New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1923, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 BONUS BILL TO PAY EVERY WAR VETERAN $10A MONTH FOR EACH MONTH SERVED Senator Ells Seeks to e B s WANTSSTATETO TAE e Grant For poomg e~ OVER ROAD T0 BERI.IN. Men and Ao For Al 1 o Nurses Corner Subject of Bill / (Hpeeial to The Herald) Hartford, 24—A pmmu/r make the highway from Towers, ner, at the New erlnln-lkrlln( line, to Flannery's corner, at b Road Between Berlin and' Wallingford Would Be| otmr’o' N“mem“l B"Il the state, was submitted this mnvn: Presented. ing to the legislature hy Ileprese [tative Benson b Berlin, Ex- Benator Claude W, Stevens of Berlin, | was present in the interests of the bill, It adopted, the highway which for| several years past has been eritielzed | by thousands of autoists will be taken over at once and repalrs will be started that will place the road in equally as good condition as the connecting highways in New Britain and at Berlin street, it is explained, There is considerable interest in the outcome of the bill not only on the part of Berlin residents who are now charged with the care of the highway, | but also on the part of New Britain- | ites who use the highway extensive- |1y, it being the link that connects |that city with the main highway be- tween Boston and New York city. Another bill of interest to the !own; State Capitol, Hartford, Jan, 24.~— Senator Ells offered a bonus bill providing for a payment of $10 for cach month of service of a citizen of Connecticut who took part in the world war, or during the period from April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1919, including nurses in both the army and navy, In the case of a veteran who has since died the bonus shall §0 to the legal heir or dependent. This bil. is understood to represent the views of the veterans of foreign wars on the bonus question, By Senator Brooks—To continue the infirmary commission with a member added from the Connecticut hospital association until February 1, 19256, with power to purchase land|of Berlin and the city of New Hrit-{ for a site, with authority to use $500,- |ain is one submitted by the represen- | 000 for erection and equipping n'ul(ve of the former town to work a | building; to further regulate and con- new state highway from the Kensing- | trol private banks; defining the pow- ton district of Berlin to Meriden by ers of building and loan associations; | way of what is known as Cat Hole authorizing all building and woan 2s- road. The present highway has been soclations to issue full pald, or pre-|in existence for a number of years, paid shares under certain conditions; but very little has been expended on giving a minor who \ subscribes to|it in the way of improvements and building and loan association shares|in recent years it has been little used. the right to make withdrawals re- Booklets compiled by F. H. Trinder, quiring all building and loan associa- | former director of vocational training tions to make annual reports; con-|in New Britain, now connected with cerning joint accounts, and payment|the state department, were distrib- of orders after death of drawer by | uted in the senate today. The book- building and loan associations; requir- | jets advance a plan for the carrying ing appointment of auditors by build-| out of the Smith-Hughes bill for the ing and loan associations; providing | next two years. penalties for bank officers who make A resolution was submitted today false entries; and several other bank| to prepare the way for proposed bills which represent the views of the | amendments to the charter of the state banking department. city of New Britain which will prob- Berlin-Wallingford Road. ably be offered to the legislature for IBy Golden—Providing that the|aq0ption next week. highway commissioner shall cause S v ¥4 that portion of the present main high- al:' ;;5:,::?“:::‘;“ o:'l::e );:: Bg.‘o way running north and south through | panking bills pend‘lng, called at the Meriden as,ls permanently —paved{capitol this morning and conferred Wwith cement to be resurfaced at ex-|yith Senator Brooks, chairman of the pense of the state; including the road | p.nking commission. from Berlin to Wallingford in the ' “poo ccontative B. W. Alling of N trunk line system; to restore forfeit-| p i in “attended his first g? A ed right to Mossimino Madurl, TR . Eeoeion. fo- Must Stamp Coal. ay, ng returned from Bermuda where he had been vacationing. RAILROAD MAY USE GAS BUSSES ON MANY LINES | in less than 100 pound bag lots each bag to be stamped officially with the weight of contents; in another bill it was provided that “no certificate shall be required of any physical instructor who is a graduate of one or more recognized colleges of physical train- ing, to teach such subjects as are de- scribed in said certificate; increasing the salaries of court messengers in Hartford and Fairfield counties. Senator Bakewell offered amend- ments to the New Haven charter to allow the 32nd and 33rd wards in- dividually to decide if they wished to join the city; also providing that a witness who does not understand the meaning of an oath shall not be disqualificd as a witness. Senator Doty offered a bill to cover the qualification and licensing of in- surance agents; another setting up boundaries of jurisdictions of juven- ile courts; fixing the compensation of probation officers in cities; amending the charter of thé Masonic hall asso- Such a Bill is vorable Committee Reports Made at Hartford Today. reports made by a committee at this| session of the legislature came today | from the committee on education | which yesterday heard four bills of the state board of education. The f vorable reports were made by Senator Bakewell and they went to the calen- dar as the first entries except for Judgeship resolutions. A large num- ber of appropriation bills went 1ntn‘ both branches, and fish and game bills also appeared. There were gev- eral to require licenses for fresh| vater fishing, The bill for new construction at the Connecticut school for boys In-| cluded these items: Six cottages, $285,300; power huusc‘l 1“ ,000; tunnels, $46,500; boilers, $31,- 000; kitchens, ete., 8?6 000; railroad sidings, $10,000; sewer heating plant, ete., $28,000. A Dbill to allow railways to use gas- | oline cars on their rails is said to fore- cast, if passed ,adoption of the gas buses on many suburban lines and extension of existing rural lines. A very wide range of matters was cov- | ered by bills offered today, including | the matters of portraits of the gov- ernor and lieut.-governor to hang in the state halls of fame. The resolu- tion for the portraits have usually appeared very late in a session. (Continued on Page Seven.) E. H. MUNSON, VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR, DEAD Was Formerly in Real Es- tate Business—Father of Assistant Postmaster Edward Henry Munson, a resident of New DBritain for the past 32 years, died at his home, 14 Prospect street, this morning at about 4 o'clock at the age of 76 years. I'or many years he conducted a real estate and insurance business at 287 Main street. Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Assistant Postmaster dward J. Munson of New Britain, and one daughter, Mrs. William G. Cottrell of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Henniger, Mrs. Helen Monger, and Mrs, Lillian Strong, all of New Ha- ven and one brother, Charles Munson, also of New Haven. Mr. Munson was born in Hamilton, N. Y., 'but when a child moved to Scarsboro, N. Y., from which town he enlisted in the Unfon army in 1861 at the age of 16 years. He enlisted in the 34th New York Infantry and figured in three Civil war baltles. They were the battles of Chancellors- ville, Gettysburg and IFredericksburg. He was a member of the Harmony lodge of Masons of this city, the Mer- rlam post, G. A. It, of Meriden, and the Connecticut Army and Navy club, The funeral will be held from his late home on Friday afternoon and | Union Works Stockholders Will Meet Next Tuesday The annual mecting of the stock holders of the Union Manufacturing | company will be held in the office of the company on Tuesday, January #0, at 2 o'clock. The report of the directors will be heard and the elee- tion of directors will take place. A. 1. Corbin is president of the concern; H. H. Wheeler, secretary; ¢ 8. Neuman, assistant secretary. The directors are Albert F. Corbin, An- draw J. Sloper, Frank J. Porter, Her- bert H. Wheeler, Carl 8. Neuman, William H. Corbin, John B. Minor and Frank T. Wheeler. | REFUGEE SHIPS SAVE Manila, Jan. 24. < (By Associated Press) — Wireless advices received here this evening from Tiawan, ¥For- mosa, said that three of the missing Russian refugee ships en route to Mahila from Shanghai, had put in will be private. Rev. John L. Davis, [thore short of fuel. The message pastor of Trinity Methodist chureh, |aqded that two others were following will officiate and interment will be in | closely and that the remaining 1wo Walnut Grove cemetery, Meriden. weer returning to Shanghai. gy | © Storehouse is in the rear of the nion buildin and the ‘l M.m’ @ number of tole- ul-y w fire, DRAMATIC SCENE AS | cases of food. Some of the food was ! beauty alone to say nothing of their |age, they would be priceless.” Introduced—First Fa- | * Hartford, Jan. 24.—First favorable |* “lof the New Haven Firemen Have to Use Gas Masks at Fire That Causes | $150,000 Loss at Big Storehouse 24.~Fire swep! |graph lines, The fire started in the shipping room and spread rapidly Two alarms were sounded, hringing out all the eentral fire apparatus. Great clouds of smoke poured out of the structure and women employes in the streets ndjoining were driven to the street. Firemen used gas masks on enter ing the buring building and seen had a dosen lines of hose pouring water into the place, Firemen recalled that today was the ] anniversary of the million dollar fire of two years ago which destroyed Hw‘ Mendel Freedman Co, store and |eaused damage of §100,000 in the storehonse which was the seene of to. | . | New Haven, Jan, the furniture storchouse of the H, M Bullard Co, In Orange sireet today |eausing heavy damage to the four story building and its eontents. The was estimated at $1560,000, Vire m W gol the fa under control rl!orl)y before | o'clock after they had lhnnl»md to spread to other build- ings in the hlock bounded hy Orange Chapel, Btate and Crown streets, Gas masks were used by the fire- men in fighting the flames Several young women employes had to be as. sisted to the street, | i ong, ™G TP AW Public Utilitles Commission Orders Retum to Fiat Rate Systen— No More Nickel Rides, Hartford, Jan, 24.—An order of the public utilities commission ssued to. day directs the Connecticut Co., to re- | | turn to a flat rate fare system in Norwalk. ‘The rate is to be ten ranl», or tokens sold at three for 25 cents, | The order of May 21, 1022 for a ll\n, cent fare on Norwalk <‘vision lines is rescinded, HE HAS THREE WIVES AND ALL ARE LIVING 1 g . 2 and 3 Fncc Tony | Mlkas in Court—Can’t Recall No 2’s Name [ |Nos. | [ [ | At the suggestion of Prosccuting M-’ |torney Joseph G. Woods, the non- support charges against Tony Miko- tajesky, allas Tony Mikas, were con- :Ilnurd in police court this morning until Saturday morning, so that the (police may investigate Tony's claim | thgt he has been thrice wedded ‘and that he has two wives in this coun- try and one in Europe. TflMB IS Ex A AT I] He is charged with neglecting nnd‘ i" fusing to support Mrs. Rose Malin- ‘o\\'skl Mikotajesky, whom he claims |is Wife No. 2, married in Bristol only‘ a short time ago, and with whom he | has been making his home at 64 Cleveland street, The woman who, he claims, is Wife No. 2, whose name |he has forgotten, but whom he re-| |members marrying in Hartford, Jan-| uary 26, 1920, was in court this morn- ing and sat next to alleged Wife No. 2, Tony does not deny that he told Wife No. 2 that he had already been | married and that Wife No. 1 was liv- ing in the old country, Tony Pryzanowski, also charged with non-support, was ordered to pay $6 a week toward the care of his three children and was placed on pro- bation for six months. Judge G. W. Kiett ordered that, in the event of an increase in pay, he give more to-! “Before us lay piled to the ceiling, ward the children's support. paraheraatt ot an ot Mg Pryanowskis vite has left him and golden couches, golden charlots, iniaid |"€fus€s to come back to him, there- with precious stones, a golden chair, |for¢ she has no claim to support, but chests inlaid with ivory in patterns|the court ordered that proper care be or hieroglyphics, chests of all de-|{Urhished the children. scriptions, These chests are all filled| TONY told the court that he was| with precious articles. released from jail only a short time| “Under the couches ago and has been ‘“squaring up" his| accounts since that time, therefore he | has had no opportunity to pay toward his children’s support. He admitted that since December 13, 1922, up to‘ date he has had four different jobs. COMMON COUNCIL EXPECTED | 10 SAVE GIVIL SERVICE Opposition to Its Elimination Antici- |Chicago Man Graphically | Describes Opening of . Egyptian Chamber Chicago, Jan. 24. — James Henry | Breasted, Egyptologist of the Univer- sity of Chicago in a letter to friends here, made public today, described the opening of the burial chamber of the Egyptian King Tutenkhamen at ILuxor, Egypt. Prof. Breasted was a member of the party that discovered the tomb. “As we entered the first doorway it seemed more like a dream than a| recality,” «says the letter, were many in the form of animals and fowl. Be- tween the two couches on the floor stood four carved alabaster vases of such exquisite workmanship that for Prof. Breasted then described the second chamber of the tomb which he said had not been entered. | “One can peer through a small square opening in the wall,” the let- ter continues. “One sees on the right, against the wall, two life sized sta- tues of the king with sandals of gold upon the feet, and each with a gilded staff grasped in both hands.” ATE TOWN INTO DEBT Prisoners’ Appetite Too Costly, Judge Reduces Their Fines So They pated at Special Meeting Called Tor This Evening That the charter revision commit- tee's proposal to drop ctvil servi examinations as a qualification for ea- trance to and promotion in the fire and police departments will fail oll passage in the common council at a| special session tonight is the feeling generally expressed in municipal gov- ernmental circles today. There is perhaps more interest in this proposal than in any one of the several other recommendations to be acted upon, Included among thoss who have come out as opposed to the elimina- tion of civil service are Lawyer David L airman of the hoard of | iice commissioners, and John 2, R. ers, chairman of th» fire hoard, two departments to be affectel by - change in the system that might So Can Pay Up and Get Out. St. Louis, Jan, 24,—Finding the ap- petites of two prisoners in the jail at University City, St. Louis county, fast increasing the indebtedness of the town Judge Ladd reduced their |combined fines from $750 to $200, a sum which they were able to pay and the men were at liberty today. The | prisoners, a saloonkeeper and his bar- tender, were charged with violation |of the town's bone dry law. HAS NARROW ESCAPE Stonington Man Stops Car on Cross- Alderman Johkn F. Gill, mayor pro and floor lcader of the majority, | is also opposed to eliminating the system. REGOVER SOME LOOT ing, But Express Shaves Of Radia- | 00 Tound in Robbers’ Abandoned | I tor and Headlights, l!ank (‘hnuflour\ Stonington, Jan, 24.—Ernest Writa| O8F == Brooklyn and four companions had a narrow ecscape from death or serious injury late yesterday when their nulomohno! stopped close to the New Haven rail-| road tracks as the Pittsburgh express | was approaching. The radiator and| both headlights of the automobile were taken off by the locomotive as the train went by but otherwise no damage was done. The accident was said to have been due to one of the crossing gates getting out of order. The gatetender waved his arms and Fritz was able to stop just in front|charge of robbery. tracks. | Elias Ginsburg, assistant manager 1*ritz said he would ask the rail-{of the bank, who was one of those road to return his headlights, as no held up, made the complaint alleging trace of them could be found. [that Fuleo made no attempt to es- cape when the holdup was apparent, Held As Accessory, New York, Jan. 24.—The automo- | bile in whiech three messengers from | the municipal bank in Brooklyn were riding when they were held up and terday was found today with $3,700 in cash which the robbers left be- hind them in their flight, under a rear | seat. Frank I"uico, chauffeur of the bank | automobile was arrested today, on a | - i | Bad News for Cigarmakers; * Cabbage Shortage Is Likely | Washington, Jan. 24.—A shortage of | cabbage was predicted today by the| | U. 8. Bureau of Agricultural Keon-| THE WEATHER — Hartford, Jin. 24.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: | the | hooded band which kidnapped | Daniel and T. | robbed of $50,000 by four bandits yes- |2 {Assembled on German/ Fron NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1923, —EIGHTEEN PAGES, Average Daily Cireulation ey 200h 9,043 January 20th PRICE THREY CENTS \GERMANS FOUND GUILTY AND FINED; STRIKE INCLUDES 200,000 WORKERS PROTESTS SENT TO ALLIED POWERS DENIES BOOTLEG RUNORS | Washington Papers, Embassy As Tmplicated in Rum Activities Washington, Jan. 24, (By Associat- ed Press)-~Published reports that some of the “embassy liguor” seized in a recent poliee rald here came from the Cuban legation resulted to |day in & visit by the Cuban charge to the state department and a public statement by him in which he said he Was in entire ignorance of any alleg. jed u-lllu. of liquor at the legation, he legation charge, Dr. Arturo | I'Mm y Almeida, inquired at the de- puflmrnl a8 to the truth of the pub. ished stories, that ghis legation was numM in an afidayTt made by John |1 Lyneh, described by police officials [quor sources and Washington hoot- leggers, The Cuban official is un- derstood to have been told that no |such information had been laid before department officially. Declaring they had hit the trail to one important source through which ",-mlmxn\' liquors” have found their way into the hootleg trade of the na- tional capitol police officers ln&urgn of prohibition enforcement h®e in- timated today that disclosures o |sensational character might soon vul(, T0 ARRAIGN SKIPWITH ON CHARGE OF MURDER {Coco Will Seek to Indict Klan Leader—Martial Law Threatened Bastrop, Jan. 24 (By Associated | Press).—Attorney Gen. Coco said to- day that he would attempt to obtain an indictment for murder against Captain J. K. Skipwith, head of the Morehouse parish Ku Klux Xlan when evidence obtained at the hear- ing here into conditions in the parish i placed before the grand jury. Governor Parker will declare mar- jtial “law in - Morehouse parish i threats of any Nind are made against any of the statq's witnesses between adjournment of [the Morehouse open hearing and tria{ of persons to be in- dicted for allegejl participation in outrages by hooded men in the par- ish, it was learned today on good authority. Leon J. Jones Qt Moselle, Miss., re- | garded as the mysterious witness in the Morehouse ki¢inapping case was enroute here today to testify at the opening hearing. Hie is said to be the owner of the broken\ down automobile parked near Lake }.a Fourchee on the night of August 24. It is said that he saw a blacy hooded band having Watt Daniel and T. I. Rich- ard as prisoners :\rri%‘e at the lake. H. H. Riordan, rnanager of the Southern Carbon Co., was the first witness today in the hearing into the activities of masked mien in More- house parish. Harold Teegerstrom's time book and other documents were brought into court and were placed in evidence. Under date of August 24 there ap- peared in the time bgok a check mark indicating, according to the witness, that T. Jeff Burnett had worked that night as watchman. “But there also appears a disturb- ance or an erasure on this line. Can you explain how that occurred” Rior- dan was asked. “T can not.” Burnett, who has been identified by several witnesses as a member of the F. Richard on August 24, is now at liberty on $5,000 bail on a murder charge. BLIZZARD IN SOUTH Georgia, North and South Carolina in Grip of Terrific Storm—Ice and ow Cripples Traffic, Atlanta, Ga., Jan. ~The south- | east today was recovering from a vere blizzard which swept three states| vesterday leaving a mantle of sleet| and ice, demoralizing traffic and util- ity service and causing damage’' es- timated at several hundred thopsand dollars. The storm covering northern Geor- gia, South Carolina and weéstern North Carolina was believed to have spent its force carly today with) the temperature etill around the freezing point. Polish ’I‘roops 'Reported t Moscow, Jan. (By ssociated Press).—Reports from Germany in dicating mobilization of Polikh troops along the German frontier Have been received here. The government has adopted a poliey of watchl waiting pending actual developmenyis it is understood that Russia is pnking all | measures necessary to guard her Pol- ish frontier against -uuk" HUDSON EXTRA DIVIDEND New York, Jan. 24.—Dfircctors of |as middieman between diplomatic 1i- | 2 Watt | omies due partly fo the decrewd]l acreage of cabbage planted this sea- | son by Florida and Texas, the two 1 leading winter shipping states. Flor- || ida farmers this scason planted only| 1,800 acres, as compared with 11,000 | last year. Snow probably heavy this after- noon and tonight with rising temperature and strong easterly winds; Thursday clondy with westerly winds. the Hudson Motor Car Co.| today an- nounced the declaration of an extra dividend of five cents and the regular fuarterly dividend of 50 cents, pay- | fable April 2 to stock of recard March * )22, DEPARTING AMERICANS Simple Ceremonies Mark Farewell of Yankee Troops in Germany I l Roport | Ehrenbreitstein, Jan, 24 (y Asso ol I Press).-The American troops were withdrawn from the Rhine to. day ending American military par- ticipation in the occupation area The withdrawal was signalized by !llw huuling down at noon of the stars 1""" stripes from the castle of Ehren- | breitstein, which has been the Amer- fean military headquar win the beginning of the occupation. Mean- while the first trains with members of | the expeditionary force were leaving | Coblenz to board the transport St Mihiel which will take them back to the United States, The flag came floating gently down from the staff on the picturesque castie walls overlooking the Rhine as the signal was given for “breaking camp.” Not a shot was fired in salute for it was not a martial occasion. There were many moist eyes among the Amerficans who watched the spec- tacle and their long time associates among the allied forces in the region. The British and Belgian high com- missioners for the Rhineland kept their word and remained away be- cause they could not bear to witness the lowering of the flag that meant the breaking of so many close ties. Inside the fort at the same time there was taken from the white- | washed walls the portrait of Wash- ington, the Americans had hung there on their coming. It was a day of simple ceremony. Four sergeants, picked from among the veterans of the Seventh machine gun battalion, Third division, who fought at the last battle of the Marne were accorded the honor of assisting Major Gen. Henry 7T. ing the colors. These non-commis- sioned officers were Sergeant Dewey Kitner, Lester Kelbaugh, Long and Frank [Ehley. with their comrades of Companies D and M the veteran sergeants waited with full pack astride the halyards | for the moment when the flag should | flutter down' the stail ovér . ancient Ehrenbreitstein and the tri-color of France take its place. For the latter part of the ceremony two details of French soldiers numbering 100 men | and a French band, were present. The women and children of the| American contingent on the Rhine/ started for Antwerp today as the ad- vance guard of the departing forces, a group of 65 wives and children of | G. Purdy, entrained this morning. They were officially designated as an “irregular contingent.” Seventy-six wives and 20 children of non-commissioned on‘iwls and pri- vates, forming the second “irregular contingent,” were prepared to leave | during the afternoon the drrdflfl'(‘» ments thus providing that all the families be on their way before the troops themselves started on their last march out of Coblenz. Coblenz, Jan. 24 (By Associated Press).—Major Gen. Henry T. Allen received last evening a brief from Chancellor Cuno conveying the compliments of the ment on the occasion of the departure of the American forces in Germany In reply to a letter Major Gen, been exemplary. from Gen. Degouette, Allen said that he would lmrn the American zone over to the | French op January 27 or any day | theraaftes, “It is.with deep regret,” he wrote, “that I must bring to an end the de- lightful official relations which have always existed harmoniously between us awd terminate the ervices the American troops commenced in the | war,and continued on the Rhine.” Lord Kilmarnock, the British Rhineland commander and Baron Jacqueny, the Belgian representative | caed personally upon Major Gen. Allen and begged to be excused from | attending the ceremony at Ehren- | breitstein, They said they were too | saddened over the American depar- ture to be present at the lowering of | the colors but that they would be at the railroad station when the troops departed. » NEW HAVEN R. R. OFFIGERS ARE ORDERED T0 APPEAR Hearing Next Tuesday To Inquire Into Conditions of Railroad Service In This State Hartford, Jan. 24.—The legisiative committee on railroads this afternoon |instructed the public utilities commis- sioners and will instruct officers of the New Haven and Hartford railroad to appear at a hearing in the house |chamber next Wednesday at 2 p. m. to explain the conditions of railroad service about which members of the general assembly compiain. The hearings wili be a and anyonc interested may public one have the | privitege of speaking. 20 REPOR' KILLED Berlin, Jan. 24. — (By Associated Press)—Twenty persons are reported killed and many seriously injured by collapsc of top story of the Tagebiatt Luilding today. The editorial and mechanical departments of the news- paper were badly damaged. Allen in lower- ' Charles | Together | army officers, escorted by Captain W. | letter | Yerman govern- | and asserting that their conduct had | formally | CUBAN EWBASSY OFFIGER | AUF WIEDERSEHEN, SAY Teutons Appeal From “Terrommg Meas- ures”’ to Compel Offi- cials to do Bidding of French and Belgians Thyssen and Stinnes Mines Resume Operation to Pro- vide Coal for Unoccupied Sections of Country. ORTED READY RUHR ZONE. 0 Essen, Jan, 24, (By Associated Press).—It is stated on French authority that the occupied ter- ritory of the Ruhr will be com. isolate from unoccu- tomorrow, FRENCH RE! IO ISOLATE -(By Associated ritz Thyssen and the five cther industrialists charged by the French with refusing to cooperate with the French plans for delivery of reparation coal from the Ruhr valley were all found guilty by a courtmar- | tial here toda Fines were imposed, Herr Thys’ was fined 5,100 francs; Herr Olfe, 224,300 francs and Herr Spindler, 47,752 francs. Laud German Patriotism The prosecutor at the close of the !lorenoon session, suggested he was inclined to leniency because of the patriotic motives of the Germans. He referred the,court to the pro- vision in the regulation of General | Degoutte for the imposition of a fine in case of refusals by the Germans to comply with orders. The prosecution called TLieut. Por- ier of the gendarmerie who testified to the refusal 10 obey orders to deliv- | er coal. The 30 year old son of Herr Wues- tenhoefer, who appeared in place of | his father. testificd that the elder I Wuestenhoefer was ill. Prosecutor Bodin in summing up | referred to article 42, of the annex to [the Hague convention of 1907 which | says: | “Territory is considered ococupied when it is actually placed und»r the | authority of the hostile army.” He | contended such a condition existed in | the present case. 200,000 Have Quit. Bssen, Jan. 24, (By Associated | Press).—It was stated here today that | the total number of industrial work- lers and miners now on strike approx- imated 200,000 in addition to the per= |sonnel at the railroad stations which are occupied by troops. If the French court-martial passes gentence on the mine directors at May- ence it is declared that 550,000 miners | will consider strike action. | The workers who have already left [their jobs include 100,000 miners from | the Stinnes pits and 65,000 steel work= |ers from the Thyssen plants. 1 The mines owned by the Thyssen interests employing 50,000 men have Inot yet cesead to operate. All the state mines are working. Money for Food. German quarters heard today that the TFrench occupation authorities | have given a Catholic priest of this 15,000,000 marks with which to food for poor children. it is announced that 500 cases of food valued at 75,000,000 marks are being shipped here from the central committee in New York city. The Ruhr Echo published in Essen has been suspended for three weeks by the Berlin government because of a recent|article declaring that the Cuno cabinet “had resorted to sabc age and provocation in order to shield its incompetency and incapaci The Ruhr coal miners today ceived a wage increase of about per cent over the January scale efs fective February The extra ale lowance for the increased cost of live ing will be almost doubled. Mayence Press) — | eity b re= 80 Germany Protests. Washington, 24.--The Ger- man government in two notes handed to the French, British and Belgian governments has protested nst al- leged “terrorizing against German officials to force their as ance in the execution of “illegal meas- ures” in connection with the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr and declared ordinances of the inter- allied Rhineland commission covering the occupation to have “no legal value,” Both notes were made public Here last night by the German embassy. measur Strikers Resume, Oberhausen, Jan. 24, (By Associated Press).—The strike of railway work- ers at the station here ended late yes- terday Not Unlarging Army. Muenster, Jan. 24, (By Associated | Press)—Recent erroneous reports that the German army was being enlarged caused “hundreds, probably thou- |sands of laborers to quit their work and come here to enlist in the Reich= !wehr says an official statement here. ‘Brnndinl as absolutely false the re- | port that the Reichwehr was to be strengthened, the statement adds that this organization has no intention of | |adding a single man to the strength | permitted bv Aha peacs At