Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 13, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 288 yegtors of railroads were given au ity tonight by Director General M‘w remove restrictions on the use.of light Trom coa s tion warrants. The regiona! directors also were au- thérized to restore train service re- mioved or curtailed to meet the coal shortage due to the bituminous min- ers strike as soon as Lhe fuel supply in the various regions justifies. Sendiag out of the instructions copetituted the first step taken by the government in the light of expec- tation thei minefs would accept the gowernment’s strike seltlement pro- posal and return lo work. Director, General Hines in announc- ing his action said conditions in the reg——+ varied greatly apd coal still was being shipped from the east -to the west, but that removal of re- strictions might be shortly jusified. The railroad administration receiv- ed unofficial estmates during the day that from 65 to 70 per cent. of the miners had gone back to work. Pri- vaie reports to operators said that in Indiana nearly all the men had re- turned, but elsewhere a good deal of delay was being shown. ¥uel Administrator Garfield's resig- nation, sent to President Wilson yes- tepday, was discussed by White House officials who expressed the belief that it would be accepted though it was not Indicated that the president as et had acted. The work of the fuel almistration, it was said, probably would be transferred to the railroad administration. Dr. Garfield refused to_discuss the master. Operators representing the rentral Pennsylvania district, one of the larg- est in the United States, were the first 10 act today upon the settlement pro- pésal, and while acepting it, criticized 1tg terms with the utmost vigor. “The method proposed by Dr. Gar- fiald for settlement of the strike was inter‘ered with by vernment of- fickuls who knew little of the situa- tign,” the operators’ statement said, : problem was taken out of his hands. The public and the operators. & a result, have been delivered into the hands of the United Mine Work- efs of America.” F. E. Harkness, counsel for the fuel adminiatration, announced during Lae day that prices of coal contrac *4 for by purc W“ 10 the re- l\lfl”‘{ of % price fixing could-bé légally raised (o absorb the vost of the 14 per cent, increase in miners' wages granted under the strike seutlement. Coal mined on con- traet, it was said, ih, most cases bore % price, below the govefnment mixi- mum of $2.35 per otn mine-run, and \racts ordinarily carried a clause Shding the purchasers to pay addi- tions fabor costs incurred after their making. Fuel Administration tatistics. it was said, indicated that even after the addition of extra la- bor costs created by the 14 per cent. increase, - the largest portion of the contract coal still would be sold be- Jow the 3235 maximum. The government itself, through the/ railroad administration, which con- gumes normally 31 per cent. of all coal mined, will pay the largest amounts under the ruling, it was pointed ouf. The war department contracts were said to give power to the secretary of war to make ad- Justmients and as the settlement had the support of the administration, it was assumed that Secrétary Baker would approve the increase. Much of the navy department’s coal is being commandeered and sgme of the sup- Ry is mined in the Pocohontas’field which is non-union. Private and in- dustrial consumers. supplied by con- tract, will ig most cases pay the in- crease. A small amount of high class coal, under the ruling, it was ex- pidined, would be sold for a higher price ‘than the government maximum. Director General Hines' statement on_modifications of the conservation orders said: “The conservation order of De- setfiber 8, 1919, restricting the use of heat. light and power generated or préduced from bituminous coal or conk was issued to make uniform in alb parts of the country and to save coal and coke. Until the production of_bituminous coal becomes normal, it 1s “vitally neces: that it be con- served in every way possible and eveh after production reaches normal, it will be necessary to sontinue to con- serve coal because of the loss in production of between thirty and thirty-five million- tons during the ceal strike. It i3 importaat, there- fore, thbat the public exercise the greatest caution in the eonsumption of coml! 4 heat and power derived soon as the fuel situa- “It being the desire to remove re- strictions just as rapldly as possible, the comservation order of December 8 has been modified today to permit the resumption as conditions warrant af the supplying of light, heat and power restricted. by this order. Coal is now being moved and will con- tinue to be moved from the east to the west in large quantities as the pelative situation in the.two sections . The first increase in pro- ductlor that has resulted from the termination of the strike of the coal mipérs his been in the east wher already the bulk oi _the production wis being obtained. - Conditions in the seyeral reglons differ and accordingly the order ofDecember 3 will be modi- on recommendation of the re- Directors Have Been Authorized to Restore Trains a3 Soon as Fuel Supply Justifies—Railroad Administra- Cent. of the Miners Have Gone Back to Work—Presi- dent Wilson Has Not Acted UpmlflleRwlnlhon of Fuel Administrator Garfield—Duties Probably ‘Will ‘Be Transferred to the Railroad Administration. direttors as their respective may permit, mal directors have been iIn- today to restore all train removed or curtailed because of the strike situation as soon as the voa!l supply In their respective ing b8 Justifies in their judgment do¥| 't to such exeeptions as mey by the railroad ad- w in Washington. TO RESTORE TRAINS IN \ .THE EASTERN REGION “York, Dec. 12. — Substantial n of the trains which were T S e 5 .Was o on| 24 3, reglonal director of the TEEIon, 10 ladie oliESS & s TRANSERVIEISPROBABLE Thnrmm“lo7sr_u night on Sunday. The order was is- sued following instructions from Di- rector General Walker D. Hines that the conservation order of ~December 8 might be modified as conditions war- ranted. Mr. Hardin gave permission for the immediate operation of second sec-’ tions of existing trains where needed to handle traffic but special trains are still prohibited. Details of train re- sumption on Sunday night will be an- nounced by the individual railroads affected. The famous Twentieth Cen- tury Limited, however, will not"be in- cluded in the additional service. Di- rector Hardin's statement added: “A ‘complete restoration cannot be announced in al] districts at this time owing to the considerable task still ahead of us to advance coal to terri- tories still in distress and to_reas- semble - cars- at mines for' maximum production.” RESTRICTIONS REMOVED IN ALLEGHENY REGION Philadclphia, Dec. 12.—All restric- tions on heat, light and power derived from the use of bituminous coal in the Alleghepy reglon weré, removed to- night by L. W. Baldwin, regional di- rector, following instructions from Walter D. Hines, director general of railroads. ‘The order Is effective at once. At the ‘same_time Mr. Baldwin_an- nounced that c@mplete passenger frain service on the Pennsylvania ratiroad, eastern lines, with the excention of the “Broadway Limited,” the twenty-hour train between New York and Chicago, would be restored onDac 15. GOLDMAN DECIDES TO GO TO RUSSIA WITH BERKMAN New York, Dec. 11.—Rather than be separated from Alexander Berkman, her companlon of years, Emma Gold- man announ: tonight through her attorney that she had abandoned her legal fight in the supreme court: to prevent her deportation to Soviet Rus- sla with Berkman and some eighty other radicals. Harry.. Weinbergét, her attorney,.in & letter to Assistant Attornev General Stewart at Washipgton, asked that Miss Goldman's application for a writ of error or appeal and rejease on ball e withdrawn, Fe safd that this re- quest. wak mitde “in view of the state- meht made by your department and ! the commissioner general of immigra- ticn that Emmi Goldman and Alexan- der Berkman and other Russians will pe deported within ten days to Soviet Russia.” The letter sald Miss Goldman pre- ferred Jail or.deportation “to contin- ued custody on Ellis Island.” ‘The refusal of the supreme court to delay Berkman's deportation, the at- torney said. had also led Miss Gold- man to abandon her fight. He guoted her as saving that “if Berkman miust go, T and the rest will go with him.” Later a statement was issued by Miss Goldman in which she said: “T dekire to go-as sbon as possihle to Soviet Russia and I expect the gov- ernment to keep its promise to deport Berkman and myself as well as other Russians within ten days. “Citizenship by naturalization today Is mo protection to any former alien.” She said that the sudden calling for her deportation showed “the hysterla of the. government officials” and. that she did not expect that she would be ®iven time to arrange her “many bus- iness and" personal. affalrs.” Characterling the government’s ac- tion as like that of “the czar of old Russia,” :Miss Goldman continued: T expect while in Soviet Russia to read shortly of American-born citizens -be- ing deported from America to the is- and of Guam or some.other colonial ossession of America, despite the nstitution, which guarantees free speech and free press.” ELEVATOR BOYS 8TUCK TO POSTS DURING FIRE New York, Dec. 1%.—Despite clouds nf smoke which filled the -elevator shaft, two elevator boys stuck to their posts and carrfed "hundreds of persons to the street safely late today when fire broke out on the eighth floor of the thirty story Bush Terminal build- ing on Worty-Second Street, near Broadway. The fire occurred 'at the height of the great.evening rush hour and mounted police and reserves were called to hold in check the vast crowd which assembled about the building. The fire is beliaved to have started from candles befng used to illumingte a furniture display. as all electric lights had been turned off in compli- ance with the fuel conservation order. g ek v INTERCHURCH ‘MOVEMENT TO HAVE MOVING PICTURES New York, Dec. 12. — Two _moving picture expeditions to. penetrate “be: hind the walls” of Algeria, Turkey, In- dia and Chipa -have_ been despatched by the Interchurch World Movement, it was announced tonight. The beaten path of the tourist will be abadohed for horse and camel caravans into the Interiors where native social and in- dustrials conditions will be filmed, it was said. Firty. thousand feet of reel will be shipped this .country for exhibition in theatres and churches. Willard Price, editor of the World Outlook and Horace D. Ashion, fellow of the American Geographic Society, will head. the first expedition schedul- ed to sail from here tomorrow - for North Africa and the Near Bast. The Rev. A. V. Casselman will' head the second which is to eail from San Francisco December 21. WARNED TO PREVENT THE DIVERSION OF GAS COALS — - New York, Dec. 12.—Gas companies of the eountry were urged today by the American Gas Association to take prompt steps locally to prevent di- version of gas coals. Officials of the assoclation added that the railroad ad- ministration ‘agreed had notified its agents ihat gas coal should .be con- served for use of gas companies-and that sfh coal should be so designated on mine waybill¢ in order th-% Be seadilytidentified. | expenditures -approveq were for the Third Year,of Soviet Gevernment. mbund:&‘ Dec. 12.—“The third yea.rdot e 80 ent begins under Very Bood omerns” savs o~ Bolshevik communication received h ere from M today. “This year will be the last’ of" the - bourgeoisie’s rule on earth,” the ‘despatch adds. $9,600,000 FOR ARMY CAMPS - 'AND- AVIATION FIELDS ‘Washington, Dec. 12—Final action on the -biil »making -available - more than $9,600,000 for completing the de- velopment of ‘mpre than thirty army camps and ‘aviation fields, including purchase . of Jand- at several places, was delayed ‘today in the house by de- mand for reading of the engro.>d bili Before a final vote tomorrow on the passage. of :the bill, effort will be made to restore a provision for the govern- ment .purchase ofthe Dayton-Wright airplane plant’ ang adjoining field at Dayton, Ohio. for $2,740,000. On a tie voie today the purchase of the Day- ton plant was tentatively eliminated from the bill Under house rules, a tie vote defeats a proposal, the presiding officer not being_required to vote. Representa- tive Madden, republican, Illinois, who was presiding when the Dayton item was voted on, announced its defeat without ‘voting himself, although his support’ of the proposal, if given, would have saved it. Before yoting on the Dayion plant, the " house , tentatively approyed pur- chase of the Curtiss-Blmwood plant at Buffalo, for $1,804,000. Other large development of Camps Brag, and Knox. Ky, Efforts to add - provisions authoriz- ing expenditures at various camps were_defeated, excepting & proposal of Representative Longworth, republican, Ohio, for spendirig $180,000 for land at the Nitrate Plant site, near Cincin- nati, Ohio. The only opposition to the commit- tee program. developed on the propo- sal to purchase the Dayton property. Representtive La Guardia, republi- can, New York, charged that such a purchase “would be a direct steal from the treasury department.” “The assessed value of the land at Dayton” La Guardia said, N. ¢, now at-approximately $850 = an That is:an example either of steal- ing from state taxes or from the Unit- ed States. -Whilo this country was at war officfals of this company were scheming on such a steal as is now proposed. And -the committee falls for it Representative ¢ Anthonv, Kansas. ranking . republican - member of - the committe, urged purchase of the prop- erty, saving it was a “sound busines: proposition” to any man who 14 ow enough to operate a peanut stand on a corner,” said Representative Anthony. “the soundness of both the Buffalo and the Dayton propositions is satistying. A. F. OF L, HAS CALLED A npou:nu‘cvtau CONFERENCE ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—Labor's “re- construction copference” called by the fifl'ulh;:; co\;nqll of ‘m.ew Af:’nerir:n ‘Federation . of to consider the fundamentdl principles affecting “Affierican orkers, will “be convened tomorrow with's bably a few farmer represeritatives although more than a' score of farm organizations were in- vited to send delegates, . Federation of Labor officials tonight | sald that assurances had been receiv- ed from ofly one farmers’ association that delegates.would- be-present but that.others might be represented. The operling &ession of the confer- ence yill be held at the headquarters of thé American Federation of Labor at 10 o'clock. The sessions, it. was in- dleated tonight. would be ‘executive. . Precautions have been taken by the conservativé -element, -it also was in dicated, to prevent attempts by the radical groups. to.gain. tontrol. _In this connection, 4t Was forecast that at- tempts would be made to win the sup- port of the confetence for the new la- bor’ party. Samuel Gompers, presi- dent of the Federation of Labor, how- ever; has steadfastly opposeq such ac- tion and ‘can be expected to lead the fight against it. . Views of the four great railroad brotherhoods, whose presidents join- ed in the. official call for the confer- ence, present an ‘innovation in labor meetiigs. Their general attitudé, of course, is known, but what stand they will take when deliberating questions affecting other. industrial workers, from ‘which they usually have held themselves apart, was a subject much discussed, PROFITEERING CHARGE MADE AGAINST- JESS WILLARD Kansas City, Mr., Dec. 12.—A fed- eral warrant charging profiteering in the sale of cordwood, a violation of the Lever act, was issued late today for Jess Willard, former heavyweight champion, by Fred Robertson, United States district attorney - for Kansas. Willard will appear before . in ‘the federal court in Kansas City, Kas., tomorrow, Mr. Robertson said. Willard, Wwho was at his home near Lawrence, Kas.. when, notified by tele- phone of ‘the federal action. said that he would appear voluntarily tomor- row to answer the charge. The warrant names W. C. Anderson and J. E. Wilson, members of a fuel committee of Toneka, Kas., as having purchased - cordwood from Willard. It is alleged that Willard asked and re- ceived $3.50 a cord for wood on the stump from his farm, near Topeka. That amount, the disrict attorney as- serts, is double what it should have been. Attorney General®Palmer has been notified of the action taken, Mr. Robertson said. TREATY FOR COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH COLOMBIA - New York, Dec. 1! tensive - commercial- relations between the United. States: and Columbia awaits” only ratification of the special treaty settling ‘the long standing Panama canal. dispute hetween the two countries, according to Thomas Carnegia, nephew of the late iron- master, who returned today from a business trip ‘to Colombia. Colombian statesmen and business men,. he said, recognize that their country is absolutely depending on the United States economically. The Colombian supreme court has declared unconstitutional “the law nationalizing oil resources in that country, he said. -Opening of ex- VILLISTAS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN OUT OF MUZQUIZ | Tagle Pasd, Téxas, Dec. 12—The Villistas, who, captured Muzquiz, Coa- huila, Tuesday, were driven out of the town y''and~havey fled {o moun according to. Mexican sul.G. M. Seguin ‘tonight. [Francisco Vila was in command of the force, the eon-":l announced, following a vis- it*to militaty headguarters in Piedras Negras, opposite’ Eagle Pass. NORWICH, CONN., , DECEMBER 13, 1919 RecordPricesPaidFor FarmCrops This Year Total Value of $14,092,740,- 000—Almost $1,500,000,- 000 Greater Than Last Year. Washington, Dec. 12.—Record prices and bountiful production . sent the value of farm crops harvested - this year to the unprecedented toal of $14,- 092,740,000, exceeding the value of last year's crops by almost $1,500,000,000. Final estimates of production were issued today by the department of ag- riculture and values were based on prices paid to producers Dec. 1. The area of harvested crops this year was more than 2,600,000 acres larger than last vear, amounting to a total of 339, 124,473 acres. orn_easily maintained its place as king of crops with a value of $3934.- 234,000, while cotton, includinz cotton seed. was second with a fotal value of $2,382,913,000. The hay crop was third with $2,129.087.000. Wheat, combining the winter and spring cron: fourth with § 000. S llon dollar crops last year, reached a total of only $895,603.000. because of decreased production. Record crons of winter wheat, rice, sweet potatoes and hay were grown, while the production of all wheat, rve. and tobacco was mext to the lerges ever harvested. Prices paid producers were higher is year for every cron than they were xcention of beans, s and oranges. D’ANNUNZIO NOT TC HE—AD AN EXPEDITION TO SPALATO crarberr: v. Dec. 10 (By the Gabriele D'Annunzio, the Ital- ian insurgent leader, will not under- take an expedition to Spalato tor tne present, according to Luigi Rizzo, com- mander of D'Annunzio's navy, who Fresh Unsettlement| in Stock Exchange Many Speculative Sharss Made Extreme Declines of 3 to 15 Points. New York, Dec. 12—An exceedingly | erratic money ‘market and another break in exchange on London to the lowest rate vet recorded created fresh unsettlement in the stock market to- day. Many speculative shares made extreme declines of from three to fif- teen points. These losses were partly recovered later when call money eased from 15 to 8 per cent. A very favor- able government crop report impelied covering of short contracts. * Much of the day's liquidation, in which foreign interests were again prominent, was traceable to yester- day's action of the federal reserve bank in taking further steps to curb excessive operations in the stock mar- ket by a general advance in interest and rediscount rates. Wall street accepted this as a warn- ing and the day's wild fluctuations were a direct result. During the mid- session. when prices were crumbling, many speculative accounts were closed out rezardless of cost. ) Remittances to F'rance and Italy-im- proved slightly during the day, indi- cating that home gevernments were taking stens to rectifv the adverse movement. hut the British rate was at its lowest after the market closed, de- mand bills declining to the new dis- eount of $3.65 1-4. dzainst a gold pari- ty or pre-war quotation of $4.86 1-8. LODGE APPROVES PLAN OF REP. NATIONAL COMMITTEE Washington, Dec. 12.—Senator Lodge of Massachusetts republican leader in the senate, issued a statement tonight approving the plan: adonted by the re- publican national committee for a . it could be secured right here. had been carried for ten years. trade in Norwich and vicinity. tin's columns: Bulletin Advertising Brings the Trade A Norwich person seeing an advertisement wantéd wrote to the out of town concern and acquired. it. well and every time a new one was needed it was necessary to send out of town, until the concern finally called attention to the fact that Upon applying at the store this was confirmed and the statement was made at the store that the article The customer might have inquire, “Why didn’t you advertise?” How many others there are who fail to acquaint the buying public with the fact that they can get their wants filled here no one knows. It is the chasing all over town trying to find something that is prevent- ed by advertising one’s wares in the newspapers. With its wide and thorough circulation The Bulletin furnishes the best possible medium of communcation between merchants and the In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Buylle- regarding an article 1t worked : Telegraph Local General Total |! Saturday. = Decerbér 6 St 767 s Monday, December 8 7 81 218 378 Tuesday, December 9 20 110 350 540 Wednesday, December 10 72 125 410 607 Thursday, December 11... 70 1C4 319 493 Friday, December 12.. 80 120 305 505 Totals 667 2062 3188 sank several Austrian warships by daring naval raids during the war. Rizzo, before his recent departure on a special mission to the Italian govern- ment on behalf of D'Annunzio, said to the correspondent: “We expect to visit Sebenico, but only as a friendly visit to the Italians in: command there. Admiral Millo Is in command of our forces in Dalmatia. He is in complete accord with Dalma- tia and will not - allow any Italian troops to leave. He and D'Annunzio are acting like allies in the hope of forcing the inclusion of Fiume and Dalmatia in the pact of London as Italian. Millo is governing the ad- ministration in Dalmatia and D'Annun- zlo in Fiume. They will continue to do so until Dalmatia and Fiume are recognized by the neople and accepted by the world as Italian territory. APPROVAL OF DEVICES . FOR VEHICLE LIGHTS Hartford, Conn., Dec. 12.—Motor Ve- hicle Commissioner R. B. Stoeckel sent out today to the police a circular re- lating to the enforcement of the light- ing laws throughout the state. He says: “This department has issued a list of -approved devices, It is now possible to take up the matter of en- forcement of the law of lighs. The first step should be to bring the conditions in Connecticut up to as good a stan- dard as possible and to direct the ac- tion of all departments to the elimina- tion of cases of driving with only one front light lighted or without a tail- light or without any device. In cities thefe will be many cases where side lights or dimmed headlights will be sufficient for all practical purposes and of course each chief of police will limit his instructions'to his squad in any way he believes reasonable relative to these matters. “In a general way this office has suc- ceeded in getting the whole matter of lighting on a satisfactory basis so that we feel that we can go to the limit with any contested case. DAMAGE BY FLOODS OF THE ALABAMA RIVER Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 1 river wa$ the center tonight of the floods which for nearly a week have inundated the lower portions of the states of Georgia, Alabama ana 3lis- sissippi. As the crest passed Mont- gomery, leaving the city without street ‘car service, gas lights and with hardly enough power from crippled electric plants for street lights and water plants, reports from downstream be- came more alarming. Three persons have been drowned near Atlanta and five - near Mont- gomery, bringing the total known death list to fifteen. Possibly the greatest financial loss was to the great power plants inaGeorgia and Alabama and the consequent shutting down of re sof industries BOLSHEVIKI ANNOUNCE THE CAPTURE OF KHARIO London, Dee. 12.—A Bolsheyik com- munication {ssued before the an- neuncement of the capture of Kharip recorded a general advance by the Bolsheviki on all fronts und the.occu- pation of Volohans in the Khario re- gion. Tt also told of the swift pursuit of the “hurriedly .retreating” Kolchak ‘wroops in Siberia. jlast night with a view to forming the committee on policy to formulate a preliminary statement on which the Dational convention may’ base its for- mal declaration in ‘adopting a platform for the 1920 campaign. ‘The policy committee wpuld consist of 12 members of the national commuit- tee and 40 or 50 other men who repro- sent different interests in the country such as the farmers. labor, business, etc,, to consider different questions to be dealt within the party platform. “The commitiee on resolutions,” sald Senator Lodge, “usually s ays and two nights continuously. They work under great pressure. ‘They are overwhelmed with all sorts of crude propositions, hastily prepared, and with constant pressure from local anr special interests here and there. The result is apt to be in many respects, apart from the very leading issues. & series of more or less confused com- promises.” A SCORE OF ALLEGED REDS IN CUSTODY AT BALTIMORE Baltimore, Mr., Dec. 12.—More than a score of alleged reds were seized last night and today by agents of the de- partment of justice in a roundup con- ducted quietly - through the city and are being held to await instructions from Washington. Department of justice officials here would give no information on the ar- rests other than to maintain that they were a part of the government's gen- eral scheme for ridding the country of radicals and anarchists. They declared that the arrests were not made to prevent the Christmas bomb plots which were reported recently. SALAZAR HAS FORMED A NEW CABINET FOR SPAIN Allende a cabinet to. take the ‘place of the ministry headed by Premier Toca, which resigned. Senor Salazar began negotfations cabinet. He conferred . with former Premiers Maura. Dato, Romanenes and Alhucemas and Juan De La Cier- va, former minister of finance. He de- clared later that all had given prom- ises of their support in the formation of a coalition ministry. INDUSTRY FOR SPRINGFIELD EMPLOYING 1,000 HANDS Springfield. Mass. Dec. 12.—L. J. Belnap, of Montreal, president of the Rolls Royce of America, Incorporated, announced late today the purchase of the former plant of the American ‘Wire Wheel Company here as a location for the American branch of the British | automobile concern. The plant com- prises seven buildings and covers sev- en acres. Tt iis vlanned to employ 1,- 000 hands within a ycar. MUST ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS PUT BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Berlin,” Thursday 11.—The Geneva . parliamentary® investigating committee this afternoon declared wit- nesses before sub-committees in the future will be obliged to answer all questions put to them by any. member of the committee. This action Is the Dec. |grip of the flood. ‘Condensed - Telegrams The Camden, N 4, or purchased by J. ga.vld S?e.i"'nr.l.r e Admiral Cary T, i the President % Vesoe mopmosneed Imperial Bank of Germany reported total gold holdings of . 1,080,815,000 Several - followers 'of * D'Annunzio were arrested at Fiume on ‘charges of tréason. 3 r e Nova Scotia Steel Co. acquired con- irol of the "Acadia s r Y ol et coal property. for Canada’s revenue for November totaled $3,618,000, compared with ex- penditures of | $43.468,000. Bar silver was quoted at 76 1-4 perice an ounce in. London compared With $1.30 1-2 in_New York. . - Attorney General of Ontario. ord- ered probe of mergers of packing plants with American concerns. _Robert S. Lovett, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prefers ' the Cummins bill to the Eseh measure. The German government decreed that Christmas ,irees are a necessity and ordered arrests for profitcering. | g called by di- rectors of the -American Hide . & Leather Co. for Dec. 16 was postponed. it Sharles E. Wry, secretary of the National - Associafion’ of Retail 'Cloth- fers, predicted prices will continue to 80 up. X T C. R. Gray was elected president of all Union Pacific companies . with headquarters at Omaha, Neb., efféctive Jan. 1, 1920. e U. S. Grain Corporation announced purchases of “straight” flour amount- ing to 6,000 barrels at an average .of $10.29 a barrel. § _The Massachusetts House voted to kill "the bill to relieve .the. Bdston Elevated Railway from payment . of subway rentals. Fire destroyed the old Kernan's Lyceum theatre on, Pennsylvania ave- nue, Washington. . just - oppusite the postoffice building. . Andrew Bonar Law annéuncsd. in Commons He had recejved: corrobora- tions of reports of pogroms by - Cos- sacks against Jews. Voluntary military training may be agreed upon as a compromise in. event of failure of the universal - military training being reected., An embargo on shipments of freight for export to South Atlan®c ports ‘was declared ‘by the southeast- ern regional committee, James P. Wilson, chief detective of Hammonton County, N. J., declared Billy . Dansey’s fox terrier dog led to the arrest of suspects. b A offered in the Massa- ghusetts House requesting Congress An order w; relieve. the sugar. shortage, Hearings on merchant marine. and other pending shipping legislation will be started.Jan. 12 the 'Senate Com- merce Committee announced. To. avenge the desth: of Gen. Felipe Angeles, 400 Villistas.raided Muzquiz, State of Coahuila. looting- the .stores and seizing several important persons. According to reports of the Mexican ministry of industry and. commerce the daily production of petroleum in Mexico amounts to 1,592,649 barrels. Chairman Esch of the House Inter- state and Foreign Commerce Commit- tee uld have ahearing on the Dal- linger sugar embargo bill next Tues- day. Sir Thomas Lipton, back in Lendon fro mhis visit to. America, said. he ex- pects final details of = the America Cup . contest to be settled in a- few weeks. British schooner Barbara W. way rescued from the shoals off Cape Pogue, in the easterly side of . Mar- | tha's Vineyard,by the coast guard cutter Gresham. Hearing on pending bills authoriz- ing the Shipping Board to . settle claims of wooden ship - builders will be begun by the Senate Commerce Committee Jan. 8, All buildings at Eberts lviltienl field at Lonoke, Ark., were sold at auction to. the Lesser Goldman Cot- ton Co., of St. Louis, for $30,000. They it $800,000. A chary containe din the report of the military Affairs Committee of the House that the War Department spent millions “illegally and without wdarrants of law. Congress will refuse to extend any additional loans or credits to foreign nations, - Representative: - Fordney. chairman of the House Ways and Means committee, declared. Rowland C. Andrews, editor of the Hartford Times resigned to become managing editor of the Worcester Tel- egram, which paper s recently purchased by Theodore T. Ellis, Mutual ties bind the Apaches of Paris and the I. W. W. in the United States, Professor’ Anatole Le.Braz,| French exchange professor at- Co- lombia University, declared in a state- ment. d The Senate Commerce Committee declined an invitation of the -Traffic Club* 6f Newark. N. I.' to inspect Newark Bay and canal proects on Dec. 12. The House committee accepted the invitation. High waters that have flooded low lying sections of Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, generally are begin- ning to recede, but Montgomery, Ala- bama: ard -Macon, Georgia are in the FOUR ‘INDICTMENTS FOR - OPERATING ILLICIT STILL Boston, Dec. Four 'indictments for alleged operation. of ilijcit. distilling apparatus and. two charging the exac- tion of excessive prices Tor sugar were returned by the: federal grand jury today. Joseph_Lamkofskj, 4 Boston whole- sale grocer, is charged with selling 200 result of the recent incident Wwhen, during the investigation, Dr. Karl Helfferich, former German vice chan- cellor, refused to answer a question put to him pounds ©f ‘sugar at 18 cents a pound, and at another time'1500 pounds at 20 cents. Jules Kadis, a retail groc- er, was:indicted on a charge of selling 1100 pounds of su; vound. to take whatever action necessary to|or Wednesday next, according jous matters dis 18 PAGES—136 COLUMNS PRICE. TWO - CENTS: Debated In Militant Fashion Through en All Day Session of CLAIF THEIRSHREPUBL 15 AGAN BEFORE CONGRE the House Committee On Foreign Relations—Proceed- ings Were Interrupted By Cheers and By Hoots of Dis- approval as the Opposing Speakers Made Their Argu- ments—George L. Fox of ponents and Will Continue His Speech Today—Bourke New Haven Is Among the Op- Cockran Will Make the Closing Argument In Advoal::,‘. ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—The claim of the Irish republic' to recognition as independent government was brought| to congress again today and was de-| bated in - militant fashion through a tempestuous all-da on of the house committee on foreign affair A crowd jammed the commiitee room and biocked adjoining corri punctuated, the -~ proceedings cheers and’ with hoots of disapy as the onposing speakers pres their arguments, and many X threw the on into disorder by yelling gratuitous adyice to the com- mittee ‘and witnesses, Tt include many leaders of the caus frecdom in th cd in_many. ways i the piea for recognition. The o¢casion was committee cons eration ‘of .2 bill by Representative Mason, ' republican, Iilinois, which would ‘appropriate funds for dispateh of diplomatic anr consular representa- tives.to the government set up by the insurgent Irish republicans. Iis sup- porters “declar it presented an oppor- tunity for congress to do all it could constitifionally toward a full diplo- matic recognition and its opponents condemned it as an effort to, involve the - United States in a dangerous for- eign_situation. Late in.the session charges of pro- Germanism on the part of Irish repub- lican -leaders and some of their sup- porters’,in this country. threw the meeting into'a furore which the com- miittee quieted with difficulty after the chairman had warned against insults to any of the witnesses. Interruptions s0 proloniged the hearing that the com- mittee’s plan of concluding today was abandoned, and the arguments will be resumed tomorrow. . Justice Daniel F. Cohalan of the New York state supreme court, and Frank P. Walsh, who headed the Irish- American delegation sent to Paris during the peace negotiations, appear- éd to espouse the cause of Irish free- dom and ask for passage of the bill. The arguments in opposition were FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BILLY DANSEY VASE Hammonton, N. J. Do:! Hu—:lrheI grand of Atlantic county will dea with- th‘:%mf"‘bims'ey ‘case on Tuesday o tative. plans made by Prosecutor Bd- mund C. Gaskill, Jr., today. Meantime, it is. stated, no effort will be made to secure the release on habeas corpus of Charles White, charged with the murder of the child, or Mrs. Edith Jones, charged with being an accessory after the fact. The prosecutor sald tonight he did not expect to. make any additional ar- rests at present. The warrant for Mrs. Susan White, sister-in-law of Charles White, will not.be served now because of her iliness and that of her two children. 1t was intimated that resldents of Hammonton who have not yet appear- ed openly in the case will be summon- ed to testify before the grand jury. Copies of the warrants on which White and Mrs. Jones were arrested are now in the hands of G. Arthur Boite. counsel for the accused. “The commitment napers charge.” Mr. Bolte caid, “that Charles S. White wilfully and with malice aforethought murder- ed Billy Dansey by felaniously assault- ing him and inflicting wounds of which which he died later. - We had been anxious to ascertain the basis of the charge made against Mr. White, but have as vet been unable to develon it. Our contention is that he is entirely innocent and that the arrests we founded on rumor and suspicion, which is insufficient ground on which to hold them.” CLEMENCEAU \HAD TEA ; AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE 12. London, Dec. M. Clemenceau went to Buckingham Palace this af- ternoon, where he had tea with King George and Queen Mary. In the eve- ning he dined with Barl Curzon of Ke- delston and Lady Curzon and later visited a theater. It has been learned from a Trench source that the disposition displayed | by the British represen in the conference is considered cellent” and that both sides are pleased with the progress of mnegotiations on v cd today. These includeq the Adriatic situation and| Russia. . The conference will be resumed on Saturday, and it is- possible that M. Clemenceau may prolong his stay in London even beyond Sunda HELD IN $15,000 BAIL ON CHARGE OF FORGERY New York. Dec. 12.—James A. Gille: pie, 41 years of age, of Noroton, Conn.. for eleven years private secretary of George Arendts, Jr., of this city, was arrested here today on a charge of forgery and beld in $15.000 bail. The specific, charge against him is that he forzed the name of Mrs. Arendts to a check for $15.000. Gillespie pleaded not guilty and will be given a hearing next Tuesday. e WHEAT REACHES HIGHEST FIGURE IN MINNEAPOLIS Minneapolis. Minn,, Dec. 12.—After a steady climb for many weeks, the best grade of spring wheat, No. 1 dark northern, today equalled the highest figure ever recorded ,in this market's trading. selling for $3.40 a bushel. Among other causes said to be re- sponsible for this record figure is brisk demand by millers here, who are said to be considerably. behind with their orders, including export démand. Heart diseases caused more deaths in 1917 than any: other ailment (115.- 337). says the United “States Public Health Service.” Right living would materially reduce this. Don't wait for the disease to develop before you| see your physician. - “If 1 draw my own will 'l do you out of a fee, T suppose? “Not at all” said the lawyer, “not fee will be ten times as much.”. ¢ n ¥ were | $ made by George L. Fox of New Ha- n, Conn.; George T. Lemon of Troy, N. V.. president of the National Fed- cration” of Presbyterian Patriotic So- i and others. Eamon De Valera, president of ‘the Irish republican government,. Wwho came to Washington yesterday to €OR- fer with Trish-American Teaders, did not appear the meeting but Harky Boland, of the republi¢ with Justice Coha- h and frequently ad- ed them in the prescntation of their sional government, thege speakers argucd. clearly was a ‘de facto zovernment. having a complete exccutive and parliamentary orzaniza- tion, an effective army of 100,000, and united pobular support. The governs ment, they erted, is functioning in many_ important matte: while -+ the British authorities have abandoned their attempt to carry out many of the duties of zovernment. ¥ These statements all were denied by Mr. Lemon and Mr. Fox, who -sald there was a great division of sentis ment among the' ¥rish both in Ireland and the United States, and that little real headway had heen made by tha republic as a governmental ageney. They declared the Sinn Fein party backing the republic was one of three powerful political organizations in Treland and had handicapped the ailies in winning the war. x An understanding between © Trish-~ Americans and German-Americans charged by Mr. Lemon, and Mr. Féx carried the suggestion a step further by turning to Mr. Walsh anddeclar= ing that during the war “this man was thinking to help Germany.” The crowd, in which the tri-color of theIrish re- public was conspicuous along with the Stars and Stripes hooted down the sertion and cheercd the committeemein when they objected. Mr. Fox will contintie his speech when the committee meets tomorrow and Bourke Cochran of New Y #% make the concluding address for tHe advocates of the bill, THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE = WOULD “CLEAN UP” PRISONS New York, Dec. 12—Thémas Mott Osborne, prison reformer, recently efi- gaged in Interviewing former prison- ers, guards and assistant wardens in Joliet prison, with a view to énim{g alleged abuses there, has started . .a nation-wide campaign to put each of the 59 state prisons and five federal penitentiaries upon “a humane basis” it was announced here yesterday. The fortune of a wi “known from one end of the co to the other, “a man of nfucacs B Washington, "but for the presemt s mentioned only as the Gray Brothe is said to have been placed at the dis: posal of Mr. Osborne to finanes his venture. ' Sixteen hundred former prison in- mates now in New York city, all of whom are with reputable firms and 1 _ “straight” are devoting - their attention to the crusade. Joliet is de. schibed by them as “the worst insti- tution in the eountry.” ¥ Oshorne, it was said, is In con with 10,000 former eonvicts thmu?f! ou tthe United States who have be- longed to prison Mutual Welfarn Leagues, the organization he sta when he was warden at Sing Sing 4n opposition to the old-time “honor. sys- tem.” These men, now organized in what is known as'the Gray Brothers hood, who have redeemed themselves and many whom are now holding me- onsible possitions in the business are co-overating with: him. ons which, it Is said, will be ted after the “clean-up” of Joliet. will be Moyamensing, where the solitary system is still in-vogue; Tren~ te prison; Clinton, known 2" of New York, and Conn. : ealthy ex-conviét, Wethersfield, ARGUMENTS FOR LIMITED RECEIVER FOR N. H. ROAD New York. Dec. 1 the appointment « for the New Yorl Hartford ilro: rguments for a_limited receiveér New Haven apf in order to sue officers were * continued hefore Federal Judge Mack. Tho the majority of stockholders ed to restitution af 1ds was made in behalf Bf minority stockhelders. The court's at= tention was called to revorts of the Interstate Commerce Commission ‘de- nouncing the road. = Minority stockhelders headed by Edwin Adams. who have brought “a $150,000,000 restitution suit, seek to have a receiver prosecute it. Another group headed by Henry W. Belden has moved to intervene in the Adams me- tion. = !JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER GETS REDUCTION IN TAXATION New York, Dec. 12.—An estimated value of §1,000,000,is plzced upon John D. Rockefeller's furniture,. jewelrs “horses_and ges” and other per- sonal effects in ized statement presented to New Yorl w York in an item- which his attorney ¥ in protest against the x_assessment of $5,000- 000. His application for a reduction to_$2.000 000 was granted. = In addition t6_ personal effects, tha statement balances at “about $30,00 o One item in the schedule was “about $6,000,000 borrowed mone: CHARGED OF PUBLICATION OF AN IMFROPER BOOK New York c. 12. — Clinton % Brainard, president of Harper .afd Brothers. and a_member of the e ordinary grand jury which is in quest of an “overshadowing crime” was held in '$500 bail in police court here for trial upon complaint of the Sq ciety for the Sunpression of Vice that he had been concerned in the publi- cation of an improper book. Mr.. Brainard told the court he in Burope when the book - was gar at 20 cents alat'all! Wien the contest comes my |lished and that he knew nothing it untd after ilnhn.d bp:&