New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1921, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ! L ESTABLISHED 1870. « ELIHU ROOT DECLINES TO TAKE WORLD MOORE’S CHANCES BETTER . Either Hea;l;f. Pound, Another American, Are Likely To Be Selected By International Vote League Meeting Today Ad- dressed By, Bourgoise, Who Sees No Reason to Fear U. S. Conference. Geneva, Sept. 1 (By Pross)—Elihu Root has definitely d elined to be considered for election as | Judge of the International court of ju: tice. In cablegram to Dr. Manley O. Hudson who is here in the capacity of | American observer Mr. Root declares| he will be unable to serve on the court | because of his age | The refusal of Mr, Root a candidate for a judgeship is said increase the chance of either John Bas- | sett Moore or Prof. Roscoe Pound, two | other Americans nominated for the| court to be elected. Mr. Root's cablegram was in reply to & personal message of inquiry, and the American jurist sald he deeply regret- ted he could not serve on the court| because it was too great a responsibility | for one to assume at the age of 76. Some delegates to the sembly of the league of nations notably Gaston Da Cunha of Brazil, declared today | they favored the election of Mr. Root, despite his cablegram, as an honor The contents of the cable from Mr. Root was made known informally to the delegates ore today's session of the assembly opened and there many expressions of keen regret over | his refusal to accept a place on the| International court. A number of dele- | gations indicated they would substitute | the name of John Bassett Moore for| that of Mr. Root when the election | takes place on Wednesday. Assoclated to become | to were | Geneva, Sept. 12.—(By the Associat- ©a Press)—Gustav Ador, former pr ident of Switzerland, was elected hon- orary president of the assembly of tb league of nations today. Like Political Convention The .meeting of tho delegates tfis morning took on the aspects of a na- 16nal political convention In theUnited | States, the election of judges of the| {mternational court being a theme of universal interest. The delegates as- rembled in small groups hurried from one gathering to another to can- vass the situation These animate co~ferences delayed today's session 15 minutes despite President Van Karne- beek's ardent desire that the assembly should get to work promptly. Urges More Publicity When the day's proceeding’s open- ed delegate Urrutia of Colombia spoke in continuation of the general debate, praising higSly the work of the league's counvil. He declared the league's act In instituting the interna- tiunal court afforded striking evideace of the league's vitality and efficiency. In the course of his remarks Senor Urrutia urged a larger degree of pubicity for the league’s doing ““The news of what is going on In the league must not continue to be, as now, the property of a few selecte: spirits” he sald Frenchman Speaks Leon Bourgolse of France continu- ing the debate, declared there was no reason for the league to be alarmed by the coming disarmament confer- ence at Washington. “The league respects national sentl- ments” he sald, “and recognizes that those who are outside as well as those who are insidet he league I the right to occupy themselves with the gruat question of dl mament. “It 1s not to be expected” added M | >ar. NEW BRITAIN HERALD! 1921. —TWELVE PAGES. PHILIPPINE MISSION HAS COMPLETED ITS WORK AND HAS SENT REPORT T0 U. 8. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER “FATTY” ARBUCKLE HELD FOR MURDER OF GIRL AFTER MURDER THEORY IN PLACE OF SUICIDE U. S. District Attorney Thinks Fitzpatrick Was Slain FUNERAL IS HELD TODAY Many Attend Services in Waterbury COURT POST, SAN ANTONIO PEOPLE RAISING OWN RELIEF Already Collect $17,47S to Aid Those Who Are Without Homes. This Morning — Authoritics: Will 12.—Re- had been of San 000" for San Antonio, Tex., Sept. lef funds totalling $17, subscribed today by eitizen Antonio toward a goal of relieving the distress of those who lost possessions in the torrent of Saturday morning which swept aver tke lower section of the city. Property damage wis fixed at not more than $5,000,000 in a statement by C. B. Yandell, general manager of the Chamber of Commerce while the death list was still uncertain some | estimates running as high ag 100 dead including the 47 bodigs recovered. | Train scrvice in and out of ~ the city was approaching normal today numerous washbuts on varidus lines having been repaired. In the ‘same | athedral, San Fernando, which. has (Continued .on Ninth Page.) OBSERVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY | Mrs. Frederick C. Monler, Senior, are Surprised by Relatives from New Jersey—Golden Wedding. Make Every Effort to Solve Mystery of His Death. New York, Sept. 12.—The belief that Frank J. Fitzpatrick, head o! tha fed- eral narcotic squad was murdered af- ter a spectacular drug and liquor raid on the steamship King Alexander last Friday was expressed today by United Attorney E. J. Collins of Brook- investigatora generally had accepted tha theory that Fitz- patrick stepped into a .washroom on the dock after the raid and fired two bullets into his heart. ‘Suicide waa tha official finding of an adtopsy. Will Order Investization. Col, O.'G. Forrer of the internal revenue service at Washington, who i1 conducting an investigation into the deatn said he leaned to the suicide theory ut first, but was now waverins and would sift the murder theory 10 the bottom. After a conference, Col. Forrer and Mr. Collins went to the dock to inspect the scene of Fitzpatrick’'s death. Collins pointed out that while shota were heard, only one bullet w. found in the body. Ko said it was pos- sible for a bullet to have been frcd at the officer from a window in tho wasliroou: today Ac two Mr. and Mrs. Frederick' C. Monier, senior, observed their golden weddirg \nntversary yesterday at their home at 175 Maple stroet. About 30 rélatives of the couplc came up from Newark, New Jersey, and dropped into pay their respects. The couple have three children, Fred C, Monier, Jr.,, Theo-" dore Monier and Mrs. Sheflield Clark of Bassett strect. \ Moniet ‘were married ark, New Jersey, in 1871, and in 1888 M#. Monlet, senior, accepted a position ‘with tha North and' Judd factory, moving to New Britain whenre he has lived' éver since. Mr. Monier is a Civil War veteran, befng a mem- ber of the Second New Jerdey Field artillery: He was accepted for serv- ice when he'was 19 years old. ' TABS PLAN ANNIVERSARY Affair Will Be Held Hall, Heads Committee. Funeral Held Today. Waterbury, Sept. 12.—Funeral serv- | ices for Frank J. Fitzpatrick, narcotic | agent whosa death occurred at Brook- Iyn, N. Y., after the sensational raid on tho Greek steamship, King Alexander, | last Friday morning, wera largely at- tended in thia city today: Several fed- eral agents who wete associated with Fitzpatrick in his work cama from New York for the, services. . Ralph Oyler, chiet field narcotic agent for the stato of New York, gave an interview whila here in which he said he could not belleve Fitzpatrick had committed suicide. Ho waa very closa ito Fitz- patrigk and-was with him all through the work of planning and executing the raid. There was absolutely no. motive for suicide, he declared. ,Fits- patrick went into the washroom of the ferry house alone and it would have been possible, he thought for some enemy to follow him and gain posses- sion of his (Fitspatrick’s) gun with which to kill him. Oyler Was positive that Fitzpatrick's accounts with the government would beifound in perfect condition. T4, HE WANTS JOB Applicant Willing To Dig i is 17 Year Old Boy Who Seeks Em- ployment Today. New applicants for jobs at the office of the Municipal Employment. bureau | in the city building teday ranged in age from 17 to 71. Included were two men who gave their age as 63. Both the 17 and the 71 year old .applicants represented ‘themselves as able bodied and willing to do ‘‘pick and shovel’ work. The bureau segt out 53 men this morning for street work. No sewer work is being doné for a few days, the resylt being that fewer men can.:be sent out .on city work. TRADE IS INGREASING in . Lafayette Etreet 13—Luke Walsh President Luke Walsh ‘of the Y. M. T. A. & B, society has been named cHairman of a committee ap- pointed to arrange for the observ- ance of the Tabs' 40th annivefsary, and Willlam A. Forsythe has been named secretary of the committe. The affair will be held in the Tabs' hall on the evening of Ot- tober 13. An entertainment will: be provided, refreshments served, speak- heard and dafcing enjoyed. Aniong the speakers who willl be invited is Rev. John F. Ryan, state president of the C T.'A. U.; The eommitter mn chi of. ‘the event is ¢omposed of the fallowing members: Luke ,Walsh, Willlam A. Forsythe, Philip Duffy. Jémes Walsh, Jr.. Willlam Lowe, ‘Francis Coffay, and James H. Riley, October Streets, As WHISKEY RESTRICTIONS ' ON DRU Wasningtan, D. hibition Commission. rected that more rigid sugervision be exercised in handling apphcations -of druggists for whiskey permits.in order that the bond requirements may be (Continued on Eleventh Page). more tully met by applicants, Monthly Foreign Trade Summary of AMERICAN WOOLEN CO. IS PLANNING TO IMPORT ARTICLES FROM GERMANY BAR ARBUCKLE PICTURES Medford, Mass., Mayor Will Not Permit His Reels Until Case is Disposed of. 12.—Mayor notified all motion ple- ture houses in this city that films of Roscoe ‘‘Fatty' Arbuckle, the s star held in San Francisco in conn. tion with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, would be barred until Arbuckle's Medford, Mass., Haines today Sept, reen | Government Shows August More Pro- fitable Than Was July. ‘Washington, Sept. 12.—Exports' in- | creased approximately $£51,000,000 and imports about $17,000,000 during Aug- ust as compared: with July according to monthly foreign trade summary issued | today by the commerce department. | Exports during August aggregated $375,000,000 as compared with $321,- | 000,000 during July and with $578,000 000 in August, 1920, ports for the| month reached the highest total of the year since March when the figure was | $387,000,000, Bee L I Victims of ZR-2 Are Joston, Sept. 2. e merican 2 1 Woolen Co. may tmport manufa Due in U. S. On Friday, Mured goods from Germany and other New York, Sept. —The British | European countri where uiser, Dauntless, assigned by the Investigation Shows Expor- tation From U. S. Under Present Cenditions is Not l Pessible. | | the case in any way PARTY IN HIS ROOM Ante-Mortem Statement of Young Movie Actress Brands Famous Comedian As Her Assailant. San Francisco, Sept. 12—Police auth- orities today continued their investiga- tion into the circumstances surround- ing the death of Miss Virginia' Rappe, for whose alleged murder Roscoe ‘“*Fatty’’ Arbuckle is being held. All prosecution witnesses, ny of whom attended the party in Arbuckle’s suite at a local hotel last Monday, were un- der guard of police detectives last night, the police said. Dist. Attorney Matthew San Francisco county, in aid ‘that evidence in his Brady of sault or an attempted as petrated.” Arbuckle Is Blamed. “Miss Rappe died a direct result of internal injurie: . Bracy's ment said. ‘“The evidence discloses be- yond question that this was'caused by Arbuckle. We know from the evidence that Arbuckle seized Miss Rappe and dragged her into his bedroom stating: “I have waited for you for five years and now I have got you.' First Degree Murder. A formal charge of first degree mur- der, San Francisco police authoritles have announced will be preferred to- day against Arbuckle. Arbuckle is held without bail. He was a ed last Saturday night on his rival from Los Angeles and was book- ed on a charge of murder. He is con- fined in a small cell, No. 12, on the hall of justice tier known as ‘‘felony row."" The Arbuckle case, his connection, if | any, with the death of Miss Rappe, is scheduled to be brought before the San Francisco county grand jury tonight. Accused Keeps Silent. Arbuckle has requested that none but his attorneys be allowed to see him at the hall of justice. He declined yester- day on the advice of counsel to make any statement. His lawyers also re- fused to make a statement or discuss ault was per- Police yesterday were busy examin- ing witnesses, whom they say will be presented to the grand jury tonight These witnesses number 22 and are be- ing guarded by police detectives. Examination of the body of N Rappe Dr. Shelby P. Strange, acting autopsy surgeon reported, revealed 11 bruises. A complete autopsy is to be performed before the cordaer’s inquest (Continued on Second Page.? 12, RUNAWAY FREIGHT CARS PLAY PRANK Three Gates, Wooden Bridge and Auto Truck Demolished ——— NEAR ELM STREET CROSSING Big Cars Plunge Through Landers, Frary & Clark Factory Gates—Stop When Another Train Is Hit—No One Is Injurcd. A “runaway” train of five freight cars, laden with coal and consigned to the Landers Frary & Clark factony, ran into an open switch near the City Lumber and Coal grounds short- ly before noon today, and bearing down in the direction of Landers plart tore away two wooden and one iron gates, knocked a bridge into kindling, de'nolished an automobile truck and then buckled up against another freight train. Serious Crash Averted. Had it not been for the fact that the other train was on the track within the factory grounds those who witnessed the accident calculate that the “runaway” train would have left the tracks at the end of the line and plunged its way into the factory prop- er. Fortunately no vehicles or pedes- trians chanced to be crossing EIm street at the point where the com- pany's track is laid. The speed at which the freight cars were traveling was estimated to be about 25 miles n hour. At the time the crossing was unprotected. Given “Flying Switch.” It had been planned to switch the | consignment of coal to a sliding op- posite the factdry on Commercial street until such time as the yards were cleared sufficiently to allow of unloading. The switcher freed the five cars, after running for several hundred feet, in what is known as a “flying switch,” the cars being al- lowed to run along without power. Instead of taking the switch that would have led the cars to the sid- ing, the train swerved around at the curve heading toward the factory ard. Two heavy wooden gates were laid low without any apparent less- ening of speed. Some resistance was offered by a heavy iron gate, but it was not sufficient t> hold back the progress of the train. Bridge Knocked Down. About 15 yards inside the gates, a bridge was encountered. The bridge is a wooden affair which is used in (Continued on Eleventh Page:) RAISES $1 BILL TO $10 AND SPENDS IT ON “MOONSHINE” AT $2 PER QUART Petis Romga Appeals From $50 Fine — O’Keefe is Sent to Jail—Other Court Cases, Charged with passing a one dollar bill which had been raised to $10 by pasting the fizure 10 over the 1 where- | €ver- it occurred on the bill and then buying whiskey at'$2 a quart, Peus| Romga was found guilty in police court , this morning and fined $50 by | Judge Georze W. Klett. Bail for ap- peal was fixed at $200. s Moonshine $1 a Pint. According to the evidence, Peus ana a friend Charles Gajauskus were talk- | ing on st Main street one evening | several weeks ago when they were ap- | proached by Adam Gozalis. .Peus re-| quested Adam to pay him four dol-| lars he ‘had .borrowed several months]| ago, Adam replied by ‘stating that he had considerable money, having just! sold a farm, and offered what appeared to be a $10 bill." Having no change Peus offered to step into a nearby sa- loon and get change. Adam' is alleged | to' have said, *‘No, don’t go in .there, ] they charge too muéh for a- drink. Come up on Washington street, I know where you can get moonshine for §1 a |'pint ** Got Change Outside. The trio went to the home of Mrs. alla Sutka, at 224 Washington | street. - Peus and Charles went in ana, | according to their statements, denied by the woman, purchased a pint of whisk- ey’ Mrs Sutka would not permit them | to take it out, so they called Adam in| and drank the pint inside. According to Charlie’s testimony they took anoth- | er pint along when they left. After they got outside Peus gave Adam $4| remaining out of the §8 he had receiv- | ed in change. | Notified Police. | When Mrs. Sutka attempted to make SPIKER’S ROMANCE ENDED; WIFE FLEES Man Whe Wedded His Brother’s Para- ow Says He Is Deserted By English*Girl. Baltimore, - Sept, 12.—The romance of Mrs. Emily Knowlés Spiker which created a sensation two years ago when, as the mother of Perley Spiker’s child, she came to America from England to wed his brother, Guy Spiker, has been hattered. Mrs. Spiker, who lived with Guy Spiker in East Baltimore, has dis- appeared. b The child which had been adopted by Perley Spiker’s wife. when she forgave her husband for his infidelity while with the American army overseas is at the home of the Perley Spikers. The JEnglish girl left her home sev- eral weeks ago, according to her hus- band, leaving a note saying that she no longer cared to live with him. She went of her own free will,” id Guy Spiker last night, ‘‘and she can stay.” Guy Spiker has been out of work for some time and his wife sought’ em- ployment. For more than a month, it is ‘understood, she :had been employed at a military camp. $2,300 IN FINES IHPOSED Bristol Police Court Lays Heavy Penal- ties on 15 Persons Arrested for Sell- ing Liquor. Bristol, Sept. 12.—Fines imposed in the local court today on 15 persons ar- rested Saturday night for alleged sale or keeping of intoxicating iiquors to- talled 00. The raids on saloons were made by private detectives who had been asked case has been disposed of in the courts. e In one picture house an Arbuckle film was withdrawn on the mayor's orders. lower tham in the mills he Pr dent Williamt M. Wood on his return | to his desk today from a trip to Eu- | ror said Me expected a report with-| in a day or two coveririg this possi- | | tility from Chester L. Dane, pre |dent of the American Woolen Pro ucts Co., ‘a subsidiary who has just | completed -an independent investiga- | |tion of conditions abroad. | Exportation Impossible. | | *“Exportation of manuf v'lur(‘fl" from the United Stat is | the question under existing | condjtions,” Mr. Wood said. end in mind Mr. Dane to study European con- what could be done ani: n alive. It that Europe, e is making goods ours. Trade fol- the flag. These to come to this We want to find 12,—~The latest aturing Roscoe Los Angeles, film production (Fatty) Arbuckle, Id in jafl in San Francisco in connection with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, was cancelled last night at one of the local motion picture houses. The film had been showing all last week and last night was to have been its final ap- pearance. The owner of the theater to comment upon the car No explanation was made other film was substituted for buckie picture. pr f h woolens out of economic “With this went abroad ditions and to keep his must be pecially Germany, at costs far below lows the price, hot products are going country anyhow. declined sellation when an- the Ar- seé ES OVER NIAGARA Niagara Falls, N. Y., Sept. 12.—The Pdy of & negro woman was ‘taken the mouth of Niagara river at ungstown early today. The body is wved to have passed over the falls ough the rapids. » A (Continued on Eleventh Page) mander of the Dauntless today. | Day, was captured at C |a purchase at n nearby store the next bodies of Americans who lost their | morning she discovered the bill was lives in the ZR-2 disaster will arrive | raised and immediately notified the pol- {n New York at 2:30 p. m. next Fri- | ice. day. This intormation was received ! Romga was represented by Attorney in a wireless dispatch from the com- | Patrick McDonough, Prosecuting At- torney A. A. Greenberg represented the = state. CONSP! 2 TRED. | Toledo, O., Sept. 12—Charles Schuliz one of the three men convicted of con- spiracy in connection with the million dollar post office robbery who escaped | it violated from the Lucas county jail on Labor sey, 12 miles west of Toledo, shortly before noon to ay by a squad of Toledo police, feder- al authorities announced, British admiralty to bring home the Violated Probation, ““When a man is placed on probation it means something,” said Judge Klett. ““To/place a man on probation and have in a short time makes a | (Continued on Scventh page.) -~ [ | THE WEATHER. PR 12.—Forecast TAK Peking, § Dr POST IN CHINA. | 'pt. 12 (By Associated | Jacob Gould Schurman, the new American minister to China, pre- sented his credentials to President Hshu Shih Chang today and formally assumed his post. Hartford, for New Bri Unsettled tonight. - Tuesday fair, moderate temperature. | * | to do this by local authorities. Bar- tenders were fined $200 and costs each and the proprictors of saloons against whom there was no direct charge of making a sale were edch fined $50 and costs on the charge of maintaining a place for sale of liquor. American I;egion Men Are Back From France New York, Sept. 12.—Two hundred anr fifty members of the American Legion, headed by National Com- mander John G. Emery who left here August 4 on the George Washington to attend the dedication in Flirey France, of a monument to the A. F., returned today on the steamship Leopoldina from Havre. NO ELECTRICTY IN BERLIN Berlin, Sept. 12—All electrial services in Berlin were tied up toda by a strike of electricians. New papers were unable to appear, BIG EXPLOSION ROCKS NOVA SCOTIAN CITIES Destruction of Oil Com- pany’s Plant Near Hali- fax Causes Panic. Halifax, N. S, Sept. 12.—The plosion of five tanks of the Imperial Oil company’s plant at Dartmouth, on ihe east side of Halifax harbor early today, with rumblings that were felt m this city, caused the evacuation of half the homes in Halifax. Those who had gone through the explosion of December, 1917. when the munition ship Mont Blanc blew up and wrecked a third of Halifax with loss of 1,200 lives, thought it was an- other such disaster. When the ex- piosions were over, however, and the fire subdued, all indications were that tnere had been neither loss of life nor serious injury. It was a little after 3 o'clock that Halifax was shaken by the first explosion. A blaze in the refin- ing stills at the Imperial plant had caused the blast which was succeeded by a second and third explosion with- m a few seconds. Glass was shatter- ed in windows here with each shock. Partmouth, Woodside and FEastern (Continued on Ninth Page.) BLIZZARD IS RAGING Worst Snow Storm in Many Years Cripples All Sections South Africa. London, Sept. 12.—The worst bliz- zard in many years has been raging for some days over the greater part of the Orange Free State, Natal and portions of Cape Colony and the Transvaal, says a dispatch from Capetown today. Pietermaritzburg, capital of Natal, was cut off from rail, telegraph and telephone communication with the north for some . days. All trains were greatly delayed by the blizzard, which is most unusual for the re- gion affected. Natives and whites in supposedly semi-tropical districts were startled to see railway cars moving along covered with three or four feet of snow. In some parts of the Transvaal the snowfall lasted 15 hours—an unprecedented odcur- rence. MUCH LIQUOR SEIZED Booze Valued at $1,500,000 is Con- fiscated in New York During Last of ‘Two Weeks’ Drive. New York, Sept. 12.—Liquor val- ued at $1,500,000 bootleg prices has been seized in New York during a fortnight's intensive drive by fed- eral and state prohibition agents, aided by a special mobile force sent from Washington, prohibition head- quarters announced today. The agents now believe that New York is rapidly drying up most of the seizures have been on piers and at terminals. Much evidence has been obtained by prohibition agenis mak- ing arrangemerd’s Ww.th bootleggers to buy liquor. $400,000,000 ESTATE, Rene Viviani of France Retained as Counsel in Gigantic Case. New York, Sept. 12.—Rene Viviani, former premier of France, has been retained as counsel in an endeavor to recover estates of Archduke Frederick of Austria and his son, Archduke Al: brecht, it was announced today by J. Leonard Replogle, a member of an American syndicate, which has taken over the management and a one-third interest in the estates. A pre-war inventory of the proper- ties placed the total value at more than §400,000,000. MORE BODIES RETURNING. New York, Sept. 12..—Soldiers for- merly attached to various units num- bering 427 of the American army of ‘occupation in Germany arrived today on the transport Cantigny from Ant- werp. They were sent to Fort Slocum. The Cantigny also brought the bodies of 1,100 soldiers who died in France. Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business PRICE THREE CENTS Forbes Declares Island People Are Without Sufficient Resoures To Protect Themselves Urges Natives to Develop Their Country Until They Are Strong Enough ta Stand Alone. = Manila, Sept. 12.—Major Gen. Leonard Wood and’ W. Cameron Forbes with the other members of President Harding’s mission to the Philippine Islands sailed yesterday for Hong Kong, China. After a three day visit to Hong Kong the mission will g0 to Shanghai where they are to be guests of the Chinese government later visiting Peking and other cities, Leaving China the mission will travel trough Korea as guests of th¢ Japanese government following which Gen. Wood and other members of the commisson will return to Manila while Mr. Forbes will sail from Japan for the UnitedStates with the mission’s report. A summary of the report was teles graphed to President Harding from Manila just prior to the departure tor China. Cannot Stand Alone In an address yesterday at the Uni versity of the Philippines Mr. Forbes declared the islands are still without sufficient resources for the maintes nance of a separate unprotected gove ernment but that he believed it cone trary to the traditional policy of the American people to hold an aliea people in subjection permanently against their own will. “I will make clear the position I have always held regarding Philippine independence” Mr, Forbes said, “I be- lieve in the desire for independence and have never tried to discourage it. I always said my duty as governor general, including changing the politi- cal relationship between the Philip- pines and the United States, and have devoted myself to the development of natural resources, as the Filipino people were then and still are without sufficient resources for the mainte- nance of a separate government with- out protection. Develops Resources “I said then and say now, ‘devote yourself to developing your natural resources, so as to make yourselves strong enough to maintain your na- tionality.’ Until that time comes; until you have developed sufficient resources to maintain your nationality, our paths are parallel. “Whatever permanent relationship is established, it will be one which will be mutually agreed upon by both peo- ples, and satisfactory to both and no relationship, unless so established, can be permanent.” “KNOW YOUR BOOZE” Such is Advice of Local Board of Health Commissioners to Those Who Use Strong Alcoholic Drinks. An cditorial on “Wood Alcoho! vising users of strong drink to know what is in their bvoze before .they drink it, is contaires in the monthly report of the board of health commis- sioners for August. The editorial is as follows: “There have been hundreds of deaths and many more cases of blind- ness reported since prohibition was enacted on account of the effects of wood alcohol and methylated spirits. “With the increased difficulty of ob- taining pure grain alcohol for the pre- paration of intoxicating drinks, every effort has been made to find a sub=- stitute, but as wood alcohol is cheap and easily obtainable it has entered largely into the composition of the various brands of so-called “booze.” One teaspoonful of wood alcohol may cause blindness, and a small quan- tity is capable of causing death. With- out going into the justice or injustice, the benefits or bad results of national prohibition, wa can only say that those who use hard liquor, or any alcoholie drink, should know positively what it is and where it comes from or ba willing to take a chance on loss of sight or losa of life.”” broiled, Speaker Belfast, Sept. 12. (By Associated Press)—Warning to the British gov- ernment circumscribing the powers of the new Ulster parliament was given by Hugh O'Neill, speaker of the parliantent, in an address at Bal- lymena, County Antrim, yesterday. ‘*Any diminution of the rights ana| privileges of the new Ulster parliament | a result of the projected negotiations between members of the British cabinef and the Sinn Fein,” he declared, “*would lead to a bitter civil war in Ire- | land, It would mean war between | against north and south Ireland, the and misery of which we do not like to Predicts World-Wide War if England Makes Any Attempt to Abridge Ulster Parliament’s Rights Great Britain and United States Would Become Em- O’Neil Declares. contemplate, The calamity, as Prime Minister Lloyd George has truly said, would not be confined to Ireland.”” ““The war would become world-wide,"” he continued, “‘hundreds of thousands of people from Great Britain and the empire would support the point of view held in dorthern Ireland, and there would be hundreds of thousands of peo- ple from the United States and possi- bly from the British colonies and de- pendencies, who would come to the aid of southern Ireland. In brief, there would be in Ireland a war which would embroil Great Britain and the United horrors ' States and would . spread horror over | the earth.”