t ssThrust at II. So

Woman suffrage, prohibition and the
st. Patrick's Day parade were referred
to as "insidious thrusts at the Con-
stltutlon of the United States" bv
speakers at meeting yesterday after
noon of the American Constitutions,
League, held in the home of Misses
Anna and Sarah Hewitt, 9 Lexington
Avenue. Fifty men and women at
tended.
Resolutions were adopted recon-
mendlng an amendment to Article s
OF the Constitution providing for the
submission OF further amendments to
a popular vote. Colonel Francis G.
Landon, retired, Was chairman of the
gathering.
Other speakers were William L. Mar
bury, chairman of the Maryland League
tor State Defence, and Mrs. Rufus NJ.
Gibbs, also of Maryland. The speakers
asked their auditors to contribute
money "to provide stronger sinews of
war" -
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Wantierer. to Hang
For Killing Dupe in
His Wife Murder
Jury Dooms Slayer. of Rag
ged Stranger in 49 Minis;
Ex-Soldier Got % Years
for Death of Helpmect
speosd Dispatch TO The Tribrno

CHICAGO, March 1S.-Carl 0. Wan
derer, convicted wife slayer, muss
hang. He will go TO the galiows for
the murder of the s'ragged stranger.
the poor boob'-whom he slot to
death in the attempt to camoufage the
murder of his wife
A jury before Judge Joseph David, in
the Criminal Court, where Wanderer
has been on trial Tor the last two
weeks, to-day found HIM guilty of the
murder of John Doe, the ragged
stranger" and fixed his punishment at
death. The jury was out forty-nine
minutes
Wanderer was already under SEN
tence of twenty-five years in Joliet
penitentiary for killing his wife.
Technically, the crime for which
Wanderer must die is the murder OF a
down-and-out man, whose identification
has never been established, while foi
the murder of his wife and unborn
babe he was given sentence which
might have been commuted to thirteen
years for good behavior.
Wanderer, butcher boy and later
lieutenant in the United States Army
in France, committed the murder on
the night of June 81. 1920. in the veg
tibule of his w.fe's mothers home, at
4732 North Campbell Avenue That
afternoon he had hired a West Madi-
son Street tramp to follow him when
he left a nearby motion picture thea
ter with his young wife, bride of less
than year.
The hobo was to follow them into
the vestibule and simulate hold-up
To make it plausible, Wanderer had
withdrawn his savings of $1,000 from
the bank the day bcfore.
The unknown followed Instructions,
demanding the money, but in the hail-
lighted hallway Wanderer whipped out
two automatic pistols and snot both
his wife and the stranger.
When the police came Mrs. Wan
derer had been carried upstairs and
was dying. The slayer was still in the
vestibule beating his dupe's head OF
the tiled floor.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Box of Dynamite Left in
Jersey City Postoffice
Warning of Contents Typed on
Parcel of High Explosive
Found on Window Sill

A package containing enough dyna-
mite and nitro-glycerine to have
wrecked the building was found yes
terday on a window sill in the Jersey
City postoffice by visitor to the stamp
window on the Washington Street side
Of the structure
The parcel, wrapped in brown paper
and tied with white string, bore the
typwritten inscription:
Dynamite and nitro glycerine Handle
it with care. Do not shake it. Be very
careful in opening it."
The box containing the explosives
was SIX inches by four, and two inches
deep. 1t was turned over by Postmaster
Matthias Ely to the police Patrolman
James Meehan, of the City Hall station,
conveying it in a pail of water to the
City Hall It was taken thence by DR..
George w. White, the Fire Department
chemist, and Inspector James Connolly.
of the Bureau of Combustibles. and
dropped in the Hackensack River.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Montreal Is Warned Of
Invasion by u. S. Crooks
Desperate Thieves and Yegg-
men, Released From Sing Sing,
ON the WAY to Canada
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

MONTREAL, Que, March 18.-Prep-
arations to cope with N influx OF re-
leased men from Sing Sing prison,
Oss ming, N. Y, are now under way by
Chlef Eelanger and Chief Lepage, on
receipt of police information from New
York.
This mornings mail to the Montreal
pol ce chief contained the names of sew
eral bank robbers, yeggmen, burglars
and professional hold-up men recently
released from Sing Sing.
This alleged invasion plan for the
Easter holidays was divulged when two
Of the released men were arrested =,
New York last week In the gang at
large are some of the most noted Grim
inals of the last ten years, who hav
been behind the bars-saring most of
that period
Chief Belanger and Chief Lepage
have instructed every bank, all rail
ways, the large merchants Of the city.
fur dealers and diamond dealers to
take every precaution aga nst robbers
and hold-up men of q desperate type.
Banks have been asked to keep all
moneys, as far as it is possible to do
So, in the vaults, and to have extra
clerks on hand at the noon hours dur
ing the holidays.
In the case of merchants, extra
watchmen are requested where the
stock and business are of substantial
character
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Policeman, Indicted and
Held in Stolen Auto Deal
Patroi'nan Briggs Charged With
Grand Larceny and Receiving
Stolen Goods: Bail ST. 500

Patrolman John Briggs, attached to
the East 104th Street station, Manhat-
TAM was arraigned yesterday before
Judge Thomas c. T. Grain on the
charge of grand larceny in the first
degree and receiving stolen property.
The charge against the policeman is
9. result of the investigation of the po-
lice Department by former Governor
Charles S. Whitman. The prisoner was
held in $1,000 bail
Briggs was indicted Tuesday, but the
fact did not become generally known
until yesterday. The Indictment was re-
turned by the additional grand jury
which, under the guidance of Mr..
hltman, is investigating alleged cor
1uptlon IN the Hylan administration.
Briggs, it is charged, bought an auto
mobile that was stolen from Mrs
Laura Lowenbein on November is.
The car was valued at $500.
According to Assistant District At
torney James E. Smith, who had charge
Of the case, the car was stolen bv
Harry Greatbatch, a self-confessed
automobile thief, now awaiting SEN
tence in the Tombs.
Greatbatch. according to Mr.. Smith.
sold the car to Briggs for $500, and on
the same day the policemen went to
the Secretary of States office and OBJ
talned license for the machine in his
own name.
On November 27 Briggs is alleged to
have endeavored to sell the car again
to a florist who has a store on Briggs's
police beat. The florist was suspicious.
and when he reported the matter to
Police Headquarters Greatbatch's ar
rest followed.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Flood Guilty of
Second Degree
Manslaughter
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cutlon agreed that at least three shots
had been fired, and this has been ad-
mltted by the accused policemen.
O'Brien carried Smith & Wesson re-
volver, which was fired once. Floods
was Colt. The Smith & Wesson bull
let was picked up on the roof of the
house on which young Cushing fell
and died a few hours after the shoot
ing. The missiles from the Colt were
never found.
Mr.. Whitman told the grand jury
yesterday that it was one of the bull
lets from the Colt that raased through
Cushing's bodv and caused his death.
The Smith & Wesson bullet had been
previously exhibited as evidence and
its appearance was held to indicate
that it could not have been the one
that caused the death.
William j., Fallon, counsel for the
defense, made an eloquent plea for
his client, winding it up with a dra-
matte flourish that left Mrs. Flood,
wife of the accused, and his aged
m other in tears.
Mrs. Flood, who is youthful in ap-
seat in JUDGE Motifs court every day
since the trial began. The first sign
OF emotion she has shown came yes
terday when Mr.. Fallon asked the jury
to look upon her husbands face and
judge whether he could harbor mur-
derous instinct.
Jury Out Short Time
The jury deliberated on Foods fate
for more than an hour and a half, filing
back into the courtroom few minutes
before o'clock. Just before the jury
entered the room Mrs. Flood and other
members of the accused patrolman's
family were invited out into the COR
ridors.
Foreman Melvin c. Hascall. reading
from printed slip of paper an
nounced that verdict of manslaughter
in the second degree had been found.
He added that the jurymea had made
strong recommendation for mercy on
account of the previous good character
and record of Patrolman Flood and his
brief experience as member of the
Police Department. Flood had been a
patrolman only five weeks when the
shooting of Cushing occurred.
Eugene F. MCGEE, partner of Will
lam j. Fallon, asked that certificate
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
chinese Aid Relief Fund

Tor st special performance of emu Lar. !"
Fund Ae benefit of the Cha Famine
Prom,sw was given at the Century
east tanaae ~ age last night. Those in the
the sns sne play, which was given under
Fam;na p OF the Chinese Students
Nere y, Nsief ea Committee of New York,
Of Colnnbbn;nI bbnInene students, principally
tered ",hpia .h: University, who volun-
Honas' Hsa'a on behalf of the starying mil
yas q Northern China. ~ 'A'-
IN srnners ra,rs Of the American Committee
|tuA.s. s1lna Famine Fund attended a.