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MORNING NINE PAID DAILY OIRCULATION Week Ending April. 2, 17,452 Week Ending April 9, 17,561 XO, NO. 87. REPARATION DEMANDS SERVED ON CANTONESE Five Powers Take Action As Result of Outrages at Manking, Panichment of Guilty Nationalist Officers Written Apology, Guarantee of Fatare Safety and Indemnity Are Required. VOL Washington, April 11.

(P) Three identic demands growing out of the Nanking outrages, described by the state department as (studiously moderate, but presented with all the force of joint action by the five great naval powers, were served today the political and military heads of the Chinese Nationalist regime. They called for: Punishment of Nationalist officers. Held directly responsible for attacks by their troops. Written apology and guarantee by the Nationalist commander in chief, Full reparation for personal Injurles and material losses sustained by foreigners at Nanking. With these specific terms went the stern warning: the nationalist authorities demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Interested governments their intention to comply promptly with these terms, the said sovernments will find themselves compelled to taker such measures as they deem appropriate." No Time Limit.

Set. What form those measures might take was not disclosed the communication presented by the consular representatives of the five governments at Hankow and Shanghai, bowever, to not an ultimatum in the sense that It fixes no stated time for compliance, under penalty: nor does it commit. the governments. of the United States Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy in advance to any course of action for enforcement, Jointly or separately. Indications are the Washington cover not determined yet what forceful steps it would conin the event of.

a to accept responsibility, for cutrages upon An ing. Whether the ments also have deferri tion, or have agreed jointly or other wise upon a tentative program of enforcement is not clear JEWISH WORKERS ENTHUSIASTIC Professional Men of. City Organ- Miss Ray Baron Heads Women's Team. Meeting last night for organization purposes in the $100,000 united Jewish appeal campaign, professional men of the city were exhorted to maintain the pace set by other groups, by their major, Samuel Jacobs, well known drusgist and realtor. Major Tacoba pointed out to his team that the ilk and realty divisions, are thoroughly, organized and prepared to wage an intensive campaign for funds, providing challenge to his group.

The meting was considerably cheered by the optimistic message brought to them by General Chairman Albert Hi Slater, who declared that in the years in which he has been interested in community cam paigns, he has never before witnessed such a spontaneous response to the call for assistance to put the campaign over. In the list of members of Major Jacob's team last night, were the following: Filbert L. Rosenstein, Reuben H. Retirin, J. Mort Jacobe, Joseph Freedman, Dr.

J. J. Greengrass, Albert M. Shulman, Dr. Adelman, Dr.

Samuel A. Ament, Dr. Emil Marks, Charles Schemach, Saul Mann, William Jatte, Mrs. Lawrence (Continued on Pace 11. Column 41 TO BE IN CABINET? Dwight W.

Morrow, New York banker, who was classmate of Fresident Coolidge's at Amherst, has been mentioned in rumors possible successor to Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover 11 Hoover would succeed Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg In the autumn. Secretary Kellogg has depied that he will realep. Postmaster-General Harry 8. New also has been mentioned as likely successop to Kellogs ORPHAN ASYLUM SHOWS Closes Success Work With BanK Balance.

The Paterson Orphan asylum sociation held Ate nual business meeting at the Market street Institution yesterday evening, Address were made by James Jordon, president of the organization, and the Rev. Hermon P. Williams, pastor of the Broadway Baptist church. Miss Mary Watson, secretary of the board of trustees, submitted her annual report. The following members of the assoolation, were elected to board of trustees: Thomas Alyes, Harold Ca Bickford, William Boyd, Jr.

Paul H. Day, George Hewitt, Arnold W. Kattermann. Ab. ram Vandermade: and Edmund Van Houten.

The board wilt meet this afternoon to select its officers for the ensuing year. The secretary's report Indicated a busy and successful year, and that the daily average of children throughout the year was one. The treasurer's report showed receipts of $32.942.80 and expenses of gain of for the year. Thirteen legacies to the value 314,553.59 were delved during the year and added to the endowment The yearly cost. of maintaining each child was $865.05 Eighty-one per cent.

of the work accomplished -was an free basis or outright charity. copy of the (Continued on PARe THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR POLICE By WILLIAM B. SEVER Seattle Chic of. Police. 1922 to 1920.

have told how Mrs. Berths Landes, acting-mayor, dinnissed me when refused to fire a hundred policemen. In what I had sapposed to be confidential conversation with the reporter of an evening per, had made the remark that in it were not for clyil service rules would Are certals on that didn't As one hun asked. don't know I replied, never ins that quoted. my then, when the santo out with a big headline that "Soveryns Would Fire 100 Cope The Ultimatum, When Mrs.

Landed becAme acting mayor Marot Brown was to THE GIRL SCOUTS CLOSE DRIVE Troops Are Successful Raising $4,000 Budget Fund. The girl scout qual financial campaign came to an official close yesterday afternoon with $2,563.15 collected by means of the dollar drive and $1,500 received through annual subscriptions by letter, making a grand total of $4,063.15. The drive was for $4,000, so that the girls went over the top with an access of $63.15 and some troops not yet heard from. Campaign officials hope that the tund will be swelled. to $5,000 by the time all returns are in.

Persons, still desirous of contributing and not solicited by any of the scout membershis. can mail their donations to headquarters at 195 Broadway, Thanks Is extended to all who have helped in any way to assist in the I campaign: Haledon troops, Nos. and working jointly, won honors among the girls in the size of their returns. They brought In $416.50. They were exceeded only by headquarters.

who reported $482. Troop No. 19 came third with $248. Others bringins in more than $100 each were troop No. 1, $205; troop No.

8, $200; the council, $190; Glen Rock, and troop No. 7, $125.75. Others reported amounts tollows: troop. No. 20, $80.10: No.

4 $78; No. 3, No. 14, $645 No. 5, $55: Pompton, $50; Lakeview No. No.

11, $40; No. No. 15, $32; St. John's, $15; No. 18, $11; No.

2, $10; Albion Place, $10; No. 18, No. 19 and Columbia Heights, $6 each; West Paterson, $4.25, and No. 16, $2. BEGIN NEW FIGHT FOR RELEASE OF SACCO, VANZETTI Defense Comma old Boston, April 11 UP A letter askins for the appointment of mission of five 'Impartial to conduct thorough Publio investigation at the Sacco Vanzetti case, was sent to Governor Alvan T.

Puller tonight, by. the executive committee or the Sacco Vanzetti detense committee. the governor that there were matters In the case that had never been disclosed, the letter pointed out that the framers of the, state constitution had placed in the hands of the governor powers to. intervene in such cases which were dented the state supreme court because of limitations of our legal procedure. POLICE ELECT ROE PRESIDENT Sergeant Will Head Burial Fund Association This Year.

The annual meeting of the Fo lice Burial Fund association was Held last night at police headquarters, when officers were elected for the following year. The Inancial statement showed that the fund is in an exceptionally fine condition, due to the careful handling of the association money by the The officers elected were: Premdent. Peter J. Roe; president, Emil Fichter: recording secretary, Henry Alber: financial secretary, Thomas Fitzsimmons: treasurer. Frank L.

Bott: trustees, J. J. Murphy, Albert C. Stengel. Thomas Lyons, Jullus Kuyl and Charles Simpson.

SAPIRO GETS A SHARP REBUKE FROM JUDGE Bitter Wrangles Between in Dollar L'Sel Suit and Ford Lawyer Outburst From Beach. Detrolt, April 11 UP After sharp rebuke from the court "Because of your apparent unwillingness to obey the injunction of the court. Aaron Sapiro today de manded and was refused a mistrial in his Mbel suit Henry Ford. The unexpected denouncement Just before the of a day had been devoted to Cher search through Sapiro' of connection Hu anis does PATERSON, N. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, COURT UPHOLDS INJUNCTION AS REMEDY FOR REFUSAL TO WORK Labor Unions and Members May Be Enjoined When Acts Con- Cares of Office Too Heavy, stitute Restraint of Interstate Fishkill elect Quits Commerce, U.

S. Supreme Fishkill, N. April 11 The civic pride of this Court Decides -Justices Bran- suffered village severe jolt deis and Holmes Dissent. Alay when the mayor-elect Washington, April 11 (P) -Labor unions and their members may be enjoined for refusing to work when their acts constitute restraint of interstate commerce, the supreme court held today in a case brought by the Bedford Cut Stone company and twenty-three other corporations against the Journeymen Stone Cuttera association of North America, its local unions and their officers. The national and local stone cutters unions required members to refrain from working on "unfair" stone and the Indiana Lime Stone companies, affected.

by the order, sought in federal courts to enjoin enforcement, contending it restrained interstate commerce in violation of the federal anti-trust (Continued on Page 11. Column announced the job was not worth bothering with and refused to take the oath of office. Freak Collyer, who had served one year and had been re-elected for two-year term, would add nothing to his comment that the Job "given the person holding it too much trouble." HEALTH LECTURE THIS EVENING Physicians, nurses, and welfare workers in the city and neighboring localities are planning to attend the lecture to be given at the Y. M. C.

A. building, Ellison street, tonight, at on Page 11. Column PARK AVENUE STRUCTURE BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE RIFT IN LUTE JARS LEAGUE ARMS PARLEY Britain and Italy Appear at COOMOCE PROJECT SEEN AS THE ONLY RECOURSE Lord Cecil Stresses Success Washington Naval Conference and Pine Faith to President's Plan of Future Negotiations. Geneva, April 11 (P) -With France, Great. Britain and Italy apparently.

hopelessly split, the League of nations preparatory disarmament rarley today. appeared seriously. in danger of breaking up. Simultaneously the naval conferenos, convoked by President Cool which Lord Robert Cecil. the British delegate, brought into today' discussion, took on a new importance as the only disarmament conference.

which looms up as a certainty in the near future. The split, which developed between France, Great Britain and Italy, was on the problem of whether the details of naval building programs shall be definitely revealed in advance by the signatory nations. When the differences apparently had reached a deadlock. President Loudon announced that the commission would adjourn on Thursday for four days over the Easter holiday and would reassemble on April 19 to consider matters which have agreed upon. Then the commission will again.

adjourn without fixing a date for. Its next meeting in order to give the delegates time for reflection. Delegates. Pessimistic Although Lord Cecil announced at today's meeting that Great Britain, In a spirit of concession, would agree to limit air and naval electives, accord had been achieved on 80 few saliant points that the delegates left the commission room in a pessimistic frame of mind. The real drama of the day came when Lord Cecil painted a picture of the brilliant success of the Washington naval conference and rexpected and hoped for succesthe forthcoming "Coolidge con rence." Lord Cecil declared Great Brit not possibly sites to any thing now which in any.

way would hamper this latter conference and that nothing should be done which would seem to throw doubt on the complete liberty of Action of' the power attending that conference. M. Paul Boncour, French delegate aretorted that the genera disarmament conference for which the preparatory commission Was preparing the Important thins. and that the private Coolidge conTerence might well be guided by its At this point Hugh Gibson, the American Telegate. intervened to assure the commission that the United States was whole heartedly with: the Geneva effort and that It did not desire to subordinate the success of the league conference to the power con versa CALL.

PUPILS MAY BUILD SCHOOL Addition to Vocational Building to Be Done By Students, Favored. The project of making an addition to the Paterson vocational school, at Summer and Ellison streets, was viewed with favor by sub-committee of the board of education, yesterday afternoon, at meeting in the city hall. Director James F. Mason and Superintendent John R. Wilson met with the committee, which comprises Commisstoner Edward Livingstone, chairman; President John E.

O'Connor and Commissioner Harold D. Green. The committee voted to recommend to the entire board, at Its monthly meeting, Thursday eve ning, the passage of a resolution asking the board of school Estimate for $150,000, to be used in the purchase of the necessary adjoining property, and the erection of skeleton framework. It is the plan of the trustees to have the students of the school do the mason and carpentry work, painting, electrical wiring. thus giving the students practical experience and abling the city to have added vocational school facilities at a minimum of cost.

It is very probable that the entire board will concur in the recommendations of its committee and as soon as the resolution is passed at the meeting Thursday, night, it will be referred to the board of estimate for consideration, along with the resolution passed at the March meeting, asking for the appointment of an architect to' the preparation of plans and specifications for a school building in the Trenton avenue section. SNYDER WOMAN: LOSES PLEA FOR SEPARATE TRIAL Widow of Husband Will Face Court With Charged With New York, April 11 (P) Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, her paramour, must stand tria! together, for the murder of the woman's husband, Albert Snyder, March 20, Supreme Court Justice Townsend Scudder ruled late today. They will be called for trial in Long Island City Supreme court Aprit 18. Justion Scudder's decision war made attar the submission of briefs following arguments before him this afternoon Dana 'allace, Mrs.

Snyder's at torney, for a separate, trial District Attorney sought a Joint. trial and at the close, Samel L. Miller, Gray' Inwyer, unex pectedly, it seemed, force with those of the representative of the people and joined in opposition to the motion for a severance. SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLATURE MEETS THURSDAY Lawmakers Will Change Date for Vote On Constitutional Amendments and Consider Increase in Judiciary. session of the 151st legislature of Trenton, April 11, UP) A special New Jersey will be called at 11 o'clock Thursday morning to change the date of an election on proposed constitutional amendments, inadvertently fixed to fall on September 27, the feast of the Jewish new year.

In making that announcement today, Governor A. Harry Moore said also that a bill would be introduced creating two additional circuit court Judgeships to relieve congestion on calendars of that bench. Cases now pending number 8,579. MAY ENLARGE DYEING PLANT The application of the Clifton Piece Dye Works to construct an addition, 25x40 feet, to the plant at 59-63 Laurel street, was approved by the board of adjustment. at a special meeting yesterday afternoon, in the mayor's office of the city hall.

On property immediately adjoining, at 55-57 Laurel street, the adJustment commissioners voted approval to Gustave Grieder for the building of an addition to his mill, 24x30 feet. Secretary William B. Burpo reported two new applications, which were ordered advertised for public hearing at the next regular meeting, on Tuesday evening, April 19. They are: Joseph Bachman, 388 Pacific street, for an casement of tive feet, to permit the erection of a garage, on a twenty-five 'oot lot, and Elliot R. Coo for Davis Stein, for the erection of an eight-family tenement, at 407-409 East Thirtyfifth street.

a followed rat 13. a Sun risen, Moon sets, 1927. Claze Starting in Cellar Breaks Out On Third Floor- Buildings Endangered- Losses Estimated at $10,000 -Overheated Furnace the Cause. Damage estimated at $10,000 was caused by fire in the three-story trame store and dwelling building at 305 Park avenue, early last night, the Interior of the building being rutted. The is believed to have been caused by in overheated tugproperty to owned by the Paterson National bank.

The blaze discovered at o'clock when an alarm was sound ed from station 546, Seventeenth avenue and East Twenty -first street and by the time the first fire companies reached the scene the terior of the building was in flames. The fire started in the collar and worked its way throtgh the walls to. the third door where it broke out! and it was only after hard work by firemen that the entire building was saved from destruction. The first floor of the bullding is vacant the present time, the second floor occupied by Thomas Spagnola, and the third by Frank Newman. The building adjoining at 749-751 Bast Twenty-secoi street, was damaged by smoke and water, but firemen managed to keep the flames from spreading to this structure.

The first floor of this building is occupied by Joseph Carro, barber and Harry Shields, plumber: the second by Thomas Sherwood and the third by Robert L. Fitzpatrick. Traffic was suspended on the Busquehanna railroad when It became her essary for Bremen to streter lines of hose across the rails and traffic was also at a standstill in Park -avenue for fully an hour. Sergeant Geary and a squad of police kept the large throng of spectators at a safe distance so that firemen were not hampered. ALLEGED MAIL THUG MAY HEAR FATE TONIGHT State Rests Case Against James Sweeney, Accused of Elizabeth Murder and Robbery--Defendant Takes Stand.

Elizabeth, April 11 (P) Two witnesses today laid hands of Identifcation upon the shoulder of James Sweeney, on trial in court of oyer and terminer as one of a gang of seven that slew John P. Enz, mail truck driver. stole $151,700 here on October 1926. The state rested its case late in the afternoon, and Sweeney took the stand in his own defense, after his attorneys had introduced two slips of paper purporting to, prove that he was visiting a prisoner. at Sing Bing prison, New York, when the crime was committed.

Sweeney swore that he met Mra Jean Harrigan and Roy Mulcal.y in New York that day and rode in the latter's automobile to Ossining to see the woman's husband. A former prisoner at the Institution, Sweeney said, he feared he would not be admitted, and registered as BranThe papers bore the names of Branley and Sweeney, both in the defendant's handwriting, for comparison with the prison register. Sweeney corroborated by Mrs. Harrigan and her husband who followed him to the stand. Indicaat were that the would tomorrow.

PRICE THREE CENTS 20e per week delivered WAR MEMORIAL PLAZA PLANS ARE ENDORSED WEE GOLF STAR Miss Ariel Vilas, above, twelve years old, startled -golf enthuslasts recently when she played though to the semi-finals in a recent en's tourney at Hot Springs, Ark her home. Women from ten states were her opponents, DEMOCRATS SEEK LOOPHOLE Would Attack. Amendments Procedure in Court- Senator Willams Dissents. Separation of the proposed changes in the state constitution providing biennial legislative sions and longer terms for the ernor and legislator is impossible, Senator Henry A. Williams, Passaic county member declared last n'ant.

In so stating. Senator Williams had in mind the possibility of group of Essex county Democratic lawyers launching an attack the courts on the constitutionality of the bill providing for submission to the voters in September of five amendmenta to the state constitution. The proposed changes to fix the terms of the governor and at tour years and the assen bly members at two years and to hive the legislature meet every two years are linked together in one amendment and Senator Williams 6x- pressed the bellef that this not only a valid proposition but one which involves questions that cou'd not well be separated. For instance. he pointed out, it they were 80 arranged as to be voted upon individually, there might arise the situation where approval might be given to biennial sessions and not to (Continued on Page 11, Column 21 City Plan Commission Gives Approval-May Enlarge Committee.

Mayor McLean Asked to Request Memorial Committee to ceed -Shaft to Be Provided for By Popular Subscription. Endorsement of the war memo. rial plaza project at Broadway the Boulevard was given by the city commission at its meeting in the city hall yesterday afternoon. Mayor Colin M. McLean asked to request the memorial committee headed by Vice-Chancellor Vivian M.

Lewis to take active steps toward effectuating the plan and, if deemed necessary, to enlarge the present committee to a size mora in keeping with the great magnitude of the project and the amount. of work to be done. The action was approved by Chair. man Dr. T.

Dunning and Commissioners Bertram H. Saunders H.nry A. Schneider, Simon H. Ur dang, Frederick T. Horandt and Max Lifsitz.

The project contemplates the development of a large and beautiful plaza at the intersection of the Houlevard and Broadway with war memorial shaft in the centre for which it is ed to raise by publie subscriptica with every citizen particip: the sum of $100,000. The land that was necessary to compiete the circular plaza has been do nated by Jacob Fabian, a member of the city plan ammission and it expected that the board of works and finance commission will ovide the funds for paving. In time, It is hoped that the freeholders of Par salo and Bergen counties will erect a new bridge across the river at this Faint. Commissioner Saunders reporta that de and were ranging to meet with to. discuss the of providing for a finer atment then now planned overhead bridges de the Bros Market street and other portant crossings where the ration of the tracks from the street 18 soon to be undertaken, In cordance with the grade crossing elimination plan.

The present plans (Continued on Pace 11. Coloma M'CUTCHEON PRAISES YATES County Clerk Also Commends Mitchell to Republican Voters. Declaring that Roy T. Yates. publican candidate for the state atorial nomination la fully qualified for the office, John president of the John Republican league, in addressing member of that organization 1 their headquarters, 238 Main last evening, said the senatorial candidate was the one man in sale county, who could be assured of emulating Senator Henry A.

lams. Mr. McCutcheon, in urging the members of the organization "work your heads off" for Mr. praised Mr. Williams for the much progressive work he has done dus ing his incumbency and said he felt assured that "Roy Yates' will follow in "our present Senator's footsteps Particularly did Mr.

McCutched (Continued on Page 11, Column SIXTY-FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE CALL'S MARBLE TOURNAMENT Thousands of Youngsters Practicing to Qualify for North Jersey Championship and Right to Go to National Tourney at Atlantic City as This Paper's Guest Rivalry Is Tremendous in City and Suburbs. practice forgotten the Incident. But evi Mrs. Landes or her advises had not forgotten it. On June 24, 1924 she served me with the ultimatum, which, In substance wast "'Fire 100 cops or quit? She save me until o'clock the follow ins day to carry out the order.

The mayor had one maid, although both the late Henry had counseled lonying at this thine. He told us, however, that he had Mt. Lander assurance that she would do to Chat she would merely carry out. the routine of the office Yet here with her ultimatum. I began packing my things at the office that night, cab wing very well that there be putcome, Next day, June pent her my which Pupils of sixty-five schools of Paters and neighbori: 3 lualities have entered The Morning Call marble tournament for the championship of Northern New winner of which will be sent by T.

Call to compete for the national championship at the National marble tournament to be held at Atlantic City during the last week in June. The competition is bound to be most interesting one, Paterson having entered twenty-six schools; Clifton, fourteen; Ridgewood, six; Hawth rne, four, and Prospect Park one. In addition fourteen parochia schools in this district have come into the tournament, the arrangements for the preliminary contests in these schools being in charge of Rev. William J. Carlin, of St.

George's R. C. church, who member of the general tourname? committee, A peculiar thing about the tour nament is that the schools of smaller municipalities seem to that they have nothing to fear Paterson school boys, and their (Continued on Page 11, column Classification Director (Tition Sod Section, Radio Programs Social News Women's Page Sporting.

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