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New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
DRUGGIST SENTENCED
 l ON CHARGE OF ARSON
Grichtman Gets One to Two Years in
 Prison

After he had steadtastiy insisted that hc was innocent of the charge of arson in connection with q fire on April 6. 1927. in his drug store at 39 Main street. Hartford, Leo H. Gricht- man of 154 Lyons street, this city. changed his plea to one of guilty in superior court late yesterday after prison from one to two years by Judge Avery. After the evidence in the case had been presented and the trial concluded. Grichtman, through his counsel Josiah H. Peck of Hart ford and Albert A. Greenberg of this city. admitted his guilt.
 Frank H. Bowlen, aged 31. of 77 Capitol avenue, Hartford. and Mer- Tell H. Haines, aged IS, of 372 Main street, Hartford, who were also charged with arson, pleaded guilty and turned states evidence. Bowlen, who was employed as clerk in the store, was given the same sentence as Grichtman. and Haines was sen- tenced to Cheshire Reformatory. They demonstrated the device which Grichtman showed them for setting fire 10 the store, his purpose being to collect insurance from the Ameri- can Druggist Fire Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, o. A match was glued to a cigarette and placed unier a piece of paper in such a way that the match would ignite after cigarette had burned about one-half the way, paper. By this arrangement. the per
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
MAY USE $I,0OO FUND
 FOR BURRITT SHRINE
Money Provided in Will of Learned Black
 smiths" Niece

A fund of $1.0O0 now on deposit in the Savings Bank of New Britain may be made available as the nu- cleus of fund with which to recon- struct the Elihu Burritt homestead as an historic shrine and a memorial to New Britains learned black smith," 1t became known today.
 The fund was left in the will of Anna c. Strickland who died last year and it's use for the purpose of commemorating the deeds of Burritt is directed at the discretion of E. J. Skinner who today announced he will consult Judge R. r. Gaffney of the probate court with reference to possible use in conjunction with the movement recently launched by Councilman Frank g. Caldwell. llr. Skinner is executor of the will. The testator was Burritt's niece.
 Councilman Caldwell is chairman of a citizens committee appointed by Mayor Weld to study the possibil- ity of reconstructing the home stead for many years in a poor state of repair. It was the suggestion of the councilman that donations be used for the purchase and rebuild ing of the homestead and if the Strickland fund is made available it will go far toward carrying out the work. members of the committee be- lieve.
 The memorial committee has not Yet held its organization meeting. but it Is expected that a gathering will he held in the latter part of this month,
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
MISS WHITNEY FREED
 BY CALF. GOVERNOR
Given Full Pardon in Criminal Syndicalism
 Case

Sacramento. Cal. June e1 lP- A seven-year fight in the courts over the conviction of Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney. prominent Oakland social worker. on a charge of violat- ing the California criminal syndi- calism law has ended with the is- suance of an unconditional pardon to the 6o-year- old defendant by Governor c. C. Young.
 The pardon frees Miss Whitney of 1 the stigma of convict and spares her from a one to 14-year sentence in San Quentin prison. which has been the object of much of her well fare work.
 Executive clemenCy was requested by hundreds of persons in all walks Of life after the United States su- ] preme court had twice considered the case and upheld both the con- stitutionalty Of t.e jaw and Miss Whitney's conviction.
 Miss Whitney gave up t',e fight after the last supreme court ru'lng. She maintained that 10 have asked pardon for herself would lave been tacit admission Of guilt. She was arrested in Oakland in November, 1919, after delivering a speech in defense of John McHugh, accused ], w. w. leader. Il r ar rest followed her defiance of the ely authorities nci to make the spec ch
 Ill explaining his -oasoIs :ar the pal don last night. Governor ynlng maintained that Hiss Whitney could not be classed as ''criminal." Con- cluding his 5000 word sta:emen. he said:
 Il am issuing a pardon for Char lotte Anita Whitney in spite ot my circumstances the verdicts cI our courts must be upheld: in spite of the undoubted constitutionality of the law under which she was con- victed in spite Of the fact that the courts have adiudged that in join- ing the communist labor party she violated the criminal syndicalism act; in spite of my belief that noth- ing is more necessary than to instlll into our people a healthy respect for the dignity and majesty of the law.
 "I am issuing this pardon because do not believe that under ordinrry circumstances this case would ever have been brought to trial: because the abnormal conditions attending the trial go long way toward ex- planning the verdict of the Jury: be- cause feel that E1e criminal syndi- calism act was primarily intended to apply to organizations actually known as advocates 0. 'iolar,n. ter rorism or sabotage, rather than 10 such organization. az d co,omruist labor party"
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
DIXON LOST CHANCE FOR OCEAN FLIGHT
Wanted Plane With Single Motor But BaCkerS DenuTTed
TELLS OF BLASTED HOPES
New Britain Aviator Willing to Try Pacific Flight But Says Cost Would Be About $25.OO0, Mostly For Machine.

Timidity on the part of his finan- cial packers. caused Lieutenant Carl X. Dixon of New Britain to lose out on the chance to fly across the At lantic in an airplane. Lieutenant Dixon. who arrived in this city to- day onea business trip to New York for the Toledo, O.. airport with which he is connected. is visiting at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. John s. Dixon at 59 South High street.
 All winter the New Britain avi ator tried to convince his packers that he could make the flight over used by Levine and Chamberlin. The plane then was for sale and was of fered to Dixon for s9,2O0 at the time, he said today.
 Certain tinanciers who were will ing to back Dixon to make the trip insisted upon his doing 1t in three motored Sikorslly. which he declined to do on the ground that this trebled the chances of motor troubles.
 AS Lieutenant Dixon points out a three motored plane requires all three motors to be in operation, at least on the take off. and not less than two at any other time. With only two operating. the hazards are increased instead of being decreas- ed. he believes.
 Willing to Cross Pacific
 With a single motored plane a pilot has but one motor to take care of. The packers could not see it this way and declined to take the pro- position seriously. Lieutenant Dixon is willing now to try the Pacific flight if he can get sufficient back ing. This would require at least $25.- 900, a plane worth nearly $2o.000 being the chief requirement..
 Lieutenant Dixon was home today for the first time since April 12. when he left here on flying trip around the country for motion pie lures. At that time he was accom- panied by Corporal Charles Arnold, wing walker and stunt flyer. Corpor- (Continued on Page ID
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
Washington Gratjfjed

Washington, June 21.-P}-The Japanese naval limitation proposal was faNorably received in official circles in Washington today as dis playing not only conciliatory spirit but as showing satisfaction with her navy's present strength and a will ingness to remain in a position of comparative inferiority in all classes of auxiliary ships to Great Britain and the United States.
 The British proposals however. were regarded unsatisfactory by the officials here insofar as they affect questions decided at the Washington conference and which the adminis- tration feels should not be discussed at the present conference because of the absence of two of the sigma tories Of the 1922 treaties.
 Japan's reply was taken to indi- cate that she admits she needs no larger navy than she now has. The Japanese navy at present is on a ration of to with England in the matter of modern cruisers and the same ration holds between Japan
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
U. 5. Regards British Proposals as Nothing Less Than Scrapping of Washington Treaty Jap Suggestion. More Feasible.
But Navel Men Look Askance at Provisions Which Would Permit Japanese to Build Un. limited Number of Small Subs.

Geneva. Switzerland, June c1 R- The executive committee of the tri- partite naval conference. under tho presidency of Hugh s. Gibson of the united States. decided today to con. yoke meeting of the technical ex- perts of Great Britain. the United States and Japan. The experts were instructed. first. to exchange views and reach an agreement on the exist. Ing status of the three navies, in. cludlng building programs. and sec. ond. to begin study of the three sets of proposals placed before the con. ference yesterday with view to clarlhcatlon Of their real purport.
 Offered COmmunique
 An official communiquc was i.. sued saying the executive commit. tee had adopted resolution in which it suggested that a technical committee be formed to "exchanee agreed statistics of the present cruiser. destroyer and submarine tonnage of each of the three DOW CTS and of the designed tonnage of ships of those classes comprised in the naval programs now authorized and for which money has been ap- propriated; also ''any other infor. mauon tending to clarify the pro- posals."
 The resolution concluded with tho nope that in this manner the con- ference would De in position 10 start lis deliberation on "an agreed basis of fact"
 Jap Idea More Reasonable
 Further examination by the Amer- leans of the British and Japanese
 lCnntinlad on pano 1eA
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH
 WILL GRADUATE I73
Presentation of Diplomas Takes Place on
 Thursday

One hundred and seventy three boys and girls will receive diplomas at graduation exercises of the Gen. on Thursday afternoon, at o'clock. President P. r. King of the school committee will make the presenta- tion and will give the feature ad- dress.
 Of the number graduating there are Is who will receive honors in scholarship and conduct and 14 will receive prizes for general efficiency and for valuable contribution to the school.
 Those receiving the scholarship awards are Martha Signald Ander- son, Joohar Boghosian, Margaret Hildegard Drachenberg, Sidney Ed win Eisenberg. Marion Paula Griffin, Robert Henry Hausman, Beatrice Himberg, Virginia Munson Hunt, Mary Alice Mangan, Helen Gather inc Narkevch, William Oliver Nichols, Walter Philip Neumann, Francis Joseph O'Brien, Felice Mary Scalise, and Oscar Alfred Steege. Those who will be presented with the valuable contribution prizes were Ruth Blqomberg. William Allan Bonney, Evelyn Marie Halverson. William A. Johnson. Anna May Jur- gen, Mildred Sema keimowitz. Mary Theresa Moutner. Patricia Florence Murray. Walter Philip Neumann, Hazel Elsie Nyack. Francis Joseph O'Brien, Dorothy Louise Potts, Felice Mary Scalise. and William Joseph Ross.
 Probably the student who accom- plished most and made the best of her opportunities was Joohar Bog hosian who entered school in the United States January 15, 1924. and at graduation Thursday will be an honor student in studies. She had attended school less than a year in her native country.
 The class officers are Walter Neu- mann. president: Bernice Bollman, vice president: Nellie Bores, secre- tary; Frank O'Brien, treasurer. The class colors are blue and silver and the class motto Is Knowledge is Power"
 The program for graduation fol- lows:
 Processional-Jollification Ascher Central Junior High School
 Orchestra Invocation
 Rev. Frederick w. schaefer Selection
 Mazurka ...... Starbuck- Afford
 Central Junior High School
 Orchestra
 Song of the Volga Boatmen
 BarQuist
 (Russian Monjik Tune)
 Boys Glee Club
 a. Creole Love Song .... Smith b. The Old Oaken Bucket
 kaillmark
 Ninth Grade Chorus Music The Way to the Woods .. Wilbur
 Girls Glee Club Presentation of Diplomas
 Mir. Patrick F. King Chairman of the School Committee The Star spangled Banner :. Smith Class of 1927-Audience-Orchestra (continued on Page Four)
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
ENDORSE BOARD WALK
Milford Peach Associations Anxious to Have Mile Long Promenade Constructed Along Waterfront.

Milford, Conn.,. June 2 R(-Anoth- er step in the movement to add mile long board walk to the attrac- tions of the Milford beaches was taken last night when about loo owners of property between the Fort Trumbull and Laurel Beaches met.
 The cost of an excellent walk, be- tween high and low water marks. mile long and 20 feet wide was esti- mated at s70,0o0 by Simon Lake, inventor and treasurer of the Milford Chamber of Commerce. in his address. Since the project was set in motion by the chamber year ago three beach civic associations have endorsed it.
 The Milford Board Walk associa- tion was formed last night. and mass meeting was decided upon for June 29. It was said that in order to avoid any property damage claims legislative enactment would be de- sirable.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
No One Hurt,

Boston, June q R-No one was hurt in the derailment of part of 8 train at Thornton's Ferry. N. H.. to- day. advice received at the Boston and Maine offices here said. The cause Of the derailment has not yet been determined.
 The regular locomotive and an- other light engine which had been attached to the train at Concord and three cars went off the irons. The southbound track was blocked but service was maintained in both di- rections over the northbound track.
 A relief train was sent from Nashua to bring the passengers to Boston. There were six or seven cars in the train and it was on time at Manchester the last stop before passing Thorrton's Ferry.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
MOTHER ABANDONS BABY
 LOCKED IN SUITCASE
Prompt Action By Baggage Clerk at New York Station Saves
 Youngsters Life

New York, June 21 R1-A ten day old baby boy was found in a valise which had been checked by his mother in the baggage room of the Grand Central station early to- day and prompt action by a clerk saved his life.
 The clerk heard untitled walls is- suing from the valise few moments after it had been checked by a we'll dressed, slender. dark complexioned woman, about s years old
 The foundling was taken to Belle vue hospital where physicians soon had him cooing, surrounded by nurses. The police started a search for the mother.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
FIRES IN NEW HAVEN
Two Early Morning Blazes Do Dam. age Estimated at About Fifteen Thousand Dollars,

New Haven. June 21 tP-Two early morning fires here today gave firemen much trouble and did dam. age estimated at about $15.O0o.
 The occupants of the Whitney Glenmore apartments on Whitney avenue were kept out of the build. ing for about two hours while fire. men, responding to two alarms res. cued the sleeping former Judge and Mrs. Livingston Cleaveland. in whose apartment the fire started, and overcame the blaze.
 About an hour later fire believed to have started from a short circuit, broke through the roof of the Labor Lyceum on Howe street before fire. men arrived. Damage to the Lyce. um was estimated at $b.000 and to the Whitney Glenmore apartment hE 3l0,oO0.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
JAPAN TURNS DOWN BRITISH PROPOSALS Unable to Agree to Limit Size
 of Capital Ships
 VIEWS ON CONFERENCE
Tokyo Considers Geneva Meeting New Assembly and Nok Continu- alton of Washington Conference Varied Opinions.

Geneva, Switzerland, June o1.-R Japan considers the present naval conference an entirely new assem- ply and rot a mere continuation of the Washington conference, the naval experts of the delegation made it clear today after a preliminary study of the American and British proposals. They intimated that they would insist upon a detailed examination
 of what the various national re- Quirements in auxiliary craft may
 be- without the more or less rigid extension of the 5-5-3 ratio to
 auxiliaries which they construe the l American plan to mean.
 They dismiss the British proposals
 for limitation of the size of capital ships as out of the question for set
 clement at the present conference,
 remarking that the Washington signatories are due to revise their conclusions in this respect in 1881. They agree. however, that much
 useful discussion of limitation in size
 may be held here without the adop- tion of hard and fast decisions. Admiral Niscount Saito head of
 the delegation. has a free hand to
 negotiate, the experts made it
 known, and is not bound to refer to Tokyo continually for fresh instruc-
 tions.
 They believe the study of the Brit ish and American proposals will
 take considerable time, as many
 points are not exactly clear to them They profess not to have been sur-
 prised by the British proposals, but thought the American plan would stick even more closely to the prin- ciples adopted in 1922 at Washing 1 ton.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
E.W.LEUP0LD DIES
 IN HIS 4TH YEAR
Arch Street Nonageuuian in
 This City Since 1883
HAD REMARKABLE MEMORY

Serving For Quarter Century in
 Rule and Level Shop-Leaves 23
 Descendants.
 In the death this morning of Frederick w. Leupold at his home. 365 Arch street, New Britain lost one of its oldest and best known German residents. Mr. Leupold. who was a3 years and months of age. was born in Germany. He did consider able travelling and before coming to New Britain in 1883 worked in both Brazil and Russia as a cabinet mak- CT. Upon his arrival in New Britain, Mir. Leupold entered the employ of the Stanley, Rule & Level Co.,. and worked for that oncern as pattern maker for the late J. A. Traut, for 25 years. retiring in 1908.
 Despite his advanced age. Mir. Leupold had a remarkably retentive memory and could recite incidents dating back 50 years with surprising accuracy. He was steady reader and took great interest in present day problems, being especially in- terested in the land of his birth.
 After retiring in 1908. he took an interest in chicken raising and was considered an authority on that sub ject by many of the fanciers in this city.
 Mir. Leupold was not affiliated with any fraternal organizations. Surviving him are four sons. Otto, Adolph. Paul and Albert of this city. and fsgrandchildren five great grandchildren and two great-great- grandchildren. One of his grand children is Mrs. William Steiner. a teacher in the local public schools. and another is Miss Clara Leupold, secretary to the board of directors of the Stanley Works.
 The funeral will be held Thurs day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Emma Lehman of 365 Arch street Rev. o. F. Heydenreich of the Ger man Lutheran church of Hartford will officiate. Burial will be in Fair view cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
TRAIN IS WRECKED
 NEAR NASHUA, N. H.
Locomotive and Three Cars
 Leave Rails NO ONE REPORTED HURT
Relief Train is Sent From Nashua to Bring Passengers in-Cause of Derailmcnt Has Not Been AScer- tained.

Nashua, x. H., June e1 Pl-The locomotive and three cars of a pas- senger train which left White River Junction, Vt, at 5:45 a. m.. eastern standard time, for Boston, were de- railed near Tkornton's Ferry station between this city and Manchester. First word from the scene was that no one was injured.
 The train, on the Boston and Maine railroad. was due in Nashua at 9:22 a. m. and in Boston at 10:30. It was ] local train making most of the station stops between White River Junction and Concord. but scheduled to stop only at Manches- ter. Nashua and Lowell for the rest of the way.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-21
CREW REMAIN ABOARD
 DESPITE HEAVY GALE
l6 Men Temporarily Ma rooned on Four Barges
 Off PrOvincetOwn

Princeton, Mass, June 21 (R-A 5o-mile gale which swept Cape Cod this morning kicked up a stiff sea but 16 men comprising the crews of four Reading railroad barges which strained at their anchors a mile and d half off shore refused to quit their craft and instead stood by hopefully while their conveying tug and a coastguard boat looked on.
 The gale which had reached 60 miles in the early hours of the morn- ing, Guieted down temporarily but then ble> strong again at daybreak and mountainous surf broke along the shoreline.
 Cot Guardsm.n from the Pamet River. Race Point and Highland Light stations watched throughout the night. but the barges seemed in no danger as long as their chains held.
 \ crew from the Pamet River sta ton put out in a power boat and offered to take the sailors off. but the men on all the barges refused to leave. In the meantime guardsmen camped on the beach and on the 140 foot cliff which rises abruptly from the sea.
 It was the first time on record that both positions were occupied simultaneously.
 It was believed that the tug Gettysburg which was conveying the barges. would await the arrival Of the tug Carlisle. of the same com- pany. which was being rushed from Portland. Me. before attempting to secure the barges.
 The Gettysburg and its charges were bound from Portland to Phila- delphia when the tow line parted yesterday afternoon.
 After battling choppy seas and high winds. the Carlisle succeeded in getting a line on board the barge Salem. while the Gettysburg se- cured the barge Neshaminy to its towing bits. The two tugs proceed ed to Provincetown with the barges.
 The remaining two barges held anchorage safely awaiting the re- turn of the tugs.
 New Bedford, Mass. June q lPl-- The schooner William A. Graber. bound for Cape Verde Islands with general cargo and five passengers aboard. is ashore on Great Ledge Shoal, half mile east of Dumping Rock in Buzza: d's Bay. with coast guard patrol boats 131 and 2ST standing by.
 The vessel cleared from New Bed ford yesterday afternoon and went aground late last night. Patrol boat 237 noticed her plight and stayed slonside. being joined later by 1S1. An unsuccessful effort was made 10 float the vessel at high water this morning. Another effort 10 float the vessel will be made at { this after noon. None of the passengers have been taken ashore, and it is assumed that the schooner has not suffered any damage. The William A. Graber was formerly engaged in the whaling business
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The daily worker., 1927-02-24

"The decentralization which the
Pennsylvania suffered because of the
war;" says the Chronicle, twas great
All carriers suffered acutely but or
the Pennsylvania where the havoc was
severe, recovery has been delayed by
the complications of establishing a
new labor policy that differed radical
ly from that of its competitors.
To Break Union.
The radically different labor policy
was really nothing new on the Penn
sylvania. 1t meant breaking the unions
that had gained a foothold under gov
ernment control. 1t meant ramming
a company union down the throats Of
its employees. 1t meant flouting the
transportation act, disregarding the
U, S. rail labor board and in general
becoming a law unto itself t, accomp-
iish these ends.
The Chronicle does not deliberately
set out to show the effects of this
policy. But its comparisons between
the Pennsylvania system and the New
York Central, which has kept up rela-
tions with the unions, completely ex-
pose the Atterbury road. The Chron-
icle's figures show that the percentage
of operating revenue required to meet
expense on the Pennsylvania has riser
far above the New York Central. II
says, Nothing in contemporary his.
tory is more striking than the shift
in relative position of the Pennsylva-
MIA and the New York Central"
Increased Cost.
The Chronicle shows the course Of
the operating ratio of each system
for the past 20 years, emitting the
6 years, of abnormal conditions
Q915 TO 1920 as follows:
The daily worker., 1927-02-24
UNION BUCKING COSTS PENNSYLVANIA ROAD
LARGE SUMS OF COLD CASH; DECENTRALIZATION
BY LELAND OLDs Federated Press)

The huge price the Pennsylvania railroad has its anti
union policy Aebury system.
Commercial Financial Chronicle publishes indicating that the
operation down profits the possibly
S25OOOOOOO and certainly than half of