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BR|TA|N'S CRUISER
DEMANDDECLARED
NOT AIMED At j. S.
Two Nations Never Will War
Against Each Other,
Spokesman Says.
CONFEREES STILL HOPE
TO .SURM0UNT TROUBLES
Storm Threatened Over "Leak"
From Secret Deliberations-Dele-
gates Play Golf.

| By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 4.-One
of the things to be especially remem-
bered in the deliberations of the naval
limitation conference, British spokes-
man has declared, is that the fleets
! of Great Britain and the United States
, never will war against each other.
The spokesman was speaking in.
formally on the necessity of striking a
] reasonable balance on mutual needs,
. emphasizing that his country was seek
F, ing a large f1otilla of cruisers because
! she required them to protect her com.
/ mercial fleet, which he described as the
life blood of the British Empire. and
| not for offensive purposes.
! The spokesman pointed out that the
United States had more destroyers
| than any other nation. He presumed
| this was because she needed them, and
ne contended that Great Britains great
/ need for cruisers should be similarly
recognized.
Denies Seeking Tonnage.
He denied report that the British
are seeking total cruiser strength of
600, 900 tons, saying that the British
confine their talk to numbers Of ships,
rather than total tonnage terms.
Something like a definite settlement
, has been reached on only one of the
three categories of auxiliary war YES
sells with which the conference is
dealing-destroyers The submarine
and cruiser questions are still giving
trouble, but the difficulties are not
looked upon as insurmountable and
the delegates will get back to work
, tomorrow, hopeful of coming to a
solution before many days.
Some quarters IN Geneva, however,
think that a storm is brewing over
a leak" from the secret deliberations
of the delegates. Since the opening
session of the conference a fortnight
ago. the discussions have been in
secret, with the delegates pledged
not to divulge the results of the talks,
but in spite of this. the 1doings of the
committees have becon:c known. The
British delegation is especially rufiied
, because figures on their cruiser de-
mands have become common knowl-
! edge.
Delegates Play Golf.
Articles appearing daily in lie Gen.
evois, French language paper,
under the signature of an Admiral
/ b." telling of the results of the Sc
, cret meetings are especially annoy
. ing the delegates.
/ The downs early light of the
, Fourth of July found the American,
| british and Japanese delegations to
| the Naval Limitation Conference
! sleeping soundly after strenuous
| day on nearby golf courses.
To prove that the American ana
British delegates were still the best
of friends Notwithstanding the di-
vergency of opinion on the cruiser
, question, Admiral Sir Frederick
Field, deputy chief of the British
naval staff. invited the American
delegation to dinner today. 1t was
1 decided to toss a coin to determine
whether the toast, Gentlemen, the
King" should precede Gentlemen
the President"
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GIRL DRIVER HELD
|NDEATH SMASH
Gives Bond in Triple Collision.
One Killed, Nine In
jured.

Following a triple automobile col
lision early yesterday along a steep
incline on the Washington Richmond
road near Quantico. Va. in which
one man was killed and nine other
persons were injured, Miss Anita
Poll of Richmond, driver of one of
the cars. was held in $1,000 bond for
hearing at Manassas. This acci-
dent was one of series that caused
injuries to nearly a score of per-
sons on the heavily congested ar
teries leading into the city within the
last "a hours.
DR.. Martella. coroner of Manassas,
conducted an investigation into the
accident. in which Walter G. Hamil-
ton of Farmville. Va. was killed. and
late yesterday afternoon, Miss Poll
succeeded in furnishing the required
bond. The date for the hearing has
not yet been fixed. Miss Poll was
driving with her parents and two
sisters, on their way to Washington
at the time of the collision.
Investigation determined that Ham,
ilton, who was an engineer employed
at Sparrows Point, near Baltimore,
was killed almost instantly. He was
driving car in which William
Fades of Elksville. Va. was a pas
senger. Fades was hurried to the
Marine Hospital at Quantico. where
it was learned he was suffering from
a wrenched back.
Hurled Through Shield.
With the exception of Robert Wor-
rell of 1425 X street southeast. occu-
pant of the third car. who was
severely cut by being hurled through
the windshield. the others suffered
only from shock and bruises.
Justice of the Peace Lloyd at Tri-
angle, Va, who conducted an in
vestigation. reported that the car
bearing the Poll family was descend
ing a steep grade on the road to
Washington 4when it approached the
two other cars coming in the OppO-
site direction. Miss Poll explained
at the inquest that she had lost con-
troll of her machine.
1t sideswiped the car driven by Mrs.
Gibbons. tearing off front wheel and
overturning it, Miss Polps car then
struck the machine occupied by Ham,
ilton and Fades with such force that
the latter was thrown from the ve
hicle and was found later at the foot
of a steep embankment. Hamilton was
picked up from the wreckage and was
believed to have died instantly.
In addition to Miss Poll, the other
members of her family in the car with
her were Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Poll. Miss
Jane Poll and Mrs. c. c. Poll. all Of
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column ~
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Theft Of two American flags from In
front of his residence, 1926 Sixth
street, today caused Louis Giclas, re.
tired sheet metal worker, to take
heroic measures to make his premises
take on the patriotic aspect they have
for 80 years on the 4th of July.
Keenly resenting the stealing Of Old
Glory from him on two occasions
within the past few days, Mr.. Giclas
painted an American flag on gigantic
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Hall
Bell Tower Ushers
In Fete of "FOurth''
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July 4.-Ring-
ing of the bell in independence
Hall Tower marked the opening
Of the Fourth of July observance
in Philadelphia, where ISL years
ago the old Liberty Bell sent forth
its notes of freedom to the Ameri-
can colonists.
Guarded as treasured relic in
its Shrine in the historic building,
the famous old bell long since has
been silent. But the bell In the
tower sent forth 151 lusty peals at
the stroke of midnight to usher in
the celebration.
Fireworks, except under official
supervision, were forbidden in cele.
Jrations, .
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BALLOON RACE TO START
FROM FORD AIRPORT
Detroit News Event to Begin at 5
p. M, With Five Craft En-
tered for $1,000 Trophy.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, July Alive racing bal
looms will take off from the Ford air.
port here this afternoon in a distance
race sponsored by the Detroit News,
with a 81, 900 trophy and $l,500 in cash
prizes offered. Actual distance will
be counted in the fight, the winning
craft being the one which lands
farthest from the starting point, Off
Gals have announced.
The first balloon to go aloft at 5
pm. today will be the Detroit 3, piloted
by f.. J. Hill and A. j. SchlOsser both
of Detroit. They are entered as inde-
pendent contestants.
The other entrants will be released
at five-minute intervals.
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Paints Old Glory on Metal After Theft
OfTwo Flags From in Front Of Home

piece of sheet metal and nailed the
metal across the front of his premises
with the following warning:
"Try to take this one."
Mr.. Giclas said his hobby Is the
furtherance of patriotic ideals and
that he has given away hundreds of
copies of the Declaration OF Independ-
ence, which Is sold at the Government
Printing Office for Is cents the copy.
but that tht1 bold theft of his finest
American fSys was beyond his ken.
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JAPAN OPPOSES BRITISH PLAN.
Cruiser Division Not Acceptable,
Naval Authorities Hold.

TOXIC, July 4 R).--In connection
with British proposal at the Geneva
naval conference to divide cruisers
into two classes, one of 10000 tons
having 8-inch guns and the other OF
$500 tons with G-inch guns. 1t Is un'
ierstood the naval authorities here are
generally agreed it is not acceptapie
TO Japan. They have said that appli-
cation of the 5-5-3 ratio to vessels
of 10000 tons or restrictions on the
caliber of guns on 7,500-ton type to
s:x inches is not practicable for Japan,
as she already has S-inch guns on
these vessels.
AS an alternative it is expected that
Viscount Saito will be instructed to
propose a 6-inch limitation for guns
on vessels of 1000 tons or under.
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AL Smith Invited
To Black Hills for
Summer Vacation
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DEADWOOD, S. ID. July A.
Gov. Al Smith of New York yes
terday was invited to spend his
Summer vacation at Pactola, in
the heart of the Black Hills and
only II miles from the State
game lodge, where President
Coolidge is spending the Summer.
The invitation was sent by John
T. Heffron, chairman of the coun-
ty Democratic central committee.
The committee plans to build a
Summer home of pine logs in the
event that Gov. Smith accepts.
A call will be made soon for a
meeting to organize an AL Smith
Democratic club in Deadwood,
and the committee hopes to have
the governor here when the club
is launched.
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ALBANIAN-J -JUGOSLAV
CONTROVERSY SETTLED
New Note and Pronouncement for
Peace Wind Up Balken
Incident.

BY the Associated Press.
TIRANA, Albania, July 4.-The in
cident between Albania and JuSo-
slavia has been wound up satisfac-
torily. the Albanian press bureau an
nounces. Baron de Vaux, the French
Minister, acting on behalf of the Jugo-
slav government, has received from
the Albanian government the for
mers note which caused all the trou-
BILE. In exchange Minister de VauX
handed to the Albanian foreign min
lister new note from Jugoslavia
from which were eliminated the en-
pressions to which Albania took eX-
ception.
Answering the new note the Alban..
ian government stated that as proof
of it's sincere and loyal attachment in
the cause of peace it had ordered the
release of DragOman Gjourachkovitch.
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King Boris May Wed Ileana.

BUCHAREST. July (P.-A Sofia
rumor that King Boris of Bulgaria
may wed Princess Ileana of Rumania
is published by local newspapers. In
court circles, however, it is reported
that no official steps have been taken
by Sofia looking toward any such ne.
gOtiatiOnS.
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Greece Shaken by Quake.

ATHENS, July 4 R).-Earthquake
shocks have been experienced over
large areas. They were hardly no.
ticeable at Athens, but in the Province
of Lakonia, more than 200 houses col
lapsed, and coat Preveza and Mes
senia also suffered some material dam
age. No fatalities are reported.
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CHINA TO REJECT PACT.
VIII Not Recognize Decisions, League
Representative Says.

! GENEVA, Switzerland, July N).
The government and people of China
will refuse to recognize any decisions
by the pre- -ent tripartite naval limi-
tation conference here which affect
China. says a statement issued today
by Chu ChaoHsin, Chinese representa-
tive on the Council of the League of
Nations.
His statement. which was issued at
the request of the Chinese National
, ist regime, follows a report from Eng
land that Japan and Great Britain
might renew the Anglo-Japanese al
/ lance.
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Snow Follows
2 Days of Sitting
Heat in Montreal


By the Associated Press
MONTREAL, July 4.-Snow in
July is a record just established in
Montreal. After two days of
sitting heat, last night the city
was visited with a mild, almost i'm.
perceptible snowfall. 1t lasted only
q few minutes.
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DOWNTOWN STORE
ROBBED OF $4,000
Safe of Kings Palace Blown
in Daylight-Thieves
Take Cash Only.

Daylight safe blowers entered
Kings Palace department store. S1O-1S
Seventh street, yesterday, blew
open the ponderous safe with heavy
charge of nitroglycerin and looted in
of approximately $4,000 in cash.
Details of the robbery indicate that
the thieves were experts. The safe
had been swathed in dry goods to
muffie the sound o the explosion, and
although both of the heavy doors
were ripped from the safe there was
SO little vibration that clock a few
feet away was still running when the
robbery was discovered at 9 O'Clock
last night. A partially filled bottle of
nitroglycerin was found abandoned
on shelf near the safe.
The cracksmen took cash only
They tossed aside batch of securi-
ties and did not disturb the office
records, combining themselves to the
cash. which had been placed in the
safe after the close of business on
Saturday. Entrance to the building
was gained probably through a sky
light. and police are of the opinion
that two or possibly three men par
ticipated in the robbery.
Represented Days Receipts.
Sylvan King, manager of the store,
made a tentative check-up of the loss
this morning and stated that approxi.
mately $4,000 in bills and coins had
been taken. The loss is covered by in.
surance, he said. The definite loss
will be tabulated tomorrow when the
figures in the cash register sales slips
are examined.
Most of the money was in bags,
representing the receipts of the vari-
GUS departments of the store at the
close of business Saturday.
When John hire, 26 Eighteenth
street southeast, the store watchman,
went off duty after his nights vigil
at o'clock yesterday morning all
was well. he reported. But when he
returned to the store last night he
found the wrecked safe. Running to
the street he called to Alfred G.
Groves, 110S K street northeast.
special watchman. and they notified
police.
Seek Fingerprints.
Detectives Sweeney, Darnall. O'Brien.
Il. E 1IlOIiipSOu anu fOWlcr, CONF
prising the headquarters homicide
and safe-cracking detachment. exam.
ined the ruined safe and sent for
Detective Sergt. Fred Sandberg. Ber-
tillion expert, who endeavored to cb-
tain fingerprints.
In preparing the charge Of nitro
glycerin the yeggs had sawed off
one of the big knobs on the safe and
then drilled a hole through the stem
to the inside. pouring the high ex-
plosive in. Minute cracks in the safe
had been sealed with soap to hold
the "soup." A sheet had been hung
to conceal their activities from the
chance glances of any one passing
on Eighth street.
Watchman Ihre stated that he was
confident the men were not in the
store when he left there yesterday
morning. since his beat" covers every
aisle and possible hiding place En-.
trance was effected. he believes.
a skylight at the top of the
elevator shaft. The burglars went
GCootip,,ad On Doro CoI,,,,,n 4
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GRATEFUL TO WILBUR.
Byrd Sends Reply to Secretary for
Greeting.

NORFOLK. Va, July 4 UP).-Comdr
Byrd is deeply grateful to his chief,
Secretary Wilbur of the Navy, for his
message of congratulations on the
transatlantic flight.
I'VE are deeply grateful to you for
your CABLE" read a message from
Byrd to Secretary Wilbur. The Navy
Secretary, who is spending the holi-
day here after a cruise on the yacht
Sylph. made Byrd's reply public here.
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G. A. WARDWELL DIES.
Peary's Chief Engineer Expires at
Home in Maine.

BUCKSPORT. Me-, July R.-
George A. Wardwell, 66. who retired
after serving in yachts, passenger and
freight steamers as marine engineer.
died at his home here last night.
He was chief engineer of the
steamer Roosevelt, in which Admiral
Robert Peary reached ''farthest
north In 1906 and again in 1909.
when the exploreL pushed on to the
North Pole. "a. -
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John Drew Improves,

SAN FRANCISCO. July 4 [P.-The
condition of John Drew, 73-year-old
actor, was reported improved today
by attaches at the hospital here where
he has been i'll since MayA31. He is
suffering from arthritis.
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LINDBER GH TOSSES FLOWERS
ON FLYER S FUNERAL TRAIN
Transatlantic Aviator, in Spirit of St.
Louis, Hovers Overhead 50 Miles In
Tribute to Escort Killed In Crash.

renamed in his honor. at 1 o'clock
this afternoon for New York.
Ten of the II Army planes from
Selfridge Field. which accompanied
him to Ottawa. comprised his return
escort for part of the way.
Lieut.. Johnson fell to his death
after a collision with another ma
chine. His plane was wrecked. The
second plane in the crash was badly
strained.
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~. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair and continued cool tonight: to.
morrow fair with slowly rising tenn
perature mperatures-Highest, 81,
at 4:45 PM yesterday; lowest, SO. at
) am. today
Full report on page 3.
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Continued on Page 4, Column H.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06

BY the Associated Press.
Major league teams with the best
pitching are the ones that are get
ting the most victories at this stage
Of the pennant races.
Strong everywhere but on the
slab. the New York Giants turned
away from Cincinnati with only an
even break after four-game split
with the cellar dwelling Reds. At
the same time the less highly touted
Brooklyn Robins are making the
most of their pitching strength in a
close due. with the world champion
Cardinals.
Pitching weakness was demon
strated by two teams at once in the
closing of the Giants Red series yes
terday at Cincinnati which went to
the Reds by q 1913 count. OF nine
pitchers who took the mound none
could stop the hitting-a condition,
however, which the ball fan relishes
as it makes for more thrills. The
game had a ninth inning rally and
counter rally with each club scoring
three runs in the final frame.
Tighter hurting was seen at st.
Louis where Brooklyn pitching gave
the club half double header with
the Cardinals. In the first game
Grover Cleveland Alexander demon
strated the champions own pitching
strength by granting only eight hits
for an to 0 shutout in which he
bested Petty and McWeeney. But in
the second Bill Doak of the Robins
out-pitched Jesse Haines and allow
ed but five safeties in a to l vic
tory.
Good pitching performances were
comparatively numerous. In to
white-wash administered by the
Chicago Cubs to the Boston Braves
Sheriff Blake allowed but five hits
and Zachary of the st. Louis Browns
pitching a siX-hit game for his
teams third straight over the Sena-
tors, 9 to l.
The one exception to the rule that
tight pitching wins was the to
victory of the New York Yankees
over the Detroit Tigers who outhit
them, II to S. However. one of the
half dozen hits made off Whitehill
was Babe Ruth's 18th homer of the
year with none on and another single
by the same gentleman who drove
in the winning run. The Babes
home run put him ahead Of his rec
ord yead. 1921. when he made a
total Of SO homers in the season.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06
LOCAL BOYS star
FOR PEX70 team
ZieSler's Sacrifice Hit Wins
Game for S0uthin6ton Crew

A pitchers battle between two
left-handed fingers was staged in the
Central Connecticut league yesterday
in the game between the Pextos of
Southington and the Meriden 1nsil-
cos. Porter. serving them up for the
Pextos. faced Red" johnson of the
Meriden team on about even terms.
The Southington team came
through for l to victory through
the work of Ziegler, New Britain
boy who played stellar game for
the victors at second base. Jasper.
another New Britain boy contributed
his share to the close margin Of VIC
tory Hartford scored the only run
of the game. Begley started off with
a single but was forced at second by
Hartford in the fifth. Jasper walked
and single by Porter crowded the
bases. Ziegler hoisted long fly to
the outfield and Hartford scored.
The pitchers were in wonderful
form. johnson allowed five hits and
Porter six. Both were In danger sew
eral times. but good support pulled
them through. Ziegler was especial
" brilliant in the infeld. Three snap
by plays were executed by the 1nsil-
co infield. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06

Gabriel Bromberg. first baseman
on the New Britain High baseball
team. captured the batting honors
for the season Of 1927 with the ex-
ceptionally good average Of .444. He
was by far the best batsman on the
team. most OF his hits coming in the
pinches. In "a times at bat, Brom-
berg clouted out Is hits including
five doubles and a triple.
AL Havlick Is second on the list
with an average Of 1903. Massey hit
1913. but took part in but one game.
These were the only men to hit in
the select circle. the rest OF the team
falling to the two hundred class. The
list is as follows: Matulis .2S2, Cher
pack .277. Zaleski .25s. CAIRO .o5s.
Weston $50. Morey ESQ, Hinchey
.176, Meehan 1865. Charlow .o95,
Partyka .o62. Urban 900 and Greco
900. The batting average Of the
team was .252.
The team played nine games, win
ming three and losing six. One game
was called in the ninth with the
score tied. Zaleski was the winning
pitcher in the Hartford game, while
Morey was the victor in the st.
Thomas and Plainville High games.
Partyka is charged with three losses
but they came in the hardest games
on the schedule. Zaleski had two
defeats while Massey had one.
The record for the team:
New Britain 3, Naugatuck high
II; New Britain 3, La Salette col
lcge 3: New Britain 2, st. Thomas
Seminary 3; New Britain II. Weav-
er high Is: New Britain Z. Hartford
high 5: New Britain 4. Hartford
high 10: New Britain 8. st. Thomas
Seminary I: New Britain 2. New
Haven high Q: New Britain 9. Plain
vile high S: New Britain 0. Nor
wich Free Academy s.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06
Rain SAVES RED
S0X FROM DEFEAT
CouinSYine Is Leading Locals 6
to | in Last Of Fifth

The storm of yesterday afternoon.
robbed the Collinsville baseball
team OF a victory in the Central
Connecticut Baseball league. but at
the same time it saved Johnny
Tobin's Corbn Red Sox from de-
feat. The rain came in the last
half Of the fifth with one out and
the Sox batting. Collinsville was
leading TO |.
Reeves. portsider for Collinsville
was having one OF his real left
hand" days and was giving the Sox
plenty to think about. Only one
ball had been sent by the locals into
the outfeld in the abbreviated game
and that was hit by Schmidt over
second base. Reeves famed the
side in order in the second, Huband.
Schmidt and Huber being the VIC
tins.
A perfect bunting attack in the
fourth, smashed the Red Sox inflcld
defense and hits by O'Donnell and
Zils. coupled with a series Of errors
by the home club netted the Axe
Town team four runs.
A pass to Snyder, a booted roller
by R. Currie and single by
Schmidt, accounted for the only run
secured by the Red Sox. The
score: