New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 8, 1923, Page 1

enws of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY &8 1923, WORLD POWERS ACTING TOGETHER IN McMAHON ESTATE VALUE IS $713,022 BIGINVESTMEN" <N MANUFACTURING REPORT SHOWS AND RAILROAD STy, Former Hotel Man In- House Adopts .. aendment Making | terested in North & It Obligatory For State’s Attorney ' To EnfqrcevAll S“"d,a_", Sfiatutes N Judd, Stanley Works And Landers, Frary & Clark, And Others. BRITISH ARE WARNED Property at ghin and But' "] B_E REM]Y "] fifl Main Sts, Valued at $170,- 'Ry pture of Relations With 000 and Holdings on Asy-| Soviet Russia Expected lum Street, Hartford, at! Almost Any Time $175,000. | : [ Mos | Press) waer :IIHI rous Hritish S0 0 adth soviet Nussia and co strong terms that it value was placed g oo nritish relations to an issue praleers, James J.| . Chandod to Maxim Litvinoff, Hatch of this elty | oy o™ commissar for forelgn affaira Hartford, in &, m o arn by the British repre court of Pro* yentative Robert Hodgson [ Anticipating . break in the British mission several days azo entor. Warned all Britishers in Russia that fahon {In view of the elicate situation they r par ‘,lhn‘lll be prepared to leave the coun- money being placed in cop-|!TY on short notice. Instructions to H issue such notifeation are understond industries or railroads, 1l amount was invested {to have sent by the British i foreign now far bel xpected to work | value, items in the | presented in real es tate. The Hotel Bronson property corner of Main and Fast Main is valued at $170,000 and the Empire theater proper Asylum street, Hartford, at $§ 000, His| farm property Iin Berlin is worth $24,- 800, MeMahon Jiad North & Judd & Clark w, May 8, (By Assoclated A lengthy note reviewing the complaints against ched in such may bring the MeMahon, magy This Pox and theats Watson and W, 1 i Joseph Buths report filed today in the Late 'he bulk sented In real and manufacturing 4 rallroud prises, The report reveals ) A investor, the gre relation estate I8 repre- stock in estate rervative although a sm in shares whic par but which to their The tw inventory been office, GANGSTER IS ARRESTED Shot Several Weeks Ago, He Attend- od To Own Revenge—Now He Is In trects Toils, S—William J. leader of the New Yo 20 k, May Lovett, vears old, white hand” gang in Brooklyn, was arrested today on a charge of homi- “leide in connection with the death of Timothy Quilty, shot in a York street saloon Ma Lovett “got his” a conple of months Found unconscious in a shack, a half dozen bullet wounds in substantia Mfg. Co., and the interosts Landers, Btanl m Irary at on are valued o polic i $61,866 out 1 ha norgages or noter Cash in bank totalled $1,509.87, a|280: / X o with deposit in the New Britain Trust Co. | i Tike mans oien of arke a0 him, e was pushed fo & hospital MeMahan believed in making his as. |Vhere doctors patched him up. £e18 Work for lim, and a grent deal of| ASKed to name his assailants, th and insurance ¢ posited as security for iouns which he 5 made at bank | AR Stock, v, wood nnd macniners at| 99 000 GET INCREASES the Reriin farm aled at $2,312.91, | " the furnitnre at the Hotel Bronson at | T 1500 a0a 'rd automobiles. | grandard Oil Company of Indiana one of which was sold for junk, at| $300 and 825 respectively, i The principal items in the estat follow: 1 Lov- stock mind. T'll attend to that.” two Pack Raises Pay of Workers, Amounting [ to 82,500,000 Per Year. advance in 2,500,000 Chicago, May 8.—An wages amounting to $ a vear and affecting 22,000 employes of the Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) grant- ed by the board of directors of the company on the theory that the ex- isting economic sitnation warranted it, was announced tod An increase of five cents an | effective May majority of the employ frefineries of the compar op | AN _hourly basis Employes on a salary basis, the an- nouncement stated, will have an ad- { Justment of their salaries July 1. teal Estate, el fMotel Bro property. . $170,000.00 Empire theater property, Asylum St Hartford farmland Third interest in Chestnut streot real estate .. 15 Half interest in Co Place real estate, ... n .00 of (3 175,000 24,8000 | | hour 20,000.00 | Stocks, 5 working fn x v who are on a0 ghares American Co. @ 81%.. ¥oh w5 25 shares American Hardware Corp. @ a1 shares Atchison, To- peka and Santa Fe 100 sy oo 40 shares Raltimore and Ohio railroad G 413 . 450 shares AColt's Patent Pire Arms Mfg. Co. at shares Co. 1 11 Can 4,075, 1 6,375.00 AT MAYO HOSPITAL. ¢ Rochester, Minn., May $.—-Fire of | undetermined origin last night de- ! stroyed the new animal experimental | laboratory on the estate of Dr. C. H. { Mayo. The loss is estimated at $150,- 0 550, 100, | 5,000, FIRE 2,071.25 LR, e 8,050, a0 ie Railroad @ 16 will apply to a great| Provides That Upon Com- plaint, Prosecuting Au- thority Must See That Law Is Strictly Observed. May The Buckley to the Sunday profes- sional haseball bill which wonld make It obligatory for state’s attorneys to enforee a striet observance of all Sun- day laws upon complaint, was adopted the house this afternoon, 148 to , Ly a rising vote, Representative Faulkner, democrat, of New Maven, tried to have the vote taken by roil call, but only six voted for his motion Under suspension of the rules the amended bill was sent to the senate which, however, had adjourned for the day Hartford, L% amendment 15 YEARS IN JAIL Head of Krpp Works Marks—Other Also Fined 100,000,000 German s Get Prison Sentences, o Associated Press, N, May S, Bohlen, head of the ced to vears in pay a fine of 100,000,000 marks today as a result of the trial by court-mar. tial here growing out of the shooting at the Krupp plant on March 31, Directors Hartwig and Oesterlen also were prisonment 10 years and Baura 20 years each. All tenced to pay fines [ § each. Drug Mecca of Society People Is Raided Today New York! May 8.--Six men were arrested and a quantity of narcotic D, Krapp vom Krupp works was 15 Director Bruhn to and Schaefer to were also men- of 100,600,000 each. drugs and drug administering para- | phernalia seized early today when de- tectives raided the hasement of a fashionable apartment house in West 40th strect near Fifth avenue. The apartment house {s occupied hy many sotially prominent including a 1 countess and a grand opera prima donna. 25 Alleged I. W. W. Ousted From the State of Idaho Ronners Ferry, Idaho, May 8.— Twenty-five alleged members of the . W. W. were unloaded across the Montana line, 10 miles northeast of here, late last night by an organized citizens committee. The men de- ported were said to have promised never to return to the boundary county. Tervific Heat in Calif.; Snow Falling Out in S, D. San Bernardino, Cal., May 8.— Weather reports of 40 years for early May were broken when the tem- perature reached 101 degrees here vesterday. Snow by Grand Forks, May §. fell here last night accompanied a sharp drop in temperature, a0 shares Virst Ieinsur- ance @ 220 40 ghares D, C. Judd Co. @ |- o r Chandl 11,000, 26 o Ay ey S 1,000, 50 shares Kennecott Cop- per Corp. @ 36. 500 shares Landers, & Clark @ 7014 Fiay 200 shares Missouri Pacific R. TG Coo o 16 131 shares New Britain Machine common 2 shares New RBritain Trust Co. @ 50 shares New York Cen- tral railroad @ 25 shares Niles, Bement Pond @ 49 ..... 1,069 shares North & Judd Mtg. Co. @ 51 260 shares Stanl @ 621y Coaninee 100 shares Union Mfg, Co. @ 451 shares land Co. common @ 7% Insurance, T W 393.00 4,500.00 ! i 1,225.00 | i o 54,819.00 | ore | Compensation Commissioner George | 16,162.50 | 4,550.00 |in the ciaim of Antonto Romerio of 2| | Hurlburt street, against the Stanley 77113 | Works, in which it is established that State Mutual Life Ins. Co.. 20,000.00 :::"I""r‘"“::‘r;x"::lf::":: ]': ar ‘I:“““l"‘ o ey S, S - 4000000, Gding Dr. William M. Stockweil's G0 e s {theory that tuberculosis can be con-| 1!}3;:.,157\1“(.,.1 bl Dflrnctsd during the course of employ- Co. TR ... 10,000,00 ment. | = et P A RSL MM 00.00) "the decision, which is the first in "Co. [this congresslonal district i {1his question, 1s regarded as of great importance from legal, medical and| industrial standpoints. The matter {was threshed out Monday of last week . s lat a hearing before the compensation Are Declared Wiped Out |¢ommissioner with several appearing ] .. L e L.os Angeles, May §.— Mildred Har- |°" t“'{;”‘ f";"'-'nr"':”m::""; ‘r‘:“v&;:km ris, motion picture actress, formerly j5cnted by Ath -t dyhi oo the wife of Charlie Chaplin, was dis- |Wit% and the Stani g charied foown baskeupley 1n TetoraL N e imoner Chandle kab ordercd t yesterday. Her debts were | L 2 8 c :\n.',l.iy ':;,, ,“!,‘,.'“ the court declored |that the Stanley Works pay Tomerio her petition granted. Tn the petition the sum of $248.01. this |-f‘rl( i filed last October she gave her lia- | pensation at the rate of $11.81 alf bilities as $31.451.90 incurred chiefly | his weekly wages) covering a period for ciothing. miliinery and jewelry, | from January & to May 1, plus four with no assets, . weeks of incapacity during the month | a1 Life Ins. 5,000.00 Mildred Harris’ Debts er Orders Compensation Given Latorer Who Contracted uterculosis in Factory Here - 470000 | First Case of Its Kind in This District Is Decided Against the Stanley Works. of August, 1522, It is ordered that B. Chandler has announced a finding | this payment he made at once to At.|chair the house by ballot confirmed torney Waskowdtz for Romerio, Tt us further orderad that, be- ginning on May 2, the Stanley Works continue to pay Romerio the sum of $11.81 a week during the period of total incapacity, or until this award is modified by agreement of the par- ties or by award of the parties or award of the commissioner after due hearing, but not to exceed the statu- tory period; and that the Stanley affecting | Works be liable for medical, surgival | and hospital services necessitated on account of the injury. d Romerfo entered the employ of the Stanley Works about seven years ago and drew weekly wages averaging 61, mero contended that he had acquired tuberculosis because of the peculiar conditions of his employ- ment and asked compensation and the payment of doctors’ bills on that ae- count. The Stanley Works Romerio was not suffering from and if he was, that contracted while he company’s employ. that tuberculos was in not that was (Continued oa Sixth Paged jail and to, ntenced to 15 years im-| asked ! dismissal of the claim on the ground | 'WENTY PAGES PETITION KILLED, NO AMENDMENTT0 ALLOW ANY BONUS Constitutional Amendment Not Favored--Railroad Committee Fails to Solve “New Haven" b TROUNGES ENGLISHAN ICKERSON AND ELLS ARE ‘Other Winners Include APPROVED FOR JUDGESHIPS Marston, Neville, Willing, R Herron and Rotan Peasley’s Nomination Not Acted Upon ol ¥ §Vrancis Ouimet of defeated Bernard Dar. W 2, in the Rreit The Asso Deal, May Roston today win, England Ish amateur title tournament Darwin was « stently outplayed by Ouimet who took the lead on the third green and was ahead by a com fortable margin all the way through to the 17th where the mateh ended Approvedt for Court ny Today—Rooth o of Commm Pleas—Sunday Con. vorts, With Mayor's Approval, May Be Held In Any Town—Higgins Again P, T, Comn Hartford, May & nroposed amendment to the constitution providing for the payment of a bonus to former service men was unfavor- ably reported to the house today, Aftor some debate the petitioners were given leave to withdraw by a rising vote of 152 to 24 Railroad Report, Committess on raflroads made its report to the house today on its in- vestigation of the service of steam rafiroads, The committe frankly says It cannot determine who is to blame for the shopmen's strike but it has some conclusions as to the con- duct of the railroad's business, The report recltes the varfous ef- forts made by the committee in study- ing the railroud conditions and traces the history of the strike, In this connection it says: No Recommendations, | “Your committee does not see its way clear to recoinmend any legisla- | tive action on this subject. “The conl strike and its effect on I the road was also dircussed. While | the committee held that the shop- men's strike was the most serious cause of poor service the coal short- age was also considered a serious handicap. “The unusual weather conditions this winter also contributed to the in- | terference with normal traffic, “In conclusion the report says that | service on the road is steadily i proving: that the strike is non- tive, that the ceal situation has im- | proved and that the winter weather | is no longer an detive interference.” | ""he report cguciudes: land, 3 and 1. e (ieorge V. Rotan of Tlouston, Texas, ; AU S Jiboe, d»rame: T.eslfe Schon, England, 7 and It seems to be bevond the power| g™ "ayopo6) ooty defoated Dr. J. D. | of the general assembly to prevent MacCormack at the nineteenth hole. such occurrences as the coal miners| p ™o uon defeated G. Tweedale, 6 | and the shopmen’s strike. While these , " | causes have ceased to operate at the " piios Hunter of Claremont, Cal., present time, certain factors still re-' . 410 et American to mest defeat main; the road is in poor financial "y oo ioinat . o, Grandley | condition, which prevents it from | oe pueiang hested him handily 6 and having ample motive power and I8/ 5 Hynter 15 an Amerlcan resident in equipment in first class condition and| g iand and not a member of the also prohibits their making extensions | Wyiker cup taam and developments which are neces- sary for the most cffective operation of the system. “The question of the rates upon | which the road is dependent for its revenue and of the wages which it must pay are largely in the control of the government. No state legis- | lation can be effective in improving { the management of this road because | that lies wholly in the hands of the stockholders. The only solution of the situation at this time that your committee can recommend s eo-op- eration of all governmental agencies concerned, of the stockholders of the rafiroad and the community as a ‘whole." Appointments Confirmed. The senate today unanimously con- firmed the appointment of Arthur F. { Ells of Waterbury to he judge of the superior court and under suspension of the rules the confirmation was sent to the house. The nowination of John R. Booth to be judge of the court of common Pl in New Haven was also con-! firmed unanimous & was the nom- ination of . Simpson also to be judge of the New Haven court of ! common pleas. The appointment of Richard T, Higgins of Winclhester to be a member of the public utilities commission was also favorably reported, The nomination of Frederick ‘easley to he judgr the court did not come in today. A favorable report was received on | a bill permitting Sunday concerts! | with the sanction of the mayor or the |selectman of any town. The bill pro- vides that the concerts shall be of tandard symphonie compositions and |must be held between the hours of 2:30 and 6 p. m With Mr. Darble of Killingly in the whoner. T state The cards Out Ounimet Darwin In Ouimet Darwin 446 5384 Douglas Grant an Ameriean resi dent of lLondon defented Harrison Johnston of 8t. Paul, 2 and 1 E. W. E. Holderness, the defending champlon, defeated J, H. Beavis 6 and 1 %2 465 835 had a8 i {H 4“n G444 de- 2 and "Max Marston of Philadelphis feated R. H. Howie of England 1. Fred Wright, Jr., of Los Angeles de- D. E. Landaie of England feated o ‘and 4 Cyril Tolley defeated Alan Graham G and 4. Seven of the 8 Americans who sur- !vived the first days play in the tourna- ment won their matches, Roger Wethered, the Oxford star, deteated C. 1. Gaylmer, another Eng- lishman, 4 and 2. T. A. Torrance defeated A, H. Dick- fnson, 3 and ? ¥ R. B. Torrance defeated Smith at the nineteenth hoel. John T ville of San Francisco won easily his second round match against C. D. Chard of England, 7 and 6. £ Davison Herron of Chicago de- feated J. H. Beddard of England in a first round match and 1, in the British amatenr title tournament. Dr. 0. F. Willing of Portland, Ore. defsated Robart Grant, Jr., of Kng- R. H, ABOUT T0 BE CONDEMNED Survey Committee Said to Have De- cided to Recommend That It Be Abandoned. Members of the school survey com- mittee v ed the Bartlett school, at the corner of Broad and Grove streets, this morning, to make a tour of inspection, and will submit a re- port of their findings at the next meeting of the school survey com- mittee, It is reportcd that the committee will recommend that this building be condemned as unfit for use as a school and that provis be made to accommodate the pupils elsewhere. The building is one of the oldest school buildings in use in the ecity. On several occasions objection has been voiced to continuance of its use the ground that its layout, con- struction and heating apparatus con- stitute a five trap. The building has wooden staircascs, some of which, it is said, are directly over poorly guarded heating pipes. At the first meeting of the survey committee Maxwell 8. Porter dis- cussed the school in questfon and urged that a thorough inspection be made, fon on M. of superior DEATH OF J. W. DEXTER "Maple Street Man, Aged 79, Had Been Britain for 51 [the governor's nomination of peaker iresident of New Leonard J. Nickerson to bhe a judge of the superior court. The vote was 193 in favor to 16 against. Years, Joseph Walter Dexter of T Maple street, died today at the age of {vears. He was born in England and lived 51 years in New Britain. For 47 years he was employed at the Am- erican Hosiery company’s plant. A wife and one grandson, W. T. Dexter, of Plainville, are the only sur- vivors. Funeral 70 {French Officials See Desire for More Talk Paris, May 8.—That France's most |recent note was equivalent to an in- vitation to Germany to make another proposition was the interpretation put jen the note today in I‘rench officia! | circles. France is conciliatory, it was gervices will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at declared. “She is looking ont of the | W10 ChABM, | Te¥: DN GHorgs et gt B B . Hill will officiate. Tnterment the way the position was Indfeated. | oo, o B R 08 ey, ANOTHER MOVIE DIVORC Los Angeles, May S.—Anita Stew- Hartford. May 8.—Forecast | art, motion picture actress, plans to for New Britain and vicinity: | file a divorce action against Rudolph Showers anhd oolder tonight: i(‘umm‘nn. film actor and director, the [ THE WEATHER [ DAY * | ! Wednesday fair and colder: Los Angeles Times sald today. She continued cold Wednesday night eloped to marry Cameron just before westerly winds. » 'lphw was 21 vears old, five years ago. | | | | | The ceremony was performed in Con- L S — # | necticut. NEW BRITAIN HERALD One American Citize Daily Cireulation 9,346 PRICE THREE CENTS Week Fr May ith DEMANDING CHINA SECURE RELEASE OF PRISONERS AND PUNISH BANDITS OUIMET BRILLUNTLY U, . Awaits Resuts Before Moving Alone— n Reported Slain — All Women Are Freed, But Fourteen Men Still | | | I Washington, May 8, decided to make urgent ment and recommend that puni secure the release of foreigne bandits, who held up the Shang morning, Reports from Minister Schy cision was received today announced that results of the cc |awaited before independent this government, to act in concert with the other cil, it was said, rather than pu . |SNAPPY STORIES, SNAPPIER ' DANCE RESULTS IN ARRESTS New York Police Round Up 400 Club Members and Two Women Who Entertained Them. New York, May 8.-—Four hundred members of the fraternal club and |two women entertatners were arrested learly today: when the police raided a hall on the upper East Side where police declared the club members were watching a performance of vaudevilla and interpretative dancing. All were charged with disorderly conduet, the additional charge of aid- ing and abetting In giving a disorder- Iy performance heing made against three officers of the club. Miss Rlite Callahan was charged with giving an immoral dance and Mrs, Lillian Smith with teiling snappy stories. When the meeting began five de- tectives were in attendance and when it ended, the detectives arose and an- nounced that everyone was under ar- est The announcement was a signal for a rush for the door. Three men who escaped into a back vard, surrendered when a detective fired a shot into the | air. SUZI0 6. CLAIM FOR 532,000 13 REJEGTED Receiver Sought Compensa- | BARTLETT SCHOOL REPORTED tion for Work on Shel- | ton-Nichols Road " claim of for the asking (Special to The Fers Hartford, May §8.—The Frederick Jackson, receiver Peter Suzio Construction Co. an award of $32,000 for extra work done on the Shelton-Nichols road, was turned down by the senate this morning after Senator Platt, chairman of the claims committee, had pre- sented and explained an unfavorable report of his committee, Peter Suzio of New Britain was contractor on the road in question and, the petitioner set forth, had per- formed extra duties for which he was entitled to compensation to the amount of $32,000. The construction !company is w in the hands of {receiver, Mr. Jackson. enator Platt explained that he had been informed that neither son nor anyone else had been authorized to present a mittee, and acting on this information he recommended that the claim be disregarded. Action is scheduled for tomorrow on the bill to appropriate $30,000 for grading, constructing sidewalks, ote,, at the new state normal school plant in New Britain. 1t was rumored at the capitol today that this appropria- [tion will cut in half before final action is taken, n Couple Are Downcast, 19th Child Proves to Be Girl Easthampton, N. Y. May & Mr., and Mrs, Alexander MceGuire wer: downcast today while this town was 'celebrating the 100th anniversary of “Home, Sweet Home," written by a former resident, John Howard | yne. Their 19th child was born last Iriday nd they were planning to name it John Howard Payne McGuire. But it was a girl, v WHITI. HOUSE LISTED May The White 8 added to the list of Louseholds which are attempting to force down the price of sugar by means of economy in consumption, it was learned in a letter from Mrs, Harding to Mrs. Louis Reed Welz. miller, deputy commissioner of mar- kets, The letter sent by Mrs, Hard- ing's secretary in reply to a request that the presidential household aid in the fight to lower sugar prices read: “Mre. Harding has seen your tele- gram of May 3 8he asks me to say to you that the White House is cconomizing to the fullest possible degree in sugar consumption, because it is believed that diminished con sumption is the effective remedy New York, House today wr with which to meet all unreasonable i prices.” representations The United laim before the com- Are Held For Ransom—Powers Have About 3,000 Troops Available For Action. ~The council of ministers in Peking has representations to the Chinese govern- tive measures be taken by it to rs #till held captive by Chinese hai-Peking express train Sunday iman telling of the council's de- at the state department where it was uncil’s efforts would probably be were renewed by States government would prefer powers represented by the eoun- sue a separate course of action. | id All Women Releasad, | Minister Schurman reported that | the bandits had relcased all the wom- len taken prisoner when the tratn was wrecked, but still held 14 men for ransom. The department {ssued this statement paraphrasing its re- ports from Its officials fn China: The department has receive® fn- formation to the effect that Miss Al- drich, Miss MacFadden and Miss Schonberg are now safe in Tsinantu, “T. H. Day of Ridgewood, N. J., seaped from the bandits and arrived ely in 'Pien Tsin, “Robert Scripps was not on wrecked train and has arrived Peking.” “Henry Zimmerman and V. Haimo- vitch, Americans, escaped after the wreek and reached Tien Tsin May Those Held Captives. The following men and children (have not been heard from and ewi- |dently ave stiil being held captive: Major Pinger and son, Mr. Henley, Mr. Levy, L. C. Solomon, J. B. Pow- ell, 1.. Friedman. “Mr. Leehrbas escaped and Thomas Day ot New York city has heen re- | leased. It is reported that all the women have been released, while the men are ' being held for ransom. “IFourteen men, Americans other nationalities are still held. Demand Immediate Action “The department has been advised by Minister Schurman that at a con- ference with the dean of the diplo- matie! corps the (Portuguese minis- ter) and the Rritish and Italian min- isters it was decided that the dean on the morning pof May §, should make urgent representations that the | Chinese government should at once ransom our nationals and that puni- tive measures should be taken against the bandits afterwards.” Troops As Available, That serious consideration was be- | ing given the question of initiating a | concerted military action with the other powers against the bandits was evidenced by a conference yesterday between Secretary Hughes and Acting Secretary of War Davis. Available for such use are the United States force of 35 officers and S88 men stationed at Tien Tein and those of Great Britain, France and Japan, each of approximately 1,000 ,n{(it‘?rs and men in addition to the smaller units maintained by other na- tions in China. the at and { Two Foreigners Killed By The Assoclated Press, Shanghai, May S8.—Two foreigners including one unidentified American, have been killed in the shooting in- |cident to the bandit raid on the | Peking cxpress train according to a !list compiled here today. One of the foreigners was Joseph Rothman, a British subject. Ask $2,000 to 850,000 Two escaped Chinese passengers ar- {riving at Tsinanfu related that the captives were marched 10 miles into the hilis and there classified by the loutlaw chieftain, according to their {probable worth. After guestioning it W decided that foreigners would he eld for a ransom of $50,000 each; {Chinese of the “first class” for $30,000 teach, those of the second class for |$10,000 and others for $2,000, I The Chinese newspaper Shun Pao, published in Shanghai, reported that Kank Tunk-Yu, its Sunday editor was captured and released. The brigands lare said to be splitting into groups with their captives and scattering into the hills, 20 miles from the railway. A regiment of Kiangsu provineial troops has heen sent from Nanking. Britisher Shot Down So far it has been impossible te identify the Amoerican reported to have been shot by the train bandits. Advices received hera state that this man lost his Jife on Monday, the day ! following the holdup during one of the skirmishes between the brigands and pursning troops. Joseph Roth- man, Rri . who was killed was shot down at the scene of the holdup Sun- day morning. Shanghai, | men, eight of them Americans, e in the hands of the Suchow train bandits, according to a list com- plled here today. Two others escaped and have reach- ed Tsinanfu. Two lives were Jost, Joseph Rothman, British, shot down at the scene of the holdup Sunday and an unidentified American killed in (Continued on Page Twenty),