New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1923, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press | ESTABLISHED 1870 COSGRA T0 IRISH REBELS, WARNING 'RUHRVALLEY A OF LAST CHANCE OF PEACE MORE MINERS Those Wbo Decline Offer Must Pay Price in l"ull, l After Tomorrow, His| Ultimatum Asserts Emphatically NEW BRITA Gen. Cronfilute Refuses to! Treat With De Valera, Lynch or Any of Their “Collaborators in ‘De- struction,” WAR TO THE END TO CRUSH REVOLUTION Dublin, Feb, 17 (By the Associated Press) -— President Cosgrave this morning issued a “last word” state- mgnt on the peace question in which | he says that the government “is de- termined to put down this revolt against democracy regardiess of cost,” “Let no man statement says. “Tf anyone continues in this un- natural war upon his own people aft- er the expiration of the stated period of amnesty, he must be prepared to pay the price in full, for there will be no going back upon this. No Meetings to Be Held urthermore, it must be clearly understood that there will be no meeting for negotiations on the part of the government with De Valera, Idam Lynch or any of their collabor: tors in destruction, male or female The amnesty period proclaimed by the Free State government on TFen- ruary 8 as the result of Liam Deasy's peace appeal, will expire tomorrow. Neutrals Ask Time President Cosgrave's shared public interest with the truce proposal of the tral members of the Irish republican army, This organization, which is un- derstood to have been Interested for some time in finding a solution for Ireland’s internal troubles, suggests that the Free State government and the Nepmblicans ccase their hostili- ties for one month, during which time the neutrals would put. forth their peace proposals. be deceived,” the the | statement | association of neu- | i | This is a recent photo of N Adelbert Cronkhite who may be center of congressional investigation as a result of a retirement order, Ac- cording to his friends, General Cronk- hite's retirement is the result of his efforts to bring alleged slayers of his son to justice, GIVIL SERVIGE BILL Eifort to Bring System Back to Life Is Unsuccessful NORMAL SCHOOL DORMITORY - . [two loaded barges in the channel of o [the Rhine-Hern canal which is DEAD AS KING TUT | Various . Germans Heavily Penalized QT Sabotage Allo Reported During Night, Barges Being Sunk in Trallic, GERMAN MINISTERS DEFY FRENCH “KEEP OUT" ORDER for Refusing to Obey French—Of- lnln of Essen Decide to Shut Ol lu-mv Current—Two Dead, Ou Wounded in Recent Trouble, Duesseldorf, eb, 17.—Bomb throw- ing and serious cases of sabotage oc- curred in the Ruhr valley during the night. A bomb was thrown in a street in Essen near the Kaiserhof hotel, the French engineers' head- quarters, where Chief Engincer Coste and 30 or 40 other civil engineers are lodged. No injuries resulted, The windows of the hotel broken by the explosion. This hotel s guarded day and night by Freneh but the homb throw- ers escaped, It was thought possibie the bomb was thrown from the roof were Considerable additional difficulty in effecting transportation is being caused the I'rench by the act of the Germans, recently reported, in sinking one of the main arteries of water com- munication in the Ruhr. 1t will be several days before the occupying forces are able to get the barges out of the way. Meanwhile the canal re- mains completely blocked, Another strike has occurred among he miners of the Krupp pits at Bo- chum, 16,000 men going out. They struck because the mine officials were arrested by the French for refusing to obey orders. Fooled the French. The German newspapers in the oc- cupied area were featuring this morn- ing the story that Herr Stingl, Ger- man minister of posts had defied the French ruling that no German cab- (Continued on Fourteenth Page). ANTI-MARRIAGE SOCIETY | Former I. W. W, Declares Organiza- CONNECTICUT, au-"‘,':‘&‘ of une of the neighboring bulldings. |, SATURDAY, Amu Kelly Declares No Word Has Been Received From' Placed Um{er Arrest | J E Asber, FEBRUARY 17, 1923, VE HURLS GAUNTLET umun THROWING IN | Daughter Wants Father Declared REA; | Judicially Dead; Other Members Parent For More Than 20 Years, + Kelly Kelly, round over let. ior the dis- feal estate to the value Was continued for one -nk hy Judgs I, ¥, Gaftney in pro- bate court this morning when mem- bers of the family averred that they had received letters from their father Action on a petition of Ans to have hep fat* Aot w | Within two years, Still another element entered the case when Willlam » eldest son, asserted that ther be no distribution of the property since it was already his, given him under a quit claim deed by his father on November 18, 1901, and filed in th town clerk's office January 19, 19 The deed in question is recorded in Volume 162 of the New Britain Land Records, pace 2 The records in- cate that the deed was delivered In the presence of Attorneys 17, B, Hun- gerford and Michal A, Sexton, At the adjourned hearing next week, members of the family will bring in letters which they allege were sent them within two years by TUT'S TOMB MAY TELL into Noted Archaeologist Thinks Biblical Story Origi- nated in Egypt New York, Feb. 17.—~A run on Egyptology was reported totlay by the Metrojolitan Museum after the opening yesterday in the Valley of the Kings of the tombs of Pharaoh Tut-| Ankh-Amen, |, Roused by the romance of a civili- | zation long dead, the richness of which was some emphasized by the discoveries in a crypt, hewn into the limestone cliffs of the Valley of the Kings nearly 33 centuries ago, hun- dreds of visitors toured the Egyptian section, seeking light on the Egypt of long ago, when the Pharoahs of the Old Testament were making bibli- cal history. Anather Fx!«'mt u\mnt which hun- dreds swarmed wag a ring bearing the | dead’ king's name, which was found in another tomb several years ago. The ALL ABOUT THE FLOOD, their parent, this being caloulated t refute the claim that he has bee missing and unheard of Tor the year period under Connee slatutes. he petitioner, In claim, declares that her this eity August 6, 1901, since bheen missing and and that further evidence claim that he fact that he support father and he unheard of did to thi not return city to attend the funeral of his wife, funeral of | about two years ago, or the a son, little more than a year ago The property which it is propose to administer among the number of years Mr, Kelly gaged In the painting business conducted a shop for the sale painting supplies and materials p and business are hy sons and daughters, five live In the Kelly home at §7 street, The helrs-at-law, ters are: William Anna and Loretta Pellf of street; ket street; Michael N. Y., and John Kelly ASSYRIAN REFUGEES Th Myrtl Walter, 57 Myrtl of Norwich, Island After Flight From Turks | | | F | of this city, complained to Americani | zation Director, James E. and were not permitted by the im migration authorities to enter thi; country, Yesterday the six months in the country, into Mr. O'Brien's office and thank efforts to get them admitted. This statement tells the story of long and difficult attempt to through official red tape. Mr. Ben servieeman. who Is a citizen and an seven eut of her left | has of; the in dead is offered in the | legal heirs is | situated on Myrtie streets, where for a Was en- and | of now condueted of whom sons and daugh- | Mary, | Mrs, Katherine Loomis of Mar- Kelly of Buffalo, ARRIVE IN THIS CITY Kept Five Months at Ellis ive months ago, Darius Benjamin | O'Brien, | that his brothers and sister from As- syria, were being held at Ellis Island | brother and sister, walked ed him, in English, for his successful cut min iy an American citizen and an ex- H@®has another brother ex-service man aiso, and both belong to Head- by Tut-| quarters Co., C. N. G., of New Britain. =SIXTEEN PAGES, verage Daily Cireulation $ 9,189 February 10th PRICE THRE® CENTY PROHIBITION AGENTS SWEEP OVER WASHINGTON TODAY, Of Family Think He is Alve RAIDING FULLY 50 RESORTS 0 n o plots, troubles and agita- tion are lurgely stirred up by pri vate detective agencies for their own pecuniary benefit in suppressing them, according to charges made by Albert Bailin, alias Balanow, shown above.| | Bailin, who testified recently in Chi-| cago, is years old, and has been a member of the department of, justice, of the military intelligence service, of | the T. W. W. and other radical or-| ganizations, besides semving as opera- tive for the Burns, Thiel and other private detective agencie: Radical Arrested for Libel. Chicago, Feb. 17.—Albert alias Balancw, confesded labor and radical spy, was arrested today charged with eriminal libel as a re- | sult of his sworn testimony in a des | position being taken by FKrank P. | Walsh for use in the defense of 22 communists at St. Joseph, Michigan, I*eb. 26, ONE-THIRD QUOTA IS RAISED BY Y. W. C. A. Bailin s | Thirty lin the gu Cash and Pledges Reported| Famous Dry Sleuth, Obtained Evi- dence by Visiting Un- derworld as Entertainer Revenue Men and Police, Dividgd Into Squads, Thoroughly Comb National Capital, Filling Police Stations, —_— HARPIST ACTS AS PY'S BODYGUARD Washington, Feb, 17.—Police and prohibition enforcement officers today launched their second city-wide liquor clean-up since the beginning of Feb- ruary, Armed with fifty warr gan before noon a which reached into every section of the capital and which filled up rapidly all available detention space at seve eral station houses, Asher Again on Job As In the series of sixty raids con- ducted February 2, evidence was given the revenue agents and police by J. 1. Asher, revenue agent from Kentucky. Asher travelled the rounds of the capital underworld, this time of a rdering minstrel, playing his way into the hearts of his victims on a violin. Thirty revenue agents and police divided into squads in rious sec- tions of the city and working under the direction of Lieui Davis of the police fo and District Revenue Chief Ruby, conducted = today: on= slaught on the rum dealers. Visited Underworld Asher started his latest roundup of the capital in quest of bootleggers within 24 hours after the raids on IPeb. 2. Disguished as a minstrel, he played through the city streets and alleys and dropped into hootleggers headquarters entirely unsuspected. The poiice have feared for Asher's safety since announcement was made of his activities in 1h1- previous raids and they summoned 2 harp player on At Today’s Luncheon | Total $3,184. the detective for | to accompany him on his new rounds. Part of the time ssumed the roles of huck- it convenient to cart the pair a ring presumably was given Ankh-Amen to one of his visitors as an emblem of authority. These were the only exhibits in the vaste collection directly touching on the little known Tut-Ankh-Amen who now looms as one of the important| Pharoahs possibly the Pharoach who| oppressed the Children of Isreal until Moses led them forth through the; miroculously rolled-back Red Sea for | the 40 years of wandering in the desert. But, started on Igyptology, the visitors spent hours among other relics of the past, many of them far ante-dating Tut-Ankh-Amen. Ambrose Lansing acting curate of the Egyptian section said teday, if,— The suggestion has been sent to leaders on hoth sides with a request S Raking for a reply by February 23, e Conditions Tor Truce As a condition 'to the proposed truce, the republicans would cease all military activities and all aggressive acts against persons and property. The Free State' government, on its part, would suspend all trials and execu- tions as well as military activities, and would make no arrests, The as- sociation expresses a willingness to name a neutral chairman to preside over the peace negotiations. ARl The brother and sister who have| just entered the country are refugees | from the Turks. But a round about course through neighboring territory they managed tq escape massacre and reached this country, only to be toh” that the quota from their land had been filled and they would have to go| back. To return meant death but| there seemed to be no choice. The brother in New Britain was notied. Mr. O'Brien was his friend. He confided his troubles to his friend and the latter at once got in touch with United States Senator Lee Bar- 2, $432; Miss row Colt, of Providence, made a per-| Mary Bingham, team No. 3, $616; sonal call on him, and corresponded | Miss Ilorence Andrews, team No. 4, with the Senator for some time, finally | $162; Mrs, . C. Rickey, team No. Board of Fducation Reported \\'llliilz to Sacrifice Almost Al Other Ap- propriation Projects if New Britain their bottles and demijohns of evi- dence to headquarters. HURLEY ASKS BROWN T0 ACCEPT FUEL POST Letter tion Favors Abolition of Bible, Free Love and “Motheriess Children.” the quota de- Y. W. C. A. in its annual cam gn, b been raised according to reports of team captains submit- ted this noon at a luncheon held in the auditorium of the Hungerford court institution. The captains re- ported a total of $3,184 secured in cash and pledges within the past 24 Lours. Miss team Nearly one-third of Sacremento, Calif., Feb, 17.—An in- bl g ner secret society composed of 500 members of the industrial workers of the world is being formed to carry on a reign of terror, including assassina- tion of jurists and bombing of build- irgs as a means of checking I. W, W. prosecutions, W, E. Townsend, Los Angeles police officer and former member of the . W. W. testified ir the trial of five men charged with violating the California criminal syn- dicatism act. Townsend, star witness for the Can Have Building. ) CE G. WILLARD. pecial to The Herald). Hartford, Feb. 17.—Burial of civil service as far as its possibility of becoming a factor in Connecticut gov- {ernment, should be at the head of any summary of legislative happen- ings of the present week. The history of civil service, and the final action of the house on Thursday in dispos- ing of the matter without a single RY Former Administrator Gets captain of Mrs. E. Mary Whittlesey, . 1, reported $1,1 ‘W. Schultz, team No. 2 From Superintendent of State Po- lice Requesting Him to Serve Again former fuel ad- Harry Brown, ministrator, today received a letter s from Luxor—Tut- 5, i ho BIG FIRE IN DERBY Excelsior Laundry Building) Is Totally Destroyed Tarly Today \\)i(h Loss of $30,000. Derby, Teb, 17.—The Excelsior Laundry building in Hawkins strout: was burned today with a loss of $30,- 000, The tenants were the Hull Wet Wash Laundry and the Apron, Towel and Coat Supply Co. dissenting vote—a matter that expected to create a furore during the | session of the legislature, is more than | significant. The action of the house |terminates a battle, the smoke of \whlch was discernable for a period of | years back, Civil service was introduced in Con- necticut in 1913, when the civil ser- vice commission was brought forth, {and all employes gf the state were placed on the payroll on a basis of Peterson | (Continued on Thirteenth Page) | L C. C. REFUSES PRIORITY ORDER TO EXPEDITE COAL INSANE WHEN SHE KILLED DOCTOR, ALIENISTS STATE Raizen Continues and Trial of Mrs. She Is Branded As Dangcrous Maniac Feb. 17.—Belief that Raizen was incurably insane when she shot Dr. A. Glick- stein was expressed by two alienists testifying today for the defense at the woman's trial on a charge of mur- der, Dr. Edyard E. Hicks who said that although Mrs. Raizen probably knew what she was doing when she fired the shot, she did not know it was wrong, was asked in cross examination if she now was insane. “Yes, and she is likely to commit a similar act in the future,” he re- plied. Dr. Charles W. Pilgrim declared that the defendant was suffering from a delusional depression believing that the physician whom she charged with betraying her, had® possession of her scul and the only way to recover it was to kill him. ' New York Mrs, Lillian § TEMPLARS' FIELD DAY, JUNE 12 New Haven, Feb. 17.—The state field day of the commanderies of Knights of Templar or Connecticut; will he held in this city on June 12, it was announced today. 40 PROPLE FIEE FIRIL Canton, Mass.. Feb. 17.—The build- Ing which houses the Canton Inn and several storcs was destroyed by fire today and 60 persons had to leave in asts, FOR NEW ENGLAND Northern New York State Suffers and Saratoga Springs Administrator Threatens to Confiscate. Washington, Feb. 17. — Over the protest of I'ederal Fuel Administrator Wadleigh, the interstate commerce commission today refused to issue general priority orde to expedite the movement of anthracite to north- eastern New York and New England. Hurry Up Request New York, Feb. 17, — Chairman Myers of the interstute commerce commission today telegraphed to State I'uel Administrator Goethals that he had sent messages to presidents of the Delaware and Hudson, New York Central, Boston and Maine, Boston and Albany and New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford roads, asking them to hurry coal movements and promis- ing them full support in that endeav- or. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Feb. 17— Unless relief from other sources ar- rives by Monday, Clarence B. Kilmer, district fuel administrator, will direct | suburbanite administrators in this district to seize coal on railroad sid- |ings and divert it to the needs of their own communities, he said today. Baliston, Spa., N. Y., Feb. 17. — Deputy ¥Fuel Administrator Kerley today seized three carloads of coal on a siding in this village. | bitled to Canadian points. It will Le distributed throughout the village to- day and tomorrow. Thomas [ernor's veto yesterday The [the legislature passed coal comprising about 150 tons was|prohibition law, adopting the Volstead prosecution, testified the organization sought the establishment of an indus- trial commonwealth, abolition of the Bible and all religious teachings. He declared that under the pro- posed plan of the “inner body" mar- riage would be abolished, mothers would be cared for by the “common- wealth” and children would be sep- arated from their mothers at an early I age. ADMITS BURGLARIES HERE Youth Caught in Hartford Confcsses " He Broke Into New Britain Homes Including L. M. Unwin’s, ‘With the arrest of John Starepono, aged 17 years, of 68 John street, Hartford last night, the mystery of recent burglaries in this city may be solved. Starepono, who is a former in- | mate of a penal institution in New Jersey, was nabbed and held for the police at Hartford, last night while in the acting of robbing a house in that | city. After he had been locked up, he confessed to several jobs in this vi- cinity, one of which was at the room of L. M. Unwin at 141 Main street, on Thursday. A diamond ring report- ed as missing by Mr. Unwin was found in the possession of the prison- er. Sergeant George C. Ellinger will go to Hartford either this afternoon or tomorrow to talk with the man in | custody. Stamford Landlord Held, Kept Apartment Too Cool | Stamford, Feb. 17.—Julius Kohn, who lives in Bedford street and owns an apartment house in Atlantic street was arrested on a warrant issued by the prosecuting attorney today, charged with a failure to provide nuf—' ficlent heat for the house. This Is the first arrest on a charge of this| kind here. The tenants had com- plained to the prosecutor, who warned Kohn, and as conditions did not im- prove, the warrant was served. The hearing wil] be on Monday. | WET, BUT NOT FOR LONG as is reported Ankh-Amen's mummy lay undisturb- ed in the Sarcophagus disclosel yes- terday, this would be the first unmo- lested mummy of a Pharaoh yet di covered. All the others found had been visited by graverobbers who re- lieved then of most of the royal jewels with which they had been buried. Mr. TLansing predicted that of the intriguing questions which Tut- Ankh-Amen's mortuary chamber was expected to answer would remain un- answered for months. A recent ter from museum archagologists who are aiding Lord Carnavon and How- | ard Carter at Luxor, said that the tomb probably would be looked over and then sealed up until next season, | 80 its contents would not be exposed ! to the intense heat of the early Egyptian summer, Dr. Eliot Smith, archaoeolgist, has the noted British expressed ber may throw & origin of the narrative of the flood. The destruction of the world because of the wickedness of man, as told in| Genesis, is also read in the Babylon- ian records, and is suggested in cer- tain tomb inscriptions in ancient Egypt, according to Dr. Smith who believes the account originated Egypt. DR. JACOBS ACCUSED Arrested Yor Murder of Dancing|only letters reccived at police head- Girl on Beach in California. San Diego, Calif. Feb, 17.—Dr. Louis T. Jacobs, physician at Camp Kearney, was arrested by county of- ficers today under an indictment re- | turned yesterday charging him with having murdered Fritzi Mann, San Diego dancer whose | body was found on the beach at Tor- rey Pines four weeks ago. Dr. Jacobs| was formerly at the government hos- pital at Allingtown, West Haven, Conn. * > gt % Reno, Feb, 17.-~Nevada was back in the “wet” column today, the legis- lature having repealed over the gov- the existing At the same time the Whiteley prohibition laws. law as the law of Nevada but until the governor signs it no state law will prohibit the liquor traffic. . Ve WEATHER —aguee Hartford, Ieh. 17.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled, Probably Snow Flu ries Tonight and Sunday: Slightly Cooler. THE | ] i | — many | 0 | the brother and sister would be per- let- | the | hope that legends in the inner vhnm-' new light on the| in| by the grand ;urv‘ managed to obtain a promise that the the case personally. a New York paper been held there since last would be deported. Senator Colt, who replied at once tha mitted to remain, although the other: were deported. | mitted to come to New Britain. ing their five English. “They know what to sa min this morning. DENIES K. K. K. THREAT don Benja. { | | are so delighted they ¢, sald Mr, Springficld, Ohio, Police Chict Raids. Springfield, Ohio, Chief R. E. O'Brien today branded re ports that he had received threaten- ingdetters in connection with Ku Kiu Klan case here as absolutely Asked if he had | him were ail “hot air” and that th commendatory of hi quarters were headquarters | raiding klan {action in | nere. |Claims She Is Daughter Middieport, Ohio, Feh. 17 inters kidnapping case which at !\\ tracted country wide attention nearly |a decade ago was brought to public ‘ Taylor, who | | notice here today by Mrs, declared she believes she is the daugh |ter of Dr. and Mrs, W. Winters {New Castie, Ind., abducted fn 1912. | MORE COAL SHIPPED Philadeiphia, ¥eb. 17.—The announced 671, gross tons, | formation and amounted to 6, compared with 4,558, month last vear, January aiso showed an increasc of 216,946 tons over De cember. latter would look into the merits of Last week Mr. Benjamin got hold of which stated that ‘his relatives at Ellis Island, who had ‘October, | Again he went to| see Mr. O'Brien and the latter wired | | They were released and were per- Dur- months on the Island, | both young people, the boy aged 16| and the girl aged 18, leafned to speak | 't | He Has Not Been Assailed for Klan | false, | received the letters, | | Chief O'Brien declared that published | Former Army Officer at Allmzmwn reports of anonymous letters sent to Kidnapped Years Ago| and detaily ~The | of ship- ments of anthracite for January as re-| North Dakota and five in Saskatche- down a string of ported to the anthracite bureau of in- today, | as | 3 for the same no report; Miss Helen Rackliffe, team No. 6, $374; Miss Marion Beach, team No. 7, $161; Miss Florence Burr, team $244; James Rogers, team No. e | Miss Maude Hobbs of New York,| spoke briefly to the worke: praising them for the very successful work they have done in such a short time. Mrs. Philip Stanley, who was in charge of the luncheon stated that another will be held on Tuesday noon of next week and the final iuncheon on Iriday evening. DEATH OFL A. LITTLEHALES ‘[‘rlunln(‘n( Musician Dies at "-‘ll“‘lll'(” t | s Known as Hospital—Was Widely Director of Bands., | H. A. Littlehales of 382 West Main | street, one of the best known musi- cians in this city, died this morning {at the Hartford hospital following an | Asserts | operation performed Jast Monday. | England and was to this coun- settled in 97. He ! He was born in years old. He came at an eariy age and istol, coming to this city in 1 Feb, 77")”"\;\\.1:; a cornetist of note and also quired @ reputation as a maker of vio- ‘lln% He has been leader of the Foot jard band of Har rd, the Ame n band of New Britain and the| istol band. He was employed as a | » tmaker at the Hart & Cooley fac hnr\ Besides his wife, he Miss Olive Little teacher | Junior High school, one x| leaves o daugh- | e 4 ter, o e | est W from Superintendent Hurley of state police asking him to accept the post of administrator again. Mr, Brown and all fuel administrators in the sts were legislated out of office by the recent enactment of the fuel bill by the general assembly, but the situation in New Bri n_ was such that the mayor and fire board did not want Chief Noble to become admin- istrator and Superintendent Hurley evidently decided that all parties concerned would be satisfied with the reappointment of Mr. Brown. Chief Noble, Chairman Keevers of the fire board and Senator Covert were in conference with Superintend- | ent Hurle ster 30 BELOW ZERO Junction Has White River Genuine Winter Weather—Weck-End Out- 100k Not Encouraging Here. I"eb ~With a .degrees below zero at Junction, Vt., the cold- winter was experi- parts of the Con- Windsor, Vt., East Northe Springfield, Mass., record of White River ther of the enced in northerly necticut river today. reported 20 below and field, Mass,, 16 below. Washington, Feb. 17. laxing its grip on the middlewest, the cold snap will reach out tonight and take within its grasp the southern most tip of continental United States. Irosts as far south as s ~Without ree east and the g At the Centrs o | brother, William of this city, and two sters, Mrs. Harry Sedgwick of this | city and Mrs. Frank Long of Hart-| | ford. The be held Tuesday arrangements will | funeral will ails of the 6d later e |Cold Wa ave in Far West Has Taken Heavy Toll St. Paul, Feb. 17.—At least 23 per- sons lost their lives in the Northwest a result of Tuesday's blizzard and the following cold spell, according to figures compiled here today. Six per- ished in Seattle, six in Minnesota, three in South Dakota, three in Canada. ! wan province, Feb, 17.—Deaths of at persons in Chicago were at to cold a that ha this region Wednes- Chicago, Jeast five tributed embrac day. 1 |region and the Ohio v | states the Florida was forecast today by the weather bureau, and at the same time it was predicted that the temperature would drop again in the lower lake ¥ In the North Atlantie 1 er will except in scate Atlantic and present over Sund middle weat continue Ay tered patches Snow is expected on the Atlantie seaboard as far south as Virginia. 6,300 Tons of Coal Lost When 7 Barges Go Down New York, I"eb, ~The outward- bound tramp freighter Allamaha ran cight coal-laden barges off the Statue of Liberty early today. sinking seven of them and ausing the death by exposure of one the eight bargemen who Were thrown into the icy waters, Each the sunken barges carried 900 tons of coal. of