The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

April 13, 1922

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The Springfield Daily Republicani

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Springfield, Massachusetts

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Thursday, April 13, 1922

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One Cent THE WEATHER 9 SERING1ELD MASS THURSDAY APRIL 18 EIGHTEEN PAGES ntiiniAv nrcirinic RIVER LOOD STILL GROWS VALLEY LINES IN 1 (Continued on Twelfth Page) directly Rising Waters Menace JULIUS CARMAN i man Hook to to Sandy vari fair WEEKS ANSWERS CHARGES AGAINST WAR DEPARTMENT 47 4fl 10 NW 46 60 61 0 NW 33 4910 NW and Sev wus been LESTER SAYS CONTENTIONS ABSURD CARMAN EXPECTED TO ENTER IGHT RAILWAY OICIALS OR CONERENCE OICERS BRAND RUSSIAN GENERAL BRUTAL MURDERER RAINS DIRECTLY CAUSE DERAILING TWOTRAINS SERIOUS STATE AS RESULT RISE the dis the out Interfered With Americans in Operation of Railroad Trainloads Bolshevists Hauled to Slaughter air and Cooler Today air Tomorrow 62 61 0 NW and CLAIM sem*nO WAS RESPONSIBLE DOYLE EXPLAINS SPIRITUALISM BALOUR GETS TITLE EARL Tiverton graduated from That same year assistant' to the Compromise Sought in Sev eral Plans for Routing Trol lies on New Bridge Brig Gen Graves and Col Morrow Tell Committee of Siberian Atrocities ARBUCKLE REEDBY JURY HOLYOKE MAN HELD IN BONDS $2500 I 'V i GAUGE AT TOLL BRIDGE 18 1 2 EET r3 52 7 NW the floor the air MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GETS AUSPICIOUS START GERMANY INDS LONDON REPORT AULTY Aiderman Recognizes Trolly Co Head Disappointed Be cause Original Plan Was Obstructed Livestock is Being Moved to High Places Along Banks of Swollen Connecticut Stream SO 33 NW 64 City Sewers Backed Up Give Street Department a Night of Labor Secretary Denies He Re ceived Block of Bosch Stock ollowing Sale CONGRESSMAN KELLY Michigan Says 1923 Navy Bill Must Stand oj' all ont 65000 English Author Holds New York Audience Spellbound With His irst Lecture By the Associated Press New York April Sir Arthur Conan tonight 'described the sensations of the deathbed as he said they had been communicated to him from beyond the Styx Listening to him was a vast audi ence an audience that filled Carnegie hali an audience many of whose members will board craft for the voyage which all must take Palsied heads shook with emo tion as the earnest words fell from the lips of a man who has turnen from medicine and letters to a search for the spiritual Death Is Pleasant Death is not painful "but a pleasant process said Sir As death approaches the soul the etheric body floats out from its earthly shell and hovers above the human clay tethered only by the silver cord op which Ecclesiastes speaks The only sensation is one of delicious languor The first sight that greets the eye is One of smiling loving faces bend ing over "the deathbed continued Sir Arthur he asked have stood by the side of the dy ing seen hands turning cold in death stretch out heard words of endear ment fall from lips that soon would move no more Delirium say ma terialists No it Is not asked the preacher of spiritualism again disengaging of the etheric body can be has been photographed I am fortunate enough to have such a Spirit not only can converse with those on earth Sir Arthur continued but they can present themselves in (Continued on Second Page) of the vater Two Trains Derailed train derailments were by the rains of last two and ver the engi CLAIM ENOUGH VOTES TO BEAT NAVAL BUDGET Boston April Edward Bush neli of Holyoke one of 19 men re cently indicted by the federal grand jury for fraudulent use of the mails after an investigation into the Petro leum corporation of America and the ranklin Oil company surrendered to federal authorities today He was OUbSIi to ESTABLISHED BY SAMUEL BOWLES WEEKLY IN 1824 DAILY LN 1844 SUNDAY IN 1818 goes Water comprised A ne ne of is i3 expected by his Republican friends within a few days Whether he will again oppose Senator Chamberlain will depend mainly on the decision regarding his possible can didacy for the Republican mayoralty nomination 1 Mr Carmen represented the old 6th Hampden district in the General Court sessions of 1913 1915 1916 and 1919 He is one of the best known legisla tors of the local contingent at the state house His reputation as a fighter was won in 1913 when he or ganized opposition to and defeated a proposed bill to establish single headed police commissioners to re place commissions of three men Always an avowed Republican Mr Carman ha3 often been indorsed by the Democrats He served a number of years as a member of the Re publican city committee and later as a member of the board of aidermen He was on the hoard of supervisors and the fire commission while in the city government One of Oar Best Pays Highly or Kickless Water Paper Manufacturers as Wilson of Erie Pa Horace A Moses of Mil (Strathmore ape ITINERARY ULLY EXPLAINED PREDICTS PASSING OTARI BILL Chairman McCumber Says Measure Will Be Adopted Before! Congress" barometer 2938 29 4G 2959 30 Oo 2994 2975 dry Wet Cloudiness Ex of tcm 02 The sun rises at 629 mmAuu? vehicles 1 outside their allotted courses today cul ac the today at S13 a and sets Tir btn on ii nm nl 1 and on should be lighted at 6i3U xu Would Be Unable to Estab lish Equilibrium in Budget Because of Heavy Repara tions i By the Associated Press Genoa April 12 The necessity of bringing about equilibrium in nation al budgets if tho European situation is to be stabilized formed the most important subject of discussion at the meeting today of the subcomr Jssion on finance at which Sir Robert Stev enson Hbrne the chairman proposed an international conference of the great banks issuing currency includ ing the American Reserve banks The commission decided to make the London report the basis of its deliberations and to appoint an other subcommittee to examine ex change with a second subcommittee to study credits the commission itself devoting its labors to the question of currency Germany aces Difficulties Dr Andreas Hermes German min ister of finance created some commo tion by alluding to the question of reparations He declared that the Germans had' examined the London report and were ii accord on many points but wished to emphasize that Germany would find extreme diffi culty in establishing equilibrium in her budget while obliged to support heavy payments externally Germany he promised will bring in practical suggestions later A report was current in conference circles that the German chancellor Dr Wirth would return to Berlin witinn a few days concerned over internal conditions in that country and appar ently depressed over the situation at Genoa Russia Well Off inancially' On the other hand Christian Ra kovsky premier of Ukraine depicted the Russian financial situation in rosy colors and seized the opportunity to allude to disarmament which the Russians 'are contending should have a place on the agenda He wanted the world to know that the Russian budget was in a very favorable condi tion as six sevenths of the expenses were covered by ordinary revenue and only the remaining seventh was met by the issue of paper currency After making tne siawmeui in two years the Russian army had been decreased from 5360000 to1450000 he said: has al ready disarmed but all will be use (Contlnul on Second Page) Every Day in the Week People find places to live through the Estate or columns of these papers Robert Smith of West Springfield advertised two apartments one $26 and the other $30 last Saturary They were both rented to de sirable people on Sunday If jou need an apartment waten A THE REPUBLICAN and DAILY NEWS The Want Ad Papers Don't forget the Big Combin ation Saturday News and Sun day Republican at one rate Many extra readers meyer of New York and Power ormer British Premier Be comes Earl Balfour of Whittinghame and Goes to House of Lords By the Associated Press London April 12 ormal official announcement was made today that an earldom had been conferred on Sir Arthur James Balfour former pre mier and at present lord president of the council The announcement confirmed what had been unofficially known for some time Throughout his political career he had steadily set his face against the acceptance of any title even ac cording to gossip having declined one when offered him ot his return from the Washington armament confer ence Then he accepted the Order of Garter without realizing it is said that it carried knighthood and the title Balfour at last "relented however and now goes to the more dignified atmosphere of the House of Lords with the title of Earl Balfour of Whittinghame In the upper cham ber the Conservative leader wi i not lose his identity under an entirely new name as did for instance Disraeli when he became Lord Beaconsfield but will retain his own name DARTMOUTH REGISTRAR DEAD Howard Tibbetts Held Office 20 Years Retired Last December Victim cf Disease Special Dispatch to The Republican' Hanover April Howard Tibbetts registrar of Dartmouth college for the past 20 years died here today following several illness with Bright's disease Tibbetts was one of the best known college registrars in the country largely through the marked efficiency of his system at Dartiiiouth' during the past two decades In that time the college increased from 500 to 2100 in enrolment His policies have been maintained being extended with each jump in the size of the student body He was born in in 1876 and was Dartmouth in 1900 he was annointed dean and two years later he became registrar of the college one of the youngest men In the country to hold the position He held the office until last December when illness forced his retirement and his assistant ran cis Neef assumed his duties as acting registrar a Tibbetts was a brother in law of President Ernest Hopkins He is survived by his widow The fu neral will be held riday afternoon at Hanover edge off Chairman smile and once or twice he put bn hisfisrh'ing clothes Time and again the chairman broadly charged that back movement for a bigger navy was the desire of members from navy yard districts to increase the total appro priation so that activities of these establishments might not be cur tailed' Kelley Sticks to 65000 Suggestions from some sources the committee add a little to its personnel strength were cast aside by Chairman Kelley with the declaration that the bill had to stand or fall reported and that if the enlisted fig ure Was raised to 86 000 there would be a record vote in the House of the speeches today were 5tepresentative Mc Arthur of Oregon Republican mem ber of i the naval committee in an nouncing that zhe would i offer san amendment" providing for 86000 men told the House it ought' not shift5 the responsibility of writing vthe bill I to the shoulders of the Senate': I the issue squarely here and pass it along to the Senate to give the navy enough men to main tain the treaty he declared5 There was a constant squabble (Continued on Second Tnge) WVPKTV IGHTII YEAR DAILY: NUMBER 309 PKICEONE CENT THREE AND A HAL DOLLARS A YEAR THE REPUBLICAN of 5 Thursday April 13 1922 Page General City and Suburban News 2 General News and Theater Ad vertisem*nts 3 City News 4 City News 5 City News 6 City News 7 city and Suburban News 8 Social and Personal News 10 Editorials Literary Letters eatures Theatrical and Gen eral News Sports Sports 14 Business and inancial News LBusiiiess and General News and Classified Advertisem*nts Classified Advertisem*nts Classified Advertisem*nts 18 News of the Day 1'oid in Pic tures through the tunnel causing much damage The dam was put in that year for the first time but the water worked around the east side and undermined the street so that a large section of fell in a few days later The water was six feet higher than the rails for a few years The tunnel Is always considered a menace as if the water should get through it sufficiently to wash away the soft dirt the entire business section ol the village and mills would be de stroyed Three Trainmen Killed When reight is Derailed Suriapee April Three men were killed when a Boston Maine freight train ran into a wash out half a mile west of here early today and plunged into Lake Suna pee The dead all of who were In the engine George Atwood engineer Ralph Ching fireman Edward Kelley head brakeman The train consisting of nine cars (Continued on Second Page) Here is the chronology of the tariftB I Hearings started by House ways! and means committee January bl 1921 concluded ebruary Introduced in House July 6 Taken up July 7 passed July 21 I Hearings started by Senate finance! committee July 25 continued intey mittently to January 3 1922 Reported to Senate April 11 Prediction by McCumber I Washington April 11 An "allj American tariff will be before the adjournment of the presj ent session of Congress Chairmarw McCurfiber of the Senate finance com mittee declared in a formal state ment tonight I reporting bfll on the basia of foreign Senator Mcj Cumber said committee wished to give the Senate a thorough oppnrj tunity of debating both the Amerlcar! and the foreign valuation principlesj While the committee has based the rates on foreign valuation it has at the same time the latesq and most accurate data obtainable fed converting ad valorem duties tasel upon foreign valuation Into its equivj alent based upon the selling price the article in the Unites "In case there is any change in poll lev in the Senate or in conference there will be little difficulty tn changl ing rates to correspond with the poll icy adopted Tn other words ihd basis of valuation is still open foa discussion in the Senate and in ccae ference with the NAME SVPERINTNDENT Middletown Ct April 12 DrRov Leak was appointed superintend ent of the Connecticut state hospita for the Insane by the board of trus tees at a meeting here today D( Leak has been acting superintendent since the resignation of Dr loyd Haviland who was appointed to th New York State Hospital commit sion Dr Leak served for 15 yean on staffs of state hospitals' In Neu York and was a lecturer in medica jurisprudence at Syracuse unlversitj for four years Opponents of Small Navy Provided 1 923 Bill At tackChairman Re port to House Washington April 12 The 1923 naval budget ran through hostile waters in the House today As the weary end of eight solid hours of debate was reached tonight with less than a guard on the floor the air was filled with claims by leaders' opposed to the bill's provisions for an enlisted force of 65000 that votes enough had been pledged to beat it This prediction coupled with vio lent attacks' on the measure took the alse Bottomed Barrels Lead Shrewd Business Man I Astray in Deal With Bootleggers A prominent business man of this city who believes in keeping his cellar well stocked with antl Vpl steadian beverages despite the for lidding statute recently paid about $15000 for several barrels of water At least such is the report emanating from police headquarters And it is further stated that the man tn ques tion is 5 net the 'only "substantial who has "been victimized by a gang cf liqu6r venders who prey on their victims knowing full well that prosecution Is very remote man who lost the heavy con signment of near whi ky will not dis cuss the matter that is not 'for publication Tho police see liLLle chance that the loser will bring ac? lion against those who sold hm 4he water Such an act they point out would develop some very disagree able publicity On the strength of this fact the swindlers it is claimed have been doing some real business in this city selling water in the guise of whisky About two weeks ago the promi nent citizen ordered 12 small' bar rels of high grade stuff The ship ment reached him as per order and was cached in his cellar He sampled the contents of each barrel end pa4 hnpfnnt nrs with a smile and a substantial check Then came the awakening The barrels contained but little whisky but enough Jo provide' a test drink for the buyer In the head of each barrel was a small aluminum tank about an Inch deep This was filled with real Canadian club so the rpnort rest of the liquid contents covery came only when cz jrrcia broke The buyer about $15000 and his boot leggers are in a like amount Washington April Charges of human "butchery" made by Senator Borah against Gen Gregorie sem*n off Russian anti Bolshevik leader were testified to today before the Sen ate labor committee by two leaders of the Amerlcari expeditionary forces Siberia Brig Gen Graves com mander and Lieut Col Charles II Morrow his chief aid who gave in stance after instance of murder rape banditry which occurred during the period of American occupation of the region Called before the committee in an Investigation which Chairman Borah hopes may lead to deportation of Gen Sernenoff now under arrest in a civil case in New York the two army of ficers gave accounts of crime de scribed as unless wit excerpts from official army records and other evidence covering the period between September 191b and April 1920 of a nature seldom It ever laid before a congressional committee At the conclusion Borah turned to Col Morrow the witness and said: Scmcnoft Blamed "You were there Now tell us who In your opinion was Col Morrow shot back "Anybody who was in that part of the world at that time knows that he wa The committee plans to continue tne hearing tomorrow when other army officers will be heard Gen Sernenoff was represented by his attorney John Kirkland Clark of New York who announced that he would attempt to have the ITusslan officer come here to testify He satci also he would ask Col Kroupsky the aid and interpreter to ap "Vpear In defense of his chief Clark was not sure however that Gen Sernenoff would be allowed to (ConUnned on Second Page) Kailroad transportation is serious ly threatened" several trolly lines have been cut off by washouts and cellars of homes and factories along I the Connecticut river are inundated by the steady rise of the river which began two days ago The water was still rising at midnight the gauge at the toll bridge here indicating 18 y2 feet about 14 feet above nor Reports from railroad officials indicate that several lines are in trouble rom towns and cities throughout the valley come reports of impending inundation which will only be averted if the water recedes Locally the flood condition is serious looded Celhzrs in Brightwood Rising to a bight not previously known here in many years tha rush ing murky stream beat against the old Toll bridge early this morning urther up the river residents of the Brightwood section were wading about in flooded cellars Basem*nts of several homes in that section held from one to three feet and house holders were deeply coiicerned Manu facturing plants along the river re ported serious loss to goods stored near the wafer line The Springfield Glazed Paper company on the west bank will lose many tnousanus a worth of stock if rivej rises a few Ineheijnore tsfo Although no part of the city JS flooded the water has forced he sew ers to back up and the street depart ment had a busy lime last night oat tling with the flooded mains The con dition here is duplicated in many other places along the river Boat houses were straining nt their moor ings last night threatening to break away urther south fields are cov ered with a foot of water A resi dent of Pine hill near Greenfield has been entirely marooned The situa tion at Northampton is serious and people have taken to "boats Cellars and hencoops are flooded and live (Continued on Seventh Page) Representative Will Proba bly Announce Candidacy or Senatorial Nomination Within a ew Days Representative Julius Carman who in 1916 contested the Republican nomination for senator from the 1st Hampden district to succeed Senator Gurdon Gordon and was defeated by Senator George Chamberlainwili again enter the contest this fall Rep resentative announcement Verdict Returned After Six Deliberation Was Third and Longest Trial San rancisco April 12 A verdict of acquittal was returned by a jury tonight in the third trial of Roscoe ri attvl Arbuckle on a slaughter charge growing out of the deathiof Miss Virginia Rappe motion picture actress The jury was out six minutes The defendant was deeply affected He received the verdict with a great sigh of relief There was no demon stration tho court having against it Mrs Mlnta Durfee Ar buckle the defendants wife cried quietly Both she and Arbuckle shook hands with the jurors Quick Return a Surprise The quick return of the' jury was a mu ti RC Edward Brown to whoso presence on the jury the prosecution had ob jected was foreman When the jury returned there was a slight delay due to the absence of the district attorney The verdict was by acclamation the deliberation taking less than a minute The additional time was consumed by details ARKANSAS LAPPER UPHELD BY COURT 'Corning Ark April Even though she powders her' face uses a lip stick and follows dame edicts as to' dress Miss Pearl Pugs ley 18 year old student has the right to attend classes despite ban Ut the Knobel school board against modern methods of feminine personal adornment Circuit' Judge Bandy tonight decided that the order of the board was unjust and that Miss Pugsley could go back to school When the order was issued last September Miss Pugsley refused to obey her expulsion from school resulting Her lather immediately began' to set asidd the ruling He died recently and Miss ugsley continued the court fight At a night hearing last week' Judge Bandy heard the testimony reserv ing decision until tonight HARTORD T(fGET AIRPLANEJ1ANGARS Offered by Post Office Department to Encourage Aviation Hartford Ct April Two mail service airplane hangars offered to Hartford by the United States post oflico department have? been accepted by the Hartford aviation commission The hangars will accommodate six planes and will be set up on the mu nicipal aviation field here The erec tion is expected to be completed in May and would facilitate a possible air mail service between New York and Boston In the future The han a a A I TA I gars were onerea rPiPnKZr1 S2500 bait vhi inn PrP director of the rankiin company THE WEATHER orecast for New England The weather bureau forecast indi cates for northern New England cloudy today tomorrow no change in temperature for south ern New England fair today to morrow cloudy no change in tem perature for eastern New York fair on the coast cloudy in the interior today tomorrow unsettled and some what warmer probably followed by showers General Conditions and orecast The stofm that prevailed over the Great lakes and eastern states Tues day has passed to the St Lawrence valley and it has diminished greatly in Intensity although attended by rains within the last I hours in the North Atlantic states and rains and snow in the region of the Great lakes Another storm of consider able intensity had its center last night over the Texas Panhandle whence it will move northeastward The temperature has fallen decidedly throughout the Atlantic states Tne southwestern disturbance will move northeastward in the region of the Great lakes today and tomorrow and showers tomorrow in the North Atlantic states vvinria 'North of Sandy moderate westerly winds and gener ally fair weatner touay Hook to Hatteras moderate able winds mostly westerlyweather today Weather in Springfield The weather yesterday according to the Springfield armory report and in comparison with the corresponding day iast year was as follows reight Strikes Washout and conference of representatives of Plunges Into Lake bunapee thq Springfield Street Railway com phny and of the authors of alLplans rrCI mV TWl? All for routing trolly lines from the new I bridge which have been suggested as I NEW YORK EXPRESS alternatives of the Court square ex tension loop advocated by the com I Ely dnS Several New England Water JoroplJ" Courses lood Lowlands the board of aidermen Monday night Wock Ont Culverts in a final effort to settle upon a and WaSfl UUI VU1VCIL8 satisfactory solution in time to pre DPllnvvc alls Mills Menaced vent delay in the opening of the DCllOWS railb IVllllb IViCiiavc bridge I Mayor Approves Conference Boston April Several New geS to England water courses notably the night as a nieans of settling the ap? Connecticut river went journeying parent aeaaiocK oeiween ue uugj company ana tne aiueiuien ed that he thought the idea a good flooding lowlands washing out one but that he would not act upon forcing railroads their schedules missal of the petition is conceded by whims all who witnessed the demonstration against the use of Court square ex tension at the hearing in the Audi Two torium Monday caused Representatives of the trolly com New HalnPshire pany and the city planning board Sunanee and advocates of the dozen or so Ljeer fireman and head brakeman of a other plans which' have been sug jrei ht tlajn were killed when their gested since the opposition to the in struck a washout in the roadbed use of the extension became appar plunged into Lake Sunapee ent would be invited to the confer Traffic between New York and Mon ence according to the plan of tne treal on the Rutland railroad was tieu mayor In this way it is hoped that today bv a landslide at Danby Vt the company may be persuaded t0 that derailed five cars of the south abandon its opposition to all alterna boUn(J vew York express last night five plans as expressed by President Clark Wood Tuesday a Compromise Expected Rising Waters Menace Belief that a track layout satisfac Millc al Rpllnws alls tory to both the trolly company and MUIS ai Dcllvvyo 1 aua the opponents of its Court square ex Bellows alls April 12 This has been a dav of anxiety with manj (Continued on Second Page) De 1 nn I residents because of the flood con I ditions of the 'Connccticut river at 4 WESTERN MASS rPsffigPOi Since 0 HLiUlLDUl t()night and indications are that It imt inr rirfTmimay not go higher than it was at MEN ARE ELEC 1 ED nvM lt This mornfnsc it was 141 10 W' The first stories ofa number of George Williamsbn Again lapXpan Heads S' inn' MiH inMOTlA I PP and higher Highways but of Bellows tlOn millineague lee I ag jn three directions are under UXnUMpn Ckncpn at various points between here rlOlyOKe IVlen vnosen I Ln(j Rockingham and Westminster New York April The value of Vt and in Walpole cotton linter pulp in the manufacture I MaiCarrw Tlay of paper was emphasized today by tvapOie this morning Under Seaman of Hopewell Va in estimating depth of water in the road an address before the: technical as he was forced to swim hocs seme distance his buggy noaiing sociation of the pulp and paper in meadows north of here oji dustry is1 in convention here le yermont side several farm build with various otherlpaper making or ings are surrounded and water is rnniiatinrs several feet deep in the first stones Oanizations The are iivjng jn the second He explained that the linter from storjes and using boats to get about which the pulp is made js tha residue jameg Albee owner of the first of lint that clings to cotton seed after north has lost several the usual ginning process and tha other stok 250090 tons of it are now available Preparations were made rarly to fibm the 1000 cotton seed oil mills Ij to ce a dam across the upper in the country Tests made with the the rai)road tunnel under the pulp he said been found to business section of the village if compare favorably with the puip necessary At 10 tonight the waller made from rags and that wten used 12 inches below the in tne prupuiuvn i and tra ins were still running new rags it would save the manu tjmes since the railroad faeturer from 5 to 10 cents apounu jn isno the dam has cn fine paper necessitated' The highest water was George EA Williamson of Mil Anrn io 1SG2 when the flood poured (Rtrathmnre Paner company) president of the Technical association and other officers were re elected Officers of other organizations were chosen as follows: National Paper Trade association of the United States: Bicknell of Cleveland president ritz Linden 1 of Boston vice presidents A Corning of Baltimore treasurer Horace A Moses Honored Writing Paper Manufacturers sociation tineague Mass (Strathmore company) and A Leahy vice presidents Naylor secretary treasurer Cover Paper Manufacturers asso ciation: rank Taylor of Holyoke Mass president (Taylbr Logan com pany) Quirk Jr of Ypsilanti Mich vice president Naylor secretary Book Paper Manufacturers asso ciation: Grellett Collins of Philadel phia president Smith of Bos ton and A Pratt of Kalamazoo Mich vice presidents Naylor secretary treasurer Lee Man Elected Glassine Greaseproof Paper Man ufacturers: Stevenson of Lee Mass president (Mountain Mill Paper Company) Boyer of Dexter vice president Towne of' New York secretary treasurer Vegetable Parchment Manufactur association: William Brunner of Paterson president Towne of New York secretary treasurer April 12 1022 April 12 1022 OI'f ERVA I'j on 7 am 2 pm t) pm 7 2 ti pm Congressional Probe Invited if Thought Necessary Says Cabinet Member After See ing Harding Secretary of War Weeks issued a formal statement at yes terday in reply to the charges de livered the day previous by Repre sentative of Michigan in which he denied ever having received a block of American Bosch Magnetostock in connection with the sale of the local company in 1918 Weeks declared that had not been connected with the firm of Ilornblower Weeks of Boston the company which figured prominently in the purchase since 1913 urther he expressed the greatest confidence this com pany He also announced that the wfir department would welcome any investigation' that Congress deemed advisable in connection with the charges of Woodruff The secretary's statement is under stood to been issued af(er con sultation with President Harding The President is known to be per sonally interested in the investiga tion of the Bosch sale now being conducted by the department of jus tice Attorney General Daugherty is sued a statement dealing with the Lincoln Motors case which was also mentioned by Woodruff but refrained from comment on the Bosch Case Moses to Investigate Sus pension? The suspension of Gaston Means from the department of justice which is understood to have been one of the motives for the present stir at Washington In connection with the Bosch sale is to be investigated by Senator Moses Republican of Nev Hampshire Moses has been interest ed in the Bosch case and the inves tigation of the Chemical oundation from the start suspension was followed by a stozmy interview between At 1 (Continued on onrfh Page) BRIGHTWOOD CELLARS ULL a THREE DIE IN TRAIN WRECK i 2 Ceremonies Mark Openings in Eight Eastern and West ern Cities President Harding Throws irst Ball at Both New York Teams Defeated Major league baseball was officially ushered in as the sport yesterday in four eastern and four western cities At all of the openings ceremonies of some kind were held It was a gala occasion at Washing ton where President Harding threw out the first ball in a game which saw the Yankees start off with a 6 to 5 defeat Besides the President' there were Vice President Coolidge cabinet members and other high gov ernment officials who witnessed the game from the Ntrw York Clubs Beaten Both the New York clubs were de feated the champion Giants by the Brooklyn Dodgers and the American league champions by the Senators Ruether and Nehf ffioth pitched good ball but errors aided the Brooklyn southpaw to his first offi cial victory of the season Gov Cox and Mayor Curley led the ceremonies at enway park in Bos ton where the Red Sox were defeated bv the lowly Athletics by to De spite the cold and raw weather over 19000 fans turneu out to see Harrj rejuvenated team aftbr tne.

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